Animus

Background

Animus is a character featured at the very end of Metroid EX. A spirit speaking in old English, it controls the monstrous power sealed within the Galactic ruins of an unknown civilization, which can reset the universe. The animus gives anyone who accesses the power a final choice between the past and the future. Greed, the leader of the Greed Corps, uses Samus Aran to open the door to the power. The animus communicates with Samus during this process, making her the only being who can challenge Greed. Greed meets the animus and chooses the future, only to be violently consumed by the power. The animus prepares to destroy the universe until Samus points out that she has not made her choice. Samus chooses the present. The animus then produces a white light that will restore balance to the cosmos. Samus touches it, and the black hole is no more, saving the universe.

Statistics

Tier: 2-A

Name: Animus

Origin: Metroid Samus & Joey EX

Sex: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Classification: Deity

Dimensionality: Unknown

Attack Potency: Hyper Multiverse level (Is consistently treated as the power of God and half of his power could casually restore the universe with the other half consuming it. Due to Animus’ regard of power he should be above the Chozo Ghost, who exist in a higher hierarchical layer beyond the standard reality of the multiverse, with the Chozo Ghost viewing the regular reality as “temporal and fragile” within a single dimension)

Durability: Hyper Multiverse level

Travel Speed: Unknown

Combat Speed: Unknown

Reaction Speed: Unknown

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Stamina: Limitless

Range: Complex Universal with Black Holes and White Holes, likely Hyper Multiversal

Intelligence: At least Cosmic (Has a full understanding over the universes past, present, and future)

