Dark Gate Dimension

"Don't say that, you bastard!"

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The **Dark Gate Dimension** (Japanese: **ダークゲートディメンション**) are one of the main villains in the present-day sagas of the *Tales of Harmony* series, especially playing a major role in the *Magia Record* saga. Their goal is to destroy their enemies through pollution and overtake the Multiverse to extend their domain. Prior to *The Challenge of Life* saga, Steel Cross battled the Parallel Magis before he ultimately won the fight, but the generals were unaware of the original Magis' existence in the Prime Multiverse. Although they have many more members, their headquarters is located in Steel Cross' Palace, the rebuilt Castle of the Two Sisters with mechanical gears in Parallel Equestria.

They are allied with the Angels of the Apocalypse, who serve as the true main villains as a whole.

## Depiction

According to Morning Forest, the Dark Gate Dimension is a dangerous everlasting-war dimension from Parallel Equestria, where hatred, misery, hunger and death replace friendship, love and family. They are servants under the leader-named-dark-bishop Steel Cross' order, and he correctly suspected about a secret plot they’re up to: overtake the Multiverse to extend their domain.

The army has three different batallions: Warlocks, Tenebrous, Mercenaries, and the newly added: Vandals, now being four in total.

*For each complete batallion description, see: Dark Gate Dimension's Batallions*

The Tenebrous specializes in foul playing and intimidate their opponents while fighting, they have a combined infantry of Ghostly Guards and Steel Cross' soldiers Axes and Razors, Mercenaries specializes in weapon usage and military training fight and, they count with Steel Cross' soldiers Axes and Razors, and Warlocks specializes in fighting with every type of Black Magic usage and victim control, they have an exclusive infantry of Ghostly Guards.

However, the spies just specialize in gather information about their enemies, some of them are able to cast their combat abilities to defend themselves like parallel Fried Egg, while others just cowardly flee before got caught like Hoppert and Bloody Briar.

### **Origins**

40 years after Steel Cross' exile from the Steampunk Kingdom, he started feeling a big grudge and hatred towards friendship (especially the one of Emperor Argus Kaiser and Colonel Spirit's, that has just started) such feelings were felt by a noncorporeal spirit of Nocturne Jungle, who was shortly saved by King Sombra's ghost before he was summoned by Grogar. Unaware of Grogar's existence, Sombra's ultimate demise, and feeling uncompleted, Nocturne looked for a very sinister soul. That's how he found an empty dimension, where he found and met Steel Cross, and shared his same condition to the robotic pony, in order to team up with him.

After the destruction of Yumesora, Steel Cross was able to restore Nocturne Jungle's complete form with King Sombra's Grimoire, and now that they're together, they start to plan how to conquer Equestria. They took from the same dimension the abandoned Castle Of The Two Sisters and rebuilding it with gears and mechanisms it was renamed as: Steel Cross's Palace, a Castle whose mechanisms make it work as they progressed to built up their guild. One night later, they started to plan how to keep creating their guild.

After Steel Cross and Nocturne Jungle leave their new mechanical castle to get obtain some followers (Nocturne went to the frontier out of Equestria) while Steel Cross traveled to the desert on the outside of Klugetown, finding some huge bones, he quickly guessed that this one, was one of the darkest souls. By using King Sombra's grimoire, he started a ritual to revive the giant dragon skeleton by drawing a circle the size of the skeleton, and by using the same spell to complete Nocturne, the big skeleton was revived, and it made Steel Cross realize that it's a giant dragon from the past.

## Members

### Field Troopers

According to Morning Forest, the Field Troopers are the members of Dark Gate Dimension consists of Parallel selves of Magis. He seen some of original are Morning Forest's saviors, but Parallels' hearts are sinister, cruel, sadistic and unkind. The terrorist gang was composed by:

