CERPEN DEVIL MAY CRY 4

“DEVIL MAY CRY 4 – KISAH KOLABORASI DUA PEMBURU IBLIS“

 

Kisah DMC 4 dibuka dengan Nero yang berlari dengan tergesa-gesa menuju ke gedung opera di kota Fortuna. Nero adalah pemuda yang menjadi bagian dari ordo pemburu iblis bernama “Order of the Sword.” Selama puluhan tahun kongregasi ini menyembah Sparda, iblis terkuat yang lebih dari 2.000 tahun silam membela manusia dari tirani iblis.

Di gedung opera Kyrie, kekasih Nero, dengan suaranya yang merdu menyanyikan lagu “Out of Darkness” sebagai pembuka seremoni Sesekali matanya melihat ke bangku ke penonton mencari Nero, namun sayangnya tidak ditemukannya.
Rupanya beberapa iblis menghalangi jalan Nero, namun dengan ringan dia melibas seluruhnya hanya dengan satu tangan. Tangan Nero yang sebelah terlihat dibalut dengan perban. Bukan cedera, karena sebenarnya Nero ingin menyembunyikan tangannya yang mempunyai bentuk dan kekuatan iblis.
Dengan membawa sebuah hadiah di tangan untuk Kyrie, Nero akhirnya tiba di gedung opera tepat saat nyanyian Kyrie berakhir. Kyrie yang melihat Nero sudah tiba terlihat lega. Pendeta tertinggi Sanctus lalu memulai khotbahnya. Namun baru beberapa kalimat saja, tiba-tiba dari atap muncul sesosok pria berjubah merah. Tanpa sepatah katapun pria itu membunuh Sanctus dengan menembaknya di kepala.
Kekacauanpun terjadi. Dengan entengnya pria misterius itu membunuh pasukan Order of the Sword yang mencoba menangkapnya. Melihat pertarungan tidak seimbang, Nero melompat dan menantang orang itu sementara Kyrie diselamatkan oleh Credo, kakaknya. Dia berjanji akan membawa pasukan bantuan untuk menolong Nero.
Keduanya bertarung dengan brutal. Bagi pria misterius yang tak lain adalah Dante, kekuatan Nero belumlah seberapa. Saat Dante menyebut Nero dengan “Nak,” ejekan itu justru membangkitkan kemarahan Nero. Saat itulah Nero mengeluarkan kekuatan lengan kanannya yang membuatnya dapat menangkis setiap serangan Dante. Akhirnya lengan iblis Nero dapat melemparkan Dante yang diakhiri dengan tusukan pedang tepat menancap di dadanya.

Dante ternyata belum juga mati. Apa yang dilakukannya hanyalah untuk melihat kekuatan Nero yang sebenarnya. Melihat lawannya cepat pulih, sadarlah Nero bahwa lawannya bukanlah manusia biasa. Sebelum pergi Dante menunjukkan pada Nero bahwa pasukan Order of the Sword sebenarnya juga bangsa iblis.

Karena situasi yang serba membingungkan, Credo lalu meminta Nero untuk menyelidiki tujuan Dante yang sebenarnya. Namun tiba-tiba saja segerombolan iblis datang menyerbu dan membunuh penduduk kota. Tidak ada pilihan, Nero yang kini telah memegang “Red Queen,” pedang andalannya, segera turun tangan.
Setelah kejadian itu Nero meneruskan perjalanannya ke Istana Fortuna, sebuah istana yang telah lama ditinggalkan yang terletak di sebuah tebing bersalju. Disanalah dia berjumpa dengan Gloria, wanita seksi namun misterius yang mengaku sebagai anggota Order of the Sword. Sebelum pergi Gloria mendoakan keberuntungan agar selalu bersama Nero.

Dalam penyelidikannya di Istana Fortuna Nero berhasil membongkar laboratorium rahasia milik Agnus, ilmuwan Order of the Sword. Dari sana terungkaplah upaya ordo untuk menyedot energi iblis dari pecahan Yamato, pedang tua milik Vergil (saudara kembar Dante). Agnus berencana mentransfer kekuatan kegelapan untuk menghidupkan baju zirah dan dijadikan pasukan iblis. Yang lebih gila, Agnus berniat memakai Yamato untuk membuka gerbang neraka yang selama ribuan tahun telah disegel Sparda (ayah Dante).

Agnus juga mengatakan bahwa Sanctus yang sebelumnya dibunuh Dante kini telah bangkit kembali berkat energi iblis. Nero yang mengetahui konspirasi gila itu segera menyerang Agnus. Sayangnya anak buah Agnus telah lebih dulu melumpuhkannya. Dalam keadaan luka parah, kemarahan Nero berhasil membuka seluruh kekuatan iblis dalam dirinya. Seolah dipanggil tuannya, Yamato yang sebelumnya patah kembali utuh dan melayang ke tangan Nero. Dengan kekuatan iblisnya, Nero menghancurkan seisi laboratorium yang membuat Agnus ketakutan dan melarikan diri.
Sanctus yang mendengar kejadian itu meminta Gloria untuk menangkap Dante, sedangkan Credo diperintahkan untuk menghabisi Nero. Agnus menyarankan Sanctus agar menggunakan Kyrie untuk melemahkan Nero di pertemuan mereka berikutnya.
Setelah mengetahui kenyataan dirinya setengah iblis, Nero memutuskan terus maju melawan ordo yang telah mengkhianatinya. Di sebuah hutan akhirnya Nero bertemu dengan Credo. Keduanya lalu bertarung sengit hingga sama-sama menunjukkan kekuatan iblisnya. Saat itulah Kyrie yang dibawa oleh Agnus melihat dengan mata kepalanya sendiri wujud Nero yang bukan manusia. Hilanglah sudah keyakinan Kyrie pada Nero. Puas dengan rencananya, Agnus lalu membawa Kyrie kembali ke markas ordo.

