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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fantastical stock antagonist characterized by immense villainy and power</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Dark_Lord_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Dark Lord (disambiguation)">Dark Lord (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dark_Lord_Sauron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythology</a>, a <b>dark lord</b> (sometimes capitalized as <b>Dark Lord</b> or referred to as an <b>evil overlord</b>, <b>evil emperor</b> etc. depending on the work) is an <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonistic</a> <a href="/wiki/Archetype" title="Archetype">archetype</a>, acting as the pinnacle of <a href="/wiki/Villain" title="Villain">villainy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evil" title="Evil">evil</a> within a typically <a href="/wiki/Hero" title="Hero">heroic</a> narrative. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dark_lord&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term and similar concepts enjoy widespread popularity as a <a href="/wiki/Stock_character" title="Stock character">stock character</a> and a villainous moniker in <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_genre" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy genre">fantasy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Speculative_fiction" title="Speculative fiction">related genres</a> as well as in <a href="/wiki/Literary_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Literary analysis">literary analysis</a> of such works. As the name implies, a dark lord is characterized as a given setting's embodiment of evil, <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white_dualism" title="Black-and-white dualism">darkness</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Death_and_culture" title="Death and culture">death</a> (either metatextually or as literal figure within a work's <a href="/wiki/Mythopoeia" title="Mythopoeia">mythopoeia</a>) in a position of immense power, most often as a leader or <a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">emperor</a> with a variety of <a href="/wiki/Henchman" title="Henchman">minions</a> and/or lesser villains at their disposal to influence their conflict against a heroic <a href="/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist">protagonist</a> in a primarily indirect way, though they may additionally be depicted as wielding great physical or <a href="/wiki/Magic_in_fiction" title="Magic in fiction">magical</a> capabilities should a hero ever confront them personally.<sup id="cite_ref-Ency_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a wealth of <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">folkloric</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological</a> precedent for the idea of a dark lord, including the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic</a> <a href="/wiki/Balor" title="Balor">Balor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lense1976_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lense1976-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Christian_theology" title="Christian theology">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Lucifer</a>, (known in Latin as the <i>Princeps Tenebrarum</i>, the <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(Satan)" title="Prince of Darkness (Satan)">Prince of Darkness</a> in <a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">Milton's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost" title="Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i>) and various other <a href="/wiki/List_of_death_deities" title="List of death deities">chthonic figures</a> or evil kings and <a href="/wiki/Magician_(fantasy)" title="Magician (fantasy)">sorcerers</a>. The concept was developed throughout the nineteenth century with characters such as <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Richard Wagner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Alberich" title="Alberich">Alberich</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ency_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Bram_Stoker" title="Bram Stoker">Bram Stoker</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Count_Dracula" title="Count Dracula">Count Dracula</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Hood_1987_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hood_1987-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before crystalizing in 1954 with the character of <a href="/wiki/Sauron" title="Sauron">Sauron</a> in <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>'s <a href="/wiki/High_fantasy" title="High fantasy">epic fantasy</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i>, from which the archetype most often takes its name. Later <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silmarillion" title="The Silmarillion">The Silmarillion</a></i> would focus on the character of <a href="/wiki/Morgoth" title="Morgoth">Morgoth</a>, of whom Sauron was the principal lieutenant and then successor, while other works would further popularize and diversify the concept with antagonists such as <a href="/wiki/Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a> in the <a href="/wiki/DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palpatine" title="Palpatine">Emperor Palpatine</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Science_fantasy" title="Science fantasy">science fantasy</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> saga, or <a href="/wiki/Lord_Voldemort" title="Lord Voldemort">Lord Voldemort</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a></i> series. More recent works sometimes also move away from the archetype's mythic origins in favour of historical allusions to infamous conquerors and <a href="/wiki/Dictator" title="Dictator">dictators</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> or <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dark_lord&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dark lord figures are characterized by aspirations to power and identification with some fundamental force of evil or chaos, such as a <a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">devil</a> or <a href="/wiki/Antichrist" title="Antichrist">antichrist</a> figure.<sup id="cite_ref-Ency_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> notes that common features of a dark lord character include being "already defeated but not destroyed <a href="/wiki/Aeon" title="Aeon">aeons</a> before" and engaging in "wounding of the land" or other rituals of <a href="/wiki/Desecration" title="Desecration">desecration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ency_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japanese media often features an equivalent of this archetype called a "demon king"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">魔王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Maō">maō</a></i></span>)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-Legends_of_Localization_13_April_2018_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legends_of_Localization_13_April_2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> drawing from analogous figures in religion and folklore. