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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.
A maō may be a king of the mazoku, or more generally a king of demons, overlord, dark lord, archenemy of the hero or video game boss. The term is not gender-specific. [2] For instance, "Erlkönig", by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, widely translated as "Elf King" in English, was translated as "maō" in Japanese.
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
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.
Sauron, the main antagonist of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien; Lord Voldemort, the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series by J.K. Rowling, called Dark Lord by his Death Eaters; Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, a character from Dave the Barbarian; Ganon or Dark Lord Ganondorf, the main antagonist of The Legend of Zelda series
Dark Heart (Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation) Dark Lord Hum Gree (WarioWare Gold) Dark Mind (Kirby & the Amazing Mirror) Dark Nebula (Kirby: Squeak Squad) Dark One (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth) Daruni (Devilman) Darkar ; The Dark Overlords of the Universe (Howard the Duck film & comics) The Deadites (The Evil Dead films)
Like Sauron, he has a host of other titles: Lord of the Dark, the Dark Power of the North, the Black Hand, and Great Enemy. The Edain, the Men of Númenor, call him the Dark King and the Dark Power; the Númenóreans corrupted by Sauron call him the Lord of All and the Giver of Freedom. He is called "Master of Lies" by one of the Edain, Amlach.
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".