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* The Last Passenger, in the ''[[Ravenloft]]'' setting, a [[Canon Immigrant]] from the ''[[Eberron]]'' setting. Decades ago, the nation of Cyre was destroyed during the [[Apocalypse How/Class 0| Day of Mourning]], a magical cataclysm of unknown origins. Fortunately for most residents of the capital city of Metrol, they had an evacuation plan ready - citizens would flee using the lightning rails, super-fast [[Steampunk]]-style trains. But one train was delayed by a rich snob now known as the Last Passenger.<ref>True to Eberron tradition, the identity of this villain remains hidden; fans of the series have offered some theories, noting that anyone in the House of Orien or House of Cannith (likely Starrin or his son Norran) or even the Queen would have been rich enough and cruel enough to be the Last Passenger.</ref> This VIP not only held the train up, but forced several hundred passengers off the train so they and their retinue could board in secrecy, likely with a great deal of their material wealth. When the train finally departed, it was too late, and was consumed by the magical destruction that claimed the entire nation. Except it wasn’t destroyed. Cursed for their crime, the Last Passenger is now the Darklord of Cyre 1313, now known as [[Afterlife Express| the Mourning Rail]], a mobile Realm that forever transverses the Demiplane. The Last Passenger - along with, sadly, everyone else on the train - still believes they are outrunning the Mourning, unaware they are dead and that they has been damned by their own selfish folly.

 

* [[Shakespeare]] [[Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|examples]]:

** Polonius in ''Hamlet'', a sort of hybridization of this, [[Old Master]], [[Evil Genius]] and [[Knight Templar Parent]].

** The ridiculously incompetent Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. in ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore|HMS Pinafore]]''.

** The Peers in ''[[Iolanthe]]'' are proud of their [[Blue Blood]], though they have to admit that it hasn't given them much in the way of brains.

* ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' has Leopold Anton, Baron Ochs ([[Meaningful Name|German for "ox"]]) auf Lerchenau, the Marschallin's [[Country Cousin]].

* In ''The Little Foxes'', Leo acts this part, even though his family is really only [[Nouveau Riche]].

 

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