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- "Legions are those who follow, minor pockets are those who would continue to oppose the inevitability of my ascension. What once roamed free now gravitates to the grand design. Be grateful that thy meaningless lives now contribute to the eternal hegemony which guides the respective trajectories of all things: I, their lord, who rules all."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Mr. Stupid NoHead, known to his most fervent devotees as the Qisheng, is the Dark Lord, the most powerful evil overlord in the history of mankind, being recorded historically as the most evil man of any era, and the former dictator of the NoHead Empire as Emperor Maraj, having come closer than anyone to ruling Sol forever; and he is the posthumous overarching antagonist of The Super Babies Saga, and the main antagonist of the D.I.T. Literary Universe. Hailed for building an unprecedentedly fearsome army of mutants, robots, and supernatural monsters as the unconfirmed hearsay established, he sought to conquer the Eight Worlds and reign in eternal darkness over the entire Multiverse. In the mix, Mr. Stupid NoHead married Adyna Dukakis, although he did not truly love her. They did birth three children, however — Hell Burnbottom, Brute Gunray, and Mean King. While privately crafting ingisia keys, Mr. Stupid NoHead started the First NoHead War, eventually succeeding in scattering the Police Grand Army and leaving no one to stop him from declaring himself Emperor of the entire star system. As Cosmic Emperor, the Dark Lord effectively wielded absolute control over the entire star system and virtually everyone who lived within it. He ruled through terror symbolized by Axis Base as well as the Imperial Palace. However, he later discovered that Xod was training Abalan, an exceptionally powerful mutant as a secret apprentice. He executed Xod and eventually learned that Dorphane Giles had proceeded to request that Abalan assemble a personal task force to identify and destroy any rebels to his Empire. The Emperor's plan backfired when Abalan, espousing the teachings of the Light, vowed revenge against Mr. Stupid NoHead and confronted him in Axis Base, ultimately fleeing and exiling himself. During his tenure, which lasted for roughly a decade, he built the most powerful military force (in many ways vastly superior even to other historical armies of legend) that Sol had ever seen.
After the Empire suffered a devastating defeat in 2016, in which the reformed police destroyed the Imperial Palace and liberated Superhero University, the Emperor ultimately lost his absolute control over the realm and was temporarily blasted into comatose, provoking some of his loyal followers to create the Modern Overlord Society. He brought what remained of the ex-Imperial army together and murdered his own wife in cold blood. In the final days of the war that ensued, the NoHeads were nearly wiped out by the Police Grand Army in 2023. By this point, he had become the only man the Umbralord had ever feared. He went into hiding and established the Arcanus under Annabeth Black.
In 2029, Mr. Stupid NoHead learned his follower, Rotta Hecks, was pregnant, and carefully watched her baby after birth. When the wunderkind genius born of his followers surfaced as the legendary Baby Intelligence, Mr. Stupid NoHead declared a second war upon Sol; many feared the empire would be secured in less than five years, its strength increased tenfold. In the mix, he met a gifted individual named Sebiscuits Cardarphen, and once he got to spend more time with him, began to turn him to evil and finally revealed his intentions to teach him, telling that the Dark teachings that he and the NoHeads had pursued could help Cardarphen to find his true identity and purpose in life. After Cardarphen pledged himself to Mr. Stupid NoHead’s teachings, all police officers were ambushed and murdered by Conversion Junctions to the point of virtual extermination, at which point the NoHeads fully compromised the U.S. Government.
Later, after the S.M.S.B. and the Rear Guard attacked the Fourth Dominion outright, Mr. Stupid NoHead realized the Lemur had become a double agent and slayed her. This left him to contend with Baby Intelligence, who ripped him from his physical body for the miracle of the hallowed Verasect. However, his sons brought him back to life. Less than two weeks after Rotta's death, Mr. Stupid NoHead had already caught all eight planets in a tight power surge when he learned of Baby Intelligence's mission to fulfill an ancient prophecy laid down by Sir Edgar Caravan centuries ago. He lured him to Tsala, where he did battle with both Baby Intelligence and Merlin's second apprentice. However, Baby Intelligence united with Lindsay Kellerman, the Chosen One, and they put forth their might and drove him into the Chamber of Fire, and the prophecy was fulfilled. Yet while the Chosen One prophecy foretold the Dark Lord's annihilation, it never predicted the end of darkness.
Dismantled from his corporeal form once again, the Dark Lord allegedly manipulated the insane and genocidal Oswald the Destroyer covertly to disassemble the NoHeads and re-position his forces by a new Dark Empire. Meanwhile, his disconcerted followers would attempt to maintain the charade of his survival, while struggling to fill the void left by his absence, all while Burnbottom vowed revenge against Baby Intelligence for the death of his father. However, their plans ultimately came to nought and Oswald's cause was doomed. Mr. Stupid NoHead's career left a bloody trail of damage that would not soon be repaired, and his legacy and ideas would lead to the formation of Plague Reborn and later the Unifiers. His reign of terror was permanently quashed in 2041, when he attempted to take Jonathan’s life as his own, but Jonathan, with the Sword of Abomination, vanquished the Qisheng's spirit forever.
Having started two wars, committed unspeakable robberies and acts of torture, murdered his own wife, raised his sons as fighting brutes, been hell-bent on wiping out a baby, slaughtered/brought about the death of millions of innocent men, women, and children, and ruled Sol and beyond unopposed for nearly 15 years, he is widely considered to be amongst the darkest fictional villains in the history of literature.
Biography[]
Pre-natal years and shrouded origins[]
Centuries before his birth, Lord Tempest sensed that a powerful mutant would be born that would perpetuate the Legions of Metta. This would turn out to be Mr. Stupid NoHead.
The origins of Mr. Stupid NoHead were closely guarded secrets he took with him to his grave. What is known and set in stone is that he was born on October 31 in an unknown year but long before the sixties, the only child of William Maraj from his rape of a pretty female gangster. William had coveted the tribe member and subjected her to mind control; yet by the time of the Imperial Era, Mr. Stupid NoHead did not have a family as far as the public was aware, marking him as the last of his macabre family bloodline.
History, while often true when it came to recording a definitive timeline of the Eight Worlds, was at times contradictory, as it has given conflicting accounts of past events in the life of the Dark Lord. One of the anecdotes of historians was of his despicable father; speculations ran thickly that Mr. Stupid NoHead was raised brutally in a gangster's hideout and trained to become a weapon of the supposedly real "NoHead tribe", while being subjected to mind control methods, both mutated and electronic, to keep him under their command. That said, the training of Mr. Stupid NoHead was focused on the honing of his powers and combat skills, as well as his natural talents. That said, it was alleged that he would never retain any memory and become little more than an indestructible weapon. With his body at the peak of physical perfection, Mr. Crooked NoHead allegedly put his son to use as the personal weapon for him and his gang for many years. It was said that they had him frozen in a radiation-rich chamber after every mission, to prevent him from aging beyond the age of thirteen or fourteen years. Whenever Mr. Stupid NoHead completed a mission, his father would have his mind wiped to ensure he remained memory-free and emotionless towards those he killed, as well as being submissive to the gang. He would remain frozen for long periods of time until his father saw fit to unfreeze him for missions. Over an undisclosed yet lengthy time period, rumor had it that the boy was responsible for numerous assassinations, killing various sorts of targets, from scientists to nobility.
Another account of international history was one concerning an enigmatic cult who worshiped ruthless gods. He spent the first few years of his life in a nursery under the care of primitive robots, in a secret location in a citadel, until his father, a powerful cultist in his own right, began to train him as an apprentice. He was raised brutally in their fortress and trained in their evil ways. One winter, in the first five years of his role as an apprentice, Mr. Stupid NoHead accompanied his father, only to be subjected to intense cold and nearly froze to death. The High Priest, unaffected by the biome's freezing temperature, probed NoHead's mind, forcing him to relive his worst memories, with the goal of extinguishing any lingering feeling of emotional attachment with the overall goal of using his son's hate, anger and desperation for survival as a tool to destroy any vestiges of good in him, ensuring his evil was irrevocable. The young man endured, asking only when the trials would be over. The High Priest also demonstrated a use of the mind-clouding technique by having his apprentice struggle to reach him, only to discover he had been a dopplegänger, and also subjected Mr. Stupid NoHead to deprivation of food, water and sleep. In regard to the history of their cult, the High Priest wished for no secrets or feelings of jealousy and mistrust to exist between Mr. Stupid NoHead and himself. It wasn't revealed to what degree those stories held the truth if any.
At least five more theories were presented by historians for the Mr. Stupid NoHead's origin and identity; however, these historical profiles cannot be confirmed, and so cannot truly define the social enigma that was the Dark Lord. And while none of his interactions as a child are confirmed as solid facts at all,[1] he once mentioned that in his youth, he also spent a great deal of time alone.[2]
First NoHead War[]
Becoming the Dark Lord[]
With his massive brain and superior senses, Mr. Stupid NoHead, a natural-born academic with an unsettling desire for knowledge, yearned to learn more of the mobster lore. Hence, rumor has it that he eventually regained enough of his memories to realize he was being used as a weapon. Knowing he could become something far greater, he sought to betray his father, rule all of the omniverse, and make his lifelong dream a reality. He began manipulating his father into helping him reform the gang into an organization. Five years after what was allegedly his most recent radiation freeze,[3][1] in 1990, he proclaimed himself as the Dark Lord and planned a revolution against Sol by making the U.S. Government his primary target, while looking towards greater worlds the events of the upcoming war would unveil. Finally ready to make his war, he unleashed his army: the Great NoHead War began.[4]
While neither proven true or false, some believed he was impeded by having an eighteen year old's mind and body in spite of being born many years ago, and either way,[1] his cunning and raw power allowed him to compensate most effectively by taking advantage of one of the star system’s greatest weaknesses: the beings and creatures that they had outcast. The Qisheng recruited the giants, who had long ago been driven into the mountains, and erutuls, who were persecuted by most. Many feared the Styricat would also join him, as they were restricted from helping the government, but it never happened.[1] In fact, Mr. Stupid NoHead murdered a religious family of fourteen at some point during the War. His army caused widespread destruction and mayhem during the war. His terrifying persona shrouded him in mystery ad invoked untold fear within the hearts of the free peoples.[3]
Aurora Black, who was the head of the Department of Justice at the time and was known for her fanatical hatred of the Darkness, issued an edict that gave police authorization to kill innocent bystanders if they stood in their way, and suspects were sometimes handed over to the prisons without a trial. Many innocent people were locked away.[4]
Consolidating his influence[]
At this time, the Police Grand Army was created by Bladepoint, monitored by Sheriff Baldric, to fight against Mr. Stupid NoHead, who was known to many as the Qisheng. The fact that the name invoked extraordinary power but only a handful of people knew what his true name was, with only some of them believing the truth of it, with most being oblivious to both names and knowing him only by his title, the Dark Lord, which increased people's fear even further.
In response to the Grand Army being unleashed, the Dark Lord then began turning over disillusioned men whose problems such as plagues and fights for possession of essential supplies were largely ignored by the government. Of these recruits he took only Adyna Dukakis, a girl of humble origin who showed great fighting prowess and callous disregard for life, and Baron Zarath, the former leader of OMEN and an infamously ruthless terrorist, under his personal wing, sharing with them his personal-secret knowledge of the Darkness; and inspiring in Zarath a delusional-psychotic fascination bordering on idolatrous obsession. The Dark entity known to all as the Ghastly One quickly became his most trusted and valuable servant; even more so than Zarath, though Mr. Stupid NoHead never told him that. The war itself lasted for fourteen long years.
Eventually, Mr. Stupid NoHead traveled to Yeracade Prison, where many of the NoHeads had been incarcerated at after they were defeated at the decisive Battle of Palmyra. He fired a blast into the ground that only Fobbles could be affected by for want of richer energy in their bodies' cells, effectively slaughtering the entire jail force. As soon as he gave the word, they escaped back to Centerpoint Headquarters.[4]
Constructing Tophet[]
- "Qisheng! Qisheng! Qisheng!"
- ―A vast crowd of people fanatically chant their lord's title on bended knee[src]
Already making war with the entire Sol System, Mr. Stupid NoHead gathered power and established himself in the frozen land of Tsala, where he was seen using his powers to construct the dreaded Tophet as a black fortress while a vast crowd of people bowed before him, chanting his exalted title while a handful of his followers looked on.[5]
Following the disappearance, Mr. Stupid NoHead assigned the Ghastly One to hunt down the last of the Ebony Windows, knowing that as long as they were not all accounted for, hope lived. Should the Ebony Windows be united, the NoHead leaders believed they could rule with impunity and become what the Third Reich could not. The Ghastly One, determined to find the Ebony Windows, searched for clues of their respective locations, cutting down anyone that stood in his way to accomplish his mission. Within his task given by Mr. Stupid NoHead, the NoHeads realized the stone connected to the Ebony Windows was aboard a corvette named the Liberty, where Ray held the stone the NoHeads coveted. In this era, during which he marshalled and commanded great armies, Mr. Stupid NoHead became known as the Dark Lord of Tsala.[4]
At some point around this time, Mr. Stupid NoHead greatly enhanced his skills in telepathy and mind control, to the point that he quickly earned a reputation as the greatest telepath alive. Mr. Stupid NoHead could read, control and unhinge the minds of others, and could almost always tell when he was being lied to. According to the currently unborn Annabeth Black, the Qisheng often enjoyed telepathically invading the minds of others, creating visions designed to torture them into insanity. Only after extracting the last exquisite ounce of agony, only when he had them literally begging for death, would he finally kill them.[6]
The search for the Ebony Windows[]
- "What is that maniac baron doing?! […] Every man will inevitably reveal his true colors, some in moments, others in decades."
"Prepare to enact Order 493. We shall return for the weapon."
"The projector?"
"And the sapio mutate." - ―Adyna Dukakis, Mr. Stupid NoHead, and a Judge[src]
In 2000, the Ghastly One’s search led him onto the Liberty, where he was able to ensure Mr. Stupid NoHead knew about Ray. He ordered the boy's capture or destruction, preferably the former. Despite the efforts of the NoHeads, Ray escaped capture and turned the stone over to an ancient prophet known only as the Mystic.
In response o this turn of events, Mr. Stupid NoHead found Baron Zarath, the leader of a cult of personality surrounding the extremely powerful overlord himself, and both men returned to Centerpoint Headquarters together, where they spoke to a hologram of the Ghastly One. Mr. Stupid NoHead was most displeased that they let the man slip through their fingers and stated that the NoHeads would be destroyed if the police got even one of the Ebony Windows for themselves. When he made it clear he would not be denied, Zarath suggested testing the superweapon and destroy four nearby Mercurian cities to prove their power, an undertaking which the Dark Lord authorized. With his military buildup virtually complete, Mr. Stupid NoHead had felt ready to decapitate the U.S. Government.
Shortly after the Mercurian Catastrophe, resulting in the eradication of the government’s army and a portion of its fleet, Baron Zarath invaded Edgewater in search of the Mystic. He later deemed the prophet unnecessary as he captured a police cadet named Bladepoint, who had seen the Orb of Power. Mr. Stupid NoHead fused a telepathic link with the Ghastly One as he walked in a conversation between Nero and Zarath, the latter asking what happened to the Mystic. After the general humiliated his colleague by telling the Dark Lord that Zarath decided the prophet was no longer valuable to the NoHeads' mission, and that the boy was all they needed, he then informed the Dark Lord that Blackwing Sanctum was ready to fall. Zarath furiously criticized the Ghastly One for recommending to the baron Bladepoint's unpredictable capture, to which the Dark Lord strictly told him to patrol Centerpoint, and claimed he would deeply regret criticizing the Ghastly One's methods a second time. He then ordered the Ghastly One to destroy the Police Grand Army before they could harness the power of the Ebony Windows, and for Nero to bring Bladepoint to him to reckon. However, Nero never got the chance, as Bladepoint managed to escape with the help of his new powers.
Subsequently, Centerpoint Headquarters was infiltrated by Sheriff Baldric, Joseph Abernathy, ad Jean Richardson, who managed to lower the shields with the aid of a captured RC-2 to allow the Police Grand Army fleet to attack the base. Sensing that the Ghastly One was placing himself in danger by pursuing the party, Mr. Stupid NoHead prepared to enter the oscillator himself and ordered his troops to find Baldric and the other intruders, who increased the number of soldiers who already had orders from Baron Zarath to do just that. Sheriff Baldric then tried to bring the Ghastly One back to the light, only to be murdered by his own brother. As Mr. Stupid NoHead arrived, Joseph saw him and ignited charges that he and Sheriff Baldric set throughout the oscillator, causing a massive explosion that breached the oscillator and gave Saul and the remaining police pilots an opportunity to destroy it. As the Dark Lord realized he could not get his disciple out in time, he quickly escaped the explosion and resolved to pursue Saul Cameron in his personal skyfighter. However, he was prevented from doing this when Baron Zarath began unleashing a torrent of black energy that began ripping apart everything in its vincinity. Furious at seeing Zarath unleash his true power on the world he intended to make the focal point of his eternal rule, Mr. Stupid NoHead admitted that their headquarters were lost and that Zarath, having revealed the true extent of his insanity, would inevitably fall, as far greater men than the religious fanatic before him had been thwarted with ease. As Bladepoint and his friends ran to stop the baron, Mr. Stupid NoHead ordered a Judge standing behind him to enact the contingency known as Order 493, with the base collapsing moments later. However, he vowed that they would soon return to get Bladepoint back and use him as a weapon, as well as sharing in his follower's desire to retrieve the dark matter projector.[4]
Chasing the Police Grand Army[]
- "My disappointment in thy performance cannot be overstated."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead to Nero Richardson[src]
In spite of the loss of Centerpoint Headquarters, the NoHeads gained enough victories in the conflict that the Dark Lord risked coming out of the shadows to personally lead the NoHeads to potential dominance over the Police Grand Army. To this end, the Dark Lord directed several maneuvers designed to eliminate any possibility of hope returning to society. Determined to finally unite the Ebony Windows, he empowered Nero Richardson to make haste to the Caribbeans upon realizing that the stone had directed the Police Grand Army to the islands, only for her to fail when the Grand Army not only anticipated her arrival and but victoriously left with the last of the Ebony Windows. The Dark Lord immediately contacted Nero to make his anger clear, using a seismic sound wave to painfully humiliate the assassin. Determined to prevent the destruction of his Order, the Dark Lord reorganized the Order of the NoHeads by appointing Dmitri Donner with command of all military matters. Donner had argued against the strategy of having the headquarters of the organization serve doubly as the NoHead military's sole weapon, believing that the military was all that was needed to safeguard the NoHeads and that depending on a single weapon was inviting catastrophe.[7] In the wake of Baron Zarath's death, Mr. Stupid NoHead successfully sought out Arudun the Execrable, whose insatiable hunger led him to accept the task he requested of him.[4]
Three years later, Mr. Stupid NoHead personally joined Invasion of Manhattan, but the battle was ultimately lost. After said defeat and Centerpoint Headquarters' destruction, the tide of the war began to turn. The NoHeads' hold over vital civilizations also began to slip.
