The God of Darkness is one of the overarching characters of the RWBY fanfiction White Sheep (written by Coeur Al'Aran), and he's initially one of the two final antagonists alongside the God of Light.
He is one of the two cosmic and nigh-omnipotent deities called the Brother Gods, who created Remnant. The God of Darkness embodies chaos, destruction and darkness where his brother the God of Light embodies order, creation and light. Despite this, the God of Darkness has very little vested interest in harming or destroying Remnant and its modern inhabitants, and would be happy to leave them alone if not for the God of Light's continuing plans for them. He is also the original creator of the Creatures of Grimm and the pools which they spawn from, and he is partly if indirectly responsible for Salem's part-Grimm state.
Similarly to in RWBY canon, the God of Darkness was responsible for committing genocide against the original human race of Remnant in a fit of rage when some of them rebelled against the Brother Gods, and he supported the God of Light's cursing of Salem to psychological torture via immortality (albeit only after the God of Light had gaslit the God of Darkness into siding with him against Salem). When the Brother Gods return to judge Remnant in the present day and the God of Light decides their experiment should be destroyed, the God of Darkness personally fights several of the heroes while his brother is occupied, toying with them despite having the power to easily annihilate them or wait them out, and he strips the Salem Arc family of their mental control over the Grimm. However, the God of Darkness is convinced to turn against the God of Light, siding with the inhabitants of Remnant by default, once he realizes that the God of Light has been shafting and cheating him since Remnant's beginning instead of upholding a true balance.
Personality[]
The God of Darkness, like his brother; is sophisticated and exudes a calm and patient demeanor, unless their mortal creations unpleasantly surprise him, at which point he can break into rage. Not unlike his canon counterpart, the God of Darkness craves worshippers of his own, and is resentful at playing second fiddle to his brother, even if he initially isn't fully aware of just how much the God of Light has been shafting him. The latter trait drives the God of Darkness to hold his true power back when he duels the inhabitants of Remnant. Once he realizes how much the God of Light has been shafting and gaslighting him for millennia, it drives the God of Darkness to openly turn against his brother. Being a god who embodies entropy and havoc, the God of Darkness relishes in a good fight. He shows his childish side when openly basking in the heroes' slightly-embellished praises and prayers to him. Upon becoming the sole reigning deity, the God of Darkness proves to be much more reasonable and willing to compromise than the God of Light: declaring that the world can remain in balance without the need to immediately exterminate Salem, Ozpin or the Grimm hybrids because he reasons that the former two will die of old age in time with their curses lifted, while the hybrids' continued existence is balanced out by that of the Silver Eyes, and the God of Darkness chooses to keep his distance from Remnant so that it can continue thriving better without the Brother Gods' direct intervention.
External links[]
- God of Darkness on the Hero Fanon Wiki