Fiction:Gridlock

"Don't run, don't hide. It won't help you. You'll only die tired. I hate prey that can't put up a fight before the end..."

- Gridlock

Gridlock is one of the 3 Highlords of the Zarbania Powers, son of the infamous Crime lord and Emperor, Dark One, and a warlord feared and respected across his home-galaxy.

Gridlock is narcistic, savage, and totally focused on conquering the First Gigaquadrant, in any way he can. However, he can be fair and respectful towards his allies, and soldiers placed under his command.

Early life
Gridlock was born in the inter-dimensional Empire called the Zarbanian Imperium. Nothing is known of his time in the Imperium, other then his War with another powerful empire, the Enlightened Ones of the Mirus. He began the war by transporting Zarbania into the Mirus, to demonstrate his ownership of the galaxy, and fought the EO. He revenged entire sectors of space, and was a famous general. However, in the final battle, he was killed in one-on-one combat with Kossi'Valicar. The Imperium, disgusted with his loss, retreated, leaving the forces there to be reduced to tribal life, and went to their home dimension, to await whatever happened to them. They did not resurrect Gridlock, at least not to the EO's knowledge, leaving him to rot into a skeleton buried under the of ashes of battle.

Meanwhile, a Dark force sought out Gridlock's skeleton, and took it for his own uses.

Resurrection
Using his skin cells, Darkling Terikalinra, after he betrayed his elder sister, wanted to create an heir. He did so, creating a hybrid between Gridlock's race, and Darklings. He then erased this one's memories of Terikalinra being his father, and waited untill the Zarbania Alliance had reached the space stage. He then sent Gridlock to claim leadership of the Alliance and became it's ruler.

While it was hard, Gridlock did so, and became the leader, but not before A Mad precursor AI supplemented his rule. Embittered, he became her servant.

The Great Pirate War


Gridlock, for many years, enslaved, attacked and destroyed many empires. He became infamous around the galaxies of both Mirus and Milky Way. Until 1 one. The Great Pirate War with States of Cow. There was long fighting between the Alliance and it's allies, and States and it's allies. After a long war, Gridlock found out who his father was. Terikalinra reawakened his Darkling powers, and promised as he grew older, he would unlock more potential.

Enlightenment War
During the Enlightenment War, Gridlock personal lead an assault on the planet of Ugandalore, commanded by his father. His legions of troops purged many enemy troops, and he was tasked with capturing and indoctrinating a mysterious Volver Knight with strange connection to the void.

He and Trodaka oversaw this, and in direct violation of the agreement that the Alpha Grox would get to assimilate him and his powers. Gridlock was hurt, thought not terribly, in a fight with Overseers Terrox and Mortox. Trodaka was seriously injured, with promoted his father to break off ties with the Collective and declare war.

After this, Dark was imprisoned in crystal by Six Warriors, and thus ended the Zarbanian Powers, and their allies' involvement in the war.

After the Trodaka betrayed the Alpha Grox, many of the Changelings left the Cult of Attzerry for the protection under the Powers, fearing the Alpha's wrath.

The Great Deceiver/Attero Dominatus
Gridlock was involved in The Great Deceiver campaign, fighting on behalf of his comrade, Imperator Caligustus. Later on, Caligustus once again called in for aid, this time because the Tyranny was succumbing to slave revolts with might mark the Tyranny's end if it wasn't quelled soon enough. Much of he high command was against this, preferring to let the Tyranny die only to salvage their technology later. However, Gridlock's friend, Kradik, eventually managed to convince the High command, Gridlock included, and was allowed to set up a campaign in order to save the Tyranny. However, as it was mainly Kradik's squadrons fighting in this war, the 2 empires did not advance their diplomatic relations further, due to many other High Commanders still being not willingly to get involved.

In the end, Gridlock and his Science Teams extracted DNA from the now-perished Kradik's remains, and used this to clone his friend back to life. His Science Teams did also harvest some of the Tyranny's technology, advancing the powers further. Using the most intact of this tech, they added it to Grid's flagship, The Void-Shadow.

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Coming of Eternal War
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Gigaquadratic Conflicts
During the massive conflicts enveloping most of the gigaquadrant, Gridlock began to work on his own personal project; to resurrect his race. Since his races' fate was mysterious to him, he sought to create them in this universe, and have them become leaders of the Zarbania Powers. Gathering the highest ranking members of Science Command, Gridlock began his top secrete project, while also managing the Powers' massive, multi-front war.

Personality
Gridlock shares many personality traits with his father. He is ambitious, savage, easily made jealous, and power hungry. He is more then willing to serve his father, seeing him as the harbinger of everyone's destiny and the Great Spirit of the Universe. He loves to twist beings' emotions, and, like his father, uses psychological torture on foes through illusions, and complex plans before striking.

Despite this, he is more used to fighting man-to-man, and prefers it. He loves to create anarchy for his enemies, and turn friends into foes.

He is also an expert scientist, another trait thanks to his Darkling heritage. He can often be seen experimenting and trying to create new life-forms for military and chaotic purposes. He cares deeply not only for the troops placed under his command, but also for his subjects, who he sees as his personal responsibility, and that it his duty to protect and provide for them.

Gridlock is just as lonely as he is savage however. Deep down, he feels lost, not knowing what became of his kind or even if they still live.

Abilities
Gridlock can regenerate in seconds, and is skin is almost rock-hard. He can breath out fire balls, and shoot colunms of Plasma at targets, and can easily slice enemies with his claws and tail.

He also has powers over Darkness and negative emotions, like depression, fear and anger. He can also shape-shift, but only when not in close proximity to the creature he is mimicing.

