Sigton

( Concept art of the summoning scene in Astrolium 3 )

**Sigton** is an Ultimate God that serves as the embodiment of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, and wrath (sloth being reserved for his counterpart, Azathoth). He is the ultimate/overarching antagonist of the Astrolium series.

For the majority of time, he has resided deep within the void of exterior Hyperspace, astrally projecting himself as one of two avatars ("Humanoid Sigton" and "Malice Incarnate") in order to sadistically entertain himself and distract him from his eternal loneliness. An example of this is the holy war between the Thothian Creatures and the Elder Gods, as seen in *Astrolium: S.O.S.*

Upon the explosion of the Core of Astrolium, due to their immense proximity to what was forming the Rift, the two soldiers Ragejidavi and Erhald Farhoc temporarily had their unconscious beings transported to the primordial chaos, where Sigton's avatar of Malice Incarnate fitted them up as his "toys" to wreak havoc on mortal life.

It is questionable but probable; whether the events of Astrolium were somehow orchestrated by Sigton in order for this goal to be reached, as Sigton has orchestrated large wars in the past for his amusement, shown in *Astrolium: S.O.S.*

In the case that all of his "toys" are destroyed, he has no problem destroying the universe; this is seen in *Astrolium 3.*

Despite his immaturity and lack of decency, Sigton proves to be very intelligent; psychologically manipulating mortals and even other gods into doing what he wants, simply using charisma and false promises.

## Avatars

### Malice Incarnate

* Malice Incarnate is a nonphysical form that exists as a combination of negative karma and eldritch energy, which can exist either holographically in the godly domain (primordial chaos) or exist literally in the case that a "disciple" of Sigton (ex. Ragejidavi or Erhald) builds up enough anger within them that they lose their soul and become a physical incarnation of Sigton's will and anger towards mortal life itself.
* Malice Incarnate can take what it wants by force, but it also shares Sigton's telepathic ability; allowing the avatar to psychologically manipulate whatever being it may come across into being its vessel, using the evil in the subject's heart. For Erhald, this was his hatred for war. For Ragejidavi, it was simply how he always was.

### Humanoid Sigton

* Humanoid Sigton is a holographic form that Sigton can take in his pocket dimension or in the godly domain (primordial chaos). In the primordial chaos, this form keeps away the creatures of the dark and chaotic, emanating a warm, yellow "divine light". He uses this form when he means to persuade people into doing what he wants without using force.

### Erhald Farhoc ; The Crimson

* It is revealed that Sigton, before being banished to the void of Hyperspace, was weakened; with a portion of his true wrath being ripped from his soul by the creator god, and locked within an artifact known as The Crimson Heart, where it would materialize in captivity, away from Sigton.
* When Erhald and Ragejidavi are found unconscious in the primordial chaos by Sigton's Malice Incarnate avatar, he uses the opportunity to gain two new vessels. Finding Erhald to be a dogmatic, hate-filled, traumatized person, he choses to manipulate Erhald into destroying the Crimson Heart, which releases unto him Sigton's wrathful soul.
* The combination of Sigton and Erhald's soul would go on to be the Crimson King, and an army create lifeforms out of the energy, albeit with much greater force and capability than Ragejidavi. Erhald created the Bishops to take the cruel steps that he could not, in order to wipe out life itself to prevent all suffering; his new plan had become euthanasia. Due to the Sigton soul, his army was also much more vast and physical, and he and his creations had access to some of Sigton's powers, including soul manipulation, telekinesis, "earth-bending" of sorts, and eldritch energy manipulation.
* Nearing the end of his battle with Levaan, upon realizing that Erhald's will is dwindling, Sigton forces his soul fragment out of Erhald's body, which manifests as a chaotic entity that subtitles call "The Crimson" (but is likely just the physical Malice Incarnate), which acts as the final stage of the boss fight. This sets the stage for the pattern of Sigton getting frustrated and taking things into his own chaotic hands.
* Post battle, Erhald, now separate from Sigton's wrathful soul, is unable to live with what he has done as he sits in the King's crumbling castle. He commits suicide by jumping off of the castle balcony.
* Post-battle, and in *Astrolium 3*, the Crimson colonies are all seen melting and decrepit, fossilizing and decomposing as quickly as they invaded and assimilated the former lifeforms. Former refugees flood from the interior of the Federation star system to reclaim their stolen homes, which introduces many new species in the 3rd game.

### Ragejidavi ; Dreadnaught

* Finding Ragejidavi to be a loose cannon, and someone sadistic enough to begin with, Sigton in the form of Malice Incarnate inserted a bit of the primordial chaos into Ragejidavi (which would eventually turn him into the ghoul god), and encased him in an asteroid to "germinate" for 500 years, sending him to The Dark World to get used to his abilities in a hostile environment when he awakens. This is at the same time during which he sent Erhald on the mission to get the Crimson Heart. This acted as a failsafe in the case that Erhald wasn't to properly bring out the state of universal despair as planned, which he didn't due to Levaan.
* After the 500 years, he crash lands on some planet in the Dark World, where he emerges from germination and begins comprehending his new reality. Upon nearly being eaten alive by a Hound of Tindalos, he has an outburst of primal rage, which releases from his primordial-chaos-infested body hundreds of gallons of sentient black smoke, which forms the first ghouls. These ghouls kill the hound, and then run wild across the Dark World, some of which make it into the Astrolium universe (one of which is telepathically controlled by Sigton to enter Levaan's cryogenic chamber and merge with her, making her weaker).
* During the time in between this event and *Astrolium 3*, Ragejidavi hones in on his powers, forming a ghoul empire and spreading across the entire Dark World.
* During *Astrolium: ONLINE*, Ragejidavi's ghoul empire perfect portal technology, and begin an invasion of the Astrolium universe (unbeknownst to the Federation, taking them by suprise), which they do successfully by the events of *Astrolium 3*. A resistance forms, mirroring that of The Federation in the first game. They free the re-frozen Levaan, and get her to fight alongside them against Ragejidavi's assault.
* Ragejidavi is fought and wounded, and temporarily retreats to the Dark World, where the player fights off fearsome beasts in order to get to him and end him.
* Like in *Astrolium 2*, as Ragejidavi is faultering, Sigton takes his body over, manifesting as the force of nature labelled as "Dreadnaught"; a storm-like ghoul cloud which seems to have control over the entire Dark World.
* The player (either Levaan or Marcus, as the player picks) uses a railgun to deal damage to the core of the storm, which eventually destroys it.
* This repeated failure angers Sigton, and triggers an attempt at escaping the void, which is successful despite the player's best efforts. The entrance of Sigton's true form, the Fullbright, causes the obliteration of the physical universe, and the end of the *Astrolium* story.

## Trivia

* Sigton's father is Yyrlgard, the primordial god of mindless destruction (the creator god's counterpart).
* Sigton is based off of the main antagonist from a cancelled game by Tyler Cunningham.