History HateSink / FireEmblem

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': This game has the main antagonist faction, the Grimeal, who are consistently shown as scumbags.
** [[EvilSorcerer Validar]], who together with [[TheCaligula Mad King Gangrel]] and [[TinTyrant Walhart]] TheConqueror serves as [[DiscOneFinalBoss one of the primary antagonists fought before]] the FinalBoss. Though he initially seems like an inconsequential VillainOfTheWeek, it's gradually revealed that he's much more than that. The game gradually reveals him as the leader of the Grimleal, an [[ApocalypseCult apocalyptic]] [[ReligionOfEvil death cult]], and that Validar is manipulating the entire world as part of a scheme to bring about the end of the world in the name of his master, the Fell Dragon Grima. Such is his dedication to this senseless nihilism that he was willing to offer up ''[[AbusiveParents his own child]]'' as a potential vessel to resurrect his master. Presented at face value without Gangrel's [[LaughablyEvil entertainment value]] or Walhart's [[NobleDemon nobility]], Validar becomes one of your most satisfying potential takedowns when you ''finally'' end him in Chapter 23.
** [[EunuchsAreEvil Excellus]], Tactician of the Valmese Empire. In a faction composed almost entirely of {{Noble Demon}}s, he stands out as a massive SmugSnake who is [[TheFriendNobodyLikes hated and despised by his own faction]] for his dirty tactics and dishonourable conduct. He gleefully reveals at one point that [[spoiler:he blackmailed Prince Yen'fay of Chon'sin to fight for Valm by threatening to kill his sister Say'ri]], which he only does ''after'' [[spoiler:Yen'fay]]'s death so that [[spoiler:Say'ri]] would suffer a HeroicBSOD. When his tactics fail utterly to drive back the Ylissean counter-offensive against Valm, Walhart reveals that he knows Excellus has been [[DragonWithAnAgenda plotting against him]] on behalf of the Grimleal, which he tolerated only because he knew Excellus was too pathetic to pose any threat to him, and forces him onto the frontlines, where he inevitably dies a pitiful death at your hands ([[CatharsisFactor or, if you want to make it more satisfying,]] [[spoiler: [[KarmicDeath Say'ri]]'s hands]]).

** Kotaro, the daimyo of Mokushu and an enemy who's fought on all three paths. Despite Mokushu being a supposed ally of Hoshido, Kotaro was responsible for killing Saizo and Kaze's father, the fourth Saizo, and was also responsible for the destruction of Kohga, forcing Shura to become a criminal in order to survive. Not only does he betray Hoshido for Nohr in pursuit of power, but he isn't even truly loyal to Nohr, either, and uses them as a means to an end, even planning to kill Corrin and their siblings to keep his secrets safe. As a SmugSnake with no redeeming features, he's one of the most despicable characters apart from Hans and Iago, and his role was clearly an attempt by Intelligent Systems to show that not everyone in the comparatively peaceful Hoshido is kind and honorable.

** In the [[DownloadableContent Fell Xenologue]], the royals of Alternate Elyos oppose the protagonists, but most of them are not necessarily bad people, with their more hostile personalities implied to be partly due to [[spoiler:having been revived as Corrupted]], and most of them having bonds with their siblings and retainers. Alternate Ivy, however, is a fanatical worshipper of Alternate Elyos's Sombron, to the point at which she has her father sacrificed when the latter tries to stop the ritual. She is also verbally abusive to the Hortensia of the main Elyos, mistaking her for her Alternate Elyos counterpart, and apparently had all of Alternate Hyacinth's illegitimate children executed. While she appears to care for Kagetsu and Zelkov, the original Japanese script implies that she slept with Kagetsu and was disappointed that Zelkov had refused her, and has no qualms with killing either of their main universe counterparts. However, [[spoiler:not only is Alternate Ivy also influenced by her being a Corrupted(although Rafal claims that she asked him to make her one), but after being defeated in the final map and fatally wounded, she expresses remorse and a desire to apologize to Hortensia, showing that perhaps she had some redeeming qualities]].

