Exodus (EXE)

== Physical description ==
=== Gender ===
Male
=== Height ===
3'3" (Base form)
=== Eye color ===
Red
Exodus is a character created by the user crimsxnsxul. He was created on September 5th 2021.
== Overview ==
Exodus is a demon who mainly takes on a form similar to that of Sonic the Hedgehog. He used to live in the demon world, where he was pretty much a nobody who spent his time researching how to create a portal to Earth, fascinated both by humans and by the concept of multiple dimensions and traveling between them. After arriving on Earth, he spent time manipulating a SEGA employee into creating Sonic the Hedgehog before entering the then-created video game world, using ‘Sonic’ as a vessel, which he then altered slightly to his liking before turning the world into his own. He now rules over it as a self-proclaimed ‘God’ and steals the souls of those who play the game he’s made, with his ultimate goal being to steal as many souls as possible, gaining enough influence over Earth to merge his world with it.
== Biography ==
As stated before, Exodus was once just your average demon studying humans, dimensional transport, and Earth. He spent his time alone, researching and building portals–most of which only remained open for mere seconds until he finally managed to get a working portal to Earth. He then stumbled upon the gaming company SEGA, and manipulated an employee there to pitch his idea of Sonic the Hedgehog, which then became a video game in 1991. Exodus stayed around the employee to torment him from his arrival on Earth to the release of the game, where he then entered into the game’s world through a computer, used the body of ‘Sonic’ as a vessel, and turned it into his own hellish landscape which he then ruled over.
His influence spread onto Earth, many people fearing him and the concept of this ‘Sonic game that steals your soul if you play it’. Some people didn’t believe it, playing the game only to actually have their soul taken by the demon himself. Others formed cults devoted to worshiping Exodus, the main ones going as far as to sacrifice people for him in an attempt to bring along the merging of his world with Earth. Others still decided to hide away in their houses as the planet erupted into chaos over time, with many humans mysteriously dying in their homes. The SEGA employee who once had to deal with Exodus is now one of the ones who hides away in his house alone, blaming himself for all these events. He lives in fear of the possibility that Exodus might take his soul away as well, unknowing that this possibility is destined to become a reality when he least expects it.
Personality-wise, he’s very cruel and manipulative, stopping at nothing to get what he wants, though he’s also reckless and can even be childish at times. He enjoys tormenting others, and forcing the stolen souls to live an eternal afterlife as Sonic characters who either have to play out the roles of the characters in the game (his game), or just end up sitting around and waiting for when he’ll next come by to torture them. However, Exodus does secretly have a more emotional side, yet he refuses to openly show much of it aside from his anger, which is hard to control at times.
Exodus has always had a fascination with humans, and yet, he doesn't understand all of their cultures and practices despite all the research he used to do. In fact, he often gets confused at many things that only exist in the human world, leading him to seem unaware or even dumb. He also isn't the best at social cues or empathy, only really feeling bad for someone if he actually cares about them and he accidentally upsets them or something. He's easily angered and won't hesitate to threaten murder on someone who even slightly annoys him, he holds grudges very easily, and he hates when people 'defy' him in any way. However, if you get on his good side, he'll be friendly towards you and respect you. He tends to take interest in those who show potential to be powerful allies, though he also enjoys sitting and watching people react to various things. He thinks it's funny to watch people's fear and suffering as he tortures them, and yet he can turn around and be an awkward idiot the very next minute. There's a lot more to him than he's willing to admit, basically.
…Other than that, he’s a self-centered demon with a god complex with plans for world domination who refuses to back down from a fight and gets himself into dangerous situations because of it.
== Abilities/Weakness ==
=== Abilities ===
Exodus’s main ability is his ability to shapeshift. He can take on any form he wants, although he can only perfectly replicate it if he knows exactly what it looks like, and he prefers to take on the forms of Sonic characters. If he doesn’t turn into an exact replica, then various traits of his remain the same–darker fur colors, black and red constantly-bleeding eyes, sharp teeth and claws, his signature red rings, and black fade-ins on his limbs. These fade-ins can extend to cover more of his limbs as he loses control of his emotions, but usually stop midway through his forearm and lower leg areas. Other abilities of his include floating, teleporting, the ability to enter his own game and steal souls through it, dimensional traveling, the ability to extend his limbs to great lengths, height-shifting (up to 20 feet), reality changing (limited, he can make areas appear how he wants and create some objects but it takes up a lot of energy for larger things), and various other demonic powers like creating fire from his hands and making himself visible to select humans for the purpose of tormenting them. He’s also skilled in combat and emotional manipulation and uses a double-bladed scythe, which he can split into two separate scythes, as a go-to weapon when he isn’t defaulting to using his claws. Also, the red rings on his wrists and ankles serve as power limiters, meaning his base form (and all other forms with said rings) are weaker than his other forms, but he’s still very powerful, albeit overconfident in his own abilities.