* **Parallel Soiree Haunter**: The high commander of Steel's military army and Lieutenant of the Mercenaries' Brigade, recruited by him. After his terrorism victories in the Side-Crystal Empire, a severe and cold ghost who’s not hesitate to murder anypony who dares to stop him. He is backstabbed by Diamond Skull in (), and later purified by () in ().
* **Parallel Professor Jolt**: A young scientist Pegasus with a mental illness, in past times, he created bombs to hijack Appleloosa, he was also able to create “Ghost Weapons’’ for Parallel Soiree and his crew, he trends to laugh insanely and he’s a dangerous pony to deal with in combat. It is eventually revealed that Ayame (who regained her Human form from "*Summer Adventure in the World of Candies!*") had to purify him all by herself.
* **Parallel Fried Egg**: The youngest member and spy who recruited by Steel Cross from Manehattan, an excellent hoof to hoof fighter and sniper, despite his thin look, he bares too much strength, he's really serious and smart to deceive his opponents, also he has a great accuracy to shoot lethal magic beams. He is purified by () in ().
* **Parallel Snowbelle TreeFrost**: Also known as "The Chilling Mare". She is the Cadet of the Mercenaries' brigade, and most responsible of thousands of murders, for money, knowing she’s about to gain uncountable riches, decided to join Steel’s terrorist army, her best method is freezing her victims, and crush them inside ice. She is backstabbed by Diamond Skull in () and is later revealed to be purified by Ayame (who regained her Human form from "*Summer Adventure in the World of Candies!*") in (TBA).
* **Parallel Tikka Sunrise**: Steel’s personal shaman and cadet of the Warlocks' tribe, she’s dedicated to curse the weakest ponies who “don’t deserve to survive’’ she uses lots of dust and potions to damage and hurt, an Aztec warrior mare who wields a shield and a wooden club, she also uses her wings to flash. She is heavily injured after using a large amount of dark magic due to stripping Ichigo's powers - which turns her into a Darkrizer - and gets purified by () in ().
* **Parallel Jikan**: Parallel Soiree’s best lieutenant, an agile samurai and soldier, he wields a sharp naginata called “The War Yokai’’. He’s cruel and sadistic and enjoys destroying happiness and love, from Neighpon he was recruited for being part of the Dark Gate’s plans. He turns himself into a Darkrizer and gets purified by () in ().

### Sidekicks and Henchmen

Particulary, some Dark Gate Dimension members have at their service their own minions/subordinates that do big part of their work. They proved to be no fools, and instead, to be truly obedient and dangerous.

* **Hex** (ヘズ) and **Ghoul** (グール): Two dreadful demons and Nocturne Jungle's pets, the first one; a female that resembles a hyena. The second one a male that resembles a raven. In the final part of *"United Together For The Greater Good!"*, during Nocturne Jungle's last stand, he absorbs their energy, betraying and sacrificing them. Later they were revived and purified by Forest and both end adopted by Fluttershy, all after Nocturne's defeat.
* **Golsh** (ゴルシュ) and **Slythera** (スリセラ): Marine Curse's lackeys debuted at "(TBA)", Golsh is a male and brute blowfish, while Slythera is a female and sneaky eel, both can move temporarily out of the water thanks to Marine's magic and are able to talk.
* **Scout Scope** (スカウトスコープ): a SWAT-esque armored mare soldier, debuted in an adaption of *"Chim-Charred!"*. Serious and disciplined, at first she was the Aerial Blast siblings's informant. Later, they make her Shattered Glory's assistant. Revealed in *"The Wisdom Not to Run!"*, she betrayed her leader and joined Batleck in a "circle of betrayers".
* **Lil.exe** (リルバグ): Web Crusher's avatar, debuted in *(TBA)*. It is created to sabbotage systems, infect devices, control mechanisms and destroy other avatars from different platforms.
* **Jambazi** (ジャンバジ), **Nyeusi** (ニュウシ) and **Uhalifu** (ウハリフ): Debuted in the adaption of *"The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!"*. The first two, a pair of twin male zebras that work for Don Haramu as his bodyguards. While the third one, a female impala that act as his escort lady. In an unknown episode of an Unnamed Alola saga, they're possibly killed by the boulder attack caused by Yeth.
* **Batleck** (バトレック): Berry Venom's minion who debuted on *The Favourite Place You Went For*, a bat-like creature, he acts as spy for her and messenger for the army. Rude with anyone, and very treacherous to his enemies. Revealed in *"The Wisdom Not to Run!"*, he betrayed his master and created a "circle of betrayers", only to get purified by Fireshine during the final battle.
* **Pee Koo the Clown** (ピエロピークー): Twisted Circus' right hand who debuted at "(TBA)", making the last Dark Gate Dimension's sidekick to be debuted. He is a scary clown and Twisted Circus' most loyal employee, he honors his circus with his creepy essence. He's good friends with Batleck whom he'd allied after he betrayed Twisted Circus.

