Villain

> *"Villains derive from not being able to control the five desires and seven emotions."*
> - Moros, to Cassian concerning how to manifest his villain form.
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There is a theory that villains are the descendants of the Child of Night. These people are among the very few who are able to use magical powers. Unlike psykers, villains are irrational and violent because they cannot control their basic desires and emotions. Deep within them, is a spiraling madness of malicious intent. However, they are able to control it with time and experience.

For this reason, all the villains have specific triggers which cause them to transform into their villain forms. This can be emotional, such as Cassian, who transforms into a villain due to anger; or it can be due to interests, like Driver, who is triggered by research.

## Villain Form

Villains can change from their civilian form to their villain form when triggered. They may shift between their forms freely with time and control over their evil intent and desires. Even after falling asleep or being beaten unconscious to within an inch of their life, villains do not return to human form.

Villains also have the ability to customize and create their own weapons and outfits. They also often have tattoo-like villain marks visible on their face.

Bloodrain's villain form is a deliberately inhuman interpretation of a vampire.In contrast, Bloodrain's human form is shockingly mundane.Cassian augments his villain form clothing from Gangu's school uniform to plain black clothes.
## Skills

A villain is naturally much stronger than the average human, even in civilian form. However, it's heavily implied that villains can only access most of their abilities while transformed.

The strength and capabilities of villains, like psykers, roughly correspond to the number of magic points they have accumulated. This can be increased by physical training, experimentation and by the strength of their trigger - such as going berserk. Unlike psykers, however, villains can also increase their magic points by consuming magic stones.

Upon awakening, a villain may also gain a specific attribute, such as an element or aspect of reality that they can control.

## Culture

> *I wish all villains would just drop dead.*
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> - A Student of Gadam Highschool
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Villains are viewed as dangerous, and often as something to be exterminated. Along with being generally feared, villains are accused for a lot of criminal activity. Despite this, however, they are still viewed as human, as seen when the media criticised Cassian for extreme force when taking down Ralph the Clown.

Like all peoples, villains have their own factions. There are those who follow the rules and those who break them.

It is also a social taboo for villains to attack their own kind. Unless, of course, there's a good reason, such as a grudge or unresolved business.

### Villain Names

It's encouraged and even expected among villains that they take on a new name. The difference between having a villain name and not is the difference between acceptance and scorn.

It's fairly common for villains to name themselves after deceased psykers. There's an old superstition that if a villain does so, they might gain a new power.

### Villain Database

* Naeun Kim, a civilian, checks the villain database.
* Psykers Uchan Kim and Daewung Lee check the villain database for problems, like Blaster.
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Known villains are documented in databases, usually according to region, but not all villains are stationary. Nonetheless, locals can look up members of the vilzone and pull up pictures and a profile.

This filing system is immensely useful to combat psyker teams.

## Desire Suppressants

Villain prisoners are injected with a desire suppressant drug. These drugs prevent the desires and emotions of villains from running out of control.

There's also a patch version distributed among vilzones. This patch is colloquially known as DSP, for Desire Suppression Patch. It's designed with discretion in mind: skin colored and typically placed on the neck, behind an ear. DSP is made by Winterbell.

Desire suppressants when drunk in a large enough dose in civilian form, are able to deactivate the activation of Villain forms for an unknown period of time, as Blue Serpent believed that the other 3 vassals of Winterbell would be unable to change their forms after drinking their spiked drinks, though they did not actually drink it.

## Vilzones

Vilzones are places where villains can live without being attacked or hunted down. Plenty of villains have harmless, but troublesome hobbies, and vilzones can provide a space for them to carry on without disturbing the brunt of society. They are meant to decrease crime rates, as seen by statistical data that a city with a vilzone have lower crime than one without.

However, a the boss of a vilzone has absolute authority over the area. The atmosphere of a vilzone can greatly vary depending on who's in charge.

Becoming a member of a vilzone can be likened to joining society. Certain activities, such as making purchases with the black market, require a villain to have joined a vilzone in order to be trusted enough to participate.

These places are often run-down or otherwise regularly destroyed, but there can be multiple vilzones in a city. Seoul, for example has four.

Know vilzones are as follows.

* Gadam Vilzone
* Northern Vilzone
* Southern Vilzone
* Shinhwa Vilzone

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Episode 5
2. ↑ Episode 4
3. ↑ Episode 14
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Episode 3
5. ↑ Episode 12 See Image
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Episode 7
7. ↑ Episode 33
8. ↑ Episode 16
9. ↑ Episode 19
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Episode 8
11. ↑ Episode 1
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Episode 27
13. ↑ Episode 30
14. ↑ Episode 35
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Episode 20
16. ↑ Episode 30
17. ↑ Episode 62
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Episode 26
19. ↑ Episode 41
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Episode 36
21. ↑ Episode 57