Melihat adiknya dimanfaatkan oleh oleh Sanctus membuat hati Credo bimbang. Dia lalu meminta maaf pada Nero dan berjanji kembali setelah mengungkap niat Sanctus yang sebenarnya.

Misi Nero kini bertambah. Tidak lagi sekedar menghancurkan ordo, namun juga menyelamatkan Kyrie. Di tengah perjalanan Nero kembali bertemu dengan Dante yang memang sudah sengaja menunggunya. Tidak ingin meladeninya, Nero lebih memilih menghindar dan melanjutkan perjalanannya. Sayangnya kali ini Dante tidak mengijinkannya karena Yamato-lah yang sebenarnya diincar Dante. Keduanyapun kembali bertarung lebih sengit dari sebelumnya.

Pengalaman dan kekuatan yang jauh berbeda akhirnya membuat Nero kalah. Nero penasaran mengapa Dante seolah mempermainkannya sejak dari awal. Saat itulah Dante mengungkap rahasia Yamato yang sebenarnya sebagai pedang penyegel.
“Pedang itu sebelumnya digunakan untuk memisahkan antara dunia manusia dengan dunia iblis. Aku tak mungkin membiarkan benda dengan kekuatan dahsyat seperti itu berkeliaran bebas, bukan? Pedang itu harus tetap dalam tinggal dalam keluargaku.”
Nero yang tertunduk tidak dapat berkata banyak selain saat ini dia sangat membutuhkan Yamato. Di luar dugaan, Dante dengan bijak mengijinkan Nero membawa Yamato. Merekapun bertukar nama sekaligus membentuk persahabatan yang kokoh.
Sesaat setelah Nero berlalu, tiba-tiba saja Gloria muncul di hadapan Dante. Terkuaklah sudah semua misteri bahwa Gloria sebenarnya adalah Trish, rekan Dante. Selama ini Dante meminta Trish memata-matai ordo. Dan orang yang meminta Dante menjalani misi ini adalah Lady, rekan lama Dante sesama pemburu iblis.
Perburuan Nero terhadap Sanctus akhirnya berakhir pada sebuah patung raksasa bernama “the Savior” (Juru Selamat) yang digambarkan mengambil sosok Sparda. Sanctus yang muncul dari dalam patung lalu mengungkapkan hanya ada dua benda yang dapat menggerakkan Juru Selamat, yaitu pedang milik Sparda dan Yamato. Sedangkan darah keturunan Sparda akan mempermudah dibukanya gerbang dunia iblis. Inilah sebab mengapa Sanctus begitu ingin menangkap Dante.

