Erebus (2024)

Erebus
Primordial God of Darkness The Father of the Shadow of Existence
Kana	エレボス
Romaji	Erebosu
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Race	Primordial God
Gender	Male
Nicknames	Erebos Eren (by Elpis) Father (by Nemesis) Blacky (by Tiferet & Kojisaki) Father Shadow God of the Mist God of Darkness God of Shadow Primordial God The Shadow King Prince of Darkness Giver of the Darkness The Child of Darkness The Darkness Incarnate Personification of Darkness Protogenos of the Mist Emperor of the Darkness Protogenos of Darkness The Underworld Monarch Mysterious Stranger Primeval of Darkness The Primordial God of Darkness Grandpa (by Zagreus) Divine Lord of the Lowlest Underworlds Mr. Older Brother (by Hyoudou Issei) The Father of the Shadow of Existence Supreme God of Darkness The King of the Snow Fiel (by Chronos) The Most Fairest God of Council of Godheads (by Da'at)
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Grey
Equipment	Darkness Manipulation Skotádi Magic
Personal Status
Relatives	Primordial Entities​ Caligo (Father) Khaos (Mother) Protogenoi​ Chronos (Eldest Brother) Gaia (Eldest Sister) Ouranos (Older Brother) † Ananke (Older Sister) Aion (Older Brother) † Phanes (Older Sister)​ Tartarus (Older Brother) Eurynome (Older Sister) † Ophion (Older Brother) † Eros (Older Sister) Pontus (Older Brother) Physis (Older Sister) Nyx (Younger Sister) Nihil (Younger Half-Sister) Thalassa (Sister-in-Law) Elpis (Wife) Achlys (Creation) Aether (Creation) Hemera (Creation) Hydros (Nephew) Thesis (Niece) Ourea (Nephew) Nesoi (Niece) Second generation primordial entities Thanatos (Creation) Hypnos (Creation) Oneiroi (Creation) Moros (Creation) Atropos (Creation) Lachesis (Creation) Clotho (Creation) Nemesis (Creation) Apate (Creation) Philotes (Creation) Momus (Creation) Oizys (Creation) Charon (Creation) Alecto (Creation) Titans Cronus (Nephew) † Oceanus (Nephew) † Coeus (Nephew) † Crius (Nephew) † Hyperion (Nephew) Iapetus (Nephew) † Rhea (Niece) † Theia (Niece) † Themis (Niece) † Mnemosyne (Niece) † Phoebe (Niece) † Tethys (Niece) Elder Cyclopes Brontes (Nephew) † Steropes (Nephew) † Arges (Nephew) † Hecatoncheires Cottus (Nephew) † Briareus (Nephew) † Gyges (Nephew) † Elder Olympian Hestia (Grandniece) Hades (Grandnephew) Demeter (Grandniece) Adamas (Grandnephew) Hera (Grandniece) Poseidon (Grandniece) Zeus (Grandnephew) Chiron (Grandnephew) Younger Olympian Persephone (Great-Grandniece) Hephaestus (Great-Grandnephew) Aphrodite (Great-Grandniece) Ares (Great-Grandnephew) Athena (Great-Grandniece) Apollon (Great-Grandnephew) Artemis (Great-Grandniece) Dionysus (Great-Grandnephew) Enyo (Great-Grandniece) Eileithyia (Great-Grandniece) † Hebe (Great-Grandniece) Triton (Great-Grandnephew) Kymopoleia (Great-Grandniece) Zagreus (Great-Grandnephew) Macaria (Great-Grandniece) Demigods Hercules (Great-Grandnephew) Jason (Great-Grandnephew) Theseus (Great-Grandnephew) † Cordelia Kyren (Great-Great-Grandniece) Wards Eris (Ward) Hecate (Ward) Styx (Ward)​ Pandora (Ward) Ingvild Leviathan (Ward) Others Scotus (Counterpart) Umashiashikabihikoji (Rumored Love Interest)
Affiliations	Greek Pantheon Mount Olympus Alliance of Hell (Formerly) Protogenos (Greek Primordials) Tartarus (Residence) Elder Gods Council of Godheads Team Eternal Princess of Darkness (Queen) Team DxD (Allies) Western Civilization Angelos Alliance Empty (Mentor) Eris (Caretaker) Yesod (Best Friend) Tiferet (Friend/Rival) Umashiashikabihikoji (Arch-Rival/Sometimes/Friend) Unnamed Darkness (Arch-Enemy) Scotus​ (Arc-Nemesis)​
Status	Active
Ranking	God Elder God Special Grade Gods Extradimensional-Class Being
Voice Actor	Hiro Shimono

Erebus, also known as Father Shadow, is the Greek Primordial God of Darkness, Mist, Despair, Profane and Shadows and one of the first primordial deities, and second ruler of the cosmos along with being a child of Chaos. His two children whom are well known through Greek myth include Hemera, the Protogenos of Day, and Aether, Protogenos of Light, an ironic fact that the day and light would be the children of night and darkness.

He is the youngest son of Chaos and Caligo and the younger brother of Chronos, Gaia, Ouranos, Ananke, Aion, Phanes, Tartarus, Eurynome, Ophion, Eros, Pontus, Physis and He is Husband of Elpis, Primordial Goddess of Hope.

He is also the older brother of Nyx and her original vanguard, having created a large number of entities with her from simple children to powerful deities like Hypnos, Thanatos, Nemesis, Aether, Hemera, Lachesis, Atropos, Clotho, Dolos and Many Others.

Throughout his life, Erebus became the guardian of numerous gods, including Hades, Styx, Pandora, Hecate, Eris, Zagreus. He is the best friend of Yesod and arch-rival of Umashiashikabihikoji and Tiferet. He is also the main arch-enemy of Unnamed Darkness and Scotus's arch-nemesis.

