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{{trope}}
* {{spoiler|Gravelyn}} from [[Adventure Quest Worlds]] is The Champion of Light and is on the side of evil.
* In [[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]] {{spoiler|Mysterio used the power of light on the first phase of the final battle}}
* Vigoor from [[Ninja Gaiden]] his first form looks like a stone angel.
* The Archangel, one of the Accursed in ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]'', is
* Taken literally in ''[[The Path]]'', where a light at the edge of the forest means that you are approaching some infinitely creepy tableau {{spoiler|if not your character's metaphoric psychosexual death}}.
* The [[Evil Empire]] of ''[[Xenogears]]'' is the Sacred Empire of Solaris. Despite being populated mostly by slave labor and an upper-class of unrepentant douchebags, native Solarians are mostly light-haired, most wear white clothing, their military Gears and vehicles tend to be white. Solaris ''itself'' is white. White is also a major motif of the [[Big Bad]] and his component parts. Save for a few notable exceptions, you might almost say that this game plays the trope straight.
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* Solaris, the final boss of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for the [[Xbox 360]] and [[Play Station 3]], is a solar deity who is literally made of light energy. He fights by shooting white laser beams at the player. Ironically, according to Solaris' character backstory, he's actually a combination of two lesser beings of different elements; Iblis, a giant lava/fire creature, and Mephiles, a bizarre shadow being.
** In fact, Solaris was the original being. Iblis was the embodiment of his pure unrestrained power and Mephiles was his consciousness, which was probably shadowy and dark due to how ''supremely pissed off'' Solaris was at being experimented on.
* The Bastard of Kosigan series (fan-made ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' expansion) has the classic angels and demons of Christian mythology as the 'order' and 'freedom' factions of a race of precursor humans, but the 'order' faction (who are definitely rather nasty, going directly to deadly force whenever anyone says 'no' to them) eventually won their war for the hearts and minds of ordinary humans and killed all the 'chaos' faction (except for two 'demons', one of whom is revealed to have been St. John and the other is your character's deceased mother, who stole Archangel Gabriel's (the leader of the 'order' faction) sword).
* [[Fatal Fury|Kain R. Heinlein.]]
* One of the major plot points in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''. The major villain, {{spoiler|Mithos, is a [[Fallen Hero]], and his main form of attack carries over into his villainous style}}. Appearing as a [[Bishonen]] angel with wings of multifaceted crystal, he uses mainly Light based attacks, and has a very specific vulnerability. What is it? Why, darkness! In fact, all the angels {{spoiler|except Kratos and Yuan}} have that weakness.
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** Sir Zeliek. He's a paladin with phenomenal Light powers. And he serves the Lich King. Granted, he's pretty much [[People Puppets|a prisoner of his own body and the Lich King controls him like a puppet]], so he's somewhat a subversion of this trope.
** Some skeleton paladins in Icecrown have their own interesting variation on the Light.
** And there's
** The Elven priest's attack quote sums it up best: "By the power of The Light, burn!"
* Mildred Avalon, the [[Big Bad]] of the first ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' game, uses a light-elemental arcana, wears [[Woman in White|white clothing,]] is incredibly beautiful, and has shiny, beautiful blonde hair. She's also an angel bent on tearing down the barrier between the human and Elemental worlds, [[Utopia Justifies the Means|regardless of how many people she kills in the process]].
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* Tabuu, the [[Big Bad]] of [[Super Smash Bros.|''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'']], actually resembles an angel.
* In ''[[Saya no Uta]]'', Fuminori sees everything and everyone around him as horrific [[Eldritch Abomination]]s. The only exception is the titular Saya, who appears to him as a [[Woman in White|beautiful girl in white]] and becomes his main reason to keep on living. {{spoiler|She's the ''true'' [[Eldritch Abomination]] that his warped senses see as perfectly normal.}}
* [[Tenchu]] 2 had the Burning Dawn ninjas who want to leave their life of darkness behind and embrace the light. Special mention goes to the psychopath Suzaku. He is the Phoenix and symbolizes light, flame and rebirth. {{spoiler|He gets reborn as [[Dark Is Evil|Onikage]]}}.
* [[BioShock (series)]]: Sofia Lamb, with her [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde hair]], [[Totalitarian Utilitarian|altruism]] and [[Path of Inspiration|evil cult]].
* [[Viewtiful Joe|Viewtiful Joe 2]] has {{spoiler|Jet, Joe's father}}. At first, he's the [[Dark Is Evil|Black Emperor]], but after absorbing the power of the [[Applied Phlebotinum|7 Rainbow Oscars]], he becomes {{spoiler|Dark Hero Jet Black}}, who wears an all-white outfit. [[Genius Bonus|Fitting, because white is made up of a full spectrum of colors.]]
* [[Wii Ware]] title The Magic Obelisk has the main character as a tree spirit who must remain in the shade, or else he will turn into a tree, resulting in [[Game Over]].
* [[Eldritch Abomination| Galeem]], the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros Ultimate]]''. Despite being the Lord of Light and the [[Arch Enemy]] of his dark counterpart Dharkon, he's just as much an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] and murderous abomination.
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