Trope Pantheons/Leadership

Leadership

A small house, but one of the most important of them all, leadership is the quality of being able to take control of forces and let them follow through tough times. They may not have the sheer power or money as other gods have, but their charisma and ability to take charge is what makes them some of the most deadliest gods ever.

Darkseid, God of Tyranny, and Dystopia Justifies the Means
 * Overdeity (also rules over the New Gods of Apokolips)
 * Symbol: A capital Omega letter
 * Alignment: Lawful Evil personified.
 * Portfolio: Galactic Conquest, World Conquest, Eye Beams, Multiversal Conquest, Beating Up Superman, Tranquil Fury, TERRIBLE Bosses, Abusive Parents, God Complex, God Killing.
 * Domain: Evil, War, Tyranny, Strength, Anti-Life
 * Don't be fooled if he seems less threatening, you're only fighting a clone/avatar of him.
 * He sees other gods as threats to his conquest of everything, so he constantly plans to kill every god in the pantheon and outside of it and take their places. The other gods are usually powerful enough to keep him down.
 * Has recently taken a level in badass, beginning his ascent as Joker's Lawful Evil counterpart.
 * Darkseid IS.

Abbadon The Despoiler, Supreme General Ripper
 * Quasideity
 * Symbol: The Eye Of Horus
 * Alignment: Lawful Evil
 * Portfolio: General Ripper, General Failure, You Have Failed Me, Compensating for Something
 * Domains: War, Death, Destruction, Law, Evil, Army
 * Allies: Nerissa
 * Followers: Admiral Greyfield (Advance Wars: Dual Strike)
 * Opposed by: All the heroes, but especially Sanguinus, Ibram Gaunt, and Ciaphas Cain
 * Theoretically quite a fearsome god given the vast resources at his disposal, Abbadon had nevertheless by stymied by Status Quo Is God for the last ten thousand years or so. Was recently appointed to a divine office, but has refused to accept true divine power for reasons unknown. If anyone screws up in his presence, he will fire on them with whatever is handy at the moment.
 * Was originally slated to be the God of Chaos Undivided, but then Haruhi saw The Dark Knight and... let's just say that Abaddon now has a serious grudge against the Joker.

Luca Blight, God of Batshit Insane Villains With Royal Backgrounds (The Mad Prince)
 * Demigod
 * Symbol: The White Wolf army symbol
 * Weapon of Choice: His sword on FIRE.
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Portfolio: Badasses, Evil Princes, Certified Psychos, Freudian Excuses, Evil Laughing In Boldface, Permanent Slasher Smiles, Utterly Monstrous Characters, Over The Top Deaths, Climax Bosses
 * Domains: Royalty, Evil, Power, Madness, Revenge
 * Followers: Arthas Menethil (Warcraft III), Cartagia (Babylon 5)
 * Swears revenge on those who took the spots he preferred, namely Scar and Kefka.
 * It took hundreds of sacrifices to get him deified. But he has sacrificed thousands. Just look at him. Sublime. The true face of evil.

Sapphire Rhodonite, Goddess of Bad Ass Princesses
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: Her tiara on top of her greaves
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: Badass Princesses, Excessively Violent Heroes, Attraction to Good Natured Commoners, Heroic Psychopathic Love Interests.
 * Domain: Chaos, Good, War, Protection.
 * Allies: Hinata Hyuuga, Orihime Inoue, Mikuru Asahina, Hungary, Raspberyl.
 * Followers: Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear, every female protagonist of Odin Sphere
 * Extremely protective of her mortal husband Almaz. Hinata admires her courage but is also scared of her during her more Ax Crazy moments (along with many others, even members of the house of war.)
 * Considering that she considers a chainsaw a proper surgery tool, she has been kept away from any medical duties.
 * She is planning to teach other Princesses in the Pantheon the art of self defense, but she is having trouble finding candidates.

Palpatine, God of The Empire (Darth Sidious, The Emperor)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: the Sith insignia
 * Alignment: Neutral Evil, though he can use the Lawful Evil alignment to his ends.
 * Portfolio: The Emperor, Galactic Conqueror, The Man Behind the Man, The Dark Side, Magnificent Bastards, Gambit Roulettes, Evil Chancellors, The Chessmaster, Having Planets Destroyed.
 * Domains: Evil, Darkness, Politics, Tyranny, Corruption, Manipulation.
 * Allies: Darth Vader, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Death Star, Imperial Missile Boat, Sauron, Tzeentch, Big Brother, Red Skull, Lord Voldemort, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, Light Yagami, Sosuke Aizen, Kefka, M. Bison, Megatron, Emperor Charles vi Britannia, Emperor Palamecia and the Dark Kingdom.
 * Opposed by: Lelouch vi Britannia, Havelock Vetinari, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Captain America, Batman, Optimus Prime, Josiah Bartlet, Guy Shishioh, Kamina, Char Aznable, Ryouma Nagare, Robin Hood, The Doctor.
 * Followers: Maxmillian (Valkyria Chronicles)
 * Upon his ascension, his former minions, Vader, Thrawn, Death Star and the Imperial Missile Boat flocked to his side and once again swore their undying loyalty to him and his goals. This is source of alarm to many members of the Pantheon, since not not only does Palpatine have control over two super weapons but also Vader's 501st Legion which gives him the resources to stage his own possible revolution against the Pantheon. He is aware that Vader and the 501st are waiting to turn on him, and that Thrawn and the Imperial Missile Boat are carefully looking away should that happen.
 * Is currently trying to get all the evil alignment Pantheon members to join him in support his eventual coup d'Ã©tat of the Main House, both openly and covertly. So far he's had some success...
 * Apparently VERY overjoyed when he's allowed to be a God, sitting on the Pantheon. Every day, he celebrates by shouting POWERRRRRRRR! UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRRR! while blasting some poor statue (and recently Maximillian's underling Selvaria Bles who attempted a coup d'état to free Maximillian from Palpatine's grip).

