The Messiah

"He is The Messiah."

### Aliases

The Messiah, Messiah, Danger Man, Aberration, Mastermind, Niko, Animal, Immortal, Immortalilus, Amogus, Omnipotence Itself, Ark City's Greatest Protector, Ark's Finest, Destroyer of Worlds, Oppenheimer's Descendant, Pluto's Destroyer, Solar Eclipse, Ryan Reynolds, Leader, "No Man", "Lying Scum", Nikolaj No-Cock, Omni-Man, Super Saint, "You Fuckin' Cock-a-Roach!", Main Character

## Creation

### Creator(s)

Aulus J. Dex

Nikolaj Marshall, The Messiah, is a beacon of hope and horror for every person in Ark City. He is a being with great power, using it only to keep **Ark City** safe in the ways only he believes how. To many, The Messiah is a hero. To others, he is a villainous scamp recklessly deciding who lives and who dies; a judge, jury and executioner. All he'd known was pain, suffering and loss.

For countless years, Nikolaj used his powers to save people on the down low. Never truly showing himself, up until social media became a thing and sightings of him grew and grew. Eventually, he had to come out to the world and show himself off as the Metahuman he was. A being created by the very people who slandered his name. Dubbed "Messiah" by some and "Aberration" by many. Nikolaj found it hard to have a personal life in the current day and age.

## History

### **Origin**

During World War II and the Cold War, the Defense Department (DOD) and other national security agencies conducted extensive radiological, chemical, and biological research programs. Precise information on the number of tests, experiments, and participants is unavailable and the exact numbers may never be known. However, GAO has identified hundreds of experiments in which hundreds of thousands of people were used as test subjects. These experiments often involved hazardous substances, such as radiation, blister and nerve agents, biological agents, and LSD.

During the era of the Cold War, a simple newspaper boy found himself approached by a man asking for directions. When replying, the man asked if he could show him the way. It was a deceiving act. As soon as the boy rounded into the alley, he was abducted and taken to a facility designed specifically for the experiments once performed above. Once there, Nikolaj was put through devastating physical and mental torture, ranging as far as to make him filled with rage and anger. Though burdened by the demons not of his own making, Nikolaj remained a strong boy at heart.

Test after test, Nikolaj was subject to painful doses of various elements; plutonium scathed from the thinnest source, cobalt and others more. Liquid, gas and solid states entered his body, fusing together within his cells and DNA. Unfortunately for those experimenting, the signs of his change did not render on any form of data — it was only noted in one file; stolen by the man himself when he was later freed.

One test on the boy, years after his abduction, worked in triggering the reaction the researchers had hoped. One tinker with his DNA caused an outburst in electricity and radiation, leveling the building he'd been kept in for years. All he'd known was pain, suffering and loss. Gifted with the powers he never asked for, Nikolaj freed himself from the rubble of the building with ease, lifting up the roof atop him with barely three fingers. In the attempt he tried to run away, Nikolaj began ascending upward, miraculously finding out he could fly.

One thing he didn't know was that his age was at a stand-still. He looked like a roughed-up future version of himself upon returning home. The thing was, he hadn't a clue where home was. Once his home, now engulfed in military operations. His family was nowhere, friends nowhere. Nikolaj woke up to a nightmare.

### **Chapter One**

#### **Gang War**

In Chapter One, The Messiah's wrath upon Ark City's ravagers begun. During the **Ark City Killer**'s reign of terror, The Messiah took to the undergrounds, not in fear of the reaper, but in the task to eliminate all the mafia, mobs and more. It stopped any further Ark City Killer attacks, as the recorded pattern of the killer's victims loosely related to the various mobs, gangs and more. He successfully ended any turf wars and liberated the underground, leaving nothing left to crawl away.

#### **Mr. House**

When The Messiah's origin was uncovered by Mr. House, House began manipulating frequencies in The Messiah's head, controlling him in a way virtually no one knew how - the why was obvious to all; for total control of Ark City. With The Messiah on his side, unwillingly. he chose to attack a group of people trying to figure out who they were and what Ark City had in store for them. He ordered The Messiah to attack Jonah, Anthony & Massimo Murphy and Zaps. House captured Zaps and left The Messiah to clean up the mess. Messiah threw Jonah and Massimo across the city, Massimo landing on a rooftop and Jonah landing in the city. Anthony tried to attack The Messiah out of a spit of rage, but gave up mid-way through and fled the scene as fast as he could. The Messiah kept that moment in his mind, vowing to never kneel to anyone nor let a foe escape his grasp.

