Purgatoth

Purgatoth is an Elder God who is the mediator between Heaven & Hell. Ruling over Purgatory, where he ferries souls into the afterlife, Purgatoth decides whether or not someone should haunt the physical realm as a spirit. He has only appeared once in the Terrachaoverse series.
Tier: Unknown
== Appearance ==
Purgatoth, as an abstract entity, is formless, but he prefers to take on the form of a tall, humanoid skeleton. He wears a long, tattered black cape & wears a spiky crown of bones atop his head. For some reason, his feet are never visible.
== History ==
=== Keeper of Spiritual Balance ===
Purgatoth was created by the Emperor of Evil sometime before the Terrachaoverse came into existence. As the creation of life would be inevitable, Purgatoth took on the role of the one who would ferry the souls of living beings into the afterlife when they die. In order to send them to the right place, he would be given inside information from Yahweh & Akujin regarding the purity of the souls he meets. By scanning someone's spirit, he decides which God to send a soul to for examination. But to make things interesting, Purgatoth created a rule that a living being can be resurrected two times, giving them three chances at life. If they a die a third time, they are gone for good, & if they are too neutral to be put in Heaven nor Hell, he shall keep them in his own domain he calls Purgatory, which has a sub-level called Limbo. While Purgatory resembles a blank, never-ending waiting room, Limbo's appearance remains unknown.
To influence the creation of the Multiverse, Purgatoth created a device called the Hexacontakis, which looked like a 60-sided shape that's gunmetal in color. He fully intended for other beings who were powerful enough to find this object & use it to rebuild the Multiverse, & he wanted other people to do it so that there would be a variety of creativity across the realms. However, before that would happen, Purgatoth tested it out by creating the Dead Zone (also known as the Land of the Nevers), a banishment realm of infinite darkness where only the most heinous villains are sent to. Once the Hexacontakis was proven successful, Purgatoth yote it into the cosmos, floating through the realms until someone would find it. 
=== Refunds for Life ===
Ever since supernatural beings became more commonplace in the Multiverse, particularly the Earth of the Terrachaoverse, Purgatoth has made some interesting decisions in regards to certain people. The most notable case was for a Wollip named Heartman. Like everyone else, he obeys the Death of Three rule, & after his first death in 2013 he was kept in Heaven, but was given a second chance by the one who orchestrated his death, Emperor Danos. Heartman persevered & tried to live a better life, but he unfortunately met his end by the gun of the Pink Caper in 2016. This time, Purgatoth sent Heartman's soul to the Cringe Dimension, as he foresaw Heartman's future & decided this was the best course of action for the moment. But he did not tell the Wollip why he sent him to that horrible place, for it would jeopardize Heartman's true fate. Girly Man was also sent to the Cringe Dimension prior to Heartman's second death simply because Purgatoth thought they were too cringey to exist, but not evil.
A more recent example of Purgatoth's interactions with lesser beings would be with Dr. Victor Zolostene, who was killed by Danos in 2020. Zolostene was supposed to go to Hell for his many villainous deeds committed in his seven centuries of living, but since he had connections with Demons, namely MORTIS, this would allow Zolostene to return to the living realm, which was not meant to be his fate. So, Purgatoth cursed Zolostene to forever walk the earthly plane until the Earth is no more. Then, he would be returned to Purgatory once more, where he will remain permanently.
== Personality ==
Purgatoth takes no sides, representing the balance between life & death. He has no personal qualms or quarrels with anyone, & is devoted entirely to his duty as a cosmic ferryman. However, he does show a curious interest in the many lifeforms who inhabit the Multiverse, which is likely why he created the Hexacontakis. This interest also can be shown with how he let Heartman live in the Cringe Dimension instead of the Terrachaoverse after his second revival, & when he cursed Dr. Zolostene to roam the earthly plane forever instead of being sent to Hell like he was intended to be. The powers of godhood do allow for much creative freedom, after all.
