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*** [[VainSorceress Sylora Salm]] is a [[TheNecrocracy Thayan]] sorceress working under the orders of the [[SorcerousOverlord Archlich Szass Tam]] to complete the construction of a [[ArtifactOfDoom Dread Ring]], a powerful necromantic artifact. To go about this, she follows her rival Dahlia Sin'felle into the bowels of Gauntlgrym and mind controls the dwarf Athrogate into unleashing the Fire Primordial imprisoned there. This causes a volcanic eruption that destroys the city of Neverwinter and kills tens of thousands. Sylora uses the corpses to empower the Dread Ring and to create an army of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ash zombies]] that constantly assault the survivors. Sylora is also shown to be pure evil on a personal level when she manipulates a cultist named Jestry into falling in love with her and then twists him into a constantly suffering abomination to serve as her bodyguard, and dominates the now insane undead Valindra Shadowmantle into being her servant.
*** Herzgo Alegni, unlike most of the relatively few rapists in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, likes [[WouldHurtAChild preying on kids]]. At one point, he and his warband raided a village, killing all the men and taking possession of the women. Alegni took a woman hostage to force her 10-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to let him rape her. When he was finished, he had his men hold Dahlia upside down to make her more likely to get pregnant before he [[NeckSnap broke the mother's neck]] for fun. He also uses a powerful magical sword to enslave Artemis Entreri (a former villain who had undergone a HeelFaceTurn and just wanted to be left alone) as his personal assassin, and used the sword to stab pain directly into Entreri's soul whenever he was pissed or just plain bored. He also commits murder for the pettiest of reasons, such as somebody naming a bridge after somebody else besides him, even though he had nothing to do with the bridge's construction.
*** Tiago Baenre, who appears [[Literature/TheNeverwinterSaga throughout]] [[Literature/CompanionsCodex the]] [[Literature/HomecomingDrizzt series]], is considered one of Menzoberranzan's most promising young males. A ruthless, capable fighter [[AmbitionIsEvil obsessed with rising high]] in the storied Baenre family and becoming a legend to his people, Tiago dreams of destroying the legendary renegade [[TheHero Drizzt Do'Urden]]. Leading attacks on dwarves that kill multiple innocents, Tiago also ruins Drizzt's reputation by [[FrameUp framing him]] for demon attacks, and also helps to manipulate the orcs into savagery by having the peaceful king Lorgru deposed and replaced with a brutal warlord. Tiago leads his new army in an attack on Sundabar, killing massive amounts of civilians and personally [[OffWithHisHead beheads]] the king before turning his forces to attack the city of Nesme, resulting in the butchering of countless innocents. Tiago interrogates a survivor by threatening to kill a child, and when the survivor gives in, he [[WouldHurtAChild has the child killed]] because she took too long to answer. Tiago has the duke of Nesme crucified and [[ItAmusedMe amuses himself]] by "allowing" knights to escape before [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting them down]] and [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] them to death, in one case having his dragon ally swallow one alive to digest him slowly. Tiago, named as Weapons Master to the restored House Do'Urden, frequently rapes the brainwashed elf Dahlia Sin'Felle who has been installed as the puppet leader of the House, and also rapes a half-drow ally to demonstrate his power over her. His obsession with Drizzt eventually leads him to hunt down the older drow to become a legend by killing him. Tiago stands apart as the single most evil male Drow in the setting, his crimes fueled by nothing more than [[ItsAllAboutMe his own ego]] and [[ForTheEvulz attempts to amuse himself]].

** ''Literature/BrimstoneAngels'' may deal heavily with the devils and their machinations, but the series's worst antagonist, the ArcVillain of the second and third books, is [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters all too human]]. [[SmugSnake Adolican Rhand]] is a [[TheSociopath sadistic]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] Netherese [[EvilSorcerer wizard-lord]] who takes an interest in [[TheHeroine Farideh]] in ''Lesser Evils'', stalking her and eventually drugging her with something that induces a MindRape-like effect. It's later revealed that Rhand is a SerialKiller with a fondness for [[SerialRapist raping]] and murdering young women who catch his eye--the details are left vague, but were apparently brutal enough to traumatize Dahl when he investigated and ultimately drive him to drink--a fate Farideh barely escapes. He later tracks her party to the lost library of the archmage Tarchamus, hoping to claim a spell the legendary wizard used to wipe out entire cities; Farideh and her companions destroy the library to deny him his prize, leaving him only with scraps. In ''The Adversary'', he aligns himself with the forces of the Nine Hells to harvest the souls of [[SemiDivine Chosen]], splitting their god-granted powers between them, though he ultimately intends to double-cross the devils. As part of this bargain, Farideh is forced to work with him, using her power to [[AuraVision see souls]] to sort out the real Chosen from the fakes; when she refuses to comply, Rhand has dozens of innocent captives--including [[WouldHurtAChild children]]--summarily executed until she relents, and he still intends to make Farideh his latest victim once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she outlives her usefulness.