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Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Stated to be the one to give people the power of god), Incorporeality (Has no physical form and is a mere spirit speaking to Samus Aran), Dimensionless Existence (Type 1. Should be on the same or a superior existence to The Chozo Ghost, who are completely formless and views dimensioned people as “temporal and fragile”), Reality Separation (Type 4. Exist in a higher hierarchical layer beyond the standard reality of the multiverse, with the Chozo Ghost viewing the regular reality as “temporal and fragile” within a single dimension), Nondualism (Are completely detached from the main, world which would include the duality of light and darkness. Animus himself controlling the power of past and future, along with black and white and existing beyond it), Power Bestowal (Can bestow one the powers of white holes or black holes), Reality Warping, Black Hole Creation (Greed used his power to create black holes across the universe to consume it), White Hole Manipulation (Samus used his power to create a white hole to stop the black hole from destroying everything), Space-Time Manipulation (Can reset the universe, restoring it back to harmony), As God of the verse he should have all of their powers which include: Martial Arts (Effortlessly defeated several Galactic Federation bodyguards with martial arts. Easily defeated corrupted federation soldiers with hand to hand combat), Genius Intelligence (Consistently referred to as the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy, has repeatedly single-handedly taken down entire armadas of space pirate fleets along with the ground team they’re stationed with, a feat seen as so impossible that one of the higher ranking Galactic federation soldiers noting this feat to another was dismissed as a myth with the federation soldier considering Samus big foot or santa claus. Said Space Pirates are also noted to be well trained in weapon and melee combat. Could easily shoot a small bullet from outside the bar. Easily decoded Space Pirates scriptures in two hours. Is a master of the power suit completely unequaled to anyone else that have used lesser copies, with the power suit being made by the Chozos the most intelligent beings in the universe), Weapon Mastery (Can masterfully aim and use her aim cannon in combat, such as when she could perfectly pinpoint and hit only the weapons of the enemies), Acrobatics (Her chozo dna allows her to use her immense physical strength to leap far into the air and further), Precognition & Instinctive Reaction (Type 2. With SenseMove, Samus can automatically avoid attacks from her sensing danger causing her jets to move her out of harm's way), Reactive Adaptation & Power Absorption (Samus' body was infused with Chozo DNA so that she could adapt to harsh environments, such as acid rain. Samus’ suit can upgrade itself to be compatible with unknown material it has never absorbed before giving it access to use new abilities), Fusionism (Samus can take any other species DNA and infuse it with her own gaining their abilities and weaknesses), Astral Projection & Empowerment (If Samus is at all incapacitated or killed she will enter a state where she leaves her current body to hear the final thoughts of Grey, in which she will be given a far more powerful suit), Accelerated Development & Statistics Amplification (Samus’ battle power will rise and her power will exponentially increases in order to fight and protect those she cares about), Data Manipulation & Transmutation (If Samus has weapon and ammunition stored as data in her suit she can transform the data of weapons into tangible forms), Regeneration & Restoration (Mid-Low passively. Her suit passively repairs broken parts and small injuries. Low-Mid with concentration. With concentration, Samus can restore her missile supply and health), Immortality (Type 4. Samus upon being scanned on a save station has quantum state image of her saved making her always ress back to that point in time, this makes her unkillable to the point that even if there is a complete self-destruction of a planet or base she can still return thus one would need to kill her at all points in time to permanently get rid of her, even if a universe collapses and she’s saved within said universes save station, she can still return back), Technology Manipulation (The power suit reacts to Samus' thoughts, thus allowing her to be protected from damage in her zero suit state by automatically coming in an area she’s about to be attacked in), Body Control (The power suit is described as a “sort of second skin” for Samus protecting her zero suit from any form of harm), Energy Absorption (Samus’ suit absorbs all the energy from attacks allowing Samus to withstand various attacks, absorbed an attack from Ridley), Transformation (Type 3. Samus can transform into her power suit state whenever she pleases), Energy Manipulation & Power Nullification (The power suit can shoot out charged energy blast, that can disrupt energy shields), Passive Attack Reflection (Her suit seems to passively reflect back beams shot at her. Can deflect projectiles by swinging her arm), Status Effect Inducement (Can stun enemies with counter), Explosion Manipulation (Can set explosions down with bombs), Durability Negation (Wave Beam can travel through objects hitting one's internal body), Ice Manipulation (Can freeze with the ice beam), higher-Dimensional Manipulation, Dimension Manipulation, Matter Manipulation & Dimensional Travel (Samus when warping through space warps into a higher dimensional plane and thus materializes her ship back into the 3rd dimension when reaching her location), Homing Attack, Extrasensory Perception & Information Analysis (With the combat visor, gives her the basic feedback she needs to survive. It monitors her energy levels, all ammunition remaining, danger levels, and gives her feedback from the environment to pinpoint any anomalies to send her in the right direction. When enemies appear, they are surrounded by a reticle However, the Combat Visor only sees things in this dimension; therefore objects outside the visible spectrum