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'': [[spoiler: Veyle herself]] is normally an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] as she is a NiceGirl who is at worst a DarkMagicalGirl. Her [[SplitPersonality Fell Princess persona]] is a CardCarryingVillain and a massive {{Sadist}} who revels in her cruelty and [[TheDragon following Sombron's Will]]. After [[WhamEpisode Chapter 10]], Alear had difficulty trusting [[spoiler: Veyle]] because they didn't know about her SplitPersonality and [[spoiler: Veyle herself]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is horrified by her own actions]]; [[spoiler: so Sombron created [[MindControlDevice a crown]] to permanently seal away her true personality and [[EnemyWithin let her evil side completely take over]]. No one misses her evil side when Veyle regains control and destroys the crown [[DeathOfPersonality to permanently end her evil half]].]]

** In Book II, Surtr is the tyrannical king of Muspell, NighInvulnerable and extremely aggressive in his conquest. He commits atrocities with utter glee and he especially likes the sight of people screaming in terror and pain, and likes to goad people to lament in despair as they get overwhelmed with his power. He [[spoiler:gleefully killed Fjorm's mother and then sister Gunnthra because he could]] and is absolutely merciless to his men (such as Helbindi, who obeyed him because otherwise his family members suffer) or subjugated people (Laegjarn, his daughter, at the very least, treated them with respect).
** In Book IV, much like Count Varley above for being unseen characters, several backstory characters of the dökkálfr do count as this. Especially Plumeria's mother. To count what she did: She was abused by her abusive husband and because of that abused Plumeria in return. After said husband left just because, [[spoiler:she tried to marry off another man for wealth, but considered Plumeria to get in the way of that and then threw her down a well and abandoned her to die]]. Even after Plumeria became a dökkálfr, she continued to fight for the impossible dream of becoming a hero so this mother could accept her back and be proud of her. [[spoiler:And you still cut her down and she died miserably... ''while begging for help from this mother who probably still couldn't care less about her''.]] Even in mobile games, you can't escape unseen characters designed to generate such hatred.

** [[BigBadWannabe Duke]] [[SinisterMinister Lekain]] of Gaddos is the Vice Minister of Begnion and an extremely heartless and [[FantasticRacism bigoted]] man. Before the events of both games started, he and a few other Senators murdered Apostle Misaha and blamed the murder on the peace-loving Serenes Forest [[HalfHumanHybrid Heron Laguz]], leading to the people of Begnion [[FinalSolution massacring all but four in a single night]], and bedridding one. At the beginning of ''Radiant Dawn'', he allows Duke Numida and General Jarod to brutally enslave the conquered kingdom Daein and cruelly mistreat and or kill them. He tells Izuka, a man the Mad King Ashnard had as his loyal adviser, to work with him and together they find a young man named Pelleas who appears to be Daein's prince, and manipulate him into signing a blood pact. Lekain also had King Naesala of the raven kingdom of Kilvas sign said pact, tricking both rulers into thinking it was a sign of goodwill. After approving laguz slavery between the various nobles, and the usage of a drug made by Izuka, to turn the laguz into Feral Ones, he murders an ambassador of goodwill which kickstarts a massive war between the Laguz Alliance and Begnion. Using the king of Daein and his nation, as well as Kilvas, he takes this opportunity to attempt to wipe out the Laguz for good. Upon [[OrderIsNotGood Ashera]] unleashing her divine judgment, he quickly sends fanatics of the goddess to murder the remaining heroes. In short, he's nothing but a despicable, bigoted human. No fewer than ''seventeen'' separate characters have unique dialogue for facing him, all of which point out how utterly revolting a sapient being he is.

