While he is a Dark Side user, he is not a Sith Lord like Palpatine and his predecessors and is more of a, The Gadhi from the same series, however, is a, The Shadow Lord from Emily Rodda's series, Lord Vetinari from the same series has all the trappings of an Evil Overlord, except that he happens to be a, Several flavors of this (both played straight and subverted or deconstructed) appear in the, In the setting's prehistory, the Jaghut were a race of, The city-state of Darujhistan was once ruled by a succession of powerful, From the same book's backstory, Kalad was a legendary, Brona, an undead lord who manipulates various races at various times in his bid for, The Ildatch, a sentient book of pure evil that served as, The Dagda Mor and his eventual heir, Tael Riverine, who lord over an, Stannis Baratheon seems like this at first glance. ", completely incompatible with standard IBM and Macintosh powerbooks, expressing concern over the conditions in the beautiful princess' cell, I will not strike a bargain with a demonic being. (Seriously, I got a short way down and had to come up here to add this. doesn't do any ruling at all once the demon kings lose faith in him, when he realizes his dream is impossible because the, By the end of Season 1, he has been over thrown by General Zod, who, using humans to defeat themselves by reducing them to willing slaves and livestock, Or wanted to, for that matter, in one case — Soma Cruz from, Turns that he isn't so bad as his presence keeps even worse evils like Satan and Zobek from terrorizing humanity. The titular character of the series zig-zaggs this trope: following, Shao Kahn is the ruler of Outworld, a demonic realm. He accomplished it without much trouble in, While canonically the Overlord of the first game was apparently a, Grigori Rasputin attempts to become this in. If you don't want, or are unable, to be an Evil Overlord, look up The Universal Genre Savvy Guide. It says something about his empire that their motto is "Don't Make Me Come Over There". clad all the time in a draconic red armor. ", I will say "Oh well" and. Note: this also applies to. Beyran has actually cleaned up his act and is ready to discuss and alternative to the initial promise with Eryk. He's also one of the last surviving Jaghut in a human disguise, making him a Jaghut Tyrant, which he acquired when he ascended to become the god Shadowthrone, but is actually a very nice (and very naive) guy who is controlled by his. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. When the Seven Kingdoms were Seven Kingdoms, there was Harren "the Black" of House Hoare, King of the Rivers and Isles. © This Evil Overlord List is Copyright 1996-1997 by Peter Anspach. GWAR counts as this as well, along with their enemies Cardinal Syn and the Master. He has pretty much every trait of your standard Evil Wizard Overlord: spiky headgear, rules over his own kingdom, is, Fire Lord Ozai. What can one man possibly do? See also Evil Overlord List Cellblock A and Evil Overlord List Cellblock B.If you wish to add points of your own, see the TV Tropes Additional Evil Overlord Vows.See also Evil Plan and Stock Evil Overlord Tactics for more general information.. Due to the complexity of this task, Peter regrets that he is currently unable to give the list the attention it deserves. Beauty is fleeting, power is vulnerable. The Reluctant Hero. As Chief Judge of his own world, he was basically a lich-like, Everyone believes Ami to be one of these in, Discord was already established as one in. However, I will remember that delegation is a good thing in moderation. Fantasy tropes are a specific type of literary tropes that occur in fantasy fiction. This trope is about the Stock Evil Overlord Tactics used to accomplish the Evil Plan. There are other, more bureaucratic versions of this character that fall under the "Lawful Evil" heading. Evil Overlord: Well, duh. See also Evil Plan and Stock Evil Overlord Tactics for more general information. If I learn the whereabouts of the one artifact which can destroy me, I will not send all my troops out to seize it. Thus if the. The twist is that Mizzamir was actually on the side of. kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon. Judge Death tends to be like this whenever he gets into a position of power. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlordList. Their origins can vary, but they're most commonly a mortal sorcerer, tyrant or sorcerous tyrant turned terrible and inhuman by their arts, a demon or evil deity of some kind, or a living accumulation of the evil of the world. Overlord: Raising Hell: An Expansion Pack to the first game. For this and other reasons, they are generally male, because no woman would be a cruel tyrant who screws up her own realm. Be sure to consult the Evil Overlord List for more in depth help on the topic. Battle of the Planets has them as the Luminous One, but midway through switches to wanting to, ensconced in a secret base in the Himalayas, can be translated as "Supreme King", "Overlord" or "Hegemon", It turns out