NPE Proposal: LightenedWarrior

'''What's the work? Who's the villain?'''

LightenedWarrior (also known as Anshil) is a minor but important antagonist of the Dragon Sim Cinematic Universe (DSCU for short)- a joke name-turned semi official name of an ongoing (but sort of dead) series of role-plays with an overarching story-line on a game called Dragon Simulator: Be a Dragon and Discord. A dragon with a lust for souls, Lightened has the desire to kill everything to harvest their souls and satisfy his fetish. On his way to fulfill his goal, he dueled and killed a major antagonist called Prince- a clan-leading dragon who was both infamous among his enemies and beloved by his allies- and nearly brought the clan to its knees and traumatized those who cared for Prince.

History

Almost nothing is known about his life before coming to Earth and attacking Prince, and the limited information on his past is vague. He originated from a dimension called Emina- a hellish, oppressive world ruled by a demonic entity named Soulbreaker. Under unknown conditions (presumably kidnapped and forced to do it), Lightened ended up as a test subject and had his element, Strength, fused with the Soul element (an element of her creation) to see if it's compatible, transforming him into a god-like being with immense power. Although the scope of the pain is unclear, it's implied that the experimentations were cruel and agonizing. Somehow, he managed to get away and escape from the dimension. His whereabouts afterwards are unknown.

Sometime during 2019, he suddenly reappeared on Earth after presumably hiding there for some time, judging from how he learned about Prince and wished to attack him. Taking him by surprise since he was talking with some strangers, Lightened made himself known to Prince and was ready to fight. After a short conversation between the two, they engaged in a long, grueling battle. Lightened struggled to hit and simultaneously avoid being hit by his opponent because of Prince bearing the same element as him and having a pet named Akumu to serve as a distraction. While Prince put up a great fight, he ultimately succumbed to his attacker, resulting in his soul being shattered. Akumu- who had been aiding his master in the duel- was devastated by the outcome and retreated before Lightened could kill him. Before Akumu fled, the victorious dragon placed a seal over Prince's body to prevent him from being revived or messed with.

Setting his sights onto the rest of Prince's clan, he took a day-long break and resumed his killing spree. While in search of clan members, he stumbled across a mourning teenager and her aunt. The two- named Death and Charlie respectively- were solemnly discussing the death of Prince, an important figure in both of their lives because Charlie is his girlfriend and Death's his niece. The conversation was abruptly cut short as Lightened, mistaking them for being members of Prince's clan, attacked them in the same manner as his previous victim. Death desperately tugged at her aunt's arm, but was unable to save her as they were struck in the chest with a weapon. Charlie managed to channel the rest of her fading magic and teleported the duo away. They end up close to Death's best friend, Ashcore, and tell her what happened to Prince and them. Charlie also confessed that she was pregnant with Prince's child and only wished that she could have told him, her pretty eyes fading from violet to grey. Death vowed to avenge her aunt and uncle before succumbing to her wound. Ash- who had been trying to comfort the duo- finally broke down and cried while Charlie attempted to calm her down, still clinging onto life because of her Chaos magic. With a final goodbye to Ash and the friends she never got to visit, the last of her magic faded, causing her to die and for her body to disintegrate.

Satisfied with his kills, Lightened took another break and seemingly disappeared without a trace. His absence didn't last long as he returned days later and began another killing spree, downing about 304 people per day. At the same time, a curious dragon named Storm Drake- a reincarnation of Death with virtually no memories from her previous life- approached Lightened and conversed with him. Exhausted from his most recent killing spree, he let the teenager speak without retaliation. The girl was impressed by his abilities and asked if she could join him, prompting a "no" from him. Undeterred by the rejection, Storm stated that she would still kill and wreak havoc without Lightened. Humored by the teen, Lightened asked her various questions about her life and where she came from. She explained that she came from an entirely different universe in which she was a brainwashed minion-turned-rebellious warrior against her father Umlaut- a tyrannical dragon that wanted to rule over his world and brainwashed other dragons to do his bidding- and implied that she missed home. Taking interest in the girl, he pretended to relate to her as he was also displaced from his original universe. The two engaged in a lengthy conversation about their pasts and accomplishments and Lightened brought up his killing sprees, impressing Storm and causing her to form a one-sided connection to him. After the conversation died down a bit, Lightened suddenly left the teenager and disappeared. Storm- feeling that she made a good friend- searched for her "friend" and rediscovered him approximately two days later, just minding his own business. Despite being slightly disgruntled with her, Lightened pretended to be excited to see her again and talked to her. The conversation was similar to their previous one, the only difference between to two being he mentioned Prince and his clan. The girl was intrigued and felt nostalgic over the clan wars of her old home and told Lightened that she would finish off Prince's clan, amusing the dragon and prompting him to challenge her to a duel to test out her skills. In their battle, she revealed her electrokinesis and weather manipulation powers, but was no match for his strength and nearly died. To prevent Storm from dying, Lightened healed her wounds and faked being impressed by her powers despite almost losing. The teenager was proud of herself despited almost being killed and promised she could do better. To set an example on how she could improve, Lightened told her to go out and kill. Storm complied and killed a person by sucking them into a tornado and eletrocuting them to death. Amused by the girl's loyalty to him, Lightened allowed her to be an accomplice in his plans. Together, they went on a small killing spree which resulted in the deaths of 4 people. After the spree was over, Lightened suddenly abandoned Storm without saying a "goodbye."

What Makes Him Close To Being PE?