#### **The Decaying Wasteland**

The Messiah was bothered by Ark City's surroundings, one day, and ended up acting upon his suspicions. Moments after his thoughts during a Chapter One drought, he flew across The Decaying Wastelands and destroyed everything he sensed and saw. Millions of animal hybrids, savages, camps and rogues were killed. Over twelve billions dollars of property damage was dealt, though not a drop of money was ever paid to the wastelands to rebuild. There, from the ground up, they had to rebuild everything. The Messiah left a mark on The Decaying Wastelands, which are now known as The Mildlands.

### **Chapter Two**

#### **The Noverian Invasion**

Ark City was under threat by the Noverians over a dispute in galactic federations. They needed a new home, to which they'd attempt to conquer. However, they were blindsided by The Messiah's loyalty to Ark. Emperor Atriox Vektelarian attempted to manipulate Messiah through mind games of acting as though he were family. Unfortunately, The Messiah had a contingency to betray anyone to save Ark City from unadulterated rule. A long battle pursued, The Messiah receiving help from his enemy, John. Together, in the town square, the duo battled and defeated **Atriox**. At the end of the battle, before Messiah left the scene, The Glassman exited a portal and told him the conflict had only just begun.

#### **Sarsax Quarantine**

When a portal was opened to the hateful realms of horror, The Messiah, along with many more, faced monstrosities and reality bending. A temporal group was formed and they battled the hateful creatures for hours, stopping various trains from crashing and other hostilities from commencing. It was when the monstrosities of cosmic horror fled away, did The Messiah make an impact. He extended his lilac force and commanded the entire Sarsax District to be encased in a large, lilac hex, encasing in the lovecraftian creatures in a hold in order for the rest of Ark City to remain safe.

### **Chapter Three**

#### **Megabuilding Craters**

A disastrous group attacked various members of The Peacekeepers in the infamous Megabuilding 03, resulting in The Messiah's formerly reluctant self to aid the Peacekeepers in defeating Phantom Speed, Replicant & Malice. During the conflict, The Peacekeepers turned on each other, with Anthony Murphy almost murdering Zaps.

The Messiah brutally murdered Replicant and Anthony Murphy (temporarily). He ripped off Anthony's head and attached it to Replicant's decapitated body, using the lilac force to tie a connection back to full motor control.

The Glassman ordered Arura Chloros to attack The Messiah, but to his and her displeasure, the only way to stop was to kill her. Messiah detested, but it was not enough. Arura accepted the fate and was ripped apart by The Messiah, giving Glassman what he wanted.

### **Chapter Four**

#### **Many Deaths of The Messiah**

In a showcase of power, bravery, determination, stubbornness and sadness, all of Ark City's most powerful beings met in a grueling battle. The entire market was destroyed in what was undoubtedly the most explosive ending to a chapter. Hancock, **Atlas** & Messiah all faced one another in a fight, which evidently turned into Messiah & Atlas versus Hancock. After a bloody and hard-hitting battle, Hancock exceeded his power and unleashed himself onto The Messiah, however, The Messiah removed Hancock's regeneration energy and unleashed the lilac force upon him, killing Hancock. Atlas managed to teleport away. It saved him from any further altercation. Both of their lives forfeit in the fight, being removed from earthrealm. Hancock's body faded into blue and orange lights, his spirit leaving life — behind, he left Zaps. The Messiah was able to regenerate, shapeshifting his body into a new one, removing the good and bad from his morality. He was neutral. Weeks later, a time-altering John Hancock returned to Zaps and vowed to finish what he started. Hancock tracked The Messiah to a party hosted by Desmond Davis, where he removed the lilac force from him long enough to de-age and mortally kill Messiah, leading to his disintegration by General Vilgefortz. The Eidolon helped Hancock in his efforts to detain Messiah, but he chose not to assist in the killing.

