“ | No blood can be spilled in this holy place. Our time will come. If you survive, I will be waiting in the city of Immora. | „ |
~ Davoth challenges the Slayer after the latter's failed attempt to execute him in the Luminarium |
“ | You bring violence and war to thwart the Dark Realm, but conflict was born in Hell. It is inevitable... a fire that fuels creation and gives purpose where there is none. Stand and fight, Slayer. Honor your true God. Fight and show me your purpose. | „ |
~ Davoth to the Doom Slayer |
Summary
Davoth (The Dark Lord) is the supreme ruler of the realm of Hell; he serves as the main antagonist of Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods and by extension, the entire Doom series.
When the void first appeared, Davoth alone swept across it. New realities bloomed where he lingered, the first being Jekkad. The world of Jekkad (later known as Hell) prospered under the guidance of their leader Davoth. He longed to solve the riddle of immortality for his people - an ability only he possessed. His efforts met with failure, as mortal flesh could not sustain the undying spirit. Using his unrivaled power, he crafted the Maykr race to find the solution, their machine minds working in unison. Davoth created Urdak and forged Vega to steward the realm. Davoth was obsessed in his effort to eliminate death from the world of Jekkad. When the Maykrs discovered the secret of immortality, they deemed the knowledge too dangerous to share, for, in their judgment, Davoth had come to be seen as an eventual threat to all life. The Maykrs acted in secret and worked quickly to seal Jekkad away, and Davoth with it. Enraged, Davoth became the Dark Lord as vengeance and hatred consumed him and his world, transforming it into Hell.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 1-C | Unknown
Key: Physical Body | Incorporeal Form
Name: Davoth, The Dark Lord
Origin: DOOM
Gender: Male
Age: Predates creation
Classification: God/Supreme Ruler of Hell, Primeval
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Self-Sustenance (All Types)
- Genius Intelligence & Cosmic Awareness
- Creation (Created the multiverse and Hell)
- Essence Manipulation (Davoth's Essence, Hell's Essence, Argent Energy. Could be comparable to The Father as they are both Primevals, who can directly interact with "essence", which consists of the memory, intelligence, will, and essential nature of a being's consciousness Implied that he can devour souls. A shard of him destroyed the souls of several Sentinel Warriors after they went through the Divinity Machine. Davoth's Essence power his attacks much like the demonic minions he created, "Touched" the mind of The Khan Maykr, convincing her that there was a "chosen one" that will kill her)
- Space-Time Manipulation, BFR & Teleportation (During his fight with Doomguy in The Ancient Gods Part II, he seemingly sent himself and The Doom Slayer backwards in time to the hellish invasion of Earth along with also sending him back to The Blood Swamps)
- Reality Warping (Passive; Created everything in the DOOM cosmology. Davoth should be comparable to regular demons, who corrupt reality with their presence, turning it into theirs. This leads to various environmental hazards like Hellgrowths and a poisonous atmosphere)
- Summoning (Can summon zombies, hell hounds and hologram-like replicas of demons)
- Energy Projection (Has a shoulder cannon that fires energy blasts)
- Explosion Manipulation (Via bombs)
- Immortality (Type 1; Has existed ever since the dawn of the void and hasn't aged since. Should be comparable or at least similar to The Maykrs, who are unbound by mortality)
- Supernatural Willpower (Survived being fused into a Life Sphere and corporeal resurrection, both of which only the most powerful, god-like, indomitable minds can survive)
- Weapon Mastery & Martial Arts (Of his sword and shield. Is the greatest and fiercest warrior in Hell and is capable of combating against Doomguy)
- Magic, Power Bestowal & Curse Manipulation (Put a curse on the weapons of Armored Barons, allowing them to damage both the body and soul)
- Corruption (Type 2; Turned Jekkad into Hell with his rage. Demons merely existing in a realm gradually "hellify" it)
- Portal Creation (As seen here)
- Healing (Can take health from his opponents)
- Dimensional Travel
- Limited Resurrection via reincarnating his Life Sphere at the Luminarium
- Acausality (Type 1; Predates all of existence, including time)
- Forcefield Creation (Created a forcefield around him and The Slayer to fight in)
- Power Absorption (Can become stronger by absorbing the power of lesser gods)
- Large Size (Type 0; with Mech)
- Fire Manipulation (Generates fire by charging. His bombs cause fiery explosions. Can create bursts of fire by slamming his shield onto the ground. Changed the landscape of Jekkad into the current landscape of Hell, with fire and magma. Also making it to where the very matter of Hell is incendiary)
