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** Lord Tywin Lannister is arguably the most straightforward example in the series. After his utter annihilation of House Reyne for their attempted rebellion decades before, he became the single most feared man in Westeros during his life. He is known for being [[TheChessmaster an utterly brilliant politician]] and [[TheUnfettered completely ruthless in achieving his goals]]. Tywin's son, Tyrion, describes Westeros as "Seven Kingdoms united in fear of Tywin Lannister." He keeps Petyr Balish, Varys and Olenna from crossing him and even his complete psychopath grandson, King Joffrey Baratheon, is utterly emasculated whenever he is in the same room as his grandfather, [[DragonInChief despite the fact that Tywin is supposed to be the one serving him]]. Robb Stark likewise sees Tywin as his enemy.

*** Though, to be fair, only certain people (like Joe and Stringer) seem to know who Brother Mouzone is. Omar, apparently, didn't know him. Cheese suffered a great deal of pain and humiliation for his ignorance.

** The Borg Collective in various series. Despite appearing rather infrequently in [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the series]] where they first appeared, their [[ImplacableMan sheer implacability]], utterly relentless nature, and single-minded goal to assimilate everyone and everything that they come across led to TheFederation considering them, as Captain Picard puts in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', "our most lethal enemy". Even ''Guinan'' is afraid of them, what with them having assimilated her home world. The suspense that builds up around their incursions into Federation space is particularly indicative of this. It's less so in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', where Voyager encounters them so frequently without being in much danger that the Borg end up exhibiting VillainDecay.

** Everyone aside the Klingon thread lightly when dealing with the Romulans, even if their schemes rarely obtain something. We see exactly why in two occasions:

** This, irony abounding, includes the Daleks, considering that he's their bogeyman. The only thing that gives a Dalek pause is the Doctor's name. The only thing that scares them is a madman with a box, the one presence in the cosmos they would not wish to face. At the same time, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]" implies that they find his hatred (of them) a beautiful thing, with the exceptionally creepy Dalek Prime Minister musing that perhaps this is why they have never managed to kill him -- [[BlueAndOrangeMorality from their point of view]], [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad it would be destroying an artistic masterpiece]]. The Doctor finds this simultaneously horrifying, disgusting, and very creepy. Their names for him include 'Ka Faraq Gatri' (the Destroyer of Worlds) in the legends of ancient Skaro, and 'the Predator of the Daleks'. The Doctor himself once remarked in dark amusement to a dying Dalek, that he was nothing less than the Devil Himself. The Dalek's panicked and ineffectual screaming didn't exactly dispel the impression.
** In fact, this is made especially clear in the Series 5 episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Pandorica Opens]]". [[spoiler:The Doctor's enemies have designed a perfect prison to trap the Doctor in. Considering that, the legend surrounding the Pandorica reflects on what his enemies think of the Doctor:]]

** Even the Doctor's incarnations face this. [[spoiler:There is an incarnation those following the Eighth Doctor don't speak of: [[Creator/JohnHurt the War Doctor]]. He is notorious for breaking the promise bound to the name "the Doctor" by burning down Gallifrey and the Daleks with them. [[note]]Of course, then it's found out in the 50th Anniversary special that Gallifrey ''didn't'' burn and was instead preserved in stasis by all of the Doctors (ItMakesSenseInContext), and the only reason the timeline still asserts the War Doctor as The Dreaded (to Nine and Ten) is because he and Ten forget they actually saved Gallifrey after they return to their own times.[[/note]]]]