Line #160 Characters/Overlord


1	This is the character list for the first ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' game and its expansion ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''.\
2	Possible unmarked spoilers ahead.
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4	Characters in ''Overlord II'' should be listed [[{{Characters/OverlordII}} here]].
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6	For characters from the LightNovel series ''[[Literature/{{Overlord2012}} Overlord]]'' [[Characters/{{Overlord2012}} go here]]
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8	[[foldercontrol]]
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10	! The Overlord and his allies
11	[[folder:The Overlord]]
12	!!The Overlord / [[spoiler:The Eighth Hero]]
13	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overlord1protag.jpg]]
14	!!! '''Species:''' Human [[spoiler:(later deity)]]
15	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
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17	The player character. Awakened by the minions to rebuild and reinstate a reign of terror after his predecessor was slain by heroes. Armed with a suit of heavy plate armor, a massive weapon, and an army of minions, he now seeks revenge against the heroes who slew the previous overlord.
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19	* AntiVillain: A low corruption Overlord is a merciless force towards threats, and seems to very much enjoy the power and position he holds, but he never raises a violent hand towards innocents, and at several points makes choices that are decidedly [[AntiHero heroic]].
20	* AxCrazy: You have to play this way if you want to go for 100% corruption, as the most Evil choice at various points in the game usually involve people getting violently killed, sometimes by the Overlord's hand. One of the biggest chunks of corruption - and likely to be the last one you need before 100% corruption, is to kill a thousand citizens. If you want to be true Evil, a ''lot'' of innocent people need to die to the Overlord directly.
21	* BigBadSlippage: He started out as [[spoiler: another hero who gave his life defeating the previous Overlord]]. However, the Minions healed him and branded him their new master; depending on the player's actions, he can either be a more benevolent, pragmatic ruler or an out and out tyrant is far worse than his predecessor.
22	* BlackKnight: By default, he's an intimidating TinTyrant in ridged armor and a spiky helmet. If you pursue the corruption path, his armor eventually darkens and demonic spikes start growing out of his skin, until the armor is black as night as the spikes on his shoulders reach to the top of his head.
23	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Raising Hell'' the Overlord kills the Forgotten God and becomes the new ruler of the Abyss, which presumably makes him a god]].
24	* TheDragon: He unknowingly played this for [[spoiler: the previous Overlord inhabiting the Wizard's body]], offing the fallen Heroes so he could reclaim his throne.
25	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:One possible reason why he was canonically faithful to Rose, that he truly loved her]].
26	* EvenEvilHasStandards: No matter how Evil you make him in your playthrough, canonically, he made at least two Good-aligned choices according to the sequel. Namely, [[spoiler: he canonically saves the last elven women (as the elves are still around, likely meaning he's not into causing racial extinction even if the elves are annoying), and he stays faithful to Rose (whether it be through actually loving her, being against adultery, or [[PragmaticVillainy acknowledging her usefulness]] over her less reliable sister)]].
27	* EvilerThanThou: Play for full corruption, and you pull this on the Fallen Heroes. Every corrupting act that can be pulled off is the Overlord surpassing the former hero in their specific sin.
28	* FallenHero: Both figuratively and literally. [[spoiler:He fell from the tower during the fight with the previous Overlord and was left for dead by his comrades.]]
29	* FantasticNuke: The last level of his fire spell at high corruption causes a massive explosion that indiscriminately sets everything in its radius on fire.
30	* FriendlyFireproof: In contrast, the last level of his fire spell at low corruption causes a damaging, controlled fire that only hurts enemies.
31	* GoodCostumeSwitch: At higher levels of corruption, your armor grows spikes and turns black. If you stay low or avoid corruption entirely as the game carries on, your armor becomes brighter and shiny.
32	* GoodCounterpart: If you beat the game completely uncorrupted, you end up as this compared to the Seven Heroes. Shows how messed up they became, if an EvilOverlord is the good guy in comparison.
33	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The only feature of the Overlord's face that can be seen under that helmet is his glowing eyes. They also change color depending on his level of corruption: being blue at low corruption, white at neutral, and naturally become [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] at high corruption.
34	* HellHasNewManagement: [[spoiler:Though unwillingly, he's now the ruler of the Abyss and gets to call all the shots, but he's trapped there as well, separated from his (now pregnant) lover.]]
35	* HeroicMime: Villainous example. He never speaks, but he does grunt when he swings, and his voice is [[EvilSoundsDeep very deep.]]
