Zielo is the main antagonist of the The Murder of Me comic series created by Gigi Dutreix. He is the leader of his Soulless and the youngest of the three original gods, Celios and Heephis. Being corrupted by sin and murdering his own brothers, Zielo is forever bored, currently "playing a game" with all of existence and the Sons of Heephis themselves. His original appearance is similar to that of Silver the Hedgehog.
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The Fall
A long time ago, the brothers Zielo, Heephis, and Celios lived in a universe without evil. Then, "sin" corrupted the brothers. It is said that Zielo, the youngest of these thee brothers, was corrupted the most. Filled with new, evil energies Zielo slayed both Celios and Heephis. Through his murder, he also absorbed their power.
Zielo then became the only god in existence, drunk with limitless energy. After this event, it is assumed the Dark God was put to asleep.
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The Final Sacrifices
Two unlucky characters, Jonathan Hedgehog and Fox, had been lead into one of Zielo's temples by Anna Croi. Trapping them in Ini Pyramid, Anna Croi uses them as final sacrifices for Zielo to "reawaken". (Issue #1)
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"The Glowies"
Zielo had taken pieces of Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Silver the Hedgehog's souls when they were very young. He seemingly took Sonic's when he was 6, then subsequently murdered Jules the Hedgehog. When Zielo took Silver's piece, it was after a mass murder of his people. Shadow's piece was taken while in captivity, the location unknown.
The order in which he took the 'Glowies':
•Sonic the Hedgehog (Age 6 at the time)
•Shadow the Hedgehog (Age unknown)
•Silver the Hedgehog (Age unknown, was very young)
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ARC 1
In the beginning of Issue 2, Zielo first appears seemingly playing a "game" with Bernadette the Hedgehog, referring to her as a "spark". Zielo's energy controller is then taken from Bernadette, though he did not seem to care. If anything, it seemed this event was made start to his "game." When Zielo returns to an unknown location, a soulless asks Zielo forgiveness for not returning the energy controller Bernadette had stolen. After asking for mercy, Zielo immediately incinerates him. Afterwards, Zielo turns Sonic's mother into a soulless herself. He became bored of Bernadette, and thus felt her spark had "burned long enough."
In Issue 3, Zielo is seen watching Sonic from the buildings in silence, as if waiting.
In Issue 4, Silver's world is seemingly consumed and torn by pure darkness. A voice booms through the darkness,
"This worthless world displeases me. Let everything be erased from existence!"
-Zielo (Issue 4)
When Sonic, Shadow, and Silver are united, a soulless is shot from a strange location to his death, the soulless screaming "Master please have mercy!" After the trio of heroes arrive at the Master Emerald altar, hundreds of soulless plead for their lives. All of them look towards the top of the pedestal, all crying out for their "god" and "master". (One soulless was destroyed in particular, causing the crowd to freak out more.) Suddenly, a silhouette figure comes from behind the Master Emerald. Seemingly angered, Zielo slams his hand on the Master Emerald, causing it to crack. Zielo then walks into view of his slaves and Shadow, Silver, and Sonic.
Sonic recognizes Zielo as the one who murdered his father, and in anger almost storms to Zielo. Shadow and Silver hold Sonic back quickly however, and then covering his mouth. Meanwhile, the soulless cries only become louder and more desperate, praising Zielo in hopes of sparing their lives. Annoyed with the chatter, Zielo silences them all. While walking down the Master Emerald Alter, he elaborates that his soulless had directly disobeyed him in attacking Sonic, Shadow, and Silver (referring to them as "Sparks"). When he grabs a soulless frozen in the air, he demands an explanation for their disobedience. After blabbering excuses, the soulless decays immediately. This causes all of his soulless to decay into nothing, causing Sonic, Shadow, and Silver to just stare in shock.
Recovering from his own inner turmoil, Sonic pushes Shadow off and charges at Zielo. Sonic is suddenly stopped, mobilized by Zielo. Zielo then starts decaying Sonic's face, as he started becoming slightly annoyed after being having to "repeat himself". He is stopped by Silver, who uses his power to hold ZIelo. The Dark God then throws Sonic to the ground, disinterested, and walks towards Silver. Silver attempts to push his power on Zielo further, freezing him, but Zielo easily breaks out of the hold. He stands over Silver, reminding him that Zielo was the one that destroyed his world. Being brought to tears after Zielo nonchalantly talks of the many lives he stole from Silver's future, Silver pulls a tree from the ground and threatens to destroy him. Annoyed once more, Zielo causes Silver sudden internal pain and makes him throw up blood. Zielo smiles wildly for this, until he is interrupted by Sonic once more. Sonic, using his new "god powers", tells Zielo to leave his brother alone. The Dark God only points at Sonic in annoyance, not liking to be interrupted, which causes Sonic's powers to hault. After turning back to the blood covered Silver, he finds Shadow's "Chaos Cannon" being pointed at him. Shadow stands up to Zielo, interrupting and threatening the Dark God. More annoyed by this, Zielo causes the trio of heroes to hold their heads in pain as his bottled anger rises from this. He demands them to bow to him, in which Shadow, Silver, and Sonic are forced to the ground. Zielo then takes the energy controllers the trio found in Issue 2 and 3. When asked who he was, Zielo proudly states that he is the Dark God, the most powerful being in the universe.
