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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Pretty common. {{spoiler|Asharak, Zedar, and even Torak all get this.}} In ''[[The Malloreon]]'', Eriond retroactively does this for {{spoiler|Taur Urgas, noting that he was insane, and that wasn't his fault.}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: Between the [[Bad Boss|betraying everyone who helps her]] (by breaking their legs and leaving them to be eaten by lions in one instance), kidnapping Garion's son, attempting to start a civil war in the West, successfully starting one in the East, [[Evil Is Not a Toy|consorting with demons]], [[More Than Mind Control|brain-washing Ce'Nedra]], regularly trying to break the rules of Prophecy, [[I'm a Humanitarian|cannibalism]], [[Kick the Dog|cruelty to animals]], and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|standing around naked in front of a toddler]], Zandramas ''really'' pushes the envelope. That's all on top, mind you, of already being a priestess of a [[Religion of Evil]] who liked to cut out people's hearts and [[Blood Bath|bathe in their blood]] while nude. Even ''[[God of Evil|Torak]]'' and ''[[Bigger Bad|The Dark Prophecy]]'' [[Even Evil Has Standards|think she was a psycho]].

** This is heavily implied with Ctuchik in the first series. Torak's other Disciples, Urvon and Zedar are, respectively, insane and being forced into it. Ctuchik on the other hand, chose to serve Torak of his own will, keeps rooms in a tower dedicated to his vices (which include, by the by, [[Cold -Blooded Torture]] and some strongly hinted at sexual deviancy which even disgusted [[The Cynic|Silk]]), and is consistently built up to be one of the worst human beings to ever walk the face of the Earth. He doesn't really do anything that awful [[Offscreen Villainy|onscreen]], but nor does he do anything to dissuade the reader from coming to this conclusion.