Excaecatus

Excaecatus, previously known as Mario.ROM, is an SMB1 Mario Horrorbrew/EXE created by @RooNiff. He was created on March 9th, 2022.
== Overview ==
Excaecatus' design resembles that of Mario's sprite from SMB1, specifically the variant of his sprite once Mario has acquired the Power Mushroom, however they vary differently in terms of design. Excaecatus is noticeably more wrinkly/spiky, he has no moustache, and he dawns a black and white tuxedo like outfit.
== Biography ==
Excaecatus is from another universe, a universe far beyond human comprehension. When born, he was confused. He didn't know who he was, where he was, or why he was. In a universe in which he saw as a cesspit of rallying cries of futility, not only did he seek answers, but dictatorship over a universe unoccupied by a leader. Upon the claiming of his world, he subsequently caused the downfall of it aswell. He no longer had a vessel to take the form of, as now that his universe had met its end, no life was left for Ex to claim for his own, no vessel to possess. Eventually, Excaecatus found this world, a world glistening with life and prowess. He took great fascination in planet Earth and its concept of video games, specifically the Mario franchise, hence as to why he primarily takes on the Mario vessel. During the first stage of his conquering of Earth, he gave the gift of sentience to the entities found within a cartridge of SMB1. He claimed the Mario vessel, and took the rest of the characters along with him. No one knows where Excaecatus currently resides, as no one is alive to document his whereabouts.
== Abilities/Weaknesses ==
=== Abilities ===
* Excaecatus has a limitless amount of abilities, most similarly compared to Lord X, and speaking of, also has limitless power. 
=== Weakness ===
* The only real weakness that Excaecatus has is if any damage is done to his physical vessel. If his vessel were to be destroyed/harmed in any way, a majority of his powers and abilities would be noticeably limited.
** This is extremely difficult to carry out though, as he does have limitless power/abilities.
== Trivia ==
=== Lore-based ===
*Excaecatus is 26 billion years old. The world in which he spawns from only lived for just about the same number of years as our universe has currently, and our universe was born just after his was destroyed.
**He laid dormant in darkness for about 13 billion years.
*Excaecatus has a pocket dimension, in which he spends most of his time at. During the period of time where he laid dormant, he made his own subsidiary universe made for him and only him.
**This pocket dimension is where he stores the enemies from SMB1, the amount of enemies he has however is infinite given how many times he restarts the game. The pocket dimension mainly consists of static and cliffs made up of the enemies bones and meat.
* After having overturned Earth in our timeline, Excaecatus formed a group known as The Council. This is where the rest of the entities he took from SMB1 ended up going after they gained sentience.
** Luigi, Peach, Bowser and Toad all work under Excaecatus' rule now.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Excaecatus used to be known as Mario.ROM, which is a lesser developed version of the Horrorbrew/EXE that has only had slight elements carried over to the newer, improved version.
** Mario.ROM has only ever been seen in Mario's Pandemonium (now an revived upcoming mod named Foreman’s Bedlam), a Friday Night Funkin’ mod directed and created by RooNiff.
* RooNiff has said that he based Excaecatus' design off of self portraits of dementia patients.
** He has also stated that the artstyle is based off of the works of YouTube horror content creator, VibingLeaf.
* Excaecatus has had approximately 16 designs over the course of his creation, his current being the 17th.
** RooNiff has designed all of them.
* Excaecatus is able to detach parts of his body from his torso.
** He usually does this with his head more often than any other part of his body however.
== Gallery ==
File:Untitled684 20240530093740.png|"It won't leave me alone."
File:TearShedArt.png|“The face of a celestial sheds a tear at my mere existence.”
File:TearShedSketch.png|The rough sketch for “TearShed”.
File:ExcaecatusRenderDesaturated.png|Excaecatus’ render desaturated.
File:BrandNewROM.png|Excaecatus’ old design, when he was formerly called Mario.ROM.
Category:Characters
Category:Antagonist .EXEs
Category:Mario-Based
Category:Anomalies