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Maybe this character has a [[Famed in Story|reputation]] as a [[Hero Killer]]; a person who kills the other sides strongest and noblest supporters. Maybe they use fear as a magical effect which triggers panic in others. Maybe they are simply [[Eldritch Abomination|so scary looking]] even the strongest of hearts falter. But the defining trait of the Dreaded is that they are ''feared''. Probably has a [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|scary name]], unless they use a really scary [[Red Baron|alias]] instead. If their ability in combat lives up to their reputation, then the only choice one has when facing them may be to [[Run or Die]].

** {{spoiler|Acnologia the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse}}. Representatives from the second council immediately flee Tenrou Island {{spoiler|when they hear Zeref mention Acnologia and when he appears the whole Fairy Tail pulls a [[Mass Oh Crap]].}}

* During the final arc of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Donald "Mr. Don" Obermann of the American [[Five-Bad Band|Pentagram]] takes on this role. A seven-foot [[Genius Bruiser]] and [[The Juggernaut|Juggernaut]], Mr. Don plows through the cream of the Japanese team [[Hero Killer|as if they were so many bowling pins]], a fact that leaves most of the other characters shaking. He terrifies Sena, Monta, and the rest of the Deimon players, manages to put the fear of God into [[The Sociopath|Agon]], and leaves everyone with the impression that he cannot be stopped; the only one who doesn't fear him is [[Blood Knight|Gaou]]. During the Kantou Regionals Arc, Agon and Gaou themselves had this status, terrifying both opposing players and their own teammates.

* [[The Fantastic Four]]. There is barely a single supervillain out there who hasn't at the very least heard horror stories about their terrifying badassery and feats of awesome. Like the [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor]] below, they have entire races of aliens, most of whom they don't even remember meeting, who tell tales about them as mythical bogeymen to scare their children with. Case in point:

** The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''All-Consuming Fire'' establishes that the Doctor sincerely hopes never to meet Nyarlathotep. And he's already fought Lloigor ([[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S2 E5 The Web Planet|the Animus]]) and Hastur ([[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S26 E3 The Curse of Fenric|Fenric]]).

* Herbalist Angela from ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' is hinted to be one. She is allowed to enter Farthen Dûr without getting her [[Mind Probe|mind probed]], even though everyone else, including [[The Chosen One|Eragon]], has to go through that whole [[Mind Rape|process]]. [[Manipulative Bastard|The]] [[Creepy Twins|Twins]] are clearly afraid of her and she causes [[Religion of Evil|the high priest of Helgrind]] to [[Freak Out|scream in terror]] by only whispering her name to his ear. [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|The werecats]] don’t want to associated with her either. Unfortunately for readers, we are never told why she is so feared.

* The Doctor in the new series of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' is referred to by even the Daleks as [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Oncoming Storm]]. He is also known as the Last of the Time Lords, The Lonely God, The Trickster, The Phantom, and The Sainted Physician, and some languages translate his name to mean 'Warrior'. Some species, including living carnivorous shadow swarms, will run just at the mention of his name. In fact, he has become so feared that {{spoiler|the entire plot of Series 6 of the revival is people rebelling against him out of fear.}}

** The Daleks, in turn, are treated by all who know them as the [[Big Bad|bogeymen]] of the [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] universe. Even [[Badass Bookworm|the Doctor]], who's battled and defeated them uncountable times, always treats their arrival with a mixture of grim determination and just plain old fear. Best seen in the end of the first part of {{spoiler|"The Stolen Earth"}}. When the first broadcasts of "EX-TERM-IN-ATE! EX-TERM-IN-ATE!" reach Earth, the former companions and allies of the Doctor such as Sarah Jane, Martha Jones, and even Jack Harkness -- some of the bravest people in the universe, one of whom is outright [[Complete Immortality|impossible to kill]] -- are stunned into a state of tearful panic.

* Typhon in [[Greek Mythology]], who likely doubles as the [[Ur Example|original]] [[Hero Killer]], storming Olympus by himself and driving the gods into hiding. Hades was this to the Greeks themselves; he's the yardstick by which terrifying creatures in myth (like Typhon) are compared to. Typhon is so bad that he was not only scarier than Hades, he actually frightened him.

** ''[[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed II]]'': When it comes to his enemies, Ezio inherits Altaïr's [[In the Blood|genes of terror]]. He's not just ''an'' assassin, he's ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|the]]'' [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Assassin]], and even in a city as huge as Venice, finding out that the Assassin's come to town makes all of the remaining Templars a little nervous. At this point, Ezio is barely into his twenties and only four years into his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]... which lasts for ''[[Implacable Man|twenty-three years]]''. There's a ''reason'' that some trained killers [[Don't Ask Just Run|run like hell]] as soon as they see him. ''[[Back Stab|If]]'' [[Back Stab|they see him]]. As an individual, he's quite possibly more feared than Altaïr ever was, because the Templars ''know'' that it's only ''[[One-Man Army|one man]]'' doing all of this, they know ''why'' [[You Killed My Father|he's doing it]], and they know that he [[The Determinator|is never going to stop until they're all dead or he is]]. And Ezio is [[Made of Iron|really]] [[The Juggernaut|hard]] [[Just a Flesh Wound|to]] [[No One Could Survive That|kill]].

** The player character gradually becomes one of these as the game progresses, to the point where they can scare off attackers by identifying themselves, though it backfires once or twice, either with characters who [[Suicidal Overconfidence|try to collect the bounty on your head]] or who [[Attack Attack Attack|attack you out of sheer panic.]]

* The [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] in ''[[Darksiders]]'' scare everyone. Heaven, Hell, and even their ''own superiors'' fear and respect their terrible power. The entire plot of the game takes place because nobody wants to cross all four of the Horsemen. In-game when Mooks encounter War their reaction is basically a [[Mass Oh Crap]] while they desperately charge you.

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