He was an honorary member of Alliance of Hell that previously was apart of the the now defunct Realm of the Dead who betrayed the Greek Pantheon after being taken over by Ahriman and Mictlantecuhtli. Ahriman took over, and now is an ally of Team DxD.

Overview

Erebus is the Primordial god of Darkness and Mist, one of the original primordial deities, and second ruler of the cosmos along with being a child of Chaos. His dark mists encircled the world and filled the deep hollows of the earth. His equivalent in Roman Mythology is Scotus who was not as liked. Nyx, was also his sister.

His two children whom are well known through Greek myth include Hemera, the Protogenos of Day, and Aether, Protogenos of Light, an ironic fact that the day and light would be the children of night and darkness.

In the evening, Erebus' sister Nyx drew his darkness across the sky bringing night and his daughter Hemera scattered it at dawn bringing day - the first obscuring Aether, the heavenly light of the ether, the second revealing it.

In the ancient cosmogonies, the heavenly ether (Aether) and the dark mists of the netherworld (Erebus) were regarded as the sources of day and light rather than the sun.

He was a member of the Alliance of Hell before Ahriman took over after Hades was captured.

Appearance

In mythology, there are no notable descriptions of Erebus' character. The popular seems to be of a tall masculine figure veiled in deep darkness from head to toe, with glowing evil eyes.

Erebus is a handsome young man with short black long hair and grey eyes. Erebus wears a long black coat with gold collar and closed at the front and a long ribbon tied to the waist as a purple belt, white pants and black espadrilles. and his body gives out dark aura.

Erebus reminded Hyoudou Issei of a vampire prince in a hellenic setting. Erebus also has a thin scar running across his left shoulder, which he received from Umashiashikabihikoji during the Creation Wars. The scar is kept as a memento to remind Erebus to not overestimate his abilities too much.

During the war with the Outer Gods, Erebus has slate gray eyes and long black hair, which he keeps up in intricate white headpieces called kenseikan (牽星箝, Pulled Star Insert; Viz "Pull Star Silence"), which symbolize his nobility as a child of Chaos and Caligo, wearing three on top of his head and another two on the right side. In addition to the standard captain uniform, he wears a white scarf.

2 months after Azathoth's defeat, Erebus wears hairpieces at the back of his head, but it is noted that these hairpieces are not kenseikan. He wears a variation of the japanese haori, featuring a high collar with light gold edges and small, light gold tassels attached to the corners.

Personality

Erebus acts in an aristocratic manner. He always seems serene and apathetic towards other people, even while actually deeply conflicted. He is notably calm, even in battle. He generally acts indifferent, bordering on arrogance, to most situations he is faced with, and rarely views his opponent as being worth his time.

Erebus is easily offended if his name is not used properly. As such, he views Hyoudou Issei with disdain for always referring to him improperly. When Erebus talks with Issei, he calls him by his full name. Erebus is very perceptive, fully aware of the limits of his abilities, and anything he states in comparison to an opponent is usually justified.

Erebus retains a formal tone, always using "watashi" which is a formal way of referring to oneself. When he was younger, he was quick to anger and very hot-headed, as noted by his older brother and mother. Despite consistently stating himself to be far stronger than opponents like Amenominakanushi and Umashiashikabihikoji.

He is full of fighting spirit and looks for a good challenge in the field of swordsman. He doesn't show these emotions very often and it's said that he often sports a poker face. He denies this and believes that he just expresses his emotions in his own way. His sister state that he gets a lot of love letters from female entities. He is good at making friends and socializing, and he is one of the few people who can control Tartarus when he gets out of hand.

He does however deeply care for his sister and children and so later became enraged when they were defeated by most of the Team DxD. He was also shown to be troublemaker to those who refused to join the Alliance of Hell such as King Enma, who refused to join them and attack the shrines that worships the deity though none was truly harmed.

Erebus strongly believes in law and order. As a Elder God of the Council of Godheads and leader of one of the protogenos, he works hard for a peaceful society. He feels that if someone in his position does not follow the rules as a good example, no one else will. He believes that to maintain the order, all law-breakers must be punished, even if it goes against his own wishes. Erebus feels that "part of a older brother's responsibilities is to make sure that the younger sister's responsibilities are taken care of".

During the years between Nyx's her sealing sentence, Erebus's pride and calm demeanor made her believe he never cared about her because he had never once looked at her. In spite of his icy and regal manner, Erebus cares for and protects those important to him. This holds especially true to Nyx as he loved Elpis dearly and unconditionally, having promised Eurynome he would protect Nyx no matter what. He believed that sealing Nyx was the only way to escape the pursuit of Azathoth and Amara.

After the events of the Aion betrayed incident, he admits method isn't perfect, and becomes more lenient towards Nyx. Although, he tries to maintain a balance between following orders and breaking the method by exploiting loopholes in his orders. In addition, he also provided Nyx and Issei with safety cloaks to protect them fight against Kotoamatsukami and Kamiyonanayo.

However, in the past, he was far more arrogant and boasted almost as much as his older brother Tartarus, which made him underestimate Unnamed Darkness' will power, leading to him being heavily wounded and then on defeated by Unnamed Darkness and Nameless Mist. Erebus prevents the biggest wound he received that day from healing fully so he can be reminded not to underestimate his opponents.

He also comes to learn about his mistakes of keeping his feelings to himself and becomes more open about how much he cares for Nyx and others that are close to him such as Elpis. Erebus is popular among the female gods of Council of Godheads, and was voted number one in the "god we desire to release a photo book for" poll taken by the Goddess Women's Association. He likes night-time walks, spicy food, and bananas, but does not like sweets. Erebus excels in calligraphy.

History

Erebus was born directly from Chaos. He had originally lived with his mother along with the majority of Chaos' Primordial Entities, during the time of Creation. After the war, when something akin to peace had been established, he lived in Tartarus, in the Mansion of Night.

