Usurpation of the Lord

Sonic.exe, also known as Lord X (or simply X), is the titular main antagonist of JoeDoughBoi's Sonic.exe series and its sequel series, Soulless Sonic. He first appeared in the latter and JohnKun's 2023 fangame SONIC 2011.

He is an interdimensional eldritch entity that grew fascinated with the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, going so far as to morph his own body in the shape of its titular character. X created a haunted CD-ROM copy of the original 1991 game as a gateway to reap souls into his own pocket dimension, using a devoted cult to pass the game from victim to victim as a hope for him to one day have humanity all to himself.

ORIGIN

Genesis

X’s early life is shrouded in mystery by what is known is that at some point in time, an entity composed solely of VOID energy was born in the gap between dimensions known as the Void, an unseen location said to contain nothing but darkness. This entity would find humanity and grow fascinated with them, deciding to take their souls for its own selfish needs. The entity would then latch onto the Sonic franchise and begin to idolize the character in a twisted way, creating his world based on the original Sonic the Hedgehog videogame as it's gateway from his world to the humans.

APPEARANCE

Lord X looks like Sonic, but it has more grayish fur/spikes, a bloody X-shaped scar on its stomach and black X-shaped crosses in its white-to-red eyes with black sclera. Also, its dark-grey feet (not actually shoes), dark-golden teeth (12 on top, 11 on bottom, 23 in total), whiskers and different shape of face (wider face, big chin etc.) differ it from both Sonic.exe and normal Sonic.

His decaying form is similar to his standard form in the terms of shaping, but it has a different palette. It has green-ish fur/spikes instead, less dark red and more light-yellow skin.

In his internal form, Lord X's entire body is black with purple highlights (excluding head), itself being very tall. Unlike any of his other forms of Sonic, its eyes are split. In this form it is visible that Lord X's shoes are its feet.

In his void form, Lord X has a color scheme similar to his decaying form. Lord X's body splits into two halves, with his hands becoming purple and similar to his Internal form's.

In his faker form he looks exactly identical to Classic Sonic himself, besides that he has yellow teeth, and eyes that glow red in the dark.

His true form is a purple void mess, We do not know it's actual appearance and can only describe what leaks into our universe, It might look like a skull to some but in reality it's not, It's simply a bit of X's human obsession that caused it to manifest that way for a single second, The true form constantly changes shape.

PERSONALITY

X is a sadistic and cruel monster that possesses an instinctive lust for destruction and pain. He has immense interest in the human race and the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, stealing the souls of people and putting them into the bodies of the franchise's characters. He sees humans as disposable puppets he can manipulate and torture for as long as he likes simply because he wields the power to do so.

X's signature trait is his interest in playing games. These games often serve as entertainment for X's sadism, being entirely rigged for the monster to win without a successful escape. X does not savor how inexperienced he is at game design.

Similar to that of a young child, he is also extremely short-tempered. When something is not played in X's favor, he can often become uncharacteristically impatient or angry. This is best shown in how when the player takes too long to move to the right, he will often just end up killing them on the spot out of sheer spite. X loathes deital figures in the real world, often choosing to mock them.

By 2021, Sonic.exe (now going by Lord X) has matured greatly compared to his younger self. Despite still being extremely megalomaniacal and malicious, he now knows how to manipulate and scare people far better than before. Also, an equally important difference from his younger self is refinement and elegance. For example, he likes to play the piano[10], speaks in a formal tone and is not as impulsive as before. In his own words, X believes that killing people is an art, and does not like being compared to a savage beast.

Despite his bloodthirsty nature, X is intelligent and self-aware. He can manipulate people easily, creating worlds and levels in his twisted game. Furthermore, he sometimes being nice to his victims, although this is rare, and his brutal tortures are worse than death, overriding any friendliness.