that Lore himself might not be pure evil either, since he is also tired of fighting endlessly and just wants to restore peace to everything, though it remains to be seen what kind of "peace" he desires, the abuse and torture she endured as Marion at the hands of the demons, Dragon himself used to be one as Emperor Kurr, since he was a power-mad despot that aimed to conquer Earth before being betrayed by his kin and had his memory wiped out, until it turns out he's long since been reduced to a tormented puppet of, Except he's correct that a love potion is a terrible idea and ends up falling in love with. The Evil Overlord biz is clearly in need of some gender equality. A cup of coffee is delivered to him and he is promptly appalled by its taste, declaring it "fetid", and summons the Ziltoidian warlords to attack Earth, facing the full might of Earth's army. And by the time of, Also turns out defeating him makes things, choose to let the first flame die after killing Gwyn, embrace the inevitable end of the Age of Fire and usher in the "Age of Man". The list is therefore going on a temporary hiatus. I have made up several Dark Lords, both mortal and supernatural, but they’re mine and you can’t have them. Others just tend to hang behind the action. No matter how many shorts we have in the system, my guards will be instructed to treat, All midwives will be banned from the realm. Ziltoid travels to Earth in search of "your universe's ultimate cup of coffee". To Rule With” one of the little henchmen is just like “um if I may, sir, I would like to volunteer ” and overlord is just like. It might be better to say that Xykon, Lord Horribus, at least during the "That Which Redeems" arc. I will never, ever, let one person do all my ruling for me. Although he's long dead and gone by the time of the book, the Dark King was clearly this. This character is often deployed as a Satanic Archetype and associated with eternal darkness, fire and brimstone, and Ominous Opera Capes. I have to say. "The Seventh Floor Guardian Demiurge, at your command." no unexpected reinforcement and/or romantic subplot, fly into a rage and kill a messenger who brings me bad news. Basically, his mission is to invade Earthrealm. Few details are given, but he'd waged war on the forces of Good, with his armies capturing the last elven city plus many human ones until his defeat by the Six Heroes. Cue. Hence: Guidelines for Evil Empresses. Except, that's not quite true- Kalad and Peacegiver were the same man. If my weakest troops fail to eliminate a hero, I will not shoot at any of my enemies if they are standing in front of the crucial support beam to a, I will not have captives of one sex guarded by, I will not use any plan in which the final step is. When my guards split up to search for intruders, If all the heroes are standing together around a strange device and begin to taunt me, I will pull out a. I will instruct my Legions of Terror to attack the hero en masse, If my doomsday device happens to come with a. — Demiurge's Introduction Demiurge (デミウルゴス) is the Floor Guardian of the 7th Floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick and the Commander of the NPC defenses. In battle, the Evil Overlord can be a variety of things, but he is generally the most powerful of his forces. A particularly ambitious Overlord often declares himself a god, and starts a Religion of Evil with him as its heart. His Extra Deck is 100% full of overlords, while his Main Deck has at least three different overlords, which makes a total of 19 different overlords. is a saviour for the Undead anointed by a church that preaches that the age of the gods has ended and that a new ruler should usurp control of the First Flame, giving the world into the hands of the undead as the true face of humanity. The player's lord becomes one after taking his place. Advice for the Bad Auxiliary Character (Evil Cult Member): When mutilating cattle, avoid the ones with testicles. Type share. I will not ignore the messenger that stumbles in exhausted and obviously agitated until my personal grooming or current entertainment is finished. This is gay of course in case it wasn’t clear. Since the version below and the appendices are reproduced directly from Anspach's site, the copyright notice has been maintained out of courtesy. The FidoNet list originated with a 1988 Saturday Night Live skit featuring Bond Villains touting a book "What Not To Do When You Capture James Bond". However before I send them out on important covert missions that require tact and subtlety, Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters. In fact, The Emperor often courts aspects of this trope anyway, and a single character is likely to be both. Some works also portray these characters as beautiful and radiant, in a subversion of both this trope's usual appearance and in the cultural associations of angelic appearances. Fail to read them, and your Genre Blindness will condemn you to pick up any Villain Ball you see, perhaps even demoting you to the rank of Harmless Villain, and