During the time when he lived with his mother, he had mated with his younger sister Erebus, creating the primordial gods Aether and Hemera in that order. When they mated again, they create a large amount of second-generation primordial entities like Thanatos, Hypnos, Moros and many others who would all run wild during the Greek Golden Age under the rule of Cronus.

At some point, he received a invitation by Hades to join the Alliance of Hell, along with Nyx and Tartarus.

Powers and Abilities

Erebus is one of the strongest beings that ever existed. Its power is matched by its brothers, and Erebus embodies the concepts of Darkness. After his release, Penisula of Creation was shaking and, even in its weakened form, he was able to defeat Unnamed Darkness, destroying his physical forms and sending them throughout Creation.

Immeasurable Divine Power: Erebus holds great amount of divine power, with it being superior to most of his siblings except Tartarus, Chronos and Nyx. He has an intense dark aura that can blacken a space in no time at all. Upon full release, his aura sometimes has detrimental effects on lesser Gods and Buddha. Izanagi declared that his power was so vast that it had no end. He was able to erase several realities in the distant past before the current one when he had an argument with Amenominakanushi. He is able to fight Amenominakushi No Kami in a standing position, which clearly shows that he has immeasurable power. Following his training within the Cosmic Egg, Erebus easily dispatched five Outer Gods while fighting five of them simultaneously.

Immense Strength: Erebus is one of the most powerful Protogenoi. He is not known for his strength, but he would still probably be able to toy around with Greece's strongest mortals without trying without the use of his other powers. Due to being its personification, Erebus has full of the concept of the darkness which he also rules. However, it’s been proven that he was not known for fighting and so is weaker the most of the Primordials, but was good at tricks. His power allowed him to gain the status as one of the Top 50 "Strongest Beings in the Draconic Deus".

Nigh-Omnipotence: While not as great as Khaos, he does have the abilities destruction, infinity, endless power and others. He was described as both omnipotent and unbeatable by those aware of his existence. Erebus is only equated by his brothers, and surpassed by Chronos and Chakravartin. No one below the Primordials can stand a chance against it and will never overcome it. Nyx has said that Erebus and Ameno are equally good combatants and them fighting would probably end up in a close stalemate.

• Nigh-Omniscience: Erebus knows almost everything in existence while being blocked from certain details or being limited in other ways, possibly only being able to see one timeline or universe, or have just small patches of information that are missing or blocked out. Thus allowing one to keep their sense of free will and uncertainty.

• Creation: Erebus can create organic or inorganic matter from nothing, either as finished objects or simply unfinished elements. Higher level He can create anything they can think of, whether conceptual or sentient. This includes the creation of energy, souls and life of any complexity, dimensions or realities, stars, etc.
• Destruction: Erebus can utterly destroy things. Depending on the user, this could be anything and everything from small objects to entire galaxies or universes and possibly even abstract concepts and/or natural forces/laws. Notably, Erebus of this power still have limits - if they lack any limits then this would be an example of Absolute Destruction. What those exact limits are will depend on the user. If the user is able to remove something completely and utterly without leaving anything behind, it may instead be a form of Erasure.

• Reality Warping: Erebus is able to control and bend reality to his whims, capable of altering something as tangible as physics and the universe to something inconceivable like logic. Because of this immense ability, many younger gods are often led to believing his to possess complete omnipotence power.

Darkness Embodiment: Erebus can act as the physical manifestation or personification of Darkness, the all-encompassing void which acts as the counterbalance to light. The darkness manifested is made of pure negativity/Dark Energy and/or lack of illumination. He cloud can create of this ability is essentially tapping into the core of different forms of darkness itself to assert their dominion.

• Darkness Empowerment: Erebus become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. when they come in contact with darkness or shadow, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Erebus may be able draw sustenance from the darkness or even slow or stop aging.

• Darkness Manipulation: As the Greek Primordial God of Darkness, Erebus is capable of producing a dark mass of auras that was able to damage Issei’s Balance Breaker's armor. He can also use his darkness to create a barrier to protect himself from his enemy’s attacks. Erebus incorporates all the essence of darkness into existence and balances it with its other opposite, light.
  • Spider Thread: Like his sister, he is able to transform his own darkness into thin razor-shaped strings which take a shape similar to that of a spider's web. It can be used as a net to capture the target.
  • Devoured Space: Like his sister, he is able to manipulate his own darkness to shield herself, thus, no bullets or anything may reach him. But, it needs time to be activated.
  • Umbrakinesis: Erebus can control the essence of all the darkness that exists and turn them into physical attacks, like tendril shadows or an explosion of darkness that will consume anything.
  • Corrupt Effect: Erebus has the unique ability to infect a person's soul with darkness, corrupting his mentality radically to the point of becoming a vile being regardless of his good nature. He was able to influence Lucifer to rebel and cause the Archangel to create demons
  • Absolute Darkness: He is able to create a field of absolute impenetrable darkness that completely negates sight and may also dull or even completely negate the other senses. He are potentially able to generate darkness so intense it can completely obliterate objects in its path.
  • Darkness Mimicry: Erebus is made up of or can transform their body completely into darkness/shadows. He transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of darkness/shadows, in which case, it contains all organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately, the user can transform into hom*ogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.
    • Formlessness: Erebus possesses no permanent form and is ever changing and ever shifting. Erebus can change into anything, scatter and reform at will. Erebus can also shift out of the way of attacks.
  • Shadow Camouflage: He is able to become undetectable as long as they are in darkness or shadow.
  • Darkness Generation: He can shoot solid bolts of darkness, and surround enemies in pitch-black clouds of lightless space.
  • Darkness Solidification: He can solidify shadows into virtually impenetrable shields or whatever he wants.
  • Shadow Travel: Using shadows, he is able to travel anywhere he wants at incredible speeds.
  • Shadow Mutilation: He can inflict damage to the opponent through their shadow, which may kill the target and potentially destroy the body in the process.
  • Darkness Teleportation: He can teleport via shadows/darkness, merging into shadows/darkness and appearing anywhere else from the same element.
  • Umbrakinetic Combat: He can fuse manipulation of darkness with physical combat to create a devastating form of martial arts. He can use both direct and indirect attacks, utilizing every patch of darkness or shadow available or create tools and weapons as needed.
  • Umbrakinetic Creature Creation: He is able to create beings of darkness/shadow or shape existing darkness/shadow into wanted shapes and purposes. He can grant the beings varying levels of independence (controlled, automatons/programmed, semi-independent) and existence (momentary to permanent) and delete the creature once they are done with them.
• Erebopresence: He simultaneously exists everywhere night and darkness exist, manifests or resides, regardless of where.
• Ereboscience: Erebus knows everything about darkness, shadows, the night and everything related to it. As such, they know everything within the darkness, and what lies within and around it. He knows everything when it comes to darkness/the night because all its secrets are revealed, knowing all the ways and reasons of how darkness and the night are supposed to be work.
• Grim Darkness Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate darkness/shadows/blackness of a darker, detrimental nature; that which damages, destroys, and consumes anything/everything they come across, representing the hazardous destructive side of darkness/shadow, which in turn ignores most of the limitations and weaknesses of the normal darkness/shadow. In essence, this is about solely controlling the negative powers of darkness/shadow.
• Pure Darkness Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate darkness of beneficial nature; that which strengthens, enhances and causes anything/everything it comes across to flourish, representing the sustaining and preserving side of darkness, which in turn ignores most of the common limitations and weaknesses of its normal elemental variety. In essence, this is about solely controlling the positive powers of darkness.

