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=== Doctor Stephen Strange ===▼
 
▲=== Doctor Stephen Strange ===
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{{quote|A brilliant but arrogant New York surgeon, Dr. Stephen Strange's life was turned upside down when a car crash caused irreparable nerve damage to his hands, preventing him from ever holding a scalpel again. Driven by arrogance and desperation, he traveled the world in search of a cure, finally arriving in Tibet to seek the help of the Ancient One, a powerful wizard and (unbeknownst to him) the Sorcerer Supreme, the mage charged with protecting the Earth from the otherdimensional Cosmic menacies who would threaten it. }}
 
{{quote|The Ancient One, finding him too proud, turned Strange down but allowed him to stay the night, letting Strange discover and foil the plot of his [[Deceptive Disciple]] Baron Mordo, so that he would learn humility and see the existence of true evil -- and the need to combat it. Sensing his great magical potential, the Ancient One asked Strange to become his new apprentice, and the now humbled Strange accepted. }}
 
{{quote|After years of study he moved back to New York and engaged in many mystical adventures and fought many wicked foes, including the vengeful Mordo, the Dread Dormammu and the abominable Shuma-Gorath, who caused the death of the Ancient One, leading to Strange inheriting his title and responsibilities. As the new Sorcerer Supreme, Strange became the best and last line of defence between Earth and total destruction at the hands of its most powerful enemies. }}
 
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* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: The Cloak Of Levitation which lets him...[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|levitate, and fly]]. Also the Wand of Watoomb, the Book of the Vishanti, the Darkhold, the Purple Gem, and anything with "-of Agamotto" at the end of it, as well as many other mystical objects.
* [[The Archmage]]
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=== Clea ===
{{quote|The daughter of the demonic entity Umar, though unaware of that fact for some time, Clea spent most of her life as one of countless denizens enslaved to her uncle, the god-tyrant of the Dark Dimension Dormammu, whose servant Orini was her own father. Impressed by the courage of Stephen Strange in his battles to defeat The Dread One, she chose to help him as his only ally in the Dark Dimension but quickly became a prisoner for her trouble. Both Dormammu and even Umar sought to hurt Strange through her, until the Ancient One sent her to another dimension for her safety, and eventually she went to Earth to live and train with Strange.}}▼
 
{{quote|After years of training Clea returned to the Dark Dimension and learnt that Umar was her mother, after she had taken over the Dark Dimension. Now much more powerful, Clea led a rebellion against her mother and defeated her in magical combat, and was named the new ruler of the Dark Dimension before being overthrown by Dormammu again, though not before marrying Stephen within it. Some time later Umar and Mordo regained control of the Dark Dimension and she was tricked by Dormammu into helping him overthrow them. To atone she chose to stay behind and lead the fight against him. She has not been seen since, but Strange has never forgotten her.}}▼
▲{{quote|The daughter of the demonic entity Umar, though unaware of that fact for some time, Clea spent most of her life as one of countless denizens enslaved to her uncle, the god-tyrant of the Dark Dimension Dormammu, whose servant Orini was her own father. Impressed by the courage of Stephen Strange in his battles to defeat The Dread One, she chose to help him as his only ally in the Dark Dimension but quickly became a prisoner for her trouble. Both Dormammu and even Umar sought to hurt Strange through her, until the Ancient One sent her to another dimension for her safety, and eventually she went to Earth to live and train with Strange.}}
 
▲{{quote|After years of training Clea returned to the Dark Dimension and learnt that Umar was her mother, after she had taken over the Dark Dimension. Now much more powerful, Clea led a rebellion against her mother and defeated her in magical combat, and was named the new ruler of the Dark Dimension before being overthrown by Dormammu again, though not before marrying Stephen within it. Some time later Umar and Mordo regained control of the Dark Dimension and she was tricked by Dormammu into helping him overthrow them. To atone she chose to stay behind and lead the fight against him. She has not been seen since, but Strange has never forgotten her.}}
 