Eventually, Mr. Stupid NoHead would marry Adyna Dukakis. Although they would later work together well as NoHeads, the marriage appeared to be nothing more than an obligatory fulfillment of the NoHeads’ mutant marriage traditions. Unlike most of his fellow NoHeads, Mr. Stupid NoHead displayed no affection for his wife whatsoever, never even mentioning her in conversations.[7]
Rise to power[]
In 2004, Mr. Stupid NoHead received some valuable information from a loyal follower, Dorphane Giles. Consequentially, she told him that she should go and scatter the police. She explained that by not completely destroying them, she could give the opposition false hope. Mr. Stupid NoHead authorized this action. The Dark Lord proceeded to the Blackwing Sanctum. He was accompanied by Giles, and was supposed to be accompanied by Dmitri and Laurel Donner, but they enraged him by "chickening out". Together, the reduced quartet disassembled everything that Sheriff Bladepoint tried to build, leaving the Blackwing Sanctum in ruin. Having dislodged nearly all resistance, he began his plans to crown himself Emperor of the entire star system.
Shortly after this, the government was compromised and fell to the power of Mr. Stupid NoHead when President Bill Clinton was murdered, the official version being he retired. News of this came to the police due to Aurora Black's message via Holocard. Mr. Stupid NoHead established a totalitarian police state, with Black under mind control, serving as a puppet President and Nolan Giles as the head of the Department of Justice. The Mutamon was reformed to round up neurodivergents and imprison them in Beta Prison.
For the time being, he chose not to publicly declare himself President in order to maintain an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.[7] During this time, the Dark Lord collected as many inscrutable runes and ancient texts as possible. He stored the bulk of his collection within a desolate structure.[2]
The Eight Worlds under Mr. Stupid NoHead[]
Attack on Superhero School[]
- "Master Hayden is dead. We bring thee the corpse of thy hero as proof that he is gone. The battle is won. My followers outnumber thee, and thy head of state is finished. Half of thy fighters are already lost. There must be no more war. Anyone who continues to resist, man, woman or child, shall be slain in their turn, as well as all of their kin. Come out of the school now, kneel before him, and thou shalt be spared. Thy kin shall live and be forgiven, and thou shall join me in the new reality we shall build in unity."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead announcing Hayden’s death to the inhabitants of Superhero School[src]
Not too long after the coup, Bethany Donner was inducted as a NoHead, as Mr. Stupid NoHead required a spy within Superhero School, where Sheriff Bladepoint's most valuable ally, Hayden, was Principal. He ordered Bethany to kill Hayden, possibly for revenge against her parents for defecting. If Bethany failed, she would meet terrible consequences. However, Bethany was able to sneak a group of NoHeads into Superhero School through a pair of ovens that connected Korxar and Gaals with the school kitchens. An all-out attack on Superhero School ensued.[7]
Mr. Stupid NoHead's plans were carried out when Adyna Dukakis defeated and killed Hayden. Moments later, Mr. Stupid NoHead teleported in front of the other NoHeads, and the open ground, wearing Nagatha around his shoulders whilst acknowledging his victorious followers as Sheriff Bladepoint looked on. Deaformas were patrolling the outer trees.
Mr. Stupid NoHead, his voice electronically magnified, announced that Hayden was dead and that he was killed trying to escape. With the students outnumbered and their Headmaster finished, he called for no more war. Mr. Stupid NoHead threatened that anyone who continued to resist would be killed, but that those who came out and knelt before him would be spared. Mr. Stupid NoHead strode in front of the procession, which grew as the survivors of the battle came out onto the front steps to face the NoHeads and see the truth of Hayden’s demise. Suddenly, the survivors began screaming and yelling abuse until Mr. Stupid NoHead forced silence upon them all.
Antonio McSnake charged at Mr. Stupid NoHead, but the latter disarmed him and he submitted, being given the NoHead Sign. Mr. Stupid NoHead answered that the school was doomed and they had no choice but to submit. Dozens, soon hundreds, of individuals knelt before him. Mr. Stupid NoHead announced that Mr. and Mrs. Eradicating NoHead were now the Deputy Heads, along with Miranda Butterfield, the first Professor to bow down to the new Emperor. Mrs. Eradicating NoHead ordered the students and teachers inside, while Mr. Stupid NoHead and his followers Disapparated beyond the gates. His wife also took over as principal of Superhero School.[7]
After occupying Superhero School, Mr. Stupid NoHead declared Sheriff Bladepoint Deplorable No. 1 with a reward on his head, on the basis he was wanted for questioning over the death of Hayden.
The inauguration of the NoHead Empire[]
The scattering of the Grand Army and slaughter of Hayden within the walls of Superhero School caused the widespread fear to reach an all-time high, as many came to believe nowhere was safe from the ever-growing might of the NoHeads. It was around this time that Aurora Black’s state of mind control took an upturn, and her resistance to it became stronger. Upon learning of this, Mr. Stupid NoHead began to fear, as he was unable to risk the no-longer-controlled Black exposing their plan. When she approached him on May 27, 2006, Mr. Stupid NoHead ruthlessly killed Aurora Black in frustration after she interrupted his concentration with an unwanted interjection. Subsequently, he battled Arudun the Execrable and defeated the spider wraith, ultimately choosing not to kill him as he foresaw the monster would still be useful. With no one else to stop him, Mr. Stupid NoHead crowned himself Emperor. As the dictator, he effectively wielded absolute control over the entire star system and virtually everyone who lived within it. The Eight Worlds came to know him coliqually as "Emperor Maraj", as most had not known exactly who was leading the NoHeads at the time.
His actions caught the attention of the Halo Guardians, and five of them came to stop him, only to be significantly impeded by the misty webs of darkness spun by Arudun the Execrable. When they did get to Emperor Maraj, he stood his ground and watched as all five of them lifted themselves into the air and used their divine powers to conjure hundreds of whips comprised of pure eldritch energy to entrap the self-appointed Emperor, covering him in their whips which held him in place. However, Emperor Maraj laughed at the divine influence come to stop his conquest and eventually won as he sent ionic energy pulses along the whips, severely injuring all five of the angelic divinities, who subsequently resolved to play a more indirect role in opposing him; even the Halo Guardians feared the Cosmic Emperor. During his tenure, he increased his army tenfold and despotically ruled unopposed for nearly two decades. He ruled through terror symbolized by Axis Base as well as the Imperial Palace.[7]
The next decade saw the violent suppression of all opposition, including intimidation, arrests, executions, the destruction of cities, even the destruction of entire continents. He would have gone further, and destroyed entire planets, had his rule remained unchallenged. Seduced by promises of safety, security, justice and peace, or perhaps just intimidated into silence, the government unanimously voted "yes." The NoHead Empire was an established fact.
Once he rose to his position, he found his life to be incredibly busy. He also spent a lot of time training secret henchmen, assassins, and insurgents, the latters of whom learned exquisite skills in discreetly monitoring his subordinates, in case they might display signs of betrayal or disenchantment.[1] Looking beyond the known worlds to find greater ones that his vast resources were finally unveiling, his mysterious disappearances from his empire were explained hence, as he sought to conquer as many timelines as he could, destroying several universes during his megalomaniacal endeavors.[8]
War on Terror[]
At the time of Mr. Stupid NoHead's campaign against the Police Grand Army during the Hunt, the Magistrate and Prince Zaron built powerful empires parallel to and in symbiosis with his New Order. In the wake of the First NoHead War, c. 2005, the star system's seats of power were still realigning. The Magistrate, who Mr. Stupid NoHead quickly realized was in fact Zira Miranda Grover, proved to be his worst enemy and largest obstacle in ruling the star system himself. However, by ruling the star system from in the shadows since circa 1998, the Magistrate had in fact beaten the Qisheng to his objective.
The Emperor was drawn to the Alliance's vast resources and riches, which he sought to use for his own benefit. Zira knew her place, however, allowing Mr. Stupid NoHead to share power with her. Her vast wealth and influence over external markets gave her a significant foothold over much of the international economy, in that if something bad happened to the Alliance's trade, which could crash, it would hurt the NoHeads' economy, and in effect, damage the NoHeads' military expansion as a consequence.[9][10]
At some point between 2016 and 2017, the Qisheng uncovered vital Mettan documents in their original form, and from them assembled a compendium of Dark knowledge he called the Dark Treasury. In his preface, he recorded that he had hoped to accomplish an Empire with limitless scope. He would later lament in a footnote that he would still rely on others to do his bidding, especially when those who carried out his orders were "incompetent and disappointing fools".[11]
Targeted by Sanct Security[]
In 2007, shortly before Mrs. Wretched NoHead’s graduation, Mr. Stupid NoHead was kidnapped on the orders of Max Tegan and Sanct Security. Eager to exploit their xenophobic anti-mutant sentiments, Dorphane Giles had made sure this would occur by acknowledging the Emperor as an acquaintance in public with Max Tegan as a witness. Shortly afterwards, Giles was kidnapped as well. Sage Preston immediately notified Mr. Stupid NoHead that he was preparing a second attack against his father. The two arrived at the Dark Lodge as Dorphane Giles, gravely injured and barely conscious, was lashing out with the Darkness against her attackers. All the others, including the employs at the front of the building, had been killed. Hicks was the first victim of the attack, his head sliced mundanely from his neck.
Afterwards, Mr. Stupid NoHead personally executed Max Tegan via telekinetic shockwave and many other members of the Gran Protectorate in the embassy. The police were unable to find any culprits behind either incident, even though the Governmental Investigatory Committee formed a special task force to look into the matter in the wake of Senator Kim’s assassination. Although Jenna Russell succeeded Max Tegan, Dark Lodge was not reformed.[7]
The dark times[]
Although the scope of the Imperialization plans were pan-universal and their implementation exceptionally aggressive, many Imperial officers resented his warmongering ways and longed for peace after the years of fighting the very forces that controlled them, the NoHeads.
Despite having an iron-fist grip on much of the star system, the NoHeads still had a rivalry with the International Alliance. Ultimately, Emperor Maraj had to appease the Magistrate, being forced by her to sign a treaty when they met face-to-face in 2011 and both agreed the Empire could co-exist along the Alliance. The Magistrate's lack of interest into getting into a fight motivated her to sign. However, Mr. Stupid NoHead threatened to kill her, but found himself unable to do so, as wards had been placed around the Palace when she realized he was coming. Ultimately, both of them opted to keep their distance from each other.[7] Subsequently, Mr. Stupid NoHead apparently learned of Heart of the Lion, and in response, he passed a decree threatening any students who refused to disband their organizations, effectively rendering the group illicit.[12]
Despite the intensity in their marriage, Mr. Stupid NoHead and Adyna Dukakis did, notably enough, give birth to an incredibly talented offspring on July 1, 2011 - Hell Burnbottom. Along with his wife, Mr. Stupid NoHead conceived a second offspring, Brute Gunray, who, per tradition, was sent to a top-secret nursery along with Burnbottom, who remained there.[1]
The secret apprentice[]
- "Thou hath forgotten thy place, Xod. By taking this boy as thy apprentice, thou hath betrayed thy Emperor. Now thou shalt slay him, or I shall destroy thou both."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead ordering Xod to kill Abalan.[src]
In time, the Emperor became aware that Xod was training Abalan, an exceptionally powerful mutant as a secret apprentice. While initially angry at Xod for this, he used it to his advantage - in uncovering the surviving police officers rumored to be trying to start rebellion against the Empire and as an opportunity to find an apprentice who equaled his strength. But with Abalan now in his plans, he sent his spies to follow him on his missions for Xod. With the reports he received, he was thrilled with the prospect of taking the young NoHead hopeful as his own apprentice.
In 2014, as Abalan's training was on the verge of completion, Xod dispatched his young apprentice on a final series of tests to determine the level of his strength before they could confront the Emperor. Abalan pursued his objectives with great anticipation at the thought of fulfilling his primary purpose in life, from defeating police fugitives to training in the ruins of the Blackwing Sanctum. Due to the secret nature of his existence, Xod commanded Abalan to execute anyone who saw him, with the exception of the holobot WINDOW and Captain Laleh Clipso, so as to not alert Mr. Stupid NoHead of their plans to assassinate him. As such, his targets included Imperials who had the unfortunate accident of crossing his path.
After completing his final mission, Abalan returned to his master's flagship, the Omega Hand where he believed they would assassinate the Emperor together. Unknown to Abalan, however, Mr. Stupid NoHead's spies had been tracking him for months. When Abalan arrived on the incomplete Omega Hand, the Emperor utilized a holobot to project an image of himself to reprimand Xod, just in case Xod decided to go through with his plan. With the element of surprise lost to them, Mr. Stupid NoHead emerged and Xod was forced to betray his apprentice after the Emperor threatened to destroy them both unless Xod complied. As Abalan stared at his master in shock, the Emperor angrily commanded Xod to kill the secret apprentice. Though he hesitated for a brief moment, Xod assaulted Abalan before launching him out of the bridge's observation window. Mr. Stupid NoHead, likewise, expressed sadistic amusement at Xod's assault and proceeded to show even more delight in ordering his demise by testing if he would accept help from his personal aide Conteras to "override" the order, even laughing to himself in private after the deeds were done.[7]
The fall of the NoHead Empire[]
The second deception[]
On June 11 of the following year, a third offspring was born to Mr. Stupid NoHead, whom he and his wife named Mean King. They brought him to the Nursery of the Dark Order per tradition, at which point he extracted Hell Burnbottom, who was now old enough to begin his training, while "not so much as offering Gunray a glance". As such, the Dark Lord began training Burnbottom as his heir. Although Burnbottom could endure extreme amounts of pain, nothing could have prepared young Burnbottom for the brutality of NoHead’s training. Despite Mr. Stupid NoHead’s harshness, Hell Burnbottom held the utmost respect for the man, and was fanatically loyal.
When Abalan awoke on the Endurance six months later, he learned that he had never truly died; Dorphane Giles staged the apprentice's execution and then nursed him back to full health aboard his secret medical starship. Giles convinced Abalan that it was not too late to take revenge on the Emperor. But since Mr. Stupid NoHead's spies tracked Giles' every move, a distraction was required to divert his attention elsewhere. Thus, Abalan was ordered to reorganize the Police Grand Army. With Mr. Stupid NoHead distracted by a full-scale rebellion, Giles assured Abalan that they would capitalize on their second chance to kill Mr. Stupid NoHead as soon as the police served their purpose.
But Abalan was deceived once more. Mr. Stupid NoHead was fully aware of the apprentice's survival and even ordered Dorphane Giles to continue the charade by manipulating the young man into believing that the police was part of their assassination plot. In truth, however, the real goal was to gather all of the Empire's enemies to one location where they could be rounded up and summarily executed in one swift stroke. When Abalan completed his task to perfection, the Emperor dispatched the Chief Enforcer and a large Imperial force to capture the police in Japan.[7]
Battle of Maryland[]
- "He is dead."
"Then he is now more powerful than ever." - ―Dorphane Giles and Mr. Stupid NoHead lament Abalan’s death.[src]
Thanks to Abalan's efforts, the Emperor's greatest political enemies, Joseph Abernathy, Roxanne Waterston, and Sheriff Bladepoint were brought to the Imperial Palace by Dorphane Giles. Mr. Stupid NoHead took satisfaction in describing how they would all be interrogated, tortured and executed as traitors to the Empire. Before he could carry out his threats, Dorphane Giles' former apprentice revealed that not only had he survived his mistress' second betrayal in Japan, but that he had also infiltrated the Base with the intention of rescuing the officers. After rediscovering certain memories of his past, Abalan abandoned his NoHead identity in favor of the Grand Army.
Mr. Stupid NoHead ordered Dorphane Giles to eliminate Abalan once and for all, but much to his surprise, the former apprentice emerged victorious in a duel that left Giles in a severely injured state. Enthralled by Abalan's power, the Emperor joyfully encouraged Abalan to slay the Dark mutant, hoping that the young man's hatred for his traitorous Master was strong enough to make the killing blow. He promised Abalan that the reward would be great; Giles' death would allow the young man to finally become a true apprentice at the Emperor's side.
But when the officer Ronald Koda, who had also been taken prisoner along with the officers, sensed Mr. Stupid NoHead's intentions, he telekinetically snatched the Emperor's sword. He then charged at him with the goal of striking the Shadow down with his own weapon. Enraged that someone so elderly should genuinely catch him off his guard, the Dark Lord unleashed a barrage of lightning on the police officer. Caught off-guard for a few moments, Abalan could only stand and watch as Koda was tortured by Emperor Maraj's deadly lightning, unresponsive to Sheriff Bladepoint desperately pleading that he help him. Abalan was torn between aiding his righteous mentor and taking his revenge on Giles. In the end, he drove away the dark thoughts of vengeance and chose the Light path by coming to the defense of his allies by standing against the Emperor.
Through the Light, Abalan hurled bits of broken transparent steel and debris at the Emperor, who was forced to break off his attack on Koda to defend himself. Mr. Stupid NoHead roared to his feet as he cunningly trapped both of them in an inverted-mirrored state of reality known as the Mirror Dimension. The Emperor attacked Abalan with a barrage of lightning and the pair fought around and outside of the dimensionally inverted throne room, while the rest of the Grand Army fought against the Imperial troopers and made their way to the Shadow Laser piloted by Laleh Clipso. As they struggled, Abalan came to the conclusion that Mr. Stupid NoHead was behind Giles' every move ever since his discovery on Mars by General Appius Chammor. The Shadow confirmed this. The Emperor continued focusing his own efforts on battling Abalan, flying all across the palace and redoubling the intensity of his lightning to kill him.[7]
Remaking an apprentice[]
Now that the Police Grand Army had made their escape, the Emperor took himself and Abalan out of the Mirror Dimension, un-flipping into the real world. A bloodied and bruised Abalan fell to the floor and he fired a mighty slew of dark energy into Abalan's chest, incapacitating him instantly. In the end, all of the escapees exiled themselves. Mr. Stupid NoHead bitterly admitted that Abalan's actions would only inspire the police to fight on against the NoHeads. But the fact that he still had to make due with Dorphane Giles' possible desertion was also frustrating to the Emperor. Overall, the survival of the Police Grand Army brought the Emperor to a wise conclusion; all of the followers of Bladepoint had to be exterminated or the two NoHeads would suffer the bitter irony of being destroyed by the very rebellion that they created.