POWERS

•	  Reality Manipulation: X's most famous ability. X can control reality in anyway he likes. He can create matter, destroy it, remake it, change things, create worlds, change shape, he can do it all. The most notable forms of his reality powers is the creation of his world, the control over the game disk, his illusions and being able to turn a soul into a slave.
•	  Teleportation: X can warp himself from one place to the other, as shown in the first Sonic.exe Creepypasta. X can even teleport into the human world though he can only be in it for a few minutes before having to go back into his world.
•	  Soul Stealing: In order for X to have slaves for eternity, he needs a human soul to make one. Whenever X comes out into our world he has limited time to steal a person's soul. After he steals one, the soul resembles a wispy ball of bluish light. X can easily alter the shape of the soul into a slave's body, the body resembling a video game character that the soul's owner liked most. X can even eat a soul, though doing so doesn't result in digestion, as a soul is eternal, so X can eat one soul as many times as he likes, though even nibbling on a soul can damage and dehumanize the mind of the slave the soul belongs to.
•	  Dream Manipulation: X can enter and modify the dreams of his victims to his whims.
•	  Shapeshifting: X can change his own appearance in addition to his reality powers, though he always prefers to resemble Sonic in some way. Over time X's main appearance has "updated" and changed drastically to look more like himself.
•	  Black Hole: Arguably considered as X's most gruesome and most dangerous ability ever, and he never uses it. If X ever gets bored with a slave, he opens up his mouth and also opens up a black hole inside. When X sucks up a soul with the black hole, the soul shrinks into a singularity and then vanishes, and is thus lost forever, erased from existence. X hates having to use the black hole in his mouth because he doesn't want to permanently kill anyone.
•	  Dark Matter consistency: X is made entirely out of Dark Matter. He lives off of it and can use it to use his powers. Just like a soul, X's Dark Matter is eternal, and as such, he can never be killed by normal means. He can also remove pieces of his Dark Matter to use however he deems neccessary, such as sending a piece to the programmer in order to complete the disk and creating the Seven Guardians. Removing the Dark Matter piece by piece has no real effect on X's psyche.
•	  Hacking: X is a very skilled programmer and hacker, considering how he's able to take full control of a PC once his game disk is in and how he manipulates what goes on in the game to show the player what's going on in his world.
•	  Levitation: X can fly, as shown in the Creepypasta when he chased after Tails. JC explained that his ability to levitate is caused by his boots, which are used to cause anti-gravity.
•	  Mind Manipulation: One of X's more obscure abilities. X can influence those with evil in their hearts, which is how he got into contact with the programmer who made the original disk.

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THE 7 GUARDIANS

X created the group of 7 guardians to keep his world in check while he's busy with his games, with the Guardians joining in on some occasions. They are extensions of X but have their own individuality and goals.

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Kito is one of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion of "Prayer". Kito usually resides in his temple with a bunch of worshippers who serve him and X.

APPEARANCE

Kito takes the appearance of a grey statue with a face similar to Sonic, wearing a set of priest robes. Their fingers are elongated as well as their mouth which shows their tongue. On the foundation it has "I AM" written. He is the largest of all the guardians, followed by Ken'o.

PERSONALITY

Kito is a devoted follower of X who always treats him in high regard. He is stone cold, and see's humans as an insult to his self-worth, viewing them with little to no value. He sees religion as nothing but a farce, as he claims that the truth awaits at the hands of his lord.

FUN FACTS

Their tounge is the only part of them that moves fluidly, as prayer is tongue and speech. Kito will emit a heavenly glow from their eyes and mouth to trap victims, causing them to kneel before Kito until they perish.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	   Divine Radiance: Emits an intense heavenly glow from eyes and mouth that compels victims to kneel in forced worship, paralyzing them until death.
•	   Immovable Form: Body is completely petrified and statue-like, granting near-invulnerability and immense physical strength; only the tongue moves with unnatural fluidity.
•	   Enforced Devotion: Can induce overwhelming religious ecstasy or dread in targets, breaking their will and forcing submission.
•	   Tongue of Prayer: Uses elongated tongue for incantation-like attacks, channeling void energy or binding souls through spoken “prayers.”

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Ken'o is one of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion, "Disgust".