#### Gallery

The list of the sidekicks affiliated with Dark Gate Dimension. From left to right: Hex, Ghoul, Batleck, Pee Koo the Clown, Scout Scope, Lil.exe, Jambazi, Nyeusi, Uhalifu, Golsh and Slythera.
## Relationships

### **Friends/Allies**

* Angels of the Apocalypse
* Scar Malamar (occasionally)
* Frank (occasionally)

### **Rivals**

* Queen Vera - While Vera wants to conquer the Multiverse, the DGD instead want to pollute (lit. destroy) it. As a result, they often get info conflicts whenever they get face-to-face.

### **Enemies**

* holoX - Their main enemies.
* All Magi teams - Another of their main enemies.
* The Parallel Diamond Clan, the Parallel Pearl Clan and Parallel Nina Twinkleheart-Starscout - They have a grudge against them because Parallel Nina had managed to prevent Parallel Irida from getting defeated by getting her to safety, but Parallel Adaman has the "largest grudge" because of someone that looks similar to Melli.

## Trivia

*For these characters' tropes, see here.*
* A LINE Stickers set dedicated to the Dark Gate Dimension was released in July 2022.
* The Dark Gate Dimension is similar to the Byogens, the villains from *Healin' Good Pretty Cure*.
* They're the only villain group to give their official birthday dates.
* Some of their members wear Steel Cross's cutie mark as a distintive symbol for their affiliation:
	+ Nuclear Star & Diamond Skull (Brassards)
	+ Blast Eric (Suit crest)
	+ Shattered Glory (Helmet)
	+ Web Crusher (Laptop, IPhone and Tablet sticker)
	+ Axes and Razors (Capes)
	+ Ghostly Guards (Armors crests)
	+ Darkrizers (depends on the object they possessed)
* Despite being a My Little Pony derived story and out-of-universe, Shadymeadow95's Dark Gate Dimension side fanfic series handles mature subjects, so it's rated for 18+ age audiences. Not recommended for younger or sensitive ones.
* Their background music for their theme has the emblematic My Little Pony starting tune, but modified to sound dark, ethereal and sinister.
* During series production, Nocturne Jungle was meant to be the leader of Warlocks' tribe in the guild. However, because he is already second-in-command, being the leader of Warlocks' tribe was not considered to be acceptable, so the producers gave Goryx that role instead.
* In the Mexican dub, it is called **The Dark Portal Dimension** (Spanish: *La Dimensión del Portal Oscuro*).
* Like the core villains, they do not appear often in the first Unova saga due to Team Rocket being more serious.
* Samandia, Malacabrulla and Razor Whirl were originally meant to appear only in limited-time live on stage shows in Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood. Ultimately, they were officially added into the anime, LINE Stickers set and *Tales of Harmony: Adventure Awaits* game.
* Nocturne Jungle, Doom, Hoppert, Bloody Briar, Don Haramu, Samandia and Razor Whirl are the only villains in the army that don't wear clothes.
* They are the ones who steal Ui's soul in the *Magia Record* saga, which causes Iroha's depression until it is retrieved. They even try to stop the Magis from purifying Embryo Eve so she can keep causing mass destruction.
* They're inspired by the Criasu Coporation from *HUGtto! Pretty Cure*.
* Despite living in Parallel Equestria, they're aware of other universes' ways and life style (ex. they know that Christmas exists, they met other villains and know some things about real-life Humans) thanks to Nocturne, and they can travel to each universe with technological or magic teleport.
* Out of all the Dark Gate Dimension members, only Hoppert, Don Haramu, Shattered Glory and Oscura Fortunata never became Darkrizers when confronting the Magis.
* Despite being one of the main present-day villains (to a larger extent since the villainous quartet/trio is counted here), they do not appear in the following sagas:
	+ The Tale of Oriko (vision only)
	+ The Innocent Malice
	+ Steven's Journey
	+ Susie's Beginnings
	+ Kelly's Story
	+ The Challenge of Life (mentioned, flashback only)
	+ Unnamed saga based on *Suzune Magica*
* In the *Magia Record* saga, the canon Black/White Feather minions from the MR game are instead under their control. The moth emblems on their hoods are also replaced with the DGD's emblem, and they have DGD-emblem patches concealing their Harmony Marks. Luckily, they are eventually all freed.