Emperor Mateus

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==Summary==
The primary antagonist of Final Fantasy II. Emperor Mateus is the ruler of Palamecia who attempts to subjugate all the world under his rule, believing himself to be the only one capable of doing so as all other humans are but insects to him. His burning of the Kingdom of Fynn is what triggers Firion and his friends to join the Wild Rose Rebellion, starting the events of the game. When they finally confront and defeat him, he is quickly revealed to have reincarnated as both a demon and an angel, splitting himself into two powerful beings that subjugated heaven and hell simultaneously, causing Firion and his allies to travel through Hell and Pandaemonium to face him while their deceased friends took on the Emperor's light half, ending the threat he posed once and for all.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely higher | At least , likely | 
Key: Base | Emperor of Hell/Heaven | Dissidia
Name: Emperor Mateus, Emperor of Palamecia
Origin: Final Fantasy II
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Sorcerer, Emperor of Palamecia
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Base=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Extrasensory Perception (Mages have shown to naturally possess thisFinal Fantasy IV:The After Years), Magic, Subjective Reality (Magic,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29 in its basest form,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107 is projecting one's innerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109 mind onto realityFinal Fantasy IV:The After Years, and is powered by intelligence and mental strength), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the Final Fantasy I, to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself, like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199 and time and space were twisted to the pointFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67 the past, present and futureFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73 existed as oneFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite the natural order of thingsFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic abilityFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2 page 114), Air Manipulation (Can make tornadoes at will), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (via Thunder spells, which are capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Holy Manipulation (via Holy), Telekinesis, Hellfire Manipulation, BFR (The Teleport spell is capable of banishing targets to the Void, which inflicts the following abilities on the victim: Existence Erasure/Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (which includes Madness Manipulation (Type 3), and Perception Manipulation), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, and Corruption (Type 2), Afterimage Creation (via Blink), Forcefield Creation (via Wall and Barrier) Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can inflict the Darkness/Blind status effect, which would render the target blind through darknessFinal Fantasy V GBA Manual), Statistics Reduction (via Curse), Life Force Absorption, Sealing & Power Absorption (Can seal targets inside his traps or drain their powerDissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia) 
|-|Resistance=Resistant to the following: Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is shown to project one's inner mind onto reality and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road, remove entire concepts and warp space and time to where the past, present, and future exists as one), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which are capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum; Is capable of resisting these elements, the Fire and Ice spell in particular being capable of affecting the target's electrons), Soul Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which reaps the targets soul; killing themFinal Fantasy VI), Poison Manipulation, Disease Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect and Bio, the former is stated to corrode the target while the latter inflicts the target with a disease), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood,), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the paralysis status effect), Time Stop (Can resist the Stop spell), Transmutation (Can resist turning into a Toad), Size Manipulation (Can resist the Mini spell), Curse Manipulation and Statistics Reduction (Can resist the Curse status effect, which makes the target far weaker than before), Fear Manipulation (Can resist the Fear spell), Memory Manipulation (Can resist the Fog status effect, which makes one Amnesiatic), Sleep Manipulation and Biological Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep spell, which canaffect the brain's fundamental functionsFinal Fantasy IV Settings Guidebook), Status Effect Inducement (Can resist a wide variety of status effects)
|-|Emperor of Hell/Heaven=Same as before, plus Immortality (Type 8; Due to splitting himself from his hell and heaven incarnates, he is reliant on both versions to stay alive to avoid true death), Possession (as a Demon, he can possess others), Shapeshifting (As a demon, he can shapeshift into other beingsFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 169), Acausality (Type 2 and 4; scales from the Demons; who can walk down the devil's path naturally, where the concept of time doesn't exist, and the past, present and future are merged as one in this realm), Dimensional Travel (Can freely travel between Hell and Earth as well as summon Pandaemonium, the Palace of Hell, onto Earth), Soul Manipulation (Can send souls to the afterlife), Danmaku (via Castle PalameciaDissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia)