APPEARANCE

Ken'o takes the appearance of a head on top of a pillar shaped exactly like X's albeit green with a permanent disgusted expression of its face, surrounded by floating grey damaged rings. He also has a red "X" in the middle of his body.

PERSONALITY

Ken'O is bitter to the core, being constantly unsatisfied with everything around him, even the name given to him. He sees humans as annoying and viewing them as nothing but playthings for his lord. He sees himself and the others as X, or at least he thought at first.

FUN FACTS

Ken'o is in a permanent state of disgust. Their disgust is so strong that it resulted in their body devolving into a mass of VOID matter, some of which spills from their mouth constantly. The rings around them are moved with their mind.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	    Void Dissolution: Constantly leaks corrosive VOID matter from the mouth that melts flesh, corrupts matter, and induces overwhelming nausea or physical revulsion in victims.
•	    Telekinetic Rings: Controls surrounding damaged rings with the mind, hurling them as razor-sharp projectiles or forming barriers that shred anything they touch.
•	    Contagious Disgust: Projects an aura of intense revulsion that weakens enemies, causes vomiting, hallucinations of decay, or forces them to reject their own bodies.
•	    Devolutionary Gaze: Direct eye contact accelerates the target’s physical and mental degeneration, breaking them down into worthless, loathsome forms.

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Kofuku is one of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion, "Joy".

APPEARANCE

Kofuku wears a blue jester-like attire, with two paint brushes on each arm, and red tips on his gloves. His face is also stitched together, resembling that of a mask. his boots have the letter "K" to coincide with his name.

PERSONALITY

Kofuku is a joyful and playful jester who loves to play different kinds of games with his "friends", even if they end up hurting or even killing them.

FUN FACTS

Kofuku is the friendliest of the Guardians, however that does not make him any less deadly. They wear a human face in order to appeal more to their audience. Kofuku doesn't seem to ever get angry, in fact they're never unhappy either.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	     Euphoric Manipulation: Radiates an infectious, overwhelming joy that forces victims to laugh uncontrollably, ignoring pain or danger until their bodies give out.
•	     Paintbrush Creation: Uses arm-mounted paintbrushes to “paint” reality, summoning deadly toys, weapons, or twisted playground constructs from void energy.
•	     Agile Acrobatics: Possesses superhuman speed, agility, and unpredictability, bouncing and flipping with jester-like grace to evade and overwhelm foes.
•	     Stitched Mask: The removable human-like face can be thrown or animated independently to distract, terrify, or latch onto victims, draining their sanity with forced smiles.

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Gekido is one of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion, "Rage", and will play an important role in The Second Disk.

APPEARANCE

Gekido is shown to be in a red tuxedo with a large red bow on it. He also sports a cane, and a large top hat. His face is void-like, with only the sides of his mouth and his pupils only being visible.

PERSONALITY

Gekido is unsually calm and collected, despite the role given to him. While he doesn't often get too angry, his face will begin to come on fire and lash out if in a frenzy. He uses his victims as workers for his processing plant, and often gets stressed out when they don't do a good job in his eyes.

FUN FACTS

Gekido is often reserved, which is ironic considering their name. Gekido's face has been permanently disfigured due to their outbursts. A small fire that lights up within them whenever they speak. Gekido runs a meat processing plant.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	   Suppressed Fury: Maintains unnerving calm that suddenly erupts into explosive rage, dramatically increasing strength, speed, and durability when triggered.
•	   Infernal Ignition: Inner fire ignites within the void-face during speech or anger, capable of spewing searing flames or superheating the surrounding air to incinerate targets.
•	   Cane Mastery: Wields cane as a precision weapon, extending it to impossible lengths, channeling fire through it, or using it to impale and manipulate victims like puppets.
•	   Factory Dominion: Commands the meat processing plant domain, summoning conveyor belts, hooks, and machinery from the void to grind, flay, or ensnare enemies.

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Zetsubo is one of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion, "Despair".

