Malevolent Energy

Malevolent energy, or rather known as malevolence, is a form of power often used by members of the gang. It is characterized by its dark pultruding aura that usually envelops the user. It can also be defined as a form of disease, starting out as a seedling of an idea and eventually evolving into an all encompassing power corrupting an individual.

## Origin and Discovery

Malevolent energy, along with many portions of the Manila Folder, can be traced back to the year 2015. As time progressed and as our characters grew, so did the instability of their social groupings and friends. With this dissonance came a feeling of threatening betrayal, begging for action to be called upon. This level of schadenfreude became more and more frequent as the years progressed, playing a key role in the conflicts within the lives of the characters. This evil aura can be seen by some, described as a purple-hued danger with murderous intent. This energy is separate from Stand energy, though can be seemingly related to the fundamentals. Though the heroes of the Manila Folder are righteous in every which way, some have relied on this evil amplitude to accomplish their goals. This energy has been seen as the ultimate hatred for another, tapping into the negative emotions of life to overcome obstacles and individuals. When two or more individuals dwell on such terrible thoughts the magnitude of the malevolence can become an almost overwhelming force.

## Notable Uses

### War Against [**REDACTED]**

In the Dark Ages, James and Jacob were left alone by a desolate pond. Having both been betrayed by [REDACTED] the two were abandoned by their peers, noted as diseased and sad. As [REDACTED] took away half of their groups and the upcoming [REDACTED] taking the other half, the two were left to rot. However, it is in this rot that their willpower was able to shine through. Feeding off their own malevolent thoughts and prayers, the two were able to devise a plan to rise from the depths of their imprisoned state. Enacting Project Kamino followed by Order 66 the pair was able to not only overcome such defeat, but banish the evil [REDACTED] for good after a long and tedious campaign.

### The Emperor and His Apprentice

Following the fall at the hands of [REDACTED], malevolence poured out of James and Jacob. A new era of purpose and plotting took place, one that would secretly be enacted onto every individual around them. This created the dynamic of the Emperor and his apprentice, Lord Vader. Though their meetings and ideas remained hidden before the general public, the actions that would come affected all. Nothing was ever the same.

### War Against [REDACTED]

During the year 2016, the antagonist nicknamed [REDACTED] made their debut. Infused with the ideology of [REDACTED] friends and love interests, [REDACTED] began an age of tyranny and mistrust. However, with every individual [REDACTED] and sworn to [REDACTED] included another friend for an unlikely force. At the height of [REDACTED]'s rampage against friendship, James and Jacob and Drew devoted themselves to defeating the arisen foe. Having been marinated in malevolent energy they created a task force for the soul purpose of ending this terror. In tandem with Project Kamino, the crew called upon the forces of loyal individuals including those who had directly been affected by the [REDACTED]. Seething at the terror of this enemy, this new group of the SSSB would join together at different social events to amass a form of group hysteria, all plotting against [REDACTED]'S regime. This unified group of victims and believers lived off of this hatred and were eventually able to overcome the antagonist, supporting the end to an era.

## Less Notable Uses

### Shredder's Campaign

After being removed from Checker Gang by unfortunate circumstances, an individual was defined by malevolent energy. With James being wrongfully blamed for the misdoings of the group, this individual, then known as the Shredder vowed to be the downfall of him. Now a prevalent enemy, Shredder was described as "having murderous intent, with hatred swelling from their mere existence purely against those that had wronged them." Posing against both Checker Gang and James, Shredder enlisted the help of Valencia. As James himself left Checker Gang, he enlisted the help of true friends to come against this opposition, a team to be later called King Crimson and the Killers Queens. This would eventually lead to the first Water War. Though, as truths were unveiled and purposes would align, these two groups would end their conflict, saving their malevolence for the next oncoming force.