### **Chapter Five**

#### **Omnipotence Resurrection**

Cloaked Figure, while attacking the Time Bureau of The Arkverse, unleashed a hole in Ark City, re-birthing a Messiah variant from the spawn of life and death. It was later revealed The Cloaked Figure was a variant of Nikolaj Marshall from Ark-110. In the later story, the released Nikolaj Marshall variant outburst with the lilac force and cleansed the entire omniverse from corrupt beings. However, the days after grew abhorrent and led to the universe's eventual relapse.

### **The Ark**

#### **Conquering Omnipotence**

Driven mad by his exile in the citadel de sanctus, The Messiah fantasied about owning and conquering it all. To help his efforts, he created a cult worshiping the lilac force birthed from his creation. Through the force came an abhorring call to the void, leading to his descent into madness. He commanded all entities across the Arkverse to bend to his will, having no control over those within the citadel at the time. Metacrisis & **John** tried to stop him from commanding all time and space, but they were ultimately too late.

The Messiah called upon Merlin to answer his plead, but the time keeper didn't budge. So, The Messiah caused all life to crumble, killing the infinite. It was when John Hancock, with his time-altering powers, went back to Ark City 50 years prior, did life become replenished. John altered time and put The Messiah on a good path. Unfortunately, one timeline was lost, but it saved all the others.

John met up with Zaps, leaving their kids behind, and rejoiced life. Later, did it become known that their efforts weren't all too well.

The Messiah had taken control of the Time Bureau of The Arkverse from Merlin, managing the flow of time and the creations of everything in existence. His effects on the time stream proved positive and efficient. The Messiah Corps, a time traveling bureaucracy, managed the flow of time underneath The Council of The Messiahs. From then on, The Messiah & countless other Nikolaj Marshall Variants surveyed the timeline, controlling almost all aspects of The Arkverse.

### **Ark Origins**

#### **Binary Arkverse**

Binary Arkverse was the tale of the deteriorating Ark City being under fire by an inter-dimensional variant of **Jonah** whose sole goal was to destroy the entire Arkverse; had been an injustice for existing. He'd conquered each and every timeline, obliterating them without a shed of mercy. Eventually, Jonah found his way to the current continuity's timeline and universe; Ark-311. He was quick to make an impact, materialising on Earth and immediately attacking Ark City's core building, Corpo Plaza. The Messiah was there to foil most attempts to destroy it all, rivalling Jonah's power with the Lilac Force. When he tried to erase Jonah from all existence, he was blocked by a familiar power. Jonah had killed a Messiah Variant, stealing their power and merging to make their own 'Marapotence', the nigh equivalent to the Lilac Force Nikolaj possessed.

The Messiah threw Jonah into the Sea of Dread to stall, and when he did so, it started a turn of events that exceeded his own omniscience. The first variant of The Messiah, from Ark-139, had come into the universe to help save The Arkverse. He told his own self that it was him that caused Jonah to go on the rampage. In a supposed mirrored timeline, Messiah-139 threw Jonah across the galaxy instead of into the ocean, to which Jonah proceeded to conquer and control the Andromeda Galaxy, using its force and power to dominate the cosmos without strong enough opposition. That parallel timeline's Messiah was the one to die, losing Lilac Force, with Jonah creating the aforementioned Marapotence.

After Current Continuity Messiah learned of what was, he was struck by the infinite corpses of Barbados Lucinda, a long time Messiah fan and possible psychopath. The two Messiahs saw Jonah had returned and they engaged in a mighty contest of power, intelligence and ego. Struck back and drained of a portion of his Marapotence, Jonah used his Mara's Light - the all-seeing and knowing beacon - and expelled tropane alkaloids to weaken OG Messiah, fatally stabbing him and throwing him to the streets below, where he fell to his death. Present Day Messiah attempted to save him, however, it came up short when his assailant held him back. He could not do anything for that moment to save his alternate self. So, he got revenge, thieving the Marapotence and leaving his foe without the almighty power anymore. Jonah fell onto the roof of Corpo Plaza from the air above after losing his power and was viciously beaten down by Anthony Murphy, not for the lack of mortally wounding Stanley Kane - which Wirebug saved from falling to his death. Meanwhile, below the rooftops, Present Day Messiah flew down and used the theft Marapotence to revive OG Messiah.

