Chromus

* Reincarnated Body
* Divine Body
* Zeta Body

**Chromus** is the self-proclaimed Emperor of Nullspace and the main antagonist of the Nullverse franchise. Serving as the primary antagonist of *Crusade One* and *The Final Crusade* series, as well as a secondary antagonist of *Crusade Two*, he has clashed with many different groups of heroes and is a major threat to the universe itself. Possessing extreme levels of strength, speed, and magical prowess, he is one of, if not the most powerful being seen in the series.

## Appearance

#### Reincarnated Body

In his reincarnated body, Chromus was a humanlike being of abnormal size. He stood at an impressive 15 feet tall and was quite bulky. He was always seen wearing extremely dark gray armor with a golden trim and accents, as well as a tall, curved, and pointed helmet complete with a mask that obscured his face. In addition, he carried with him a mace with an extremely long shaft, although Chromus rarely used this weapon in favor of his superior magical skills. His eyes take the form of condensed nebulas.

#### Divine Body

In his divine form, Chromus grew slightly taller, topping off at 22 feet in height. His armor changed from gray to silver, while retaining the golden accents, and several multicolored jewels now adorn the breastplate. His new set of armor resembles that of medieval knights, although his is much more elaborate. He continues to wear a helmet, however it is mostly ornamental. He wears a dark purple cape whose inside surface resembles the night sky. His hair also adopts the same color scheme, and his eyes burn like stars.

#### Zeta Body

Upon awakening Zeta, Chromus absorbed it, which caused his appearance to change yet again. His body was ravaged by the technique, causing his "skin" to take on a cosmic appearance. His armor returned to its original black and gold, now with heavy green accents, the latter of which his cape and hair also adopt. His eyes resemble black holes surrounded by a nebula of greenish energy.

## Personality

In his original Null Beast form, Chromus was nothing more than a raging monster. He acted primarily on instinct, as despite being one of the few Null Beasts with self-awareness, he was significantly less intelligent than the average human.

In his reincarnated form, Chromus was a kind and curious young boy that wanted nothing but to learn more about the world. Eventually, however, his Null Beast instincts returned, morphing him into a deranged psychopath that sought the desctruction of all non-Null Beasts. He saw all non-Null Beasts as threats, due to the events of the war of the gods, and he would cruelly and mercilessly execute any that he could find, provided that he had no other use for them.

## History

### Early Life/Before The First Crusade

Very little is known about the life Chromus led before his conquest of the universe. The Being was Chromus's surrogate father, and he took the young nullbeast with him during his original conquest of Nullspace. Following the War of the Gods, Chromus betrayed his father, stealing many of his Null Forces and escaping to pursue his own ambitions. He met and allied with the Grand Monstrosity and the Cold Entity, two powerful nullbeasts that shared similar ambitions to himself, and together the three set out to conquer a universe for themselves. They set their sights on the universe in which The Final Crusade takes place, and each of them decided to invade a different planet to begin their conquest.

The plan, however, failed. The Grand Monstrosity was defeated by the stone warriors of Shaiken, led by their champion Stai, and the Cold Entity was killed on Charon by a coalition of powerful individuals calling themselves "The Residential Rebels". Chromus flew into a rage upon learning of his ally's death and invaded Charon, hoping to eradicate all life there. He encountered the planet's twenty "gods" and killed twelve of them, absorbing their power and becoming dramatically stronger in the process. This event would eventually be called The Slaughter. After gaining the knowledge posessed by Viteus, the god of knowledge, he set his sights on the Grave Mountains, where a well with a direct link to the Spirit Realm was located. A battle was fought at the site of the well, and Chromus was finally slain, his blood staining the well red forever.

However, immediately before his death, Chromus managed to absorb a fragment of the well's power. The immense spiritual energy reacted violently with Chromus's soulless body, leading to the eventual formation of an artificial soul linked to the Spirit Realm. This newborn soul inhabited Chromus's body, resurrecting him, reverting him to infancy and wiping his memories, effectively ending the threat of his existence. Alexander, the god of justice, suggested to the surviving gods that, rather than killing him, they raise the young nullbeast to become a weapon they could use to their advantage. The gods agreed, and Chromus began a new life as the adoptive child of the gods.

Throughout his childhood, he showed incredible proficiency in magic due to his artificial soul's limitless energy. By age eleven, he was considered to be one of the strongest users of magic in the entire universe. He was trained in all forms of combat, but was forbidden from studying history lest he learn of his past life. Nevertheless, as his power grew, his soul began to leech memories out of his body, and Chromus slowly began to recall his former life. Finally, at age sixteen, his memories returned in full. He remembered everything that had happened before his rebirth, and he also regained access to his Null Forces. He began building an army of reanimated corpses to take his revenge.

