Zillius

**Zillius** is the deuteragonist of the *Lightning SMP*.

He serves as the tritagonist of the Vault Arc, the deuteragonist of the Taiga Arc, one of the two overarching antagonists of the Liberal Arc (alongside Horus), and the main protagonist of the Indigo Arc.

Zillius is a humanoid reptile that at some point came across the land of the SMP, before founding it as a place for diverse creatures to call home. As more and more people join the SMP, Zillius then mysteriously disappeared in order for people to build factions and nations. Zillius then returned during the Vault War, siding with Triscuit and the others. After the war, a surge of new members came in which Zillius greeted and allied with them, among these members were Aikkop and v0yx. As more factions were established, Zillius gained respect and fear among them partially because of his intimidating reputation.

He is portrayed by Zillius123.

## Appearance

Zillius appears in the form of his Minecraft skin; a humanoid reptile with grey skin, dark blue eyes and light-gray fangs and claws. He wears a red and blue king's robe with golden shoulder pads and a crown with a ruby in the middle. Currently, due to Horus' corruption, Zillius' left eye is now purple.

In art interpretations, Zillius possesses pointy ears and wears a cape that correlates with his robes. Zillius also wears a necklace with an emerald on it.

## Personality

Zillius is mainly seen as a sarcastic yet loyal person that cares for others. While most of that is true, Zillius has a dark and sadistic side of himself that he only shows to his enemies. Zillius is very manipulative and charismatic, a feat he uses to talk his way out of things. He can also be very destructive at times, as shown when he had no hesitation to attempt to burn Mr Pig The IX. Despite that, Zillius does indeed care for his friends and those who treat him with kindness, however he'll kill those who treats him like a pet.

Prior to founding the SMP, Zillius travelled across the Overworld and explored various different places. One of these places was a village that he massacred and left no survivors, the reason of massacring the village is left ambiguous, on one hand it is implied Zillius did it for entertainment while on the other it is because Zillius believes it is for the greater good.

Zillius is very quite and believes that fear is an important tool to use and always intimidates others to assert dominance and to keep others in line. Due to his reputation, he actively travels across the SMP without the use of a passport as he believes who will stop him for doing so. Zillius suffers from severe insecurity which causes him to believe that everything bad that has happened to his friends were his fault, thus making him constantly trying to protect him.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Horus

Despite the fact that Zillius is Horus’ grand nephew, the latter doesn’t really care of Zillius’ wellbeing. Horus shows no remorse on invading Zillius’ mind and allows harm to be done to Zillius instead of protecting him from said harm. Zillius shows deep hatred and fear towards Horus but the former is not afraid of talking back to him. Zillius knew about Horus’ reputation way before he established the SMP which might explain his fear and hate towards his grand-uncle, Horus views Zillius as merely a tool he could use in the future for himself.

#### Inmos

Inmos was Zillius' surrogate father, while the two weren't seen together for long onscreen, it is implied Inmos took care of Zillius ever since he was a toddler. Inmos was extremely supportive and would aid his surrogate son in any situation, such as when Boreas attempted to influence the SMP. Zillius looks up to Inmos and considers him his and Nox's father. However, after Inmos' death, Zillius was devastated and fell into depression, blaming himself for his surrogate father's death, it is revealed that Zillius himself had to bury Inmos' body.

#### Nox

***Nox**: (unintelligible whispering)*

Nox is a spirit that inhabits Zillius' netherite axe, the two are very close to each other. When Zillius is alone, he claims that Nox manifests beside him to comfort him. Oftentimes, Nox would be heard whispering creepily to those that insult Zillius, showing that she cares for him. Zillius and Nox have a strong found brother-sister type relationship. The two are compact and have the same chaotic ideologies, however most times Nox is more chaotic.

### Allies

#### Aikkop

***Zillius**: I don't see the problem.*
***Aikkop**: ...*
***Aikkop**: God, help me.*

Zillius and Aikkop are best friends. They both care for each other and are willing to help out one another, although they sometimes argue as they have different principles. Zillius is constantly remarking about genocide and murder while Aikkop is annoyed about it, it is hinted that Zillius merely does so in order to tease her. Zillius also has a very odd habit of stalking Aikkop, sneaking and watching her ominously from a distance, Aikkop states that he even stalks her at night and that it's both creepy and irritating. After “Shadow of the Dune”, their friendship has been strained due to Aikkop blaming Zillius for making her confront Horus alone, and although Zillius has tried to make it up for her, their relationship is still faint.

#### Attar

Attar is regarded as one of Zillius' closest friend, the two have known each other for a long time. Zillius respects Attar's ideology and helps the latter fulfill his plans when in desperate need, Attar and Zillius strongly trust each other to the point that they are willing to side against Triscuit's views towards other nations. Zillius was revealed to be the secret sponsor that helped Attar become the President of Stonehattan without the people protesting. Though despite their friendship, Zillius would sometimes backstab Attar in order to accomplish goals that Attar would not agree in.

#### NightLight

Zillius and NightLight are noticeably good co-workers, they have no problem getting along. Zillius respects NightLight and would defend him should Triscuit talk trash about NightLight. Outside of work, they are still good allies and would help each other out.

### Enemies

#### Triscuit

During the Vault Arc, Zillius was generally considered Triscuit's closest ally, however as time goes on, Zillius begin to hate Triscuit due to his selfish and self-centered attitude. Triscuit, however, believes Zillius doesn't mind his attitude and thinks they are still friends. Triscuit is extremely clingy and always ask Zillius for help, this causes Zillius to be irritated by him.

#### Jazson

While Zillius and Jazson were initially friends before the SMP, that friendship was broken during the Vault War. Jazson blames Zillius for letting Triscuit hurt him with the Water Sword, stating that Triscuit is replacing him as Zillius' friend. Jazson, as revenge and greed, tried to force Zillius into telling him the whereabouts of the Water Sword, though Zillius said nothing which caused the two to fight. During the Vault War, Zillius relentlessly chased after Jazson and almost killed him several times. After Jazson killed himself as last resort, Zillius approached his fallen friend's body and said that he was never a good friend.

## Trivia

* Initially, Zillius was supposed to be the main antagonist of the entire SMP but the creator decided to give him more redeeming qualities in order to be more likeable.
* According to the series creator, Zillius is asexual. This is shown as he never shows any intimate feelings to anyone. But despite being asexual, he is not aromantic.
	+ Zillius is perhaps the only character in the SMP to be asexual.
* While his Minecraft skin is Godzilla, the series creator has stated that Zillius is not a Godzilla and his design is merely inspired by the infamous Japanese kaiju.
* His favorite color is indigo (which is ironically the name of his character arc).
* The series creator interpreted Zillius in his art with long eyelashes which look somewhat feminine, this was made in order to confuse others about Zillius’ gender and also to somewhat look like the Middle Eastern eye cosmetic kohl (كُحْل).
* His theme song would either be "High Hopes" by Panic! At the Disco or "Play With Fire" by Sam Tinnesz.