** Manfroy may also count, as he's responsible for everything bad happening in the game, but he can be a bit of subversion for one thing: [[FreudianExcuse He claims to do his wicked deeds as retaliation for his clan being persecuted for eons, having nothing but an evil God to depend on, and living away from mankind (and unlike many other examples of this excusing, he was actually legit in this).]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse This doesn't absolve him of his crimes and he's designed for players to be absolutely hated for his heinous actions,]] but unlike Hilda and Chagall, Manfroy can be understandable in how he ends up as an evil bastard.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'':
** Sombron, the Fell Dragon and BigBad of the game, lacks other main antagonists' sympathetic backstories or admirable traits. He's a cruel and AbusiveParent who sees his children, including [[spoiler:Alear and Veyle]], as pawns and is all too willing to [[OffingTheOffspring kill them]] if [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they are no longer useful to him]]. While it is revealed that his ultimate goal was to [[spoiler:reunite with the Emblem of Foundations, which had been his sole companion after his exile from his homeworld]], [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse no one believes it justifies his actions]].
** [[spoiler: Veyle herself]] is normally an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] as she is a NiceGirl who is at worst a DarkMagicalGirl. Her [[SplitPersonality Fell Princess persona]] is a CardCarryingVillain and a massive {{Sadist}} who revels in her cruelty and [[TheDragon following Sombron's Will]]. After [[WhamEpisode Chapter 10]], Alear had difficulty trusting [[spoiler: Veyle]] because they didn't know about her SplitPersonality and [[spoiler: Veyle herself]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is horrified by her own actions]]; [[spoiler: so Sombron created [[MindControlDevice a crown]] to permanently seal away her true personality and [[EnemyWithin let her evil side completely take over]]. No one misses her evil side when Veyle regains control and destroys the crown [[DeathOfPersonality to permanently end her evil half]].]]

** King Hyacinth, King of Elusia, is an EvilOverlord who goes against his own kingdom and actively helps in reviving Sombron. In Chapter 9, he leaves his own daughter to die and is shown to be [[AbusiveParents abusive towards his other daughter]]. Hyacinth [[spoiler:kills Morian, drains his blood, and revives him as a Corrupted out of spite. Safe to say, it’s hard to feel bad for him when Sombron swallows him whole.]]

** King Hyacinth, King of Elusia, is a EvilOverlord who goes against his own kingdom and actively helps in reviving Sombron. In Chapter 9, he leaves his own daughter to die and is shown to be [[AbusiveParents abusive towards his other daughter]]. Hyacinth [[spoiler:kills Morian, drains his blood, and revives him as a Corrupted out of spite. Safe to say, it’s hard to feel bad for him when Sombron swallows him whole.]]

** The group known as "those who slither in the dark" stand out, with their crimes including turning innocent people into slavering rampaging monsters, destabilizing the three kingdoms, [[spoiler:and killing Byleth's father Jeralt]] with almost CardCarryingVillain levels of glee. And even when their backstory is revealed, it only paints how unsympathetic they are in an even worse light, [[spoiler:as they're the remnants of the advanced civilization of Agartha wiped out by the Goddess Sothis ''for attacking her'' after they decided they didn't like the idea of relying on a goddess, and they masterminded the death of said goddess and the genocide of her children later, which led to Seiros' insanity]]. Notably, even the Flame Emperor hates them and views working them as a NecessaryEvil to fight the Church [[spoiler:and Edelgard ends up turning on them in the epilogue of her route or providing the details to their base in two other routes upon her death to have Byleth finish them off]].

** [[BigBadWannabe Duke]] [[SinisterMinister Lekain]] of Gaddos is the Vice Minister of Begnion and an extremely heartless and [[FantasticRacism bigoted]] man. Before the events of both games started, he and a few other Senators murdered Apostle Misaha and blamed the murder on the peace-loving Serenes Forest [[HalfHumanHybrid Heron Laguz]], leading to the people of Begnion [[FinalSolution massacring all but four in a single night]], and bedridding one. At the beginning of ''Radiant Dawn'', he allows Duke Numida and General Jarod to brutally enslave the conquered kingdom Daein and cruelly mistreat and or kill them. He tells Izuka, a man the Mad King Ashnard had as his loyal adviser, to work with him and together they find a young man named Pelleas who appears to be Daein's prince, and manipulate him into signing a blood pact. Lekain also had King Naesala of the raven kingdom of Kilvas sign said pact, tricking both rulers into thinking it was a sign of goodwill. After approving laguz slavery between the various nobles, and the usage of a drug made by Izuka, to turn the laguz into Feral Ones, he murders an ambassador of goodwill which kickstarts a massive war between the Laguz Alliance and Begnion. Using the king of Daein and his nation, as well as Kilvas, he takes this opportunity to attempt to wipe out the Laguz for good. Upon [[OrderIsNotGood Ashera]] unleashing her divine judgment, he quickly sends fanatics of the goddess to murder the remaining heroes. In short, he's nothing but a despicable, bigoted human.

