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Introduction

Chaos... is an impure and pure entity of darkness that even demons fear and light that even the Goddesses worship. Its power is immense and it is believed that with a single intention, it brought about this world and all the races from nothingness

Merlin describing the entity to Meliodas and the others in "The King of Chaos"

Chaos「混沌」 is an ancient, preeminent entity that created the world, the five races and even the gods out of nothingness. It is described by Merlin as both "an impure entity of darkness that even the Demons are said to fear and a pure entity of light that even the Goddesses are said to worship".[2]

After being sealed away by the Demon King and the Supreme Deity, it came to exist within a transient form known in legends as the Mother of Chaos「混沌の母」, with all monsters being born from her and in the legends passed down by the Celestial Clan as a being known to them as the Great Oshiro who gifted them the Winged Sword.

Appearance

Chaos itself is a will, therefore it does not have a physical form.[3] However, it has assumed physical form through its creations which each have inherited part of its power, thereby serving as proxies.

Personality

Almost nothing is known about its personality, except that it was disappointed with its creations prior to making humans due to them not living up to its expectations. However it saw humans, despite being much more flawed than the other races, as its greatest creation due to them being the ones closest to mirroring the will of Chaos itself.

Chaos seemed to have shown conflicting traits upon dividing itself into every one of its creations. Most noticeably, it displayed loyalty and trust as Hawk Mama, destructiveness and sadism as Cath Palug, rigidity and adherence as the Demon King and Supreme Deity, and wisdom and intelligence as the Lady of the Lake.

History

Said to be born amidst ancient stars that were far away, Chaos created the world out of nothingness before creating three lesser entities known as the Demon King, the Supreme Deity and the Sacred Tree, who would go on to create their own realms and races in their own image: Demons, Goddesses and Fairies.

Afterwards, it created the Giants but was disappointed because they were extremely savage and slaves to their power who knew nothing other than inflicting pain. It then decided to create the Humans by putting all emotions into them such as kindness, bravery, love and beauty as well as cruelty, cowardice, hatred, and beastliness. Despite being the most fragile and shortest lived of all the races, humans were the ones that came closest to embodying the true nature of their creator and thus the entity favored them as its greatest creation.

Both the Supreme Deity and Demon King were filled with jealousy and apprehension of Chaos, fearing that the love and respect that their own races had for them would be stolen by their creator due to its superior power as the true origin of light and darkness. Thus, the two gods joined together and betrayed their creator by sealing Chaos away, allowing them to be the two rulers of the world and believed to be the most powerful entities in existence.[4] Yet, due to Chaos not being a physical entity it was not truly sealed, but came to exist within a moss shell that would be known as the Mother of Chaos and later, Hawk Mama.

At some point, it created both the Lady of the Lake, an all-knowing entity trapped within Lake Salisbury; and Cath Palug, a cluster of Chaos' destructive will who desired to take its creator's power for itself.

Eventually, at some point, Chaos chose Arthur Pendragon to become its host, leading both Merlin and the Lady of the Lake to work towards achieiving this goal by breaking the seal placed on Chaos by the two gods, so that the entity could be set free and end the reign of the gods by instead beginning the "Age of Chaos" where humans would be the dominant force in Britannia.

Plot

King of Chaos arc

After the Demon King was destroyed by the Seven Deadly Sins, thus disrupting the "balance" between light and darkness maintained by him and the Supreme Deity, Merlin finally saw her chance to revive Chaos.

When Merlin decides to carry out Arthur's awakening, she teleports to Lake Salisbury along with the Sins and Elizabeth. Upon putting herself over the lake, Merlin removes Arthur's body still pierced by Excalibur from the Boar Hat. So, thanks to all the magical power that the lake had accumulated in the battle against the Demon King, Merlin and the Lady of the Lake manage to awaken Arthur as the King of Chaos.

