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** ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'': [[TheGeneralissimo Generalissimo Kilt]] is the [[BigBad leader]] of the terrorist organization BADD who steals the plans for the Albatross, a deadly weapon which he'll use to [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans destroy the world and rule over the remains]]. Kidnapping Super Joe and damaging Jack Markson's arm enough to have it amputated, Kilt plans to give Joe a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slow, painful death]]. Once the Albatross is completed, Kilt and scientist Master Destructo decide to have it destroy North America as a way to test its power. After the Albatross perishes, Kilt leaves his men behind to escape with Destructo, but despite dying at the hands of Jack, Kilt posthumously reveals to have [[DeadMansSwitch programmed his lair to self-destruct should he perish]], gleefully preparing to take his own men with him to the grave.

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** ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'': ''VideoGame/{{Bionic Commando|1988}}'': [[TheGeneralissimo Generalissimo Kilt]] is the [[BigBad leader]] of the terrorist organization BADD who steals the plans for the Albatross, a deadly weapon which he'll use to [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans destroy the world and rule over the remains]]. Kidnapping Super Joe and damaging Jack Markson's arm enough to have it amputated, Kilt plans to give Joe a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slow, painful death]]. Once the Albatross is completed, Kilt and scientist Master Destructo decide to have it destroy North America as a way to test its power. After the Albatross perishes, Kilt leaves his men behind to escape with Destructo, but despite dying at the hands of Jack, Kilt posthumously reveals to have [[DeadMansSwitch programmed his lair to self-destruct should he perish]], gleefully preparing to take his own men with him to the grave.
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* ''Literature/WhitbyWitches'' trilogy: [[EvilSorcerer Nathaniel Crozier]], described as "the most evil man in the world", is HighPriest of the Coven of the Black Sceptre, a polygamous cult consisting of lonely women whom he controls through dark magic and persuasion, while abusing them and treating them as nothing more than pawns. A glutton for power, Crozier learns of the Guardians of Irl, three magical talismans with which he could TakeOverTheWorld. Later, arriving in Whitby in person, Crozier uses his dark powers to bully a married couple into letting him be their lodger whilst he searches Whitby for the Guardians. To this end, Crozier makes the 12-year-old Jennet Laurenson fall in love with him so that he can use her as yet another pawn in his schemes; [[MindRape mentally tortures]] and kills the elderly Ernest Roper; and gains control of the terrifying Fish-Demon to slaughter countless Aufwaders, the tribe that guards the final Guardian. Having released the horrifying [[EldritchAbomination Morgawrus]], Nathaniel intends to enslave it but is thwarted by Miss Boston, whom he attempts to throttle to death. After being brought BackFromTheDead, Crozier attempts to make Jennet kill herself in front of him, purely to demonstrate his power, while planning to release Morgawrus again to pursue his goal of world conquest.
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* ''Literature/UpSchittCreek'': [[BigBad Remington Ralph]] is the leader of a group of malicious {{outlaw}}s. Looking to get rich quick, Ralph led his outlaws into the town Big Blossom, [[CopKiller killing the sheriff and various deputies]] before kidnapping several women to [[HumanTraffickers sell to a Comanche tribe]]. When the Comanche tribe is eventually wiped out by Glen Doyle, Jessie, and a group of deputies, Ralph leads his gang to attack a train so he can kidnap Missus Cantrell in exchange for more money. Even though his plan fails, Ralph and his gang end up killing dozens of deputies and civilians during the assault.

