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Fictional lords and ladies, including dark lords. Pages in category "Fictional lords and ladies" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total.
Dark lord figures are characterized by aspirations to power and identification with some fundamental force of evil or chaos, such as a devil or antichrist figure. [1] The Encyclopedia of Fantasy notes that common features of a dark lord character include being "already defeated but not destroyed aeons before" and engaging in "wounding of the land" or other rituals of desecration.
The Lords Argoz, Bern, Mavramorn, Octesian, Restimar, Revilian, & Rhoop, the seven Lords exiled by Prince Caspian's uncle Miraz, and whom he allies with to regain the throne. Lord Asriel: His Dark Materials: A member of the aristocracy in a parallel universe. Elaine of Astolat: Arthurian legend: A lady from the castle of Astolat. Petyr Baelish
Nonetheless he weaves what sounds like ancient poetry through his stories, such as the ballad of "Pertap's Ride", parts of which are scattered through the Dark Border series. Zimmer was also one of the original members of the Society for Creative Anachronism , where he was known as Master Edwin Berserk, as well as being active in Bay Area ...
The Tolkien scholar Helen Lasseter Freeh notes that the longer version of the tale of Túrin Turambar in Unfinished Tales (the Narn i Hîn Húrin [T 8]) contains a dialogue between the Dark Lord Morgoth, who is a fallen Vala, and the heroic but mortal Man Húrin about fate and providence. Despite his imprisonment, Húrin insists that Morgoth ...
Several attempts to define the neologism [3] grimdark have been made: . Adam Roberts described it as fiction "where nobody is honourable and Might is Right", and as "the standard way of referring to fantasies that turn their backs on the more uplifting, Pre-Raphaelite visions of idealized medievaliana, and instead stress how nasty, brutish, short and, er, dark life back then 'really' was".
[6] John Charles from the Chicago Tribune says "Suffused with a seductive mix of Celtic mythology and dark, sexy danger, Darkfever is the first in a beguiling new paranormal romance series." [7] Fellow Fantasy writer Charlaine Harris said the novel was "A wonderful dark fantasy…give yourself a treat and read outside the box." [8]
[28] [29] Tolkien's works brought fantasy literature a new degree of mainstream acclaim; numerous polls named The Lord of the Rings the greatest book of the century. [30] The author and editor of Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, Brian Attebery, writes that fantasy is defined "not by boundaries but by a centre", which is The Lord of the ...