Nero yang mendengar rencana gila dari mulut Sanctus sendiri akhirnya berusaha membunuhnya. Sesaat sebelum Nero akan berhasil melumpuhkan Sanctus, muncul sosok Kyrie. Rupanya itu hanyalah bagian siasat Sanctus menggunakan Kyrie sebagai umpan untuk menangkap Nero dan Yamato.
Tubuh Nero yang kini dalam cengkeraman tangan “the Savior” kini sudah kehilangan daya. Tiba-tiba saja Credo menyeruak dan berusaha menyelamatkan baik Nero dan Kyrie. Malangnya upaya itu gagal karena Sanctus telah lebih dulu menusuknya dengan Yamato. Tubuhnya yang melayang jatuh ke tanah diselamatkan oleh Dante yang baru saja tiba bersama Trish.
Sanctus berkata pada Dante bahwa “the Savior” dapat dibangkitkan karena Nero adalah penerus darah Sparda. Tubuh Nero kemudian lenyap diserap ke dalam “the Savior” bersama dengan Yamato. Dengan setengah sekarat, Nero berjanji pada Kyrie untuk kembali menyelamatkannya. Di sisi lain, menjelang kematiannya Credo mengajukan permintaan terakhirnya pada Dante agar bersedia menyelamatkan Nero dan Kyrie. Permintaan itu disanggupi oleh Dante.
Sementara itu Agnus yang diberi perintah membuka gerbang dunia iblis di bawah kota Fortuna berhasil melepaskan segel dengan pedang Yamato. Hasilnya, ribuan iblispun menerobos masuk ke dunia manusia. Mereka menyerang dan mulai membunuh manusia di kota itu. Sanctus rupanya ingi
Tidak ingin membuang waktu, Dante bergegas menuju ke bawah tanah kota Fortuna. Upayanya menutup gerbang iblis berhasil sepenuhnya setelah mencabut Yamato. Dante juga menghabisi Agnus yang bersembunyi di gedung opera. Kini yang tersisa hanyalah menghancurkan Sanctus berikut “the Savior.”
Dengan gayanya yang tenang dan sesekali mengejek musuhnya, Dante kini menghadapi “the Savior.” Sekalipun menghadapi musuh yang berukuran puluhan kali lipat, Dante sangat licin dan tidak mudah ditangkap. Namun begitu Dante sadar upayanya akan sia-sia saja jika tidak menghancurkan inti “the Savior” yaitu membunuh Sanctus.
Untuk itulah Dante kembali mempercayakan Yamato kepada Nero. Dengan beberapa tembakan tepat mengarah ke dada “the Savior,” pedang itu akhirnya kembali di tangan Nero. Neropun terbebas dari belenggu dan meneruskan misinya yang sempat tertunda, yaitu menghabisi Sanctus.
Ruangan dalam tubuh “the Savior” ternyata sungguh luar biasa besar. Nero harus berjuang menempuh bahaya dengan melawan kembali iblis-iblis raksasa yang pernah dikalahkannya. Namun dengan bantuan Dante, Nero akhirnya dapat lebih mudah menuju persembunyian Sanctus.
Keduanya kembali bertarung dan kali ini dimenangkan oleh Nero. Amukan “the Savior” akhirnya terhenti. Tidak berapa lama kemudian Nero keluar dari tubuh raksasa itu bersama dengan Kyrie dan pedang Sparda.
Sanctus agaknya masih belum mau menyerah, bahkan tubuhnya kini telah menyatu dengan “the Savior.” Nero sadar bahwa ini adalah pertarungan akhir. Dia lalu mengembalikan pedang Sparda pada Dante dan ingin menuntaskan Sanctus dengan tangannya sendiri. Keinginan itu dikabulkan oleh Dante. Kekuatan tangan iblis Nero akhirnya berhasil menghancurkan bentuk akhir Sanctus dan sekaligus mengembalikan kedamaian di kota Fortuna.
Kekacauan telah berakhir, Dantepun berniat meninggalkan kota Fortuna. Sesaat sebelum pergi, Nero ingin mengembalikan pedang Yamato. Dante menjawab bahwa pedang itu adalah peninggalan Vergil yang sangat berarti untuknya. Dengan bijak Dante ingin mempercayakan pedang itu pada Nero. Saat Dante mulai berjalan menjauh Nero bertanya apakah mereka dapat bertemu lagi. Tanpa melihat ke belakang Dante hanya menjawab dengan lambaian dari dua jarinya.
Di kota Fortuna yang telah menjadi puing, Nero akhirnya berkumpul kembali bersama Kyrie. Saat itu hilanglah keraguan Kyrie pada Nero. Sekalipun Nero adalah setengah iblis, namun tetap benar-benar manusia seperti yang pernah dikenalnya. Jika ada satu-satunya orang yang Kyrie ingin selalu bersamanya, maka itu adalah Nero. Saat Nero hendak mencium Kyrie, tiba-tiba saja segerombolan iblis datang mengganggu mereka. Ciuman harus menunggu dan Nero bersiap menghabisi mereka.
Sementara itu, Lady kembali ke kantor Devil May Cry setelah sebelumnya menyewa Dante ke Fortuna. Lady kemudian menyerahkan bayaran Dante dan Trish yang “cukup kecil.” Sedikit curang, Lady beralasan pekerjaan Dante hanyalah pekerjaan yang mudah. Dante yang tidak begitu antusias menerima uang itu dan membiarkan Trish dan Lady yang ribut.
Tiba-tiba telepon berbunyi. Trish menjawab telepon itu yang ternyata adalah pekerjaan baru. Saat Dante bersiap-siap, Lady bertanya apakah boleh ikut serta. Dante tertawa dan menjawab, “Lakukan sesukamu, tapi jangan harap akan dibayar.” Dan begitulah ketiganya kembali beraksi sebagai pemburu iblis. (end)

LAST CHILD: PENANTIAN

Kunci Gitar+ liriknya Last Child - Penantian

Intro: D G 4x
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Diri ini
G
Telah lama menanti
D
Menantimu
G
‘Tuk memeluk hati ini
Bm
Hati yang selalu
A
Terukir namamu
G
Yang takkan mungkin hilang
D
Meski usang dimakan waktu



D
Jiwa ini
G
T’lah lama mencari
D
Mencari belahan dirinya
G
Yang telah lama pergi
Bm
Pergi ‘tuk menjauh
A
Bersama dirimu
G
Yang takkan mungkin pernah
D
Coba berpikir untuk kembali


Reff:
G D
Mungkin semua harus terjadi
G
Kesalahan yang telah aku perbuat
A
Jadi penyebab kau pergi
G D 
Bila ku kan mati di sini
G  
Mati dalam penantian yang tak bertepi
A D
Dan terkubur dalam penyesalan yang tak berarti

Music: D G 4x

D G
Rasa perih selalu menghampiri
D
Menghampiri di tiap hayalku
G
Terlintas bayangmu
Bm A
Bayang yang selalu menyiksa diriku
G A D
Walau selalu ku coba membakar indah kenangan itu

Back to Reff
Melod: D G 4x 
Back to Reff 2x
ending: D G 4x

 NAHH, DISINI GUE BAKAL KASIH LIRIK LAGUNYA LAST CHILD, KHUSUS BUAT PARA LAST FRIENDS SEMUANYA...
Chord gitar + lirik lagu Last Child - Cinta semestinya

Intro : A F#m D
A F#m D

A F#m
kusadari tak semestinya seperti ini
D E
engkau dan aku sangatlah berbeda
A F#m
ku terjerat oleh teduhnya pandang matamu
D E
kau tlah getarkan relung hati kecilku

A F#m
akankah ku raih mimpi untuk mendapatkan hatimu
D F
yang selalu alangkah berarti untukku

Reff:
A F#m
oh Tuhan tolonglah aku tuk luluhkan hatinya
D E
karena dirinya yang mampu membuat hidupku cerah
D F#m
nafasku dan rinduku ini hanyalah untuk dirinya
D F A
kan ku jaga agar cinta kita abadi untuk selamanya

