Evil Sorcerer: Difference between revisions

He, or sometimes she, is the mage who has delved too deeply into [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]] and mastered [[The Dark Arts]]. He has achieved great power, but at the expense of [[Our Souls Are Different|his soul]]. He deals in [[Black Magic]] and might well have made a [[Deal with the Devil]]. Evil Sorcerers are very dangerous foes, as they are creative as well as clever. From them, one can expect anything; hordes of demonic [[Mooks]] as the bluntest tool, [[More Than Mind Control]] as the subtlest one, and anything between those two and beyond. He will probably be a [[Sorcerous Overlord]], dwelling in an [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] and ruling the land with an iron - but also magical - fist, though he may also show up as an [[Evil Chancellor]], using his powers to subvert the throne more subtly.

 

 

 

 

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*** His daughter Astrid Mordo, who tried to kill both her father and Strange.

*** Dormammu, Strange's archenemy and Mordo's sometime master, is a demon who is ''also'' an evil sorcerer.

** Master Pandemonium, enemy of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]].

** Master Khan, enemy of [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]] and [[Sub-Mariner|Namor]].

** Gravemoss, foe of [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]].{{context}}

** [[Doctor Doom]]. A rare example of one who is also a [[Mad Scientist]].

* Boneyard from the ''[[Mantra]]'' series in the Malibu Universe.{{context}}

* Kulan Gath, foe of [[Conan the Barbarian]] and [[Red Sonja]].{{context}}

** Maleficent from ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', who cursed baby Auroa to die at her sixteenth birthday, just because she wasn't invited to the baby shower.

** The Horned King from the film version of ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'' (where he takes on the role filled by Arawn in the novel).{{context}}

** Jafar from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.{{context}}

** Dr. Facilier from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.{{context}}

* Profion from the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' movie.

* The title character from the ''[[Warlock (film)|Warlock]]'' series of movies.

* Given that the movies are [[Heroic Fantasy]] in a [[Space Opera]] setting, [[The Emperor]] of ''[[Star Wars]]'' could be described as one of these.

** This is a major temptation for Anakin Skywalker as well.

** Daigotsu was literally raised from birth to be the embodiment of this trope. I mean, the guy serves an evil god ''willingly''...

* Drachenfells, Nagash and Ergrimm Von Horstmann from ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]''. Also, pretty much all Chaos sorcerers, necromancers, Vampire lords, Dark Elf warlocks, Tomb King liche priests and Skaven grey seers also count. No, it's [[Crapsack World|not a happy place]]; [[Captain Obvious|whoever gave you THAT idea]]?

* Lots of people in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', since all the factions are mostly evil, and most of them use sorcery to some extent. Chaos Space Marine sorcerers are the most glaring example, being seven foot tall genetically engineered warriors in power armour, AND having the protection of evil gods, and they hate everybody and want unlimited power. However, they pay a price, suffering [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|ever-increasing madness]] and horrible mutations such as extra limbs, heads, eyes inside their mouths, etc.

** The best part about the price they pay? They either don't care or they think it's [[Cursed with Awesome|awesome]].

* Sorceress Ultimecia from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' is very much an evil sorceress. Her goal is to compress time so that all creation would be centered around her, thus making her a goddess to reshape reality as she sees fit.

** Adel is also one as well. We don't get to know much about it and in the fight against it, it says nothing. But from the small bits of info you do find out about it, it was probably a [[Complete Monster]].

* Exdeath in ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' is first made to be one of these when the player doesn't know him very well. Then, he's hinted to be a [[Humanoid Abomination]]. Finally, he's revealed to be... [[When Trees Attack|an evil tree]].

* Several in the ''[[Warcraft]]'' universe. Examples include Kel'thuzad, Medivh (after [[Demonic Possession|being possessed by Sargeras]]), prince Kael'thas (after joining forces with the Legion), and archmage Arugal. The playable warlock class has this vibe going on, too.

* ''[[ADOM]]'': Keethrax, the Black Druid; Nonnak the necromancer; Yulgash, the Master Summoner; Nuurag Vaarn, the Chaos Archmage; Gaab'Bay, the old crone.

** Oh, and [[Everything Trying to Kill You|if you live]] [[Nintendo Hard|long enough]] to see them all, you'll also meet lichs, necromancers, dark sages, black wizards, chaos wizards, the skeletal king, a variety of wyrms (which can cast spells), and possibly an evil god. Also, depending on your choices, [[Villain Protagonist|you.]]

* Several ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' antagonists such as [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Gharnef]] and [[Fire Emblem Elibe|Nergal]]. Some may overlap with [[Sinister Minister]].

* The Dragonlord from ''[[Dragon Quest]]'', Hargon from ''[[Dragon Quest II]]'', Dhoulmagus from ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' ({{spoiler|though for him it's mostly a case of [[Demonic Possession]] by the true [[Big Bad]]}}).

 

 

* Mozenrath, Caliph Kapok and Khartoum from the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' television series.

* Eli Pandarus from ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''.{{context}}

* Skeletor in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' is a borderline [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|sympathetic]] variant on this.

** Also Evil-Lyn.{{context}}

* Hex from ''[[Ben 10]]''.{{context}}

* Mr Crocker becomes one of these in the ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' episode "Timmy the Barbarian".

* Carl the Evil Cockroach Wizard from ''[[Yin Yang Yo!|Yin Yang Yo]]''.

* The Archmage from ''[[Gargoyles]]''.{{context}}

* Wrath-Amon and Ram-Amon from ''[[Conan the Adventurer (animation)|Conan the Adventurer]]'', the latter being an obvious [[Expy]] of the Conan books' Thoth-Amon.

 

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