Chemabog (Harmony Heroes)

**Chernabog** (チェルナボーグ, ***Chernabog***?) is the true main antagonist of the *My Little Pony: Harmony Heroes* audio drama route, *The Harmony Crystal*. He is the King of all Evil who was sealed into the darkness by the Council of Harmony Heroes (the past Harmony Hero members) who tried to take over Equestria and beyond. He is based on the God of the Night in Slavic mythology.

According to Harmony Galaxy, at Walpurgis Night (the Witches' Sabbath) fifty thousand years ago, Chernabog emerged from the peak of Bald Mountain to summon all of his minions to attack Equestria then capture all of the citizens to become his slaves, and they dance furiously in tribute before the captured ponies will become his minions or slaves, until he was stopped by the Council of Harmony Heroes, who used their elements to end his reign of terror and banish him into the darkness.

## Bio

### Etymology

The words in his name, "cherna" and "bog", mean "black" and "god" in Slavic languages.

## History

### Pre-Series

In *The Return of All Evil*, Sparkling Aurora decides to tell a story to Melodic Angel. The story takes place in a mountainous area fifty thousand years ago, in which a village is overlooked by Bald Mountain. The latter's peak is revealed to be Chernabog's wings, which he spreads out as he looks at the village down below. Stretching out his arms, he casts a dark shadow over the village and summons ghosts, including the spirits of hanged criminals (who pass through the noose a second time as they rise from their graves), fallen warriors in the moat and grounds of a ruined castle, the souls of all who are not buried in sacred ground, and the shadows capture the ponies who wandering the night at the village. Meanwhile, the Council of Harmony Heroes were looking for the two sisters Princess Celestia and Princess Luna who were captured by Chernabog, seeing the ghosts around the village.

The ghosts with the captured ponies join together to become a single mass, swirling around Chernabog, who summons fire and demons. As the latter emerge and gather below him, he grabs a number of them and disdainfully throws them into the fires of Bald Mountain, while his other minions dance on. He then uses flames to create images: first, the flames resemble elegant dancers; then, to his pleasure, they transform into dancing barnyard animals. He then transforms them into blue demons, who dance before him, and the ponies were turned into monsters, causing him to grin maliciously. As the dancing continues, it becomes more frantic and chaotic. The celebration culminates in a blinding flash of fire from the inferno. Chernabog, ready to continue, eagerly leers over his minions but is interrupted by the Council of Harmony Heroes. The five decide to fight against his minions and him until Sana, Fauna, Kronii, Munei and Baelz use their combination of the 5 elements to banish him into darkness and free Celestia and Luna from the demons. After Aurora finished telling the story, Starry Night ends up spilling the beans.

> "To be fair, being a Harmony Hero is kinda hard, especially when you lose somecreature to evil, but with you by my side, I'm still able to stay strong!"
>
> - Starry Night

## Trivia

* Chernabog is the biggest character of the story, being 100ft tall.
	+ This height for Chernabog caused him to beat Godzilla, a monster from Monsterverse's *Godzilla* movies.
* In the Slavic myths, Chernabog (named Chernobog) is a black god of darkness who contrasts with Belobog, the white god of light and the two are in eternal conflict. This could explain Chernabog's fear of light. Chernabog and Belobog are similar to Satan and God, or Ra and Apep.
* He was the one who caused Starry Night to lose her life: she *sacrificed* herself to defeat him one and for all.
	+ Before that happened, in The Rainbow Stone, said pony breaks the 4th wall when she asks if the Harmony Heroes fight Witches and if he's one, to which Glorysia says that Witches don't exist in this universe.