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* [[The Archmage]]: Sorceress Supreme...of the ''Dark Dimension''.
* [[Archnemesis Dad]]: And Mum. And uncle.
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=== Wong ===
{{quote|Wong is the latest in a long-line of men who devoted themselves to the service of the Sorcerer Supreme beginning with his ancestor Kan ten generations before. He is more than just Strange's manservant; he is the sorcerer's confidant and most trusted friend, as well as his tutor and sparring partner in the martial arts - in turn, he is versed in magic enough to assist in complex spells and hold his own against his master's less impressive, but still dangerous, threats. He still calls Strange "master" on occasion, but he claims it's mostly a matter of habit. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Wong is the latest in a long-line of men who devoted themselves to the service of the Sorcerer Supreme beginning with his ancestor Kan ten generations before. He is more than just Strange's manservant; he is the sorcerer's confidant and most trusted friend, as well as his tutor and sparring partner in the martial arts - in turn, he is versed in magic enough to assist in complex spells and hold his own against his master's less impressive, but still dangerous, threats. He still calls Strange "master" on occasion, but he claims it's mostly a matter of habit. }}
 
* [[Badass Normal]]: Comparatively speaking.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
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=== The Ancient One ===
{{quote|Strange's centuries-old mentor and his predecessor as Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One has been protecting the Earth and wider [[Marvel Universe]] for generations from the forces of evil. He brought out not just Strange's inner magical potential but also his inner hero, and entrusted him with the responsibility to battle his most powerful foes. Strange was eventually forced to kill him to prevent the demon Shuma-Gorath using him as a conduit to Earth, but rather than die he merged with Eternity and became one with the universe, leaving his student the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Strange's centuries-old mentor and his predecessor as Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One has been protecting the Earth and wider [[Marvel Universe]] for generations from the forces of evil. He brought out not just Strange's inner magical potential but also his inner hero, and entrusted him with the responsibility to battle his most powerful foes. Strange was eventually forced to kill him to prevent the demon Shuma-Gorath using him as a conduit to Earth, but rather than die he merged with Eternity and became one with the universe, leaving his student the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme. }}
 
* [[All Powerful Bystander]]: Sometimes.
* [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence]]: He has become one with Eternity.
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== Mystical Allies ==
 
=== The Vishanti ===
{{quote|Oshtur began life as one of the Elder Gods, powerful magical entities that were the first sentient life on Earth. She fled to another dimension as her siblings began consuming each other for power, and there she met with another cosmic entity named Hoggoth and later, inspired by the children of mortal creatures, gave birth to the entity Agamotto. Agamotto became the Earth's first Sorcerer Supreme and left several magical artifacts to in their trust, and the trio became known as the Eternal Vishanti, and now serve as magical patrons of those who defend the Earth against the dark and demonic enemies that threaten it. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Oshtur began life as one of the Elder Gods, powerful magical entities that were the first sentient life on Earth. She fled to another dimension as her siblings began consuming each other for power, and there she met with another cosmic entity named Hoggoth and later, inspired by the children of mortal creatures, gave birth to the entity Agamotto. Agamotto became the Earth's first Sorcerer Supreme and left several magical artifacts to in their trust, and the trio became known as the Eternal Vishanti, and now serve as magical patrons of those who defend the Earth against the dark and demonic enemies that threaten it. }}
 
* [[Alliteration]]: Their epithets, such as "Omnipotent Oshtur" or "Hoary Hoggoth."
* [[Big Good]]
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=== Gaea ===
{{quote|Whilst her sister Oshtur fled the Elder Gods to another dimension, Gaea dealt with them by giving birth to the entity Atum, who consumed the ones who did not escape and then dispelled their evil energies, which eventually became [[The Legions of Hell]]. Gaea then established countless magical barriers to prevent her demonic brethren from returning to Earth again, which were later reinforced by successive sorcerers. When Strange fell out of favour with the Vishanti, Gaea was there to serve as his new patron.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Whilst her sister Oshtur fled the Elder Gods to another dimension, Gaea dealt with them by giving birth to the entity Atum, who consumed the ones who did not escape and then dispelled their evil energies, which eventually became [[The Legions of Hell]]. Gaea then established countless magical barriers to prevent her demonic brethren from returning to Earth again, which were later reinforced by successive sorcerers. When Strange fell out of favour with the Vishanti, Gaea was there to serve as his new patron.}}
 
* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: To [[The Mighty Thor]], and the Elder God Atum.
* [[Big Good]]
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=== Eternity ===
{{quote|The [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Eternity has existed since the dawn of time and represents one of the fundamental aspects of the universe. It is enemies with some of the most powerful and dangerous evils in the cosmos which seek either to kill it or take its power for themselves, which in either case will result in [[The End of the World as We Know It|The End Of Reality As We Know It.]] He has assisted Doctor Strange when he comes into battle with these enemies.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|The [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Eternity has existed since the dawn of time and represents one of the fundamental aspects of the universe. It is enemies with some of the most powerful and dangerous evils in the cosmos which seek either to kill it or take its power for themselves, which in either case will result in [[The End of the World as We Know It|The End Of Reality As We Know It.]] He has assisted Doctor Strange when he comes into battle with these enemies.}}
 
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]
* [[Big Good]]: See a theme yet?
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=== Death ===
{{quote|The [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Death, which grants [[Immortality]] to the Sorcerer Supreme if s/he is deemed worthy. It often takes the form of a young woman, as which it earned the affections of the mad Titan [[Thanos]]. It grants authority to various Death Gods, Skyfathers and Hell Lords to take charge of souls after death or under certain arrangements. Though a largely amoral entity that ultimately desires the end of life itself, it is not actively malevolent and sees its duty as bringing an end to pain. It is thus opposed to those that are out to do far, far worse. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|The [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Death, which grants [[Immortality]] to the Sorcerer Supreme if s/he is deemed worthy. It often takes the form of a young woman, as which it earned the affections of the mad Titan [[Thanos]]. It grants authority to various Death Gods, Skyfathers and Hell Lords to take charge of souls after death or under certain arrangements. Though a largely amoral entity that ultimately desires the end of life itself, it is not actively malevolent and sees its duty as bringing an end to pain. It is thus opposed to those that are out to do far, far worse. }}
 
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: When [[Thanos]] killed half the universe to impress her, it worked. But though she has no problem whatever with killing she is averse to causing needless suffering or worse.
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=== The Living Tribunal ===
{{quote|The Living Tribunal is the supreme authority of the multiverse second only to The One Above All. In general it only enters the field when all other forces have been outmatched. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|The Living Tribunal is the supreme authority of the multiverse second only to The One Above All. In general it only enters the field when all other forces have been outmatched. }}
 
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Bar a couple of non-canon or semi-canon examples, the Tribunal is consistently portrayed as the most powerful force in all of existence, bar the Creator.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The Living Tribunal doesn't fight [[Eldritch Abomination]]s, it ''curb stomps them''.
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== Rogues Gallery ==
 
=== Baron Mordo ===
{{quote|The treacherous apprentice of the Ancient One before Strange took his place, Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo has plagued the Sorcerer Supreme several times in his quest for revenge and power. He often allies himself with more powerful demonic entities, frequently Umar or Dormammu, and tends to rely on [[Mind Control]] and illusions to further his evil schemes. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|The treacherous apprentice of the Ancient One before Strange took his place, Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo has plagued the Sorcerer Supreme several times in his quest for revenge and power. He often allies himself with more powerful demonic entities, frequently Umar or Dormammu, and tends to rely on [[Mind Control]] and illusions to further his evil schemes. }}
 