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Attack Potency: At least Small Country level, likely higher (Can generate massive cyclones) | At least Multi-Solar System level (Is capable of sustaining the entire dimension of PandemoniumFinal Fantasy II, which holds a Starry Sky, which is this strong), likely Low Multiverse level (Is capable of defeating the Demons of Pandemonium, which were shown to be a tough fight to the FF4 After Years cast) | Multiverse level+ (Borrows powers from the gods of the cycle) higher as Hell Emperor (After gaining his Fragment of Silt was easily able to overpower 5 Warriors of Materia at once with ease)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Is superior to the Wyverns, who can fly this fast) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with the Demons of Pandemonium, which were able to keep up with the After Years cast, who can react to Meteor, a spell that's this fast) | Massively FTL+, higher as Hell Emperor
Lifting Strength: Class K (Should be comparable of Joseph by the end of the game) | Immeasurable (Superior to Neo Exdeath and Enuo)
Striking Strength: At least Small Country level, likely higher | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Can harm the Demons of Pandemonium) | Multiverse level+, higher as Hell Emperor
Durability: At least Small Country level, likely higher | At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level | Multiverse level+, higher as Hell Emperor (Easily shrugged off Nine's attacks)
Stamina: Very high
Range: Extended Melee Range with swords/spears/axes/etc, Tens of Meters with long bow, Multiversal+ with magic (Magic as a whole is shown to affect omnipresent beings such as Exdeath when he's become one with the Void itself, which spans across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse, can even banish foes into the Void with the Warp ability)
Standard Equipment: His Scepter, Mateus's Malice
Intelligence: The Emperor is an amazing tactician and manipulator, easily taking over most of the country until Firion and his friends joined the Wild Rose Rebellion. Even then he managed to engineer the deaths of most of the major figures of the rebellion and even temporarily replaced Princess Hilda with a Lamia. He is also implied to be a mechanical genius, having personally designed and developed the Dreadnought airship and its weaponry. However, he is very arrogant and condescending, which can often cloud his judgment. He is also not used to losing or criticism, resulting in desperate actions in the face of repeated defeats.
Weaknesses: He is a misanthrope and extremely arrogant, refusing to fight his foes unless they defeat his underlings first. | He is weak to weapons that drain the life out of foes such as the Blood Sword.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Base:
* Summoning: He can summon up creatures from Hell and build up a massive army of demons. (Never explained how he did it)
* Cyclone: Conjured a massive Cyclone to lay waste to the cities of his planet in a last ditch effort to pacify the rebellion.
* Blink VIII: Creates double images of himself to be used as a distraction and evade further attacks.
* Barrier VIII: Erects a magic barrier to mitigate the damage dealt by elemental attacks.
* Thunder X: Powerful lightning elemental magic.
* Haste VIII: Speeds up the Emperor's time relative to his opponents, increasing his combat speed.
* Slow IX: Slows down time around his opponents, reducing their combat speed.
* Teleportation: Showcases the power to do so upon capturing Firion and company with his fake tournament at the Coliseum.
The Dark Emperor:
* Blind XVI: Blinds his opponents.
* Curse XVI: Inflicts Curse status on the target. The afflicted character's destructive power and durability are drastically reduced.
* Dispel XVI: Dispels any positive magical buffs cast on target.
* Flare XVI: Sets off a fusion reaction, generating a large magical explosion.
* Slow XVI: Even more potent version of Slow IX.
* Starfall X: Calls down a meteor from the sky.
* Resurrection: Implied to have brought himself back to life upon ascending to the throne of Hell and claiming it's power for himself.
* Telekinesis: Lifts the palace of Hell, Pandaemonium, up to the surface of Earth from out of Hell.
* Hellfire: Summons hellfire to attack Firion and company upon ascending out of Hell and reclaiming his hold over Firion's world.
* Life Force Absorption: His physical attacks leech vitality from those hit by them, restoring his
Emperor of Heaven: He wields all of the abilities of his Emperor of Hell half as well as:
* Blaze XVI: Powerful fire elemental magic.
* Holy XVI: Despite it's name, the attack is designated a non-elemental magical explosion, the white magic opposite of Flare.
* Starfall XVI: A more powerful version of Starfall X.
* Soul Manipulation: Pulled more than an entire town's worth of people from out of the afterlife and placed them inside the Raqia without their even knowing how they ended up getting there.
Note: Most of the attacks are based on game mechanics. Not to be confused with any other "Emperor" characters.
==Gallery==
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==Notable Matchups==
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