Subsequently, Mr. Stupid NoHead commanded that Abalan be rebuilt using prosthetic replacements. When the apprentice conversed in an otherwise empty corridor, Mr. Stupid NoHead was deeply disappointed in Abalan's fate. The Emperor declared that the apprentice would serve until a new candidate could be chosen, at which point Abalan would be discarded. However, the recreation of Lord Abalan did not stop him from seeking out other candidates.[7]
Hiding in Golgolod[]
- "Someday thou shalt do it, for Sol requires corrections."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Ultimately, the NoHead Empire was devastated with the death of their leader, which ultimately resulted in the splintering of the Empire into several factions. With Axis Base in ruins, Mr. Stupid NoHead and his followers relocated to Mercury, where he came upon the city of Esterphis and destroyed most of to build a new realm for which he named Golgolod. There, he began rebuilding his regime by taking advantage of his social networks and bringing together many of his followers and testing the loyalty of high-ranking men among the Empire, those who would be too old and wise to control effectively. The only ones spared the Empire's wrath were the International Alliance, who had entered into an uneasy alliance with the Empire.[11] He also formed a pact with the Black Queen, who would be prompted to come to the Eight Worlds in person and begin using "the Orc Devil" to carry out her will and speak for her.[13][14] In the mix, Mr. Stupid NoHead found an paranormal baby girl named Lily Elazar in the wilderness, forming an alliance with the girl, branding her with the NoHead Sign. Mr. Stupid NoHead taught his new disciple how to speak and assigned Drake, a young boy hailing from the Knights of Mae, to teach her how to read, and generally helped her grow more powerful. In return, L'smae taught the Dark Lord efficient methods useful to overthrow the Grand Army. Mr. Stupid NoHead, who saw in Lily Elazar the potential to become his right-hand woman when she was older and being considerably superior even to Dorphane Giles and Rowan the Authoritarian, was confident that his dark apprentice would herald the destruction of the Police Grand Army, and therefore, everything it represented to Sol, including hope. Due to Elazar's obvious potential for wunderkind supergenius intellect, Mr. Stupid NoHead sensed his disciple's potential for limitless power. Becoming vastly intrigued by her bloodline, he began to research it, but he could find very little information about the girl's geneology, much less anything useful to his inquiries.
In the mix, the Imperial Palace was under siege from the Police Grand Army in January of 2017. He empowered Giles, who had essentially become his sidekick, to prevent the destruction of his Palace, but when Giles failed to prevent it, the Dark Power was furious and took advantage of her cybernetic implants to torture her. He demoted her and made Rowan the Authoritarian his new Chief Enforcer. In the mix, he dispatched Lord Abalan on several missions against the Grand Army.
At the insistence of Mr. Stupid NoHead, Lily Elazar sought to join the Knights of Mae, a group who harbored loyalty to the NoHead cause while answering to their leader, Mae. After being tested by the Knights, the young Elazar was reluctantly accepted into the mysterious group. Although Mae saw potential in Elazar's raw power, she doubted the girl's homicidal nature and ability to take a life. Mae's suspicions were confirmed following a mission. However, Mr. Stupid NoHead, knowing how Mae would react, dubbed Elazar as L'smae, the mistress of the knights, who were more than happy to accept the Dark Lord as their master, leading to the Knights of Mae welding into the NoHeads while Mae watched in horror. Hence, L'smae proceeded to meet Mae in Delaware on the thirteenth of April. Although L'smae invited her to remain in the group, Mae challenged her to a duel, which the baby accepted. Across Sol, Mr. Stupid NoHead sensed Lily's every move and emotion. Prompting the ambitious child through his mutation, the Qisheng called for Lily to fulfill her destiny and strike down the leader of the Knights of Mae. Giving in to Mr. Stupid NoHead's manipulation, in a fit of rage Lily felled Mae with a Death beam. Taking up the mantle of mistress of the Knights of Mae, L'smae returned to Mercury, where the NoHeads were preparing to hold counsel in Golgolod, a now fully realized center of NoHead activity. Apparently, the NoHeads discovered some valuable information around this point that led to more and more Deactivators being brought to Golgolod and forced to undergo brutal tests: those who survived became part of the Mindless; those who did not became part of the Arboc.[11]
Quest for the Almataffe[]
- "This affair is complex. This is not just the residents of the palace. There's this new law dividing ex-Imperials by how dangerous they are. But the Deactivators, as they are called, keep disappearing and coming here to Golgolod. You know of what I speak, L'smae."
"Dorphane Giles promised me she would retrieve the Almataffe from the Pyters. Only then shall I welcome her back into the fold, and honor her. My friends, I am almost ready to show the International Alliance our toys." - ―Conteras and Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
A few days later, Mr. Stupid NoHead spoke with his right-hand woman, Dorphane Giles, promising her his forgiveness for her incompetence during the Assault on the Imperial Palace locating the Almataffe for the Dark Lord bringing the Almataffe to the bunker.[11]
Inside the meeting chamber, they discussed the affair. The aide Conteras mentioned Mr. Stupid NoHead's plan for the Deactivators, which he allowed him to disclose to the council at large. He was lost in thought, however, thinking about Dorphane Giles, before addressing the council and telling them he was almost ready to show their "toys" to the International Alliance. At the same time, Mr. Stupid NoHead believed that his apprentice required further training, and thus sent her to the Core with orders to participate in the I.D.E.A.L. Trials, particularly the lesson regarding skill and perception. After bidding L'smae goodbye, he stood alone in his office, contemplating what had been discussed, before exuberantly throwing himself into a wooden chair and roaring with gleeful psychopathic laughter. In the meantime, Giles and her old rival, Dot Lodd, quickly discovered the Almataffe in Viskaa and attempted to deliver it to Mr. Stupid NoHead, but the weapon fell into the hands of the Pyters who Mr. Stupid NoHead learned had lost it to the Krath before Dorphane Giles could claim it. Unwilling to be denied the Almataffe, Mr. Stupid NoHead ordered Dorphane Giles to pursue the Krath while he saw to his research of the International Alliance. Undaunted by Giles' complaints about who was accompanying her but angry for Giles' failure, Mr. Stupid NoHead furiously admonished Giles before turning her away and instructing her to return to her task and pursue the Krath, or to die, threatening to kill her if she failed a second time. Mr. Stupid NoHead then made Lodd Giles' aide.
When Queen Zygen, who felt threatened by Mr. Stupid NoHead, threw a birthday party, she sardonically invited Mr. Stupid NoHead, hoping to dispose of him. Lord Abalan would claim that his master was busier than ever regardless of receiving any party invitations. He went in his lord's stead along with L'smae and Mr. Formidable NoHead, where L'smae destroyed the Palace. In addition to the apprentice's completion of the tests in New York City, Mr. Stupid NoHead had been proud enough of her progress to allow her to join Lord Abalan in the first place.[11]
Dorphane Giles' betrayal[]
- "Giles! He's way beyond your abilities! HAVE YOU GONE MAD?"
"Fool! This defiant breath is fated to be thy last!"
"FOOL, AM I?! We'll see who's a fool when your remains are burning! I will not rest until I have rendered my own ends achieved, but your mockery and abuse needs a consequence! Guess who I'm targeting first? You might as well enjoy the mortal plane while you still can. I WILL KILL YOU!" - ―Dorphane Giles betrays Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Dorphane Giles eventually stole the Almataffe from members of the Krath, but when Mr. Stupid NoHead was contacted by Giles to be updated on their progress, he was furious to discover that his right-hand woman, having experienced the true power of the Almataffe, intended on keeping the weapon for herself, despite Dot Lodd noting Mr. Stupid NoHead was probably still stronger than she was.
Dot Lodd attempted to contradict Dorphane Giles, only to be murdered with a flick of the weapon. Now believing herself superior to Mr. Stupid NoHead, Giles promised to come after the Shadow in the Ice when she had "rendered [her] own ends achieved". Unphased by the turn of events and undaunted by Lodd's demise, Mr. Stupid NoHead cut contact with them without a word. L'smae told him he should make Giles pay for her betrayal and NoHead agreed. A man named Contreras told him that Giles had been recently spotted at Illiun, and Mr. Stupid NoHead resolved to follow her in person, telling L'smae she was needed to mobilize their forces for the upcoming siege.
When he found Giles waiting on Illiun, she told Mr. Stupid NoHead that she had waited a long time for that moment — the time she would overthrow the Dark Power and reorganize the NoHeads to her liking. The two exchanged furious attacks, engaging in a spectacular duel that ended when Giles threw an entire moon at him before recovering the Almataffe.
Unbeknownst to L'smae, however, the Dark Lord had managed to evade the devastation just in time. He resolved to go to Superhero University, accurately surmising that Giles would spearhead the attack in her place, with her feeling consumed by the new power she was wielding, yet not creative enough to find a more original idea on how she would use it. She proceeded to fight the Battle of Superhero University, and so he followed her there, moving throughout the campus unseen as his former enforcer's army forced its way through several hordes of students wielding their superpowers against the robots. In the Great Hall, his army was gradually cut down as NoHead sought his sons amid the din. Zygen interfered to fight Giles, holding the Almataffe itself. They engaged in dueling, ending when the infection of all the cells in Giles' body, the Dark Power used his mental powers to will it and the Chief Enforcer was forced to endlessly relive her demise. Giles, after slipping out of her enemy's consciousness in panic, remained trapped as a disembodied essence in the field. A few minutes later, Kylee Garcia slowly came under his discrete control as she rushed for the slightly torn-up science lab and under his secret tutelage re-configured the serum to wipe out the mosquitoes.[11][1]
The end of the line[]
- "What… what is this?"
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead speaking unconsciously[src]
Days later, Mr. Stupid NoHead was ambushed by Gran operatives and entrapped in an enormous chemical explosion. Police hauled off Mr. Stupid NoHead into a rudimentary resting chamber. His defeat, it was later commented, seemed to trigger a significant demoralization in the Imperial forces. Mr. Stupid NoHead was trapped in a state of comatose, where he had a strange and vivid vision. Though four of his Generals were present at Superhero University, the one who was, perhaps, his greatest following the passing of Dorphane Giles, Karth, was not — he was still on Pluto, overseeing its pacification. But by the time he returned to the Empire proper nearly two years later, his suspicions — aroused by his insider's knowledge of the Chief Enforcer's methods — had crystallized into a working theory, which he related to one of Superhero University's most pivotal participants, Xalvatrix, the woman who had ultimately sounded the Imperial retreat: Karth and Xalvatrix met up together. They both speculated that the Emperor's forces were all guided by Mr. Stupid NoHead's own indomitable will. While essentially correct, it was actually Xalvatrix herself who was improving the coordination and efficiency of the fleet. (Xalvatrix had been trained by Mr. Stupid NoHead himself in the use of Dark strategizing just for such occasions where Mr. Stupid NoHead cannot do it in person or to support her.)[1] In the mix, Steven Thompson became a key player in the oncoming School War. Unbeknownst to his allies, Steven had an ulterior motive; he had come to suspect that Mr. Stupid NoHead had returned and wanted to destroy "the Orc Devil" to prevent the Shadow from using her as a weapon. He would soon receive confirmation that the Orc Devil and the Dark Lord were indeed allies.[13]
Ultimately, the Empire was devastated with the disappearance of their leader, which ultimately resulted in the splintering of the Empire into several inconsequential factions. This was largely because Mr. Stupid NoHead, having intended to rule the star system for all eternity, had not left a formal line of succession of Cosmic Emperor. Most of the ex-Emperor's loyalists were removed from their offices by the Stellar Allegiance, minimizing his influence within civilization. However, some revisionists actively sought to reinstate Mr. Stupid NoHead as Emperor, including the Modern Overlord Society, though ultimately, these attempts failed. In 2022, he promptly awoke from five years of comatose. He spent a brief period of time coming to terms with the aforementioned fact that the NoHead Empire had been completely toppled in his absence, having fallen apart irreparably. Utterly enraged, he deduced that Del Wedellvar had seen to a major amount of the reformed politics, and destroyed the city in a rage. Moments later, he summoned his followers to him. Those who were perhaps most loyal to him, save for those who were arrested or else deceased, appeared. Despite several absences, there were several who returned the call; Willie went to beg for forgiveness, but Mr. Stupid NoHead told the band of NoHeads who did not try to find him that he wants five years of repayment before he could forgive them for their wavered loyalty. He deduced that had the faithless NoHeads not been forgiven, he would have very few followers left, indicating many deserters compared to surviving loyalists.[1]
The last stand[]
Preparing for judgement[]
- "There is no empathy in battle. Thou must protect thyself and what thou doth cherish, no matter what the cost."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead teaching Hell Burnbottom[src]
Even losing everything he had worked so hard to create did not stop Mr. Stupid NoHead. He aspired to recreate his Empire using the knowledge of what had brought about his downfall the last time.
Shortly afterwards, Mr. Stupid NoHead somehow retrieved the Almataffe from the Police Grand Army and returned to Superhero University, where he effortlessly defeated and destroyed the professors, killing most of the students and burning down what remained of the college from five years past in the process, only to unexpectedly lose it as it mysteriously disappeared into the desert.
He also found his son, Hell Burnbottom when the latter was very young — so young that he would remember few memories prior to this. Immediately, Mr. Stupid NoHead took him to the Blackwing Sanctum, both of them disguised as tourists. The Black One's command of the Darkness was sufficient to keep both himself and Burnbottom from being spotted by the police, so long as they did not actually enter the sanctum. As the building was not open to tourists, there was very little risk of discovery. For the better part of a day, they stood there, and the Dark Lord pointed out to Burnbottom the various faces of individual police as they entered and left the sanctum, whispering into his apprentice’s ear of the police's ultimate destruction. Burnbottom would long remember the thrill of seeing his foes, standing in their presence, hearing about their downfall, as they walked past, not one of them aware of the fate that ultimately awaited them.[1]
Murder of Adyna Dukakis[]
With Mr. Stupid NoHead’s plans to retake the Whitehouse secured, there remained just one unfinished piece of business for NoHead to resolve. Ever since her marriage, Adyna Dukakis had intended to act as a de-facto Queen once her husband became the Emperor, ensuring NoHead only passed laws that she approved of. In truth, the Dark Lord had been subtly manipulating his wife for years, fooling her into thinking the ideas for the implementation of the Grand Plan were her own while the Black One laid the groundwork for his ascension to Emperor and Dark Lord. The One Master of Treachery had never intended to share power with anyone, and he knew that installing an Empress alongside him would be politically damaging to him. With Dukakis' usefulness now exhausted, the impossibly malevolent overlord moved to eliminate her.
The night before the election, Adyna Dukakis made her first public appearance in years, attending the premiere of an experimental performance at the Globes Opera House with Mr. Stupid NoHead. After the performance, the couple retired to a Mercurian penthouse near the outskirts of Golgolod to celebrate the Shadow's upcoming success and their apparent love for each other, notwithstanding they had not gone on a honeymoon together. There, the Black Master plied his wife with wine while rehearsing the acceptance speech he would soon deliver. Dukakis soon fell into an alcohol-induced sleep, and Mr. Stupid NoHead saw his chance.
With his wife's guard completely down, the Dark Lord blasted Dukakis' headpiece apart with lightning. This woke Dukakis but, being inebriated and half-asleep, the woman could do nothing to stop her husband. Mr. Stupid NoHead took the opportunity to mock Adyna Dukakis, informing her as to just how thoroughly he had manipulated her, all the while sending additional blasts of lightning, causing immense pain to his wife as she slowly suffocated as her veins twisted and burst agonizingly. In addition, the Deceiver revealed he had never loved her at all, and told her the true origins of their marriage. He then drew his sword and brought the tip of the blade down so that it passed directly into her already weakening heart. After his wife finally succumbed to death, the Dark Power felt a monumental shift in the darkness, which he interpreted as the darkness anointing him as the tool it would use to take over the universe. However, he then felt another shift, and feared for a few moments that this second shift was a forewarning that Adyna Dukakis had overcome her death in some fashion and was about to take her revenge. However, Mr. Stupid NoHead quickly reasoned that this was not the case, though he would not discover the reason behind this second shift for some time.[1]
Punishment in the City Volcano[]
- "Thou careth for nothing, save for money and carnal stimulation. Thou killeth for fool's prizes and hold on to them as a parent holds on to their children. Thou fools. This was never about the theft of riches, or the pursuit of superficial satisfaction. This was about sending a message to the universe; prepare to accept the new seat of power!"
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
One month later, Mr. Stupid NoHead met fifteen-year-old Annabeth Black, having recognized her power even before they were in the same room.[1] Black agreed to leave her parents and join him, despite only being fifteen years of age. Her parents insisted that she could not join the Darkness, but the Black One killed them to silence the matter and proceeded to Deteleport away with her. They rematerialized in Mercury, where the Dark Lord showed her around Golgolod and showed her a selection of combat uniforms for NoHeads. Annabeth ultimately chose a leather crop-top and jeans, which would give her free movement on the battlefield.[2] He proceeded to cruelly order Abalan and Xalvatrix to take part in the slaughter of the Quarren after she had picked him up and given Black a ship of her own. Upon gaining victory, Mr. Stupid NoHead teleported to the City Volcano, while wiping the blood from his sword as a death trooper handed a cloth to him, informing Elazar that Black had located Senator Finn Zame, and so he would be sending Abalan to oversee the success of his roommate's mission.
Although Abalan had felt rejuvenated by wiping out a group he had despised for month and insisted that he owed the Dark Lord nothing, Elazar calmly threatened him with death if he refused. Two days later, Black reported her success in Kansas to Mr. Stupid NoHead, which had come at the cost of Abalan's life. Mr. Stupid NoHead took no joy in the death of his former candidate. He had envisioned a far different future for the boy. Abalan was meant to root out the police so that they could all be revealed and destroyed, yet NoHead bitterly admitted that Annabeth may carry more hope than he had thought.[1] Annabeth Black would often skip out on training sessions, something NoHead did not seem initially concerned about (though ironically, it is highly likely that Black kept him in the dark).[2]
The crime boss arrived to the Dark Lord. He then declared that the universe deserved a better alpha - one that was unmotivated by money or pleasure but who committed crime purely for the sake of power. That corresponded with something that Carol Wilcox would later say to Baby Intelligence: "Some men aren't looking for any of those things. They couldn't care less about riches, or revenge, or sexual pleasure, or perfectionism. Some men just want the universe to kneel before them". However, the [blank - content needed], horrified by the exact scope of Mr. Stupid NoHead's plans, refused to have any part in him while he denounced him as a "monster," which caused Mr. Stupid NoHead to order his men to cut the [blank - content needed] to pieces before he stated that his motives, far from being about money, were about spreading a message of "Prepare to accept the new seat of power."[1]
Battle of Golgolod[]
- "Not a single NoHead would survive - that is, except one! They all had to retreat!"
- ―Baby Intelligence recaps the event in 2029[src]
Paige Nelson invaded Golgolod along with the entire police army, slaughtering venerable NoHead loyalists.
During his search, he encountered the Diagonal Guard, led by a mysterious creature known only as "the Object". The Dark Lord asserted that the Council had interfered for the last time and telekinetically manipulated a fire to work as a weapon against his enemies, sending balls and bursts of black fire towards his enemies, annihilating the squad. He unintentionally caught Cate Lilly in the crossfire, though he deemed her a minor loss. The Object escaped the inferno, but barely. He proceeded to tell his Fobble followers to depart through the docking bay, which was secured, and to spread his message to all.
From the shadows, Mr. Stupid NoHead revealed himself to the police as they regrouped near the entrance. When Lewis directly set his men on the Dark Lord, he responded by raising the waters, making the heat of the liquid increase tenfold, and revealed they had an intimate ability to test the loyalty of his followers: those who entered with complete fidelity and believed in his cause would survive; those who did not, would be engulfed and perish. Galfalor of Eris and several other of his followers joined the Dark Lord in the pool and were expected to await the word to board a ship together and fly to safety, while many of the officers died either fleeing or fighting when Mr. Stupid NoHead manipulated the water to work as a weapon as well, sending jets and tendrils of liquid well over a thousand degrees towards his enemies, thereby killing them. Ultimately, about fifteen of the hundred officers Lewis had brought along accepted his offer and joined him in the pool as well.
