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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 ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081023215415/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 [[0% Approval Rating]], but his [[Mooks|Legion of Terror]] is very well trained and loyal. And he's kinder than the elfin Kingdom, led by Tidal, despite what people say. He also is extremely [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]].
** 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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