** Myrkul was the old god of death before Kelemvor. While Kelemvor has a firm set of morals and only tolerates the Wall of the Faithless because it's necessary for [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly the continued existence of the other gods]], Myrkul was an utter {{sadist}} who took gleeful joy in witnessing the agony and suffering the Wall caused. He is stated to have ruled his faith with an iron fist, purposefully leading his followers through sheer fear of his retribution, and executing anyone who defied him, be they man, woman or child, in sadistically brutal fashions, such as burning them alive in a giant furnace. His greatest atrocity, however, was what he did to one of his best priests, who had had enough of the injustice of the Wall and attempted to destroy it. Initially, he just left the priest to rot on the Wall, but just before the priest fully merged with the Wall and attained some measure of peace, Myrkul decides that he hasn't suffered enough and transforms the priest into a mindless being of pure, unbridled hunger that feeds on souls, then sets it loose upon the world, knowing full well the chaos it will surely cause.

*** [[VainSorceress Sylora Salm]] is a [[TheNecrocracy Thayan]] sorceress working under the orders of the [[SorcerousOverlord Archlich Szass Tam]] to complete the construction of a [[ArtifactOfDoom Dread Ring]], a powerful necromantic artifact. To go about this, she follows her rival Dahlia Sin'felle into the bowels of Gauntlgrym and mind controls the dwarf Athrogate into unleashing the Fire Primordial imprisoned there. This causes a volcanic eruption that destroys the city of Neverwinter and kills tens of thousands. Sylora uses the corpses to empower the Dread Ring and to create an army of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ash zombies]] that constantly assault the survivors. Sylora is also shown to be pure evil on a personal level when she manipulates a cultist named Jestry into falling in love with her and then twists him into a constantly suffering abomination to serve as her bodyguard, and dominates the now insane undead Valindra Shadowmantle into being her servant.
*** Herzgo Alegni, unlike most of the relatively few rapists in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, likes [[WouldHurtAChild preying on kids]]. At one point, he and his warband raided a village, killing all the men and taking possession of the women. Alegni took a woman hostage to force her 10-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to let him rape her. When he was finished, he had his men hold Dahlia upside down to make her more likely to get pregnant before he [[NeckSnap broke the mother's neck]] for fun. He also uses a powerful magical sword to enslave Artemis Entreri (a former villain who had undergone a HeelFaceTurn and just wanted to be left alone) as his personal assassin, and used the sword to stab pain directly into Entreri's soul whenever he was pissed or just plain bored. He also commits murder for the pettiest of reasons, such as somebody naming a bridge after somebody else besides him, even though he had nothing to do with the bridge's construction.

