The Dark Lord, originally gonna be known as The Chosen One's enemy, is the secondary antagonist (later main antagonist) of the Animator vs. Animation web series by Alan Becker. He is a stick figure created by the Animator, who's only purpose was to destroy the Chosen One. Later, he is the best-friend-turned-second archenemy of the Chosen One, the biggest threat the Stick Gang had ever faced, and the greatest general that Evil Blue Jelly ever hired.
Appearance[]
The Dark Lord is a red hollow-headed stick figure below average height . In the climax of Animator vs. Animation Season 2, he dons the Wristband of Power that has red highlights on his right arm that can generate triangle-esque blades with unstable bases that have the same colors as the wristband. Later on in his fight against The Chosen One and a recently 3D printed cursor controlled by Noogai3, he morphs a Virablade into an extra wristband on his left arm, now donning two wristbands instead of one. His official hex code is #FF0100 as stated by Alan Becker in a discord message.
Personality[]
When first created, the Dark Lord was shown to be intelligent, but he was created for one thing and one thing only - Destroy the Chosen One. He somehow instantly got many programs on his side, but it was most likely due to the fact that the programs wanted revenge. He was extremely skilled and powerful in battles. Despite the name, he was created as a heroic stick figure, meant to stop a rampaging, evil one that ironically, had a name that is more common among heroes.
However, after seeing that the Animator never cared about him and that he was simply playing Solitaire while he almost died, the Dark Lord befriended the Chosen One to get rid of the Animator, and ultimately succeeded and even escaped, destroying the Animator's computer.
But, as soon as he became free, the Dark Lord lost any possible redeeming qualities and became a remorseless destroyer and possible mass murderer who destroyed countless websites and was implied to have killed many people in a fate worst than death by repeatedly killing them by using the recovery centers being destroyed by the Chosen One and much more chaotic to the Dark Side of the world and terrorize the Outernet.
Seven years after destroying the Animator's computer, he still wanted revenge, making the Animator the first target of the ViraBot. It was also shown that he seemingly wanted to conquer and/or destroy the entire Internet/Outernet, possibly even more. He is extremely determined and self-centered, as after seven years of friendship, he had no problems with killing the Chosen One only to complete his own goal. It also shows that the Dark Lord shows no care for anyone or anything except himself and his own destructive goals. He succeeded at first, but was punched away by the Chosen One, only for the black stick figure to kill the ViraBot sent to the Animator's PC.
Showing complete disregard for lives outside his own, the Dark Lord was heavily implied to have slaughtered hundreds upon hundreds of people during his seven-year-long rampage, already claiming several victims beforehand by destroying the Animator's computer and then went one step further by trying to destroy hundreds of computers around the globe with his virus army, willing to end a years-long friendship to achieve this goal. During his battle against the Chosen One and his allies (including the Animator), the Dark Lord shows a sadistic and psychopathic side as he decides to kill the Second Coming by himself with no help from the ViraBots, stabs Red before kicking his disintegrating body, and then kills Green, Blue and Yellow with no signs of empathy nor remorse.
The Dark Lord, as mentioned before, tried to destroy countless computers by infecting seven popular websites (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Google, Twitch, Wikipedia and Discord) to get as many computers infected as possible, showing his intelligence and knowledge about humanity by correctly knowing which websites have the biggest amounts of users. Despite being artificial, the Dark Lord showed signs of both high-functioning and low-functioning psychopathy. He showed zero guilt, empathy or remorse, great intelligence, a slight amount of charisma (as shown through his interactions with the Chosen One), cares for no one but himself, acts on destructive impulse and has need for stimulation.
Throughout his entire life, he feared only one thing: Death. In all three moments when he can actually die, he stops being a destructive murderer and cowers in fear or tries to escape. However, it's not fair to call him a coward as death is a scary thing in both real life and fiction, along with the fact that the Dark Lord is willing to take on any powerful enemies if necessary, as he managed to punch down the Second Coming after the latter destroyed all the remaining ViraBots.
Overall, the Dark Lord is a remorseless and heartless psychopath who wanted nothing more than to cause as much destruction and death as possible.
Powers/Skills[]
Self-awareness[]
Like the Chosen One, he can interact with humans outside of the computer.
Superhuman Strength[]
He has strength like the Chosen One.
Pyrokinetic Flight[]
Like the Chosen One, Dark Lord can fly with fire
With the Wristband[]
Control over the ViraBots[]
He can control the ViraBots with the wristband in his arms.
Virus Blades[]
He can use Virus Blades to instantly delete anything or anyone.
Immunity to Laser Beams[]
He gains laser resistance when having the wristband in his arms
Moral Event Horizon[]
He terrorized and possibly slaughtered fellow stick figures
He created the ViraBot species to destroy computers around the world and terrorize the Outernet
Trivia[]
His Friday Night Funkin' mod song is called "End Process"
In the season 9 finale, it will turn out he was Joey Tempest (Fictionalized)'s former master
Him, alongside Bill Cipher, Evelyn Claythorne, General Grievous, Odalia Blight, Porky Minch, Stu Macher, Thumper, Wat Tambor, Venom (Raimiverse), and The Evil Queen, were originally Villainous Benchmarks before turning Pure Evil
According to Alan, He would defeat the Mercenary Leader
It was the Animator's fault for putting the Dark Lord into his villainy, and due to him not helping the Dark Lord, just playing Solitaire instead of helping him. Making the Chosen One and the Dark Lord destroy his computer.
While his age was never confirmed, it can be presumed the Dark Lord is a young adult as he's slightly taller than the Stick Gang and Purple, who are teenagers, but shorter than King Orange and Dark Blue, who are old enough to have children.
The Dark Lord is very similar to King Orange, both are main antagonists of a major story arc that didn't start out as horrible people, were planning an omnicide and have an army of minions at their disposal (the ViraBots for the Dark Lord and both the Piglin Brutes and the Dark Mobs for King Orange). The main difference between them is that King Orange was an Average Joe with a tragic past who managed to redeem himself and lived as a result, while the Dark Lord was an all-powerful (fallen) minion of the villainous Animator who lacked sympathetic qualities and stayed a villain, presumably dying in the process (although this wasn't confirmed).
While the Dark Lord is currently Pure Evil, this might change in the future as he wasn't confirmed to have died and series creator Alan Becker even said that "anything's possible" when it comes to his return. The fact that the Chosen One has returned for an AvA VI makes this even more likely, even if it seems like it has a new villain in victim.
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