Eventually, Chromus decided that he had grown strong enough, and he launched his attack on the gods. The gods responded in force, enlisting the help of twelve powerful mages and battling Chromus in what would eventually be called the War of Conquest. Chromus killed and absorbed six of the remaining eight gods, sparing only Alexander for his previous kindness and failing to capture Noir. He was eventually defeated once again by the combined efforts of the twelve mages, Jupiter, Zarr, Sir Gerald, Estell, and Tang. Unbeknownst to his defeaters, however, Chromus managed to survive, hiding in the shadows until the day that he could complete his quest for revenge. Two thousand years passed before Chromus struck again, beginning the events of the First Crusade.

### The Final Crusade

#### Pre-History

Following the end of Crusade 1, Chromus went into hiding in Nullspace. During this time, he began to develop his revolutionary magical techniques. After many long years, he was eventually discovered by his old master, the Being. The two fought, but Chromus's new techniques gave him the edge, and he severely injured the Being using his Fifth Technique, Hyperburn, resulting in the Being's permanently charred appearance.

Roughly one month before the events of The Final Crusade, Chromus oversaw the creation of General Steel and reunited with his old ally, the Grand Monstrosity. Together, the three of them killed the eight Elders, and after absorbing them, Chromus challenged the multiverse's two Omnidragon overseers. He defeated them and, after stealing their power using his Null Force, he unleashed a powerful wave of destruction that would eventually become known as Omega.

## Abilities & Powers

### Natural Abilities

* **Multiversal Strength:** Chromus's strength is said to be nigh-unlimited. He has been shown to be capable of throwing black holes as if they were baseballs with no visible effort from the weight, and is capable of holding condensed universes with little to no trouble.
* **Extreme Durability:** Chromus is one of, if not the most durable character seen in the series. Aside from his complete immortality, he has also been shown to survive the force of a collapsing universe and come out relatively unscathed. He is resistant to psychic attacks, as shown when Eva, one of the strongest magic users ever seen, attempted to penetrate his mind and failed. In addition, his soul itself is completely indestructible, with even the Elders' Ritual being incapable of destroying it.
* **Immense Speed:** Even without augmenting his speed using magic or other methods, Chromus is easily capable of moving at speeds far exceeding light.
* **Instantaneous Reflexes:** Chromus's magically-enhanced reflexes allow him to see and react to things faster than a conventional electric brain is capable of doing. He is mostly capable of reacting to any attack instantaneously.
* **Regeneration:** Chromus's body regenerates at an alarmingly fast rate. He is seen regrowing entire limbs in a fraction of a second, and was able to regenerate his entire body from just a single drop of blood in less than a second.
* **Body Alteration**: Chromus has the ability to manipulate the shape and size of his soul and thus, the shape and size of his physical body. His smallest size is that of a common house plant, whereas the maximum size ever witnessed was larger than that of an entire universe.
* **Transcendent Consciousness:** Chromus is aware of higher forces, dimensions, and beings. He has killed beings originating from outside of the known multiverse, and he is aware of the existence of the wider Omniverse. As such, his state of awareness is not grounded in any single universe, but is instead present on a higher level that cannot be easily affected by lesser beings,

### Gear

* **The Quasar:** Chromus's mace. According to Chromus himself, the mace is indestructible, although the properties of antimatter render this point moot when applicable.

### Magical Abilities

* **Infinite Magical Energy**: Chromus is directly linked to the Soul Realm and as such possesses an infinite amount of energy with which to use magic. This effect is identical to what Surge grants a magic user.
* **Magical Grandmaster:** Chromus has complete, unhindered mastery over every type of magic ever created. He is the only person in the known universe to ever achieve this feat.
* **Magical Genius:** Chromus has repeatedly devised new magical techniques, in part aided by his infinite amount of energy. His techniques are so powerful that they threaten to shatter the laws of physics and, in some cases, the concept of "magic" itself. Currently, there are nine known techniques that Chromus has personally invented.
* **Magical Soul**: After gaining access to his 9th Technique, Chromus immediately used it to grant himself an infinite supply of spiritual energy. This eliminated the need for him to draw energy from the Soul Realm, as he now had a pseudo-Spirit Realm inside of his own soul, which resulted in true invincibility.

## Trivia

* Chromus has only lost in a 1v1 once in his entire life. This single loss was to a human named Aren.
* The Grand Monstrosity and the Cold Entity are the only two beings in all of reality that Chromus truly cares about.
* Chromus only considers one entity a real threat to him: Trine.