Jeda : A F#m D
A F#m D

A F#m
kan ku ungkap semua rasa lewat lagu ini
D E
semoga kau mengerti betapa tulus cintaku
A F#m
percayalah ku hanya ingin memilikimu
D E
karena hanya engkaulah yang pantas tuk ku cintai

A F#m
akankah ku raih mimpi untuk mendapatkan hatimu
D F
yang selalu alangkah berarti untukku

Reff:
A F#m
oh Tuhan tolonglah aku tuk luluhkan hatinya
D E
karena dirinya yang mampu membuat hidupku cerah
D F#m
nafasku dan rinduku ini hanyalah untuk dirinya
D F D
kan ku jaga agar cinta kita abadi untuk selamanya

Melody : D A C#m F#m D F G A

Reff:
A F#m
oh Tuhan tolonglah aku tuk luluhkan hatinya
D E
karena dirinya yang mampu membuat hidupku cerah
D F#m
nafasku dan rinduku ini hanyalah untuk dirinya
D F A
kan ku jaga agar cinta kita abadi untuk selamanya

Outro : A F#m D
A F#m D A

LAGU

 

 NANO : SEBATAS MIMPI      with chord

 

[intro] A B C#m F#
        F#m A B

E         B
Saat pertama
    C#m      B
Ku dekati dirimu
  A          G#m    F#m 
Menuruti semua inginmu

E             B
Dan tiba waktumu
    C#m       B
tuk beri jawaban
     A               G#m
Ternyata kau anggap aku
      F#m
Hanya teman

[chorus]
         A               B
Bawalah aku ke dalam mimpimu
 G#m             C#
Aku tak kan kecewakan kamu
          F#m
Walaupun itu semua
   G#            C#m
Hanya sebatas mimpi
         A              B
Jadikan aku kekasih hatimu
 G#m            C#
Aku menginginkan kamu
                F#m
Sungguh-sungguh merasa
   Am
Ku jatuh cinta

      E          B
Telah berbagai cara
       C#m       B
tuk dapatkan hatimu
      A                G#m
Tetap saja kau anggap aku
      F#m
Hanya teman


[chorus]
         A               B
Bawalah aku ke dalam mimpimu
 G#m             C#
Aku tak kan kecewakan kamu
          F#m
Walaupun itu semua
   G#            C#m
Hanya sebatas mimpi
         A              B
Jadikan aku kekasih hatimu
 G#m            C#
Aku menginginkan kamu
                F#m
Sungguh-sungguh merasa
   A             B
Ku jatuh cinta pada dirimu


[interlude] F#m A E F#m A B


[chorus]
         A               B
Bawalah aku ke dalam mimpimu
 G#m                C#
Aku tak kan meninggalkan kamu
          F#m
Walaupun itu semua
   G#            C#m
Hanya sebatas mimpi
         A              B
Jadikan aku kekasih hatimu
 G#m            C#
Aku menginginkan kamu
                F#m
Sungguh-sungguh merasa
   A             B
Ku jatuh cinta pada dirimu

[outro] F#m A E 

tokoh EVIL DEAD

Ash Williams

Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (Ashley in the original Evil Dead script) is the fictional protagonist in the Evil Dead horror films, played by Bruce Campbell, and created by director Sam Raimi.
First appearing in the film The Evil Dead, Ash has become very popular in modern cult horror and one of the few protagonists of said cult horror films to have such notoriety. He is most easily recognized and envisioned in later material based on his final appearance in the second film however, armed with a sawed-off shotgun and a chainsaw strapped to the stump on his right arm where his hand once was.

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Biography

Ash is in his early 20s and usually lives a "normal" life. He is employed at the superstore, S-Mart^[1] (where he works in the housewares department), and had a girlfriend, Linda. When Ash was born, he was a child that had been touched by the light of God which made him the chosen one. A cult which worshipped the Necronomicon, tracked him down and cursed him to be tormented by the deadites. According to Ash, he claims he doesn't remember but always felt there was something wrong even when he was a kid.

The Evil Dead

In The Evil Dead, Ash, his girlfriend Linda, sister Cheryl, and friends Scotty and Shelly all stay at a log cabin in the woods. There they find the "Naturon Demonto" (renamed or possibly translated to Necronomicon Ex-Mortis in the sequels), the book of the dead, along with a tape recorder. The tape is a recording of the owner of the cabin, who was translating a passage of the book. By playing the tape, Ash and friends awake the evil spirits who can now possess the living. Ash's friends and sister are consequently possessed and killed one by one. It isn't until he's the last survivor that he finally destroys the Necronomicon by throwing it into the fireplace, and in doing so, the possessed bodies of Scotty and Cheryl rapidly decay and 'die'. The evil appears to be driven back, however the film ends with Ash attacked (or possibly overtaken) by an evil spirit.