When Meliodas reproaches Merlin for using the Seven Deadly Sins to revive a being that may not even exist, the Lady of the Lake disproves this claim by telling them that Chaos indeed exists and that they have already met it many times before. When no one seems to understand, the Lady of the Lake reveals that they have been traveling upon it and that all that time she has been waiting for her resurrection; leaving everyone shocked to see that she refers to Hawk Mama as the imprisoned form of Chaos. The Lady of the Lake says that Chaos itself is a will, so it doesn't have physical form and that "Hawk Mama" was just a provisional form in which the two gods sealed it. There, Hawk Mama is revealed to be a moss shell whose essence, Chaos, is now inside Arthur. Merlin states that Chaos has chosen to coexist within Arthur, which proves that he is indeed the true "King of Chaos".

When Cath shows itself happy to see Arthur, the Lady of the Lake is alarmed by its presence and tells Merlin not to let it approach Arthur. Cath then devours one of Arthur's arms and when it transforms into a monstrous state, the Lady of the Lake tells them that they must retrieve the arm or they will know how powerful even a fragment of Chaos is. After transforming, the Lady of the Lake reveal Cath's true identity as a monstrous and tyrannical monster that once challenged Chaos for its power but easily lost and was later sealed by the Goddess Clan for its misdeeds. Arthur asks Cath himself about this to which Cath fully admits it to be true and that he only clung to Arthur until he became the new host of Chaos so the beast could devour him. He attempts to devour Arthur, along with the Sins, Hawk, and Elizabeth in a dimension using the fragment of Chaos' power it devoured, but Arthur uses Excalibur to cut Cath Palug in half, destroying its body and seemingly killing it.

After sending the Sins back to Liones, Merlin brings Arthur into one of the castle towers he created unconsciously and is overcome with joy upon seeing only a mere glimpse of the power of Chaos, just as Arthur awakens as is glad to see her in a better mood. She asks him why he is not angry with her as she only revived him for her own desire but Arthur says that despite Chaos' origins and how powerful it is, as long as the one controlling it has good intentions, it could be used to make the world a better place, his positive emotions reflecting that onto Excalibur.

Suddenly, the tower begins to shake and a voice calls out to Arthur, saying it is not done playing with him yet. Arthur and Merlin both recognize the voice belonging to Cath Palug, who survived Arthur's attack and has further transformed into a more powerful and stabilized form. Arthur is shocked, believing he had destroyed him but Merlin claims she will not let Cath get to him as she goes outside and attacks him, claiming she will be its opponent. Merlin struggles against the monster, who still possesses a fragment of Chaos from Arthur's arm as he says that she is not the one he wants to play with, only for Arthur to appear and saying he shall do it for her. He cuts the monsters into pieces and says it is his fault he allowed Cath Palug to get this far and claims it is his responsibility to defeat it, but the monster keeps regenerating and says cutting it will not kill him, but Arthur claims he will do whatever it takes as it is his job to protect Camelot and its people.

Cath Palug mocks him claiming he does not realize he is already lost them and explains, to Arthur's horror, that Camelot was destroyed in the fight between the Seven Deadly Sins and the Demon King in Meliodas' body and despite Arthur's initial disbelief, Cath says he can prove it by using Chaos to see and Arthur's fears are realized upon seeing that his kingdom was wiped off the face of Britannia. Merlin tries to tell him that he can rebuild Camelot and that most of the people were evacuated to Liones, but Arthur is griefstricken upon realizing the people in the underground vault were killed. Cath then takes the opportunity to attack Arthur, only for a barrier to form around him and is attacked by Merlin who Cath then attempts to kill with a breath attack, only for Meliodas to appear and use Full Counter to save him, much to her shock.

Elizabeth and the rest of the Sins appear and claim that Merlin needs to take responsibility for unleashing Chaos, and as her friends, need to let them carry some of the responsibility by protecting her and Arthur from the monster, to her gratefulness. Cath reforms again, annoyed at Meliodas and the other's interference and tells Arthur to simply give up as nothing will last forever, but Meliodas, Ban and the others refuse to give Arthur up to the monster cat who begins its charge and uses the fragment it stole from Arthur to show them visions of a possible future of their own desires but Meliodas manages to break free and Cath mocks them, saying they cannot kill him as he now trascends life and death, but Arthur realizes there is another way to defeat him.

