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Dark Lord (other)
A Dark Lord is a powerful, villainous stock character that appears in the fantasy genre. Dark Lord may also refer to: Fictional characters * Dark Lord of the Sith, a title held by the main antagonists in the fictional Star Wars universe * Ming the Merciless, a comic book character and archenemy of Flash Gordon * Morgoth, the main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth works * 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 * 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 * Mordru or The Dark Lord, a supervillain in DC Comics * Dark Lord, a villain from '' Flint the Time Detective'' * Darklords of Helgedad, antagonists in the ''Lone Wolf'' gamebooks * Dark Lord, the antagonist in the '' Doom'' and its sequel '' Doom Eternal'' * Dracula ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Lord
In fiction and mythology, a dark lord (sometimes capitalized as Dark Lord or referred to as an Evil Overlord, Evil Emperor etc. depending on the work) is an antagonistic archetype, acting as the pinnacle of villainy and evil within a typically heroic narrative."Dark Lord" in ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (eds. John Clute & John Grant: First St. Martin's Griffin ed.: 1999), p. 250. Description The term and similar concepts enjoy widespread popularity as a stock character and a generic villainous moniker in fantasy genre, fantasy and speculative fiction, related genres as well as in literary analysis of such works. As the name implies, a dark lord is characterized as a given setting's embodiment of evil, black-and-white dualism, darkness, or death and culture, death (either metatextually or as literal figure within a work's mythopoeia) in a position of immense power, most often as a leader or emperor with a variety of henchman, minions and/or lesser villains at their disposal to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Of The Magical Light
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Greek '' hippeis'' and ''hoplite'' (ἱππεῖς) and Roman ''eques'' and ''centurion'' of classical antiquity. In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially the joust) from it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Overlord List
In fiction and mythology, a dark lord (sometimes capitalized as Dark Lord or referred to as an Evil Overlord, Evil Emperor etc. depending on the work) is an antagonistic archetype, acting as the pinnacle of villainy and evil within a typically heroic narrative."Dark Lord" in ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (eds. John Clute & John Grant: First St. Martin's Griffin ed.: 1999), p. 250. Description The term and similar concepts enjoy widespread popularity as a stock character and a generic villainous moniker in fantasy and related genres as well as in literary analysis of such works. As the name implies, a dark lord is characterized as a given setting's embodiment of evil, darkness, or death (either metatextually or as literal figure within a work's mythopoeia) in a position of immense power, most often as a leader or emperor with a variety of minions and/or lesser villains at their disposal to influence their conflict against a heroic protagonist in a primarily indirect way, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Emperor (other)
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Evil Emperor may refer to: * Evil Emperor Zurg, a character in the ''Toy Story'' franchise *Palpatine, or Darth Sidious, a character in ''Star Wars'' * Ming the Merciless, a character in the ''Flash Gordon'' comic strip and its related movie serials, television series and film adaptation See also * Dark Lord, a powerful villain or antagonist with evil henchmen *Evil empire (other) An evil empire is a speculative fiction trope in which a major antagonist of the story is a technologically advanced nation, typically ruled by an evil emperor or empress, that aims to control the world or conquer some specific group. They are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demon Lord (other)
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Demon lord or Demon Lord may refer to: * Demon lord (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of monster in the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * ''Demon Lord Dante'', a manga by Go Nagai * ''Demon Lord of Karanda'', a 1988 David Eddings novel * ''Demon Lord, Retry!'', a 2017 light novel and manga adapted into an anime television series in 2019 * ''Lord Demon'', a 1999 Roger Zelazny novel * Shin Hae-chul (1968–2014), a K-pop star who was nicknamed "Demon Lord" See also * Dark Lord (other) * Demon King (other) Demon King may refer to: * The Demon King (album), ''The Demon King'' (album), a 2014 release by Demonic Resurrection * Demon King, a technical death metal band from Nashville, TN, USA * Demon King Bull, a character in the manga series ''The Witch' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darklords
''Darklords'' is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, published in 1991. Contents The supplement focuses on "sixteen different Darklords spread out over thirteen chapters". The Darklords are: * Ankhtepot, a mummy * Tristessa, a drow banshee * Bluebeard * Ebonbane, a living evil sword * The Three Hags * The Headless Horseman * The House of Lament, an evil living house * Von Kharkov, a panther who was polymorphed into a person and subsequently turned into a vampire * Merilee, a child vampire * Captain Alan Monette, a werebat pirate * The Phantom Lover, an incubus * Marquis Stezen d’Polarno, who drains the souls of victims * Tiyet, a mummy who doesn't appear as undead * Zolnik, a Loup de Noir werewolf According to Gene Alloway, the character and background of each Darklord is well-developed, with "appearance, background, current sketch, the domain of the particular Darklord, and a section on confronting the entity" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Lord Of Derkholm