Then the Enemy, mocking Bladepoint by asking whether he thought the people would remember his name, battled him and Roxanne Waterston. Joseph Abernathy appeared interested in his demand for servitude, wondering if he could bring back his wife and sons, who had been murdered by Dorphane Giles more than twenty years ago. Mr. Stupid NoHead claimed that he could resurrect them, and happily accepted Abernathy's servitude, but suspected something was wrong and telekinetically threw him through a wormhole and into an active volcano, much to Bladepoint's absolute horror. Waterston teleported away with Bladepoint, though not before telling the others to evacuate while the enemy of the free peoples looked on. Because Paige had already achieved her goal, Mr. Stupid NoHead was the only esteemed NoHead-affiliated Dark mutant left in existence.[1]
Years of waiting[]
Recruiting Rotta Hecks[]
After the purge, Mr. Stupid NoHead tried desperately to rebuild the NoHeads and their army, and clean up the bloodstained Golgolod.[1] He also had what was left of the robots continue their work on the Wasp. Mr. Stupid NoHead charged his son, Mean King, with finding duplicate examples of documents recovered from the ruined Archives of Golgolod to authenticate the findings. He vowed that upon the rock for which he stands, he would rebuild his empire.[15] In the mix, he encountered a young girl named Rotta Hecks, who was extremely powerful, but extremely fearful of her powers. He introduced himself, though Rotta was horrified that he was there. A brief skirmish ensued until NoHead made it clear that he had no intention of harming her, and had invited her to join the NoHeads. The two were visibly drawn to each other at this point, and NoHead was able to soothe her fears before offering her to join the NoHeads and find her true place. Rotta was immediately infatuated with him.
Impressed by her amazing power, the Black One manipulated Rotta into killing her own mother, sealing her tie to the Darkness, as an ancient and religious Dark covenant required the latter to kill a Darkness enemy that was close to them. With the passing of her beloved parents, Rotta had no choice but to join the NoHeads. Generally, he treated her more decently than his sons. Rotta Hecks secretly carried out several assignments for Mr. Stupid NoHead and began training with him for a full year.[3]
Encounter with Sēon Wan[]
The following week, in August, Mr. Stupid NoHead met Sēon Wan after Brute Gunray brought the mutant to the former. Wan had been conducting a year-long search for the NoHeads. In the NoHead headquarters, the Dark Lord interrogated him, though Wan insisted that he only wanted to join the NoHeads. Finally, the Shadow told him he could join if he could pass a test he would personally set before him. He took him to NR-327, who attacked Wan with low-energy bullets. Finally, he threw one back via telekinesis, before diving in and ripping apart the robot in a rage. Satisfied, the Dark Lord told him he had passed, and anointed him as an Arcanus in training. Before they began the training, Mr. Stupid NoHead took Wan to the latter's home. There, he burst in and killed his parents with two fluid sword strikes. Outraged, Wan attempted to kill Mr. Stupid NoHead, but the far superior mutant easily flounced off his electric assault and told him if his parents meant that much to him, he was not truly NoHead material. Wan apologized and they returned to the Wasp, though Wan was still depressed over the loss of his family.[16]
One day, in 2024, after a torturous session with a computer console on a number of questions and some exercises, Hell Burnbottom had wandered over to the ring, where NR-1119, code-name Fox, wielded a wooden staff and instructed him to dodge his blows in yet another exercise. The first two strikes hit Burnbottom, though he managed to evade the next two; then, Fox span and threw the staff at Burnbottom, hitting him in the face. Before Fox could retrieve the staff, an enraged Burnbottom unconsciously summoned the weapon. Surprised, Fox reported this discovery to Mr. Stupid NoHead. The Dark Lord asked Burnbottom how he felt during the exercise, and Burnbottom said he had felt angry. Mr. Stupid NoHead grinned with satisfaction and ordered Fox to prepare his cruiser for liftoff.[2]
The final test[]
One day, in 2024, Mr. Stupid NoHead finally decided that Rotta Hecks had progressed enough in her training to become his acolyte known as the Lemur, implying that she succeeded Dorphane Giles by holding a very similar rank.[3]
Eventually, the time came for Hell Burnbottom’s final test. Mr. Stupid NoHead sent him out to a remote and isolated area of Alaska, where he was hunted by robot soldiers for a month. At the end of the month, Burnbottom found NoHead waiting at the mouth of a cave. Burnbottom was exhausted, and had not eaten for days. Regardless, the Dark Lord challenged Burnbottom to a duel, in which Burnbottom was easily defeated. The Dark Lord stood over the broken man, and told him that he had been preparing another apprentice, should Burnbottom fail as he had. Enraged, Hell Burnbottom flew at his own father with murderous intent. Mr. Stupid NoHead was caught off guard, but was able to disarm Burnbottom. Even without a weapon, Burnbottom continued to attack, even going so far as to bite the Pale Hand before being ultimately defeated. Pleased, Mr. Stupid NoHead announced that Hell Burnbottom’s training was complete, and that he was now a NoHead Master.[2]
Interlinking conquests[]
- "Thou knowest my alternative. The last Kraton in the galaxy must not be allowed to live."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
In November of 2025, Mr. Stupid NoHead traveled to Utah State Prison and broke out Taylor Avery, for whom he had dealings in the past and had been locked up following the conclusion of the Insurrection of the Cavaliers of Thornton, as well as others who had been imprisoned since. Avery was instructed to go to Natalia Thornton's holdout and temporarily reside there until they were needed. Later that month, the Dark Lord teleported into the small building and ordered Thornton to go to Idaho, certain that, at some point, Vincent Organa would go there to rescue his friend, Helen McKeen. When he did, she was ordered to kill him. Avery asked in an abrasive tone if they should go as well, and Mr. Stupid NoHead reminded them that he had given them their liberty from prison and they should probably know when to remain silent. In response to this, Natalia bowed before the Dark Lord with her laser sword and wand in either hand, vowing that she would not fail her lord. Mr. Stupid NoHead replied that he knew she would not, while Avery rolled their eyes at their friend's attempts to appease their master.
But he would soon be distressed to learn that she had failed him. Organa had eluded her by sheer chance, and by Zira's personal strength of will. The Empress had refused to let her on the limousine that was to take Organa to his death, and so she could not be there to make sure he died. Beginning her sentence in February of 2026, Thornton came quietly and was imprisoned, and so the Dark Lord ultimately cut off ties with her.[17]
Further recruitment[]
Eventually, Rotta married Greg Hecks, though the man she loved ultimately was Mr. Stupid NoHead himself. Nevertheless, Greg and Rotta decided to have their own son in good time.[3] When Annabeth Black learned of a fight between Qamar's mother Abigail and a group of slavers, Mr. Stupid NoHead personally deployed a large military force to Bridgeton under his command. During the battle, Mr. Stupid NoHead defeated Ken in a brief duel and discovered the latter's son. Seeing his father's death, Qamar demonstrated his reflexive telekinesis by pulling NoHead's sword out of his hand. Impressed by Qamar's potential in the Darkness, Mr. Stupid NoHead abducted the younger Qamar shortly after he killed the boy's father and a squad of robots in order to keep Qamar's existence a secret. He endeavored to teach the ways of the Darkness to his new disciple, whom he first controlled through fear before training Qamar to harness his anger and other base emotions.[2] When Mr. Stupid NoHead traveled to Yellowstone later that year, he rounded up twenty-one[18] wolves there in yet another step to compensate for the Battle of Golgolod. A bounty hunter named Ariana offered to assist him, but he rejected her offer of help. Returned to base via several cruisers, one of which the Dark Lord himself piloted, they were stored in an underground chamber in the depths of Tsala, where they were fed two police victims, amid others.[19]
Several months later, Mr. Stupid NoHead endeavored to teach the ways of the Darkness to Bartholomew Gales, who willingly joined him. Initially, the Dark Lord controlled him through fear before training Gales to harness his anger and other base emotions. Despite his loyalty, Gales felt himself being drawn to the light. When signs of this connection became increasingly obvious, Mr. Stupid NoHead had Annabeth Black, whom he suspected Gales had tender feelings towards, attempt to teach Gales the art of mind resistance, rather than himself, as he believed such a thing was below him.
Later, he greenlit the fight against Poe Ledsa.[2]
Dealing with magic users[]
- "I saw him, Baby Intelligence, rising from the darkness. Save for his pale, gnarled hands, his entire visage was covered in a black cloak. The Qisheng has come! […] I ran, I ran up the many flights of stairs, but the Dark mutant would not let me escape with his secret."
- ―Merlin's second apprentice[src]
Mr. Stupid NoHead was now after the Klonham crystal, believing an army of wolves would be very useful in his plans of domination. Upon learning that a woman named Saurya possessed the crystal he sought, the Shadow assigned Galfalor of Eris to set up a band of goblins to corner the haunted nursery in which his quarry lived. Finally, Mr. Stupid NoHead and Galfalor entered the forest themselves. When Galfalor murdered Saurya and captured Aegii, Mr. Stupid NoHead returned to Tsala.
In 2029, shortly before unleashing the Robotic Monster, Mr. Stupid NoHead encountered the second apprentice of Merlin while he was standing inside a chamber. Inclining his head, he told the wizard he was ready to fight, but the latter ran off. Unwilling to allow the wizard to escape with his secret, Mr. Stupid NoHead sent several skyfighters after the old man, ultimately failing to claim his life.[20]
Dawn of warfare[]
Four months later he found that his newest recruit, the Lemur, was pregnant. The Dark Lord of Tsala was unaware if the baby would follow Rotta’s path, and kept a close watch until his birth. He spoke to the baby, whose name is Peter Hecks, unwittingly establishing an extremely powerful connection and awakening his most exotic superpower — the ability to see vivid present-time visions — without the conscious knowledge of the Unnamed. Through this link, he warned Peter that at this point, he was not only disinherited but also a marked man, and that the more he tried to escape, the worse he would make things for himself. Peter awakened in a panic, temporarily and abruptly upsetting the connection. A month later he unleashed the Robotic Monster on the city to lure the baby into the clutches of a woman he dispatched, Kenzie Walters of the Arcanus. Her attempted murder was ultimately thwarted by Sheriff Bladepoint.[21] After this, Mr. Stupid NoHead began mobilizing his armies for warfare. The Deaformas sided with the Dark Lord, who promised them scope for their powers.
Soon after, Galfalor of Eris, acting on the orders of Mr. Stupid NoHead, captured the Mayor and held her captive aboard his base, the Wasp. The news of her capture shocked the town, and many believed that they were on the verge of collapse. He had Galfalor take charge of the prisoner and leave Brute Gunray, Mean King, and X2 to command the sky battle outside. However, Peter Hecks, who was now called Baby Intelligence, mounted a rescue mission to save the Mayor, being accompanied by a stowaway named Sebiscuits Cardarphen. In a vicious scuffle with Galfalor himself, Cardarphen ultimately triumphed and attempted to murder him in cold blood. Mr. Stupid NoHead's belief that Cardarphen was the "perfect apprentice" he was looking for was cemented. Following this, Mr. Stupid NoHead breached the police cruiser and tortured an officer into telling him what happened to Baby Intelligence. As more police gathered, the captured officer revealed that the Mayor had escaped and the destruction of the Wasp. This caused NoHead to panic, and when the police added that Rotta had been unmasked by Baby Intelligence, he was enraged. He realized at that moment that Sebiscuits had joined Baby Intelligence. In a rage, he murdered the victim as well as the gathered police. The Shadow then paced the room with Galfalor and planned his next move. He became obsessed with finding Baby Intelligence, as he felt the baby's very existence threatened his power. His final war to dominate all the cosmos was already underway.[6]
Operation: Purge and the New Order[]
The seduction of Sebiscuits Cardarphen[]
By possessing Sirius Xameres and impersonating the flashy young man, Mr. Stupid NoHead spent much time attempting to turn Sebiscuits Cardarphen, Baby Intelligence's first comrade, to the Darkness, sowing seeds of doubt into the mind of the superhero. The baby was afraid there was no meaning in his life. "Xameres" promised the infant to open his mind to the Dark knowledge of sustaining or creating life, which — as he claimed — was the only way to find his purpose and avenge those whom he hated. In the past, he had inhabited unwitting men, though he disliked doing so because his possession significantly reduced their lifespans; none of his hosts survived for too long. Xameres' willpower kept him alive, something the Shadow found alarming.
When Baby Intelligence dispatched Sebiscuits again, Mr. Stupid NoHead and Rotta Hecks sensed his presence and convened at an old abandoned nuclear power plant. Just then, Sebiscuits came visiting. Possessing Xameres again, he spoke with him for an hour, then sent him away. The former immediately used a magical incantation to cast a dark illusion to ensnare Baby Intelligence. The ploy worked and Baby Intelligence raced to the power plant with Paige. Inside, they pursued the NoHeads with Paige and a squad of officers, with baby Intelligence mistaking Xameres for the real Dark Lord. As the battle unfolded, Baby Intelligence refused to sacrifice Paige to pursue Xameres, and instead demonstrated he was willing to sacrifice himself to save the young woman. Mr. Stupid NoHead's illusion faltered: the S.M.S.B. leader won.
Eventually, the inevitable confrontation emerged, and NoHead revealed, at the Globes Opera House, that he had been impersonating Xameres and that he intended to train Sebiscuits as an apprentice. Sebiscuits nearly killed NoHead on the spot. However, after Mr. Stupid NoHead implied that killing his old friend, Sirius Xameres, would result in Sebiscuits' fall to the Darkness and the rigid acceptance of it would negate the loss of any chance of happiness, Sebiscuits instead returned to the MBH and notified Baby Intelligence.[3]
The fate of the Eight Worlds[]
- "Thou indeed hath importance. This is it. Become my ally. Learn to harness the Darkness."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Subsequently, Baby Intelligence and his allies were able to infiltrate the Fourth Dominion. Paige told Sebiscuits to remain in the meditation chamber to try and calm his raging emotions, while she, along with officers Jason Williams, Caleb Hawkins, and Katy Smith, went to execute the Supreme Adversary of Man. He greeted the fighters as the latters boldly drew their swords, and Paige declared that he was to die. The Dark Lord immediately seized a sword of his own design hidden in his sleeve. Shrieking a bestial NoHead war cry, Mr. Stupid NoHead lunged forward in a vapory warp of energy and killed officers Hawkins and Williams before they could defend themselves. Smith held against the Dark Power for a few seconds before she was slain by the Black Master's blade. Left alone with Paige, the Dark Lord fought her in a ferocious one-on-one sword duel until he was disarmed and subsequently held at blade point. Sebiscuits then arrived and the Deceiver 'pleaded' with him, convincing the baby that Paige was their common foe.
When Paige Nelson declared that the threat of the NoHeads would never return and that the Enemy had lost, the Dark Lord angrily tried to seize the teenager's forehead, yet she then proceeded to smash him into a Death Booth he himself had made. As the booth tortured him, his appearance seemingly altered. To the appearances of his dual company, his face became visibly gaunt and soot-ridden, his eyes, fingernails and teeth turned yellow as his voice grew ragged and deep. He pleaded with Sebiscuits, "confirming" that his grotesque visage was the result of Paige's attack, and that he was too weak to hold off the attacks any longer. Paige proclaimed that she would put an end to the Dark Lord, but Cardarphen argued that Nelson, and not the Dark Lord, was too dangerous to be left alive, having decided that only the Dark Lord could help him. He had to choose between the S.M.S.B. members that appeared to abuse their power and the seemingly helpless and weak man that had supported him as long as they knew each other. As Paige raised her sword to deliver the killing blow, the baby chose the Dark Power, incinerating Nelson's sword arm. Choosing to maintain his cover of injury for the time being, Mr. Stupid NoHead then sprang back to life; with a horrible screeching sound erupting from his throat, he assaulted Paige with a devastating blast of black energy and hurled the young woman from the building to her presumed death far below.
With Paige Nelson eliminated, Mr. Stupid NoHead regarded Sebiscuits Cardarphen. At last the baby was where the Black Master needed him to be; isolated and willing to murder his former friends. Desperate to find acceptance, as well as his true destiny, Cardarphen had effectively sacrificed an ally, seemingly perfectly fulfilling the NoHead covenant that commanded the slaughter of one who was close. With no other place to turn, he finally yielded to Mr. Stupid NoHead’s temptations, asking only that he love him for what he was. To smooth the transition, the Dark Lord soothed his fears, and his conscience. So for the second time he openly promised Cardarphen that he would be his friend. This was strictly a deception, meant to turn Sebiscuits away from the fold. Cardarphen went down on bended knee before NoHead and pledged himself to the NoHeads.[3]
The fall of the Jade Sanctum[]
- "First, I want thee to go to the Jade Sanctum. We shall ambush them! Thou knowest what thou art to do."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Like the Lemur, Sebiscuits Cardarphen had to demonstrate his allegiance through decisive action. Mr. Stupid NoHead had already convinced him that the S.M.S.B. was conspiring to take power, so it was easy to nudge him into the right frame of mind, reminding him that they would no stop until their ranks were extinct, and if he were gone, what hope did Sebiscuits have? To this end, he placed under Sebiscuits’ command a special robot unit and sent them off to the Jade Sanctum, which would be set ablaze by a violent storm. Operation: Purge would prove successful, and the sanctum would soon be ablaze.
In cutting down the most vulnerable members of the army to whom he had once sworn allegiance, Cardarphen would tie himself firmly to the NoHead cause. The slight chance that he could try to return to his old life would become nonexistent. Sebiscuits performed splendidly; through the night Sebiscuits led his troops through the corridors in an orgy of carnage. Almost unopposed, Sebiscuits’ blade and the robots butchered the police. When Sebiscuits and the robots completed their errand, the Jade Sanctum was but a smoking ruin.[3]
Operation: Purge[]
- "To Conversion Junctions 1 through 120… it is time. Enact Operation: Purge!"
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead begins the second purge[src]
While Sebiscuits attacked the sanctum, the Dark Lord saw to the other police. After five decades of planning, the time for revenge had come. His instrument was, of course, his Grand Army. The Conversion Junctions were all children with transmitters in their heads. The police would not see it coming; they would not know the children were really under the complete conntrol of the dark forces.
Still in his laboratory, Mr. Stupid NoHead reached out to key a special frequency via hologram. He contacted the various Replicas to issue a single command: Wipe out the police. With each repetition of the order, his satisfaction grew. He could sense what was happening — not in detail, but he felt the Darkness growing stronger with each death.