- Matter Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation & Void Manipulation (Created Hell, which contains voids as seen in DOOM 64. Can mold things into existence from the void)
- Unholy Manipulation & Limited Madness Manipulation (A shard of him made several Sentinel Warriors go insane after they went through the Divinity Machine)
- Earth Manipulation (Seemingly created a moat around his forcefield to fight in during his boss battle)
- Disease Manipulation & Acid Manipulation (Turned The Pleasure Lakes into The Blood Swamps, a festering bog of disease and acidic rain)
- Darkness Manipulation (Created Hell, which contains endless darkness. Said darkness is able to irreversibly turn people into mindless zombies, removing all humanity from them)
- Fate Manipulation & Probability Manipulation (Made it to where The Maykrs were destined to be destroyed by The Doom Slayer across all infinite timelines and possibilities. Unknown whether or not it is combat applicable)
- Gravity Manipulation (Created floating structures in Hell)
- Attack Reflection (Projectiles like Doomguy's rockets deflect off him, albeit he losses this trait when stunned)
- All of the abilities of Hell (DOOM) (Hell is a mere part of Davoth's being)
Keeps his Mind Manipulation, Cosmic Awareness and Fate Manipulation, unknown about everything else. Incorporeality & Omnipresence
- Essence Manipulation (Davoth's Essence, Hell's Essence, Argent Energy, Sentinel Energy. Fought against The Father, who can directly interact with "essence", which consists of the memory, intelligence, will, and essential nature of a being's consciousness. Stronger demons can resist the Arch-vile's mind-based powers. Has a powerful, god-like, indomitable mind)
- Pain, Fire, Magma & Electricity (Demons can remain unharmed while being in electric pools, even Possessed are unharmed by them)
- Radiation, Poison, Diseases, Acid & Corrosion Inducement (Other, lesser demons are unaffected by the Cyber Mancubus' biotoxins, which is a corrosive substance. Demons are also unharmed by being inside pools of radioactive waste. Demons can naturally live in The Blood Swamps, a festering bog of disease and acidic rain. Demons are able to survive on Mars during the events of DOOM 64, which was infested with apocalyptic levels of radiation)
- Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (Completely unaffected by The Slayer's Ice Bombs, which must be colder then absolute zero temperatures as they can completely freeze demons, who are unaffected by being in VEGA's absolute zero cooling systems)
- Temperature Manipulation (Both hot and cold)
- Vibration Manipulation (Unaffected by the rapid multi-vibrations of the Combat Shotgun's Full-Auto Mod)
- Possibly all of the Resistances of Doomguy
- Magic (Hell Essence is often referred to as a kind of magic)
- Corruption (Type 2) & Biological Manipulation (Summoners can shoot out waves of Hell Essence that mutate humans via genetic coding, changing their physiology internally and externally along with fundamentally changing the composition of their internal organs. Said waves can also increase the size of one's bones. Hell Essence used by The Icon of Sin mutated and corrupted several Maykrs, along with causing hellfire to course through their veins)
- Size Manipulation, Bone Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Summoners can shoot out waves of Hell Essence that induce death)
- Sealing (Hell Essence can be used to create protective runes and imprisonment incantations)
- Mind Manipulation (Hell Runes can potentially affect the mind's sub-psionic regions. The Arch-Vile's psychomancy powers allow it to control the minds of demons)
- Empathic Manipulation (Buff Totems use Hell Essence to amplify the bloodlust and aggression of demons. It also taints the minds of humans in nightmarish terror)
- Fear Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Forcefield Creation & Resurrection (Arch-Viles can resurrect fallen demons)
- Statistics Amplification (Buff Totems use Hell Essence to adrenalize demons, making them stronger and more resilient. The Mother Demon, who is just an advanced Arch-Vile, can make demons stronger by mutating them)
- Soul Manipulation (Possesses abilities of Soul-devouring Spirits and soul-obliterating Armored Barons)
- Poison Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, Energy and Soul Drain & Mind Drain (Hell Magic/Essence can be used to create a necrotic poison that can curdle the blood and drain a target of their essence with each heartbeat. "Essence" in DOOM not only consists of the soul but the memory, intelligence, will and essential nature of the consciousness of a being. Hell Magic can be used to obliterate the soul)