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Philip_Pullman" title="Philip Pullman">Philip Pullman</a> noted that the dark lord archetype in literature can often reflect the belief "that <a href="/wiki/Evil" title="Evil">evil</a> in the real world is usually embodied in a single person and requires a high position to be effective" and that this contrasts with <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Arendt" title="Hannah Arendt">Hannah Arendt</a>'s notion of the <a href="/wiki/Banality_of_evil" class="mw-redirect" title="Banality of evil">banality of evil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_examples">Notable examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dark_lord&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alberich" title="Alberich">Alberich</a> of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Richard Wagner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ring_cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Ring cycle">Ring cycle</a>, a prototypical dark lord</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracula" title="Dracula">Dracula</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bram_Stoker" title="Bram Stoker">Bram Stoker</a>'s novel and later franchises</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauron" title="Sauron">Sauron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morgoth" title="Morgoth">Morgoth</a> of <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silmarillion" title="The Silmarillion">The Silmarillion</a></i> respectively</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Gods" title="New Gods">New Gods</a> in <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>, originally appearing in <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fourth_World_(comics)" title="Fourth World (comics)"><i>Fourth World</i> metaseries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darth_Vader" title="Darth Vader">Darth Vader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palpatine" title="Palpatine">Emperor Palpatine</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeletor" title="Skeletor">Skeletor</a> from the <i><a href="/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe" title="Masters of the Universe">Masters of the Universe</a></i> franchise</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeksis" title="Skeksis">Skeksis</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal" title="The Dark Crystal">The Dark Crystal</a></i> are portrayed as evil overlords<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganon" title="Ganon">Ganondorf</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i> series</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Crimson_King" title="Crimson King">Crimson King</a> of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)" title="The Dark Tower (series)">The Dark Tower</a></i> series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Voldemort" title="Lord Voldemort">Lord Voldemort</a> of <a href="/wiki/J.K._Rowling" class="mw-redirect" title="J.K. Rowling">J.K. Rowling</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a></i> series<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ineluki the Storm King of <a href="/wiki/Tad_Williams" title="Tad Williams">Tad Williams</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Memory,_Sorrow,_and_Thorn" title="Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn">Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Ency_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evil_Overlord_List">Evil Overlord List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dark_lord&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Evil Overlord List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In part due to the literary popularity of dark lords in fiction, <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> and fantasy fans have collected several satirical lists of resolutions for a competent evil overlord to avoid the well-known, <a href="/wiki/Clich%C3%A9" title="Cliché">cliché</a> blunders committed by dark lords, <a href="/wiki/Supervillain" title="Supervillain">supervillains</a>, and other archetypal antagonists in popular fiction. For example, one such resolution is: "I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament to show my superiority. I will shoot them." Internet copies of these lists vary in number and order of entries. </p><p>The most famous lists, both referred to as the Evil Overlord List, were developed concurrently. Both were published to the Web in the early 1990s. The original, if lesser-known list was compiled in 1990 by members of the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/FidoNet" title="FidoNet">FidoNet</a> Science Fiction and Fandom (SFFAN) email echo. The FidoNet list originated with a 1988 <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> skit featuring <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">Bond</a> Villains touting a book <i>What Not to Do When You Capture James Bond</i>. The FidoNet list arose out of discussions regarding what sort of advice might be in that book, and was compiled and published by Jack Butler. It predated the following list, but was only widely published later, and is the more obscure of the two.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The later-produced and more famous version of the list was compiled in 1994 by Peter Anspach (hence it is occasionally titled "Peter's Evil Overlord List") based on informal discussions at conventions and on online bulletin boards in the early 1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has subsequently become one of the best-known parodies of bad <a href="/wiki/Speculative_fiction" title="Speculative fiction">SF/F</a> writing, frequently referenced online. It was originally <i>The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became an Evil Overlord</i>, but grew to include over 100 entries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Anspach and Butler acknowledge the existence of each other's lists, and state that their two lists have been so cross-pollinated over the years as to become effectively identical.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Evil Overlord List has led to spin-offs, including lists for <a href="/wiki/Stock_character" title="Stock character">stock characters</a> including (but not limited to) <a href="/wiki/Hero" title="Hero">heroes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henchman" title="Henchman">henchmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sidekick" title="Sidekick">sidekicks</a>, the Evil Overlord's <a href="/wiki/Accountant" title="Accountant">Accountant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Starfleet" title="Starfleet">Starfleet</a> captains.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Australia, a minor literary scandal erupted in 1997 when it emerged that award-winning author <a href="/wiki/Helen_Darville" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen Darville">Helen Darville</a> <a href="/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism">plagiarised</a> the list for her regular column in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Courier-Mail" title="The Courier-Mail">The Courier-Mail</a></i> newspaper, which led to her being fired.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Nielsen_Hayden" title="Teresa Nielsen Hayden">Teresa Nielsen Hayden</a>, author and lecturer, uses an expanded version of the list in her lectures on writing science fiction. She recommends selecting five <a href="/wiki/Random_plot_generator" class="mw-redirect" title="Random plot generator">random</a> clichés from the list, and using them, or their reverse ("Say you've drawn A-34, 'I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.' You can have a character turn into a snake and find it doesn't help, or do it and find it very useful indeed") as the basis for a plot.<sup id="cite_ref-Hayden_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hayden-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dark_lord&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Ency-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ency_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ency_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ency_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ency_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ency_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Dark Lord" in <i>The Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> (eds. 