Caeus

## Soundtrack

Executing Justice

> *"I kept training until I lost my perception of time, ignoring all bodily pain I felt. Before I knew it, I was destroying things in just a single punch."*
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**Caeus** (カエウス, *Kaeusu*), hero name **Nightmare** (悪夢, *Akumu*), has a uniquely strong sense of justice but strongly disagrees with senseless violence. He will engage threats when necessary, but for the most part, Nightmare goes about life normally. Behind his single-mindedness and resilience is his unending commitment and sheer will. Socially, Nightmare is respectful and considerate. Other heroes value him just as much as he values everyone else, revealing a kindhearted nature.

Nightmare also enjoys workouts, despite his body being incredibly strong already. He usually takes morning jogs and follows up with more workouts later in the day.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength** - Against most opponents, Nightmare is more than capable of relying on raw physicality to win fights. His fighting style includes explosive punches, barrages of powerful blows, stomps, and slams. Nightmare can single-handedly obliterate many enemies without effort, undoubtedly making him one of the more exceptionally powerful heroes of Anti-Disaster. His body is capable of stockpiling limitless amounts of raw power, significantly enhancing Nightmare's abilities and acting as the foundation for his special moves, which were declared to be on-par with an ultimate technique due to their destructive output. Both his immeasurable power and muscular look can strike fear in most villains, enough to make one freeze in terror.
* **Superhuman Speed** - To match his incredible strength, Nightmare possesses extreme speed. He incorporates his frightening speed in his fighting style by continuously striking with quick succession before his opponents can react. When he intercepts an opponent, his movements are so quick, he might as well be instantaneous. This lets him catch opponents by surprise and go in for the hit.
* **Shock Absorption** - The ability to reduce the effectiveness of physical blows by absorbing the shocks produced by them. Nightmare's body and durability compliment his strength. However, Nightmare cannot completely nullify some blows, meaning there is a limit to how much punishment he can withstand, but exploiting that small weakness is near-impossible.

### Techniques

* **Shockwave Smash** - Nightmare's signature move where he places a great deal of raw power into his fist and then throws a right punch, with enough force that the tremendous wind pressure sends anything in front of him flying away. Once done at melee range, the intended target would be knocked back at extreme speeds, assuming that they don't get obliterated from the sheer force of the punch.
	+ **Rising Smash** - Nightmare executes a shockwave smash but in an uppercut motion. Once launched, the force from Nightmare's punch creates a shockwave of wind directly upwards in front of him, sending anything before him into the sky and splitting the clouds wide open.
* **Earthen Smash** - Nightmare performs a downward version of his typical Shockwave Smash, powerful enough to create a force that extends across the ground and uplifts the area around him. This is known to be strong enough to change the current weather as the resulting punch forms a large vortex of air from the point of impact.
* **Tornado Smash** - By rotating his entire body, Nightmare grapples his target and uses that same rotation to move his own body at such speeds that create a tornado-like vortex around him. Then, the target(s) are sent flying with enough force to break through solid concrete.
* **Smash Sprint** - After assuming a runner's pose, Nightmare dashes off at incredible speeds. The path behind him creates tons of wind with every step and cannot be stopped by most forces due to his amassed momentum.
	+ **Smash Leap** - By both jumping and slamming his tail down, Nightmare can rocket into the sky over a massive distance and speed, as well as glide for a short while until he chooses where to land. Smashing the air with his tail allows him to continue shooting himself into the air, allowing for some degree of flight.
* **Table Flip Smash** - Nightmare drives his hands into the ground before him and, quite literally, lifts up the selected surface of the planet into the atmosphere. This creates a low-gravity battlefield that the rest of the planet would hardly be affected by. Should the debris, parts of it or whole, come crashing down, it's advised someone teleport the plates back to the surface to avoid risking planetary devastation.
* **Disaster Smash** - The most powerful technique in Nightmare's arsenal. It is a smash attack that concentrates all of Nightmare's remaining power into his fist. Nightmare delivers an incredibly powerful punch and smashes his target into the ground. The attack appears to compile the strength of Nightmare's other smash attacks into one spectacular move. The impact of this attack is so strong that the wind pressure created from its delivery can leave a massive crater in the ground and spawn a twister strong enough to carry all buildings in a city.

## Etymology

* His given name, Caeus, is short for "Alcaeus", which is Greek for "strength".