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The [[Archetypal Character|archetypal]] [[High Fantasy]] (and sometimes [[Heroic Fantasy]]) [[Villains|villain]].
[[Orcus on His Throne|Usually lurks in an]] [[Supervillain Lair|intimidating fortress]] in a [[Mordor|near-uninhabitable landscape]], plotting to [[Take Over the World]] (if he [[President Evil|doesn't already rule it]]), with [[We Have Reserves|hordes of]] [[Faceless Goons]] (who are usually [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|none too bright]]) and a [[Fear My Squad|fearful]] [[The Dragon|sinister second-in-command]] at his beck and call. Additional options include a [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], [[Black Cloak|a black wardrobe]] with [[Hell-Bent for Leather|lots of leather]], and command over [[Black Magic|dark magic]] or some powerful but vulnerable [[MacGuffin]]. He probably has a [[
Prone to [[Good Colors, Evil Colors|black]], and [[Always Male|generally male]]: hence, Dark Lord. Even more prone to being symbolically associated with [[Evil Is Deathly Cold|death, cold]], destruction, pain, and other bad things: [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]' White Witch was associated with white, symbolic of snow, cold, ice, and endless winter, and his Lady of the Green Kirtle with green, symbolic of snakes and poison. When the [[Fisher King]] trope is in play, he is bound to live in a [[Mordor]]. And it usually is, because the [[Evil Overlord]] is often not even human, or no longer human, but a force of evil.
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* Capricorn from ''[[The Inkworld Trilogy]]'' is a cookie-cutter example of this trope. He's also something of a capricious ganglord punk. Depends what you take from it.
** The Adderhead, [[Big Bad]] of the [[Show Within a Show|Book within a Book]] and [[Refugee From TV Land|Capricorn's]] former boss, is a much clearer example.
* The Internet story ''[http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=750856 Tales of Lokaria]'' has the Black Master: a man who has lived nearly a thousand years and rules over much of the known world. Did we mention that he has hidden [[Mind Rape]] powers? His castle is constantly upgraded with the latest technology. He then purposefully leaves openings to let rebels and heroes in to kill them. He does have a [[
** His team is as follows. His [[The Dragon|Dragon]], Dracon (no less!) is an ancient half-elf who is [[Immortality|immortal]] and extremely powerful, and his best friend. [[The Dark Chick]] was mind-raped into submission. [[The Brute]] (the [[Mook]] Captain) is entirely loyal and very intelligent. The [[Mad Scientist]] has yet to be introduced, but can produce technology to warp reality and use magic.
* Rugaard from E. E. Knight's ''Age of Fire'' series is a partial subversion of this trope. While he's an Evil Overlord, he's a dragon, carries a good approval rating from most of his underlings, even his personal slaves Rayg, Rhea and Fourfang with him intervening to save them more than once, practices Equal Opportunity Evil, shows most of the traits we'd expect of a fantasy hero, and oh, plans to subjugate all the hominids in the world. But it's all justified, you see, because not a single free homonid he's encountered has ever been vaguely nice to him.
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* Bowser from the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series fits this to a T in almost every game (sometimes even ones where you're just [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]), from ominous castles/lairs, plans for world/universe domination, and infinite hordes of largely incompetent goons.
** Sir Grodus from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' also fits. He's essentialy what Bowser would be if he weren't [[Played for Laughs]], weren't a moron, and actually [[Kick the Dog|Kicked The Dog]] as opposed to [[Poke the Poodle|Poking The Poodle]].
** Fawful in ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'', who goes on to call himself 'Lord Fawful' in [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]] and has one overly long ego trip through the game. He plots to [[Take Over the World]], lives in... two hijacked [[Evil Tower of Ominousness|Evil Tower of Ominousnesses]], has hoardes of... goons which have a copy of his face as their head, starts wearing dark clothing as soon as he turns into Dark Fawful and originally had a [[
** [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]] also has The Shadow Queen, {{spoiler|who gives Grodus a nasty taste of the [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]].}}
* In ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]] 3'', the Warlocks and Overlords of Nighon fit this trope perfectly.
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* In ''[[Imperium Nova]]'', [[The Emperor]] of each galaxy is inevetibally labeled an evil overlord by his or her opponents. Whether or not the labeling is true is a matter of discussion.
* ''[[Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al Revis]]'' presents us with a humorous, [[Large Ham]] version: The "'''Flay'''vor of Evil".
* The title character of ''[[Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman]] What Did I Do To Deserve This?'' mixes this trope with the [[
* Lord Bane from the old TBS ''Warlords III''
* Dagoth Ur in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] III: Morrowind.''
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