*** [[VainSorceress Sylora Salm]] is a [[TheNecrocracy Thayan]] sorceress working under the orders of the [[SorcerousOverlord Archlich Szass Tam]] to complete the construction of a [[ArtifactOfDoom Dread Ring]], a powerful necromantic artifact. To go about this, she follows her rival Dahlia Sin'felle into the bowels of Gauntlgrym and mind controls the dwarf Athrogate into unleashing the Fire Primordial imprisoned there. This causes a volcanic eruption that destroys the city of Neverwinter and kills tens of thousands. Sylora uses the corpses to empower the Dread Ring and to create an army of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ash zombies]] that constantly assault the survivors. Sylora is also shown to be pure evil on a personal level when she manipulates a cultist named Jestry into falling in love with her and then twists him into a constantly suffering abomination to serve as her bodyguard, and dominates the now insane undead Valindra Shadowmantle into being her servant.
*** Herzgo Alegni, unlike most of the relatively few rapists in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, likes [[WouldHurtAChild preying on kids]]. At one point, he and his warband raided a village, killing all the men and taking possession of the women. Alegni took a woman hostage to force her 10-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to let him rape her. When he was finished, he had his men hold Dahlia upside down to make her more likely to get pregnant before he [[NeckSnap broke the mother's neck]] for fun. He also uses a powerful magical sword to enslave Artemis Entreri (a former villain who had undergone a HeelFaceTurn and just wanted to be left alone) as his personal assassin, and used the sword to stab pain directly into Entreri's soul whenever he was pissed or just plain bored. He also commits murder for the pettiest of reasons, such as somebody naming a bridge after somebody else besides him, even though he had nothing to do with the bridge's construction.
*** Tiago Baenre, who appears [[Literature/TheNeverwinterSaga throughout]] [[Literature/CompanionsCodex the]] [[Literature/HomecomingDrizzt series]], is considered one of Menzoberranzan's most promising young males. A ruthless, capable fighter [[AmbitionIsEvil obsessed with rising high]] in the storied Baenre family and becoming a legend to his people, Tiago dreams of destroying the legendary renegade [[TheHero Drizzt Do'Urden]]. Leading attacks on dwarves that kill multiple innocents, Tiago also ruins Drizzt's reputation by [[FrameUp framing him]] for demon attacks, and also helps to manipulate the orcs into savagery by having the peaceful king Lorgru deposed and replaced with a brutal warlord. Tiago leads his new army in an attack on Sundabar, killing massive amounts of civilians and personally [[OffWithHisHead beheads]] the king before turning his forces to attack the city of Nesme, resulting in the butchering of countless innocents. Tiago interrogates a survivor by threatening to kill a child, and when the survivor gives in, he [[WouldHurtAChild has the child killed]] because she took too long to answer. Tiago has the duke of Nesme crucified and [[ItAmusedMe amuses himself]] by "allowing" knights to escape before [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting them down]] and [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] them to death, in one case having his dragon ally swallow one alive to digest him slowly. Tiago, named as Weapons Master to the restored House Do'Urden, frequently rapes the brainwashed elf Dahlia Sin'Felle who has been installed as the puppet leader of the House, and also rapes a half-drow ally to demonstrate his power over her. His obsession with Drizzt eventually leads him to hunt down the older drow to become a legend by killing him. Tiago stands apart as the single most evil male Drow in the setting, his crimes fueled by nothing more than [[ItsAllAboutMe his own ego]] and [[ForTheEvulz attempts to amuse himself]].

*** [[VainSorceress Sylora Salm]] is a [[TheNecrocracy Thayan]] sorceress working under the orders of the [[SorcerousOverlord Archlich Szass Tam]] to complete the construction of a [[ArtifactOfDoom Dread Ring]], a powerful necromantic artifact. To go about this, she follows her rival Dahlia Sin'felle into the bowels of Gauntlgrym and mind controls the dwarf Athrogate into unleashing the Fire Primordial imprisoned there. This causes a volcanic eruption that destroys the city of Neverwinter and kills tens of thousands. Sylora uses the corpses to empower the Dread Ring and to create an army of [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ash zombies]] that constantly assault the survivors. Sylora is also shown to be pure evil on a personal level when she manipulates a cultist named Jestry into falling in love with her and then twists him into a constantly suffering abomination to serve as her bodyguard, and dominates the now insane undead Valindra Shadowmantle into being her servant.
*** Herzgo Alegni, unlike most of the relatively few rapists in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, likes [[WouldHurtAChild preying on kids]]. At one point, he and his warband raided a village, killing all the men and taking possession of the women. Alegni took a woman hostage to force her 10-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to let him rape her. When he was finished, he had his men hold Dahlia upside down to make her more likely to get pregnant before he [[NeckSnap broke the mother's neck]] for fun. He also uses a powerful magical sword to enslave Artemis Entreri (a former villain who had undergone a HeelFaceTurn and just wanted to be left alone) as his personal assassin, and used the sword to stab pain directly into Entreri's soul whenever he was pissed or just plain bored. He also commits murder for the pettiest of reasons, such as somebody naming a bridge after somebody else besides him, even though he had nothing to do with the bridge's construction.