or interdimensional objects cannot be seen. The scan visor, Samus can scan certain objects to learn more about them or perform a function. When a scan has finished, the game action freezes to allow Samus to read its contents. If Samus scans a creature, enemy or boss, Samus will gain useful hints on how to beat them, such as weak spots and behavioral patterns. Her morph ball bombs can home and attack themselves onto an enemy), Enhanced Senses (Can detect the Shadow Pirates who use invisibility cloaks to sneak attack. The Thermal Visor uses thermography, allowing Samus Aran to locate enemies or objects by their heat signatures. It can be used to see Shadow Pirates and is also useful in total darkness, extreme cold, and in poor weather conditions, like those in Phendrana Drifts; though it functions poorly in superheated areas, such as the Magmoor Caverns. The X-Ray Visor can be used to spot invisible enemies and enemies that move outside of existence, even those that don't appear to the Thermal Visor, and it also allows Samus to see through flesh (when she lifts her arm in front of the visor, the bones in her arm can be seen), Bendezium, Cordite, and Sandstone. It can also detect illusions), Data Manipulation (Can download data of areas to get maps), Energy Manipulation (With the grapple beam, creates a beam of energy to swing around), Hacking (Can hack into areas to open locked doors), Magma Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, & Deconstruction (The plasma beam’s molten energy can turn enemies to ash), Fire Manipulation (The Flamethrower is the Beam Combo for the Plasma Beam. When this beam combo is unleashed, it emits a three-meter range continuous beam of fiery plasma), Enhanced Ice Manipulation (The Ice Spreader is a Charge Combo for the Ice Beam in Metroid Prime. It uses a charged Ice Beam shot and 10 Missiles to create a powerful, homing blast of ice that can travel up to 20 meters until reaching a target. When this occurs, the shot explodes and creates a fast-spreading layer of ice over the target and surrounding area. The target and nearby enemies will either die or be frozen), Sealing (With the 12 Chozo Artifacts, which could seal away phazon), Gravity Manipulation (The gravity suit pulses gravity), Vibration Manipulation (Plasma causes seismic activity), Phazon Manipulation (With the Phazon Suit, Samus’ suit is infused with pure phazon, allowing her to also shoot attacks fused with pure phazon and can absorb phazon to infuse into her attacks, that can also heal her suit), Momentum Manipulation (With boost ball, Samus stores up momentum before releasing it all in one instant to propel herself in a specific direction), Enhanced Limited Physics Manipulation & Acrobatics (Can double jump with the space boots), Magnetism Manipulation (Can pull in beings and objects with a charged shot), Electricity Manipulation (Wave Beams are electrical energy that can kill Pulse Bombus and Scatter Bombu), Non-Physical Interaction, Soul Manipulation, & Immortality Negation (Type 7. Can kill the Chozo Ghost who are completely immaterial and can phase in and out of existence), With Phazon she has: Power Bestowal (Phazon gives one abilities), Statistics Amplification (Phazon increases one's strength), Size Manipulation (Phazon increases one’s size), Morality Manipulation (Phazon increases one’s aggressiveness), Reactive Adaptation & Reactive Adaptation (Phazon also gives one "unforeseen evolutions", essentially giving a creature Reactive Adaptation and Reactive Adaptation. Giving one enough phazon will allow them to survive on any planet), Biological Manipulation & Transmutation (Phazon has the power to mutate organic lifeforms, this extends to non-organic beings like machines), Madness Manipulation (Phazon induces madness), Mind Manipulation (Can degenerate one’s brain and muscle tissue), Illusion Creation (Phazon induces hallucinations), Radiation Manipulation (Phazon is a natural radiation exposure that induces all of these abilities), Life Manipulation (Phazon can give sentience to non-organic, non-sentient objects like rocks), Ice Manipulation (Phazon gave Thardus the ability of ice), Power Nullification (An explosion of phazon can overload Samus Aran’s visors), Corruption (Phazon can corrupt beings such as undead transcendent ghost, and other beings, including machines), Healing (Phazon can heal wounds), Regeneration (Varies on the level of phazon one has intake. Lower levels showing Low-Mid levels of regeneration as it can regenerate damaged tissue and organs, higher levels can regenerate from cells, to regenerating from particles, with fully fueled phazon users having up to Low-Godly to Mid-Godly, with Omega Ridley coming back from complete destruction and Dark Samus being able to regenerate as long as she has phazon), Invulnerability (Type 2. Phazon can give one invulnerability to all forms of conventional attacks), Space-Time Manipulation (Phazon caused a massive rift in space-time on Aether creating an alternate universe known as the Dark Aether), Forcefield Creation (Phazon allows one to create forcefields), Reactive Power Level (Everytime a phazon being that is defeated regenerates back, they become far more powerful), Resurrection (Phazon can resurrect a being), Possession (Phazon can possess beings altering their DNA completely in the process to fit their need), Data Manipulation & Hacking (Phazon can affect even data AI programs), Mind Manipulation (Phazon can control one's mind, keeping a being it's corrupted alive, with a will of it's own), higher-Dimensional Manipulation (The Chozo were forced back down from the higher layers, back to the dimension in which Tallon IV laid), Dimensional Travel, Intangibility, Technology Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Phazon gave the Chozo Ghost the ability of spatially intangible beings that can travel in and out of existence, along with turning off all the technology around him. Along with phazon manipulating one’s souls), Power Absorption (Phazon amplified Metroid Prime to absorb the entire DNA of a being along with their powers), BFR (Phazon created a transdimensional flux sending one's atoms existing in both the Light Aether and