The Messiahs arrived to the rooftops to find both Jonah and Anthony collapsed over, exhausted and unconscious. Anthony had beaten the life out of Jonah with his speed, giving his all, knowing the cost of doing so. From that moment, The Arkverse was not the same. WIrebug, reaching the rooftop, pointed out the universes had began merging. Once he said that, both Messiahs merged, combining their power and achieving the true meaning of Lilac Force's Beyond Omnipotence. He was power. Wirebug and Messiah talked over the manner of all universes merging and knew the only way to stop it would be to reset it all.

**"Salute the world, this is our final moment."** Messiah said to Wirebug before heading for the centre of all known and unknown. From there, he tapped into all. Becoming one with every single aspect of The Arkverse's existence. He lived up to his name, bringing forth absolution. A saviour to the grand scheme. While becoming the nexus of omnipotence personified, he read the only thoughts Jonah had since his rampage across the oceans of eternity began. Only then, did he learn Jonah's plan to destroy all rather than merge all. Nikolaj was surprised he didn't perceive it at all.

Alone in the cosmos, adrift in the tides of unfathomable reality concepts, The Messiah found himself at the precipice of all. It was clear to Nikolaj that Jonah did not want to merge the Arkverse, but he wanted to destroy it. And now it laid in The Messiah's power to undo it all and recreate The Arkverse. All was history in a book beyond the void where no one has exited, one that would remain there until the absolute end. Thus begins a chapter for The Arkverse. Messiah threw his hands to the side and summoned a magical lilac energy to his hands, focusing all his might to rewrite all of reality, removing the cosmos of its denizens - decimating variants. The Messiah let out gasps as his body was ripped to shreds by The Arkverse fighting back against his power. Pain was an old friend. Gathering all, summoning all, collecting all, The Messiah twirled his hands and encased the entirety of The Arkverse in a prism. He was left in the blank of nothing. In the final act of The Messiah's tale, he rose his hand and waved off the prism, erasing it from existence entirely. To which, lastly, came his final goodbye, in the form of birth.

There was silence, and then there was light. The Messiah's body exploded in a big bang and the new Arkverse was made. Every fibre of his essence was used to create the new Arkverse, expanding infinitely. In this new reality, there was life, on Earth; historical data and events, leading up to the present, when Ark City is the last remaining place on Earth, in the year 2100; 50 years after a nuclear holocaust wiped out 95% of the world. Roaming the cosmos, since its beginning, is a vial containing the Lilac Force left over from The Messiah's time. The last remnant of a previous kalpa.

### **Aeons War**

The Aeons War marked a pivotal and catastrophic event in the Arkverse, where Nikolaj Marshall, known as the Messiah, confronted not only variants of himself but also other characters from diverse realities within the Arkverse. Originating from a nexus point breach, this conflict spanned multiple versions of Ark City and persisted over an undefined, elongated period, often referred to as 'aeons'.

During the early stages of the war, it was evident that each Ark City had produced its unique Messiah. While a majority maintained their roles as guardians and saviors, some had deviated from their path, turning into tyrants. This variation in principles and methods led to intense confrontations, resulting in vast collateral damage across realities.

As the conflict intensified, alliances began to form. Nadia Doisneau, a prominent figure in the Arkverse, sided with a group of benevolent Messiahs, striving to restore balance and close the nexus point. On the other end of the spectrum, characters like Aerys Doisneau rallied behind the more aggressive and dictatorial versions of Messiah, seeking to exploit the chaos for their gain.

The climax of the Aeons War occurred at the heart of the nexus point. Harnessing the combined energies of the various Ark Cities, a coalition led by the original Messiah and his allies attempted to seal the breach. This massive endeavor required vast sacrifices, with many Arkverse characters giving their all to ensure the multiverse's stability. In the aftermath, while the nexus point was sealed, the repercussions were felt throughout the Arkverse. Multiple realities had merged, while others had vanished entirely. The Aeons War served as a grim reminder of the fragile nature of their multiverse and the dire consequences of unchecked power and ambition.