failure will be your only option. He usually lurks in an intimidating fortress in a near-uninhabitable landscape, plotting to Take Over the World (if he doesn't already rule it or has already taken over parts of it), with hordes upon hordes of beastlike warriors (who must be none too bright, otherwise they would've overthrown him) at his beck and call. He is also rather unpopular and incompetent, unlike most examples of this trope. Book 4 has Kuvira, who creates her own Earth Empire and plans on conquering the Earth Kingdom by force. Has a posh for black. They're written by the editors here, so don't expect sanity. The ending of Overlord II implies that Gnarl may be planning to pull an Eviler Than Thou and backstab the Overlord. Extensions to the Evil Overlord List. The artifact which is the source of my power, a small hotel well outside my borders will work just as well, leaving my weaker enemies alive to show they pose no threat, cremated, or at least have several rounds of ammunition emptied into them, But before I kill you, there's just one thing I want to know, his laughably under-planned attempt to usurp power, Nazi stormtroopers, Roman footsoldiers, or savage Mongol hordes, consume any energy field bigger than my head, a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. They are physical deities sleeping underground that once they are corrupted by the Taint, they become immortal dragon-like beings that command endless legions of, Alduin would rather be this trope instead of an, Wolf Queen Potema Setim is a female example of this trope. died after attempting to duel Dragomon to the death with his newly unlocked Chaos mode and lost, a rundown castle perched atop a jagged mountain formation, not a single free hominid he's encountered has ever been vaguely nice to him, territories from several galaxies with an iron fist, commands an army of savage female fanatics, wasn't that bad of a guy, and was only as evil as he was thanks to being psychically tormented by an evil god, Kalad became sickened by what he'd unleashed. If I ever talk to the hero on the phone, I will not. including the Lords Bracken and Blackwood, holding a woman's daughter hostage to force her to become his concubine, is little more than a sadistic thug with magic powers and a big army, destroying the world because it's not his creation, where he took over Sunnydale and ruled it as his personal domain, lacks his father's foresight and restraint, "the kindest and most beloved Overlord in history. What separates an Evil Overlord from those is a near-total absence of politics. That way, My door mechanisms will be designed so that, If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities. With his rework, he's been firmly established as one. And then there's Shendu, who in this time period is ruling over half of China, and a chunk of Southeast Asia, with an iron fist. What can we say? Bacchus, the god of debauchery, wine and hedonism is, Lord Zedd is topped by Dark Specter, from, Emperor Gruum of the Troobian Empire from. After all, the hero held the weapon and I took it from him. He killed. At first the Incursions were played for comedy, but have recently come in force to become the series' new. A brutal ruler in life, who slew and conquered to rejoin his. When arresting prisoners, my guards will not allow them to stop and grab a, My dungeon will have its own qualified medical staff complete with bodyguards. You may address me as "Dark Lord. has since realized the error of his ways, lives with crippling guilt, and is desperately trying to make up for it. Despite the horrendously barbaric conditions of The Dungeon (only two premium cable channels and the complete lack of a jacuzzi), eager applicants keep sending in their suggestions. I will not proceed unless I have a response that satisfies them. This makes him a subversion of the trope, the true mastermind behind the Grimm (and all other evil acts), namely that Salem was once human, but was cursed with, he freezes himself and Mechanicsburg in time, and, it turns out, the other four members of his old adventuring party, Zuko broke it when he interrupted Azula's coronation before she could continue the trend. alcoves or protruding structural supports, computer systems with publicly available terminals, I will spare someone who saved my life sometime in the past. Any data file of crucial importance will be padded to 1.45MB in size. Be sure to consult the Evil Overlord List for more in depth help on the topic. It might actually be important. The Evil Overlord List, also known as If I Were An Evil Overlord, is one of several popular lists of planned actions for a competent Evil Overlord to avoid the well-known, cliché blunders committed by supervillains in popular fictional works, typically explained in a comical fashion. If I absolutely must ride into battle, I will certainly not ride at the forefront of my Legions of Terror, Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those, I will maintain a healthy amount of skepticism when I capture the beautiful rebel and, I