Dark Aether), Cosmic Awareness (Her ship can scan an entire galaxy cluster. Her suit’s visors can translate telepathic messages from spectral beings), Radiation Manipulation (With the Omega Cannon, a weapon with massive gamma radiation), Data Manipulation (Can hack into areas and oversurge them), Cold Manipulation (Using a sub-zero energy core, the Judicator is capable of firing thin blasts of freezing ice. The projectiles can bounce off a limited number of objects when fired, and can either freeze or destroy most targets with a few hits. Using a charged shot unloads three ice projectiles simultaneously, the temperature of the projectile almost reaches absolute zero), Electromagnetic Manipulation (With the Volt Driver, draws energy from the Planetary electromagnetic field and converts it into multi tera-watt bursts of High voltage), Matter Manipulation & Life Manipulation (Shoots a contreated beam of High density neutrinos with the shock coiler which drains the target’s health), Magma Manipulation (With Magmamaul, her weapon is powered by a hyperstatic hydrogen core, and fires cohesive projectiles of superheated magma), Enhanced Cosmic Awareness (Samus’ suit can pick up on transdimensional activity), Enhanced Absorption (Can absorb the energies of the light and dark aether), Darkness Manipulation, Dimension Manipulation, & Dark Matter Manipulation (With the Dark Beam, fires strange energy similar to the native energy of Dark Aether. Normal shots resemble swirling flattened disks of this dark energy, trailed by a dark streak and globular emanations. Shots are strong but slow, and quicker enemies can dodge them. Larger concentrations cling to objects, hardening into a brittle shell on contact. Large quantities of this energy charge and open Highly hazardous dimensional rifts. A charged mass of dark energy has the strange ability to encase targets, and harden into a brittle shell. The Entangler, the Charge Beam technique for the Dark Beam, exploits this quality. Firing the Entangler will encase multiple targets within a certain radius completely, immobilizing and providing the perfect opportunity to shatter the target with a single Missile, making it quite similar to the Ice Beam from Metroid Prime. This technique is Highly effective for use against the troublesome Dark Pirate Commandos, and also effective when used in tandem with the charged Light Beam against Dark Grenchlers. It is not necessary to directly hit a target with the Entangler, as it will attach to any possible targets within a short radius. Targets hit with the Entangler will become "sticky" for a short time, and cause any other creatures that come into contact with this target to freeze as well, but this will only occur before the dark matter has hardened around the original target. The Entangler seems to possess 'cold' attributes, as it is capable of rendering Metroids extremely fragile to concussive weaponry, a result given by the Ice Beam as well), Light Manipulation, Deconstruction & Fire Manipulation (With the light beam, it can activate dimensional rifts on Dark Aether, and open White Hatches. It also has the ability to energize Light Crystals and Light Beacons; their dome takes on an orangeish color on the outside, while looking whiter and slightly digitized on the inside; any Ing caught within are severely damaged or even killed outright, it can go right through enemies, ignoring durability. The light beam can be charged to use the lightbuster, charged mass of light energy is powerful enough to set many enemies alight. Unlike other charged Beam shots, the Lightblast fires multiple white-hot spheres, rather than one large mass of energy, in a scattershot fashion. These spheres will home in on locked-on targets and set them on fire. It can also be charged to use the Sunburst, which creates a slow moving sphere of light that burns passing enemies and incinerates them), BFR & Nothingness Manipulation (The Darkburst this potent blast opens a rift to a dark dimension, pulling enemies to oblivion), Lower Dimensional Interaction (With the Dark Visor Samus can she can better see through Dark Aether's poisonous haze and identify invisible and interdimensional objects and creatures, along with detecting one-dimensional objects the dark visor also allows her to interact with them), Sound Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, & Homing Attack (With the annihilator beam, fire streams of energy that seek multiple targets and emit sonic waves that can be used on sonic-powered devices, it can be charged to fire a Disruptor shot that stuns enemies. With the Echo Visor, Samus is able to visualise sound waves to detect invisible enemies and objects), Transformation (Can transform into pure light and ride along light to reach areas faster), Space-Time Manipulation (With the sonic boom, it projects a sonic wave that distorts space and time, capable of nearly one-shotting the likes of Dark Samus in its first phase), Conceptual Manipulation (Can shoot the elements of dark and light, Light and Dark are all that makeup the Light and Dark Aether, without them the world cannot be sustained. With it also being shown that these two concepts are so conceptually tied that beings of the light world are damaged upon entering the shadow world and beings of the dark world being unable to put their physical forms into the light world), Resistance Manipulation (With the annihilator beam, Samus can negate the resistances of both the light and dark beings), Perception Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (Via entering hyper mode, Samus views everything as slowed down and can shoot at a faster rate along with having massively amplified attack potency in her weapons), Existence Erasure (Type 2. While in hyper mode Samus can completely erase targets from existence), Electricity Manipulation (While in hyper mode and using the hyper ball, Samus shoots out electrical energy of phazon at all enemies), Power Bestowal & Power Absorption (The Grapple Voltage allows Samus to give or take energy from beings, allowing Samus to heal herself. The Hyper Grapple allows Samus to give or take phazon from beings. Samus absorbs phazon from beings and objects increasing