** [[TheChessmaster Takhisis]], the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen of Darkness]], is the [[BigBad head]] of the Pantheon of [[GodIsEvil evil deities]]. Unlike her fellow evil gods, who may [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have people they care for]], Takhisis cares only for her lusts, greed and power. After mothering the second generation of Chromatic dragons, Takhisis brutally killed two of them solely to make a point to the others. Takhisis threatened the world multiple times, Sending her armies out to commit a host of atrocities, with her servants enslaving whole countries in living nightmares. Takhisis betrayed all her gods by stealing the world of Krynn at the conclusion of the Chaos Wars against Father Chaos after she abandoned her followers and forced every soul of those who died into an army of the dead. [[BadBoss Not even her own followers are safe from her]].

** Myrkul was the old god of death before Kelemvor. While Kelemvor has a firm set of morals and only tolerates the Wall of the Faithless because it's necessary for [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly the continued existence of the other gods]], Myrkul was an utter {{sadist}} who took gleeful joy in witnessing the agony and suffering the Wall caused. He is stated to have ruled his faith with an iron fist, purposefully leading his followers through sheer fear of his retribution, and executing anyone who defied him, be they man, woman or child, in sadistically brutal fashions, such as ''burning them alive in a giant furnace.'' His greatest atrocity, however, was what he did to one of his best priests, who had had enough of the injustice of the Wall and attempted to destroy it. Initially, he just left the priest to rot on the Wall, but just before the priest fully merged with the Wall and attained some measure of peace, Myrkul decides that he ''hasn't suffered enough'' and transforms the priest into a mindless being of pure, unbridled hunger that feeds on souls, then sets it loose upon the world, knowing full well the chaos it will surely cause.

** Cyric is the Prince of Lies. In the aftermath of the Time of Troubles, when the three prime gods of evil died, Cyric was raised to godhood for his evil in order to replace them. Cyric proceeded to prove his cruelty by murdering and oppressing other gods, sending his servants to steal faithful worshipers from the afterlife to torture in his realm, instituting cruel punishments on the dead. Cyric invented new ways to drive beings mad, even succumbing to them himself for a time. Even after regaining his sanity, Cyric gleefully murdered his enemy Mystra, the Goddess of Magic, inflicting the hideous Spellplague that scarred the face of Faerun forever and claimed many lives.
** [[GiantSpider Lolth]], the (Demon) Queen of Spiders, is the goddess of the Drow, of spiders and of chaos. Once a member of the Elven pantheon, the Seldarine, and named Araunshee, Lolth betrayed the Seldarine out of growing malice, discontent, and lust for power. She betrayed her husband, the chief elven God Corellon Larethian to his enemy, the Orc God Gruumsh and tried to help the destruction of the Seldarine. When she failed, Lolth fled to the Demonweb Pits and led her chosen race, the Drow, into the Underdark, becoming a [[GodOfEvil twisted and cruel goddess.]] Lolth would soon trick her own grandson into absorbing the essence of a demon lord to corrupt him into serving Lolth as her champion forever. Lolth had the Drow establish a society absolutely built on sadism and backstabbing, solely for her own pleasure, with cruel edicts consisting of demands for the sacrifice of every newborn male child at birth and demands for her priestesses to carve out the hearts of males they grow too fond of. What sets Lolth apart from other evil Gods is that she cares nothing for her race or her worshipers, viewing them as merely tools for power. For her own amusement, she will capriciously withhold her favor from loyal Drow just for the pleasure of seeing them die. Lolth has nothing less than genocidal fury towards all surface elves and routinely directs her followers to murder them. After becoming more powerful, Lolth proceeded to purge the Drow pantheon of other deities, ending her victory by [[OffingTheOffspring destroying her own daughter, Eilistraee]] with savage glee.

*** ''Literature/TheNeverwinterSaga'': Herzgo Alegni, unlike most of the relatively few rapists in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, likes [[WouldHurtAChild preying on kids]]. At one point, he and his warband raided a village, killing all the men and taking possession of the women. Alegni took a woman hostage to force her 10-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to let him rape her. When he was finished, he had his men hold Dahlia upside down to make her more likely to get pregnant before he [[NeckSnap broke the mother's neck]] for fun. He also uses a powerful magical sword to enslave Artemis Entreri (a former villain who had undergone a HeelFaceTurn and just wanted to be left alone) as his personal assassin, and used the sword to stab pain directly into Entreri's soul whenever he was pissed or just plain bored. He also commits murder for the pettiest of reasons, such as somebody naming a bridge after somebody else besides him, even though he had nothing to do with the bridge's construction.