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

Ash at the end of Evil Dead 2

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Evil Dead II continues the story But the first 10 minutes serves as remake of the original. (Sam Raimi was unable to acquire footage from the original Evil Dead. He tried shooting some scenes featuring the other characters but they were abandoned. This was mentioned in the Evil Dead II audio commentary) During this remake Ash is playing the piano while Linda is dancing. While she is changing Ash finds the book and the tape recorder he plays it until "The Evil" breaks though the window and steals Linda away and the evil spirit attacks Ash. afterwards the movie picks up again and continues where the original left of with Ash being carried a good distance by the demon, Ash is slammed hard against a tree and falls in a puddle of water. From here he becomes a deadite but shortly afterwards is released from the spirit by the coming of dawn, only to pass out. Ash regains consciousness moments before sunset. Deciding to get out of there as fast as he can, he climbs into his car and drives to where the bridge was, only to find it completely destroyed by the evil force. As the sun quickly sets, said force starts climbing up the cliff, and Ash hops into his car, driving away as fast as he can and as a result, crashing right into a treestump that sends him flying through the windshield.
With the evil close behind him, he runs into the cabin and through it trying to hide, and ducks into the trapdoor, waiting until the evil force leaves. After it does, Ash comes out, only to find himself stuck at the cabin with the spirits of the Evil Dead for yet another night. Later, the cabin owner's daughter, Annie and three more people arrive. It is near the end of this film that Ash gets his famous chainsaw in place of his right hand. The film ends with Ash being sucked into a vortex and traveling back in time to 1300 AD, where the locals claim, according to their prophecies, that he is "The Hero from the Sky" who will save them from the Deadites. The film ends zooming out from Ash, who is shouting "No, No, NOOO!", to reveal hundreds of soldiers chanting their alliegance to Ash.

Army of Darkness

The next film continues the story from there (though he receives far less of a warm welcome than the end of the previous film suggests). Ash has to defeat his alter-ego known as Bad Ash/Evil Ash who is leading the Army of Darkness to steal the Necronomicon. In this movie, Ash constructs a mechanical prosthetic hand out of a gauntlet from a suit of armor, using it throughout the film in place of the chainsaw (though he still carries it with him). The movie has two different endings, one where he returns to his own time and defends S-Mart from a possessed woman, and another, the director's cut (or Japanese version entitled "Captain Supermarket"), where he ends up in a post-apocalyptic future.

 Army of Darkness beyond

Following the events of Army of darkness, Ashes battles with the deadites would transcend within the past, present, and future. His adventures would include him traveling to Egypt to defeat Deadite Ash, going into the future, being trapped in a mental assylum, fighting with classical monsters, being killed and ending up in another universe before finally going back to the destroyed present. After restoring the present to normal, Ash messed up again and accidentaly wished he had never been the Chosen One, and lost his memories and moxie. After fixing that mess, Ash and Sheila went back in time and discovered that as long as the Necronomicon existed; Sheila would die for the price of her love. Returning to the present, Ash decided to finally take his role as the Chosen one more seriously, and guard the book. Unfortunatly, Ash mucked up even that when he unwittingly caused the beginning of the end to the present once more. After accidentaly infecting a town's water supply with evil, whilst Ash ended up becoming infected by a special kind of deadite called Hell's Prophet in the process, he traveled to Europe in search of other Chosen Ones. During his trip to London, he met an american werewolf named Brad, who told about how he was a descendant of a member of a team called: The League of Light. Ash and Brad thus began to search all across the globe, recruiting more descendants of the League of Light, whilst trying to stop a cult called: The Eradicators. Unfortunatly, it was foretold that the very team that Ash had been gathering would end up having to kill him in order to save the world. This came to pass as Hell's Prophet took over Ash's body, kicking Ash's soul from it and began its rain of terror. Fortuantly, Ashes soul survived and for the next five years, the surviving members of the League of Light put together a time machine so Ash could go back and fix the mess he made. After barely escaping into the past to a time before the books corruption began to infect the Goodsprings water supply, Ash and his friends came across his past self and with the help of Cybil, their necromancer; Ash repossessed his body and wrote a letter to himself to warn about what was to come. Merging back with his past self, Ash removed the book from his spot and saved the world once again; preventing the apoclapyse that had once been.

Evil Dead: Hail to the King (video game)

Hail to the King follows the events of Army of Darkness (following the original ending not the director's cut) where Ash finds himself back in his own time. 8 years after Army of Darkness, Ash and his new girlfriend Jenny, return to the cabin to confront his past. Unknown to Ash his amputated hand is still in the cabin and it plays Prof. Knowby's tape, yet again summoning the Evil. Jenny is taken and eventually dies and Ash must survive encounters with both the deadites and a reincarnated Evil Ash.

Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick (video game)

Following Hail to the king, Fistful of Boomstick is set 10 years after the events of the previous game. It starts with Ash sitting in a bar talking to the barkeeper. The bartender informs Ash that he's sorry about Jenny, a topic that seems to bother Ash. It is now the television is showing, tuned into a late night sceptics show. The TV presenter announches that she has a treat instore and invites on a Professor, who was a colleague of Knowby, who then plays the tape from the cabin Trisha got while investigating the Knowby case which, unsurprisingly, awakens a bunch of Deadites who start to attack the town and yours truly must send back to hell.
Eventually Ash rescues the professor and the Tv presenter (who he flirts with), and discovers that a stone tablet should dispel the evil. So, after fighting through the local museum, Ash brings the professor the tablet. When translating the tablet the Prof shows his true colours, whisking back in time with an army of deadites. Ash follows him through several periods of time, meeting his distant relative Williams the blacksmith and aquiring weapons such as the flamethrower and gatling gun which replace his chainsaw hand. Finally, in columbial times, he defeats the Professor and returns to town to discover it has become a hell on earth under the command of the TV presenter and Ash must again brutally kill the new woman in his life.

Evil Dead (2013 remake-sequel)

In a post-credits scene, an older Ash Williams recites his iconic line "Groovy", and then turns to the audience. Also, based on the recent news of an Army of Darkness II, as well as a sequel to the remake, there is a good possibility that Ash and Mia, the remakes protagonist, will meet in a possible seventh film.

