History WMG / Overlord

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** Weren't the titular DungeonKeeper extraplanar beings? Also, they were kinda incorporeal (requiring the dungeon heart to manifest any power). One would wonder how the transition from underground spirit to above ground tower dwelling armored figure took place. Then again, the original overlord DID survive the destruction of his body and manage to possess the wizard, then the jester. Perhaps there is truth to this WMG.

In many ways, The Minions are similar to Pikmin. (e.g. attacking enemies, obeying commands, most of them have an immunity to a particular hazard). They even come in different colors.

Kahn was the warrior, Jewel was the thief, Sir William was the pally, Goldo was the ranger, Oberon was the priest, the Wizard was the sorcerer, Melvin was the bard, and [[spoiler: the Overlord]] was the wizard's apprentice.

* The Overlord could have been a Magus, a MagicKnight who wears armor while still being able to effectively cast spells.

** DK is never entirely clear on whether the Keeper has a true physical presence (the Mentor [[RuleOfFunny joked back and forth on the subject]], as far as I recall) but he could at the very least possess creatures, so he may have simply been possessing one in the fight. Or perhaps having a physical form was necessary in his escape from the underworld. In fact, given the nature of the Keeper as established in DK, I suppose the ruination of the ''tower'' would have been the thing that shattered his power. Presumably he was only able to survive to possess the Wizard thanks to the tower heart remaining intact, albeit removed from its socket.

* Considering both are [[HeroicMime Villainous Mimes]], I can already see situation:

* And now I can't help but imagine [[CloudCuckooLander Elan]] from OrderOfTheStick becoming the next BigBad after they take down Xykon. And it would be hilarious.

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-->''Elan: Crush, crush, crush the rebelling peasants.''

In Overlord1's expansion, [[spoiler: the Overlord is trapped in the Abyss]]. Over time, he becomes less of a Guy In Armored Suit (which isn't practical for The Abyss) and more of an EldritchAbomination, a form that simply works better. Unable to return to the Real World in any practical matter, the Overlord settles for an intermediary: the underground dungeons of Dungeon Keeper. He becomes the Dungeon Keeper, and the Dungeon Heart is what the Overlord magically-evolved into. It makes [[FridgeBrilliance perfect sense]] within the mechanics of Dungeon Keeper: Where do all your minions in Dungeon Keeper come from? Portals, BottomlessPits that actually have a bottom, and that bottom is the Overlordian Abyss. Other Keepers? Bad Guys (and former Overlords) who have done the same thing you have. Horned Demons in DK1 being unruly and difficult? The Overlord-Turned-Dungeon-keeper killed all but one, and brainwashed it into believing it was the BigBad instead of TheDragon it really was. Where did the O-T-D-K get that idea from? Gnarl.

** Rhianna Pratchett who is responsible for it's story was a writer for the gaming magazine PCZone UK for a fairly long period of time so it's pretty much a dead cert' that there's at least a small amount of creative inspiration from Dungeon Keeper.

* [[Nodwick: Or a henchman]]

* [[Nodwick Or a henchman]]

* [[Nodwick Or a henchman.]]

** Notice how you can target anyone in the castle for abuse, even your own mistresses, except Gnarl?

[[WMG: Overlord serves as "queen" to minions.]]
They can't process life norce naturally,they are from netherworld originally, they need to run it trough Overlord first. In exchange of Overlord providing this processing effect, minions offer unconditional loyalty. Think bees with more hardcore queen instead. Overlord "spawns" new minions by converting standard life force into minion life force. Thus reason why minions seek new Overlords and guide them to "evil" path is that they need new "Queen/King" to collect this life force to spawn new minions. Gnarl only serves as temporal "hive mind", since he can think, but can't process life force. Alternativly, Gnarl is some former Overlord who eventualy turned into minion himself after years of collecting and processing life force. Also, now you think Overlord and Overlad as crossdressers.

* Considering both are [[HeroicMime Villanius Mimes]], I can already see situation:
-->''(Both overlord just stare at each other.) Gnarl: Gamily meetings are always akward''

* Don't forget that in both game he fairly early on gets you to get a mistress to help keep you pleasently distracted.
** That or he's trying to start a continuous lineage so he doesn't have to bust his ass into finding an Overlord everytime one dies.
*** Makes sense. So far we have seen that all Overlords prior 4th have mroe or less "accidentaly" become Overlord. 3th was resurected. After he was lost, Gnarl would have easily get new Overlord by raising Overlad, if not for the Rose to run off. Having secured legalcy makes it more easy to get new Overlord to work with him, since "he has always been there".

The heroes who survived the battle and became corrupted had to number seven for the deadly sins theme,but this also gave us a quite large and well balanced party with all the roles filled,assuming the paladin could provide the necessary amount of healing,but there's always room for the traditional bard sure the nameless former hero could have had the same class as one of his mates but I just find it funny that in the words of another bard "the guy who goes into a dungeon and sings" ends up ruler of all the land.
And if you don't fancy bards introduce another obscure,"should be big time in my opinion" class in its place like a warlock or factotum.