On two hundred fronts, police suddenly found themselves facing the guns of who they thought were children. The Replicas performed spectacularly;[3] an official estimate indicated that out of nearly 900 police, fewer than fifty survived the assault — 95 percent of the organization had been eliminated at a stroke.[22]
So enthused was NoHead by this long-anticipated victory that after issuing the order, he went to the Jade Sanctum himself, to see the fruit of his labors in person. Indeed, he had no choice but to go, so long had he worked and waited for this moment. In the local library, he found Sebiscuits finishing off a small group of police and the librarian, Isabella Koon. Cardarphen knelt in obedience, and NoHead praised him, telling him he had done well and his power would soon be unequaled. He then told him to go to the MBH as planned. They separated again, leaving Cardarphen to see to his second task. For there were still a few remaining loose ends: the S.M.S.B. itself.[3]
Assisting Sebiscuits Cardarphen[]
- "I bear a gift for thee, my friend. Thy Simult superior seeks to destroy thee. This is thy birthright, my boy, as is the title I now bequeath to you… Chief of Pursuit. Together, the both of us shall go down in history together as we cleanse the universe."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead to Sebiscuits Cardarphen[src]
Mr. Stupid NoHead had promised to intervene in the unlikely event that Baby Intelligence gained the upper hand. Finally, he left Jade Sanctum and flew to the state capitol. After entering the building, the Dark Lord found everyone inside had been translated into the Mindless, to his delight. Crossing the halls in search of Sebiscuits, the Dark Lord located Greg Hecks, who had survived the assault. Terrified, Greg drew his gun and attempted to shoot NoHead, but NoHead used his sword to deflect the shots and freeze Greg with a telekinetic technique. He then threw Greg to the ground and interrogated him. Greg baffled NoHead by being completely unafraid of him, saying that he welcomed death. The Dark Lord probed his mind and quickly sensed Greg was not a NoHead at all. Using his sword, the Dark Lord murdered Greg in a rage without gaining anything. However, he had deduced that he should follow the path to find the two duelists, and that Rotta had deceived Greg into thinking she was harmless. After retracing the steps down to the kitchen, he teleported outside. He then boarded his personal fighter and flew to the roof, where he saw Baby Intelligence had disarmed Sebiscuits and was about to kill him. The Dark Lord quickly beamed a shocked Cardarphen into his sky vessel. Once he was inside, he stepped into a small chamber on the ship and revealed a token he had been waiting to give to him. Mr. Stupid NoHead then dubbed Cardarphen as the Chief of Pursuit.
Subsequently, the Dark Lord's initial smug amusement at the irony of the free peoples' situation turned when Black met Oswald the Destroyer and told him of her plan, the Unity. Sometime before this, she had met and communed with Genesis, the fearsome lord of the Resometh. He told her to seek out the Mettan Remnant, which the Black Power was already fully aware of, and in the meantime she pondered a way to unite the Arcanus so they would not succumb to the fire she and Genesis were contemplating starting together. Eager to act on this, he eventually discovered that the ships of Vartal were powered by black holes, and personally strode by all of his ships to esure they could amplify their own power through similar means. Bringing the NoHead fleet to Vartal would not destroy them as Black intended; rather, it would strengthen them and grant Mr. Stupid NoHead a telepathic attuement with all the machinery his organization utilized to enforce their will. The Dark Lord, being as perceptive as he is, easily saw through her measures to maintain the secrecy of the Unity, but he chose to allow her to believe she had fooled him for the time being.[23]
At some point during the war, when Mr. Stupid NoHead was at the height of his dominion, a prophecy was given by the prophet which predicted the fall of the Dark Lord. This prophecy was given in a hotel during an interview. This prophecy was overheard by the NoHead and informant Amarone Chalsey, who relayed to Mr. Stupid NoHead what she had heard. Feeling threatened, he sprang into action to prevent the fulfillment of the prophecy. After a long search, Mr. Stupid NoHead discovered the Kellermans' hideout, he simply walked into their home one night and proceeded to interrogate and murder Zach and Bridgett. However, when he turned to Lindsay, she disappeared into an alley, much to the Dark Lord's rage.[3]
Battle of the Fourth Dominion[]
- "The Magistrate and I hath much in common. Both of us, for instance, had very disappointing lovers… very disappointing indeed. And both of us had the pleasure… the inexpressible pleasure… of seeing to it that the problem was resolved! … her death will plunge the government into horror. I shall overthrow her, and the NoHeads shall cleanse this universe. Thou shalt understand the nuances of power. Thou shalt love the NoHeads!"
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Very soon after, the S.M.S.B. arrived at the Fourth Dominion, at which point Mr. Stupid NoHead was currently possessing Sirius Xameres. Notified of their presence, Mr. Stupid NoHead dispatched a legion of robotic fighters to deal with them, confident it would suffice. As he looked on, Baby Intelligence led the other S.M.S.B. members in a fierce sky battle near his base, slowly overcoming the fighters and eventually bringing down the fence. At this point, he chose to deal with them personally, appearing out of nowhere to personally engage Baby Intelligence in a dogfight. His archenemy pursued him into the Fourth Dominion and through its halls. Xameres took critical damage from the enemy and Mr. Stupid NoHead disappeared, but the baby made no attempt to follow.
The sky battle over, the Dark Lord dispossessed Xameres, had him carted away, and possessed Oin instead, at which point he returned to his private quarters and drew the Verasect, a family heirloom and his last resort for killing Baby Intelligence. He then returned to a high balcony overlooking the lobby. Hell Burnbottom then proceeded to torture the S.M.S.B. members until Baby Intelligence arrived. The Dark Lord, who had been anticipating the arrival of the S.M.S.B., revealed that 1,000 Rockets awaited the S.M.S.B. task force, as well as numerous Bratpros. Nelson responded by revealing the imminent intervention of the Rear Guard. The new Rocket army of the NoHeads overwhelmed the reinforcements, and Nelson was forced to retreat while NoHead observed from the balcony.
Mr. Stupid NoHead did not join the battle personally, though this gave him time to realize that Rotta was responsible for the casualties they had suffered from Baby Intelligence. This he believed because she had a chance to raise him to their cause. He told Rotta this. The Dark Lord then attacked Rotta before she could react, slashing her throat open with an ionic shockwave. As Hell Burnbottom backed away to a wall behind the Lemur, the Shadow telekinetically pushed her off the balcony.[3]
Partial demise[]
With that, Baby Intelligence’s rage exploded. He climbed to the top of the balcony for a fight, in which Mr. Stupid NoHead had a far greater advantage. After subjecting Baby Intelligence to two lightning strikes and a violent energy wave, he then pushed him off the balcony and would have followed, but Sebiscuits Cardarphen and his friends began slowly freeing Xameres from his wards, at which point his eyes flashed a reddish-white as the voice of Mr. Stupid NoHead confronted Cardarphen and pounced on him, saying that the baby had disappointed him twice, because he could get him into trouble, and that he did not kill Dovo or force the Magistrate's whereabouts out of him during their fight on a hilltop. Though Cardarphen murdered Paige Nelson and avenged numerous NoHead assets, he ultimately failed his trial of ascendancy. The Dark Lord had sensed his apprentice's inner struggle from afar, this conflict within him only growing and the disciple more spiritually misguided than before. In response, Cardarphen told the Dark Lord that he was acting this way because he loved Xameres more than he feared him.
The idea of an emotion he had never experienced at all, being stronger than his ability to instill fear and control, sent Mr. Stupid NoHead over the edge, his last words reverberating through him in full dark tone screaming that Xameres would die if he were exorcised. Still, Cardarphen's friend did not stop the extraction, forcing Mr. Stupid NoHead to fully dispossess Oin and teleport into the middle of the lobby to confront them in person, the Verasect in hand. Suddenly, Baby Intelligence lunged forward and the Dark Lord swatted him away. As Cardarphen and his friend began running out, hustling Xameres' body with them, Baby Intelligence proceeded to snatch the Verasect and attack its owner. Mr. Stupid NoHead countered Baby Intelligence with lightning, which he attempted several times to direct (still locked in battle with Baby Intelligence) in all directions, with lightning tendrils popping off from the main beam.
Mr. Stupid NoHead opted to break the connection and with his hand, quickly breathed fire and conjured a huge, fiery cord. The fire realized the presence of Baby Intelligence, rearing and striking down in an attempt to devour him. Baby Intelligence backed up and then gathered the flames for himself whirling them into a fiery ring like mass, and sent them hurtling towards NoHead. Mr. Stupid NoHead took the hit and was blown away in a mass of sparks, his physical body seemingly obliterated as his spirit endured. With this his nightmarish era of tyranny died with him. Or so the universe believed, as the Dark Lord was not so easily destroyed.[3]
Resurgence[]
Phantom ascendant[]
- "Mr. Stupid NoHead survived. His sons brought him back. It is not over yet."
- ―The ghost of Rotta Hecks[src]
When Mr. Stupid NoHead fell in 2029, Hell Burnbottom, now at Yellowstone, told Brute Gunray and Mean King that NoHead had taught him about a forbidden serum that could bring back their father through a consecutive two-day ritual. As a team, the three of them successfully carried it out. Now alive again with his consciousness restored within human flesh, Mr. Stupid NoHead took his first breath as he jolted to a new awareness, but it was one of pain, as he did not yet have his full strength restored. Additionally, his new body was insufficient for containing his spirit, due to his power in the Darkness being so immense, and consequently began to decay, giving him a ghoulish, undead appearance reminiscent of his natural one, but more shriveled in appearance. Buoyed by the faith of his followers, he fought to survive in his rotting, weak, and temporary vessel. With Sebiscuits Cardarphen currently lost to him, he brought his sons back to Tsala and showed them around Tophet for the very first time before getting to work on a death machine to use in the final stages of his plan to destroy and reform the cosmos, going to show that his mind remained sharper than ever while his spirit clearly remained unbound. Burnbottom helped him create the superweapon, as did Gunray. In the meantime, his underlings called back the forces of darkness to him. Mr. Stupid NoHead then plotted his revenge on Baby Intelligence. However, he realized he did not know of the infant's whereabouts. It also ocurred to him that while was able to stave off death with the serum and concentration of dark energy in Tsala, immortality eluded the Dark Lord.
Somehow, Mr. Stupid NoHead learned that when the wizard Merlin died, his second apprentice had cheated death and obtained immortality, a concept which continued to elude the Dark Lord. Believing he could be of great help to the NoHeads, he took several measures to seek him out. Mr. Stupid NoHead dispatched Annabeth Black and Arcanus Kenzie Walters to locate both the wizard and Baby Intelligence.
Eventually, Walters sent a beacon that revealed the wizard was near her and Black's holdout in Sydney, Australia. Realizing the wizard was still in Sydney, Mr. Stupid NoHead sent Walters to summon Black and Hell Burnbottom. When they arrived, he told them of the wizard's whereabouts and formally issued a decree warning Fobbles against harboring Baby Intelligence. When Burnbottom left the room, Black told him about Lucy McCallin's attempts to sway the public to Baby Intelligence, eventually leading directly to the capture of the writer's daughter, Annie, effectively shutting her up and controlling the press.[20]
Targeting Baby Intelligence[]
Through the Varlarien inside the Dancing Dorm, Mr. Stupid NoHead realized that Baby Intelligence was hunting for the three scrolls that would allow him to find the Chosen One. He briefly communicated with his enemy, warning him that "[his] secret has a new name".[20] He moved at once and, with a squad of his robot forces, raided the Dancing Dorm in order to capture Baby Intelligence. By the time they arrived, the S.M.S.B. Grand Master had already escaped from the Dorm.
Furious that his archenemy had once again escaped under his nose, and adhering his his own law that anyone who harbored Baby Intelligence would face execution, Mr. Stupid NoHead had everybody inside executed to keep them silent.[24] Subsequently, he began personally seeking Baby Intelligence himself. He also ordered Annabeth Black to lead the Arcanus to seek out Baby Intelligence. Upon learning that Baby Intelligence had procured the final scroll on Mount Everest, Mr. Stupid NoHead realized that the S.M.S.B. was in New Hampshire and sent Walters and Black to capture Baby Strength, knowing Baby Intelligence would attempt to rescue his comrade.[20]
Battle of Tsala[]
- "Now thou perish, as all superheroes must."
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
Hours later, Mr. Stupid NoHead finally ordered his entire army to be completely mobilized and overlooked the process from atop a balcony, cackling at the prospect of victory. He was suddenly alerted of the presence of his enemy, who had brought an orphan baby named Lindsay Kellerman. As the armies of Italy converged, the Dark Lord of Tsala encountered the S.M.S.B. Grand Master in a foreboding antechamber within the Tower of Eden's Cleft. He recognized Kellerman as the baby he had discovered previously, and delighted in going for her demise as well. He strangled Baby Intelligence, but Kellerman distracted him and caused him to lose grip. Angered, he intercepted a hasty punch from Bash and struck the ally of the S.M.S.B. with a slew of harmful energy emanating from the Pale Hand. To his horror Baby Intelligence saw a flash of red light then heard the sound of a body hitting the tower's ground. He wasted no time attempting to do away with both of them. He first tried telekinetically throwing some logs at Baby Intelligence with terrifying speed in order to knock him out of the window. However, when he blocked them with a Shield, he telekinetically sent a nearby wagon hurtling for him, striking the superhero point-blank and causing him to roll down a vat of industrial fluid. The other babies followed him down.
While the S.M.S.B. members were away, the Dark Lord returned to Tophet and activated the machine to destroy China; however, it couldn’t send a signal that far. He left the useless laboratory device in a tower near the Pillar of Eden's Cleft, knowing Baby Intelligence still lived and that he would find it in a place the Romans could not simply force entry to, merely waiting nearby until his prediction became reality. Baby Intelligence detonated the machine, and he took his cue to reveal his presence. He stared at his apprehensive nemesis and the two began to circle each other. Baby Intelligence cited that neither of them could live amongst each other, and that one of them was going to leave for good. Mr. Stupid NoHead would not indulge most of his enemy's remarks even as mortal enemies circled one another. His words were weighted and chiselled as he proclaimed that Baby Intelligence's achievements were accident and chance, while Baby Intelligence said that Mr. Stupid NoHead wouldn't be able to kill any of them ever again, because Baby Intelligence was ready to die to stop him from hurting them.
Mr. Stupid NoHead did not speak but continued prowling in a circle, finally implying with a horrifically perverse gesture that if nobody sacrificed themselves for Baby Intelligence, that nothing would save Baby Intelligence. His subsequent laugh was humorless and insane, a sound more frightening than his screams, which echoed around the silent chamber. He cryptically implied he had been in charge once before and that he was preparing to unveil the observable universe to those in the Eight Worlds he was about to resume ruling over; Baby Intelligence realized with bittersweet ambivalence that Carol Wilcox had been right all along: the Dark Lord's mind was wrapped solely around the idea that power was an end in itself, and felt he required no further purpose in life. Refusing to lay bare the mounting horror the mere presence of his enemy was instilling, Baby Intelligence shakily asked Mr. Stupid NoHead to halt his conquest of the cosmos, but the Dark Lord had absolutely zero intention of backing down, instead making a point by unsheathing his blade, although he smugly yet correctly believed it would not yet be needed.
At this point Mr. Stupid NoHead engaged Baby Intelligence, effortlessly batting aside his telekinetic blows and quickly incapacitated him, breaking the superhero's arm and leg and giving him a heinous chest wound with a mutantry-enhanced slash of his blade. However, his final attempt on the life of the superhero was foiled by Merlin's second apprentice, who materialized from under a table at the last second and hotly refused to join forces with the Dark Lord and instead fired a Mutilation Curse at Annabeth Black. Resentful at this display of ancient magic, the Dark Lord caught the wizard by surprise by relieving him of his wand before he drew his ominous blade and engaged the wizard in a fantastic duel. Unable to slice through the wizard's staunch defense due to his centuries of practice, the Dark Lord unleashed a great multi-eyed beast. The beast immediately realized the presence of Merlin's apprentice rearing and, while it was striking down with exposed fangs and a completely opened jaw, Baby Intelligence unexpectedly tossed the wizard his wand before Mr. Stupid NoHead could stop him from retrieving it, at which point Merlin's apprentice backed up and slashed at the creature with his wand in a flick like movement, gravely injuring it and sending its bulky form hurtling towards Mr. Stupid NoHead with a magically-enhanced kick. The Dark Lord likewise defended himself by telekinetically pushing the monster aside and into the Chamber of Fire to be consumed.
Merlin's apprentice then cast a complex spell, where he shattered several objects around them so that the pieces and shards erupted and flowed out surrounding and encasing Mr. Stupid NoHead inside an enchanted cage of fire held together by visible purple energies in an attempt to immolate him and finish the duel. Merlin's apprentice maintained the shape of the complex fire cage by continually sculpting and spinning it. Baby Intelligence called his name, but then he realized his mistake when the wizard's concentration broke as he turned his head. This combined with Mr. Stupid NoHead furiously tearing at the white-hot cage bars caused the cage to explode, allowing the Dark Lord to escape from his fiery prison. Teleporting and swiftly reappearing near the back wall, he caught his enemies by complete surprise by sending a massive shockwave of purple-white light in all directions. The explosion knocked over Merlin's apprentice and Baby Intelligence and caused several walls in the room to shatter. The millions of tiny shards of wood and concrete were immediately manipulated by the Pale Hand to home in on Merlin's apprentice and Baby Intelligence, and Merlin's apprentice used his wand to generate a wall of colorful light to absorb several eruptive attacks. Overwhelmed by his opponent's curses, the Dark Lord found that he had met his match. As Lindsay Kellerman suddenly arrived, Mr. Stupid NoHead pretended to flee, hiding under a large platform. The Dark Lord then turned invisible, feigning Deteleportation.[20]
The Voice of Sir Edgar Caravan[]
- "You will never terrorize another soul, slave of the Devil!"
- ―Sir Edgar Caravan speaking through Baby Intelligence and Lindsay Kellerman as one[src]
Mr. Stupid NoHead reemerged immediately, threatening his adversaries with their doom. Using their last ounces of strength, Baby Intelligence and Lindsay Kellerman rose together simultaneously and entered into the Voice of Sir Edgar, a spiritual and ethereal form where the ancient legend Sir Edgar Caravan controlled Kellerman's every action, word, and thought, using her as a vessel to finally fulfill the prophecies of centuries past. Baby Intelligence extended his hand, which instantly blazed with light and the robots dissipated immediately.
Mr. Stupid NoHead engaged in a short but heated battle with Baby Intelligence and Kellerman, trying to dominate each others' minds. Mr. Stupid NoHead tried to sway them, but they both defied him with scornful words. The Dark Lord's body began to fluctuate, constantly revolving and reshaping as the babies assaulted him and attempted to drive him into the Chamber of Fire. Finally, the Dark Lord's mind was penetrated and Kellerman issued a single command "Go forth into the shadows of Purgatory and never return!" Unable to resist them any longer, Mr. Stupid NoHead fell back into the Chamber of Fire. But with Sir Edgar completing his period of spiritual possession, Baby Intelligence and Kellerman were both rendered weak after their strife and fell to the ground. In a split-second before the smouldering impact, he deliberately caused his body to explode in a release of energy just before his remains burned to death.[20] Having accepted at long last that his death was inevitable, he hoped that the last thing he would do would be to eliminate all who were directly involved in it.[24]
The scattered energy, while initially invisible, condensed into deadly waves that grew in visibility until Merlin's apprentice noticed them, and then the gruesome concentration of all of Mr. Stupid NoHead's terrible power hurled itself at the platform as the Dark Lord's evil spirit let out a feral, ear-splitting screech. Merlin's apprentice sacrificed himself, sprinting forwards and hurtling all his magic at the waves. The employment of magic was far too much for the old man, who died as the Dark energies disappeared.[20] While Mr. Stupid NoHead's physical body was destroyed, his spirit endured and fled. But his campaign to defeat the free peoples had seemingly failed for good.[23]
After death[]
The temptation of Sheriff Bladepoint[]
- "I have reflected upon the blood shed in my name, and I feared going on after death. Still, what would it be, given thy way? My deeds cannot be undone. My greatest concern is keeping the NoHeads, so minded are they of order, sound. Can thou see it not that I have seen the error of my ways and have lost my lust for power and dominion long ago? Give up thy hatred, for it is of darkness, and come with me. Think of what we can achieve together."
