Ariels

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Ariels
Alias	Sanctus Maximus Populi St. Maximus Mother The Universal Will
Origin	Guilty Gear
Occupation	Leader of the Sanctus Populi
Powers / Skills	Extreme magical power and knowledge Powerful spellcaster High physical and magical durability Weapons master Advanced telepathy and teleportation
Hobby	Tormenting humanity Caring for her "children"
Goals	Merge reality with the Backyard to create the Absolute World (failed)
Crimes	Malefic Mass murder Brainwashing Destruction of property
Type of Villain	Cruel Deceiver

Sanctus Maximus Populi Ariels, also known as the Universal Will, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Happy Chaos) of the Guilty Gear series, serving as the main antagonist of Guilty Gear Xrd and a minor character in Guilty Gear -Strive-. She is a misanthropic avatar of the Universal Will and the leader of the extremely influential religious group Sanctus Populi. Ariels strives to form an "Absolute World", a reality-breaking phenomenon that would destroy the world, although -Strive- later reveals that some of her actions may have been a result of Happy Chaos's possession.

She is voiced by Junko Minagawa in Japanese and Valerie Arem in English.

Biography

The Universal Will was created by the Original who was also Asuka R. Kreuz's mentor and was made to guide humanity to it's potential. She would later go on the deep end due to Humanity's imperfection and deems that it was not worth the effort, so she decides to kill them and make them suffer. To that end she had to make the Valentines and made Aria into Justice, thus indirectly causing the events of Guilty Gear. During the events of Guilty Gear Xrd, Ariels created the Valentines clones of Aria and had them go out and destroy and collect magic for her. After the original Valentine's death, she decide to create Ramlethal and Elphet to carry out her plans, alongside having Bedman due her biding. After Ram's defection, she decides to take action and later kills Bedman after his defeat.

Powers and Abilities

The Universal will is one of the most powerful entities in the Guilty Gear universe capable of traveling to the backyard and using magic.