* [[A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil]]: It's never been clear whether he started out evil or fell to evil somewhere along the course of his magical studies.▼
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Bait the Dog]]: He played on Sara Wolfe's interest in him (after a brief [[Pet the Dog]] moment), only to betray her trust as soon as he got the chance.
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* [[Mind Control]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
▲* [[A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil]]: It's never been clear whether he started out evil or fell to evil somewhere along the course of his magical studies.
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Shadow Archetype]]
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=== Chthon ===
{{quote|The demon Chthon is perhaps the most powerful of the Elder Gods and the first [[Evil Sorceror]] in the history of Earth. The office of Sorcerer Supreme was created specifically to defend against this demon in particular, and it has successfully exercised a nebulous influence throughout the planet's history. Chthon is the creator of a demonic race called the N'Garai and is the author of the Darkhold, the first book of [[Black Magic]] from which vampires, werewolves and witches were unleashed on the world. It is trapped in a pocket universe both by innumerable mystical barriers erected by Gaea and Earth's magical defenders and by its own sheer power, as it is so strong and huge it cannot leave by normal means, though has imparted a fraction of its power into potential human hosts for later possession, most notably and successfully the [[Scarlet Witch]]. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|The demon Chthon is perhaps the most powerful of the Elder Gods and the first [[Evil Sorceror]] in the history of Earth. The office of Sorcerer Supreme was created specifically to defend against this demon in particular, and it has successfully exercised a nebulous influence throughout the planet's history. Chthon is the creator of a demonic race called the N'Garai and is the author of the Darkhold, the first book of [[Black Magic]] from which vampires, werewolves and witches were unleashed on the world. It is trapped in a pocket universe both by innumerable mystical barriers erected by Gaea and Earth's magical defenders and by its own sheer power, as it is so strong and huge it cannot leave by normal means, though has imparted a fraction of its power into potential human hosts for later possession, most notably and successfully the [[Scarlet Witch]]. }}
 
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Oshtur and the Vishanti, who made it their mission to never let him win.
* [[The Archmage]]
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=== Dormammu ===
 
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{{quote|Dormammu is a member of the extradimensional race known as the Faltine, and with his sister Umar was exiled for craving matter and killing their "father" Sinifer, who spawned them. Through treachery and guile Dormammu took control of the Dark Dimension and began to cultivate worship of himself across several universes and conquering several others, which he merged with the Dark Dimension to increase his power as he is strongest there. He is responsible for the creation of Sataanish and other Hell Lords and is the power behind several demons, sorcerers and other magical villains. }}
 
{{quote|The classic Marvel [[Dimension Lord]], Dormammu is a powerful [[Evil Sorceror]] and one of the most feared and terrible entities in the universe. Wielder of truly godlike power, either a demon or something even worse, The Dread One has worked for unknown ages towards making our reality his own. He has fought Earth's Sorcerer Supreme since the days of Agamotto but holds a particular enmity for Strange, who considers him his [[Arch Enemy]] and will do anything to defeat him.}}
 
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=== Examples ===
 
* [[A God Am I]]: Worshipped as God within the Dark Dimension and as a deity in thousands of others. Within the Dark Dimension he is virtually omnipotent.▼
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: The Mindless Ones, [[The Faceless|faceless]] one-eyed rock monsters living outside the Dark Dimension who exist only to destroy. Dormammu has magical barriers in place to keep them out, but he is not above using them as minions.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: While Mordo was probably this originally, Strange eclipsed him a long time ago and Dormammu was in most senses his master anyway. The war between Strange and the Dread One is much more personal, and Dormammu is a much more formidable foe.
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* [[Evil Sorceror]]
* [[Flaming Hair]]: Or rather, a flaming ''crown'', that encompasses his entire head.
▲* [[A God Am I]]: Worshipped as God within the Dark Dimension and as a deity in thousands of others. Within the Dark Dimension he is virtually omnipotent.
* [[God-Emperor]]
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]
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=== Mephisto ===
{{quote|An embodiment of ultimate evil, powerful Hell Lord and Marvel's most common stand in for Satan. He has antagonized just about every hero, but tends to single out those who are especially noble like the Silver Surfer and Thor. As can be expected, many of the traditional tropes associated with Satan are part of him. His origins are unclear, but it seems that he was ''not'' one of the Hell Lords created by Dormammu, and has no ties to him, and though he is not as powerful as the latter he is stronger than perhaps all other Hell Lords under his control. Strange often battles him when other heroes fall foul of his schemes, though memorably he once allied with [[Doctor Doom]] to save the villain's mother from the demon's clutches.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|An embodiment of ultimate evil, powerful Hell Lord and Marvel's most common stand in for Satan. He has antagonized just about every hero, but tends to single out those who are especially noble like the Silver Surfer and Thor. As can be expected, many of the traditional tropes associated with Satan are part of him. His origins are unclear, but it seems that he was ''not'' one of the Hell Lords created by Dormammu, and has no ties to him, and though he is not as powerful as the latter he is stronger than perhaps all other Hell Lords under his control. Strange often battles him when other heroes fall foul of his schemes, though memorably he once allied with [[Doctor Doom]] to save the villain's mother from the demon's clutches.}}
 
