Category:Nihilists

Nihilists, also known as Existentialists, are characters who believe that the existence of life has no purposes, values or meanings, their own included. Nihilists do not believe in moralities and all rules and/or codes they follow are superficial or for practical reasons. They usually do not have specific long–term goals, will sink to all levels of depravity to further their arbitrary objectives and are often Sociopaths and/or Suicidal. They can overlap with Social Darwinists and Harbingers for Rebirth as well through shared beliefs in bringing about the "end times" and leaving others or themselves to pick up pieces left behind by the messes they have created.

Most Nihilists wish to destroy everything in existence or at least whatever is possible for them to destroy. What makes them some of the most dangerous and unpredictable Villains is that they have nothing to lose, not even their very lives. At the highest point they are Cataclysms due to a desire of literally erasing everything as they see fit. Like many powerful and far-reaching Villains they might just be able to make their twisted dreams into reality.

In many cases they qualify as Complete Monsters largely because they do not see any worth in morals and go out of their way to prove this and decency among other things absolutely meaningless through extreme actions. They can also be Tragic and/or Amoral due to traumatic experiences that made them view everything as meaningless and shaped their habits of not following the guidelines others may have set up beforehand.

Examples include Spyro Doomfire.

Note: If Villains seem nihilistic but at the same time value their own existences (e.g. Pepper Satanica) they do not qualify.