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* ''Literature/TimeSalvager'' duology, by Wesley Chu:
** [[KnightTemplar Senior Securitate Kuo Masaki-Europa]] is a cold, ruthless member of the [[MegaCorp Valta Corporation]]'s special forces who believes that corporations should be the future of humanity. Tasked with capturing Elise Kim for Valta, Kuo clashes with Auditor Levin's more restrained approach, unconcerned with any possible civilian casualties. Kuo later tortures Smitt for information before killing him out of annoyance. After Kuo takes command of the manhunt and realizes that Elise is hiding among the tribes of Manhattan, Kuo decides to systematically conquer the island building by building to search for her, killing dozens to hundreds every building and enslaving the survivors afterwards by using their loved ones as hostages while driving out anyone she can't use to cause a refugee crisis among the other tribes. After learning of Elise's location at the All-Galaxy building, Kuo leads an assault on the building, resulting in thousands of casualties before managing to capture and get away with Elise.
** [[ItsAllAboutMe Cole Javier-Oberon]] is Auditor Levin's self-centered nephew. After ditching being a chronman to hide in the past and being arrested and sent to prison by his uncle, Cole became the leader of the Apex gang, where they regularly beat new inmates and rules through fear. Cole is then broken out with Levin, and then joins the unified tribes of Manhattan. Cole then later goes along with Levin to overthrow [=ChronoCom's=] administration, Cole uses this as an opportunity to [[LesCollaborateurs sell out the All-Galaxy building]] for his own gain, allowing Kuo to lead her brutal assault on the building. Cole then later tries to stop Levin's uprising and tries to kill his uncle, and recklessly attacks his own men during his charges.



* ''[[Literature/TheTsarsRage The Tsar's Rage]]'', by Creator/LidiaCharskaya: [[DrunkWithPower Fyodor Basmanov]] is a lowborn RoyalFavorite of Tsar UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible and uses his high standing and knowledge of the Tsar's mood swings to avenge his own personal grudges. After a petty quarrel with Prince Ovchina-Obolensky that Basmanov himself started, Basmanov [[MaliciousSlander tells the Tsar that Ovchina-Obolensky is a traitor]], leading to the latter getting killed by the Tsar's men. Not satisfied with that, Basmanov, obtaining the Tsar's permission, leads a raid on the Prince's estate, with the intent to torture and kill everyone who lives there and planning to use especially horrific tortures on the Prince's young widow and [[WouldHurtAChild 6-year-old ward]].

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* ''[[Literature/TheTsarsRage The Tsar's Rage]]'', by Creator/LidiaCharskaya: [[DrunkWithPower Fyodor Basmanov]] is a lowborn RoyalFavorite of Tsar UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible and uses his high standing and knowledge of the Tsar's mood swings to avenge his own personal grudges. After a petty quarrel with Prince Ovchina-Obolensky that Basmanov himself started, Basmanov [[MaliciousSlander tells the Tsar that Ovchina-Obolensky is a traitor]], leading to the latter getting killed by the Tsar's men. Not satisfied with that, Basmanov, obtaining the Tsar's permission, leads a raid on the Prince's estate, with the intent to torture and kill everyone who lives there and planning to use especially horrific tortures on the Prince's young widow and [[WouldHurtAChild 6-year-old 9-year-old ward]].
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* ''[[Literature/TheTsarsRage The Tsar's Rage]]'', by Creator/LidiaCharskaya: [[DrunkWithPower Fyodor Basmanov]] is a lowborn RoyalFavorite of Tsar UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible and uses his high standing and knowledge of the Tsar's mood swings to avenge his own personal grudges. After a petty quarrel with Prince Ovchina-Obolensky that Basmanov himself started, Basmanov [[MaliciousSlander tells the Tsar that Ovchina-Obolensky is a traitor]], leading to the latter getting killed by the Tsar's men. Not satisfied with that, Basmanov, obtaining the Tsar's permission, leads a raid on the Prince's estate, with the intent to torture and kill everyone who lives there and planning to use especially horrific tortures on the Prince's young widow and [[WouldHurtAChild 6-year-old ward]].