** King Hyacinth, King of Elusia, is an AbusiveParent who goes against his own kingdom and actively helps in reviving Sombron. In chapter 9, he leaves his own daughter to die and is shown to be a terrible father to his other daughter. He [[spoiler:kills Morian, drains his blood, and revives him as a Corrupted out of spite. Safe to say, it’s hard to feel bad for him when Sombron swallows him whole.]]

** Sombron, the Fell Dragon and BigBad of the game, lacks other main antagonists' sympathetic backstories or admirable traits. He's a cruel and AbusiveParent who sees his children, including [[spoiler:Alear and Veyle]], as pawns, and is all too willing to [[OffingTheOffspring kill them]] if [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they are no longer useful to him]]. While it is revealed that his ultimate goal was to [[spoiler:reunite with the Emblem of Foundations, which had been his sole companion after his exile from his homeworld]], [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse no one believes it justifies his actions]].
** [[spoiler: Veyle herself]] is normally an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] as she is a NiceGirl who is at worst a DarkMagicalGirl. Her [[SplitPersonality forged evil personality]] is a CardCarryingVillain and a massive {{Sadist}} who revels in her cruelty and [[TheDragon following Sombron's Will]]. After [[WhamEpisode Chapter 10]], Alear had difficulty trusting [[spoiler: Veyle]] because they didn't know about her SplitPersonality and [[spoiler: Veyle herself]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is horrified by her own actions]]; [[spoiler: so Sombron created [[MindControlDevice a crown]] to permanently seal away her true personality and [[EnemyWithin let her evil side completely take over]]. No one misses her evil side when Veyle regains control and destroys the crown [[DeathOfPersonality to permanently end her evil half]].]]

** From the backstory, there's Lima IV. Despite being a PosthumousCharacter, Lima shows himself as a spoiled and [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain misogynistic]] PsychopathicManChild who forced Celica's mother to marry him, taxed the commoners into oblivion, and forced a noblewoman from the starving country of Rigel (who had been allies with Zofia for years) to [[ScarpiaUltimatum become his concubine]] in exchange for giving Rigel desperately needed food, a deal which Lima IV reneged on anyway [[ILied even after getting what he wanted]]. Nobody, not even his surviving children, speak positively about him, and the heroes fight his murderer Desaix not because they want to avenge him, but because Desaix is no better.

** King Chagall of Agustria, [[AntagonisticOffspring a man who is nothing like his peace-loving father]], [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his father]] under the advice [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter of Manfroy]], is clearly going to be a horrible king, manipulates Erinys into fighting his battles while mocking her for it, opposes and provokes Grannvale out of powerlust instead of wanting to protect Agustria from imperialism, and perhaps worst of all, continuously treats [[HatedByAll the one person]] ''who did'' look out for him, [[UndyingLoyalty Eldigan]], like shit[[spoiler: and eventually ordered his execution simply for suggesting that they negotiate a truce against Grannvale rather than fight a battle they can't win]]. He does all those things without a single tinge of regret, casually informing Lachesis of [[spoiler:her brother's death]]. And even the people of Agustria would have welcomed Eldigan as their king instead of him, had it not been for Eldigan's utter loyalty.