He defaults to his Sonic/Base form, but he does have three other ‘main’ forms. When undergoing too much emotion (usually anger) to the point where he can no longer control it, his limbs turn completely black and increase in size along with the rest of his body, which will then default to around 8 feet. His gloves and shoes are ripped to shreds and his rings shatter as he turns into his Ringless form, a taller version of his Sonic form with completely black limbs and black blood under his eyes. His abilities are the same, albeit more powerful–with the drawback of him becoming feral-like and reckless. He stops thinking about strategies and relies on brute strength alone and it’s hard to get him back to normal once the transformation starts. The easiest way is to attempt to calm him down, though if he maintains this form long enough, he will eventually grow exhausted and his body will force him back to normal, where his gloves, shoes and rings come back and he’s left in a tired state.
Up next is his Deity form, which requires either the Chaos Emeralds or a strong supply of Chaos Energy to maintain. In this form, he becomes even taller, defaulting to 12 feet. His fur becomes a dull, dark red, and his ears are replaced with small demon horns. His eyes gain many pupils within them, and he can make smaller faces appear in the spaces within his multiple mouths. He also gains extra eyes--one on his forehead, one on his chest, and one on the palm of each hand. As for his extra mouths, they're on his stomach, underneath the eyes on his hands, and on the tip of his demonic tail. He also tends to show off his large tentacle-like appendages in this form, 3 on each side of his body. These work as extra limbs and can be extended and retracted at will. His limbs are still all black, and his teeth are darker. The blood under his eyes turns back to red, but with a layer of black within it as well. This form can only be maintained if he has access to enough Chaos Energy--the more he has, the longer it lasts, and it could theoretically last forever with an infinite supply of energy--however, this is usually not the case. Being in this form can also be draining on him. Once he reverts back to normal, he will become all dazed and dizzy for a while, and he'll need to rest--unless he's in a fight, in which case he'll still attempt to fight back even in his exhausted state. His Deity form is even more violent, cruel, and basically feral than his Ringless form, and even harder to calm him down from. It’s the closest he can get to being considered on par with something similar to a godlike being, despite believing he Is God no matter what.
Lastly, his True Demon form is how he originally looked within the demon world, and how he presented himself before gaining Sonic as a vessel. This form is very tall, defaulting to 15 feet with a maximum of 20. It is completely black with a round head, small demon horns and wings, long limbs (with 4 clawed fingers on each hand of course), a demon tail, and the same tentacle things from his Deity form (which can still extend and retract). The only parts of this form that aren't pitch-black are his eyes, teeth, and tongue, which are all a bright red (and they can glow). This form is often described as 'a tall shadowy figure', however he doesn't go into this form much anymore now that he has a vessel in the form of Sonic.
His demon horns, tail, small wings and tentacles can be summoned and used in any of his forms. They’re almost always out in his Deity and True Demon forms (well, minus the wings in the Deity form), but not so often in his Ringless and Base forms unless he decides to use them for combat purposes or just to use his tentacles or tail as extra limbs, or make flying smoother with his wings. Sometimes, these demonic attributes will appear involuntarily when he loses control of his emotions.
Also, with him being a demon, he’s immortal in the sense that he cannot die from aging (he’s been around for centuries) or by any ‘normal’ means. His wounds will heal over time faster than a human’s would, and something lethal to a human wouldn’t kill him. He is also immune to feeling pain from fire, lava, and things like that. (There are ways to kill him though.)
=== Weaknesses ===
Exodus is very self-confident and reckless, and he refuses to lose in a fight. He underestimates his opponents and will not stop fighting even when he’s on the brink of passing out. During a really tough fight, this can end very poorly for him. His biggest weakness besides his recklessness and stubborn personality is angelic weapons, as those are a natural threat to all demons. Those types of weapons are what can do the most damage in the least amount of time. Anything angelic, or even being in the presence of angels, will cause him discomfort and even pain if he’s exposed to it for too long. The main way to permanently kill him would be for angels to weaken him to such a point where he loses access to his abilities, then finish him off with angelic weapons or just banish him out of existence. However, due to how confident in himself he is, he doesn’t believe that something like this could happen, and claims to not be afraid of such a possibility. His lack of fear or even consideration of the possibility of his own death leads to him getting into all sorts of dangerous situations, and if he runs either into angels or someone with the ability to kill exes, he may find that his reckless attitude will backfire. He’ll still refuse to let himself go down without a fight, and that could very well lead to his downfall, whether he’d like to admit it or not.
== Trivia ==
* Exodus’s voice sounds similar to Sonic’s, albeit a bit lower pitched and demonic. He can also shift it into whatever pitch he wants, as if to imitate other people’s voices, but he usually keeps it at its normal pitch.