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* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'': The mysterious, murderous [[FemmeFatale Milady de Winter]] is one of the top agents of the visionary Cardinal Richelieu in his campaign to strengthen France and free it of foreign influence, but shares none of her employer's lofty ideals. Instead, she uses her position, resources, and quasi-supernatural beauty and charisma to indulge her limitless appetites for money, power, and indiscriminate, disproportionate revenge on anyone who gets on her bad side. Ever since [[FromNobodyToNightmare her humble origins]] as a [[NunTooHoly larcenous nun]], she's targeted and seduced any sufficiently-useful man she comes across, destroying those who reject her and either killing or abandoning anyone unlucky enough to become her thrall as soon as they're no longer valuable. Her steadily-escalating battle with d'Artagnan brings out all her worst excesses, as she first tries to enlist him to kill her brother-in-law for his inheritance and a young noble for apparently turning her advances down, then, after he humiliates her, repeatedly attempts to kill him with zero regard for collateral damage, endangering and killing several innocents along the way, and finally murders his LoveInterest as RevengeByProxy whilst pretending to be her dearest friend.

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* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'': The mysterious, murderous [[FemmeFatale Milady de Winter]] is one of the top agents of the visionary Cardinal Richelieu UsefulNotes/CardinalRichelieu in his campaign to strengthen France and free it of foreign influence, but shares none of her employer's lofty ideals. Instead, she Coming from [[FromNobodyToNightmare humble origins]] as a [[NunTooHoly larcenous nun]], Milady uses her position, resources, and quasi-supernatural beauty and charisma to indulge her limitless appetites for money, power, and indiscriminate, [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate revenge revenge]] on anyone who gets on her bad side. Ever since [[FromNobodyToNightmare Milady [[TilMurderDoUsPart poisons her humble origins]] as second husband]], goads his brother into a [[NunTooHoly larcenous nun]], she's targeted duel in the hopes he dies, and seduced any sufficiently-useful man she comes across, destroying those who reject her and either killing or abandoning anyone unlucky enough to become her thrall as soon as they're no longer valuable. Her steadily-escalating battle with d'Artagnan brings out all her worst excesses, as she first tries to enlist him d'Arthanan to kill her brother-in-law for his inheritance and a young noble for apparently turning her advances down, then, after he humiliates down. In her quest to take revenge on d'Artagnan for humiliating her, repeatedly attempts to kill Milady sends him twelve bottles of poisoned wine, supposedly from his Musketeer friends, and encourages him to throw a party for his comrades with zero regard for collateral damage, the wine, endangering many lives. When she is imprisoned for her crimes, Milady seduces her jailer to free her; lies to him that Lord Buckingham raped her, so he may kill him for her; and killing several innocents along then abandons him to be executed for the way, and finally murder. Milady's darkest crime comes when she murders his LoveInterest the young Constance Bonacieux, d'Artagnan's LoveInterest, as RevengeByProxy whilst pretending to be her dearest friend.



** [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Susquehana]] is the [[BigBad absolute monarch]] of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Drej]] and a genocidal nightmare of an alien. Leading the Drej in genocidal campaigns against entire planets, Susquehana's ultimate goal is to spread the light of the Drej all across the galaxy and exterminate all non-Drej life throughout. Learning that the technology of the Titan still exists even after Earth's destruction, Susquehana sends waves of Drej to find and eradicate the technology whilst destroying all those who seek it, eventually making it a point to spitefully [[KillAllHumans obliterate every surviving human colony]] herself and drive out all those remaining into the deep edge of space to perish. Susquehana also slaughters several of her own kind, some of them upstart assassins--but others killed purely due to Susquehana's own paranoid fits. An AbsoluteXenophobe obsessed with establishing her cruel legacy among her species and sinking to depths unreached even by the previous Queens of the Drej, Susquehana perfectly embodies the reasons why the Drej are feared and reviled by every denizen of the galaxy.

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** [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen [[HiveQueen Queen Susquehana]] is the [[BigBad absolute monarch]] of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Drej]] and a genocidal nightmare of an alien. Leading the Drej in genocidal campaigns against entire planets, Susquehana's ultimate goal is to spread the light of the Drej all across the galaxy and exterminate all non-Drej life throughout. Learning that the technology of the Titan still exists even after Earth's destruction, Susquehana sends waves of Drej to find and eradicate the technology whilst destroying all those who seek it, eventually making it a point to spitefully [[KillAllHumans obliterate every surviving human colony]] herself and drive out all those remaining into the deep edge of space to perish. Susquehana also slaughters several of her own kind, some of them upstart assassins--but others killed purely due to Susquehana's own paranoid fits. An AbsoluteXenophobe obsessed with establishing her cruel legacy among her species and sinking to depths unreached even by the previous Queens of the Drej, Susquehana perfectly embodies the reasons why the Drej are feared and reviled by every denizen of the galaxy.

