Torvivum Zuskelgar



"For so long, Dark Emperor Torvivum Zuskelgar, also known as Darth Ronnihl, was responsible for the late Light Emperor Romulus Augustus' death, which led to the demise of the Empire of Light. Hmm. Clearly, his origins were closely guarded secrets that he took to his grave more than once. Do you know that Ancientmen wrote this?"

--Su Ji-Hoon, Mysteries of the End Dimension

Dark Emperor Torvivum Zuskelgar, also referred as Darth Ronnihl, is a new character introduced in When the Cold Breeze Blows Away.

In one way or another, Torvivum has existed since ancient times, long before that of the current events of World War III. A Dark Lord of the Sith in the Order of the Sith Lords, recorded by history as the most successful who had ever lived, his deeds resulted in death of Light Emperor Romulus Augustus; the embodiment of the light side of the Force who fought alongside the Kids Club during the Kids' Club War, along with the collapse of the noble Empire of Light.

Noted for his sadistic and self-serving intentions just as well as his ability to conceal them, Torvivum impacted the multiverse perhaps more than any other single individual, and it is likely that his impact on history, for good or ill, was immeasurable. Despite this, he's also an eccentric Sith lord, showing care and mercy to all those who served him well and to all of the peoples of the multiverse, making him an inconsistently heinous character (whereby Tomislav Vlahović did a lot of crimes that are extremely worse than what he did), all due to the facts that his crimes are far less worse than any WWIII-era war criminal whose heinous crimes were ever committed throughout the war.

He is around more than a thousand years old, has glowing Sith yellow eyes, white hair, and wears a customized black and red-colored robe.

History
"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be...unnatural."

--Torvivum Zuskelgar

Personality and Traits
Though many Sith Lords are fueled by negative emotions such as anger, fear, hatred, and pain, few to none match the Dark Emperor's degree of malevolence. The living incarnation of death itself, even the Preschool Girls consider Zuskelgar a genuine threat to all existence. The aura of fear that Torvivum exudes has bent many, willingly or unwillingly, to his will. As a result, Zuskelgar is the leader of countless hordes of villains that carry out his commands without question or compromise.

As the ancient evil ruler of the Empire of Darkness and the instigator of the Kids' Club War who was filled with contempt and hatred for all things, the personality of this half-human, half-demonic deity is very keen to that of sociopaths with the most common being his rather disconnect with other people's emotions and his own conscious. The one thing that he does not share with other sociopaths is his remarkable calmness and patience. However, his patience has limits and when it is pushed to the edge, he is fully willing to take action when necessary.

To those who had been at his nonexistent mercy, he was known to show signs of sadism, and he often took visible pleasure in torturing others. He was similarly quite bloodthirsty as well, and frequently reveled in combat to the point of laughing while he fought or killed. He was also noted for his lack of forgiveness, as even Supreme Leader Victor Nevarez; who was well known for summarily punishing anyone who failed him, considered him to be even less clement than himself.

Typically, he is solitary in his actions, usually using his wide army of servants to distract would-be enemies whilst he commits atrocities and actions to further empower himself. Wherever he walks, a great darkness follows him as if the entire scene falls into night, and often this alone is enough to compromise individuals.

Perhaps the most malignant characteristic of Torvivum is the lack of emotion he displays towards his servants. Though serving him to their dying breaths, Zuskelgar is perfectly content in letting his servants die, and sometimes even taking amusement in slaughtering disciples given the inclination.

Additionally, he is an extremely vain, selfish, prideful, and self-absorbed individual who cares about nothing else other than the accumulation of absolute power, and generally shows an uncaring and unsympathetic attitude towards others, especially what one would consider an "ordinary" human.

Much like Sheev Palpatine; a clone vessel that had been modeled on the Dark Emperor's original body, Torvivum saw himself and the dark side as the natural remedy to a multiverse that was falling increasingly into a state of anarchy and chaos. Zuskelgar firmly believed that the power of the dark side was capable of forging a new and everlasting era of order and tranquility that he and the Chosen One; it would be Pepper, could establish a balance throughout the multiverse, but only through full submission to the dark side.

Powers and Abilities
Being a manifestation of pure evil, Torvivum is considered among the When the Cold Breeze Blows Away World as one of the more powerful presences it has ever seen; at the maximum potential of his power, Zuskelgar is capable of near limitless destruction, however the capability of doing this is far from being realised.

Despite his frail appearance, Torvivum is still terrifyingly powerful, certainly among the strongest Sith Lords in the multiverse. He is able to easily intimidate and overpower other formidable beings. Ruling over the Dark Empire unchallenged, Zuskelgar proves capable of scaring most worlds into his servitude without any demonstration of his might whatsoever; most of his sentient subjects believe him to be the most powerful being in entire multiverse (far surpassing the likes of Tabuu). Neither Alexander Pepper nor Ruby Ramirez believe that anyone or anything could possibly kill him. Torvivum is also capable of various demonic abilities that, even in his current state, make him an opponent that many would prefer to avoid.

Zuskelgar's array of demonic powers additionally grants him capabilities that most demonic beings do not - among such powers seen is telepathy, soul absorption and resurrection of the dead, among his immense control over fire. Torvivum was also capable of illusionary tactics, such as creating clones to further intimidate the enemy or enshrouding the area in darkness to make himself discrete.

While Zuskelgar's powers were directly from the dark side of the Force, much like the Sith Lords themselves, his connection to the Force existed on a level beyond the domain of the Sith. Given his existence as an apex of the dark side, and combined with experience that stretched over eons of time, Torvivum's proficiency with the power of the dark side was virtually unmatched by any other Force-user with the exception of Augustus, Pepper and Nevarez. Zuskelgar was highly skilled in Force lightning which he held as his primary form of attack; unlike most wielders, Torvivum's Force lightning was red. Zuskelgar also proved himself to be a skilled practitioner in several variations of telekinesis, an area that only Romulus and Pepper rivaled him in.

In addition, Torvivum is naturally immortal (this means that he does not age and could theoretically live forever, provided that he isn't killed), now whether or not this can be attributed to his status as a deity is unknown, but is seems likely that the former is more plausible.

Another very dangerous and advanced Force technique utilized by the Dark Emperor was the ability to use the Force to transfer his essence, as well as the essences of others, which he only used to possess the body of Nevarez, greatly enhancing the latter's Force powers. He also, when taking over a host's body, overwrote the soul and personality of the being to fully dominate over it.

The Dark Lord was also adept in the use of Force Persuade to such an extent that he was able to take complete control of a subject's mind and force them to obey his commands.

The most notable of his powers however is the ability to shift the world in a nightmarish version of itself, and further into a hellish recreation. The Nightmare State, the state of being that Zuskelgar exists in, pulls others into it and thus allows Torvivum some form of advantage over them, whilst the Inferno State grants Zuskelgar a god-like influence over his surroundings, causing the world to distort and decay.

Trivia

 * He is a combination of Yiloala Olpimakia Kutarukia from the Great Multiverse Wiki, Tenebrae from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Darth Sidious from Canon Continuity (or even perhaps from Legends Continuity) of Star Wars.
 * He would be portrayed by Ian McDiarmid; the actor who played Sheev Palpatine.
 * He, like Victor Nevarez, is inconsistently heinous.