Death

*This is about the character **Death**. For the Arcana go here.*

*This is about the character **Thanatos**. For the card or Persona go here, or here.*

## Death

* Pharos
* Ryoji Mochizuki
* Thanatos/Death
* Nyx Avatar

## Physical attributes

### Species

Human (Ryoji)
Shadow (Pharos, Thanatos)
God (Nyx Avatar)

### Gender

Male (Pharos, Ryoji)
Genderless

### Eye color

Blue (Pharos)
Green (Ryoji)
Yellow (Thanatos)
Black (Nyx Avatar)

### Skin color

Pale (Pharos, Ryoji)
Black (Thanatos, Nyx Avatar)

## Biographical info

### Occupation

Appraiser of Nyx
Leader of the Arcana Shadows

## Chronological info

### First appearance

Unknown

**Death** or also known by his first alias, **Pharos**, by his human student identity, **Ryoji Mochizuki**, by his true name, **Thanatos**, and finally by his final form, **Nyx Avatar**, is one of the overarching antagonists of the series as a main antagonist of *Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: The Sacred Shadows!*, and a mentioned antagonist in it's prequel *Yu-Gi-Oh!: Persona Monsters!*.

It is the ultimate Shadow as Death granted to humanity by Nyx following there desire for death, and was destined to be reformed to summon Nyx to bring forth The Fall. After the experiment that nearly completed him was interrupted, Death was forcibly split apart, and sealed within Minato Arisato by Aigis delaying the Fall. 10 years later while acting as a guide towards Minato, all of it's pieces were destroyed allowing Death to be free of his seal, and into the form of a amnesic young man named, Ryoji Mochizuki.

After a battle with Aigis, Ryoji regained his memories, and in a attempt to end things peacefully requests Minato to kill him as it would blank everyone's memories of the Fall. When Minato refused, Ryoji left, and transformed into the Nyx Avatar, becoming one with Nyx as her appraiser for the Fall. Before the Fall can begin, Minato had transformed into The Great Seal delaying it, and making Death sleep once more.

Now from the Great Seal weakening, and humanity calling for Death, the Arcana Shadows were released once more. Death had not been seen on Academy Island so far, and the Investigation Team hopes to seal one of the Arcana Shadows before all of them are destroyed, and summons Death once more to commence the Fall.

His current status is he still slumbers as there are currently three of his aspects still alive.

## Power & Abilities

Death is basically the death of humanity itself, and as such it is a powerful being as the God of Death where it is capable of forming the strongest abilities of magic while accessing the power of death itself to punish it's opponents for attempting to defeat him. He can also call from the power of it's fellow Arcana Shadows as he switches Arcana changing his abilities, weaknesses, and strengths making him unpredictable in combat, and invincible. His true power is his true Arcana; Death, where his power reaches divine levels of strength allowing him to use the Power of Death itself to form multiple attacks, and what else.

### Powers

* **Immortality:** As the Harbinger of Death, Death cannot be destroyed, slain, or killed by any means. He is virtually immune to death itself. While he can be overpowered, or defeated, Death can never be killed where the only way to truly defeat him is too seal him away. While as a human by the name, Ryoji Mochizuki, Death had lost his immortality allowing him to be killed like normal although this provides the side effect that everyone's memory of the Fall will be blank, and that he will be reformed once more to bring forth the Fall.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Death is a really powerful combatant able to match the strength, and skill of Minato who had the powers of all of his Social Links while battling Death as the Nyx Avatar. With each Arcana, Death progresses his strength increases making him more deadly to battle. After changing to the Death Arcana, Death's full strength allows him to use the Power of Death itself for it's most powerful attack, "Night Queen", which can inflict large amounts of damage, and inflict status ailments.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Death can tank hard attacks, and while it can weaken him, it wouldn't be enough to destroy him as he is immune to death. He doesn't grow stunned from critical hits, and is able to resist some magics with each Arcana he progresses while also being completely immune to Light, and Dark Skills. In it's Death Arcana, it is also able to tough out attacks of all categories whether elements, and Physical, except Almighty.
* **Magical Manipulation:**
	+ **Element Manipulation:**
	+ **Status Aliments:**

