EXE

* Faker
* True
* Faker (3D)

RaiGuyyy (EXE) [Current Voice]

**EXE** is a character created and owned by Newgrounds user Revie03. He was created on November 18th, 2020.

## Overview

EXE is a dark, cruel, and crooked being, hellbent on vengeance against those who wronged him, and set on conquest of all he can seize. He lives for the suffering of all other life, and seeing others tear themselves apart. If he were to enter our reality permanently, all is lost. For not just this Earth, but every world and universe beyond it.

The Black Sun, the centerpiece and most daunting presence in EXE's realm, serves as a storage vault for the souls of his victims. Some souls leak out and plummet to the realm below, creating forms of Sonic characters. Some are more perfect than others, but all of the vessels are built off the assets and world EXE manipulated and created as a facade to lure more into his clutches.

## Appearance

This interpretation of the character is much closer to Classic Sonic in design, though having darker skin & quills, blue arms, and shoes lacking buckles & belts. He features various pitch-black shading, as well as what looks to be wrinkles on his face, which allows him to boast his off-putting, uneasily angry expressions, he also seems to have a slightly shorter nose.

Unveiling his second form, EXE becomes drenched in blood, with his limbs & torso stretching to become extraordinarily long, giving him a tall, menacing appearance. His skin becomes pale-white, as well as his "gloves", and "socks" melding into his body. This stretching appears to rip his quills, revealing patches of skin. His eyes begin to dissolve into their sockets, rendering them a hollow, pitch-black appearance, and his mouth stretches to fit his newly grown row of sharp, interestingly pure-white teeth, while his nose appears to completely disappear, being more akin to the nose bone on a human skull (evident from the lack of gleam anywhere on it, as well as it appearing to be similar to his hollowed eye sockets

This transformation implies EXE is able to manipulate his body proportions, colors, and features at will, as he quickly shifts into his second form at the end of "Faker", which drastically changes all the aspects described.

## Biography

EXE was an entity that has it's origins sprout from the original X, before his first appearance in 2011. Unlike the latter, EXE was not an entity that hails from the void directly, rather was one of X’s experiments with creating a new form of life, based off his own matter from the void, technically making them related by blood. Despite this, EXE did not agree with the objectives of his predecessor, wishing to overthrow him for the sake of his own goals. EXE had a vision for humanity and all other life. Lord X, however, did not take too kindly to his insubordination. With lordship among his guardians, X cast out EXE for rebelling, believing him to be simply getting in the way of his “fun”. EXE ended up banished to another universe, another Earth.

## Abilities

EXE shows a remarkable case of great speed and strength, which allows him to capture his victims almost flawlessly. He is also shown to be able to morph and distort his body, allowing him to easily achieve his Faker form. EXE can also summon phantoms, has excellent skill in mutilating victims, and has flight. He can also extract soul essence, which he then takes into his realm. One of his more notable abilities comes from the Black Sun, a large orb of antimatter he created that resides in the center of his realm. This Black Sun has the main source of his power inside of it. Any soul he manages to take, he sends to the Black Sun for eternal torment. At rare moments, some of these damned souls will fall out of the Black Sun and into his dark realm. This causes them to either turn into unholy monstrosities that tear themselves to pieces, or turn into Islanders like Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, etc. (This is because of the Sonic ROM disk his realm was made from.)

## Weaknesses

EXE can be killed, but only a select few beings know how. Aside from that, he has no physical weakness. He also cannot fully control his own realm yet, since he's still not at full power. When in the game, his Faker form is limiting, since it's only used for luring people. It also takes a short while to actually transform into his true form, giving his victims a small chance to escape. He also cannot be outside of his own world for more than a couple minutes at a time, or else he'll disperse. If he ever finds a way to permanently come into our reality, everything is screwed.

## Trivia

* EXE is a re-interpretation of the Sonic.exe canon, based off the 2017 remake story and the 2012 MYSTCRIMSON game.
* The character was confirmed to be asexual on November 28th, 2021 in a tweet by Revie.
* EXE does most of his talking as Faker, while he remains a man of few words when in his true form.
	+ However, EXE is incapable of human/English speech, and can only speak in very specific circumstances.
* There was going to be an actual game based on this character, but that idea was scrapped due to the drama.
	+ Now EXE has a new game called *Sonic Prototype 2017.*
* The Cult of X lures in victims under the guise of playtesting, offering cash to those willing to playtest their ROM disk. Very few people live to give criticism of the game.
* The length of EXE's games varies between different players. Sometimes the game doesn't provide a playable character, so EXE can simply kill people as soon as they open the game. If a playable character is provided, they act as a perfect vessel for a playable window. Either way, EXE gets the opportunity to take the victims 'soul essence after they die.
* EXE hates most other EXE's, especially his creator, Lord X, and other interpretations of the original Sonic.EXE (Not Xenophanes). An exception is those who are driven by power and strong ambition (A couple examples include Griatos, and Needlem0use).
* EXE is able to see into other universes, spying on other entities like himself.
* Whenever a soul falls from the Black Sun, EXE will usually only go for the beings that aren't unholy monstrosities since they're already tearing themselves apart.
* EXE is almost impossible to kill. However, he can be eradicated by a specific ritual being performed, which only Lord X or a variant of the original Sonic.exe have knowledge of performing correctly.
* Revie never intended EXE to be referred to as “Faker”. The reason most people refer to him like that is thanks to the Vs. Sonic.exe mod. Since he wasn’t that well known by the time the mod came out, people didn’t know EXE’s name, and so they assumed the name of his first song, “Faker”, was his actual name. Revie went out of her way to correct this misconception after the mod was out, but she expressed how she was fine with it afterwards.
* EXE's faker form lacks teeth completely.
	+ His mouth is sealed shut except for when he mutates into his true form, eats or makes any sort of noise.

## Gallery

EXE sprite sheet.Reference sheet for EXE's faker form.Reference sheet for EXE's true form.Faker's transformation sequence into EXE.EXE's 'Faker' form as seen in VS Sonic.exe.EXE's true form as seen in VS Sonic.exe.Divide's concept FNF design for EXE.A sketch of EXE transforming, drawn by the late Divide.A sketch of EXE holding Tails' corpse, drawn by the late Divide.The outdated D-Sides design for EXE's counterpart, was scrapped due to the drama that surrounded EXE as a whole.One version of EXE in a game of chess. 'Make your move.'A second version of EXE in a game of chess.A battle involving a creator and it's creation.
1. ↑ https://revie03.newgrounds.com/news/post/1347520
2. ↑ https://revie03.newgrounds.com/news/post/1347623