Ghirahim

* Main Form
* Armoured
* Empowered
* Demon Blade

Attempting to give Princess Zelda a fate worse than death by feeding her soul to Demise.
Torturing Link and trying to kill him several times.
Sending an army of Bokoblins to destroy the Faron region.

### Kill Count

Hundreds to thousands
4 (attempted)

### Crimes

Mass murder
Attempted genocide
Terrorism
Human sacrifice
Mass corruption
World domination
Torture
Mass destruction
Child abuse
Stalking
Kidnapping

### Type of AB

Extravagant Demon

**Demon Lord Ghirahim** is the central antagonist of the 2011 action-adventure game *The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.*

He is an extremely powerful and flamboyant being born from the Demon King Demise's sword and the evil counterpart to the Goddess Sword's spirit, Fi. He aims to capture Zelda, the Goddess Hylia reincarnated, and use her to free Demise from his current imprisonment.

He was voiced by Anri Katsu in all of his appearances.

## His Brilliance and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him Amazing?

* Even if his act of reviving Demise is out of pure fanaticism rather than loyalty, Ghirahim still considers Demise his master when he succeeds in his plans.
* He is an extravagant, charismatic, smart and flamboyant man who has a cool motive and he also has access to some of the strongest resources in the entire franchise.
* He has numerous comedic moments, but they don't detract from his villainy.
* While certain other villains in the franchise do worse, including his master, Ghirahim still stands out due to his sadism, and the destructive nature of his plan, which has dire ramifications throughout the series.
* While he may seem to lack moral agency due to being a sword, it is shown and stated by his heroic opposite, Fi, that the humanoid swords are capable of their own morals and choices and are self-aware thus proving he has a clear moral agency.

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* He likely participated in his master's first invasion of the surface millennia prior to the events of the game.
* He kidnapped Zelda and attempted to feed her soul to Demise by torturing her to death with a ritual.
* He tried to torture and kill Link in brutal and horrifying ways such as trying to burn him to a crisp, dragging him into eternal torment, and bludgeoning him to death slowly and painfully, taking delight in trying to extinguish his life. What makes this worse is the fact that Link is a teenager, meaning that he has no problem harming children and teenagers.
* He sent an army of Bokoblins to cause mass destruction across the Faron region such as having them attack an innocent Goron who was simply passing by and the Kikwi hiding from them in fear.
* He awakened all of his minions such as Blins to attack Link and threatens to kill them himself if they don't comply despite knowing they will almost definitely be killed by Link if they fight him, essentially ensuring they'll die either way.

## Trivia

* Ghirahim was originally considered Pure Evil for a while until he was removed in April 2020 due to having moral agency issues, being too comedic and failing the heinous standards of the *Zelda* franchise. Then, he was eventually approved to be Near Pure Evil for a long time. However, in January 2023, Ghirahim was re-proposed to be Pure Evil when arguments against him being too amoral and comedic were brought up and then he was later re-approved as Pure Evil.

## External Links

* Ghirahim on the Villains Wiki
* Ghirahim on the Zelda Wiki
* Ghirahim on the Pure Evil Wiki