Havelock Vetinari, God of Politicians (Lord Vetinari, The Patrician, Thinking Tyrant)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: Black coat-of-arms on black background
 * Alignment: Lawful Neutral
 * Portfolio: plans, The Vetinari Job Security, Chessmasters, Magnificent Bastards
 * Domain: Law, City, Tyranny, Planning, Trickery
 * Master strategist and manipulator with an eye for details, expert politician. Knows the nature of anyone he observes for more than a few minutes.
 * Followers: Although Vetinari is Lawful Neutral, most of his followers are Lawful (or Neutral) Evil, most notably Sir Francis Urquhart and Harry Saxon. Jed Barlett is a rare Lawful Good follower. Would-be followers of Vetinari who simply don't measure up include Cornelius Fudge and Jim Hacker. The jury is still out as to whether Harriet Jones qualifies as a follower of Vetinari, or indeed what her alignment is.

Lelouch vi Britannia, God of Rebellion (Lelouch Lamperouge, Zero)
 * Lesser God. Or so he wants you to think...
 * Symbol: The Geass symbol (a stylized "V")
 * Alignment: Impossible to pinpoint.
 * Portfolio: Sister Complexes, Martyr Complexes, Magnificent Bastards, Chessmasters, Evil Eyes, Mind Control, Always Staying Two Steps Ahead (Sometimes More, Without His Memory), Resistance Leaders, Audacious Behavior, Manipulative Bastard, Byronic Hero.
 * Domains: City, Corruption, Knowledge, Pain, Retribution, Trickery
 * Followers: The Order of the Black Knights
 * Allies: Hakumen
 * Opposed by: Suzaku Kururugi
 * When not plotting ways to overthrow evil empires, Lelouch engages in the game of kings: chess. Few people who have played him have asked for a rematch. He is one of the few who could challenge Light Yagami - one of his greatest nemeses - without using any form of magic. At the same time, he seeks to overthrow the current god of Mind Control through manipulating his followers.

Theodore Roosevelt, God of Badass Presidents (Teddy)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: A Bull Moose
 * Alignment: Lawful Good
 * Portfolio: Badass Moustache, Badass Presidents, Genius Bruiser, Great White Hunter, Gunboat Diplomacy, Handicapped Badass, Specs of Awesome
 * Domains: The White House, Conservation of the Environment, Politics, Square Deals
 * Allies: Captain America, Chuck Norris
 * Enemies: All the Evil-aligned members of the House of Commerce.
 * Followers: Michael Wilson, James Marshall
 * He ascended when he was Kicked Upstairs as a result of a failed Batman Gambit by the GUAE. It was a close four-way race between Teddy, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Michael Wilson for this position, but ultimately Washington stepped down, Jackson was disqualified for the "Trail of Tears", and it was pointed out that unlike Wilson Teddy didn't need a Mini-Mecha.
 * It is rumored that he was the Super Prototype for Chuck Norris and many Gods are currently placing bets on which is more powerful: Chuck's beard or Teddy's moustache.
 * He frequently visits the House of Knowledge and can often be found reading books in the library section or bugging the gods there into taking up "the strenuous life".
 * He frequently goes on hunting trips to the House of Beasts, but uses non-lethal ammo because Fluttershy asked him not to kill any of them.
 * He also visits the House of War to either discuss tactics and swap war stories with fellow Colonel Badass Jade Curtiss or to just kick some ass.
 * He used to challenge other gods to boxing matches, but after sparring with Asura he stopped doing that and know just challenges them to Judo matches instead.
 * Candle Jack once tried to kidnap him, but it turns out that Teddy was hunting for Candle Jack and said his name on purpose in order to lure him out. He then proceeded to beat seven shades of hell out of the kidnapper with a big stick.
 * Unlike almost every other President in the mortal world, he doesn't need any bodyguards at all. Teddy is a bad enough dude to fend of ninjas of the GUAE who once tried to kidnap him.

Miu Kasashiro, Goddess of Club Presidents
 * Neutral Good
 * Symbol: A poster of her, or a Super-deformed picture of her in her cheerleading uniform
 * Portfolio: Club President, The Cheerleader, Lovable Alpha Bitch, Action Girl, having the tendency to say "Oops.", liking cute little robot buddies
 * Domains: Kamen Riders, Japanese School Club, High School
 * Allies: Kamen Rider Club, Haruhi Suzumiya
 * There were many candidates to chose from for this role and each of them had one minute to explain why they should gain this role. Miu gave a passionate speech about how one needed to do things that would better themselves and how the one who worked the hardest deserved that seat. She immediately got the position.
 * Hangs out as the Chairman of the Kamen Rider Club from time to time. This does not mean that she won't get into the heat of battle every now and then. She once used the Powerdizer unit to beat up monsters before she passed out from exhaustion.
 * She is sometimes assisted by the Potechokin Foodroid who helps deal with most of her work.
 * She somewhat gets along with Haruhi Suzumiya and once even invited her to go to the Rabbi Hatch. Haruhi declined, stating that it was worth it to find aliens hiding in Earth than in outer space.