Powers

 * Depression
 * Anger
 * Shape-shifting
 * Shadows/Darkness/Night
 * Sleep
 * Fire
 * Poison
 * Shattering
 * Energy Drain

Equipment
Gridlock doesn't need equipment, though he wears ceremonial armor, worn to commemorate his lost race, whom he always trys to bring back from the dead.

He also carries a giant, pure black blade, used only for a foe he deems worthy. The blade has the ability to drain the life from his foes with every stab, and can drain them of essence ability, if they don't die first.

Appearance
Gridlock is a disgusting mixture of features from his own race, and Darklings. Like Darklings, his body, while black flesh, has a metallic feel to it, and general glint. Like his original race, his body is riddled with purple lines and veins across most of his flesh and wings. Other veins cross across his joints, elbows and knees espically.

His body is thin, streamlined, but extremely durable. He is skeletal, with sucken-in eyes that blaze pure red with hatred and apathy. His face displays only a smile of contempt.

Gridlock wears ceremonial armor, like a Zarbanian War-Priest. It covers little of his body, and leaves little to the imagination.

Ummbras Necros
Ummbras Necros is Gridlock's pet Dvottie. How Gridlock came to possess such a pet is unknown, though it's believed he once visited the Cyrannus galaxy, and picked one up. This small little creature became his pet, and commonly appears like a Pirate's should parrot, perched on Gridlock's shoulder, but using a built-in teleportation device to get to safety when Gridlock goes to battle.

Gridlock follows the strange Duetzalanian tradition of keeping a creature that could be considered "cute" by others standards, despite their vicious lives.

Despite his sadistic love of torture, Grid displays a clam, gentle, and tender side with his pet, enhancing UN's "magic" powers through essence, and giving him a teleportation device for safety in combat.

Ummbras's feathered coat is a glossy black, with bright purple highlights, but otherwise, it is no different from other Dvottie.

[[File:Green face.png]] Allies
The Ruler of Zarbania smiles on your existence, worm.


 * Ummbra Necros - My pet...
 * The Dark one - My father, I serve you with everlasting loyalty.
 * Rogue Mind - Erm...If I must..
 * Kralock - My brother, and true friend.
 * Emperor Zmak - I miss you Zmak. You where so violent.
 * Ztac - We'll show them a new level of fear!
 * Galorian - Drop the Commandant title, you're a king!
 * Imperator Caligustus - While our views are different, I respect you, as a comrade and as a friend.
 * Auriela - Welcome to the Powers, your highness.

[[File:Blue face.png]] Comrades
I appreciate your attempts to be on my good side.


 * Teridaxias - You are loyal and strong. Keep your troops in line.
 * Bosarrk - You are clearly the one most worthy of your clutch. I'm glad I choose you.
 * Koratos - A most capable warrior. And much more well behaved then Zontross.
 * Thor'Haamee - Deliver the wrath of the Scorner to our foes.
 * Doraxethius - Crush our foes like the hammer you are.
 * Kamal - Arrogance is the weakness of the mind. Remember that.
 * Wolosh Corash - You shrug off blows that would cripple most others. Impressive.
 * Hedo'Aristin - You where obviously raised by the High Commander.
 * Surak - Keep slitting the throats of our foes in the night.
 * Pla'Ro'Cay - While your abilities are disgusting, your efficiency is not.
 * Commodus - Powerful, experienced, and useful. I can see why Kradik likes you.

[[File:Yellow face.png]] Cultists
You work for my father, but we are not friends.


 * Zontross - Your powers are nothing to me, weakling.
 * Kutai - Contuine your work.
 * Uumbras Rex - May your plans come to fruitation.
 * - You're just a bounty hunter.

[[File:Yellow face.png]] Neutral
''Submit or not. I warn you, don't go with "not".''


 * King Tirrias - I'm sorry I could not trust you before you became an Alpha Drone.
 * Abaddon Heimdall - One day, Dominatus, I will have an Empire as great as yours. And I won't let my family ruin it.
 * Medusa Heimdall - I see now why my father left to fend for myself and to fight my way to the top. Not out of hate, but out of love not to spoil me. Your father was not as merciful.
 * Angrus Mortarius - You remind me of Caligustus, abet disturbingly rational for a rage-filled warrior.
 * Wolframicht Stahl - Just like Bisarko, abet less nasty and more honorable.
 * Meshuggah Metallicus - Bwahah...Just look at this one...totally crazy!.

[[File:Red face.png]] Eniemies
''You can die as much as you want! Have fun!''


 * The Hunter - You do not scare me anymore, Hunter
 * W'tze - I will enjoy hunting you.
 * Cal trivic - Your time is up, old man.
 * Arvus causie - ''A fit meal, for a fit ruler!""
 * Paris Vault - I shall cleave your skin with my claws.
 * Genarole Kiwara - Female arkit...I have "special" plans for you.

Qoutes from others

 * You can add your own as much as you want! Have Fun!

"Y-You monster. Have you no regret for what you've done!?"

- Parris Vaut of the States of the Cow

"Your overconfidence will be your weakness. That's how you will lose!"

- Arvus Causie of the States of the Cow

"You are the one who started this war. You will be one to feel it's true effect..."

- General Renaratai Kiwara of the

"Yes, now my Son, go and destroy your enemies, For you are destined for greatness..."

- The Dark One of the The Darkling Brotherhood.

Quotes from himself
"Kill as much as you want! Have fun!"

"Your flesh stinks of fear."

"Hold still. You are doomed to die, whether it be now or tomorrow."

"I am no mere dragon. I am the Harbinger of tomorrow. I am the God of Kingdom come. I am the Prince, of the universe. Now bow like a good dog."

"I attract good soldiers, like moths to flame, like bats to flesh. They come seeking strength, and I give them more."

"I am death, and I ride upon wings of night-black hatred."

"I am become Time, destroyer of worlds."