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{{quote|'''McNeil:''' ''You're not God, Kane!''
'''Kane:''' ''...No. [[A God Am I|I'm]] [[Defied Trope|not]] [[A God Am I|God]]... [[Narcissist|but I'm a close second]].''
|'''''[[Command & Conquer]]: Tiberian Sun'''''}}
It's a [[Crapsack World]], and things are only getting worse. There are heroes, but the [[Status Quo Is God|status quo won't let them cause more than a few ripples of good in a sea of]] [[Black and Gray Morality]]. Out of this ambiguity comes a "savior", someone who brings hope to the [[Holding Out for a Hero|downtrodden]] and preaches a message of peace. However, [[Anti-Hero|he isn't afraid to fight fire with fire]]. In a world where moral absolutes are impossible to find, he will [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized|use underhanded tactics, preemptive strikes, and otherwise act like Genghis Khan's patron saint in his quest for "peace".]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has Dio Brando. One of his closest followers proclaims that he "loves him as he loves God" while the other one cuts off his own head when Dio merely asks him for a bit of his blood. The rest of his legions of followers that he doesn't outright brainwash are all insanely devoted to him and all too eager to announce that devotion.
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* In ''[[Animorphs]]'' (by the same author as ''Everworld'' above), Visser One also [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] the [[Messianic Archetype]] in order to found The Sharing, which was originally more like a cult than anything. She acquired a special male host to better fit her role as Dark Messiah, and eventually had him killed, [[Genre Savvy|knowing that humans would tear down a leader but lionize a martyr]].
* Sauron from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', before he became the [[Evil Overlord]] he is more known as. He ''started out'' as the closest thing to a god in the Tolkien universe, and turned to evil because he wanted to create harmony and control in Arda. Once he started listening to {{spoiler|Morgoth}}, this turned into the desire to control all forms of life and rule the planet.
* In ''[[Time Scout]]'', [[Jack the Ripper]].
* Zandramas and Harakan both try to set themselves up as these in ''[[The Malloreon]]''.
* In ''[[Honor Harrington]]'', Victor Cachat is a fanatical agent of the Havenite Republic and a crusader against slavery, and brave and loyal unto death. This includes on one occasion willingly offering himself up for torture, and on another going aboard an enemy starship with a suicide needle (in case he wasn't allowed to leave) in his pocket to try to negotiate a truce or at least give information about mutual threats. He is also [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|incredibly brutal]] and when he threatens to kill you unless you do what he wants, you better believe he means what he says.
== Live Action TV ==
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* Jasmine from ''[[Angel]]'' attempts to bring peace to the world...by {{spoiler|employing global-scale mind control to disguise her appearance and make demands regarding worshiping her, eating scores of people along the way}}. The existing world conditions and the effectiveness of the actual heroes fit the bill perfectly.
* ''[[Carnivale]]'' has no less than two such characters: Brother Justin (aka The Usher of Destruction) and {{spoiler|Sofie, the Omega, as revealed in the series finale}}.
* [[Battlestar Galactica
* "Evil Jesus" from ''[[Misfits]]''.
* [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Brajira of The Messiah]].
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