''The Dark Lord of Derkholm'', simply ''Dark Lord of Derkholm'' in the United States, is a fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones, published autumn 1998 in both the U.K. and the U.S. It won the 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. The novel is a parody, for its setting is a mock high fantasy world, similar to that Jones covered in '' The Tough Guide to Fantasyland'' (U.K., 1996), a humorous travel guide on the ''Rough Guide'' model. The story continues in '' Year of the Griffin'' and the two novels have been called the Derkholm series (which the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFB) does not explicitly link to ''The Tough Guide''). (ISFDB). Retrieved 2012-05-03. Plot introduction A fantasy world is dominated by its destructive tourist industry. "Mr. Chesney's Pilgrim Parties" arrange for annual group tours, evidently from our world, to experience all the cliches: wise Wizard Guides, attacks from Leathery-Winged Avians, the Glamorous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Lady (other)
Dark Lady may refer to: Fictional entities * Tragic mulatto, a stock fictional character often called a "dark lady" *Sylvanas Windrunner, a ''World of Warcraft'' character * The Dark Lady, a playable hero in the computer game '' Heroes of Newerth'' * A female Dark Lord Literature * Dark Lady (Shakespeare), the claimed addressee in a sonnet sequence by William Shakespeare * ''Dark Lady'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Richard North Patterson * '' Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA'' * ''The Dark Lady: A Romance of the Far Future'', a 1987 novel by Mike Resnick Music * ''Dark Lady'' (album), an album by Cher ** "Dark Lady" (song), the title track * "Dark Lady", a song by The Scorpions from '' In Trance'' Other uses * Jiutian Xuannü, the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens (or simply Xuannü, the Dark Lady) in Chinese mythology See also * Dark Lord (other) A Dark Lord is a powerful, villainous stock character that appears in the fantasy genre. Dark Lord may also r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Darkness (Satan)
''The Prince of Darkness'' is a term used in John Milton's poem ''Paradise Lost'' referring to Satan as the embodiment of evil. It is an English translation of the Latin phrase ''princeps tenebrarum'', which occurs in the '' Acts of Pilate'', written in the 4th century, in the '' Historia Francorum'' by Gregory of Tours (6th century), in the 11th century hymn ''Rhythmus de die mortis'' by Pietro Damiani, and in a sermon by Bernard of Clairvaux from the 12th century. See also * Beelzebub * Dark Lord (other) * Devil * Devil in Christianity In Christianity, the Devil is the personification of evil, who rebelled against God in an attempt to become equal to God himself. He is depicted as a fallen angel, who was expelled from Heaven at the beginning of time, before God created the m ... * Lucifer * Mephistopheles * Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism) * Ozzy Osbourne Notes and references Satan Hell (Christianity) Devils {{Term-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as Devil in Christianity, the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an non-physical entity, entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God in Judaism, God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the ''yetzer hara'', or "evil inclination." In Christianity and Islam, he is usually seen as a fallen angel or jinn who has rebelled against God in Abrahamic religions, God, who nevertheless allows him temporary power over the fallen world and a host of demons. In the Quran, Shaitan, also known as Iblis, is an entity made of fire who was cast out of Heaven because he refused to bow before the newly created Adam in Islam, Adam and incites humans to sin by infecting their minds with ''waswās'' ("evil suggestions"). A figure known as ''ha-satan'' ("the satan") first appears in the Hebrew B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of the devil can be summed up as 1) a principle of evil independent from God, 2) an aspect of God, 3) a created being turning evil (a ''fallen angel''), and 4) a symbol of human evil. Each tradition, culture, and religion with a devil in its mythos offers a different lens on manifestations of evil.Jeffrey Burton Russell, ''The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity'', Cornell University Press 1987 , pp. 41–75 The history of these perspectives intertwines with theology, mythology, psychiatry, art, and literature developing independently within each of the traditions. It occurs historically in many contexts and cultures, and is given many different names— Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Iblis—and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mandelson, Lord Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. He was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010. He is the president of international think tank Policy Network, honorary president of the Great Britain–China Centre, and chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. Mandelson is often referred to as a Blairite. From 1985 to 1990, Mandelson served as Labour's Director of Communications. He was one of the first to whom the term " spin doctor" was applied and gained the nickname "the Prince of Darkness" because of his "ruthlessness" and "media savvy". He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004 and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008. Mandelson was one of several key people responsible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