*** Also from ''Legacy...'': Vendes Baenre, one of Yvonnel's daughters, is just as fiendish as her mother and more monstrous than almost any other Drow. Known and feared for her sadism and penchant for ColdBloodedTorture, Vendes delights in getting her hands on any possible victim without regards for their crimes. Vendes ruthlessly tortures Drizzt Do'Urden and reveals her reputation in Menzoberranzan is well deserved. Vendes is also known for torturing luckless male drow and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized statues]] to adorn the paths of the drow academies as a reminder to what happens to those who forget their place.

** Cyric is the Prince of Lies. In the aftermath of the Time of Troubles, when the three prime gods of evil died, Cyric was raised to godhood for his evil in order to replace them. Cyric proceeded to prove his cruelty by murdering and oppressing other gods, sending his servants to steal faithful worshipers from the afterlife to torture in his realm, instituting cruel punishments on the dead. Cyric invented new ways to drive beings made, even succumbing to them himself for a time. Even after regaining his sanity, Cyric gleefully murdered his enemy Mystra, the Goddess of Magic, inflicting the hideous Spellplague that scarred the face of Faerun forever and claimed many lives.

** [[BigBad Takhisis, Queen of Darkness]], is the head of the Pantheon of [[GodIsEvil evil deities]]. Unlike her fellow evil gods, who may [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have people they care for]], Takhisis cares only for her lusts, greed and power. After mothering the second generation of Chromatic dragons, Takhisis brutally killed two of them solely to make a point to the others. Takhisis threatened the world multiple times, ending her armies out to commit a host of atrocities with her servants enslaving whole countries in living nightmares. Takhisis betrayed all her gods by stealing the world of Krynn at the conclusion of the Chaos Wars against Father Chaos after she abandoned her followers and forced every soul of those who died into an army of the dead.
** Maladar the Faceless is the cruel emperor of Taladas. When the series begins, Maladar has been dead for centuries and is remembered in terrifying legends. Flashbacks reveal Maladar was TheCaligula of the old empire who conducted ethnic cleansing, invented torturous deaths for thousands (he was particularly fond of impalement) and kept a slave boy he molested until the boy managed to poison him. After death, Maladar's influence lived on, as his soul was trapped into a small statue of his likeness. After he's revived he spreads his influence to modern Taladas, inciting brutal wars to create enough bloodshed to prepare his resurrection. His initial choice of vessel is an innocent boy, but he simply bodyjacks the boy's father instead and enslaves goblin races to send them to their deaths as a cover for him to awaken his army and conquer Taladas anew.
** Malystryx, one of the first and mightiest dragon overlords, is a titanic and brutal monster who carved out territory by simply incinerating anything in her way. After settling in Krynn, Malystryx hunted down and murdered other dragons, taking their skulls and inciting a dragon purge . Using the skulls as a sinister totem, she mutated the land around her into a hellish wasteland and allied with barbarians and ogres to destroy and enslave any innocents left. Malystryx killed her own mate to complete her totem and proceeded with a genocide of the PluckyComicRelief race, the kender, only prevented by the HeroicSacrifice of the warrior Riverwind. Establishing herself as a brutal tyrant, Malys would occasionally attack random targets for her own amusement, delighting in the instinctive fear she spread. Without doubt, Malys was the most evil dragon ever to set foot in Krynn.