### Unification at the Citadel de Sanctus

After the tumultuous Aeons War, the fractures in reality and the continuous disturbances caused by the existence of multiple Messiahs posed a considerable threat to the stability of the Arkverse. Recognizing the impending doom, the wise Council of Nikolaj, aided by seers and scholars, devised a ritual that could unify the Messiah variants. This ritual, however, could only be performed in a place devoid of time's influence, making the Citadel de Sanctus the only viable location.

Upon the agreed moment, each Messiah, regardless of their intentions or state, was involuntarily drawn towards the Citadel. The ethereal pathways leading to the Citadel shimmered to life, and from various realities, the Messiahs walked these pathways, their essences beginning to resonate with one another.

Within the heart of the Citadel, under its luminescent dome, the Messiahs stood in a circle, the very air thickening with raw power. As the Elders chanted, arcs of energy began to flow between the variants, weaving a complex tapestry of memories, powers, and emotions. The Citadel itself seemed to respond, its walls echoing with harmonious frequencies.

The culmination was an overwhelming burst of light, and when the radiance subsided, where many had stood, there was now only one. This singular Messiah, a synthesis of all variants, possessed the combined knowledge, strengths, and experiences of his counterparts. Yet, the weight of such unification was evident, as this Messiah now bore the emotional and moral complexities of countless lives.

Emerging from the Citadel de Sanctus, the unified Messiah returned to Ark City. With his unparalleled power and wisdom, he worked tirelessly to heal the wounds of the past, striving to usher in an era of peace and stability. However, his actions and decisions were always tinged with the profound understanding of the myriad challenges and dilemmas his counterparts had faced across the Arkverse.

### The Cataclysmic Fragmentation

The cataclysm's origins remain a matter of debate among scholars and seers of the Arkverse. Some argue it was the result of unchecked technological advancements, while others believe it was a consequence of tampering with powerful arcane energies. Regardless of its cause, the explosion was of such magnitude that it tore the fabric of the Arkverse, creating ripples across countless realities.

At the heart of this explosion was the Messiah, who, instead of being annihilated, experienced a phenomenon unparalleled in Arkverse history. His essence, rather than being destroyed, fragmented into trillions of shards. Propelled by the cataclysm's force, each shard traveled through the rifts in the Arkverse, ending up in various universes across the multiverse.

Each fragment of the Messiah, carrying a part of his essence, consciousness, and power, embedded itself into different realities. While some found themselves in worlds akin to Ark City, others landed in universes vastly different, from high fantasy realms filled with magic and dragons to futuristic dystopias governed by artificial intelligence.

The inhabitants of these universes encountered these fragments in various ways. Some were seen as falling stars, while others manifested as ethereal apparitions or even sentient entities. Over time, legends and myths began to form around these fragments. In some universes, they were revered as divine gifts, while in others, they were feared and locked away.

Back in the Arkverse, the aftermath of the Ark City Cataclysm was devastating. With the timeline in ruins and its protector scattered across the multiverse, the remnants of Ark City's civilization struggled to rebuild and make sense of the tragedy. Expeditions were formed, quests undertaken, all in the hope of somehow restoring the Messiah to his original state.

### The Century Wars and The Last Messiah

The Century Wars, spanning a duration of a hundred tumultuous years, witnessed one of the most tragic events in the Arkverse – the genocide of all but one of the Messiah variants. This large-scale extermination, orchestrated by the menacing entity known as Evil Deified, would mark an epoch of darkness and despair.

Evil Deified, a being of immeasurable power and malevolence, had a singular obsession: to eradicate every trace of the Messiah's influence from the multiverse. Viewing the Messiahs as the ultimate threat to his dominion and the realization of his sinister ambitions, Evil Deified declared war. As the Century Wars erupted, the battlegrounds extended across realities, with entire universes becoming collateral in this epic confrontation.

Using his vast network of followers and harnessing dark arcane arts, Evil Deified employed a strategy that was both brutal and efficient. One by one, the Messiahs were hunted down. Despite their combined strength, wisdom, and efforts to defend the countless realms under their protection, they found themselves overwhelmed by the sheer force and cunning of Evil Deified.

