Wholly Debased

Though Pure Evils are always completely devoid of redeeming qualities and commit heinous acts that are entirely unjustifiable, not all of them have always been this way. Some may have possessed benevolent/positive traits in the past, or even used to be heroes or nice people.

However, they may have been corrupted into Pure Evils by the circumstances that were inflicted upon them. As a result, these villains will always shed their redeeming traits as time goes on and ultimately be devoid of them. Hence, these types of Pure Evils can be described as Wholly Debased or Wholly Dehumanized, as they have changed for the worse and chosen a path bereft of any good. They may not have started out as villains, but they certainly have become worse than that.

For obvious reasons, Fallen Heroes fall under this category by default: however, not all characters under this category are fallen heroes. It could also be an Evil Former Friend or a case of From Nobody to Nightmare. (e.g Femto, Kefka Palazzo, DC Joker, Alan Yates, Jill Roberts, Lord Cutler Beckett, Dio Brando, Bill Cipher, Zoom, Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, the Dark Lord, etc.)

Villains who were once truly Affably Evil before they descended into the point of no return and abandoning their overall, affable nature altogether can be added to this category. Thomas Sinclair and Pythie Frederica are examples of villains who were once truly affable before completely shredding them altogether and becoming devoid of any and all redeeming qualities.

Villains who were once truly In Love with someone before they descended into the point of no return and abandoning their overall, loving and caring nature to their lovers altogether are also allowed to be added to this category. Luke Lerner, and Ragyo Kiryuin are perfect examples of villains who were truly in love with someone before completely shredding that love and care altogether and becoming devoid of any and all redeeming qualities.

Please do not add Pure Evils here who only faked redeeming qualities. For example, Pure Evils such as Sebastian Shaw, Emperor Palpatine, Dr. Facilier, General Lunaris, Rip Blazkowicz, Frank Tenpenny, Dick Hardly, Micah Bell, Stem, Professor Ratigan and Josh are not allowed to be added to this category since they were never implied to have had actual redeeming qualities, even if they seemed or acted that way to other characters. Those villains should go under Charismatic, Fake Tragic, Hidden Pure Evils, Faux Affably Evil, Remorse Fakers, False Lovers, and/or Liars. However, such villains can count if they had genuine redeeming qualities in the past. (e.g, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, Roger, and Bill Cipher)

Also, villains who originally had other prevention such as solely committing bog-standard crimes, being played for laughs, having moral agency issues, reliant on fridge horror, or that many of their acts were done for shock value but got more heinous, motives, taken more seriously, and/or getting more characterization should not be added here either (e.g. The Enchantress, Eli Mills, Kash D. Langford, Water Street Butcher, Noo-Noo, Mrs. Tweedy, Evelyn Claythorne, Aku, Dark Samus and the Qu) unless they've explicitly been established to have had redeeming qualities. In general, this category is only for villains who once had genuine redeeming qualities but ended up subverting and/or losing all of them.

Their Pure Good equivalent is Wholly Reformed.