her power even further), Flight (With an immense amount of phazon absorbed, Samus can fly), Durability Negation (With the Nova Beam, it’s shots can go through beings with phazite, paired with the X-Ray Visor Samus is able to negate one’s durability through hitting their necessary internal organs, killing enemies in one hit), Enhanced Conceptual Manipulation (Killed Dark Samus, who is the very embodiment of phazon, with her death causing all phazon to be erased), Extrasensory Perception & Aura (With the scan pulse, Samus is enveloped in a blue orb which releases outward in a pulse, revealing Map data over a 9x9 square range around her, and breakable walls, floors or blocks within that range will begin flashing and beeping for 10 seconds), Deconstruction (Samus’ attacks can completely disintegrate an enemy), Forcefield Creation & Statistics Amplification (With the Lightning Armor, Samus has a lightning forcefield around her that absorbs all attacks from enemies Aeion is consumed anytime it prevents physical damage and it strengthens Melee Counters), Durability Negation & Plasma Manipulation (With the Wave Beam, can pass through solid objects. The plasma beam shoots concentrated beams of plasma that go through enemies), Teleportation (Not combat applicable. With teleportation stations, Samus can teleport to other teleportation stations she’s visited), Curtain Fire (With beam burst, Samus enhances her beam by increasing attack power and enabling rapid-fire shots), Time Manipulation (With Phase Drift, Samus slows down time for everyone except herself), Non-Physical Interaction, Soul Manipulation, & Immortality Negation (Type 7. Can interact with and kill Phantoon, the consciousness of Mother Brain), Enhanced Stealth Mastery (Can hide from the SA-X even when she’s near it), Enhanced Information Analysis (Samus’ ship can give her an analysis of an area to tell her exactly where an enemy is), Resistance Manipulation (The Ice Missiles can temporarily freeze SA-X who is an X-Parasite with all of Samus’ strongest abilities, which would include the Varia Suit’s resistance to ice manipulation as shown with Samus being protected from freezing within), has had her DNA infused with a Metroid’s giving her all of their abilities including: Absorption (Samus can absorb the X-parasite due to the metroid DNA inside of her. Metroids are stated to be able to absorb any form of energy), Duplication (Metroids are stated to be able to duplicate via beta rays), Immortality (Types 3 & 6. Was capable of surviving and being able to feast off flesh while being burned alive), Absorption & Consumption (Absorbed the flesh of the people he consumed in order to bolster his own regeneration), Regeneration (Low-Mid. Regenerated from being completely burned alive through consuming flesh), Reactive Adaptation (Could adapt to the gravity of Zebes and Talon IV with no issue), Transformation (Type 5. His clone based completely off of him could transform throughout its life cycle eventually becoming his fully matured self), Energy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Plasma Manipulation & Breath Attack (Spits out plasma beams can breathe out fire, and shoot out fireballs), Invulnerability (Enters a state where he is completely invulnerable to attacks as Samus’ charged shot bounces right off of him), Self-Destruction (Upon death Mother Brain will create a massive self destruction that can be seen from outer space), Regeneration via Matter Manipulation (Seemingly High-Mid for herself. Seemingly regenerated from the destruction of her body, gaining an entirely new one. High for her shields. Her zebetites regenerate through molecule transference), Resurrection (After Samus killed her on Zebes she came back), Information Analysis (Could analyze the environment of SR388 all the way from Zebes, could analyze Samus and tell how many days she would survive on planet Zebes), Information Manipulation, Data Manipulation & Hacking (Can alter her own code to give her the directive to take over the universe, should likely be able to do this to other AIs and robots), Mind Manipulation (Mind controlled all the space pirates, including Ridley across the entire planet], her AI replica was developed to regenerate and control the space pirate forces), Life Manipulation (Mother Brain breathed life into molten rock creating the Multiviola), Telepathy (Mother Brain controls metroids through telepathy, as Mother Brain does not have a mouth she speaks telepathically), Reactive Adaptation (An AI replica of Mother Brain was capable of evolving and developing its own feelings and emotions), Accelerated Development (Passive. Intelligence. The Mother Brain AI’s intelligence was growing at a rate far faster than any of them intended), Technology Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation & Telekinesis (Could telekinetically control all technology, made a massive air wave of electricity across the entire base. Could convert metallic pieces into space pirates), Statistics Amplification (Her AI replica can amplify her own speed and power to easily overpower those she previously could not break the hold of), higher-Dimensional Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (Created Phantoon, the physical manifestation of Mother Brain's malevolent consciousness, who can move into higher dimensions), Resistance to all abilities within the verse

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Standard Equipment

Nothing notable

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Notable Techniques

• Black Hole: Creates black holes that go across the universe that will destroy the past, present, and future.

• White Hole: Creates a white hole that consumes all black holes restoring harmony to the universe.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Animus will give one the choice to decide between the past or future which in turn will give the person the power of a black hole, once they gain this power they will be consumed themselves. Only if a person notes to save the present will he give them the white hole.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Battle Records

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