* [[Big Red Devil]]
* [[The Corrupter]]
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=== Nightmare ===
{{quote|One of Strange's oldest demonic foes, Nightmare is an evil entity that preys on human beings in their sleep and seeks to trap them in the Dream Dimension where he can plague them with nightmares for all eternity, feasting on their psychic energy by causing his victims fear. Though he is unable to affect the waking world, the terrors and illusions he utilises can traumatise and haunt a person long after sleep. }}▼
 
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▲{{quote|One of Strange's oldest demonic foes, Nightmare is an evil entity that preys on human beings in their sleep and seeks to trap them in the Dream Dimension where he can plague them with nightmares for all eternity, feasting on their psychic energy by causing his victims fear. Though he is unable to affect the waking world, the terrors and illusions he utilises can traumatise and haunt a person long after sleep. }}
 
* [[As Long as There Is Evil]]: As long as people can dream, Nightmare will live. It is possible to kill him by stopping people dreaming, but humanity would quickly go mad as a result. Causing him mortal injury has had devastating effects, such as causing psychics worldwide to go berserk.
* [[Dimension Lord]]: The Dream Dimension, though despite its name there are actually several of them and in fact several other dream demons, though he is possibly the most powerful. The other dream dimensions are not always bad places.
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=== Sataanish ===
{{quote|A Hell Lord who is said to be the creation of Dormammu and thus ultimately acts to further his goals. He is a rival of Mephisto and one of the few who can come close to matching him in power.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|A Hell Lord who is said to be the creation of Dormammu and thus ultimately acts to further his goals. He is a rival of Mephisto and one of the few who can come close to matching him in power.}}
 
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Compared to Mephisto, he is somewhat more honourable in these matters, though its still a bad idea to barter with him.
* [[Demon Lords and Archdevils]]
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=== Set ===
{{quote|Set is the Elder God who first devoured its brethren for power and degenerated into a demon, and is thus the first murderer in the history of Earth. It is an enormously powerful ancient evil that seeks to kill humanity and mammals and make reptilian life the dominant on Earth again, as it gains power from their violent death. The multi-headed snake god is the power behind many ancient sorcerers since mankind's early days and holds a special enmity for its sister Gaea, who is responsible for many of its greatest defeats.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Set is the Elder God who first devoured its brethren for power and degenerated into a demon, and is thus the first murderer in the history of Earth. It is an enormously powerful ancient evil that seeks to kill humanity and mammals and make reptilian life the dominant on Earth again, as it gains power from their violent death. The multi-headed snake god is the power behind many ancient sorcerers since mankind's early days and holds a special enmity for its sister Gaea, who is responsible for many of its greatest defeats.}}
 