Characteristics, equipment, and abilities

Ash with his most well known equipment

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Ash is known for two main weapons, his sawed-off shotgun/ "boomstick ", a sawed-off double-barreled 12 gauge Remington Arms shotgun with a hair trigger(although this weapon has changed several times), and the more noticeable chainsaw , which was adapted to replace his right hand, amputated in Evil Dead II after being possessed by a Deadite. Later, during Army of Darkness, Ash builds himself a new, mechanical right hand using a plate, chainmail gauntlet, and customized springs. The mechanical hand is fully functional, and even allows Ash to exhibit an otherwise superhuman grip, as seen when he easily crushes a goblet full of wine shortly after obtaining it. 
The Deathcoaster is seen in the latter parts of Army of Darkness, made from the remains of his car and powered by a steam engine. The main feature of it is a massive rotating blade on the front of it, akin to an angled upright lawnmower blade. The Deathcoaster was destroyed during the film's final battle, after Evil Sheila tricks him into jumping off by apparently returning to normal. At the end of the film he takes what is left of it with him, though it hasn't been seen or used in any later material. The Deathcoaster was not referred to as such in the film; the name appears in scripts and publicity material.
Besides the sawed-off Remington shotgun, Ash is also skilled in the use of other firearms like the Winchester Model 1892 lever action rifle (as seen at the end of Army of Darkness while fighting the possessed store clerk). Strangely, Ash seems to lose possession of both his chainsaw and shotgun during Army of Darkness, as he is not seen to be carrying the chainsaw after dismembering Bad Ash and is not seen with his shotgun after crashing the Deathcoaster. A continuity error exists within the series; while Ash claimed to have gained his shotgun at S-Mart in Army of Darkness, he really found it at Professor Knowby's cabin during Evil Dead II, though as some point out, Ash only says that the gun *can be found* in S-Mart, and never explicitly says that he got it there.
Bruce Campbell has stated Ash is pretty much incompetent at everything except fighting the Demon|Evil Dead ^[2]. Campbell also added that Ash is "a bad slow thinker and a good fast thinker". He knows some degree of hand-to-hand combat techniques, and prowess with a variety of weapons in various situations ^[3]. His main strength seems to be his ingenuity: he has from the second film on been shown creating such things ranging from his chainsaw bracket and shotgun harness, gunpowder from mainly referencing its elemental makeup in a chemistry book, a fully functional prosthetic hand from a metal gauntlet, and the short-lived "Deathcoaster".
In addition, during the second time he was possessed near the climax of Evil Dead II, Ash displayed some degree of superhuman strength (see Deadite Ash below), as seen when he easily lifted Jake over his head and threw him at least ten feet into a tree and ripped the back screen door of the cabin off of its hinges with his one remaining hand.
Ash's personality and state of mind change drastically throughout the franchise. In The Evil Dead and the beginning of Evil Dead II, he is something of a laid-back everyman who is cowardly and inexperienced, but by the middle of Evil Dead II and into Army of Darkness, he has grown into a much braver, even arrogant person, and becomes the voice of encouragement and confidence in Arthur's castle. It is at this point that Ash becomes known for his one-liners, and his personality takes on a more cynical, embittered tone. Sam Raimi has said that he feels Ash's personality transformation in Darkness was very out of character ^[4].
Ash's experiences with the Necronomicon have left him cynical, irritable, and perhaps partially, if not completely, insane; several of the horrifying things that have happened to him, prominent examples being the various sound effects he hears before Evil Cheryl punches clean through the door and grabs his face in The Evil Dead, his reflection popping out of the mirror and strangling him (see Bad Ash/Evil Ash below), as well as multiple inanimate objects coming to life and laughing maniacally at him, with Ash himself joining in soon after, when he attempts to sit down in a wooden chair and crushes it while doing so in Evil Dead II, were merely his hallucinations and not the powers of the Kandarian demons.

Variant incarnations

Bad Ash/Evil Ash

Evil Ash in Evil Dead II.

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Ash's dark side manifests itself as a separate entity first in Evil Dead II, where he hallucinates his reflection tormenting him over dismembering 'their' girlfriend with a chainsaw, and then proceeds to try and choke him (only for Ash to realize he was choking himself). This side of him later splits off his body in a drawn out painful event in Army of Darkness (unlike the original, having both hands intact), becoming 'Bad Ash' and getting first blown away at point blank range by Ash's shotgun, then cut to pieces, and finally buried (though even in this state he still 'lived').

Bad Ash in Army of Darkness.

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When Ash blunders and accidentally awakens the Army of the Dead, Bad Ash re-emerges from the grave quickly piecing himself together as the decayed 'Evil Ash' and takes command of the undead troops, even corrupting Ash's then-love interest Sheila into a deadite-like hag. He battles the original Ash as he makes a bee-line for the Necronomicon, and gets lit ablaze by a torch, only to re-emerge as 'Skeleton Evil Ash', a much more agile and dangerous version. As Henry the Red's troops arrive to assist in the battle against the undead and break their ranks, Evil Ash ironically has his right hand holding the Necronomicon chopped off by Ash, and is then catapulted into the sky riding a lit sack of gunpowder to be blown to pieces.
He returns in Evil Dead: Hail to the King after Ash's possessed hand releases the evil force once more into the world by playing Knowby's tape recording, emerging from the mirror in the cabin (a la his first appearance), tossing Ash aside and taking off. Unlike before, Evil Ash is closer in appearance to a zombified version of Ash, and has the ability to launch fireballs and shapeshift . Ultimately he was destroyed once more by the original. Beyond this, Evil Ash has appeared in comic spin-offs, appearing more akin to his decayed Army of Darkness version. In the comics as he is the evil side of Ash separated, this leaves Ash as "the purest soul on Earth". He is one of the central antagonists in the A.O.D. comic books and is obsessed with defeating the original.
Being referred to in the film as "the evil", it is suggested that, in addition to Ash's dark side, he is the evil from the first two films, who was also sent back in time and was chasing Ash before the smaller Ashes appeared from the mirror.

