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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"The only person with whom I felt any kinship with died three hundred years before the birth of Christ. Alexander of Macedonia, or Alexander the Great, as you know him. His vision of a united world... well, it was unprecedented. I wanted...'' needed ''to match his accomplishments, and so I resolved to apply antiquity's teaching to our world,'' today. ''And so began my path to conquest. Conquest not of men, but of the evils that beset them."''
|'''Adrian Veidt''', ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]''}}
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In some cases, may obtain or be born with some [[Superpower Lottery|special power]] to help them achieve their goal. Whether they do or not, the key difference between the
In addition to differing from the typical hero in vision - or ends - they will also differ in the means used. In contrast to the [[Idiot Hero]], the
If they're targeted by bullies, expect them to later gloat [[
In a way a variant of [[Rags to Riches]]. A milder and hopefully less bloody version found in the commercial rather then politico-military sphere is the [[Self
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== Anime
* ''[[
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Lelouch vi Britannia.
* ''[[Monster (
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has Pein/Nagato, who learned ninjutsu in his youth with his [[True Companions]] and afterwards started a group with them to create a better world and was given the [[Evil Eye|Rinnegan]]. After being forced to kill his best friend, he commits [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|bloody vengeance]] on his betrayers and plans to create a super-weapon that will scare the other villages into stopping all war.
* ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'': Reinhard von Lohengramm is a textbook example. Luckily he has Kircheis to watch his back, both physically and morally.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The title character of the [[DC Comics]] series ''Prez'': Prez Rickard, 18 year old [[President Of The United States]].
* Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias from ''[[Watchmen (
* Tony Stark before becoming ''[[Iron Man]]'' was a business version of this; he was also a drunken playboy. In ''[[Civil War]]'' he gets back on the conquering horse.
* Hunter Rose aka ''[[Grendel]]'', genius writer by day and hitman by night, takes control of a criminal empire spanning from Atlanta to Montreal with NYC at the centre.
== [[Fan
* ''[[Shinji and
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
== [[Film]] ==
* The title character of the film ''[[Charlie Bartlett]]''.
* Michael Corleone in ''[[
* Not that young but Tony Montana from ''[[Scarface]]'' climbs to the top of the drug dealing community almost as fast. {{spoiler|He falls.}}
* Howard Hughes in ''[[The Aviator]]'' conquers the film and aviation industries, world aviation records, [[Cate Blanchett]] and [[Kate Beckinsale]] but never his fear of germs.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The title character in the Korean serial [[The Epic|epic]] ''Jumong''.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Dune]]'': [[Messianic Archetype|Kwisatz Haderachs]] Paul Atreides and [[God
* In ''[[Harry Potter]]'', Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Grindewald are hinted to have been this, for a start.
* Peter Wiggin in ''[[Ender's Game]]''. The ''Ender's Shadow'' series details his rise to power as Hegemon of Earth.
* Thomas Cale in the ''[[Left Hand Of God]]'' seems to be evolving into one of these.
* The ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series has had a few of these.
** One such figure that a number of characters admire is a past Targaryen King is known by the moniker "The Young Dragon" and managed to do what all the Targaryens (even those with dragons at their be beck and call) had failed to do; conquer the Kingdom of Dorne. [[Cynical Mentor|An older and more cynical character]] points out that trying to actually hold Dorne, however, took up an ungodly amount of resources and resulted in many casualties, since the Dornish ''prefer'' insurgency anyway. When the Young Dragon died young, Dorne almost immediately threw his armies out and reclaimed their independence.
** Daenerys Targaryen shows herself rather adept at conquest, completely destroying Slaver's Bay and the slave trade. However, she quickly learns that while she may have a knack for conquest, actually ruling these places whose societies she upended is a far greater challenge.