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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': [[EvilOverlord Brokenstar]] is a [[AmbitionIsEvil ruthlessly ambitious]] warrior and the cruel [[Characters/WarriorCatsShadowClanLeadersAndDeputies leader of ShadowClan]]. Rising to power by [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Brokenstar sends [[ChildSoldiers kits under six months old]] to fight full-grown warriors, making up the losses in both [[WeHaveReserves battle]] and {{training|From Hell}} by kidnapping kits from other Clans. Dissatisfied with the marshy wetlands [=ShadowClan=] calls home, Brokenstar wages a war of aggression against [=WindClan=] and forces them out of their territory. After forcing [=RiverClan=] to bow to him, Brokenstar went to war against [=ThunderClan=] to force their submission. Fleeing with some of his most loyal followers when [=ShadowClan=] turns on him, Brokenstar later gets blinded after leading his rogues in a failed attack on [=ThunderClan=], who take him in. [[UngratefulBastard To repay them for their mercy and protection]], Brokenstar conspires with Tigerstar to kill Bluestar and take over the clan. Returning as the ruler of the Dark Forest after his death, Brokenstar continues his cruel machinations against [=ThunderClan=] and eventually takes part in the Great Battle against the living and [=StarClan=]. Bloodthirsty, power-hungry, and uncaring of anyone but himself, Brokenstar serves as a terrifying reminder of what one person with a little power is capable of.

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[[EvilOverlord Brokenstar]] is a [[AmbitionIsEvil ruthlessly ambitious]] warrior and the cruel [[Characters/WarriorCatsShadowClanLeadersAndDeputies leader of ShadowClan]]. Rising to power by [[{{Patricide}} killing his own father]], Brokenstar sends [[ChildSoldiers kits under six months old]] to fight full-grown warriors, making up the losses in both [[WeHaveReserves battle]] and {{training|From Hell}} by kidnapping kits from other Clans. Dissatisfied with the marshy wetlands [=ShadowClan=] calls home, Brokenstar wages a war of aggression against [=WindClan=] and forces them out of their territory. After forcing [=RiverClan=] to bow to him, Brokenstar went to war against [=ThunderClan=] to force their submission. Fleeing with some of his most loyal followers when [=ShadowClan=] turns on him, Brokenstar later gets blinded after leading his rogues in a failed attack on [=ThunderClan=], who take him in. [[UngratefulBastard To repay them for their mercy and protection]], Brokenstar conspires with Tigerstar to kill Bluestar and take over the clan. Returning as the ruler of the Dark Forest after his death, Brokenstar continues his cruel machinations against [=ThunderClan=] and eventually takes part in the Great Battle against the living and [=StarClan=]. Bloodthirsty, power-hungry, and uncaring of anyone but himself, Brokenstar serves as a terrifying reminder of what one person with a little power is capable of. of.
** [[FromNobodyToNightmare Ashfur]] is a seemingly normal [[Characters/WarriorCatsThunderclanWarriorsAndApprentices ThunderClan warrior]] during [[Literature/WarriorCatsTheNewProphecy the second arc]], but after his advances were rejected by Squirrelflight, he [[NotGoodWithRejection begins to spiral]], and in [[Literature/WarriorCatsPowerOfThree the third arc]], he reaches a boiling point, trapping Squirrelflight's children in a forest fire with the intent of making her watch them die, although he does ultimately move out of the way. After his death, he is allowed into [=StarClan=] despite his actions, under the reasoning that he "loved too much", but in [[Literature/WarriorCatsTheBrokenCode the seventh arc]], Ashfur [[BedTrick possesses the body of Squirrelflight's mate]] and current [=ThunderClan=] leader, Bramblestar. With this newfound power, Ashfur begins to mistreat the members of [=ThunderClan=], particularly Squirrelflight, even throwing her off the Highledge. At one point, Ashfur drags Squirrelflight down into the Dark Forest with the intent of holding her captive there until she agrees to be his mate or suffer like he has. We later learn that his true intentions are to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the Clans and their afterlives completely]]--even causing the evil residents of the Dark Forest to [[EnemyMine work together with the heroes]] to try to put a stop to his plans, showcasing how much damage that Ashfur's pettiness and psychosis can bring once he has the opportunity.
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* ''Literature/TodHunterMoon'' trilogy: [[EvilAunt Mitza Draddenmora Draa]] is a treacherous woman who has no concept of friendship and no genuine love for anyone. [[DrivenByEnvy Envious]] of her stepsister Cassandra for marrying Dan Moon--despite no longer caring for the latter--Mitza [[DisproportionateRetribution murdered Cassi with an envelope full of Sand Flies]], putting Cassi through a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath lengthy, fatal illness]]. Allying herself with [[EvilSorcerer Oraton-Marr]], Mitza kidnaps Dan and leads a pack of Garmin to abduct nearly everyone in the [=PathFinder=] village so that Oraton-Marr can make them dive for a submerged Orm Egg, knowing that many of them would not be able to breathe underwater and would not survive the task; Mitza also tries to ensure that her [[WouldHurtAChild 12-year-old niece Tod would be taken as well]]. Remaining with her allies as they escape with the egg, Mitza is willing to drown the Apothecary's baby to force the Apothecary to assist them and prevent interference. Mitza later plots to kill Tod with Sand Flies to spite Cassi's memory, at the same time aiding the Red Queen in invading the Castle in hopes that she would cause death and destruction, and nearly succeeding in poisoning her niece.


