| NOTE: This page is only for the Japanese localization of The End, as the English version was voted Pure Evil, and thus, only the Japanese version of The End's info and crimes should be put here. |
| “ | I am the orchestrator and arbiter of order in the universe. My light is judgment. I melt all things and return them to the primordial dust. Nothing can escape the infinite light. Answer me, little life. Only through My discipline and judgment can life everywhere find peace. Many lives are now at peace under my guidance. Is it thy bloated ego that makes thee choose that path? Is it the aspiration of life to find the meaning of existence? The stronger the aspiration that life embraces, the more thousands of tribulations will descend upon it. Behold the many lives that flee and try to escape in the face of the hardships before them. Life, except for Me, is an entity that cannot overcome its own fragile mind. Life is oblivious to the ignorance that makes it believe only it does not make mistakes. There is no such thing as an absolute constant in the universe. Only a future of stupor awaits us in the face of irrationality and absurdity. When judgement comes, reality will be revealed. What did you crave, what did you discern, what did you question, what did you ponder, what did you accomplish? I hereby seal this planet forever. My attunement is the ruling of fate on everything that exists in this universe. Since time immemorial, it has been ordained that aspiring life forms will come to this end, and that there is no way to challenge thine foolishness. Hear, I say, the chirps of darkness that lurk in thine heartbeats. Life is to stagnate and enter its twilight. But thou wilt go on? It is a choice that is hard to understand. Stop the nonsense now. This is the last warning. Indeed. This was decided from ordination. It has been repeated time and time again. I see. Is the meaning of thy existence in this universe? Canst thou devote thy being to that aspiration which guides life? Something is about to happen. Something that transcends law and time. Is this the beginning of evolution? I see. So that is what the universe is, what life is. | „ |
| ~ The End's final boss dialogue in the Japanese translation of the base game. |
The End, also known as the All-Consuming Void, is the overarching antagonist of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, serving as the main antagonist of Sonic Frontiers and its DLC The Final Horizon.
It is a nihilistic, god-like entity that traversed the universe and had destroyed the home planet of the Ancients long ago in the past, along with an innumerable amount of other stars, worlds and lives. The destruction of the Ancients' home world had led them to create a new home of residence on the Starfall Islands, where a reflection of their former home planet would be stored into Cyber Space. The End's actions also led to the arrival of the Chaos Emeralds on Earth and, as a result, every problem caused by their existence.
Throughout Sonic's journey across the Starfall Islands, The End is a voice that guides Sonic, though its true motivations are eventually revealed when Sonic briefly gets trapped in between dimensions. Upon the entity achieving its freedom from Cyber Space, it is now able to traverse across dimensions and tear down the very fabric that they consist of, making The End one of the most dangerous and powerful foes that Sonic has ever faced.
It is voiced by Gara Takashima for its female voice and Hōchū Ōtsuka for its male voice.
Its Evil Ranking[]
What Makes It Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- While its overall motives and backstory are cryptic and unknown, and despite it being seen as a living embodiment of the concept of death, it shows clear signs of a personality and moral agency.
- Although its destruction of countless other stars, worlds and planets is offscreen, it doesn't detract from its villainy due to the game showing what happens when it destroys a planet, as shown during the cutscene where it obliterated the Ancients' planet near-instantly with a single laser swipe, and the fact that it intends to continue doing so after it is released from Cyber Space.
- It is considered as one of the evilest villains in the entire franchise due to its destruction of countless planets and attempting to destroy the entire universe, plus causing the events of the entire series by sending the Chaos Emeralds to Earth, indirectly leading to all the atrocities caused by the villains who used them to carry out their goals.
- It and its legacy will forever haunt the franchise even after its death, as the Chaos Emeralds remain on Earth and will allow for future villains to carry out their goals by using them, not to mention its possible return in the future.
Background[]
- In the past, it destroyed the Ancients' home planet and then followed the few remaining survivors when they tried to escape in an attempt to drive their race to extinction.
- Because the Ancients used the Chaos Emeralds to go to Earth, this makes it responsible for the existence of almost all villains in the franchise prior, something it is fully aware of as it knows the previous foes Sonic the Hedgehog fought, most of them having something to do with the Chaos Emeralds.
- It is indirectly responsible for Chaos' fall to villainy as well. This is because Pachacamac and the Echidna Clan wanted the Chaos Emeralds from the descendants of the Ancients/Kocos and the Chao, which drove Chaos into insanity and tempted him into trying to destroy the world.
