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** He uses it again in ''The Castle of Llyr'', the third book of the [[Prydain Chronicles]], in which Magg is chancellor to the kindly King of Mona. Unfortunately for King Rhuddlum, Magg's real loyalty lies with the wicked Queen Achren, who has promised him a kingdom if he helps her kidnap Princess Eilonwy.

* In the [[Stephen King]] novel ''Eye of the Dragon'', the king's trusted advisor and magician Flagg plots to assassinate the king and frame the elder (and wiser) prince for the murder. The same character, under the alias "Marten Broadcloak", played the same role in the court of Gilead in the backstory of ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, while ''at the same time'' also playing evil vizier to Gilead's rival, John Farson, under the name "Walter O'Dim". All three of these roles, in addition to several others, are assumed by Flagg in his capacity as [[The Dragon|right-hand man]] to [[Satan|the Crimson King]], to whom he also plays [[The Starscream]].

* The Word Bearers' Chaplain Erebus fills this role in the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' series of ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~]]'' novels. Somewhat different in that rather than scheming to kill Warmaster Horus, Erebus schemes to corrupt him.

* The Word Bearers' Chaplain Erebus fills this role in the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' series of ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novels. Somewhat different in that rather than scheming to kill Warmaster Horus, Erebus schemes to corrupt him.

* In the [[David Eddings]] ''[[Elenium]]'' trilogy, the churchman Annias serves as this trope to King Aldreas, the weak-minded ruler of Elenia. Annias needs to control the crown while he works on becoming Archprelate (the story's equivalent of the Pope), and to that end he {{spoiler|convinces the king that it's okay to [[Brother-Sister Incest|sleep with his own sister, Arissa]], who is the mother of Annias's son Lycheas.}} It keeps Aldreas distracted.

* In one book of Christopher Stasheff's ''[[A Wizard in Rhyme]]'' series, the title character visits a country which has an evil queen who is descended from an Evil Chancellor who usurped the throne. The Chancellor's name was [[Sdrawkcab Name|Reiziv.]]

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=== Tabletop RPG ===

* ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' Al-Qadim setting, ''A Dozen and One Adventures'' boxed set. In the city of Al-Anwahr, the treacherous vizier Zeenab tricked Amakim Ibn Issad into overthrowing his brother King Azaltin so Zeenab could steal the book "Eleven Baneful Gates".

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Al-Qadim setting, ''A Dozen and One Adventures'' boxed set. In the city of Al-Anwahr, the treacherous vizier Zeenab tricked Amakim Ibn Issad into overthrowing his brother King Azaltin so Zeenab could steal the book "Eleven Baneful Gates".

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** Overlord II's ending suggests that he's biding his time...

*** Why would he be? He handpicked and cultivated from childhood exactly the Overlord he wanted, and as his mentor/custodian can exercise more authority over than Overlord can over him. That's as comfortable a situation as a [[Man Behind the Man]] can get.

* ''[[~~Starcraft~~]]'''s {{spoiler|Samir Duran. Twice.}}

* ''[[StarCraft]]'''s {{spoiler|Samir Duran. Twice.}}

* In ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', Ganondorf begins as the trusted "servant" of the [[Horrible Judge of Character|King of Hyrule.]]

** Zant in [[Twilight Princess]] is also one according to the Japanese text of the game

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** In the "present day" Oz of ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', Ambrose/ {{spoiler|Glitch}} is loyal and devoted to the lavender-eyed queen to the bitter end, destroying plans for an invention that could theoretically used as a doomsday device. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, he wasn't able to stop the Witch from taking the plans quite literally out of his head}}. Years later, he meets up with DG, {{spoiler|the Queen's daughter}}, and becomes equally devoted and protective of her.

* In Mika Waltari's ''The Wanderer'', Suleiman the Magnificent's vizier Ibrahim seems like this, but is shown to be the sultan's only friend and politically capable. He is somewhat ruthless, but apart from the main character, pretty much everyone in the book is.

* [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[The Middle East|El]] [[Mighty Whitey|Borak]]'' series included one story featuring "Al Wazir," which, yes, means "the vizier." He was a man of renowned wisdom and kindliness -- although when encountered in the story he'd temporarily gone insane (he recovered his sanity on basically the next-to-last page).

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