Dark Lord
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In fiction and mythology, a Dark Lord (sometimes capitalized as Dark Lord or referred to as an evil overlord or evil emperor) is an antagonistic archetype, acting as the pinnacle of villainy and evil within a typically heroic narrative.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- demon king
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Dark lord figures are characterized by aspirations to power and identification with some fundamental force of evil or chaos, such as a devil or antichrist figure. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy notes that common features of a dark lord character include being "already defeated but not destroyed aeons before”
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