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magic">Ceremonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_magic" title="Love magic">Love</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_magic" title="Moon magic">Moon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_item" title="Magic item">Magic item</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grimoire" title="Grimoire">Grimoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_ring" title="Magic ring">Magic ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_magical_weapons" title="List of magical weapons">Magical weapons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magic_sword" title="Magic sword">Magic sword</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runes" class="mw-redirect" title="Runes">Runes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wand" title="Wand">Wand</a></li></ul></li> <li>Schools <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alchemy" title="Alchemy">Alchemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonology" title="Demonology">Demonology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divination" title="Divination">Divination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egregore" title="Egregore">Egregore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evocation" title="Evocation">Evocation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incantation" title="Incantation">Incantation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necromancy" title="Necromancy">Necromancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runic_magic" title="Runic magic">Runecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamanism" title="Shamanism">Shamanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shapeshifting" title="Shapeshifting">Shapeshifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaumaturgy" title="Thaumaturgy">Thaumaturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theurgy" title="Theurgy">Theurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft">Witchcraft</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_races" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy races">Fantasy races</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centaur" title="Centaur">Centaurs</a></li> <li><a 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title="Orc">Orcs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troll" title="Troll">Trolls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mythological_places" title="List of mythological places">Places and events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quest" title="Quest">Quests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_world" title="Fantasy world">Worlds</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fantasy_worlds" title="List of fantasy worlds">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy map">Maps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_city_(fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost city (fiction)">Lost city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subterranean_fiction" title="Subterranean fiction">Hollow Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astral_plane" title="Astral plane">Astral plane</a> <ul><li><a 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title="Ghost story">Ghost stories</a>‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_fiction" title="Gothic fiction">Gothic fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">Horror fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_speculative_fiction" title="LGBT themes in speculative fiction">LGBT themes in speculative fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecha" title="Mecha">Mecha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myth" title="Myth">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_fiction" title="Supernatural fiction">Supernatural fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superhero_fiction" title="Superhero fiction">Superhero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">Tokusatsu‎</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">Kaiju</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_legends_and_myths" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban legends and myths">Urban legend</a></li></ul> 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style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;">Classic hero</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_hero" title="Action hero">Action hero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_figure" title="Christ figure">Christ figure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chosen_One_(trope)" title="The Chosen One (trope)">Chosen One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everyman" title="Everyman">Everyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_hero" title="Folk hero">Folk hero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight-errant" title="Knight-errant">Knight-errant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legacy_hero" title="Legacy hero">Legacy hero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythological_king" title="Mythological king">Mythological king</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paladin" title="Paladin">Paladin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">Superhero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngest_son" title="Youngest son">Youngest son</a></li></ul> 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rogue_literature" title="Rogue literature">Rogues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Lovable_rogue" title="Lovable rogue">Lovable rogue</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_detective" class="mw-redirect" title="Gentleman detective">Gentleman detective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_(hero)" title="Jack (hero)">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trickster" title="Trickster">Trickster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tricky_slave" title="Tricky slave">Tricky slave</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zanni" title="Zanni">Zanni</a> (servants, clowns: <a href="/wiki/Harlequin" title="Harlequin">Harlequin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brighella" title="Brighella">Brighella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scapino" title="Scapino">Scapino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pulcinella" title="Pulcinella">Pulcinella</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pierrot" title="Pierrot">Pierrot</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(stock_character)" title="Outlaw (stock character)">Outlaw</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bad_boy_archetype" title="Bad boy archetype">Bad boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_thief" title="Gentleman thief">Gentleman thief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirates_in_popular_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirates in popular culture">Pirate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_pirate" title="Air pirate">Air pirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_pirate" title="Space pirate">Space pirate</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Good_cop/bad_cop" class="mw-redirect" title="Good cop/bad cop">Good cop/bad cop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rake_(stock_character)" title="Rake (stock character)">Rake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Villain" title="Villain">Villains</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Villain#Sympathetic_villain" title="Villain">Antivillains</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/False_hero" title="False hero">False hero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.4em;font-weight:normal;">The <a href="/wiki/Mole_(espionage)" title="Mole (espionage)">mole</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Double_agent" title="Double agent">Double agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evil_twin" title="Evil twin">Evil twin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">Terrorist</a></li></ul> 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