NPE Proposal: Aksan

## What's the Work? Who's the Villain

The Dragon Sim Cinematic Universe (DSCU for short)-a joke name-turned semi-official name of an ongoing (but sort of dead) series of role-plays with an overarching storyline on a game called Dragon Simulator: Be a Dragon and Discord. A very basic synopsis of the plot involves the war between two clans-Elite Evil Dragons or EED for short and RW (Rebel Warriors).

**Aksan** is a minor antagonist of the roleplay. She is the evil half of Naska that was imprisoned inside two of her swords. Once the weapons were broken, Aksan was freed and vowed to trap her good counterpart and destroy the world out of vengeance.

## What Makes Her Close to Being PE?

* Immediately after Kladenet was broken, she trapped her good counterpart inside a void-like dimension. While imprisoned, Naska was tortured by constantly feeling as though her body is being ripped apart.
* Kidnapped Naska's daughter Ruby while she was sleeping and held her hostage to extort Dyrnwym from Kalipher.
* Attempted to destroy Earth by plunging it into darkness. If she had not being stopped by Bright reversing time and temporarily sending her back inside the sword, she would have slowly killed the planet by destroying all plant life, leading everything to suffocate to death.
* When Prince accidentally broke Dyrnwym while sparring with Kalipher, she wished to kill him for unknown reasons. She attempted to recruit Abyss as an assassin to take him out, and when this plan fell through, she tried to kill Prince herself.
* She attempted to kill Kalipher, although it was justified since he tried to trap her into the swords while she was sleeping. While fighting, Aksan was able to damage him to the point where he developed permanent scars.
* Despite of the ridiculously high heinous standards of the DSCU, she stands out for having one of the highest potential kill counts of the entire series. Although Eschaton-who almost wiped out all life in Emina and killed its deities-and Soulbreaker-whose destroyed countless dimensions-have successfully killed more people, they have infinitely more resources when compared to Aksan. She also has a degree of personal villainy since her torture of Naska led to the latter developing PTSD and for Kalipher to become more protective of his family.
* Unlike most of the other DSCU villains, she is taken completely seriously by the narrative.

## What Prevents Her from Being PE?

* She has a "pet the dog" moment toward Akumu, granting him the ability to speak for no pragmatic reason. Additionally, Aksan appears to genuinely empathize with him after she learned of Prince's death.
* Despite kidnapping her, Aksan genuinely cares for Ruby as she took good care of the girl while holding her hostage.
* She has a tragic backstory of being trapped within Naska's swords. Although it motivates her actions, this is a minor prevention since she goes out of her way to harm people not involved in her imprisonment.

## Debated Validation

* Whether or not she has moral agency is unclear. While she is stated to be the embodiment of Naska's dark side, she is also shown to have empathy for Akumu and care for Ruby. Even if she did have moral agency issues, she has a clearly established goal and personality, making it a minor prevention if true.

## Moral Event Horizon?

I believe she crossed it twice when she did the following:

* Trapped Naska in a loop in which she's constantly tortured.
* Attempted to kill all life on Earth by plunging it into darkness.