What's with lovecraftian entities and always appearing like a pile of leftovers from a sushi restaurant?
Hey there! As you likely has seen, all of my plans involving the PEs from Doom has been wrapped up (If anyone wants to cover the possible leftovers, be my guest. Was mainly focused on the main series for that batch.), my sights for Pure Evil proposals are free once more for anything I want. While I originally wanted to go with something more classic and from something unrelated to the current proposal at hand (more on him later), BigBadSquid's recent proposal of the Wasp King page got me changing my plans with my own canadite from a indie rpg, but my canadite hails from the most recent entry in a series some of you Flash veterans might know quite well. This proposal is for The Devourer from Epic Battle Fantasy 5.
What Does The Devourer Come From?[]
The Devourer hails from the Epic Battle Fantasy series, made by Matt Roszak. Originally starting off in 2009 as mostly a series of RPG battle simulators (and before that, some elements originally from flash animations), the series has over time evolved into both a full-fledged RPG series since the third entry, but has gained several spinoffs, such as the bullet-hell Bullet Heaven and the platformer Adventure Story. Epic Battle Fantasy 5 serves as a reboot of the series, with the heroes starting off their journeys and meeting one another for the first time... or do they? It isn't numbered for nothing, as this surprising reboot and everything else bad that happens in the RPG era of the series traces back to The Devourer.
Who Is The Devourer?[]
Originally from a different universe entirely, The Devourer made the universe of Epic Battle Fantasy to watch over and control everything in it as sort of a simulation in its eyes. However, due to the nature of the five protagonists (Matt, Natalie, Lance, Anna, NoLegs) being sentient and being controlled by the player, it sought to destroy them. Four times the beast tried to destroy this group (Even creating the protagonists of the third and fourth game, Akron and Godcat in a bit to destroy them) to no avail. The fifth time, the fiend was done with only manipulating things behind the screen, wiping away the slate on the hero's memories and adventures in a bid to make them surrender under his non-existent thumb. The Devourer also created the Cosmic Monoliths, causing the beasts of the land to go berserk and attack/kill anyone unlucky to come across them. These monoliths have nearly wiped out at least one town (Redpine Town), and having likely caused a countless amount of people or villages to face heavy losses.
After the merry band of heroes journey into The Beyond and destroy the Cosmic Gigalith, The Devourer at least reveals themselves in all his lovecraftian glory. Revealing themselves to be behind everything the series has caused (Be it either the previous two main foes' plans of either omnicide on all life/omnicide on the human race or his brainwashing of the heroes), it directs his attention on the player (AKA, you! Ain't that nice, having you being the main foe of a villain?), as they were the cause for its repeatedly failed plans. Although it admits it can't kill the player directly, it reveals a new plan: Make the player face defeat against it over and over as the heroes die so much that the player gives up and quits, resulting in their control finally being all but settled. He also reveals the Cosmic Monoliths were sort of a backup to summon it. Even after The Devourer goes as far to chuck black holes at the heroes and even make the Earth cease to exist in an attempt to finally fell their foes, the heroes eventually gain the upper hand, kill the beast, and restore Earth back to normal. However, The Devourer doesn't seem to be fully dead, as it claims to have wormed its way onto the real world, and although harmless code now, it will eventually restore itself and attack the player themselves.
Freudian Excuse? Mitigating Factors?[]
There is no redeeming qualities here. Despite the series being mostly light-hearted and self-aware, The Devourer (and really, most main antagonists) are taken completely seriously. It also is not a generally morally-unaware elderitch entity, as The Devourer is completely aware of his actions and does them with its own malevolent intent. The Devourer also has is presence known through more than the final boss, as it watches the heroes through the Cosmic Monoliths and his use of them to do their desires. What The Devourer is, however, is a reality-warping control freak who is willing to either wreck havoc on or completely destroy the Earth as well as go after the player just to destroy a quintet of heroes.
Heinous Standard?[]
Easily passes this. Not only is The Devourer responsible for the events of the third and fourth entries events by creating their main antagonists (making him responsible for even more cases of genocide, corruption, and general destruction upon the land), it is the only main antagonist in the series to not have any mitigating factors (Goku generally lacks characterization, Lance is a case of on-off villainy, Akron isn't above showing honorable traits, and Godcat actually stops her assault and redeems herself after being impressed by the heroes' powers.) Meanwhile, The Devourer has no such saving grace and as said, behind basically everything in the series.
Conclusion[]
A definite yes to his lovecraftian creep.