Pariah Dark

Pariah Dark
File:Pariah.jpg Pariah Dark
Publication information
Publisher	Nickelodeon
First appearance	"Reign Storm"
Created by	Butch Hartman
In-story information
Team affiliations	Himself, Fright Knight
Notable aliases	King of All Ghosts, Ghost King (by Danny and Vlad Plasmius)
Abilities	Assumed basic ghost powers such as flight, super strength, etc, as well as grown power over wearing the Ring of Rage and Crown of Fire

Pariah Dark is a fictional character from Danny Phantom. He is the main villain from Reign Storm. He is voiced by Brian Cox.

Appearance

History

It was revealed that before Danny became a ghost, before nearly all the other ghosts in the Ghost Zone were even spawned, a ghost named Pariah Dark was the most powerful and dangerous ghost in the Ghost Zone. He was once the king of all ghosts, and the Fright Knight was his servant. Pariah was apparantly a tyrant and ruled the Ghost Zone with an iron hand.

When Pariah had the two treasures, the Ring of Rage and the Crown of Fire, which give the bearer tremendous if not unlimited ability and potential power. It is unclear if the Crown of Fire embues with wearers with powers regardless of whether they also wear the Ring of Rage. However it is certain that the power of the Ring of Rage is useless unless worn in tandem with the Crown. With both of these items, Pariah seemed to be able to do virtually anything.

Eventually a group of ancient ghosts banded together to defeat the Ghost King. Their means of defeating him is not explained, however somehow Pariah's Ring of Rage was removed and sealed away. Also, his servant the Fright Knight was similarly sealed away, within a pumpkin as per his ghostly weakness. These ancient ghosts imprisoned Pariah himself in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep, and destroyed his kingdom, leaving behind only his castle where he would sleep forever.

It is interesting to note most ghosts in the show's present day time appear to be at most only as old as Pariah himself, and no older. Most ghosts in fact appear much younger in both their looks as well as the time from which is logical that they were spawned. One possible exception to the age of most ghosts would be Clockwork, who's age is unknown. The ancient ghosts which defeated the Ghost King are no where to be found in present time, nor are any other ghosts from Pariah's time to be seen, again save only for the Fright Knight and possibly Clockwork. It is possible that the two observers, as seen with clockwork, could have been part of the ancient ghosts.

Reign Storm

When Vlad Plasmius accidentally released him from his imprisonment to get his crown, Pariah attacks him, and was upset to learn that that Vlad had the Ring of Rage. He ordered his army and the Fright Knight to look for the ring. The army arrived in Amity in search of the ring, which was given to Valerie Gray by Vlad for safe keeping.

Shortly after the arrival, Fright Knight put his sword to the ground to claim Amity for Pariah; if anyone were to remove the sword it would be a 'signal of doom'. Danny removes the sword without knowledge of that fact, and the entirely of Amity Park was transported to the Ghost Zone.

Afterwards, Pariah realizes that Valerie had his ring and demanded it to which she does, sending it away via a missile for them to give chase and buy her time. Pariah eventually does get the ring, and begins his plan for world conquest.

Danny, with the help of various ghosts and his father's ectoskeleton suit, fights his way into Pariah's castle and confronts him. Though Danny begins to run out of energy due to the suit's unstable ability to drain a person's energy, he somehow manages to knock off the crown and tosses Pariah into the sarcophagus that he was imprisoned in earlier, Vlad locking the coffin before Danny passes out from exhaustion, and thus restoring everything back to normal.

Other Appearances

Pariah has never truly appeared in any other episode. He was mentioned in "Kindred Spirits", as an excuse by Danny for why he was late. He is mentioned in "Infinite Realms", as his defeat is the reason Danny gained respect from Frostbite and his people. By the the episode "Phantom Planet" he seems to make a cameo when Danny is being rounded up by all his enemies when he seeks help to save the Earth from the Disastroid--though it could likely be an animation error or Danny may have set him free offscreen.

Pariah's Powers and Abilities

Besides the basic ghost powers, Pariah Dark can fire a red blast attack and seems to have some sort of telekinetic power (shown when his thrown mace missed Danny, but then turned back and struck him on its own), though perhaps this is just a homage to Mjolnir, Thor's hammer in Norse mythology, which Thor used in the same manner of attack.

In order to become his most powerful, he must have the Ring of Rage and the Crown of Fire. But even without his treasures, Pariah was enough to scare all of the ghosts out of the ghost zone and he easily defeated Danny and Plasmius at the same time. Although it is still a mystery if he is more powerful than Dark Danny.

Pariah's Personality/Weaknesses

Because he was once king of all ghosts, Pariah has a commanding force, expecting others to heed his word or perish. Ruthless, strict, and malevolent, he'll force his armies on other places in order to get what he wants without a second thought. He seems to enjoy power and gaining as much influence as possible. He cannot tolerate those who oppose him.

When he is imprisoned in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep however, it turns everything back to normal. Pariah Dark is also very arrogant, often underestimating his enemies.