List off your antagonists in your stories/series and rank them by how powerful they are. Go in-depth with how they work, how they terrorize or are an inconvenience for your protagonists.
1 is the most powerful, come at it, talk about your antagonists!
Aight, so End of Time has a lot of Antags so it's a complicated list. So I'm just gonna list the top five.
- (complicated, one may or may not exist) Red Mountain or Nuq. Nuq is literally titled the End of Time, he is the one that resets the universe. His only equal is his sibling, Mzaroth, who even then could just as easily be considered an antag, though is not, and is more of an antihero. Nuq is basically a giant dragon. Like, I'm talking big. The drawing I'm preparing doesn't show him in full glory, but it shows birds for scale, and they're like pale dots. Nuq does have a humanoid form, but rarely uses it. Nuq naps under a mountain for a long time, and after a certain period, he exits out of it in a dramatic entrance. The stories of older civilizations tell that he will exit the land in a way similar to many volcanoes erupting at the same time, then his wings, which span over several mountains, open up, and he flies around the planet several times to destroy it. After that, Nuq uses his abilities to leave his dragon/animal like appearance, and appear as a massive being to destroy celestial bodies, a process taking a lot of time but essentially the beginning of the end. Then there's The Red Mountain, who I'm debating about making exist or not. The Red Mountain can rewrite the rules of the universe, see the future before it happens and change it all, and is a force of destruction. Mindless destruction, rather. Nuq destroys to reset, to allow things to regrow, even if it is an inconvenience. The Red Mountain destroys for an unknown reason, though theories say that TRM wants to recreate the universe in his viewpoint, how he sees it.
- Obhil (formerly), now Vryllost. Obhil is a planet eater, a star eater, whatever you'd prefer to call them. Out of all my eldritch horrors, while Obhil is still not the oldest, they are the oldest currently surviving. They used to destroy because it was the only thing they knew. After a series of events though, Obhil was eventually led to reason (most likely told about TRM) and decided to make a change, hopefully for the better. One should not forget they are still very well capable of killing, however.
Vryllost. Used to be the weakest of all his siblings, but learned the world wouldn't do everything for him. It wouldn't protect him. So, like many of the Eldritch, he destroyed. But unlike the majority of them, there is no chance you can strike a deal with him. You're just gonna have to kill him. Vryllost usually chills out on ocean planets, where the locals make feeble attempts at trying to make Vryllost peaceful, but Vryllost is only mildly amused by their shrines and sacrifices (which usually causes wars, so sometimes he indirectly destroys). Like his other sibling, Sinistra, he does tend to underestimate his foes. He also gets angered easily (which is a bad thing.) Kinda strange looking at his history; he was the smallest and weakest, and now he's probably the most sadistic out of all of them now.
- Sinistra. Killed her own creator, now she's killing planets. Unlike Obhil, she does not eat the planets; instead destroying them via many portals that she is capable of placing throughout the galaxy. Sinistra is sadistic, though not like Vryllost. You're more likely to make a deal with her than Vryllost, but she is going to end up betraying you, or using you. She is extremely manipulative. However, she is intelligent, knowing her place, and knowing how the puzzle works; such as keeping certain protags alive because she needs them for the "puzzle."
- Acigokon. The most reasonable of the 3 Siblings. He came to Earth in medieval times and since then has gathered many followers who worship him, and not just Earth. He thrives off of the worship that he receives from them. While still an antag, he is labeled to be the most reasonable because you can probably make a deal with him as long as you uphold in your part; and he won't betray you. Still, his 'cult' is made from ideals that he made up, like all of the sacrificing that goes on in there, stuff we would see as probably pretty bad. He is completely aware of this all. His followers are inconveniences because he does have a link with all of the members, and he is capable of manipulating them in this way, such as getting someone or a group of people he doesn't like.
- Death Capsules. While not a singular being, they were planted on several planets by an unknown being millions of years ago. It is unknown if the being is still around. The Death Capsules all share a singular mind however, capable of messaging eachother through an invisible link. They are located deep within the crust of a planet. At the most, there are 2 on each planet. Each 'Death Capsule' has an unknown timer. After a certain amount of time, all of the capsules are triggered, and release the Death Capsule within, a massive being who could be 300 metres tall, or even greater. While (mostly?) mechanical, the Death Capsule can release smaller beings, like drones or smaller versions each unique in their own way to get to places the Death Capsule cannot. It is debated if they are truly robotic or not, due to having a heart-beat similar to living beings as some studies show. Once their job on the planet is done, they begin to reconstruct the planet in their own way, and inhabiting it will be the smaller Death Capsules, while the original one sort of becomes apart of the city.
A smaller Death Capsule of 15 metres hatched before the timer went out, and seemed to be disconnected from the main link of the Death Capsules. However, it seemed to 'die' within 24 hours. The remains were studied and the Death Capsule was found to have biological parts within, such as some organs, or blood. It was mostly mechanical, though. This one also was missing the lower half of its body, though not bothered by it.
There are several studies going on to predict when the Death Capsules hatch and how to combat them.