"No. You cannot use a couple of sugar-coated lies to make me forsake your atrocities against humanity, and I am no longer willing to exchange meaningless banter with you." - ―Mr. Stupid NoHead and Sheriff Bladepoint[src]
Despite his defeat, Mr. Stupid NoHead was not vanquished permanently. Though greatly weakened, and in non-corporeal form, he still existed, awaiti for his faithful followers to find him, but many of them assumed there was nothing left of him to find. Mr. Stupid NoHead finally regained enough potency and went to the Eastern Field in May of 2030, where he fought with Sheriff Bladepoint. Baby Intelligence noticed the fear in the Sheriff's eyes to be genuine. The evil spirit spoke to Bladepoint, attempting to persuade the Sheriff to ally himself with the NoHeads. Bladepoint refused and they continued their battle. Bladepoint's mind was nearly overwhelmed, he shook off the Dark Lord, but barely, and the soul found himself unable to any longer bear contact with his old enemy.[24]
The new trio consisting of Annabeth Black, young nomad Pythoman, and his traitorous ex-student Sebiscuits Cardarphen learned that the S.M.S.B. had somehow navigated the treacherous Lake of Tears and was hunting them. When Black got Cardarphen to join her at an undisclosed rendezvous point for a short while, Oswald the Destroyer, who had previously served him during the First NoHead War, came to believe the Dark Lord was communing with him. The NoHeads' command defaulted on Oswald, whose allegiance to the Dark Lord was secured, officially combining the NoHeads' forces with those of the Mettan Remnant so the theoretical Dark Empire would soon come underway when the free peoples expected it least of all. Though Oswald claimed that he was testing the resolve of the NoHeads before a showdown with the Police Grand Army, Oswald secretly intended to carry out the Unity himself. The Unity involved summoning the NoHead remnants and the Grand Army fleets and sending the two belligerents to Vartal. The Observatory of Tutus contained a gravitational sphere shaped like a globe of the Earth which would allow the Device of Teleportation to bring all the military forces to the Resometh. Black prepared to mind-control Reno and force him to come in person and bring the Device of Teleportation to Tutu Land, yet according to Oswald, the Dark Lord had already deduced this to be part of her sneaky planning. In secret, Oswald had arranged for himself and several "worthy" NoHeads to flee to Uranus, where he had several useful contacts of his own to enrich the imminent Dark Empire.
In the end, Lewis managed to stop Oswald's plan to bring the entire Grand Army directly to Genesis to defeat him and rebound as the Dark Lord meticulously devised, as well as much of the NoHead fleet, although many of the NoHeads' assets successfully found their way to Vartal and became empowered just as design had arranged. Despite perishing in the ensuing battle, Oswald succeeded in fulfilling what he claimed were his spectral master's orders to a degree while maintaining his false loyalty to Black, and the rebirth of the Dark Lord and establishment of the new Dark Empire was prevented, assuming it was ever probable to begin with.[23] It seemed fact, however, that his exposure to the fading Dark energies from the Arcanus forced him to flee and proceed to lay in hiding, slowly recovering his strength until he was once again able to take physical form.[25]
The Sword of Abomination[]
Mr. Stupid NoHead bade his time until January of 2040, he saw his chance to free Whammo Fireball, Cygnus Evans, and Darren Slade, and the evil spirit committed a mass breakout from Beta Prison, setting the three long-imprisoned men loose. Mr. Stupid NoHead's ghost had little trouble arranging this, as many of the jail guards were frightened by the mere look of him coupled with the indication he had somehow returned into the picture. In firing a huge beam at the wall, the wall cracked and exploded. Whammo and Cygnus joined him in the dark forests. This incident was later reported in the newspaper,[8] hence coming to the knowledge of Oswald the Destroyer, who was still in possession of his observatory dome. Dutifully, he promptly set in motion the old task that Mr. Stupid NoHead supposedly assigned him which involved exploiting some of his contacts on Vartal. He planted a minitiarized version of the aforementioned dome on eleven-year-old Jonathan, who brought it to a graveyard where he was taking refuge, adding it to his meager collection.
When the abhorred soul of the Dark Lord was ready to take his physical form from Jonathan. However, the boy had realized an unhallowed force was planning to take his life as his own and planned accordingly. Worried for his life, the boy took up the Sword of Abomination, which he had acquired from a black-clad messenger of none other than Sir Edgar Caravan himself a few years back, calling on the power of all the souls within the cemetery and unsheathed the ancient weapon. As a result, Mr. Stupid NoHead — founder and leader of the NoHeads, Emperor of Sol, the Shadow in the North, and Dark Lord of Tsala–was destroyed after many decades by a cosmic miracle once and for all, melting away ectoplasm and vaporizing his entire spirit from existence itself,[25] thereby making it impossible for the Black Queen to summon him when the year 2050 would come,[8] and releasing a great mystical wave that decimated the entire cemetery. Mr. Stupid NoHead's power was forever vanquished from existence, and the threat of his dominion was forever removed.[25]
Legacy[]
Aftermath of Tsala[]
- "A knight once foretold of dark mist in the cold sleet, a black cape whose vileness was most, the Dark Lord, Bane of Governors, primal shadow unleashed, with a thirst to assimilate the cosmos! Helped by the kind, by the wise; who were they to draw their eyes? We moved to kill the black-clad foe, as he crept and harmed and haunted, lo! The day arose when we foiled plans to enslave the universe and the grave. At the very peak of the dark days came a baby with one goal: to vanquish the bane of all banes, the Dark Lord called NoHead."
- ―An excerpt from the second verse of A Hard-Won Peace, writen by Baby Intelligence[src]
Following the Battle of Tsala, the free peoples celebrated Mr. Stupid NoHead's death. Several hours after the end of the battle, Annabeth Black entered to find Hell Burnbottom alone on the ground, mourning his father, and the scorched remains of an unprecedented sapient horror now undone. The downfall of the Dark Lord created an immediate power vacuum that Burnbottom took advantage of by assuming his fallen father's role as the new Grand Master of the Order by birthright, much to the displeasure of Black, and so the evil work of the Dark Power continued on, enabling the NoHeads to survive their biggest defeat. After Mr. Stupid NoHead's death, the veils of secrecy that surrounded the NoHeads because of his reliance on mysticism unraveled as Burnbottom seized control and moved to assert dominance over the universe.
Even though the Dark Lord was gone, his debilitating defeat did not mean the end of his complex ideas, and hence, he still affected events during the Second NoHead War. The days following his death were chaotic, as massive uprisings could not be initiated since the NoHeads were so quick to hide their assets, which were already well-concealed from public view, causing the U.S. Government to do little until any genuine signs, so much as cryptic whispers of the NoHeads' whereabouts could be found, with the 2030 Pandemic rendering the NoHeads even harder to track. Due to post-traumatic stress, Baby Intelligence began to have frequent nightmares about Tsala, one of which involved Mr. Stupid NoHead dying obscured behind a blanket of blinding red light. The wound Mr. Stupid NoHead inflicted on Baby Intelligence haunted the young superhero throughout his journey. The wound was described as Baby Intelligence being sawed in half until he was healed by a miracle. He later admitted that Dark mutants had a way of dying rather dramatic deaths. Baby Intelligence composed a poem about his old enemy, titled A Hard-Won Peace, which received much acclaim by the guests at the party it was created for. To Baby Intelligence, as well as many other enemies of the Dark Order, Mr. Stupid NoHead's name became synonymous with the most quitessential example of villainy, and he became remembered by history as an idyllic representative of everything that is evil.[18]
Near the Golden Gates, Baby Intelligence realized how hard it was to face the memories of Mr. Stupid NoHead, recalling the death of his mother and the Dark Lord's cold, shrill laughter.[16] He would continue to mention him several times.[24][23]
Hell Burnbottom also mentioned on one occasion, while comparing himself to his father, that while he himself killed only when necessary, Mr. Stupid NoHead did it to amuse himself.[16]
Impact on the universe[]
Although the annihilation of his soul essentially erased Mr. Stupid NoHead from existence, it did not stop his son, Hell Burnbottom, from returning to life in 2041 and continuing the NoHeads' conquest for another two years, though this ultimately saw the end of the NoHeads for good when he died a second time, as his father had done in Tsala.[25]
Even though Mr. Stupid NoHead’s second death prevented him from ever returning to Earth, his legacy would endure long after his ultimate defeat. His entire reign led to Sol’s ruin and the deaths of hundreds of millions, especially in North America. The leading members and facets of the government also managed to survive despite the NoHeads’ fifty-year reign, even though it had to reform somewhat from the damage caused by the NoHeads. There were even people who craved for another one of his returns, most notably his grandson, Thomas Meyer.
Eventually, Mr. Stupid NoHead's ideas ended up becoming the basis of the regime that developed into Plague Reborn, the NoHeads' successor, led by a Dark mutant who the Dark Lord once sensed the existence of, the Gladiator.[26] At this point, Galfalor of Eris, who had long since fled with some of the regime's greatest secrets, suffered a complete mental breakdown and unleashed the Megagerms due to his vengeance over the Dark Lord's final downfall.[27] Mr. Stupid NoHead and his evil ways would also inspire his grandson, the Dark Flame, in his quest for power and supremacy. Thus, while the ancient prophecy that foretold the destruction of the Dark Lord came to pass, it did not foretell the permanent annihilation of darkness, for so long as there existed light, there would always be its shadow.[28][29]
One Dominion[]
In an alternate universe,[8] over a century after Mr. Stupid NoHead's fall, a new NoHead Order known as the One Dominion had been founded by the Devastator, the son of Quake. With thousands of NoHead servants at his disposal, the Devastator swore that they would never repeat Mr. Stupid NoHead's mistakes such as letting scattered police officers live. However, unlike Mr. Stupid NoHead, the Devastator did not adhere to the hierarchy of his predecessor, which caused many of his enemies to consider him a heretic and pretender. The Devastator devised the Homosiety. The One was the NoHead Order itself, united under his leadership in order to bring order to the Eight Worlds. The One Dominion ultimately ended up wiped out with the Devastator's permanent destruction, with the NoHeads as a whole later being wiped out by Emma Austin, with Emma herself dying shortly afterwards.[30]
Alternate Universes[]
Fighting the Cosmic Strangers[]
During his war against the free peoples of the Eight Worlds, Mr. Stupid NoHead was confronted by the Cosmic Strangers in the Thar Desert in India. Although he was able to briefly possess Stareye and take him over to turn on his superhero allies against his free will, his efforts to prevent their interference proved to be futile as they disintegrated his body and imprisoned his already mangled soul within one of their artifacts, silencing the Dark Lord forever.[19]
Betrayed by Dorphane Giles[]
Emperor Maraj initially had Dorphane Giles as a close ally. However, his underling betrayed him and challenged him on board the Damnation, resulting in them dueling to a stalemate which resulted in both of them disappearing mysteriously from the face of Sol.[19]
Supplanted by his Chief Enforcer[]
Originally, Mr. Stupid NoHead was Cosmic Emperor and he heralded Dorphane Giles as the Chief Enforcer of his Dark Empire. However, he was betrayed by his underling and was subsequently ambushed and destroyed. Quickly taking his position as Cosmic Emperor, Giles proclaimed that from this point onwards, her word would be law all throughout the Eight Worlds, all while many high-tier Imperial officers were shocked and outraged by the development of Emperor Maraj's sudden death.[19]
Conspiring with the International Alliance[]
A surreptitious conqueror, Mr. Stupid NoHead gave permission to his followers to go forward with a deal with Zira Miranda Grover who hired them to assassinate Steven Thompson, so Zira could take Summer Petersen for her own and provide the NoHeads with the weapons as an exchange, which would be beneficial for the Dark Lord. However, Vanir who was on a deep cover operation as an agent of Cara Mota and infiltrated the NoHeads, uncovered their plans. On Mr. Stupid NoHead's orders, the NoHead operatives targeted Thompson, however, he was rescued by Vanir who cut down all NoHead operatives and evacuated Thompson from the area.[31]
Monitoring Lord Abalan[]
Mr. Stupid NoHead charged Abalan with fighting the Police Grand Army.[31]
Two Rap Battles[]
Mr. Stupid NoHead performed a Rap Battle with Baby Intelligence. At the end, Mr. Stupid NoHead lost his temper and killed Baby Intelligence and the announcer before electrocuting everyone in the audience, perhaps fatally. This is of course not the canonical way Baby Intelligence died, as he is impaled by the Dark Flame at the end of Agents of the S.M.S.B.: The Inferno Relit. He returns to rap with Xerin Hedashield.
Survival[]
Meeting Hannah Hunter[]
During his final fight with Baby Intelligence, Mr. Stupid NoHead falls into the Chamber of Fire. At the last minute, he telekinetically summons a Nyoraginn flower, which allows him to survive. Believing their enemy had burned to death, the S.M.S.B. members leave.
With the loss of his army and the knowledge that his sons believe him dead, Mr. Stupid NoHead ventures to the beach, having nowhere else to go. Upon arriving, he collapses in front of the ocean, where he's approached by a “mailman” named Hannah Hunter. He asks NoHead if he's all right, and NoHead, believing the mailman dispensable, says he feels lost. When the mailman asks for emphasis, NoHead says his way of life is lost. Out of empathy, the mailman invites NoHead to his apartment. Mr. Stupid NoHead passes himself off as Peter Kellerman and Beakers the torapp joins them.
Inside the car, the mailman asks for more of “Peter’s” backstory, but NoHead refuses to speak. Upon arriving home, the mailman went to change clothes, and told NoHead to make himself comfortable. However, after waiting for a good half hour, he went down to check on the individual.
Upon seeing the walls are pink and the mailman was wearing a bra, NoHead became suspicious. Before he could deduce anything else, the mailman slammed the door. Shortly afterwards, the mailman emerges and NoHead demands for the truth. Left with no choice, the “mailman” confirms his suspicions and reveals her true name, swearing NoHead to secrecy.
NoHead remained with Hunter for weeks. He began to warm up to her, confusing him. He did not want to believe that he had changed.
Becoming a civilian[]
After returning from a grocery store, Mr. Stupid NoHead and Hannah Hunter encounter a boa constrictor on their porch. As Hunter steps back, NoHead slaughtered the snake with a death beam. Hunter was shocked, as NoHead had told her that he was a Fobble, and NoHead finally reveals the truth, adding that he had a change of heart. Still, she beckons him inside, only for them to be captured by a dragon. An imp began to taunt them, but NoHead summons his sword, kills the dragon, and frees Hunter.
As Hannah watches, the imp duels Mr. Stupid NoHead, eventually disarming him. Hannah sees the sword nearby and seizes it, using it to kill the imp. NoHead rises to his feet and Hannah gave him his weapon. In response, NoHead reveals that Peter was never his real name. Hannah in turn revealed her own identity fully.
After their encounter, Mr. Stupid NoHead sets out to find his own living quarters. Nevertheless, he still keeps in touch with Hannah Hunter. He succeeds by January of 2040, as he was truly disturbed to learn that the ghost of the now deceased Hell Burnbottom had freed Whammo Fireball, Cygnus Evans, and Darren Slade, from Beta Prison, setting the three long-imprisoned men loose. Eventually, Mr. Stupid NoHead dies naturally in 2169.
Raised in intangibility[]
Mr. Stupid NoHead's background is hugely explored in a non-canonical novel which features his father as a protagonist. Mr. Crooked NoHead, his father, would discover Mr. Stupid NoHead after discovering Mr. Blooded NoHead's resources. Mr. Stupid NoHead was born the only child of Mr. Crooked NoHead and Mrs. Wretched NoHead, two members of the NoHeads. He spent the first few years of his life in a nursery under the care of robots, in a secret location in Centerpoint Headquarters. Despite his ignorance of his parents, NoHead did have some grasp on his abilities beyond that of normal NoHead children of his same age, however, and an unusually high degree of control over them. NoHead could move objects with his mind and cause them to travel floating wherever he wished, cast low-voltage lightning, manipulate creatures (including certain NoHead students) as he wished, and use his power to inflict harm on other children in the nursery. After getting into a fight with fellow student Dire II, he used his powers to remove the boy's goldfish from its bowl, killing it. On one occasion, he took two future students into a tunnel within Centerpoint Headquarters, where he performed an act so horrifying that the two orphans were traumatized into silence. Young Mr. Stupid NoHead also stole from other infants and hid their things in his "cubby" like trophies.
Three years after Mr. Stupid NoHead was born, Mr. Crooked NoHead began to train him as an apprentice. He was raised brutally in their fortress and trained in their evil ways. The training of Mr. Stupid NoHead was focused on the honing of his powers and combat skills, as well as his natural talents. He also spent a great deal of time alone.
One winter, in the first five years of his role as an apprentice, NoHead accompanied his father, only to be subjected to intense cold and nearly froze to death. Mr. Crooked NoHead, unaffected by the biome’s freezing temperature, probed NoHead’s mind, forcing him to relive his worst memories, with the goal of extinguishing any lingering feeling of emotional attachment (though NoHead was not capable of love, so the latter failed). The NoHead’s overall goal was to use his son’s hate, anger and desperation for survival as a tool to destroy any vestiges of good in him, ensuring his evil was irrevocable. Were NoHead to give up, he would prove himself unworthy of the mantle; the young man endured, asking only when the trials would be over. Mr. Crooked NoHead also demonstrated a use of the mind-clouding technique by having his apprentice struggle to reach him, only to discover he had been a dopplegänger, and also subjected Mr. Stupid NoHead to deprivation of food, water and sleep.
In regard to the history of the NoHeads, Mr. Crooked NoHead was more than aware of the fact that Mr. Stupid NoHead’s desire to kill him would grow in time; only a true NoHead wanted to seize the mantle of Master through murder. But like many of his NoHead predecessors, Mr. Crooked NoHead was appalled by this tenet and had no intention of dying by his son’s hand, or anyone else’s for that matter. Instead, he intended to break the cycle started by the Legions of Metta and the Ghastly One decades ago. In order to do so, Mr. Crooked NoHead wished for no secrets or feelings of jealousy and mistrust to exist between Mr. Stupid NoHead and himself. In the long run of the Grand Plan, Crooked envisioned himself as the “power behind the throne” while NoHead carried out the villain’s interests.
