| “ | I wish I were an evil wizard. They have all the fun. | „ |
| ~ Jason on Zokar. |
Zokar is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Eldrin) of Brandon Mull's fantasy series, Beyonders. He was one of the three most powerful Edomic users during the age of wizards and fought a war against the other two. He trained three apprentices named Maldor, Orruck, and Arastus, before becoming paranoid and trying to kill Maldor and Orruck and being betrayed by Arastus. He also created the displacers, The Manglers, The Giants, The Abominations of Zokar, and found a way to control the Torivors. He was killed by Eldrin at the end of the Age of Wizards.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- He opened a portal to the worlds beyond Lyrian, and through it found a powerful race of reality warpers called Torivors. Hoping to use them to his advantage, Zokar created the Myrkstone, which he used to enslave them by the hundreds, forcing them to stay in Lyrian and obey his every command.
- Additionally, he lied to the world and said he created Torivors,
- He tried to create a creature similar to a Torivor, but instead created the three Abominations of Zokar. Since they were not blindly loyal to him, he turned on them, trying to kill or imprison them. On of the abominations, called the Wanderer, had the intellect of a human. By trying to kill the Wanderer, Zokar essentially tried to murder his own child.
- He created a race called Displacers but planned their extinction by making it so the number of females born decreased every generation because he feared they would turn against him.
- He started the war with Eldrin and Certius in the first place because he felt threatened by them. All of Lyrian was dragged into this bloody conflict that cost thousands of lives.
- He turned on Maldor and Orruck, two of his apprentices. In his most unique act of depravity, Zokar turned Orruck into a horrifying, immortal, immobile, and insane monster that was in a state of constant suffering simply because he feared he would betray him. He planned to do something similar to Maldor.
- In an added bit of sadism, he imprisoned Orruck in the ruins of his childhood home.
- He had Certius killed, despite the wizard being more peaceful.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Evil?[]
- He lacks characterization, since he is only talked about and never actually appears of has any lines. However, he a clear personality and motive, making this a minor prevention.
- He was apparently driven somewhat insane by one of his abominations during his battle with it. This makes his moral agency somewhat questionable.
External Links[]
- Zokar on the Villains Wiki
- Zokar on the Beyonders Wiki