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The Annotated Evil Overlord, Part 1
Jan. 3rd, 2009 04:26 pm(in two parts -- because LJ can't HANDLE the whole list!)
I posted this to my beta-reading list where it provided amusement, so here it is for your entertainment as well!
Most people know the Evil Overlord List or a variant thereof, which is made up of rules intended to keep Evil Overlord aspirants from making the common mistakes seen in their predecessors' careers. However, I've always considered the list to be flawed in certain ways, and I found that my own villains agreed. Thus, I hereby present the List, with annotations and comments from several of the villains in my own writing or RPGs. I may at some point add commentary from other villains, either under my own impulses or by popular demand. The villains in the current version are:
Virigar: You know him, you fear him, the King of Wolves, adversary of Jason Wood and of all other things that live.
Master Wieran: An alchemist/mad scientist from a campaign I ran years ago, patterned somewhat after Dr. Gear from Dragonball Z and Dr. Wattsman from Dirty Pair: Project EDEN. Also scheduled to be a villain in one of my fantasy series.
M-S: Maria-Susanna, ultimate product of the Hyperion Project, nuttier than a fruitcake, convinced SHE is the good guy, and willing to kill people just because she thinks they would be better off that way. Without consulting them.
Dark Wanderer: The Wanderer, from An American Gamer in Gondor, was my self-insert RPG character in fantasy -- Erik Arisia, a person from Outside the realm of Middle-Earth and thus not subject to its wyrds or destinies. The Dark Wanderer was a result of the Wanderer (in one of my campaigns -- he was an NPC there, rarely encountered) being struck by a mental attack that inverted his moral compass. Devious, immune to "destiny", and utterly malicious.
Rigel: Rigel White, son of Cammy White and Vega-Sama from "Street Fighter II", is a villain (though unknown to the players to BE a villain) in my Harry Potter campaign. He has his father's tremendous mental powers and the fighting skill you'd expect, plus he's been raised to have the deportment of a gentleman.
So herewith is
The Annotated Evil Overlord!
( On to the Evil! )
I posted this to my beta-reading list where it provided amusement, so here it is for your entertainment as well!
Most people know the Evil Overlord List or a variant thereof, which is made up of rules intended to keep Evil Overlord aspirants from making the common mistakes seen in their predecessors' careers. However, I've always considered the list to be flawed in certain ways, and I found that my own villains agreed. Thus, I hereby present the List, with annotations and comments from several of the villains in my own writing or RPGs. I may at some point add commentary from other villains, either under my own impulses or by popular demand. The villains in the current version are:
Virigar: You know him, you fear him, the King of Wolves, adversary of Jason Wood and of all other things that live.
Master Wieran: An alchemist/mad scientist from a campaign I ran years ago, patterned somewhat after Dr. Gear from Dragonball Z and Dr. Wattsman from Dirty Pair: Project EDEN. Also scheduled to be a villain in one of my fantasy series.
M-S: Maria-Susanna, ultimate product of the Hyperion Project, nuttier than a fruitcake, convinced SHE is the good guy, and willing to kill people just because she thinks they would be better off that way. Without consulting them.
Dark Wanderer: The Wanderer, from An American Gamer in Gondor, was my self-insert RPG character in fantasy -- Erik Arisia, a person from Outside the realm of Middle-Earth and thus not subject to its wyrds or destinies. The Dark Wanderer was a result of the Wanderer (in one of my campaigns -- he was an NPC there, rarely encountered) being struck by a mental attack that inverted his moral compass. Devious, immune to "destiny", and utterly malicious.
Rigel: Rigel White, son of Cammy White and Vega-Sama from "Street Fighter II", is a villain (though unknown to the players to BE a villain) in my Harry Potter campaign. He has his father's tremendous mental powers and the fighting skill you'd expect, plus he's been raised to have the deportment of a gentleman.
So herewith is
( On to the Evil! )