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* ''Literature/VirtusDraconis'': [[EvilReactionary Meredith Staunton]] is the self-serving, self-assured [[VillainousPrincess princess]] of the kingdom of Shaddhai. Unhappy with the societal progress the world has seen in comparison to her kingdom, Meredith launches an all-out campaign to subdue the world into following her kingdom's brand of conservative order. The first of her misdeeds is ordering one of her men to use a forbidden, incurable poison on protagonist Claude Virtus. Upon receiving word of the man's failure to kill Claude, Meredith [[YouHaveFailedMe promptly offs him without hesitation]]; she then commits blasphemy against the magical world by forcefully extracting the soldier's soul from his body and banishing it to Hell. Among Meredith's more despicable crimes is the use of ChildSoldiers, [[TykeBomb trained at a young age to kill]]; making use of black ops squads to carry out murders in the dead of night, without care for collateral damage or innocent lives lost; and regularly disregarding the counsel of her inner circle. Towards the end, Meredith primes a [[FantasticNuke magic missile]] with the souls of her personal warship's crew--extracted with their bodies literally torn apart--and propelling it with the souls of her warlocks, thus firing it at Prelid, a nearby village that is not a threat to her, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill just to get to the protagonists]].
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* ''Literature/{{Tamsin}}'': [[HangingJudge Judge Jeffreys]] is a brutal judge whose actions haunted the town of Dorset, England for centuries. Sent down to deal with the Monmouth Rebellion, Jeffreys executed hundreds of people, innocent or not, through brutal quartering and hanging their bodies on pikes and trees, even causing a little girl to die from stress during a brutal interrogation, while [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil selling hundreds of others into slavery]]. Gaining a fascination with the young Tamsin, Jeffreys murdered her lover Edric and sexually harassed Tamsin, causing her to run out into the cold and catching pneumonia, and he made her believe that Edric stood her up, using her last words to send TheWildHunt to chase Edric's soul for eternity. Released centuries later as a [[GhastlyGhost ghost]], Jeffreys plans to infuse Tamsin's soul with him so he can keep her to himself forever, before attempting to [[WouldHurtAChild sic The Wild Hunt on the teenage Jenny]].

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