Arthur states that since he can not destroy Cath, he will simply devour him instead and absorb him, much to Cath's amusement as he attempts to devour Arthur and the others by using the fragment of Chaos to manipulate the environment, but Arthur creates an even large vortex which manages to free everyone from their visions as he asks Cath why he wants Chaos so badly, only for Cath to reveal itself as an incarnation of the destructive will of Chaos that only wants to destroy anything and everything and tells Arthur that it will not matter even if he rebuilds Camelot as it will only fall again and his subjects that he failed to save are probably cursing him in death for being a failure.

However, Arthur counters this by saying despite what others may or may not think of him, as long as he can make them safe and happy, it is fine if they laugh at him or talk about him behind his back as he claims he will make an everlasting kingdom where nobody has to suffer or feel fear; Cath finds his notion ridiculous as it is a contradiction and realizes that he fell into Arthur's trap by saying those words. The dimension Cath created then devours the monster into himself, causing Arthur to declare himself as the "King of Chaos". After absorbing Cath into himself, the dimension it created disappears and they find themselves back in the normal world during the night and Merlin explains that by absorbing Cath, Arthur has regained the full power of Chaos and the young king is shocked to see Excalibur transformed again, now in its final form. Meliodas admires Arthur for both his new power and promise to make an everlasting kingdom.

Sistana arc

The power of Chaos is shown again sixteen years later, when Arthur uses it to "punish" Ironside for his failure, at the latter's request. As the knight is tormented by the warped reality created by his king, Arthur explains his intention of "freeing" Britannia for mankind as they have suffered at the hands of the other races for thousands of years, therefore he seeks the protection of the everlasting kingdom of Camelot, where no human will have to know sadness, pain, or threats and calamities of any kind from the others races ever again.

Chaos in Liones arc

Chaos manifests itself in the middle of the fight between Arthur and Lancelot, making the knight take quite a hit. Arthur explains that Chaos acts to protect him, its vessel, regardless of Arthur's will, which prevents Lancelot from anticipating the entity despite his Heart Reading.

Annwfyn Gladiator Festival arc

Arthur reveals that he granted fragments of Chaos to two members of the Four Evils, Beltreipe and Worreldane, which turned them into beings that transcend the human. He calls the other two members, Pellegarde and Ironside, and convinces them to accept the same power in order to become strong enough to match even the Seven Deadly Sins. However, the pact came with the cost of both forgetting their loved ones.

Power

Chaos is the most powerful entity in the series.

Despite existing only as a will, its power is immeasurable and seems to be capable of creating seemingly anything; it is said in ancient legends to have created the world itself along with the Demon King, Supreme Deity and Sacred Tree simultaneously on a whim, who in turn are so powerful that they are considered to be true gods and each created their own seperate dimensions as well as creatures to reside with them, being the Demon Clan, Goddess Clan and Fairy Clan.

Even together the Demon King and the Supreme Deity are incapable of destroying their creator and were only able to seal it away by incarcerating it into a physical form made from a moss shell, granting the shell sentience and a life of its own, becoming known as Hawk Mama.

Despite its seemingly endless power, Chaos itself lacks physical form and thus requires a host to embody itself. After being freed from its mossy shell by Merlin, Chaos took on Arthur Pendragon as its new host, alinging its will with his own and allowing him to use its power for whatever reason. However, Arthur himself is initially unaware of Chaos' presence within him and can only use this power unconsciously as he alters the reality around him to his beliefs, much to his shock.

However, after devouring Arthur's right arm, Cath Palug obtained a fragment of Chaos, which allowed him to the power to transcend life and death, bend time and space to his whim to an extent and trap those around him into visions of a possible future timeline where he can seemingly warp events to his liking. Despite this, he is not undefeatable as Arthur was able to overpower him due to still possessing the majority of Chaos and was only able to defeat Cath by absorbing him after tricking the monster into his own defeat.