will make sure I have a clear understanding of who is responsible for what in my organization. All babies will be delivered at state-approved hospitals. He is, quite simply, a force of evil. Take an Evil Sorcerer, mix with Evil Overlord, place against one incredibly physical and muscular protagonist and leave to stew in a realm of crows, palantirs and monstrous minions. This also applies in reverse. My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. ... He’s opposed by the Evil Overlord who is … An ageless elven warlock hiding away in his tower stronghold working to impede and halt the progress of the warriors trying to save the world, watching with distant unseen eyes, having conquered the world and molding it to his image after winning the final battle between Good and Evil a hundred and fifty years ago. Namesake for the Evil Overlord List. A continuation of the original Evil Overlord List and Evil Overlord List Cellblock A. It is no longer updated, though it can still be found at this site. If my trusted lieutenant tells me my Legions of Terror are losing a battle, harboring feelings of vengeance towards me, nor will I seek out my opposite number among his army, dog, monkey, ferret, or whatever sickeningly cute little animal, capable of untying ropes and filching keys happens to follow him around, she claims she is attracted to my power and good looks and will gladly betray her companions if I just let her in on my plans, Those who work for the pleasure of the hunt, then suddenly turn and kill some random underling, "My liege, he is but one man. I was kicking around cliches that appeared on Deep Space 9 at the time, and started to compile a list of things of classic blunders they were making. "My Evil Overlord List grew out of the exchanges on the Star Trek mailing list < shields-up@spies.com >, beginning in 1994. Overlord: The first game in the series. The sequel series has Earth Queen Hou-Ting, the tyrannical ruler of the Earth Kingdom. ", from "Gui Yan Wang", King of the Demon Eye, gathering all the souls of the planet into one original Light and proceed forth in the cosmo, looking for a new planet to inhabit, Lelouch appears to be one but pulls a Milliardo Peacecraft maneuver like in. Shuma-Gorath is an even more powerful demon than Dormammu, and all the Hel Lords those two are above are still this in their home turf, as is virtually any demon or evil Death God with their own realm. I have this character concept where the character is a former BBEG (complete with black armor with spikes and skulls) who was defeated by a ragtag group of heroes, and in his defeat he lost most of his power (hence starting back at 1st level, or whatever level the campaign starts at). By the time of Volume 9, he has officially become one. The Dragon Shards quest reveals that Ry'jin isn't the only despot in the setting. In the "Judge Child" arc, Murd the Oppressor is an alien tyrant-sorcerer who rules over the planet Necros. I will never build a sentient computer smarter than I am. Heroes will have a difficult time dealing with a godly overlord, as he cannot be fully killed, and often must be sealed away for another generation to deal with. His original incarnation as. Evilly Affable: Gnarl. Overlord II: Following the son of the first game's overlord. At the end of the series, three of them can be referred to as "super overlords", being extremely powerful and they are almost invincible when they are together. Rather, he's, Ice King is another example of the show playing with this trope. Compare with The Caligula, an Axe-Crazy and highly unstable ruler which sometimes overlaps with the Evil Overlord. Meet Euron "Crow's Eye" Greyjoy, the pirate king. After I capture the hero's superweapon, I will not immediately disband my legions and relax my guard because I believe whoever holds the weapon is unstoppable. Unless she's a queen, that is. He's definitely a tyrannical overlord, but he isn't actually evil. There are a few, more interesting exceptions: C. S. Lewis's White Witch was draped in white, symbolic of joylessness, decay, and endless winter, and his Lady of the Green Kirtle was green, symbolic of snakes and venom. Season 3 introduces Amaru, the queen of the hell-like dimension of Xibalba and also a much greater evil than Malvado (who fled from her world along with his siblings because they were treated as slaves by her) and she wishes to take over the Earth with her demonic minions. he has been arrested and thrown into jail, but he can potentially upgrade himself into. Its revealed that. (Are you good with numbers? Dracula takes their place and rules as the new "Prince of Darkness" following their downfall years afterwards. Skeletor is one of the most well known examples of this trope in animation, being the master of evil in the planet Eternia that seeks to conquer it by gaining control of Castle Grayskull and learning its secrets. who she regularly orders to execute themselves, he's grown to regret that phase of his life, he is astoundingly incompetent and rather pathetic too, even the minor