== Powers & Abilities ==
=== Physical Abilities ===
Godlike Strength: While having shown no on-screen feats, Purgatoth is capable of extradimensional strength. After all, he did create the Hexacontakis, a device which can create up to 60 universes. However, because of his importance in the grand scheme of the cosmos, Purgatoth is much more powerful than a 4-dimensional being. It is unknown exactly how powerful he is, but it's likely that he could be the same entity as or very closely related to Mournor, as both of them are personifications of death. Hastur also seems to hold Purgatoth in high esteem, showing respect for his creation of the Hexacontakis. Scaling to the Ghosts of Apocalypse, Purgatoth would be more powerful than the Great Old Ones & even the Infinity Gauntlet, but to how much higher of a degree is unknown. 
Godlike Speed: While having shown no on-screen feats, Purgatoth is capable of immeasurable speed since he exists outside of ordered time.
Invulnerability: Purgatoth is impervious to all forms of harm. He can withstand attacks from the Great Old Ones & the Infinity Stones.
Immortality: Purgatoth is immortal in that he lives forever & cannot be killed. His existence is also tied to the idea of Purgatory itself, where he exists as long as it does. 
Regeneration: Purgatoth & his avatars can heal from any sort of injury, no matter how severe.
=== Special Powers ===
Nigh-Omnipotence: Purgatoth is above most Gods in the Multiverse for how important he is in the matters of life & death. Despite having only one on-screen appearance, he has shown to be one of the most important & most powerful beings in existence.
* Higher Dimensional Manipulation: Purgatoth exists in many higher dimensions than 4, likely being above the Great Old Ones' & Infinity Stones' power level.
* Abstract Existence: Purgatoth does not have a true physical form & exists above the material realm.
* Nigh-Omniscience: Purgatoth can see the countless souls across the Multiverse simultaneously & make his decisions about what to do with them once they die.
* Nigh-Omnipresence: Purgatoth can extend his existence to the entirety of his realm.
** Dimensional Travel: He can go to any realm within the Multiverse.
* Soul Manipulation: Purgatoth can ferry, banish, & even erase one's soul. 
* Reality Warping: His immense power can defy reality itself, but chooses not to warp it because it would upset the cosmic balance. But he is still capable of it, regardless. He can also bring objects into existence, even destroyed ones like the broken Scepter of Pestilence.
* Spacetime Manipulation: Since Purgatoth created the very realm named after him, he can affect/create/destroy spaces of infinite sizes. He also exists outside of time, which is one of the reasons why he can monitor everyone's souls. He can also send spirits to different points in time.
* Void Manipulation: If push comes to shove, Purgatoth can manipulate the state of nothingness & erase a being from existence if he needs to.
* Power Nullification/Bestowal: A soul carries none of the powers they had in life once they enter Purgatory. Conversely, Purgatoth can give someone any power he thinks they should have.
* Law Manipulation: The Death of Three rule was put into place thanks to Purgatoth, a natural law of the universe that all living beings abide by, even if they don't know it.
* Curse Inducement: Purgatoth cursed Zolostene to roam the earthly plane until the end of the Earth itself.
* Fate Manipulation: Purgatoth seems to know how a person's life is supposed to go, which is why he made special exceptions for Heartman & Zolostene & how they would live again. He organized their fates in such a way that Heartman could properly redeem himself in the eyes of the Monirken people (as well as see the impact he left by slavery being outlawed in the empire), & so Zolostene & Dr. Sack could reconcile with each other.
== Weaknesses ==
Purgatoth has no known weaknesses.
== Trivia ==
* He was meant to be a character in the series as far back as 2010, with his original name being Skeletorg & being a brother of Akujin. He appeared in a video alongside the Emperor of Evil but all they really did was go outside & talk about the weather. He was also in an unreleased video featuring Josh in 2012 where they just ran around in the snow & goofed around.
* His bones were originally meant to be green in coloration, but he was made white to stay consistent with the colorless appearance of Purgatory.
* He was originally meant to speak in Haunted by the Past, but the nature of how the story was to play out relegated him to only be seen talking & not heard talking.
* It's possible that he's the Grim Reaper, but this is not confirmed.
== Filmography ==
# Haunted by the Past
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