- Memory Manipulation, Necromancy, Portal Creation, Space-Time Manipulation, Quantum Manipulation & Reality Warping via Gore Nests (Demons are able to create Gore Nests. Gore Nests use Hell Energy to create powerful electromagnetic frequencies that form inverse quantum fields, which create Hell portals; tears in the fabric of space-time/dimensions)
- Energy Projection (Hell Razers use Hell Energy to create energy beams)
- Possession (Lost Souls create a blast of Hell Energy by ramming into their target, allowing the demon to possess them)
- Invisibility (Hell Magic can be used to make things invisible)
Attack Potency: Complex Multiverse level (He was the primordial being of the void,[1] capable of molding said void into his creations.[2] The void contained the multiple infinite-sized multiversal structures Davoth created. The entire structure of Hell was created as only a part of himself.[3] Hell is unlimited by the boundaries of space, time, or dimension. Hell itself is a living thing, an entity possessing certain undeniable sentience. Hell connects to worlds with pathways of darkness transcending space and time[4][Statistics Values 1]) | Unknown (Is far weaker thanks to not having a physical form, but it is said that he still has a powerful influence.[5] How potent this "influence" is exactly is unknown)
Speed: Immeasurable (Could contend with TAG Doom Slayer. Should be comparable in speed to the Seraphs) | Omnipresent (Exists throughout the infinite multiverse, Urdak, and Hell)
Lifting Strength: At least Class G (Could knock around the Doom Slayer) | Unknown
Striking Strength: Complex Multiverse level[Statistics Values 1] | Unknown
Durability: Complex Multiverse level[Statistics Values 1] | Unknown
Stamina: Infinite (Comparable to The Doom Slayer and the demons of Hell. The demons of Hell have limitless aggression and are tireless beings[6]) | Unknown
Range: Complex Multiversal[Statistics Values 1] | Complex Multiversal[Statistics Values 1]
Standard Equipment: Energy Sword, Armor, and Shield | None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius, likely Supergenius (Helped develop the advanced, futuristic city of Immora. Should also be comparable, if not superior to the likes of Samur Maykr, who is comparable to the Maykrs who have created advanced dimensional shift technology that allows them to change their position in relation to Hell on a sub-quantum level, as he helped him in guiding the creation The Divinity Machine, a machine from a race of beings[7] with transcendent technology[8] designed to infuse beings[9] with Davoth's essence[10] and can be used to see every possible future with omniscient, inextricable clarity[11])
Weaknesses: None notable | Lacks a physical form, making him unable to interact with the physical realm and is far weaker then when he has a physical body
- Created the multiverse by his hand, and claimed he would destroy everything he created by his hand as well.[12]
- He transformed Jekkad into Hell. Even after Davoth was reduced to a Life Orb, Hell's battles with the Doom Slayer were causing the multiverse to implode inward on itself.[13]
Notes:
- Davoth's Essence would power his attacks much like the demonic minions he created.[14]
- According to the Maykr God-mind, there are infinite timelines in the multiverse.[11]
- According to Vega, the multiverse contains countless universes.[13]
- To explain why some of the scans say The Father while in reference to Davoth. It is revealed in The Ancient Gods Part II that he actually was the maker of all existence while The Father was just a servant. The Maykrs falsely recorded the history of creation, swapping the positions of The Father and Davoth. So given that, the feats and statements of The Father would actually apply to Davoth instead.
- The "Demon Abilities" tab is a list of possible powers from the demons of Hell. He might be capable of doing them as well or at least produce something similar since they use his energy for said abilities.
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ Book of the Seraphs - Part I
- ↑ Book of the Seraphs - Part II
- ↑ DOOM Eternal: Hugo Martin's Game Director Playthrough - Ch. 5 Super Gore Nest
- ↑ The Art Of Doom Eternal - Chapter 3 - Hell
- ↑ Story of Hell - The Tainted Prophecy
- ↑ DOOM II RPG - Computer Note
- ↑ Story of Hell - The False Salvation
- ↑ The Art Of Doom Eternal - Chapter 3 - Urdak
- ↑ Story of Hell - The Seed of Doubt
- ↑ Story of Hell - The Rise of the Slayer
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Story of the Sentinels - The Divinity Machine
- ↑ Doom Eternal - Final Boss
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Art Of Doom Eternal - Chapter 5 - Demon VS. Slayer
- ↑ History of the Sentinels - Part VI
Notes/Explanations
Discussions
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