** {{spoiler|Robb Stark emerges as an excellent general who wins every battle that he fights, but loses the war, due partially to a lack of political skill and partially to letting idealism and [[Honor Before Reason]] get in the way.}}
* The trope, specifically in the example of Alexander the Great, is harshly criticized in ''Jonathan Wild'' by Henry Fielding. Wild, a historical figure who controlled London crime in the mid 17th century is presented as a great admirer of Alexander, and this admiration is because Alexander was a murderer, thief, and rapist, but since the [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]] was on a grand scale, people think of him as a hero. Wild hopes that in his own small way, he can become a sufficiently powerful criminal that he will be thought of as a Great Man.
* In ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', Luigi Vampa, a celebrated bandit, is analogized to one of these, because he's achieved power and celebrity and is not yet 30. Vampa may be aware of the comparison, since he likes to read Julius Caesar for fun.
* The ''backstory'' of Mackenzie Calhoun from ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]''.
== New Media ==
* In ''[[Descendant of a Demon Lord]]'' Celes took over a warband and shortly there after a couple rulers were like 'hey, you should try and win the civil war. I'll even back you up'. Shortly after she takes over the abandoned trap infested demon king's castle (by completing the self aware security system's challenge), she decides to win the civil war. She was 20 when she took over the castle. It should be noted that Celes at this point doesn't really seem interested in world conquest. Just in ending the demon realm civil war (and maybe unify the demon realms if there is a distinction).
== Religion ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Darth Revan in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
* The player
* The [[Player Character]] in ''[[Fable]] III'' can be played as a
* JC Denton in ''[[
* In the ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' game, Sun Ce (see below) always plays this trope to the hilt. His personal campaign usually details how, if he had avoided his historic early death, he would have gone on to unite China himself.
** Meanwhile, in ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', Masamune Date tends to play this role - young, brash, respectless, immensely talented and ambitious. Interestingly, the historical Masamune Date was both closer to, and further from, this ideal.
* In ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', Masamune plays much the same role, only he's actually got the charisma to make taking over the country achievable. Ieyasu is a more humble and idealistic example who's more interested in making the country a better place than just lording it over everyone else.
* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', Caesar of Caesar's Legion was once this, having founded the Legion at around 21, though he's in his fifties by the time you meet him.
* Gulcasa in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' and ''[[Blaze Union]]'', though rather than having the standard prideful [[Ubermensch]] personality he's a [[Messianic Archetype]] driven by [[Broken Hero|PTSD]]. He becomes emperor of Bronquia at age 17, deems continental conquest to be the most efficient way to destroy societal prejudice, and [[Road Cone|in the canon end of the games]] dies at age 20 after ruining his health and losing all of his loved ones to his own wars. In ''[[Yggdra Unison]]'', where it's possible for him to succeed, he settles down as a benevolent world leader [[The Extremist Was Right|after making his ideals reality]].
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* [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] (borderline: he wasn't a teen anymore, but he became a general at 24, and was only 30 when named First Consul of France).
* [[Alexander the Great]]: He became a military commander at the age of 16, became king and began his conquest of the known world at the age of 20, and died emotionally and physically burned out at age 32 with his plans completely unfinished with no successor to leave them to.
** In something of a variant of this, Alexander was in fact being groomed to be a conqueror by his father who was a [[Magnificent Bastard]] in his own right.
* [[Evariste Galois]]... for the world of mathematics at least.
* Charles XII of Sweden. Ascending the throne at 15, Denmark-Norway, Poland-Saxony, and Russia formed an alliance against Sweden to take advantage of his youth. Charles surprised everybody by holding his own and then outright invading and conquering the first two members of the alliance, winning an outnumbered victory against the Russians (and almost killing Peter the Great) in the process. He got greedy fighting in Russia, however, and was beaten decisively at Poltava.
* [[Genghis Khan]] came to be this going from being a [[Noble Fugitive]], nearly alone on the [[Death World|steppes]] with his [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|mother]] to being [[The Scourge of God]].
* [[Glorious Leader
* During the Three Kingdoms Era of China, Sun Ce - founder of the Kingdom of Wu - fits this trope. He was known as the 'Little Conqueror' because of it - taking control of the prestigious Sun-family after the death of his famed father, Sun Jian, when he was barely out of his teens - and with skill and courage, seizing vast quantities of land. (Sadly, he died young as well. So it goes...)
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