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[[Big Bad|Big bads]] die. That is a fact of a story......[[The Bad Guy Wins|most]] [[Downer Ending|of]] [[Yank the
Except sometimes not.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, after Darken Rahl, ruler of D'Hara, is killed in the first book, large portions of his armies end up working as the expeditionary forces for the [[Big Bad]] for the rest of the series.
** Also semi-inverted, in that the ''rest'' of Rahl's armies pledge allegience to the ''hero'', Richard, after Rahl is killed. Richard at first believes this is a simple case of [[You Kill It You Bought It]], but later finds out {{spoiler|that it's because he's [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Rahl's rightful heir]].}}
* In ''[[Mistborn]]'', after {{spoiler|[[Evil Overlord|the Lord Ruler's]]}} death, many of his most powerful minions, notably [[Our Orcs Are Different|Koloss]] and [[Implacable Man|Inquisitors]], start working for new [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Ruin}}. Justified in this case because the Lord Ruler created these beings and built a psychic "back door" into them so that he could always control them; with him out of the way, the far more powerful {{spoiler|Ruin}} was equally capable of exploiting said "door". His human minions are a much more mixed bag, with some joining the heroes and others various [[Big Bad Wannabe]] kings.
* Across [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]]'s Middle-Earth, many of the same creatures that once served [[Satan|Morgoth]] transferred their loyalty to [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|Sauron]] when he took over as [[Big Bad]]. In this case, that would be because Sauron was [[The Dragon]] to Morgoth, so most of these minions would have been used to taking orders from him anyway.
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