* [[A God Am I]]▼
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Gaea, who sired Atum to kill Set and the other Elder Gods, and unleashed it against Set again when he returned, and sent the dinosaurs to wipe out all mammalian life as she had decided dinosaurs were an evolutionary dead end. Their battle accidentally caused the dinosaurs to go extinct (the meteor that killed them was probably summoned by one or the other) and is the reason it has so many heads.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: The Serpent Crown, which grants magical powers to whoever wears it and of which there are several throughout the multiverse, each mystically connected to the same Set who is a unique entity ([[Depending on the Writer]]). The Crowns enable him to influence events on a multiversal scale.
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* [[Dimension Lord]]: He is stuck in a pocket dimension adjacent to Earth thanks to magical barriers set up to keep him there. He has slightly more freedom than his brother Chthon however as he has managed to escape before and is still capable of influencing not just Earth, but alternate versions of Earth throughout the multiverse (though ''only'' Earth, due to the limitations of his prison.)
* [[Evil Is Petty]]
▲* [[A God Am I]]
* [[God of Gods]]
* [[Horror Hunger]]: More than any other Elder God, Set is characterized by his insatiable appetite and is possibly unable to stop, not that it particularly ''wants'' to mind. It is said that while Gaea nourishes, Set consumes.
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=== Shuma-Gorath ===
 
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{{quote|One of the most dangerous demons Stephen Strange has ever faced, Shuma-Gorath is one the most ancient and terrible entities to ever exist. [[Immortality|Completely unkillable]], [[The Omnipotent|borderline omnipotent]] and [[Multiversal Conqueror|the all-powerful ruler of nearly a thousand alternate realms]], it is responsible for the death of the Ancient One and has attempted to invade the Earth several times, and in the distant past even ruled it on two separate occasions. It has only grown stronger since then and its return could bring about the end of the universe. }}▼
 
{{quote|It has [[The Thanos Imperative|recently been established]] that it is one of the Many-Angled Ones, immortal Lovecraftian entities that alter reality to bring about an end to death and allowing life to grow out of control and ferment as a cancer, and turning all living beings into creatures as alien and abominable as they are. It also established Shuma-Gorath and his brood as one of the oldest sentient life forms in the multiverse, and is thus a truly ancient and terrifying evil.}}▼
▲{{quote|One of the most dangerous demons Stephen Strange has ever faced, Shuma-Gorath is one the most ancient and terrible entities to ever exist. [[Immortality|Completely unkillable]], [[The Omnipotent|borderline omnipotent]] and [[Multiversal Conqueror|the all-powerful ruler of nearly a thousand alternate realms]], it is responsible for the death of the Ancient One and has attempted to invade the Earth several times, and in the distant past even ruled it on two separate occasions. It has only grown stronger since then and its return could bring about the end of the universe. }}
 
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▲{{quote|It has [[The Thanos Imperative|recently been established]] that it is one of the Many-Angled Ones, immortal Lovecraftian entities that alter reality to bring about an end to death and allowing life to grow out of control and ferment as a cancer, and turning all living beings into creatures as alien and abominable as they are. It also established Shuma-Gorath and his brood as one of the oldest sentient life forms in the multiverse, and is thus a truly ancient and terrifying evil.}}
 