### Skills & Abilities

* **Master Swordsman:**

* **Master Combatant:**

* **Arcana Shift:** Death's signature ability as the Nyx Avatar. This unique ability allows Death to change his Arcana, changing his skillset, weaknesses, and strengths to form into a versatile fighting style while also changing his battle style into the Arcana he selects. He also takes in some of the abilities of his fellow Arcana Shadows such as using Arcana Magician's multiple arms with blades, or Arcana Fortune's "Wheel of Fortune" ability against Minato.
	+ **Fool:** Death doesn't move to attack rather then smiling arrogantly like a Fool. Despite this he can retaliate a hard attack.
	+ **Magician:** Death is able to resist all manner of heat, and can use fire magic while also having the ability to nullify any resistances towards fire. He can also use the arms of the Arcana Magician to form repeated attacks with it's sword arms.
	+ **Priestess:** Like the Magician, Death's Priestess allows him to control all manner of ice, and nullify ice resistances. He can also use the Arcana Priestess's ability to control her scroll like hair to trap opponents, and squeeze them to death.
	+ **Empress:** Death's Empress can also control the powers of Wind allowing it form tornados, or tempest winds to push back it's enemies for a chance to stun them. By harnessing Arcana Empress's power he can summon a door that can call the powers of wind for a hard attack to break solid rock.
	+ **Emperor:** Death's Emperor allows him to control the power of Lightning, and paralyze his opponents to stun them. With the power of the Arcana Emperor, Death can enlarge his sword to form a devastating attack that leveled a part of the top of Tartarus. It was shown to be strong enough to struggle against Odin, and pushed it back successfully.
	+ **Hierophant:** Death's Hierophant increases his Physical Strength charging up, and centered around critical hits while also utilizing "Vile Assault" when his enemies are knocked down. He can also use Arcana Hierophant's paper dolls to attack, and summon allies.
	+ **Lovers:** Death's Lovers allows him to inflict Status Ailments either to charm his opponents or make them panic to make them lose there focus while he attacks them, and uses them as allies against his enemies. With Arcana Lover's power, he can form giant wings that can summon light disks to slice his enemies.
	+ **Chariot:** Death's Chariot also increases his Physical Strength similarly to his Hierophant but rather then focusing on critical hits, he centers on brute force to deal as much damage as he can by charging his physical strength. Arcana Chariot also allows him to form armor like it's, that is capable of repelling all physical attacks to his enemies.
	+ **Justice:** Justice has Death use Light Magic to instantly kill his opponents while using "Tarukaja" to increase his strength. Death can also use Arcana Justice's cannon on his left hand to fire strong cannon blasts to attack his enemies on a large scale.
	+ **Hermit:** While it was the weakest of the Arcana Shadows, Death's Hermit increases his defensive capabilities to use "Terakarn", and "Makarakarn" to deflect any attack his enemies sent over to him while he uses Status Ailments to slow them down, and also uses Dark Magic to try to instantly kill them. Arcana Hermit allows him to use it's wires to try constricting his enemies' movements.
	+ **Fortune:** Death's Fortune has him use all four of the Elements for combination attacks of different elements while also immune to those four elements making only Physical, and Almighty Attacks able to harm him. Death is shown to use Arcana Fortune's "Wheel of Fortune" to land a large attack at Minato.
	+ **Strength:** Death's Strength is the same as his Chariot only it allows him to lower the defenses of his enemies too make them more powerful. Death also uses Arcana Strength's body to try piercing them through, and through.
	+ **Hanged Man:** Similar to his Justice, his Hermit has him use Dark Magic that along with instantly killing his opponents while also using the Almighty Skill, "Megidola", that has been charged up to inflict large amounts of damage. By harnessing Arcana Hanged Man's wings, Death can create a blast powerful enough to cause a large shockwave.
	+ **Death:** Death's true Arcana, Death itself, is his final Arcana, and full strength. With it Death's power, and abilities are tripled then that of his Fool Arcana, and can coat his sword in death energy to form devastating attacks, and is also resistant towards all attacks other then Almighty. Death can also use the power of the Moon to form a Skill called, "Moonless Gown" which repels any, and all attacks against his opponents for a limited time, and when pushed to a corner uses his most powerful skill, "Night Queen", a large attack of pure death that inflicts large amounts of damage, and the chance of inflicting random status ailments on his enemies.