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* The ''[[Black Company]]'' novels by Glen Cook has a [[Sorcerous Overlord]] collection, sometimes subverting this back and forth. The main [[Evil Overlord]] of the books is an Overlady. She's the wife of the former [[Evil Overlord]], the Dominator, but after their time together as [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] she left and made sure he's kept in. Because he's ''too'' evil, too powerful and hey, it was only a political marriage. This gets twisted in more and more ways from there. |
* The ''[[Black Company]]'' novels by Glen Cook has a [[Sorcerous Overlord]] collection, sometimes subverting this back and forth. The main [[Evil Overlord]] of the books is an Overlady. She's the wife of the former [[Evil Overlord]], the Dominator, but after their time together as [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] she left and made sure he's kept in. Because he's ''too'' evil, too powerful and hey, it was only a political marriage. This gets twisted in more and more ways from there. |
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* ''[[The Tough Guide to Fantasyland]]'' naturally has a whole peice about Dark Lords, including the rarity of Dark Ladies. |
* ''[[The Tough Guide to Fantasyland]]'' naturally has a whole peice about Dark Lords, including the rarity of Dark Ladies. |
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* [[Gone|Caine Soren]] aspires to be one, but is deposed soon into book one. {{spoiler|In book four, he succeeds.}} |
* [[Gone (novel)|Caine Soren]] aspires to be one, but is deposed soon into book one. {{spoiler|In book four, he succeeds.}} |
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* Used frequently in [[John Carter of Mars]]. In the first three books alone we get several distinct flavors of this one- [[Villainous Glutton|Tal Hajus]], [[Priest King|Matai Shang]], [[God Guise|Issus]] and [[The Caligula|Salensus Oll]]. |
* Used frequently in [[John Carter of Mars]]. In the first three books alone we get several distinct flavors of this one- [[Villainous Glutton|Tal Hajus]], [[Priest King|Matai Shang]], [[God Guise|Issus]] and [[The Caligula|Salensus Oll]]. |
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* {{spoiler|Freddy Johnson as}} Osiris in [[The Tumbleweed Dossier]]. |
* {{spoiler|Freddy Johnson as}} Osiris in [[The Tumbleweed Dossier]]. |