Sixteen years later, Arthur has learned to control Chaos, allowing him to create the new kingdom of Camelot in his own dimension just like the other Realms, while also making a barrier that denies entry to anyone who hails from the Giants, Fairies, Goddesses and Demons, though hybrid people such as Tristan and Lancelot may enter. This dimension is capable of granting any wish (excluding those on the scale of destroying or saving the world), being able to create anything and maintain it for eternity, including dead people. However, none of these creations can exist outside of Camelot to make sure that anyone who has their wish granted will not wish to go back to Britannia.

Trivia

  • Chaos is likely based off the concept of the same name from ancient Greek mythology, which is said to be a void state that existed before the world itself and was said to have spawned the primordial gods out of nothingness, similar to how Chaos did the same with the Supreme Deity, Demon King and Sacred Tree.
  • The name Chaos may just be a title given to the entity due to it not having a real name, just as the Demon King, Supreme Deity and Sacred Tree seemed to be more titles than actual names. The name was likely given to it by those who knew of its existence from legend, due to its contradicting nature as a being that personifies both light and darkness simultaneously.
  • It's unknown if Chaos is a sentient entity or simply a force. However, it has been implied multiple times that it does seem to possess a will of its own. As stated by the Lady of the Lake, Chaos was disappointed with all previous races for multiple reasons, until it created the humans whom it deemed to be its greatest creation and chose Arthur, a human himself, to become its physical host. Also, during his fight against Lancelot, Arthur claims that as Chaos' host, the entity will act indepedently to protect his life regardless of what he intends, claiming it to be a "will without a will", further implying that it does have its own agenda that even its host is unaware of.

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Characters
Seven Deadly Sins
Seven Deadly Sins Sins: Ban  •  Diane  •  Escanor  •  Gowther  •  King  •  Meliodas  •  Merlin
Boar Hat's Team
Boar Hat's Team: Elizabeth Liones  •  Hawk  •  Hawk Mama
Four Knights of the Apocalypse
Four Knights of the Apocalypse: Gawain  •  Lancelot  •  Percival  •  Tristan
Percival Platoon
Percival Platoon: Anghalhad  •  Donny  •  Nasiens
Tristan Platoon
Tristan Platoon: Chion  •  Isolde  •  Jade
Kingdom of Liones
Royal Family: Bartra Liones  •  Caroline Liones  •  Denzel Liones  •  Elizabeth Liones  •  Margaret Liones  •  Nadja Liones  •  Tristan Liones  •  Veronica Liones
Great Holy Knights: Dreyfus  •  Hendrickson  •  Howzer  •  Zaratras
Holy Knights: Dale  •  Gannon  •  Gilthunder  •  Griamore  •  Guila  •  Gustaf  •  Jericho  •  Kaide  •  Marmas  •  Vivian
Dawn Roar: Hugo  •  Jillian  •  Simon  •  Slader  •  Weinheidt
Pleiades of the Azure Sky: Arden  •  Deathpierce  •  Deldry  •  Denzel Liones  •  Dogedo  •  Invisible  •  Waillo
Weird Fangs: Friesia  •  Golgius  •  Jude  •  Ruin
Apprentice Knights: Andre  •  Hansen  •  Muramo  •  Parada  •  Twigo
Kingdom of Camelot
Ruler: Arthur Pendragon
Allies: Cath  •  Kay  •  Merlin
Holy Knights: Alltabhainne  •  Ardbeg  •  Brackla  •  Glenesk  •  Jericho  •  Livet  •  Lochranza  •  Macduff  •  Miltonduff  •  Mortlach  •  Nanashi  •  Rosebank  •  Talisker  •  Teaninich
Four Evils: Beltreipe  •  Ironside  •  Pellegarde  •  Worreldane
Dark Talismans: Burgie  •  Fiddich  •  Elgin  •  Doronach  •  Tamdhu
Citizens: Diodora
Demon Clan
Ruler: Demon King
Ten Commandments: Aranak  •  Calmadios  •  Derieri  •  Estarossa  •  Fraudrin  •  Galand  •  Gowther  •  Grayroad  •  Melascula  •  Monspeet  •  Zeldris  •  Zeno
Six Knights of Darkness: Asyl  •  Bianchi  •  Dim  •  Gallow  •  Nora  •  Schwarz
Goddess Clan
Ruler: Supreme Deity
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