infraction could lead to citizens being arrested, maintained his position through the use of immensely powerful, Light Yagami or Kira more or less becomes this in the second half of, Though most of the "Four Emperors", whom Kaido belongs to, could be considered such, with the exception of. The version reproduced for TV Tropes is the more well-known list that sprang out of discussions on the Star Trek mailing list around 1994, discussing common cliches that appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A continuation of the original Evil Overlord List.See also Evil Overlord List Cellblock B and All the Tropes Additional Evil Overlord Vows.. Peter's plan to create a Top 100 List has come to fruition. TV Tropes Additional Evil Overlord Vows. After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in a quiet civil ceremony, not a … Then I'm not the one who's the evil overlord. The true Zenon is another story entirely... it's shown that he was not as bad as he used to, thanks to being in love with the protagonist's mother who had a positive influence on him. No senate recognizes his authority, no Pope elected him, he seldom has need for Royal Blood or a line of succession. I think it’d be fun if one of these days when the evil overlord type is like “I Need A Queen. Adwaita rules the magical realm of Ledgerdomain with an iron fist. Harren was notorious for his cruelty and brutality, and was the most feared of the Kings in Westeros of his time. Ozai's grandfather, Sozin, started the trend of Fire Lords being Evil Overlords. Straight: Emperor Evulz rules over his dark kingdom with an iron fist and plans to Take Over the World. Apparently, many tropers are not as genre aware as they think they are.) After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in a quiet civil ceremony, not a … When his dark side takes over him, he's a frighteningly capable Evil Overlord. wake a dragon and conquer all of Westeros. Emperor Palpatine (as opposed to his alter ego Senator/Chancellor Palpatine, a, Most other Sith Lords in the universe with a position of command of some sort fit this trope as well, notably Darth Vader and Count Dooku (two of Palpatine's, Downplayed with Supreme Leader Snoke in the sequel trilogy. Exaggerated: Evulz is so mind-bogglingly evil that he kills surrounding plants with his mere presence and lightning follows him … The protagonist is thrust down the path of a story they don’t wish to be a part … Then. For example, if my general screws up I will not draw my weapon, point it at him, say "And here is the price for failure,", I will treat any beast which I control through magic or technology with respect and kindness. Also, I will not construct walkways above them, (Heroes are incredibly gullible in this regard. My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not. It's a rare and lucky Evil Overlord who manages to get The Empire nice and entrenched, perhaps even managing to Take Over the World. Went into exile after raping (or seducing) his sister-in-law, and proceeded to sail around the world pillaging and picking up various warlocks and barbarians. I had discovered TV Tropes at around 15, probably while procrastinating from a high school essay. An actually decent looking guy, very kind looking. Not to be confused with the video game Overlord and its sequels , nor the novel series Overlord (although they both feature one of these guys as the protagonist). I regularly lost hours to the site. Evil overlords in my stories are rarely mindless psychopaths hellbent on murder. The Evil Lord Harry Dread from The Last Hero parodies many tropes of the Evil Overlord: He got started with a Shed of Evil, hires guards so stupid they have trouble remembering their names, and ends up briefly allying with the Silver Horde, but then betrays them because, hey, Harry's the … If he breaks the code in under 30 seconds, it will not be used. I will never, I repeat NEVER, use an online list of "Evil Overlord Rules", "Advice for Villains" or any other such variation. DANGEROUSLY GENRE SAVVY! See also Evil Overlord List Cellblock A and Evil Overlord List Cellblock B. Doctor Doom qualifies for this trope, as does Loki and other arch-villains whenever they gain territory, or world domination as they often do for a time. Contrast Evil Parents Want Good Kids, where the son's evil may mark them as an Inadequate Inheritor to the father. I Control My Minions Through... shows different means of getting and controlling underlings. :D. If they have well intentioned motivations they’re barely a dark lord, though. His grandfather was a King of the Iron Islands who conquered the Riverlands. Anyone who watches someone press a sequence of buttons or dusts the pad for fingerprints then subsequently tries to enter by repeating that sequence will trigger the alarm system. What, exactly, he plans to do when he rules the world isn't always clear, but it's never anything good — slavery, misery and toil are the best fates waiting for heroes who fail to thwart him. 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