Supreme God Physiology: Erebus is a Supreme Deity, a god/goddess who unquestionably upholds sovereignty between its pantheon, so it is associated with higher divine abilities and considered far more powerful by reason of being controllers of the universe. Supreme Deities are commonly seen in mythology, and were important among ancient and current civilizations for its impact.Supreme Deities are characterized as the leader of its respective pantheon, ruling them. They're also not absolutely perfect as a Monotheistic God is said to be, considering there are stories detailing their misadventures.

• Negative Forces Manipulation: Erebus can manipulate all forms of negativity, physical and spiritual negativity, including Anti-matter, Nothingness, Demonic forces, Destruction, etc.
  • Corruption Inducement: He can use the ability to corrupt a person into doing anything. It does not control the victim, but it prevents them from realizing what they would, otherwise, not do as the user suggests. Therefore, they become much more malleable. He needs a small amount of proximity and contact to corrupt someone. This proximity or contact is needed occasionally to prolong the effect.
  • Nether Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate Nether, the "Chthonian Element" that flows through the realms of the living, and the Dead. Nether is most known as the substance that makes up the Underworld, a subterranean dimension where all souls go when they pass on. Nether is very similar to Aether “the Celestial Element” in that it is from a Plane that exists between the planes of both matter, and energy.

• Dark Matter Manipulation: Erebus can create, shape and manipulate Dark Matter, a hypothetical type of matter distinct from baryonic matter (ordinary matter such as protons and neutrons), neutrinos and dark energy. The name refers to the fact that it does not emit or interact with electromagnetic radiation, such as light, and is thus invisible to the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Although dark matter has not been directly observed, its existence and properties are inferred from its gravitational effects, and it is estimated to make up 84% of the universe's mass and 23% of its mass-energy.
  • Dark Matter Attacks: He can release/use dark matter to attacks of various shapes and/or intensities, either projected, used as a part of melee attacks, etc.
  • Dark Matter Constructs: He can turn Dark Matter into tools, objects, weapons and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures/buildings of varying permanence. Erebus who have mastered this ability can use it for almost any situation, creating anything they need.
  • Dark Matter Generation: He an create/generate dark matter/dark matter-based substances.
  • Dark Matter Solidification: He can solidify or give solid-like properties to dark matter with the level of solidity going from loose jelly to metal-like hardness or beyond.
  • Dark Matter Mimicry: Erebus is made up of or can transform their body completely into dark matter. He transformed form can be anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of dark matter in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately He can transform into hom*ogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.
  • Dark Matter Aura: Erebus can release and surround themselves in/with dark matter for defensive and/or offensive purposes, possibly becoming almost untouchable and granting them various abilities/attacks. The aura may also give the user enhanced physical capabilities such as speed, strength and durability.
  • Dark Matter Combat: Erebus is able to use their Dark Matter Manipulation with their physical combat skill, channeling dark matter through parts of their body or use the dark matter for defensive purposes.
  • Dark Matter Empowerment: Erebus become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. when they come in contact with dark matter, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Erebus may be able draw sustenance from dark matter or even slow or stop aging.
  • Dark Matter Weaponry: He can to create or wield weaponry with power over dark matter, which grants the user a wide variety of dark matter-based abilities, including generation, transmutation, and creation of constructs, along with volatile abilities involving normal universal matter or antimatter. This ability is not only specific to mystic weapons, but also technologically advanced weapons. The power of the weapons depends on what they were created for or what level of dark matter-based ability they possess.
    • Dark Matter Artillery: He can either use various ranged weaponry such as slingshots, bows, guns, cannons etc, as a conduit for dark matter-based forces or impose those effects on ranged weapons to enhance them, causing extreme damage to positive matter or antimatter.

Shadow Constructs: Erebus could shape and solidify darkness to create various forms of constructs, from weaponry to equipment to even semi-living beasts. In Mount Olympus, He created multiple blade separates into a thousand tiny, slender blade fragments, which fly away from the hilt, leaving only the sword's handle in Erebus' hand. While the blades are supposedly too small to be seen normally, they reflect light in such a way as to resemble cherry blossom petals.