- As a result of the Chaos Emeralds being brought to Earth, it thus served as a catalyst for various villains throughout the series, who had wanted to exploit the emeralds' powers for their own wrongdoings. These included, but are not limited to, Dr. Robotnik, Chaos, Eggman Nega, Black Doom, the Babylon Rogues, Mephiles and the Deadly Six. Eventually, in one case, this got Robotnik's cousin Maria killed and their grandfather Gerald had his life ruined because of this.
- The deaths of Maria and Gerald also caused both the Biolizard and Shadow to attempt to destroy humanity (the latter of which attempting to do so twice upon his release thanks to Robotnik and during Black Doom's return).
- The chaos emeralds also corrupted Emerl, which led to his tragic death in a fight with Sonic. The Time Eater had also drained four chaos emeralds of their energy.
- While not explicitly stated in the game, The End's continued genocide towards the Ancients while attacking the Earth had also caused a numerous amount of volcanic eruptions on its surface, causing Chaos Island to have a rocky landscape, and undoubtedly causing mass scale damage to the rest of the planet.
- This is shown in a cutscene where four of the Ancients attempt to confront it, and is hinted at when Tails compares the damage it has caused to that of Dark Gaia, who was able to split the planet apart into seven pieces.
- Its continued threat towards the Ancients caused Crane to sacrifice himself in order to seal The End within his Titan, SUPREME. During the binding, Crane is shown to be in agony as he writhes in pain before dying due to The End's deadly power, causing the entity to possess the Titan before being sealed in Cyber Space.
In Game[]
- Through its cryptic instructions towards Sonic, it made the Titans, the guardians that were created to protect the island and the Earth from it, and by extension Sage, who had some degree of control over them, making them appear as the threats to the island, and not itself.
- It took full advantage of Sonic's altruism and persistence, and Sage's finalistic, calculative personality and initial antagonism towards Sonic and his friends, and nearly uses those qualities of theirs to kill Sonic. It manipulates Sonic into "tearing down the walls between dimensions" by gathering all the Chaos Emeralds and destroying the first three Titans, and deactivating the six towers on Rhea Island, so it can be freed from Cyberspace.
- All the while, Sage, due to her programming and the data from Cyber Space being restricted to outsiders, was unable to tell Sonic about The End's impending threat, despite her being the only one to know about it. It should also be added that Sage capturing Sonic's friends to exclude external variables in freeing Robotnik and protecting the island simultaneously is ultimately what caused him to act in the first place.
- Every time Sonic destroys one of the cages, The End rewards Sonic with a new ability out of pragmatism. While Sonic was initially confident that he wasn't getting harmed by the Cyber Energy, The End rewarding him with these abilities had put him into a further sense of false security, as this gives him the idea that it's actually beneficial for him to continue absorbing it.
- After destroying the Cyber Cages and shutting down the towers, Sonic absorbed so much Cyber-Energy that he got corrupted and nearly died while being left paralyzed and having his soul trapped in Cyber Space as he became stuck between realities. Sonic is also shown to be in a lot of pain, as he was barely able to stand after freeing Tails.
- Upon being freed, it attempted to destroy all of existence without any hesitation.
- It destroyed a countless number of planets and stars and claimed countless amounts of lives.
- After losing, it proceeded to blow itself up in an attempt to destroy Sonic, Sage and the Earth, resulting in Sage sacrificing herself to contain the blast.
- Had Robotnik not been able to revive Sage using the Ancients' technology, Sage would've died permanently.
The Final Horizon[]
- Amy, Tails, and Knuckles absorb the Cyber-Energy which causes all of them immense pain because of its release.
- After defeating SUPREME in the update, it hijacked the downed Titan in another attempt to kill Sonic and using the Titan as its avatar. As it doing this, Supreme is also visually in extreme pain and suffers erasure of mind (In spite of the Titan actively trying to resist THE END's Control), due to the transformation.
- It launches a barrage of energy blasts at a defenseless Robotnik and Sage, Tails, Knuckles and Amy who are struggling to protect themselves, after Robotnik and Sage acquired Supreme's Cannon with Team Sonic's help.
What Prevents It from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Unlike its English version, who is a delusional megalomaniac with no redeeming qualities, this version is a genuine extremist, as it genuinely sees itself as a benevolent force that believes that it is saving its victims from the suffering that is life of their own volition.
- It also shows genuine respect to Sonic during its final moments, after it realizes what life truly is.
External Links[]
- The End on the Villains Wiki
- The End on the Sonic Wiki
- The End on the Moral Ranking Wiki
- The End on the Ultimate Evil Wiki
- The End on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
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 Near Pure Evils
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