Mr. Stupid NoHead, ever the academic with a desire for knowledge, yearned to learn more of the NoHead lore. Through his studies, he came to realize how he would achieve the extensive power he so craved. However, his father carefully concealed much information from his son, and only intended to share his full knowledge at a gradual pace, depending on how much NoHead progressed. Among Mr. Crooked NoHead’s artifacts were databases that contained much of what Mr. Stupid NoHead desired to know. The Police Grand Army mistakenly believed that these databases sat in the Archives room in their sanctum, but those were actually clever mental manipulations the NoHeads had caused.[32]
Physical description[]
After a lifetime of becoming more and more immersed in the Darkness, Mr. Stupid NoHead was an extremely hideous and barely human being, with gnarled pale-green flesh. He was always covered in a heavy, black, slightly ripped cloak. No one knows what he looks like without his cloak and boots, and it is implied that not even his sons truly know what their father actually looks like. Even his facial features were completely shrouded by his hood, as looking him in the face was like staring into a black hole. His large hands are the only part of his body that is not concealed by clothing, and they are pale-green, scabby, and decayed-looking, like a decomposing corpse. Although his face was completely shrouded by his hood, he had glowing red eyes that were hardly human and could increase in luminosity at undisclosed intervals, giving a sickly and blurry image of his face. It was shown to be even more pale-green than his hands, and he had a hook nose and a medium-sized lipless mouth with sharp teeth.[21] In fact, his cloak was not fully material, as Mr. Stupid NoHead carried a nexus of dark energy wherever he went, giving him an aura of incredible malevolence. In addition, he seems to exude cold. The Dark Lord had a rather cold, guttural voice with a slightly rasping element that was said on multiple occasions to come from the abyss itself.[20]
Personality and traits[]
- "Some men aren't looking for any of those things. They couldn't care less about riches, or revenge, or sexual pleasure, or perfectionism. Some men just want the universe to kneel before them."
- ―Carol Wilcox talking to Baby Intelligence about how Mr. Stupid NoHead was different from most evildoers[src]
Through his own nature, Mr. Stupid NoHead was nothing more or less than the ultimate personification of human evil. He did not actually believe in the concept of good and evil, and that only power and those too weak to seek it truly mattered. Aside from his opinion on morality, he believed himself to be the embodiment of malignancy and the living incarnation of the Darkness. He was instinctively treacherous, betraying and killing several beings who trusted him, including his own wife. The Qisheng was a prolific killer, as seen by him killing so many he created an army of Arboc. Inevitably, he performed the darkest of mutantry and had no regard for human life. His dark and twisted personality made Mr. Stupid NoHead find humor or sport in the suffering and fear of his enemies, and he was seemingly impossible to intimidate, due to his pathological fearlessness. Thanks to his nature as a satanic overlord, almost all of his enemies feared him, to the point that even the Umbralord and Jamboga the Unholy were known for fearing him, despite their own incredible dark powers, wrath and status. Mr. Stupid NoHead spread nothing but darkness and suffering wherever he went. In his quest for power, he showed that he was also patient, narcissistic, and vastly intelligent and cunning, which his tremendous achievements exemplify.
After his second great defeat, many (namely Force Baby, Baby Intelligence, Ninna, Dexter among others) believed that he had yet to be truly vanquished, and would one day return on the grounds as there was not enough humanity left in him to die in the first place. Mr. Stupid NoHead was completely incapable of love; he felt no desire or need for human companionship or friendship. Mr. Stupid NoHead also had a low level of inhibition and a relentless drive to control the status quo: He was driven by something other than greed, as he complained that the criminals of the [blank - content needed] were just seeking profit and pleasure and that the universe deserved "a better alpha," namely himself (it was heavily implied, especially with his declaration that he intended to spread the message to "prepare to accept the new seat of power," that his motivation and idea for a better alpha was to devote one's life to the pursuit of the infinite capacity to direct or influence the behavior of all life in the universe). The Dark Lord thought of everything in terms of power, which he also equated to domination through ability. Even as a child, Mr. Stupid NoHead’s main goal was nothing less than the acquisition of absolute power. When he had created the entire structure of the NoHead Empire, setting up governors to operate on his behalf, his time spent in public increased considerably. It was stated that the pure exercise of power was "a bit of a turn-on for him" and the only thing that can satisfy him. Consequentially, he was somewhat willfully ignorant of people or matters which he considered to have no value. The Dark Lord was also known to loath ostentation and luxury.
Mr. Stupid NoHead himself did not value anyone but himself and saw no value in his fellow human beings except to the extent that they were useful to him. He often described his followers as 'friends' and his inner circle even as 'the family he had never possessed', but in no way treated them like an ordinary person does their friends or family. He demanded his followers' unswerving loyalty and obedience, spitefully took revenge for their mistakes or even bad luck by torture or targeting family members and mistreated or even killed them at the slightest provocation. His callous attempt to sacrifice Bethany Donner by ordering her to assassinate Hayden as punishment for the blunders of the child's parents serves as evidence of this. He was also manipulative and mistrustful, sending Annabeth Black after Sneator Finn Zame for him and not telling her about Ronald Noace, while also sending her own roommate and his former servant to monitor her. Mr. Stupid NoHead’s interests were narrowly focused on the usefulness of people, objects, and powers to his goals. His inability to see the larger picture and inattention to events, powers and human traits that were not immediately useful to him was a serious flaw that led to most of his setbacks and ultimately his first downfall.
He's quite mysterious, and the fact that Mr. Stupid NoHead was allegedly conceived through sexual assault through mind control — administered/used by gangster William Maraj to a fellow gangster — was apparently related to his inability to understand love: it was a symbolic way of showing that he allegedly came from a loveless union. The evil means for which Mr. Crooked NoHead coerced Mr. Stupid NoHead were enacted so he could raise his son as a living weapon, not because he was loving enough to think he needed a family at all. This is important because it shows coercion as a means of enslavement, and there can't be many more prejudicial ways to enter the star system than as the result of such a union.
The Dark Lord was a highly twisted, manipulative, and seductive megalomaniac, easily bending others to his will in his quest for supremacy. Hence, he seduced many parties with promises of power, prize, even salvation to further his agenda. A narcissist, Mr. Stupid NoHead identified his own essence with the very blackness of space, even going so far as to declare himself the ultimate personification of the Darkness. He also displayed traits of psychopathy, including extreme sadism and cruelty, taking considerable pleasure in the suffering and deaths of others and particularly fancying complex forms of psychological torment. To those who had been at his nonexistent mercy, his exceptional delight in inflicting suffering became undeniable, 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. His sadism was such that, when murdering his wife, Adyna Dukakis, in her sleep, he paused to mock her for being manipulated by him and revel in her pain before running her through. Another example of this was when he deflected gunfire from Greg Hecks for an extended time period, taking pleasure in Greg's fear before finally disarming him at whim. Regarding his views on failure, he was unforgiving and likely to execute less useful individuals. Hell Burnbottom also mentioned on one occasion, while comparing himself to his father, that while he himself killed only when necessary, Mr. Stupid NoHead did it to amuse himself. As one with such exceptional mastery of the darkness, Mr. Stupid NoHead was not a coward and was willing to stare down an entire army alone at the height of his power and engage in battle with them. He used fear and intimidation to his advantage during warfare.
Mr. Stupid NoHead suffered from delusions of godhood. He had a need for independence that bordered on pathological, and he preferred to operate in secrecy and solitude whenever possible. He frequently referred to himself in third person to further emphasize his own importance. His inner thought processes showed that he perceived himself as "most significant and precious of all", showing the extent of delusions. He was even unfazed at the idea of his right-hand woman Dorphane Giles powered by the Almataffe coming after him despite knowing well that Giles was already very powerful even without the weapon and the fact that he showed no concern over the murder of Dot Lodd, displaying only anger at the betrayal. Although Mr. Stupid NoHead rejected the use of the Casket of Reincarnation for immortality, he would be prepared to channel it to create a new body for himself, but nothing more. Ultimately, Mr. Stupid NoHead's need for solitude and independence is not so much as doing absolutely everything himself, but to make use of everyone around him to the fullest without ever gaining any sentimental attachment to them, as he was easily prepared to discard anyone or anything once they fulfilled their purpose.
Desiring to rule all of existence for eternity and make his ultimate dream a reality, Mr. Stupid NoHead spent much of his time seeking immortality. However, Mr. Stupid NoHead's true goal was ultimately to discover a way to use the darkness to manipulate reality itself, and with that power, not only achieve what he termed "mere immortality" but acquire the ability to reshape Sol and its people to his satisfaction. Whether or not the Dark Lord made any significant progress in obtaining this goal is not known however, as he would have needed Lord Abalan's assistance to perform the sorts of rituals he had in mind. During the Imperial Period, Mr. Stupid NoHead sought to gain access to Yoke Advance in order to control time as well as the universe. Following his first death, he still sought ways to achieve immortality and the preservation of the NoHeads. His obsession with immortality led him to forge three Ingisia keys, a feat unheard of.
Although possessed of a hunger for power, he honestly came to regret the Battle of Golgolod. Seeing no one more powerful than himself, he deemed only himself as worthy of ruling the universe. In addition, despite his narcissistic nature, Mr. Stupid NoHead was capable of acknowledging his mistakes. However, he did not learn from them, especially concerning values he did not care for such as love. And contrary to popular belief, the Dark Lord was a prolific author. He was a known patron of the arts, attending the opera whenever able and making his chosen section invisible to reduce his malevolent aura for the time being. He also enjoyed hunting, relishing the thrill and the exertion of his talents hunting "worthy" prey brought about. He used this hobby to help provide his followers with sustenance.[citation needed] He was also a skilled strategist, having orchestrated the robot attack and Mayor’s kidnapping for his own benefit. He even considered scheming to be fun, such as his plans for Abalan.[33]
However, despite Mr. Stupid NoHead’s general malicious ways he had proven that he was capable of acknowledging the desires of others but only if those desires did not interfere with his ambitions and were presented by someone whom he deemed a worthy servant. The only time this was ever really seen was when he did not go back on the end of the deal he made with Dorphane Giles, still willing to accept her should she retrieve the Almataffe even though he was angry by Giles coming to him empty-handed.
Despite his narcissistic nature, Mr. Stupid NoHead could acknowledge his mistakes. Nevertheless, Baby Intelligence said that he didn't learn from them, especially relating to matters he did not value such as love. When he was angry, the Dark Lord was unpredictable: he was capable of being cold and calm, indeed being one of the most stoic evildoers ever to dabble in mutantry, but could also explode with rage and when he lost his temper he never hesitated to slay even his own loyal followers, such as Aurora Black. He expected complete respect from the NoHeads but did not truly care for any of them in return. For all of his self-assurance, he was momentarily driven into a rage when Cardarphen betrayed him by helping Sirius Xameres to escape and admitted to loving him more than he feared the Dark Lord. He also seemed to consider Annabeth Black to be important, he at least treated her with an uncharacteristic respect. He did rescue her during the attempted rescue of Baby Strength and would flatter her on occasion. It is likely, though, that he was concerned about a very powerful and talented servant, rather than truly loving Black as a person.
One flaw that Mr. Stupid NoHead did not possess, despite his egomania, was thinking himself infallible. He acknowledged his mistakes on several occasions, seeking to make hay of his missteps, openly revealing such unflattering information to his followers and using it to illustrate how he could use his wits to further enhance his powers. Upon his return in 2022, Mr. Stupid NoHead showed a degree of calculated humility. He showed his followers leniency, even though they had not sought to help him after his downfall, realizing he could not afford to mistreat them until returning to full strength.
Following his partial demise in the Fourth Dominion and resurrection, in spite of his physical frailness, Mr. Stupid NoHead's mind was sharper than ever before. However, he also became more outwardly maniacal and sadistic, constantly cackling insanely as well as occasionally trying to play extremely cruel jokes on his children. Despite his insanity, he was also extremely intellectual and calculating, wanting to ensure that he not overlook anything in order to make his plans an absolute success. He also appeared to be highly deranged and feral, more so than his original self. When he tried to sway Lindsay Kellerman, the superhero saw through his ruse; by sensing his thoughts, she realized that his motives were fixated purely on his own preservation. When it once again became clear that Baby Intelligence would never bend to his will, Mr. Stupid NoHead unleashed his fury, trying to kill both of the babies. Even after experiencing death, Mr. Stupid NoHead's beliefs and way of being remained largely unchanged; his sole overriding ambition was the attainment of unlimited power, and the perpetuation of an Order embodied through him. He would go to any lengths to realize these goals, including the discriminate murder of arguably innocent babies.
In contrast to the unexpressive and ruthless nature of his counterpart of the main timeline, his Mutantry-2015 variant was jubilant and jovial, being relieved to meet a woman like Hannah Hunter that he could settle down with.
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For information on Power Box, review the Power Box page. Mr. Stupid NoHead was considered by many to be the most powerful man in history — something he himself firmly believed. Even in astral form, he was an extremely insidious and pervasive threat to the free peoples. His status as such had also been documented within the the second edition of an important historical chronicle (in an alternate 23rd Century).
Powers[]
- "I have played along with thy superhero dueling games long enough! Now thou shall experience the full potency of the Qisheng himself… I live as energy… I am the Darkness!"
- ―Mr. Stupid NoHead[src]
- Dark Mutant Physiology: Mr. Stupid NoHead was considered the one mutant to have successfully tamed the Darkness, exceeding even that of Lord Smasa. The Dark Lord’s relationship with the darkness was so deep to the point that he became a possession of the dark, and the dark became a possession of his. In his youth, he learned all the known dark powers of his predecessors, until he considered himself even stronger. Mr. Stupid NoHead was extremely talented and accomplished in the Darkness at all levels, widely considered to be the most powerful practitioner of the Darkness the star system had ever known during his reign of terror. He had a masterful knowledge of the most unknown and complex mutantry that a Dark mutant was capable of and could perform them successfully, such as the ability to create ingisia keys and raise Arboc. He could even control the weather of Tsala and spread fuming clouds to block out the Sun. During the Great Battle, he generated an extremely powerful ring of water from a pool, which he was able to manipulate to an extraordinary degree, effectively turning the pool's completely mundane water into a devastating weapon, killing many enemy officers present. He also nearly killed Sheriff Bladepoint and Roxanne Waterston with a concentrated tendril of the liquid. In addition to his use of the pool water to obliterate the bodies of his enemies by burning them to ash, said liquid also served as a mutated protection of sorts. The Dark Lord’s mastery of his powers was such that he felt a virtual monster rising from the core of his self, impatient to unleash itself. The full extent of his power is shown by the fact that both the demonic Umbralord and the nihilistic Jamboga the Unholy, in spite of being two of the most powerful beings in the universe, feared Mr. Stupid NoHead and were unwilling to challenge him directly. Mr. Stupid NoHead was even powerful enough to hold back the Black Queen herself in the Fusion timeline, but he was ultimately bested in combat. He can even touch the Multiverse itself in a mysterious capacity, using this ability to flip to an alternate dimension during his duel with Abalan. By the time of his final death, he had become a nexus of the Darkness capable of tearing apart the fabric of space.
- Iotakinesis: Mr. Stupid NoHead was able to manipulate all forms of electricity dwelling in all matter as charged particles, and his ability to tap into the currents in Sol was of great value. With the power over electricity existing in all matter (charged particles), he is able to control all matter in its state of forms such as gas, liquid, solid and even plasma by controlling the electrons, protons , and more that constitute all matter. Since everything is matter then this would permit the Dark Lord to control everything by that theory. He was able to use the charged particles to generate streams of electricity at his control and was known to use it openly. If used to its full potency, he could instantly reduce one or more people into charred husks. He could also use this power in conjunction with telekinesis to electrify levitated objects before hurling them at his opponents, thus increasing the damage potency of the attack. Mr. Stupid NoHead could even hold off attacks by several unified Halo Guardians and laugh at them when they violently ensnared him in eldritch whips, sending ionic energy pulses across the whips to severely harm the angelic divinities. Truly advanced, he was able to manipulate anti-particles as well, thus being capable of altering the physical substance of the system around him by mere effort of will. He could will the elements in the weathers surrounding his domain.
- Magnetic Kinetic Force: Mr. Stupid NoHead was able to move and influence objects through will alone, akin to generating immense kinetic force due to his powers of electrocution. He is able to pull dust-like particles from matter that he can turn into various objects; he can also disintegrate objects into said particles. The Dark Lord can unleash shockwaves capable of instantly killing sentients, as he butchered Max Tegan's men and later threw Baby Intelligence from a mug hanging on the wall by sending a shockwave at him. He can also levitate objects of immense size to launch at his opponents. He also effortlessly redirected the path of an enormous beast hurled at him by Merlin's second apprentice with a simple wave of his hand. At the largest scale, he was shown destroying much of Esterphis in a violent storm and re-assembling much of the material into his own personal realm. Many of his variants throughout alternate universes retain this superpower, with one such variant using it to summon a Nyoraginn flower.
- Iogenesis: Through his primary ability to manipulate charged particles, Mr. Stupid NoHead could create, shape and manipulate Ions, atoms in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving the atom a net positive or negative electrical charge. Ions can be created by both chemical and physical means. In chemical terms, if a neutral atom loses one or more electrons, it has a net positive charge and is known as a cation. If an atom gains electrons, it has a net negative charge and is known as an anion. Ions in their gas-like state are highly reactive, and do not occur in large amounts on Earth, except in flames, lightning, electrical sparks, and other plasmas, allowing the Dark Lord to manipulate all of those. These gas-like ions rapidly interact with ions of opposite charge to give neutral molecules or ionic salts. Ions are also produced in the liquid or solid state when salts interact with solvents (for example, water) to produce "solvated ions," which are more stable, for reasons involving a combination of energy and entropy changes as the ions move away from each other to interact with the liquid. These stabilized species are more commonly found in the environment at low temperatures. The Dark Lord himself once mentioned that a common example is the ions present in seawater, which are derived from the dissolved salts.
- Hydrokinesis: As water is ordered by small or multivalent ions, Mr. Stupid NoHead could make use of ion charge densities to shape and manipulate water, bing able to completely control the temperature of the water at will. He drew up an incredibly powerful protective ring of water around himself, which he proceeded to mutate so that only those truly loyal to him and his cause could pass through it unscathed, with those insufficiently loyal to him instead disintegrating from the water reaching thousands of degrees in temperature.
- Materiokinesis: Mr. Stupid NoHead is able to transmute matter into anything he desires at a molecular level, having created Tophet within seconds with this dark power.
- Electric Field Negation: By 2029, Mr. Stupid NoHead had become capable of negating electric fields to remove any form of structure and tearing apart the fabric of space. Hence, he could reduce any object into dust and the dust into atoms and atoms to sub-atomic particles, also doing so to living beings such as Zach Kellerman.
- Elementalism: Much like his archenemy Sheriff Bladepoint, Mr. Stupid NoHead was extremely accomplished with the manipulation of the elements, particularly fire, lightning, and water. During the Great Battle, he was able to control an incredibly powerful ring of water from a pool that he was able to manipulate to cast columns of water fast enough to reach officers in mid-Teleportation. He could also generate shock-waves of yellow lightning to abet him in duels.
- Flight: Mr. Stupid NoHead also possessed the power of flight through his own manipulation of dark power.
- Teleportation: Mr. Stupid NoHead is able, and has invented the ability, to teleport without support, defying the laws of nature all without a teleportation belt, something he can do with pinpoint precision and speed, even when locked in combat. He was known to have taught Annabeth Black how to duplicate the feat.
