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Throughout history, there have been a few individuals who have had a marked personal effect on the course of events around them. Some did this through political or sometimes aesthetic means, but most of those who were single-handedly instrumental in deciding the path of history have been military leaders. It seems that certain men combine a rare set of natural traits - leadership ability, tactical thinking, staggering ambition, copious ego, and a large dose of suicidal bravery, all combined with a visionary drive to [[Take Over the World|rule the world]] and the imagination to see it done - to create a whole individual who is patently capable of turning even a ragtag band of woefully underfed and poorly equipped vagabonds into a fighting force that is not only formidable but easily capable of crushing any opposition that stands before it.
A true Conqueror strives to claim the [[Take Over the World|whole of the known world]] through military force, and often succeeds. (Note that he often doesn't put much thought into running it once he's taken it; he just wants the bragging rights). This is in contrast to those characters who rise to universal power through other means (such as subverting the democratic process or literally being ''appointed'' dictator by a legislative body).
The easiest way to recognize this character is by what he manages to accomplish. If he doesn't take over two or three countries (at least) in the course of the story, he's not The Conqueror.
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[[Conqueror From the Future]] is a [[Sub-Trope]] of this when the Conqueror in question has, in fact, actually managed to conquer something. [[Galactic Conqueror]] and [[Young Conqueror]] are specific variants. [[Multiversal Conqueror]] is this trope taken to its logical extreme.
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Not to be confused with [[The Conqueror (1956 film)|the movie starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan]], although Genghis Khan was a Conqueror by this page's definition.
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== Animation ==
* Lelouch of ''[[Code Geass]]'' tried and aimed for this. He didn't particularly need to be in control, of course.
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* In the ''[[Black Company]]'' series, [[Sorcerous Overlord|The Lady]] qualifies as this, having subjugated an entire continent. In the past, her husband [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Dominator]] was even worse.
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* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' featured an [[Alternate History]] storyline in which Hercules was never born, and thus never "unchained" Xena's heart. She ended up the cold and ruthless Conqueror. As the name implied, she brought most of Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean region under her boot.
** Likewise, in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the Parallel World version of Hercules, the Sovereign, is a ruthless conqueror.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the official setting for ''[[Champions]]'', there's Istvatha V'han, "The Empress of a Billion Universes", an immortal time-travelling [[Dimension Lord]] who really has conquered a billion other dimensions.
* One of the example/scenarios in ''[[GURPS|GURPS Shapeshifters]]'' is a
== [[Video Games]] ==
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