The Arkverse was plunged into chaos. Entire worlds were shattered, civilizations obliterated, and the very fabric of reality seemed to tremble under the weight of the conflict. But the darkest hour was the event now mournfully referred to as "The Night of Tears." On this fateful night, using a forbidden ritual, Evil Deified summoned a void that consumed the majority of the Messiahs, extinguishing their essences in an instant.

However, unbeknownst to Evil Deified, one Messiah managed to escape this tragic fate. Using a blend of foresight and sheer will, this lone Messiah, often termed "The Beacon," evaded capture and fled to a hidden universe, a realm once untouched and unknown to Evil Deified.

In the aftermath of The Night of Tears, with the multiverse believing that all Messiahs had perished, Evil Deified's reign went largely unchallenged. But whispers began to emerge, tales of a surviving Messiah, a glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak reality. The Beacon, while in hiding, began a new path, one of purpose, to restore balance and undo the devastation caused during the Century Wars.

## Personality

Nikolaj has shown to care for the little and not show mercy to the big. He chooses to remove whomever he believes will harm Ark City and its entirety. As The Messiah, there are no limits to his ways.

### The Last Beacon: A Duality of Yin and Yang

The Beacon, as the sole surviving Messiah after the Century Wars, embodied a unique duality, representing both the Yin and Yang aspects of his nature. This dual personality became the cornerstone of his character, shaping his interactions, decisions, and ultimately, his destiny in the Arkverse.

**Yin Aspect:** The Yin side of The Beacon is characterized by his contemplative, introspective nature. He possesses an innate wisdom, often reflecting on the past and understanding the interconnectedness of all events and beings. This aspect allows him to exercise great patience, waiting for the right moments to act, and understanding that not all battles are won through direct confrontation. Compassion and empathy dominate this side, and he often finds himself trying to heal, mend, and rebuild in the aftermath of the Century Wars. He tends to avoid violence when possible, and when forced into combat, he often incapacitates rather than kills.

**Yang Aspect:** In contrast, the Yang side of The Beacon represents his assertive, proactive nature. It's this side of him that refuses to let the Arkverse fall into eternal darkness. Fueled by the memories of his fallen brethren and the atrocities of the Century Wars, his Yang side is driven by a burning desire for justice, and at times, vengeance. This aspect is bold, often taking risks and choosing to confront challenges head-on. While his Yin side seeks understanding and peace, his Yang side is a warrior, ready to defend the Arkverse against any threat, especially the looming shadow of Evil Deified.

Together, these two sides form a harmonious balance within The Beacon. His Yin nature ensures he does not lose himself to blind rage or despair, while his Yang nature ensures he does not become passive or complacent in the face of adversity. The duality of his personality makes him unpredictable to his enemies and revered by his allies, serving as a symbol of hope and resilience in a fractured Arkverse.

Recently, the two personalities have been split into two beings, living parallel - unbeknownst to one another.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

**Lilac Force:** The Lilac Force is a power essential to The Messiah's being. It is all that he is and is all that he possesses. The Lilac Force grants him the ability to do, see, hear, be, and know anything and everything; beyond the Omnipotence of other beings. His wishes are its command. The Lilac Force is an metaphysical and ubiquitous power which is all-knowing and all-powerful; exceeding the omnipotent. It is a power that grants him anything he desires and cannot be matched by other worldly forces. All it desires in return is a formidable host. The Lilac Force was placed into The Messiah's DNA and all, making it exclusive to only him and his offspring; not that he has any.