* He’s gay and is canonically dating a variant of Fleetway Sonic (think of it like an AU version of sorts). He’s a very flustered idiot when it comes to this because he didn’t learn much of anything about relationships while researching humans and is very awkward and clueless because of it. Don’t make fun of him about this or he will attack you.
* He appreciates the cults dedicated to him, finding them amusing, though sometimes the cult members do rather stupid things he doesn’t approve of, which can be annoying.
* He tries to keep his whole ‘soul-stealing’ thing to a strict schedule. If he falls behind schedule, he overworks himself and refuses to take any breaks, causing him to grow cranky and treating it more like a job than anything else, complaining the whole time and rushing through things. Too much of this will cause him to lose so much energy that he’s only able to maintain his True Demon form, and only at the height of his Base form (3’3”). When in this state, he can hardly do anything, and will shortly pass out for at least a day, which will then lead to him overworking himself again and…it’s a cycle of this.
* In most forms, his demon horns appear with 2 lines on their surface–however, this isn’t the case in his True Demon form. This is because his body is more of a shadowy mass in his True Demon form, while in his other forms, he’s more stable and therefore has more defined features.
* He talks a lot at times, either rambling about himself, his plans for world domination, how he tortures people, steals souls, etc…or he complains on and on about anything annoying that took place during his ‘job’ for the day. He also tends to rant about people he dislikes–he specifically hates a variant of Needlemouse (again, think of it as an AU) and will constantly get into fights with her.
* In relation to that last point, he tends to judge whether he likes someone or not based on how they act towards him or towards those he cares about. If someone is rude or disrespectful, or they bring harm to anyone Exodus cares about, he’ll instantly grow a strong hatred for them. However, if they’re nice (bonus points if they recognize him as a God), he’ll take a liking to them and be more friendly. He will constantly try to get into fights with those he hates, and if you betray his trust in any way, he’ll instantly try to kill you as a means of revenge (despite him betraying the trust of others somewhat often).
* He thinks it’s fun to mess with SEGA guy, showing up on Earth on occasion to scare him. He refers to SEGA guy as his ‘friend’ despite SEGA guy being absolutely terrified of Exodus. After stealing SEGA guy’s soul, Exodus plans to keep him in his world for an eternal afterlife of torment, torture, and repeated murder, only to bring him back from the ‘dead’ and repeat the process while refusing to let him leave. He finds SEGA guy’s anxious nature absolutely hilarious and enjoys scaring him on purpose and watching his reactions, claiming to be his friend when all he really wants is to torment him for his own personal gain.
* His spikes/quills are longer than original Sonic’s, and they tend to go down past his waist area (though not in some older drawings, as crimsxnsxul was still developing how to draw them properly). Also, in his Ringless form, his arms can touch the ground while he has his knees bent (basically, his arms are long).
* He can open his mouth unnaturally wide and extend his tongue out if he wants.
* His pupils can change into various shapes and sizes to show emotions. This either happens on purpose to emphasize how he feels, or involuntarily before he even realizes it’s happening. He can also make his pupils completely disappear and leave nothing but darkness in his eyes if he wants.
* The eyes on the ends of his scythe can show emotion as well, yet he cannot see through them. He’ll also sometimes spin the scythe around and use it as some sort of propeller, even though he can fly on his own. The scythe can also float in midair, and Exodus has been known to sit on it and use it like some sort of ‘magic broomstick’ that he can fly around on as well. (He’s also fallen asleep on it and somehow managed to maintain his balance in his sleep and not fall off or accidentally cut himself on the blades.)
* His demon tail can function as an extra limb, able to grab and wrap around things, as well as be used for stabbing and slashing due to its pointy tip. (His tentacles can do this as well.)
* When visiting other worlds, he will sometimes transform into someone you’d see within that world–for example, he may transform into a Toad while in the Mario universe.
* He’ll sometimes travel to different Sonic-based worlds, perfectly transform into someone there and ‘get rid of’ (kill) the original version of that character. He’ll then spend time blending in, pretending to be the original character, before eventually betraying everyone’s trust, revealing himself as a demon and killing everyone there just for the fun of it. He can then steal the souls of the characters he’s killed, similar to stealing human souls via his game, yet done through a different process.
* His entire character is kin-based. It’s a spiritual thing and crimsxnsxul based his public character off of his own past life as him, which is where he remembered the appearances of the forms and basically everything else. Every single canon fact is based on kin memories.
== Gallery ==
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File:Exoref.png|Exodus' base form ref sheet
File:Exoring.png|Exodus' ringless form ref sheet
File:Exodeity.png|Exodus' deity form ref sheet
File:Exotrue.png|Exodus' true demon form ref sheet
File:Exoalt.png|Exodus' alternate form ref sheet
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