• Dark Wall Generation: He can create walls of darkness/shadows from nothing or by shaping the existing darkness/shadows, He can shape the wall to any shape they want, but afterwards the walls are unchanging and immobile.
• Dark Shield Construction: He can create shields of varying shapes and sizes out of the darkness/shadows.
• Darkness Imprisonment: He can bind, imprison and/or otherwise stop object/being by surrounding them completely by using darkness.
• Shadow Web Creation: He can create sticky threads of webs that generate or are made of darkness/shadows. The shadowy web can act as a barrier to by the user time, a defensive perimeter or a trap/binding.
• Dark Bow Construction: He can construct bows (including crossbows) and arrows from nothing or by shaping the existing darkness/shadow allowing them to attack from distance. Depending on what the weapon is made of, it can posses a variety of abilities and be very effective in both offensive and defensive combat.
• Shadow Blade Construction: He can construct blade weapons of various shapes and sizes out of darkness/shadow.
• Shadow Polearm Construction: He can create pole-arms, including glaives, poleaxes, halberds, naginatas, spears, halberds, scythes, guan dao, tridents, etc., from darkness/shadows.
• Shadow Whip Generation: He can create darkness/shadow whips from nothing or by shaping the existing darkness/shadow.

Shadow Weaponry: Erebus could create a seemingly endless amount of weaponry from solidified darkness. These weapons possess the unique power of absorbing all the umbra-kinetic attacks they touch and could absorb parts of the darkness around their surrounding, making them a little brighter than usual. He can created multiple Energy ripples expand out, turning the surrounding area dark, and within seconds, two rows of a thousand giant blades rise up from the ground. Those thousand swords scatter, and countless flying blades pierce the enemy.

• Darkness Shields: He can solidify shadows into virtually impenetrable shields, which are strong enough to deflect even Issei's Infinity Buster.
• Marionette: Erebus could control the body of others by controlling their shadow. While under his control, the 'puppet' still retains their consciousness and could see the events happening around them in a third-person view. He could control multiple 'puppets' at the same time, and only lose control of them if he lost the sight of their shadow.
• Slaughterscape: This unites the scattered petals into complete glowing swords, numbering in the thousands, which form four rows. These rows float just above each other, and circle around Erebus and his opponent in a continuously moving, column-like array. It abandons defense in favor of a concentrated offense. Though visually menacing, this form is not meant for attack from all sides; rather, it concentrates his darkness into fewer blades, thus increasing his attack power. While Erebus can mentally control these swords, he commonly calls them to his hands for actual melee combat. When in his hand, they lose their glow, and take the form of his sealed Skotádi. The deadliest aspect of the Slaughterscape form is that it allows for use of all the swords at the same attack level, making it a way to effectively defeat an enemy unaware of the danger of the situation. It is extremely rare for Erebus to use this ability, doing so only when he has sworn to cut down the opponent with his very own hands.

• Dark World Manipulation: Erebus can create, shape and manipulate the darkest areas of the mystical world and every aspects of the shadow world, from elements to mythical beasts, darkest areas that hold ancient secrets, mysterious creatures, and legendary powers that no one of the mortal planes can comprehend.
  • Mawscape: This form increases the number of tiny blades immensely. It creates a spherical formation of innumerable blade fragments, which swirl around the opponent like a cloud before flying into them from every possible angle, leaving no blind spots and no possibility of escape. It proceeds to collapse in on itself, obliterating the opponent. When used, it completely obliterated a very large building from the inside out, and the resulting shockwave generated by the attack forced Erebus himself to Flash Step away.

Dark Energy Manipulation: Erebus can create, shape and manipulate dark energy, usually drawn from inter-dimensional or other similar sources. He can be channeled to a variety of effects as an absence of light, a solid, gaseous and/or liquid substance that can be shaped/manifested in various ways.

• Dark Energy Absorption: He can absorb various forms of dark energy, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage. Either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc., either temporarily or permanently.
• Dark Energy Amplification: He is able to amplify/concentrate the dark energy they possess, increasing the quantity/amplifying its destructive power.
• Dark Energy Assimilation: He can transmute any form of matter into dark energy which they can absorb and manipulate in several ways, such as expelling the energy offensively and/or defensively or using it to enhance their physical conditioning.
• Dark Energy Attacks: He can release/use dark energy to attacks of various shapes and/or intensities, either projected, used as a part of melee attacks, etc.
• Dark Energy Constructs: He can turn solidified dark energy into tools, objects, weapons and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures/buildings of varying permanence. Erebus who have mastered this ability can use it for almost any situation, creating anything they need.
• Dark Energy Conversion: He can absorb and convert one form of dark energy into another form. Example being, one absorbing sound energy and converting it into light energy, or absorbing gravitational energy and converting it into heat energy.
  • Dark Energy Force-Fields: He can create a shield, wall, barrier, dome, or a field formed from dark energy, elements, the environment, or by manipulating smaller items to form a greater whole. The shields typically take on a dome/spherical or flat shape centered on or around the user. He can generate a thin force-field around their body. Force-Field are capable to blocking/nullifying attacks (including physical attacks) or even reflecting them. Force-Fields are also used as containment to imprison others.

Madness Manipulation: Erebus can absorb, create, control, and manipulate Madness/Insanity of themselves, others or the madness energy around, whether increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise chancing insanity, even manifesting the emotional energy to physical level and gain power from it.

• Madness Infusion: He can infuse objects (usually a weapon), beings or powers with madness, empowering and energizing them and allowing the Erebus to manipulate their qualities and efficiency.
• Mental Hallucination: He can create all sorts of hallucinations that can distract, cause the target to go insane from the wild sensation or to cause the victim's psyche/mental to collapse permanently.