* **Meta Power Manipulation:** Nikolaj can freely manipulate absolutely and infinitely any/all powers without limits of any kind, including Meta, Nigh, Omni, Absolute and Almighty powers by controlling the fundamental force that all powers are created from. The user is omnipotent over any kind of power. The Messiah erased the entirety of the universe's power and gave it more, blessing the Arkverse with a refreshment, meanwhile at the same time causing countless worlds across the galaxy to collapse or be rewritten.
* **Strength Infinitum:** Nikolaj has strength that heavily increases over time and can increase their strength for essentially forever. This makes Nikolaj's potential for strength limitless and immeasurable. He has been seen punching a hole through the entirety of Pluto when facing a Mutant General.
* **Absolute Speed:** Nikolaj can move at speeds that not even the most attuned of beings can grasp. He can avoid anything an opponent can throw with ease. The Messiah can move at infinite velocities, allowing him to surpass and perceive light speed movements and move at speeds allowing him to move past time and space itself.
* **Flight:** Messiah can hold himself in any position in space. He once flew to Pluto in less than a minute, to ultimately deal a punishment to the Mutant General. Messiah has stood still in place as the Earth rotated, watching on as he broke countless foundations and destroyed the entirety of a city in ruins, east of where once New York stood.
* **Omnipotence:** Omnipotence is the attribute to describe beings who are all-powerful. The term is also used generically to describe numerous beings possessing vast power, which, although not unlimited, by far surpasses that of most sentient beings.
	+ **Omnipotence Embodiment:** Nikolaj has the potential to become his own omnipotence, a supreme being and source of everything. The Messiah has the ability to be the true master and wielder of any and every other power that is deemed omnipotent. However, when offered to become one with life upon his demise at the hands of John Hancock. In doing so, he returned to his life on Earth.

* **Omnificence:** Messiah can create absolutely everything/anything without limits, including concepts, existence, reality, and even the totality itself. He can also create from nothing or even to create one thing from another e.g. manifesting an image from a comic book, creating life from the dead, and duplicating anything. Nikolaj can create basically anything they choose on an unlimited scale.
* **Omnifarious:** Messiah has complete and absolute control over his own being, allowing him to manipulate his shape, density, size or to be solid, liquid, gaseous, or pure energy. He can spread his form into smaller segments that keep his ability to transform and recombine as he wishes. Nikolaj can take any form that he can imagine, independently from the laws of physics and logic.
* **Power Erasure:** The Messiah can eliminate/remove all powers of others, so they won't have access to them. He did as such to Anthony when locking him up in the Time Bureau of The Arkverse. He erased a witch's nigh-omnipotence without considerable effort.
* **Power Bestowal:** Nikolaj can give superpowers to others, either permanently or temporarily. All powers are at his disposal.

### Weaknesses

**Tropane Alkaloids:** A class of bicyclic alkaloids and secondary metabolites that contain a tropane ring in their chemical structure, able to act as a stimulant or anticholinergic. If consumed, The Messiah's Lilac Force goes into a 24hr hibernation due to the conflicting effects. Particular tropane alkaloids such as cocaine and scopolamine are incompatible with the substance Nikolaj was injected with, which embedded the Lilac Force connection into his DNA. Causing the Lilac Force to sleep, Messiah reverts to a vulnerable, normal human.

## Trivia

* The first Nikolaj Marshall was killed by John Hancock. The current one is a variant from ARK-35490.
* Anthony & Massimo Murphy both talked about the possibility of The Messiah being immortal, which later caused them to be trapped in an unknown realm.
* The Messiah has had no friends over the course of his run. Each time he has been close with someone, he's had to kill or abandon them to save them from his wrath.
* During creation, certain reference pictures used for The Messiah were intended to mimic the appearance of actor Logan Lerman.
* Nikolaj has revealed countless times that he does intend to retire, but he has never found anyone to replace him as Ark's Greatest Protector.
* During Arkverse Alpha's Chapter Two, Messiah was set to become Atriox Vek's adoptive son, but the confirmation was never met.
* He is a public domain character, flexible to all media -- the way Dexpo designed. His true form exists within The Arkverse, others being echoes of his existence.
* The Messiah has gone through several eras, the most recent being The Century Wars Messiah.
* Once a focal point of The Arkverse, now a central character for all stories written by Aulus J. Dex. In his current rendition, he is inside The Marvel Universe, Earth-2025526 (Earth-Tyez), in memorium of one of the best writers, Tyez Minter.
* When facing off with The Anti-Messiah, The Anti-Messiah killed himself due to his inability to be Nikolaj's anti. For every turn, he had no remedy.
* Nikolaj Marshall may have borderline personality disorder.