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** Though there is also Philemon, The Crawling Chaos' rival who believes humanity can become enlightened.

*** Although Philemon himself may embody this trope even better than Nyarlathotep, in his own way—you kinda expect the personified essence of humanity's evil to be a total asshole, but you don't quite expect his opposite to be the dick Philemon acts like.

* Given how prevalent this trope is, it's worth noting that Konami's ''[[Suikoden]]'' series averts it—the kobolds are largely portrayed as personable, but elves and dwarves tend to be ''very'' arrogant and xenophobic, and although most of the villains have been humans, it seems to be because they're more numerous rather than because there's fewer bastards in other races.

* A recurring theme in the ''[[Lunar]]'' series:

** Of all the blasphemous experiments undertaken by Umbrella, the one orchestrated by Vincent Goldman, the antagonist of ''[[Resident Evil: Survival]]'', stands out as one of the cruelest. After having [[Would Hurt a Child|dozens of teenagers kidnapped]] and brought to the remote Sheena Island Goldman’s research team had them vivisected, as in, dissected while still alive, using no anesthetic. This was done intentionally. The goal of the experiment was to harvest beta hetero non seratonin from the victims. This hormone is secreted mostly during late stages of puberty (thus the reason teenagers were used as subject) and is directly linked to the body’s production of noradrenaline, which the body produces while in an extreme state of fear or panic. In other words, Goldman and his henchmen wanted these unfortunate victims as terrified as possible during the horrific process in order to get the best results. At very least, Goldman’s sadistic career came to an end [[Hoist by His Own Petard|at the hands of a “Hypnos T-Type”]], a Tyrant he himself had created and designed.

** As far as [[Dirty Cop]]s go, Chief Brian Irons was one of the dirtiest, and is arguably the most hated villain in the franchise. His [[Start of Darkness]] occurred while still a child, where he would catch rabbits and torture them to death. As a young college student, he was arrested for rape twice, but with morally corrupt officials willing to vouch for him due to his exemplary academic record, he was never charged criminally, instead sent to a psychiatric hospital for “evaluation” and eventually released due to circumstantial evidence. As Chief of the Raccoon City Police Department, he was a crony and accomplice to Umbrella (chosen as such for his complete lack of morals), the substantial amounts they paid him in bribes used for selfish acts of debauchery. Initially, this was expensive artwork that depicted disturbing images of torture and executions, but he was also engaging in child trafficking to provide Umbrella with victims for their experiments and orchestrated the creation of S.T.A.R.S. in order to use as unknowing pawns should an accidental outbreak occur. (Bad for PR, after all.) In addition, when more honest cops started to question where Irons’ funds were coming from, he personally murdered them (including his own secretary), most of them women, one of them a sewer worker for nothing more than making a joke when Irons was in a bad mood. The victims’ bodies were never found, but Irons’ own records suggest he [[Wax Museum Morgue|turned them into taxidermy displays]] (a hobby of his) and at least intended to do so to Katherine Warren, [[Yandere|a woman he was obsessed with]]. Irons was the one who [[Uriah Gambit|sent the S.T.A.R.S. team to the mansion in the original game]], an act that led to suspicions placed on him. Finally, during the outbreak that occurred in ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' he went completely off the deep end. Believing he was infected (ironically, he was not) and knowing he was doomed he became determined to take the whole city with him, making sure survivors had no escape routes and police were ill-equipped to fight the horde, killing many of them personally. While his eventual death is different depending on the version of the game, [[Karma Houdini Warranty|both versions are horrific]], and to the opinion of most fans, [[Asshole Victim|well-deserved.]]

 

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