Primordial Darkness Manipulation: Erebus can control the primal darkness that has existed before creation, and represents the darker aspect of primal creation alongside the Light, both being two halves of the same coin, yet stand opposite. Due to its primordial nature it goes beyond concepts of good, evil, and even neutrality.

• Omnidirectional Darkness Waves: Erebus can release massive amounts of darkness in every direction at once for almost unlimited scales. This ability allows the user to dispatch many foes at once and destroy large area like villages.
• Conceptual Darkness Manipulation: Erebus can manipulate the abstracts (or concept) of darkness. He can have many feats, such as darkness that can prevent light from existing, darkness that makes things more visible rather then less, produce darkness/shadows that can exist without light, harm things that can absorb or are immune to darkness, produce shadows/darkness that can consume or negate other forms darkness/night/shadows, and much more.
  • Black Hole Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate black holes, a region of space time where gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping. He can control the size of black hole, and move it around in space to "suck up" everything in its path.
• Esoteric Darkness Manipulation: He can manipulate the esoteric side of the darkness/shadow, with special properties and a mystical nature to it. With mastery, the wielder could use the esoteric element for a variety of magical effects.
  • Esoteric Darkness Generation: He can create/generate esoteric darkness, darkness with magic effects, allowing for a wide variety of magical darkness based effects.
• Spiritual Darkness Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate darkness/shadows formed from one's soul/spirit. Due to being comprised of spiritual power, the darkness/shadows aren't only stronger than usual darkness/shadows, but also have the power to affect one's soul in varying ways.
• Life Darkness Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate creative/life darkness, shadows capable of creating/giving/granting life. This allows them to not only create and give life with their darkness, but even grant it sapience/sentience and possibly even free will/soul of its own. Erebus may even have enough skill to heal/restore others with their shadows.
• Sacred Darkness Manipulation: He can create, shape and manipulate holy darkness that's highly effective against the supernatural, such as demons and/or angels. The effectiveness, in question, can range from trapping and/or immobilizing to outright banishing or killing supernatural threats. Furthermore, divine elements may have other properties and abilities, such as healing, Resurrection, summoning angels and/or spirits of the deceased from Heaven to the material plane.

ZONE: Erebus can utilize 100% of their concentration, allowing them to push their physical and/or mental capabilities to their maximum potential, allowing the mind to perceive and respond without any distraction, obstacles become minor problems while objectives grow significantly easier to accomplish. Since concentration is the learning cornerstone, Erebus' mind also becomes quicker to assimilate thoughts and information, He being now able to process information at Immensurable speed. The information becomes instantly recorded on his memory, freeing the mind from its boundaries and making the stored knowledge accessible even when the his is with his power.

Immense Speed: Erebus is a very agile god, capable of dodging and reacting to attacks from Unnamed Darkness, Hyoudou Issei, Umashiashikabihikoji and Amenominakanushi. Having been taught by, but never beating "Goddess of Flash" Musubi, he is easily one of the most proficient users of this skill in all of Council of Godheads. He remained able to use Speed after severing the muscles and tendons in his left leg.

• Flash Blossom: A Speed technique where one, moving to their opponent's back, directly attacks and seals one's "Slash One" and "Slash Two" in two rapid strikes, effectively cutting them off from their divine energy flow. This attack is his favorite to use. The technique is so fast, an opponent may not be able to tell whether they were attacked from the front or the back, and even an outside observer may find it impossible see the movements.

Immense Durability: Erebus is naturally very durable. He has also shown to have a high tolerance to pain, able to endure magic from Issei with serious injuries on his left arm without it affecting him. Even staggered and weakened, he was able to hold off an attack from Shinigami. He was later able to take on strikes from Unnamed Darkness, an old and powerful Outer God. Even after being struck with Azathoth gigantic shield, that caused the entire building Erebus was standing on to crumble, Erebus emerged with only slight bleeding and ruined clothes, with no sign of being unable to continue to fight.

Master Combat Specialist: While Erebus is a master hand-to-hand combatant, he is also proficient in multiple forms of weaponry, such as swords, spears, etc. He used less often, Erebus is highly proficient in this area. Erebus stealthily knocked out several Shinto Gods with a single strike each. After discarding his blades during the battle against Izanagi, Erebus used hand-to-hand combatant to defend himself from Umashiashikabihikoji 's rapid attacks with both Skotádi and Hoshi-no-kami Odachi.

• Attack Prediction: Erebus can interpret and predict enemy attacks and react to the incoming attack, brush off or avoid the incoming attacks even from a dead angle.

• Combat Perception: Erebus can instantly understand an opponent's method of thinking and fighting, allowing him to anticipate the moves of the opponent. Once he understands his enemies' strategy, he is able to find their flaws and weakness and take them down with little effort.
• Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Erebus is a Master Hand-to-hand combatant, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal being. His fighting style is stated to be very direct and could even be described as cheating by some. He has repeatedly shown great agility and coordination in his attacks. In addition to having powerful kicks and punches, Erebus is proficient in counterattacks, take-downs, and body locks. He has repeatedly caught an opponent's weapon strikes with a single hand.
• Weapon Proficiency: Erebus is extremely proficient in all forms of weapons, from close to long-range, and from ancient to modern.
  • Master Swordsman: He is a Master Swordsman, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. He possesses immense swordsmanship skill, capable of wielding the sword to its utmost potential. He could easily use his sword-wielding skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it. His incredible swordsmanship alone could overwhelm Issei, the Strongest Red Dragon Emperor in the History.
  • Master Spearman: He is a Master Spearman, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. He possesses immense spearmanship skill, capable of wielding the spear to its utmost potential. He could easily use their spear-wielding skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it.
  • Master Archer: He is a Master Archer, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. He possesses immense archery skill, capable of wielding the bow and arrows to their utmost potential. He could easily use his archery skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it. He could also manipulate the trajectory of the arrows he shot with nearly-perfect precision.