APPEARANCE

Zetsubo has webbed hands and feet that resemble gloves and shoes respectively, with long-sharp teeth, and a siren akin to angler fish. She also wears a silver chain, with a red "X" in the middle.

PERSONALITY

Zetsubo is silent but deadly guardian, using the regrets, guilts, and pain of the victims against them. She sees sorrow as the truth and the answers to all problems and uses that ideology by taking away any sense of faith and courage within the victims.

FUN FACTS

Zetsubo likes to speak in rhyme, after all if it rhymes it's true. They tend to reside underwater most of the time. The strongest guardian in terms of psychological torment.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	   Rhyming Despair: Speaks exclusively in haunting rhymes that burrow into the mind, forcing victims to relive their deepest regrets, guilts, and failures until hope shatters.
•	   Angler Lure: Emits a hypnotic, sorrowful glow from the angler-like siren, drawing victims closer while flooding their minds with visions of inescapable doom.
•	   Psychological Torrent: Amplifies and weaponizes existing despair, eroding willpower, faith, and courage; can drive targets to self-destruction or catatonic surrender.
•	   Aquatic Dominion: Thrives underwater, manipulating flooded zones to drown victims slowly while whispering rhymed torments, or summoning crushing water pressure and illusory depths.

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Kyofu is one of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion, "Fear".

APPEARANCE

Kyofu wears a dark cloak with black boots to sport. His togue is stitched together by multiple others, as well as a dark interior with teeth visible underneath. He also sports a hat with a red "X" in the middle.

PERSONALITY

Kyofu is a sinister and cunning in nature. He loves mocking and torturing his victims as if they're "children", getting to know their fears and using them as a way of torment. Even if he doesn't know their fears at the moment, he'll try his best to figure it out someday.

FUN FACTS

Kyoufu targets victims based on a body part they become fascinated with. Kyoufu likes to add these to their own body, forming a "collection". Kyoufu shapeshifts much easier and more often than the others, leaning into the uncanny valley.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	   Phobia Manifestation: Instantly detects and materializes a victim’s deepest fears into tangible, nightmarish illusions or physical entities that pursue and torment them.
•	   Uncanny Shapeshifting: Fluidly alters form to mimic familiar figures in distorted, horrifying ways, exploiting the uncanny valley to induce paralyzing dread.
•	   Body Part Theft: After breaking a victim psychologically, severs and seamlessly integrates their favored body part into his own form, gaining minor attributes or enhancements from it.
•	   Mocking Whispers: Projects taunting, child-like voices directly into the mind, eroding sanity by ridiculing fears and insecurities while amplifying terror.

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Yokubo is one of, and the strongest of Lord X's 7 Guardians, representing the emotion, "Desire".

APPEARANCE

Yokubo's attire is similar to that of a gladiator, with brown gloves having red ribbons wrapped around, golden boots, and a cape that wraps around his waist. He has a red orb bracelet and an earring, with the letter "X" in it.

PERSONALITY

Yokubo is prideful, spoiled, and self-obsessed, seeing himself in a higher standard compared to everyone else. He sees humans as insects who should feel honored when in his presence. He sees himself as X, but much less merciful compared to his master, however, he can feel charmed if given a complement.

FUN FACTS

Very punchable face, gives off spoiled brat vibes. Despite claiming to be perfect, tends to consist of imperfections upon further inspection. By far the most powerful of the Guardians, which often gets to Yokubo’s head.

POWERS/ABILITIES

•	   Desire Manipulation: Amplifies, twists, or creates overwhelming cravings in victims, driving them to obsession, betrayal, or self-destruction in pursuit of their deepest wants.
•	   Illusory Reflections: Generates flawless mirror-like illusions that reflect and magnify the viewer’s desires, trapping them in personalized paradises or nightmares of unfulfilled longing.
•	   Mind Fog: Emits a disorienting aura that clouds thoughts, weakens resistance, and makes targets pliable to suggestion or domination.
•	   Overwhelming Presence: Exudes an intoxicating, commanding charisma that forces lesser beings to submit, worship, or fight among themselves for his favor.