 * Ambushed and battled a dragon named Prince in a long, drawn-out duel, ultimately resulting in Prince having his soul shattered, killing him and placing a seal on his body so it can't be resurrected. Although Prince is the leader of an infamously dangerous clan named Elite Evil Dragons (EED for short) that plunged the world into a long war, he was still beloved by his friends, family, and clan members and a rather tragic figure.
 * Rather than being sent to a heaven, hell, or even purgatory, he ended up in a place called Inanis, described as the "void of non-existence" where all shattered souls go. An infinitely expansive and supposedly inescapable void with nothing inside, souls aimlessly wander for eternity, desperately searching to find anything that isn't the void. As a sufferer of monophobia- the intense fear of isolation and loneliness- and being trapped in a similar dimension as a child by his vile mother, the experience nearly drove Prince insane as he wandered in search of any friends or family. Although he was somehow retrieved by the god Ren and given a new soul, that experience reopened psychological wounds that likely still affect him to this day.


 * After murdering Prince, Lightened plotted to hunt down every member of his clan. Mistaking them for members, he mercilessly slaughters Prince's pregnant girlfriend, Charlie and his teenage niece named Death. The baby died with its mother, making Lightened the only known villain in the DSCU to ever commit feticide. Since their souls were shattered in the same manner as Prince's, they experienced the same void as him. Even after learning the two had nothing to do with Prince's schemes and that Charlie was pregnant, he still showed no signs of regret over his actions.
 * Despite both of them being revived alongside Prince, the baby inside Charlie wasn't brought back to life. This implies that the baby was so early into development, it never had the chance to gain a soul or if it did have one, it could be in the possession of Lightened.
 * Among other factors, this event unintentionally caused Hellfire- a demonic representation of Death's negative emotions- to reemerge after years of dormancy. As Hellfire, Death has torched entire forests and cities to the ground, lashed out at her friends and family, destroyed any self confidence and esteem she might've once had, and even killed or harmed people in gruesome ways.
 * Seeks to kill all living things to harvest their souls due to having a romantic attraction towards them. To fulfill his desire, Lightened goes around and massacres many people at a time, often conversing with his unwitting victims beforehand. So far, 222,224 innocent people- not including Prince, Charlie and her unborn child, and Death- have fallen victim to his random attacks.
 * An important thing to note is that he only considers souls as objects for collection, making in more of an obsession rather than a genuine love.
 * Despite having a relatively tragic backstory of being an unwilling experiment for the ruler of his world, Soulbreaker (she may get a proposal one day), he has long since invalidated any tragedy or sympathy by his heinous actions.
 * Unlike a majority of the other DSCU villains, he lacks any redeeming qualities, is taken completely serious, and has fully moral agency.
 * Feigns a friendship with a 14 year old dragon named Storm Drake- a chaotic and homesick teenager who is the only survivor from her universe after it mysteriously collapsed, living only because of her ability to reincarnate. Only sparing her at first because he was tired from killing Prince, Charlie, and Death, Lightened is willing to kill at her at any time even despite knowing she genuinely likes him. Whether knowing it or not, Storm is on her last life and will stay dead forever if she is killed again. During the times they have met up, they have killed multiple people together and Storm has proposed schemes that will cause chaos if enacted. One particular scheme seemed to interest him, using an ancient staff that contains a genocidal demon and freeing it from its prison.
 * After collecting the souls, he subjects many of them to cruel experiments in the same vein as Soulbreaker. The experiments include testing what type of magic causes the most pain, fusing souls of various elements together, and messing with their minds. Because souls are still conscious even after death or are stolen, they experience immense pain from the tests. Although he primarily targets "major" souls (his name for adult souls), Lightened is perfectly willing to subject "minor" (children) souls to his agonizingly sadistic experiments.
 * He never faces any consequences for his actions, making him a Karma Houdini.

What prevents him from being PE?


 * As despicable as Lightened is, he fails the massive heinous standards when compared to
 * Lux, a perverted demon with hegemonic desires. While he has fewer resources than Lightened, Lux still managed to eclipse Lightened as he was partly responsible for setting the standards so high. As the original creator of Elite Evil Dragons before Prince took over, he recruited the most wicked people imaginable with the goal of taking over the world. His most infamous traits, however, was his lust for women, adult and under-aged alike. He raped a then 32 year old (equivalent to about 12 in human years) dragon named Death and her even younger sister, Lily twice and had four children in total. He killed three out of the four children and attempted to kill the surviving one, a girl named Dark.
 * Mestra, the Goddess/Aspect of slavery and deceit. Similar to Lux, she recruited the most vile people (almost all of them women) to manage her slaves and forced them to commit horrific crimes as a form of initiation. She was also responsible for the rise of Lux as he was once worked for her before attempting to betray her, turning him from a human into a demon and casting him out as a result. When a Goddess named Eleftheria- who was really an alter-ego for the Goddess of natural disasters named Tempest who despised her role because it hurt mortals- tried to stage a rebellion to free all of the captive slaves, she murdered the Goddess in cold blood.
 * Eschaton is a cataclysmic Aspect that despises all living things because it believes that they're disgusting abominations. Although Lightened and the demon share a similar goal, the scale and reasoning for it are different. Eschaton has killed well over trillions of living things, sentient and non-sentient alike, and has even murdered its fellow Aspects, while Lightened has a comparatively small kill count in the hundreds of thousands of sentient beings. Eschaton appears to be fueled by a twisted sense of justice- making the demon believe it is doing the right thing- and Lightened is attracted to souls and desires to collect them all.

Debated Validations(?)


 * His crimes could be considered generic in a world where almost every person have killed at least one person- a majority have kill counts in the 10s- and other characters have cataclysmic goals or have performed unethical experiments. However, who he targeted, his motivation, and the sheer volume of victims make him stand out.

Moral Event Horizon(s)?


 * He crossed it twice when he:
 * Killed Prince and shattered his soul.
 * Killed a pregnant Charlie and her unborn and Death, who was only around 15 years old.