• Master Technician: Erebus is a very skilled Technique-type fighter, having spent millennia perfecting his skills and abilities to the utmost perfection.

Master Magician: Erebus has been shown to be very skilled in combative and destructive forms of magic, mostly specify in wide-are bombarding attack spells with immense amounts of destructive force. He often uses his magic in tandem with his physical skills during combat, enhancing the damage caused by his attacks by multiple times.

• Dark Arts: Erebus can utilize the Black Arts: a form of magic typically used for selfish, self-serving and/or nefarious purposes. Though it is not necessarily "evil" magic, dark arts tend to focus on destruction, harming, cursing and otherwise complicating the lives of other people while advancing the user's state. Erebus often reject social convention and the status quo, which some suggest is in a search for spiritual freedom.
  • Anti-Magic: Erebus can create barriers, seals, spells, etc. that can render magical-reliant beings powerless.
• Shadow Magic: Erebus is able to perform a legendary form of magic that allows the user to cast magical spells and feats derived from shadows and darkness.
• Healing Magic: Erebus is a skilled healer, able to bring back people from near death and heal even the greatest of poisons.
• Teleportation Magic: Erebus can teleport a large mass of beings through both space and time with ease.

• Sealing Magic: Erebus has shown the ability to create a subspace similar to Forbidden Balor View's Balance Breaker and even temporarily resist being transferred by Gasper to Forbidden Balor View's subspace. He can create a dark sealing on his enemies, as seen when he placed a curse on Issei’s armor to prevent him from manifesting Diabolos Dragon God into battle.

Genius-Level Intellect: Erebus has had millennia of experience as a Elder Gods of the Council of Godheads, being renowned as one of the most skilled swordsmen, speed practitioners, and magic users in all of Mount Olympus. He was able to pick apart the mechanics and limitations of Izanagi's abilities after a short time and came up with countermeasures to defeat him while protecting a mind-controlled Nyx. However, his skill can make him somewhat arrogant, such as underestimating Issei's growth and being caught off guard during his fight with Unnamed Darkness.

• Master Tactician: Erebus is a highly perceptive fighter, almost immediately determining an opponent's attack patterns and weaknesses. He is a crafty tactician, effectively using Magic to confuse his opponents. He can discern the motives and abilities of his opponents, and effectively uses his knowledge to end the battle in his favor.
  • Adaptation: Erebus could easily adapt to the conditions and environments around him, allowing him to virtually fight in any possible situations.

• Tactical Analysis: Erebus is an extremely skilled strategic genius and apply this skill to several objectives, able to create strategies and plans several steps ahead of the opponent. He can elaborate complex plans/strategies and apply them not only in battle but all activities that involve cunning intellect, e.g. strategic games. He can anticipate all of the possible obstacles/opportunities and know what the best actions to take in any situation, allowing them to adapt and prepare for future events in advance by considering a large number of scenarios/outcomes/options/paths, and plan ahead for them, to be ready for any situation that may occur and handle it effectively.
• Apathy: Erebus can suppress or negate emotions in themselves or do not possess emotions at all, allowing them to ignore; emotional distractions, suffering from psychological/emotional stress, and/or feeling from affecting their thinking processes. In some cases, the user is simply unable to feel emotions of any kind.
• Accelerated Probability: Erebus can perceive the information of any situation and use the variables of that information to predict/perceive the paths that lead to certain outcomes will occur, based on what choices are made. He can then accelerate themselves along the path of their desire, which causes them to reach the conclusion of the path taken.
• Pattern Sense: Erebus can perceive, analyze, and comprehend patterns in one's environment. This ability comes in two parts: the analysis and the perception. First, the user looks at a subject, or otherwise, comes into contact with it, which triggers the willful psionic analysis of a subject's properties and features (shape, density, texture, etc.). After the analysis, the user can pick up on any subject of the same molecular/chemical/genetic, or otherwise, structural makeup, and track them accordingly.

Immortality: Erebus is absolutely immortal, and cannot die, age, get sick, be permanently wounded, is absolutely self-sustained and, as their mind and soul are as immortal as their biological bodies, they are immune to mental/spiritual damage. Any injuries the user suffers will immediately heal, even if the user's body is disintegrated or blown up or completely erased and even if the He is completely destroyed to the sub-atomic level, they will still return to life. Alternately, some users are absolutely immune to all harm, and can never die from any natural causes. Either way, they are inerasable and are unaffected by time manipulation of any level. Erebus completely transcend the concept of death itself, though many users transcend both the concepts of life and death.

Flight: Erebus has demonstrated the ability to stay afloat in mid-air.

Equipment

Skotádi: A powerful divine blade that is wielded by Erebus. It is able to control darkness and use it as a weapon. It is the counterpart blade to Nyx's Nýchta. Erebus has, on more than one occasion, used Skotádi's wide blade as a shield from incoming attacks, and for deflecting energy attacks. Unlike most divine blades, which can be sealed into their original form, Skotádi is always in its blades form. Unnamed Darkness has stated her divine blades is a full-time released form type because of Erebus' vast but uncontrollable divine aura upon generation of it, implying it is simply a type of divine blade which, without proper control of her darkness, remains in blades form once in said state.

• Black Imperial Sword: This condenses each and every one of his blades into a single, potent sword, drastically increasing its cutting power. The divine energy and pressure released by this form is immense. The blade appears bright black, and its aura takes the form of a bird, earning it the name Skótasdi. Pure Fallen Angel Wings form on Byakuya's back, as well as a halo-like circle, made of concentrated divine energy. This form's blade can create aggravated injuries in a single blow. The wings can be used for flight.