- Shapeshifting: Mr. Stupid NoHead is a shapeshifter, being able to assume different forms and disguises to suit his needs.
- Ingisia Key Manipulation: Mr. Stupid NoHead has created three ingisia keys. As long as these keys are active, Mr. Stupid NoHead was immortal and unkillable, even by a power as strong as a barrage of beams cast by every resident of Superhero University and more.
- Psychic Resistance/Telepathy: Mr. Stupid NoHead was incredibly adept in the use of both psychic resistance and telepathy, being able to shield his own mind and penetrate the minds of others and even induce mental pain in those he came into contact with. He was particularly skilled in telepathy, and gained a reputation as one of the most accomplished invader the world has ever seen. His frighteningly tremendous telepathic powers allowed Mr. Stupid NoHead to delve and peer deep into the minds of others, seeing their deepest thoughts, and according to Annabeth Black, the Dark Lord could not only read, but also control and unhinge the minds of others, with him often enjoying telepathically invading the minds of others, creating visions designed to torture them, and only killing them after reveling in their pain. Hence, the Dark Lord could almost always tell when someone was lying. However, when Black lied that she had been out at the training fields, Mr. Stupid NoHead notably believed her. Extremely few people were skilled enough in psychic resistance to shield themselves from him. Annabeth Black, Sheriff Bladepoint, and also possibly Greg Hecks were notable exceptions to this.
- Possession: Mr. Stupid NoHead had the power to spiritually possess living creatures and gain complete control over their actions by doing so. While in his spectral form, this was the only remaining power he had access to, so after his second death, his soul infested the body of Darren Slade, though his power drove Slade completely insane for a time. He was also able to possess Sirius Xameres and Oin and presumably others in his physical form. This form of possession shortens the lifespan of the men he inhabits.
- Iotakinesis: Mr. Stupid NoHead was able to manipulate all forms of electricity dwelling in all matter as charged particles, and his ability to tap into the currents in Sol was of great value. With the power over electricity existing in all matter (charged particles), he is able to control all matter in its state of forms such as gas, liquid, solid and even plasma by controlling the electrons, protons , and more that constitute all matter. Since everything is matter then this would permit the Dark Lord to control everything by that theory. He was able to use the charged particles to generate streams of electricity at his control and was known to use it openly. If used to its full potency, he could instantly reduce one or more people into charred husks. He could also use this power in conjunction with telekinesis to electrify levitated objects before hurling them at his opponents, thus increasing the damage potency of the attack. Mr. Stupid NoHead could even hold off attacks by several unified Halo Guardians and laugh at them when they violently ensnared him in eldritch whips, sending ionic energy pulses across the whips to severely harm the angelic divinities. Truly advanced, he was able to manipulate anti-particles as well, thus being capable of altering the physical substance of the system around him by mere effort of will. He could will the elements in the weathers surrounding his domain.
- Peak-human condition: In spite of his body beginning to deteriorate due to both remarkable immersion in the darkest forms of nature, and the instability of owning ingisia keys, Mr. Stupid NoHead was nonetheless in excellent physical condition, his strength and agility both being put to use in his becoming a true lord of darkness. While restrained by the hundreds of eldritch whips from the Halo Guardians, Mr. Stupid NoHead was able to physically flex his arms against the divine energy long enough to unleash dark energy to break free, all while he laughed at them. He was seen performing acrobatic leaps and flips attempting to catch Paige Nelson off balance. He was ambidextrous and could change his fighting style at a whim — during his assassination of the Gran Protectorate in 2007, the speed and ferocity of his technique was so great that it appeared as though his victims were dispatched by a phantom. He even survived the full force of a lunar body being hurled at him, presumably due to disappearing from it without Giles or even anyone on camera noticing. He also withstood a blast from a powerful superweapon that hit him in the chest. Even frail from an incomplete process of regeneration, Mr. Stupid NoHead easily beat Baby Intelligence to the ground, breaking his leg with a single kick.
Abilities[]
- "The most evil political manipulator of all time…"
- ―Sheriff Bladepoint[src]
- Master combatant: Mr. Stupid NoHead was an extremely skilled fighter, often using his sword in conjunction with his powers to dominate his enemies. During their final showdown, Mr. Stupid NoHead easily dominated Baby Intelligence in a straight duel, quickly pushing him back, with the latter barely able to block Mr. Stupid NoHead's attacks and ultimately being frozen inside a vat of ice. His virtually unprecedented aptitude for combat was to the point that even the extraordinarily powerful Umbralord strongly preferred to refrain from a face to face confrontation with Mr. Stupid NoHead. Even Jamboga the Unholy himself acknowledged Mr. Stupid NoHead would be easily capable of overpowering any of his followers, which made him a threat to his revolution, even after the Battle of Golgolod. Yet the two greatest testimonies to his remarkable might are when he stayed in combat alone with the Almataffe wielding Dorphane Giles, steadily overwhelming and coming very close to defeating her, this coupled with his means of complex cell manipulation, most certainly makes his level of raw mutated power unprecedented. The second instance that would make him appear all-powerful is when he stayed in combat with Merlin's second apprentice. Although magic is said to be "ten times stronger" than mutantry, and Merlin's second apprentice is the most powerful wizard alive minus Karkamel, Mr. Stupid NoHead still held his own, although he was steadily being overwhelmed and eventually trapped and forced to flee. During their clash, he unleashed a torrent of Dark waves on the wizard that he was able to unleash into a catalysmically powerful blast that shattered every material on the platform and even overwhelmed the defensive spell that Merlin's apprentice used to hold it at bay, although it proved able to negate much of the force of the attack, leaving the wizard and Baby Intelligence unharmed and only briefly knocked down.
- Master swordsman: Mr. Stupid NoHead was incredibly skilled in sword combat, one of the greatest duelists of all time. A NoHead Swordmaster, he was one of the very few who was the equal of Hell Burnbottom and Baby Intelligence. As a result of his tremendous skill, he killed two sword-wielding police — Katy Smith and Caleb Hawkins — each with a single blow, and while also engaged with Paige Nelson, he slew Jason Williams only moments later. He also put up a ferocious fight against Nelson, but was eventually disarmed by the latter. Although he may have feigned weakness to manipulate Sebiscuits Cardarphen into betraying the S.M.S.B. He was able to hold his own against the likes of Merlin's apprentice. The wizard's fencing was augmented by his magic and centuries of practice the Dark Lord simply lacked, and yet he parried his slashes with minimal effort. He was ambidextrous and could change his fighting style at a whim — keeping his opponents unsure of what his next move would be. During his assassination of the Gran Protectorate in 2007, the speed and ferocity of his technique was so great that it appeared as though his victims were dispatched by a phantom. A master of every form of swordplay and stances, the Dark Lord was a terrifying opponent. His dueling style was extremely aggressive; his style was a combination of brutal aggression and lethal precision making him an almost unstoppable opponent. In fact, the only people known to have defeated him in combat were Paige Nelson and Baby Intelligence.
- Supergenius intellect: Mr. Stupid NoHead was not only a great mutant, but also possessed an incredible intellect, as proven by his exceptional progress he made in his training. Even when something occurred that he did not initially plan for, the Dark Lord demonstrated that he was as adept at improvisation as he was at plotting.
- Master of intuition: Mr. Stupid NoHead was somewhat competent at foreseeing the future, often utilizing the power to see his plots to fruition.
- Master tactician: Mr. Stupid NoHead's intellect is evidenced by his strategic cunning in being able to mastermind and orchestrate two of the most destructive wars in solar system history, overwhelming all of the stellar community and triumphing in the first war and nearly succeeding in doing so in the end.
- Expert leader: Even when he was still only a teenage NoHead acolyte, Mr. Stupid NoHead was already a very effective leader, as he was able to lead the NoHeads during the Battle of Edgewater.[4] As his immersion into darkness and creation of ingisia keys increasingly compromised his soul and appearance and he grew older and gained more experience in leading and thus honed leadership skills further, Mr. Stupid NoHead's style of leadership became a tyrannical and completely ruthless command of his followers demonstrated throughout both the First and Second NoHead War. The best example of his efficiency as a leader would be the fact that he, with the help of six followers and a handful of foot soldiers, completely overwhelmed and dominated the Police Grand Army and proceeded to conquer every government in Sol during the First NoHead War and come extremely close to doing so again during the Second NoHead War.
- Expert instructor: Mr. Stupid NoHead's years of extensive studies made him a successful instructor; having proven himself a powerful mentor; among his known feats are personally training Xalvatrix and Hell Burnbottom in the Darkness passing on what he had learned from William Maraj. He also noted that he was fully confident that had he been the one who taught Bartholomew Gales Mind resistance, he would have been able to mould Gales into a successful enough of an Shielder to resist supernatural temptation.
- Multilingualism: Mr. Stupid NoHead was fluent in English, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese, Latin, Mandarin, and various other languages.
- Expert networker: Mr. Stupid NoHead, as an exceptionally powerful and influential overlord, superbly uses a dense network of professional and social contacts to further his power-hungry ambitions. As a result, Tsala has a notably high level of corruption. He notably used these connections to discover the location of a secret black site prison, where a valuable follower was being incarcerated.
- Expert intimidator: Mr. Stupid NoHead, due to his virtually unequaled capacity for heinous torture and murder, commands an extremely intimidating presence, enough to frighten low-level thugs and make them work for him out of the sheer fear of what he would do if they refused. The Dark Lord swiftly intimidated even a being as infinitely powerful as the second apprentice of Merlin, who fled at the mere sight of him. Ironically, however, the wizard later was willing to face him head-on in the name of keeping his oath to Baby Intelligence, swiftly overpowering him. The Dark Lord was capable of striking fear even into the heart of the extremely powerful Umbralord and Jamboga the Unholy, despite them being, perhaps, the closest individuals to matching him in power and skill, to the point that it was a widely known fact that both feared Mr. Stupid NoHead and refrained from interfering with any of his plans. His presence alone was enough to keep an entire army at bay, singlehandedly. Indeed even some of his inner circle, namely Bartholomew Gales and Willie the Banker, fear their master, and maintains their fierce loyalty mainly out of a fear of what he would otherwise do to them.
- Indomitable willpower: Mr. Stupid NoHead possesses an unbreakable determination to achieve his goals, spending months seeking out powerful weapons such as the Almataffe or the Klonham crystal. Additionally, the Dark Lord possesses an obliviousness to danger that makes him invulnerable to fear and intimidation, and while Sheriff Bladepoint and the second apprentice of Merlin were able to intimidate him, it was certainly only to some degree. This caused him to fight a branch of the International Alliance with only two of his followers to help him, accept the challenge of an Almataffe-empowered Dorphane Giles or a magically omnipotent apprentice of Merlin, stride into a haunted nursery in pursuit of a skin-changer, and attack dozens of Fobbles and mutants of the Police Grand Army armed with the Verasect, all without hesitation and with absolutely no fear of failure. Ironically, he fears death and will never put his life on the line for anything, despite his willingness to take risks to further his goals. His indomitable willpower has been commended by both of his archenemies, albeit in a sardonic way.
Possessions[]
- Nameless
- Blutsammler
- Verasect
- Dark Treasury: The Dark Treasury was intended to be the seminal work on all matters concerning the Darkness. Started shortly after he became Emperor, the Treasury was intended to span hundreds of volumes as Mr. Stupid NoHead himself intended never to die. However, he only finished three, with a fourth nearly-finished manuscript by the time of the Battle of Golgolod, presumably finishing it shortly after the battle. Mr. Stupid NoHead permitted some of his more powerful underlings access to the work for study, but this access was tightly controlled. Annabeth Black was allowed to read the Treasury, and from its volumes developed the idea of establishing a coterie of Arcanus bound to the will of her Master and, one day, herself. Mr. Stupid NoHead was most proud of his teaching.
Facilities[]
- Centerpoint Headquarters: Mr. Stupid NoHead made this the first temporary base of operations for his organization.
- Axis Base: Mr. Stupid NoHead made this the second temporary base of operations for his organization.
- Imperial Palace: Mr. Stupid NoHead dwelt in here during his tenure as Emperor.
- Resting Chamber: When Mr. Stupid NoHead was ambushed by Gran operatives, many believed him finished. Officers then moved the overlord's "corpse" into a chamber.
- Golgolod: Mr. Stupid NoHead made Esterphis the third temporary base of operations for his organization, renaming it Golgolod after having rendered the once-proud city unrecognizable.
- Fourth Dominion: Mr. Stupid NoHead made this the fourth and final temporary base of operations for his organization.
- Tsala: Mr. Stupid NoHead chose this frozen desert as his domain, telekinetically assembling Tophet as its central tower.
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Victims[]
Name | Cause of death |
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Norman Black | Inanimation |
Bill Clinton | Off-page assassination |
Greg Hecks | Impaled |
Ken | Unknown |
Abby Gellar | |
Marcus | Heart crushed from afar |
Jason Williams | Impaled |
Caleb Hawkins | Decapitated |
Katy Smith | Slashed alongside her torso |
Max Tegan | Death beam |
As a ghost, he also blew up several ci8vilians to frame Darren Slade.
Behind the scenes[]
From the very beginning of the writing process on The Super Babies, D. Isaac Thomas had in mind a character that would eventually develop into Mr. Stupid NoHead as he is currently known. One of the earliest documents — perhaps the earliest — regarding the project is a paper dating to early 2010, a roster of names he compiled to potentially use in the story, many of which were not used. At the very top of this list is the name "Doctor Crisis", which is understandable, as Thomas was working on a school project where he was allowed to name the antagonist. Thomas would have named him Mr. Stupid NoHead, but his teammates strongly disagreed, as they "didn't want to make things so obvious", and the name was shelved for a more official project. As it was, his then seven-year-old brother, Ammon Thomas, had unintentionally given him the idea by insulting a red coat that would not fit on his body, which he spitefully called "Mr. Stupid NoPants".
Earlier in the production, Thomas was planning on basing his physical appearance on a powerfully built human with only slightly exaggerated proportions, as the original idea was that he was "an evil superhero". However, he later shelved this design because he believed his appearance was only slightly malevolent in its demeanor, and his villain was supposed to embody evil in every way imaginable. He contemplated how to redesign him, but in the end Mr. Stupid NoHead's physical appearance was heavily inspired by a biblical cartoon directed by acclaimed filmmaker Richard Rich, titled Jesus, the Son of God. In it, there is a cloaked figure designed to impersonate who the Devil may have been like, and the final design of Mr. Stupid NoHead resembles him heavily, but with a few noteworthy differences. His hands are gnarled, scabby, and palish-green, and his face is gaunt and only occasionally visible, whereas Satan's hands are quite ordinary in appearance and his face is never seen at all. The original superhero-like design for Mr. Stupid NoHead, while being non-canonical, found its way onto the cover of the graphic novel of The Super Babies: Pride of the Super Babies.
D. Isaac Thomas has claimed that Mr. Stupid NoHead is entirely incapable of love, empathy, or friendship, though for a time he would not reveal why. Despite widely being considered one of the most evil men of all time, a fanfiction was once written in which NoHead survives his canonical death, joins the light, and finds he is actually capable of loving another. However, this was not canon, as his behavior in the story was entirely uncharacteristic. D. Isaac Thomas has also said that it is of important symbolic significance that Mr. Stupid NoHead, incapable of love himself, was conceived in an act of selfish lust, rather than genuine love; although his true origin is virtually unknown, it is known that his parents never loved each other and that he spent a lot of time alone in his childhood; whether by choice or against his wishes is open to interpretation.
Before The SMSB: The Promises of Sheriff Baldric and Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Mae marked the first time that Mr. Stupid NoHead was not depicted as the main antagonist. In all of his other appearances (barring Postscript scenes), Mr. Stupid NoHead has appeared as the main antagonist. In 2020, D. Isaac Thomas pointed this out and admitted that he wished that he made Mr. Stupid NoHead the main villain of both novels.
Reception[]
Mr. Stupid NoHead is often considered by fans as one of the most evil fictional villains ever. People have even compared him to Darth Vader of the Star Wars franchise, one of the most iconic villains ever. Although "The Super Babies" was not exactly a popular series, Mr. Stupid NoHead was praised by critics, both as a figure of great power and everything a villain should be. One failing, however, was that his origins were never explored in the series, and little could be deduced besides his cruelty, fighting prowess, ambition, and penchant for genocide, and as Melissa Vaine said, "he's a one-note villain…" when ranking all the antagonists in the D.I.T. Literary Universe. Ideally, he was meant by Thomas to be as evil and as vile as possible because of what he represents in The Super Babies: Pride of the Super Babies.
Author's comments[]
- "Everything he does is an act of pure narcissism, and that's interesting to play. And I suppose for him, it's also a bit of a turn-on; the pure exercise of power is what he's all about. That's the only thing he's interested in and the only thing that can satisfy him, which makes him completely fascinating to write about, because it is an evil soul. He is more evil than the devil. At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge."
- "He has a black, irredeemable heart. There's nothing that can be said about him that's good. But who can blame him? In part his decisions stem from his impatient lust for power."
D. Isaac Thomas later expanded on Mr. Stupid NoHead's character in the Before The SMSB series, and had this to say in 2018:
- "In my series Mr. Stupid NoHead represents as near an embodiment of pure evil as is possible. He was just like all tyrants: beginning with noble intent, at least on the level that while desiring to order all things according to his own wisdom he still initially considered the well-being of other inhabitants of the Earth. But he went further than any Fobble tyrant ever has, in his arrogance, in his callousness, in his greed. And like all villains of his kind, the Dark Lord desired to be a King/God, and his servants already considered him to be just that. […] Had he been victorious, he would have demanded divine honor from all sapient forms of life and absolute cosmic power over the entire universe until the end of time."
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References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Sheriff Bladepoint
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 The Marauder
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Sebiscuits: Apocalypse
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Before The SMSB: The Promises of Sheriff Baldric
- ↑ Superquack
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sebiscuits: Dawn of Transcendence
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 Before The SMSB: The Dominion of the Dark Lord
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Vault of Ages: Cosmic War
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- ↑ League of Red Stars
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Mae
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Boys vs. Girls: The Rise of the Serpent
- ↑ Annie and the Blue-Eared Kid
- ↑ Superquack: Relapse of Power
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Super Babies: Revenge of Hell Burnbottom
- ↑ Vault of Ages: Fusion
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Super Babies: The Blabberish Singer
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Band of Justice: Omniverse
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 The Super Babies: Pride of the Super Babies
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Baby Intelligence
- ↑ D.I.T. Website
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 The Super Babies: Final Clash of Brethren
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 The Super Babies: An Ended Generation
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 S.M.S.B.: Where Are You Now?
- ↑ Agents of the S.M.S.B.: The Latest Threat
- ↑ Sebiscuits: Renascence
- ↑ Agents of the S.M.S.B.: Age of Innovation
- ↑ Agents of the S.M.S.B.: The Inferno Relit
- ↑ D.I.T. One-Shot: Legacy of the Light
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Vault of Ages: Surface of the Elements
- ↑ Mr. Crooked NoHead: Lockdown
- ↑ D. Isaac Thomas' Official Site