=== Examples ===
 
* [[A God Am I]]: Worshipped as such in all of its hundreds of realms and across thousands more. Within its own realms it is all powerful in every sense of the word, save for its lesser realms, though even in them its power is said to be so huge it makes Mephisto and Satanish look like "mice in a great temple".▼
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]:
{{quote|'''Shuma-Gorath''': ''So thou knowest the essence of Shuma-Gorath, eh, Doctor Strange? Aye—evil! Ancient, timeless... patient... evil! And Shuma-Gorath doth know thee.''}}
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: More so than any other on this page. Its normal form is a multi-armed tentacled monster with one giant eye, but it can take any shape and its other forms, and possibly its ''true'' form, are even more alien than that. It has been said that Shuma takes the form which most terrifies the dimension he is trying to conquer.
* [[Enemies with Death]]: And Death is usually on the ''losing end''.
▲* [[A God Am I]]: Worshipped as such in all of its hundreds of realms and across thousands more. Within its own realms it is all powerful in every sense of the word, save for its lesser realms, though even in them its power is said to be so huge it makes Mephisto and Satanish look like "mice in a great temple".
* [[God of Gods]]: More like God of gods of ''gods''. Shuma-Gorath claims that even Dormammu pales in comparison to his power and there is very little to contradict that; next to Zom and the Living Tribunal it is probably the most powerful being on this page, and Zom has a bad habit of dying or being a [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]. As ruler of several hundred alternate timelines, it has implicitly killed the likes of Eternity, Death and the other cosmic abstracts many times over,<ref>In ''[[The Thanos Imperative]]'', Death is able to kill him and the Many-Angled Ones (though only temporarily, as they would inevitably reform, and it is later shown that he survived or even simply escaped), but that is due to the rules of the Cancerverse and the magical-mechanics of how they ruled it; the Cancerverse only existed because the Death of ''that'' universe had already been killed, and halfway through the story the Many-Angled Ones start pushing through the weaponised corpse of ''[[Galactus]]''- The Galactus Engine-, showing that they or their minions had killed him too, and used it to destroy another abstract cosmic entity and fight several others simultaneously (a fight the Engine was winning- the abstract entities had even started to retreat). It is all but stated that they are even stronger and that they were the creatures pushing the Galactus Engine through that were said to be yet more powerful still.</ref> and it might very well be one the top ten most powerful beings in the entire Marvel cosmology.
* [[Hero-Killer]]: Strange was forced to kill the Ancient One to stop it, then later forced to kill ''himself'' to prevent it from consuming him and get rid of its power. It returned far quicker than he imagined.
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=== Umar ===
{{quote|Mother of Clea and twin sister of Dormammu, Umar is a Faltine trapped in humanoid form after giving birth to her daughter, a fact that left her enraged and meant that she would always be weaker than her brother, though the difference in power is not great. She varies between allying with the Dread One and scheming to take over his realm, and has occassionally succeeded though he usually ends up taking it back. Though not quite as evil or strong, Umar has displayed greater patience and guile and thus has proven to be just as big a threat to Strange and the universe as her dreaded sibling.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Mother of Clea and twin sister of Dormammu, Umar is a Faltine trapped in humanoid form after giving birth to her daughter, a fact that left her enraged and meant that she would always be weaker than her brother, though the difference in power is not great. She varies between allying with the Dread One and scheming to take over his realm, and has occassionally succeeded though he usually ends up taking it back. Though not quite as evil or strong, Umar has displayed greater patience and guile and thus has proven to be just as big a threat to Strange and the universe as her dreaded sibling.}}
 
* [[Big Damn Villains]]: In one "Incredible Hulks" arc she abducted the Hulk to the Dark Dimension, which coincidentally kept the Earth from feeling more of his rage.
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]
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=== Zom ===
{{quote|Created "long ago" by entities unknown, Zom is an ancient and terrible demon whose sole mission is to destroy everything, and whose rampage was only stopped by an alliance of powerful magic users whose ranks included even Dormammu and Umar. The alliance sealed him away but Strange released him on the advice of the Ancient One to help him win his battle with Umar; Zom proved to be an even greater threat and even Eternity was no match for him, but eventually he was defeated and a small piece of him was kept by Strange as a keepsake, though that too has recently been destroyed after Strange foolishly relied on its power, an act that caused him to resign as Sorcerer Supreme.}}▼
 
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▲{{quote|Created "long ago" by entities unknown, Zom is an ancient and terrible demon whose sole mission is to destroy everything, and whose rampage was only stopped by an alliance of powerful magic users whose ranks included even Dormammu and Umar. The alliance sealed him away but Strange released him on the advice of the Ancient One to help him win his battle with Umar; Zom proved to be an even greater threat and even Eternity was no match for him, but eventually he was defeated and a small piece of him was kept by Strange as a keepsake, though that too has recently been destroyed after Strange foolishly relied on its power, an act that caused him to resign as Sorcerer Supreme.}}
 
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: The theme behind its original story arc; Zom was brought in to defeat Umar but went out of control and managed to defeat Eternity, but it was made clear it was no match for the Living Tribunal.
* [[The Berserker]]: Zom, but especially those who draw on its power as its sheer fury overwhelms them.
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