Skótos: A dark silver armor with metallic Fallen Archangel wings which manifests when Erebus is ready to go all out. The armor boosts his resistence towards Divine and Draconic attacks.

Quotes

• "Come on, did you really think that because I am darkness personified that I am weak to light, Traitor? You are a fool, I fathered Light!" - Erebus to Traitor.
• "Such excuses are of no value. Alone he fought and dealt with it, thus he was not permitted to lose. Fools who cannot understand that, even after this, shall not be of any usage. He is an eyesore. Get him out of my sight" - Erebus about Thanatos.
• "Congratulations. Very admirable. That time, your fang definitely reach me." - Erebus to after Thanatos his defeat.

• "Shall I tell you the difference between you and I? It's level. It's like the story of the monkey trying to capture the moon. No matter how he struggles, it's just the moon's reflection on the water he sees. So he only sinks into the water. Time after time, he sinks" - Erebus to Thanatos.
• "Those who own power and privilege have a duty they must fulfill. That's what Noblesse Oblige means. Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty in order to do that. " - Erebus explaining his importance to Hyoudou Issei.

• "When you were sentenced to sealing, I was dumbfounded. The oath to my mother to follow and defend the method, or the promise to Eurynome to protect younger sister. Which one should I keep? Hyoudou Issei, you have my gratitude. Nyx, I am sorry." - Erebus to Nyx.

• "I have already told you. You and I, our levels are as distant as the earth from the heavens. Must I spell it out for you? I have discarded my left arm, discarded my left leg, and yet even so, I have not nearly lowered myself to your level." - Erebus to Izanagi.
• "At what point did I ever claim that I was cutting you down in my capacity as a Primordial Entity? To justify the actions I have taken I need but one reason. You raised your blade in contempt of my pride."- Erebus to after Izanagi his defeat.
• "It is really quite simple. My desire is to uphold my self-respect. That is all." - Erebus to Yesod.
• "Regardless of who or what they are, anyone who disturbs Netherworld will be cut down." - Erebus to Otonoji.
• "Do not overestimate yourself, Hyoudou Issei. There is none among the Elder Gods of the Council of Godheads to whom the aid of one such as yourself could be considered significant." - Erebus to Hyoudou Issei.
• "With your ability, you will find it impossible to make me fall on even one knee." - Erebus to Umashiashikabihikoji.
• "I decline. Finishing off a weakened opponent is a job better suited for a barbarian such as yourself." - Erebus to Umashiashikabihikoji.
• "If it is for the sake of my pride, there is nothing I won't destroy." - Erebus to Umashiashikabihikoji.
• "Be proud, as someone who, after being struck by this power, is still able to retain the form of her body." - Erebus to Umashiashikabihikoji her defeat.
• "I have nothing but contempt for the way you do battle. Rather than face your opponent in fair combat, you prefer to toy with your enemy, stealing away the things they hold dear. You are a coward. A shameless coward who deserves to die. Now, face me like a man. Before you have even finished swinging down your blade, I will strike you down and toss your worthless body aside." - Erebus to Unnamed Darkness.
• "I had always believed that battle was an art to be perfected through meticulous training and preparation. But today, for the first time, I was able to comprehend the thrill of indulging one's more primal instincts. You have my thanks. This battle was an enjoyable one." - Erebus to Unnamed Darkness.
• "True enough, I owe you a great debt. And you have my thanks. However, you are Nyx's enemy. And thus, no matter the debt you are owed, I will strike you down without hesitation." - Erebus to Nameless Mist.
• "I have learned all too well that I am still far too weak to allow myself to grow headstrong. As I have been lucky enough to survive, I must strive to once more achieve strength enough to justify the pride I once held." - Erebus to Caligo.
• "If you wield your blade without regard for your own life, you will find yourself unable to protect anything." - Erebus to Nyx.

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Trivia

• Erebus' height is [183cm] and body weight is [70kg].
• Erebus' appearance is based on Hades from Saint Seiya.
  • Erebus' divine form's appearance is based on Alone Hades from Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas.
• Erebus' role as a protagonist is similar to Byakuya Kuchiki and Takatora Kureshima.
• His theme song is Landscape by SOLIDEMO from Fairy Tail.
• Erebus' voice actors are Hiro Shimono (Japanese), both of whom voiced Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Connie Springer from Attack on Titan: Shingeki no Kyoujin.
• Mount Erebus, a volcano in Antartica, is named after him.
• Erebus shares Amenominakanushi's preference of short women.
  • His type of girl is a girl who is understanding and accepting.

• He spends his free time watching American dramas.
• His specialty is juggling.
• His favorite food is pickles.
  • His dislike food is sweets, just like his father, Caligo.
• His hobby is Sewing.
• His motto is: "Indifferent" does not mean "without heart".

• Erebus' relationship with Umashiashikabihikoji is similar to Nyx's relationship with Amenominakanushi at least until the end of the Shinto Arc.
• According to the Greek oral poet Hesiod's Theogony, Erebus is the offspring of Chaos, and brother to Nyx:
  • In Greek literature, the name Erebus is also used as a region of the Greek underworld where the dead pass immediately after dying, and is sometimes used interchangeably with Tartarus.
• Erebus' has recently become very popular amongst female goddesses and was ranked number one in the 'Women's Goddess Association'.
  • The Women Goddess's Association attempted to publish a Photo Collection showcasing Erebus, called Prince of Silence, but it is now experiencing difficulties.
• Erebus is considered one of the best swordsmen in the Multiverse:
  • He is ranked as the 4th best swordsman in the multiverse.
• Erebus's is included among the developing list of the Top 50 Strongest Beings of Draconic Deus.
  • For now, he is ranked as the 16th Strongest Being.
• Erebus' is listed among the 15 Smartest Characters in Mightverse.
  • He is placed as the 14th Smartest Characters.