-->--[[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Cyric#Dogma Dogma]] of '''Cyric, Prince of Lies''', ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', ''Faiths and Pantheons'' sourcebook

** ''Literature/{{Transitions}}'': [[EvilSorcerer Arklem Greeth]] from ''The Pirate King'' is a powerful [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] and the leader of the Arcane Brotherhood in Luskan. The de facto [[SorcerousOverlord lord of Luskan]], Greeth sought to expand his influence by weakening the Sword Coast and the Silver Marches. He made Luskan a haven for the very worst pirates and tried to dissolve the recent peace treaty between the orcs and dwarves, catching the attention of [[TheCaptain Captain Duedermont]] and [[TheHero Drizzt]] respectively. In the ensuing coup, Greeth displayed his evil by releasing ghouls to butcher the people of Luskan and killing thousands when he set his base to explode when he retreated. Even after losing, he was driven by revenge against Duedermont and destroyed supplies needed to feed Luskan's people and burned the ship, the Sea Sprite, to ensure the captain would die in the ruined city. His supposed love for [[TheDragon his Dragon]], Valindra Shadowmantle, was also made moot when he sent her off to die and then raised her as a lich, proving he cared for her only as a tool. While ultimately only a pawn for [[TheManBehindTheMan Jarlaxle]] and [[MagnificentBastard Kensidan]], the titular Pirate King, Greeth was vile enough that every faction agreed that he needed to be eliminated.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II: Shadows of Amn'':
** [[BigBad Jon Irenicus]] introduced himself by putting the hero and his sister through ColdBloodedTorture, having already murdered one of their companions and dissected the other in his experiments. An inspection of his lair reveals twisted abominations he has created, living in endless agony, and a host of Dryads he has kept enslaved as his concubines. Irenicus forces the hero to awaken his power as a child of the dead god Bhaal so Irenicus can steal his soul, powering his magic with the souls of luckless captives who he states have no purpose but to die by his hand. It is revealed Irenicus was one an elf named Jonoleth who attempted to seize power by usurping a God of the elven Pantheon and killing their tree of life, for which he and his sister were stripped of their souls and banished. Irenicus tries to repeat the same action, and when confronted by his former lover, the Elven Queen Ellesime, Irenicus says he no longer remembers their love, and he feels nothing. He is only 'Irenicus,' meaning 'Shattered One,' and all he desires is power and vengeance.
** ''Throne of Bhaal'' expansion pack: [[BigBad Amelissan the Blackhearted]], The Annointed of Bhaal, poses as a [[BitchInSheepsClothing kind figure, saving the children of the dead God from the brutal blood purges and giving them sanctuary in a city]]. However, behind the scenes, she is the one manipulating the purges, killing any with any connection to Bhaal, while simultaneously forming a clandestine group of powerful Bhaalspawn called The Five to plunge the world into war. Amelissan manipulates the heroes into eliminating the Five, but not before she allows their armies to invade the city, slaughtering everyone within, including the refugees who trusted her. Having gathered all of their Godly essence, Amelissan is willing to throw the cosmos into disarray to, instead of resurrecting her God, [[TheStarscream betray him and take his place as the new Lord Of Murder]]

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'': [[OurLichesAreDifferent Black Garius]], the self-proclaimed "Master of the Fifth Tower," is the leader of the [[ReligionOfEvil Cult of Shadow]], a group of necromancers that plunders grave sites and old battle sites for corpses to their army and tries to free the [[BigBad King of Shadows]]. Or so it seems. In reality, [[TheStarscream he wants to exploit the King for power]], something he can't get enough of; [[BadBoss treats his subordinates as expendable pawns]] (even his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] admits this if you spare her after his death) and was ready to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness wipe out the remaining cultists as soon as he was done with the ritual to bind the King]]. However, the ritual is botched and he dies, only to be revived as a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Shadow Reaver]], a slave to the King. Even after that, he's perfectly fine with his state, as he has more magical powers than he had in life. His greatest atrocity in the game was ordering the massacre of a peaceful village in order to {{Frame|Up}} the PlayerCharacter, who had thwarted his efforts. If you prove yourself innocent in the court, he shows no regret over the people that died, but is enraged over his minions for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]] and kills Lorne on the spot if you didn't do it yourself. Garius was all in all a [[SmugSnake smug]], power-hungry backstabber with no redeeming features whatsoever.

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** ''Literature/CounselorsAndKings'' trilogy: The {{necromancer}} Akhlaur combines the worst traits of a MadScientist, EvilOverlord, and an EvilSorcerer, performing grotesque experiments on living captives (often though not always elves) so that he can puzzle out the secrets of life and death and acquire their power. He treats servants and captives alike with the same bored disdain, since he views all other people as being equally worthless. Oh, and he forcibly turned his former best friend into an undead horror under his complete control and together, they tried to murder his other former friend to steal his kingdom.