Deadite Ash

'Deadite Ash' is another story. In Evil Dead: Regeneration this version is referred to as 'Evil Ash' (and Sam calls him 'Bad Ash' in the game). Deadite Ash is Ash himself possessed by a Kandarian demon and turned into a monstrous version of himself with greatly increased strength and brutality. In Evil Dead II, sunlight and the memory of Linda seems to drive the demon out (or possibly just 'back') and reverts him to normal. In Evil Dead: Regeneration , Deadite Ash actually is shown to be a complete berserker, attacking anything in his path (namely the deadites) and with Ash having some degree of control, later on, over his actions, though the effects are short-term. Enemies in the last area of the game speak of how Ash is 'already one of them', possibly a reference to this. The shotgun and chainsaw are augmented during this period also, the gun notably firing bolts of energy.

Ashley G. Williams

This Ash Williams is native to the Marvel Zombies universe (Earth-2149). A lowly employee of S-Mart, Ash takes up arms against the zombie superheroes. However, while distracted by seeing Ashley J. Williams, he is attacked and eaten by the zombie Howard the Duck (who said his brain tastes like chicken). Unlike regular Ash, this version apparently never got involved in the events surrounding the cabin or the Necronomicon, as he has both hands and lacks the regular's facial scars. Instead he feels that he was meant for greater things but in the world of super-heroes was never considered much in the public eye and stayed at S-Mart, seemingly living alone; this outcome is most especially decided by the fact that the Necronomicon, in the Marvel Zombies Universe, is kept in the private library of Doctor Doom . Like Ashley J. Williams, this Ash used both a shotgun harnessed to his back and a chainsaw. It is uncertain just how much he managed to do before Howard killed him, though he is shown encountering a zombified and duplicated Multiple Man , and dismembering Hulkling 's remains with his chainsaw.

Other appearances

Films

In 2005, there was talk of Ash appearing in a sequel to Freddy Vs. Jason ; however, Sam Raimi eventually decided against it. Though tempted, Raimi thought it would be unfair to the other director to dictate rules for what Ash could and could not do, which would be required as Raimi has plans for Ash in the future. As of late 2006, a new crop of rumors had begun to circulate about a team-up of Freddy, Jason and Ash, but Raimi, New Line and Campbell have yet to make any comment. Campbell said of the original rumors that if he were to sign up, "[Ash] would have to win, or I wouldn't do it."^[5] When Campbell was at a booksigning, during a Q & A period a man asked him if he was going to make a Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash movie. Bruce Campbell replied "You're an idiot." However, Wildstorm|Wildstorm / Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite have announced that they would be presenting the sequel in comic form as the six-issue mini-series Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash . ^[6]
There is a movie titled My Name Is Bruce, released in 2008, directed by and starring Bruce Campbell, as himself, where he is kidnapped and mistaken for the character of Ash.

ComicsEdit

In 1992, Dark Horse Comics released a three-issue miniseries written by Sam Raimi himself. Accompanying it is Evil Dead (2008) a comic from Dark Horse Comics retelling the story of the events of the original film.^[7] In this version of the tale, Cheryl is not Ash's sister, but just a friend of his girlfriend Linda, and the book is called "Nacheron De'manto". The professor and his wife are depicted as younger adults rather than the middle-aged version seen in the film. For as-yet unknown reasons, the only character in the book that looks like their film counterpart is Ash. Every other character has been completely redesigned for this "expansion".
Dynamite Entertainment has made their own line of comics featuring the character. Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes (2004) a four-issue miniseries that picks up directly after the film's ending, taking place on the very day Ash and his friends travelled to Knowby's cabin, and leads into Army of Darkness: Shop Till You Drop (Dead) (2005) a four-issue miniseries. Another mini-series, Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005), featuring Ash confined to a mental institution and forced to go up against Doctor Herbert West and his zombie minions, came out in 2005. In 2006, Dynamite started releasing an ongoing series, showing the events after the Re-Animator crossover. Recently they have released a multi issue mini series crossover with Danger Girl, in which Ash Must help Abbey Chase stop the Necronomicon from falling into the hands of a dictator.
Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness (2007) is a spin-off from this comic line (after Ash's 'death' in Army of Darkness #13), taking place in the Marvel Zombies universe. The series serves to fill in certain gaps left in the Marvel Zombies storyline that even Marvel Zombies: Dead Days|Dead Days didn't flesh out fully. The crossover lasts several issues, with Ash finally returning to his own world (and own comic) with Army of Darkness: From the Ashes (2007).
Dynamite has created several crossovers and side stories of their own. Tales of the Army of Darkness (2006) is a one shot comic featuring several stories about Ash and the Necronomicon. Darkman vs. Army of Darkness (2006), a four-issue miniseries features Ash teaming up with fellow Raimi created character Darkman to stop the Deadites. Ash then starred in Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (2007), a six-issue miniseries from Wildstorm and Dynamite Entertainment where Ash must face off against the legendary horror icons.

