The Master

"By ending existence, there will be no one who will ever bother you, to steal from you, to kill you. No one to break rules, laws, or regulations. Isn't that desirable?"

**The Master**, also known as **Ruthless Primordial Grievous Overlord Tarkhzaluth Baradmoreth Kehelekamroth-Wyrdcirith the Demonreaper and Sinpurifier of the AcDarchthorne Kilesloki Traitor's Soul**, or more simply **Tarkhzaluth Baradmoreth Kehelekamroth-Wyrdcirit**h, they are the main antagonist of the Master Storyline.

## History

### Early Life

Eons ago, the Master became fatalistic after their faith in existence "began to erode, like a callous slowly peeling off the skin." They were later killed by an 'accident' later on, in the quest for nonexistence.

### Calamity Adventure

After many Eons have passed, the Master was reborn and regained their powers and influence over the Infinite. They began to retrieve the Elements to stabilize themselves and to gain enough power to eradicate existence.

## Personality

The Master possesses a fatalistic philosophy; believing that it is their fate and destiny as a destroyer; fated to purify the world by destroying it so everyone can sleep forever and be put to rest. Therefore he most likely does not perceive himself as evil, more so as an anti-hero; using questionable means to accomplish a "noble" goal. The Master also has a warped sense of justice, believing other villains to be more wrong than them for having less ambitious or excessively destructive goals. This culminated several times in them working in the favor of the roleplayers to make sure said villains fail, even if it cost of an advantage for themselves - though it never lasts long. In battle, they prefer mid-ranged combat, but is willing to use any form of fighting in the long run.

## Abilities

Their main powers that are available to them in all forms allow them to project magic bolts of energy, is also capable of casting curses, and use telepathy. They can also project images and voices on shadow powered crystals.

In their physical form, The Master is nigh omnipotent, bringing inanimate objects to life and turning people into statues of the material of their choice. They can regenerate every aspect of themself, create everything from objects to elaborate pocket dimensions and produce electric charges. Their abilities in this form also include: apportation, inter-universal travel, matter manipulation, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, time manipulation, telepathy, mind control, illusion manipulation, dream manipulation, nightmare inducement, madness inducement, clairvoyance, objects summoning, intangibility, reality warping, levitation, possession, precognition, size shifting, fourth wall awareness, and resistance to reality warping and space-time manipulation. Their power is no match for the power of the Nexus, however.

In their mindscape/dreamscape form, the Master's powers are vastly magnified; they become capable of changing their appearance, changing the appearance of other people's dream selves, and changing the area at will. They can also pluck information from any others who are also inside and bring those ideas and images to life inside the mindscape. They can communicate with their summoner using their body as the screen of a video phone; they can also use their whole body as a projector, displaying past and future events as live video footage.

The Master also has the ability to remove people's minds from their bodies, given they have their consent, taking possession of the empty body for themselves. The real owner of the body is stuck in a ghost-like form within the mindscape, unable to affect the rest of the world unless that person finds a vessel. This vessel doesn't have to be a living thing.

When taking possession of a mortal body, the Master becomes limited to it, subject to pain, exhaustion, and even the host body's particularities.

## Tools

* Vortex Staff of Elements - Used as their main weapon to conduct the latent energy of the elements through. It doesn't contain the Foundation Elements however.
* Ether Erraticator - The Master's main air/space vehicle, powered by a rift generator. Designed with stealth and destruction in mind, it features cloaking devices, sophisticated sensor arrays, concealed weapons, and the fearsome particle and wavelength disassembler/atomizer beam weapon.
* Foundation Elements

## Trivia

* Few inhabitants of the Infinite were aware of Tarkhzaluth's name. Most refer to them as "The Master of Non-existence" or simply "The Master."
* Their full name is a reference to an old RPG game and how the Calamity Mod items have very long names, however, it isn't their true name.
* The Dark Master (or DM) is usually a name given to the main villain in an RPG. It might be possible where their title came from.
* In the intended draft of the story, The Master's corruption would have been caused by something dark and powerful.
* The Master's appearance in the roleplay is actually their "Dark" form, which resulted from them embracing Dark Aether. The Master remains conscious and is in full control of their actions however. Their Dark form is also what alters their voice.
* In addition, Animus Viral mentioned that it is possible for The Master to be stripped of their dark form and be returned to normal.
* The Master is usually depicted with five eyes, but in actuality, they really have only two. The three other eyes represent Aerean as the cold, judgemental gaze of the Master, Darkness as the Master's tendencies to turn a blind eye towards some rebellions, as well as their tendency towards stealth, and Endseeker as the eye that specifically targets what the Master needs done.
* The Master is genderless, and can be seen as male, female, or neither.
* The Master's physical form battle theme is Time-Eating Cerberus and The Nightmare Revolving by MsDaBoss7.
* The Master's mindscape form battle theme is Fused by Scott Cawthon and Angie's Theme by Janichroma.
* The Master's vehicle battle theme is Steam Boss from the Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning and Fantasm Forest Fight 3 from Skylanders SWAP Force.
* The Master's idle theme is Broken Fear by Leon Riskin, Follower's Credo by Mark Morgan, and Painful Truth V.2 by Janichroma.
* The Master greatly believes in the belief that darkness doesn't automatically equate to evil (just as light doesn't automatically equate to good), and, along with its opposite (as demonstrated by the various Dark elemental characters like Bubby/Reborn Lavin/Darkness, and the Light Doom Raider Luminous/Fae Eclipse/Bill Cipher), it can be used for either good or evil (depending on the user's intentions).
* A major part of the Master's driving motivation is pent-up anger over small frustrations they experienced throughout their eons of existence, however, their warped sense of morality leads them to feel that everyone shouldn't have to feel angry if they don't exist. "The Master is angry at the universe for the same reason anyone can get mad at the universe. Everyone has those days where they don't get their way, where you have to do chores, don't get to eat what you want to eat, and do what you want to do, and in those moments you just want to tear the whole world down. The Master is a character who has experienced many pains, many moments of anger like that, and they've built up over all this time. So, thinking for everyone instead of themselves, they decided that existence like that isn't worth it, and by not existing, no one will have to feel that much pain and anger. Though, this is a good example to teach that some people should think for themselves instead for the group, as it wouldn't have resulted in a major organization that is dedicated to eradicating existence if the Master just thought of themselves instead of everyone else." - Animus Viral
* The Master's intended boss battle would have made brute force completely useless, as they were made as a puzzle boss, and they could only be destroyed in a certain way, not by peppering them with attacks, and the players must find a way to defeat them otherwise.