** ''Literature/CounselorsAndKings'' trilogy: The necromancer Akhlaur combines the worst traits of a MadScientist, EvilOverlord, and an EvilSorcerer, performing grotesque experiments on living captives (often though not always elves) so that he can puzzle out the secrets of life and death and acquire their power. He treats servants and captives alike with the same bored disdain, since he views all other people as being equally worthless. Oh, and he forcibly turned his former best friend into an undead horror under his complete control and together, they tried to murder his other former friend to steal his kingdom.

** Likely the most dreaded and feared villain ever to grace the face of Oerth is Vecna, currently the [[GodOfEvil God of Secrets and Lichdom]]. A once-human wizard who became the most feared of liches, Vecna's evil deeds could - and have - filled volumes. To give a notable example: in his conquest of the city of Fleeth, shortly after becoming a lich, the city officials begged for their lives, offering the whole city and their wealth in exchange for mercy. When Vecna wasn't satisfied with that offer, they [[TakeMeInstead offered their own lives]]. Vecna considered this, and gave one of them, Artau, and his family, [[TheDragon to his lieutenant Kas]], who tortured them to death in front of the other officials in an ordeal that lasted a day. Vecna then said he was still unsatisfied, and had every citizen in the city slaughtered ''except'' the remaining officials, forcing them to watch as he did, then had every victims' head stacked, with those belonging to the friends and families of the officials prominent. He never killed the surviving officials, claiming he was satisfied then, and [[CruelMercy allowed them to leave the city]], saying they'd be under his protection for the rest of their lives - simply so they would live it with the horror they had seen. What truly sets Vecna apart from other evil gods is that no matter how powerful he becomes, he desires more, and like Lolth, cares nothing for anybody but himself. ''Unlike'' Lolth, he thinks on a far greater scale, and would unmake and consume reality (killing billions in the process) simply to remake it with himself as the only true god. (This was his actual plan in the epic module ''Die Vecna Die'', but while he failed, the ramifications caused changes in the universe that explained the differences between the 2nd and 3rd editions of ''DungeonsAndDragons''.)

*** Matron Yvonnel Baenre, the de facto ruler of the Drow nation Menzoberranzan, is also the most evil Drow yet seen. Yvonnel Baenre keeps the city in its dark, chaotic state while destroying Drow houses she judges have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]]. Her own children live in fear of her, and when dealing with her most hatred rivals, the Oblodras, Baenre annihilates their House, sending every inhabitant, even the slaves, to the Abyss to be tortured eternally. Baenre's ultimate goal is to conquer the dwarven kingdom Mithrill Hall, and for this end, she has enslaved the soul of its first king for two thousand years. She also utilizes her Illithid ally to forcibly and painfully [[MindRape mentally torture and devour the minds]] of those she wishes to interrogate while allowing her children and house to torture those who catch their eye. when she assaults Mithril Hall, her goal is nothing less than the deaths or enslavement of all in her path.
*** Vendes Baenre, one of Yvonnel's daughters, is just as fiendish as her mother and more monstrous than almost any other Drow. Known and feared for her sadism and penchant for ColdBloodedTorture, Vendes delights in getting her hands on any possible victim without regards for their crimes. Vendes ruthlessly tortures Drizzt Do'Urden and reveals her reputation in Menzoberranzan is well deserved. Vendes is also known for torturing luckless male drow and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized statues]] to adorn the paths of the drow academies as a reminder to what happens to those who forget their place.
*** Herzgo Alegni, unlike most of the relatively few rapists in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, likes preying on kids. At one point, he and his warband raided a village, killing all the men and taking possession of the women. Alegni took a woman hostage to force her 10-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to let him rape her. When he was finished, he had his men hold Dahlia upside down to make her more likely to get pregnant before he broke the mother's neck for fun. This is how we're introduced to the scumbag. He also uses a powerful magical sword to enslave Artemis Entreri (a former villain who had undergone a HeelFaceTurn and just wanted to be left alone) as his personal assassin, and used the sword to stab pain directly into Entreri's soul whenever he was pissed or just plain bored. He also commits murder for the pettiest of reasons, like, say, somebody naming a bridge after somebody else besides him, even though he had nothing to do with the bridge's construction.

{{Complete Monster}}s from the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' franchise.