Evil Dead: Regeneration

Evil Dead: Regeneration

Evil Dead: Regeneration is an action hack and slash video game developed by Cranky Pants Games and published by THQ released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It is a video game of the The Evil Dead series, but with new weapons and traditions. It is unconnected to the previous game Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick. The game is a "What-If?" scenario that takes place in an alternate reality from the original trilogy, depicting what would have happened if Ash did not get sucked back in time at the end of Evil Dead II.

Plot

Ash Williams is locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane, as a result of the events that took place in The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. Convinced the world thinks he is crazy, the truth is much more nefarious. His doctor, Dr. Reinhard, somehow in possession of Professor Raymond Knowby's diary and the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, plans on using the books to bring about his ascension to power. In the process he releases an army of Deadites on the unsuspecting world and it is Ash's job to stop the doctor and put the Deadites back where they belong.
The game begins in Sunny Meadows, the asylum Ash is committed to. Ash is briefly visited by his lawyer, Sally who mentions how she found Professor Knowby's diary and believes Ash's story about the Necronomicon and the cabin. Ash thanks Sally for her efforts and awkwardly flirts with her. Just after Sally leaves, Reinhard accidentally unleashes the dead through the Necronomicon. The evil also breaks Ash free in the process. Ash travels through the asylum killing deadites with a pistol he retrieved from a dead security guard. He eventually finds his clothing, his boomstick and his chainsaw in the process. As he goes through the asylum, Ash finds an electric deadite named Sparky. Ash kills Sparky and decapitates him. Ash briefly breaks the fourth wall, telling us that "Ash is back in business", and throws Sparky's head away. Ash proceeds through the nearby cellar. However, just as he is about to leave the asylum, Professor Knowby's spirit appears to Ash, telling him that Reinhard's plan requires the closing of several portals and how Sally is in danger for having the diary. Ash teams up with a midget victim of Reinhard, a half-dead man named Sam who can return from any death (as he is half-Deadite, but isn't affected by the evil). His condition grants him many mystical skills.
Ash and Sam travel through to a cemetery and eventually find a portal in the nearby catacombs. However guarding the portal is a large deadite queen. Ash kills the queen with Sam's help and Sam closes the portal. The evil spirit inside the queen goes into Ash, briefly making him a deadite. However for some reason, Ash can now control when he can turn into "Evil Ash".
Ash and Sam go through the woods surrounding Sunny Meadows to find it infested with deadites as well. Ash finds a harpoon gun in a trash pile and modifies it onto his right hand. Ash and Sam, with the help of his harpoon gun, make their way into an abandoned mine where they find another portal. However, as soon as they get there a spirit possesses a miner. Ash and Sam kill the deadite miner and close the portal. Professor Knowby tells them that Reinhard has his diary finally and needs a human sacrifice. Ash believes that Sally is the one he intends to sacrifice. Ash and Sam follow a mine shaft towards nearby docks where another portal is believed to be located. Ash goes to another trash pile there and finds a high powered torpedo gun. The duo destroy a fish creature guarding the docks portal.
Ash and Sam make their way through a swamp, where they find a shack full of flammable materials and create a flamethrower. Ash and Sam make their way through the swamp to a nearby town called Port Turnham which is infested with Deadites. They make their way through the destroyed city and in the process Ash replaces his chainsaw with a newer one with a titanium blade. Ash and Sam find a portal in a nearby courthouse. However, Sam succumbs to fatigue and yawns while he is saying the incantation. The portal, instead of closing, sucks both of them into it. Once they are inside the portal Ash and Sam find themselves in a hellish dimension. Professor Knowby shows up telling them the only way out is to defeat Reinhard and rescue Sally. However, he begins talking about how Ash must save the world in which Ash becomes very angry and says he is only out to save Sally and maybe Sam.
Ash and Sam face many obstacles in the Deadite temple, but after much struggle they make their way to Reinhard's lair where he is just about to sacrifice Sally. Reinhard says how impressed he is with Ash. However, he apologizes that they had to come a long way to die. Rienhard uses the Necronomicon to turn himself into a troll-like Deadite. Ash and Sam kill Reinhard and Sam closes the portal. In a very romantic scene Ash says he came a long way and overcame great odds to apologize to Sally on the fashion advice he gave her back at Sunny Meadows. Just as he is leaning to kiss Sally, a spirit possesses her. Ash, overcome with rage, shoots the possessed Sally. However, just as he does this the portal reopens and sucks Ash and Sam into it along with the Necronomicon possibly sending them back in time, thus ending the game.

Gameplay

The gameplay mostly consists of hack and slash with small conveniently placed puzzles. The player takes the role of Ash Williams as he fights off hordes of Deadites. The player can find different kinds of weapons in levels which find use in different situations. Early on in the game Ash receives his sidekick Sam who fights along with him in battle. Unlike other games where killing a friend ingame is taboo at best, Sam actually comically dies many times in the game. The player can kick Sam into openings to open doors or onto enemies to pop their heads off. The player can also possess Sam to get through small openings; the purpose is to open a door or a switch. At times, Sam is controlled by the computer and destroys adversaries without assistance. Sometimes enemies will need a 'finishing move' (pressing a specific button) in order to completely destroy them.
In contrast with previous games, the game automatically gives the player unlimited ammunition for his weapons and unlimited gas to his chainsaw. A new gameplay element is rage mode. When the player kills enough enemies it fills up his rage meter. When the rage meter is filled up to a decent amount it allows Ash to go into "rage mode". Rage mode transforms Ash into a powerful deadite killing machine. It instantly doubles all of Ash's weapon damage and makes him lose health slower.