** [[BigBadWannabe Duke]] [[SinisterMinister Lekain]] of Gaddos is the Vice Minister of Begnion and an extremely heartless and [[FantasticRacism bigoted]] man. Before the events of both games started, he and a few other Senators murdered Empress Misola of Begnion and blamed the murder on the peace-loving Serenes Forest Heron [[HalfHumanHybrid Laguz]], leading to the people of Begnion [[FinalSolution massacring all but four in a single night]], and bedridding one. At the beginning of ''Radiant Dawn'', he allows Duke Numida and General Jarod to brutally enslave the conquered kingdom Daein and cruelly mistreat and or kill them. He tells Izuka, a man the Mad King Ashnard had as his loyal adviser, to work with him and together they find a young man named Pelleas who appears to be Daein's prince, and manipulate him into signing a blood pact. Lekain also had King Naesala of the raven kingdom of Kilvas sign said pact, tricking both rulers into thinking it was a sign of goodwill. After approving laguz slavery between the various nobles, and the usage of a drug made by a partner in crime, Izuka, to turn the laguz into Feral Ones, he murders an ambassador of goodwill which kickstarts a massive war between the Laguz Alliance and Begnion. Using the king of Daein and his nation, as well as Kilvas, he takes this opportunity to attempt to wipe out the Laguz for good. Upon [[GodIsEvil Ashera]] unleashing her divine judgment, he quickly sends fanatics of the goddess to murder the remaining heroes. In short, he's nothing but a despicable, bigoted human.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'': Most of the Hoshidans and Nohrians are playable in their own route and [[PunchClockVillain sympathetic antagonists]] in the other, so it is hard to dislike them. King Garon is certainly villainous, but has a tragic backstory revealed in supports [[spoiler:and it's not even the real Garon, but rather the familiar of the true villain, Anankos, who himself has a tragic backstory and is unseen for the vast majority of the game]]. On the other hand, there are a few villains who simply exist just to be loathed.

** The group known as "those who slither in the dark" stand out, with their crimes including turning innocent people into slavering rampaging monsters, destabilizing the three kingdoms, [[spoiler:and killing Byleth's father Jeralt]] with almost CardCarryingVillain levels of glee. And even when their backstory is revealed, it only paints how unsympathetic they are in an even worse light, [[spoiler:as they're the remnants of the advanced civilization of Agartha wiped out by the Goddess Sothis ''for attacking her'' after they decided they didn't like the idea of relying on a goddess, and they masterminded the death of said goddess and the genocide of her children later, which led to Seiros' insanity]]. Noticeably, even the Flame Emperor hates them and views working them as a NecessaryEvil to fight the Church [[spoiler:and Edelgard ends up turning on them in the epilogue of her route or providing the details to their base in two other routes upon her death to have Byleth finish them off]].

** And even amongst "those who slither in the dark", Kronya stands out. Her role in the group is basically an attack dog, but she revels in copious amounts of taunting and being an extreme SmugSnake to whoever she deems inferior to her (mostly everyone, especially her victims). She [[PlayerPunch punches the player in the gut]] by [[spoiler:killing Jeralt with a cheap shot to the back, which could have been undone by Byleth's time rewind if it wasn't for Thales covering for her.]] And as opposed to both Thales and Solon, who have either leadership and [[VisionaryVillain vision]] or VillainousValor, Kronya turns out to be a DirtyCoward FauxActionGirl that is easily cornered by Byleth despite her big talk. From the tone of their voices, even Thales and Solon hold her in contempt and are more than glad to dispose of her, [[spoiler:which Solon does ASAP by sacrificing her solely to power his spell]]. In other words, Kronya is pretty much a HateSink that other {{Hate Sink}}s can't stand. And for some reason, she ended up becoming the group's first representative for ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', where her personality isn't even given HiddenDepths; she remains the despicable one-note psycho that constantly threatens to kill Summoner and has nothing else to do but to express her joy in killing. [[spoiler: As of ''Three Hopes'', [[CatharsisFactor you could kill her with the three victims she personally attacked from]] ''[[CatharsisFactor Three Houses]]'' (Monica, Jeralt, and Byleth) in the ''Scarlet Blaze'' route.]]