36	* KillItWithFire: His main offensive magic is a fireball spell.
37	* KnightInShiningArmor: If you remain at 0 corruption for long enough in the story, the ridges and spikes on the Overlord's armor become less pronounced and turn shinier. At 0 corruption and heading into the last few bosses, your armor is basically smooth and a bright, shiny silver.
38	* KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed. While the rest of the Evil cast, be they blatantly Evil and proud of it or nominally Good guys who've become blatant hypocrites, are over the top and ridiculous, the Overlord himself is played very straight. He's a giant among men, can kill almost anything in a one on one fight with better equipment (though it will be a bit tedious without help from the Minions), and his cold menacing aura contrasts sharply against the wanton destruction he's capable of. He's less of a Sauron parody and more of a Sauron Expy that landed in a parodic story.
39	* LargeAndInCharge: Most of the Minions do not seem to exceed 4 feet in height, and the Overlord is so tall that he cannot enter the homes of the villagers since their doors are too small.
40	* MagicKnight: He uses spells and weapons.
41	* MagikarpPower: At the beginning of the game, the Overlord can't really stand up in a straight-up fight and relies on his minions. After sufficient upgrades however he can be quite powerful.
42	* MightyGlacier: He's slower than his Minions, but stronger and more durable. If you [[GameBreaker upgrade the best equipment with only Brown Minions]], he becomes an unstoppable OneManArmy.
43	* PragmaticVillainy: Gnarl justifies this as the reason for some of the downright heroic choices you can make despite having "Evil" in his title; a large population of relatively happy peasants with intact places to live (instead of unhappy and/or slaughtered ones in a burned-out wasteland) means a well functioning empire to terrorize and profit from.
44	* TinTyrant: Seeing as he's covered head-to-toe in ominous plate mail.
45	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:He was the eighth Hero who was left for dead by his allies.]]
46	* TwentyFourHourArmor: Never seen outside his spikey armour. Although he does presumably take it off sometimes off-camera, as [[spoiler: he was able to impregnate Rose.]]
47	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Your predecessor in the Overlord position only has you revived as part of a long game while he corrupted the other Heroes: he corrupts them into Evil, you kill them, and their deaths unleash enough Evil energy into the world for him to come back.]]
48	* VillainProtagonist: The titular EvilOverlord, though depending on how you play, your villainy can be greatly downplayed.
49	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: At low corruption, to the extent that you're really [[AntiVillain a villain in name only]].
50	[[/folder]]
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52	[[folder: The Minions]]
53	!! The Minions
54	!!! Species: Minion
55	!!! Appearances: 'VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordII'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordDarkLegend'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordMinions'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordFellowshipOfEvil''
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57	Gremlin-like creatures that fall somewhere between the secondary VillainProtagonist of the game and an extension of the Overlord, the Minions are the heart and soul of the series almost more than the various Overlords they've served. They're happiest when serving an evil master with sights on conquest and domination and destruction and if their previous Overlord dies will actively scout out a new candidate that's suitably evil to ascend to the position. Minions are very disposable and happily accept this as their lot in life, though a handful of minions have survived long enough and proved useful enough to be given names and develop unique personalities and something approaching intelligence, with Gnarl being the oldest and most cunning serving as the leader for the entire species.
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59	Minions come in four types:\
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61	- Brown Minions have no special abilities or notable traits, but brown life force is plentiful and they're the best fighters and have the most health, making them the perfect meat shields to fight and die en masse for you (they're also the only type to show unique hats and weapons, the other types just have generic armor as they upgrade).\
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63	- Red Minions are skeletal-bodied little pyromaniacs who are all about fire, throwing fireballs like artillery shells to serve as your main ranged offense, being able to safely walk across hot surfaces, and sucking fire sources into themselves to extinguish the flames, however to make up for their range, they're [[GlassCannon quite fragile]].\
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65	- Green Minions are more lizard-like, bloodthirsty even by Minion standards and apparently smell REALLY awful, and yet are the stealth experts of the Minions. If commanded to guard a flag, Green Minions will go invisible, and if an enemy walks into their guarded area, they'll leap onto the enemy's back and stab them mercilessly and repeatedly for massive damage. They're also immune to sources of toxic gas and can safely travel through it to destroy the source.\
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67	- Blue Minions are fish-like and [[SupportPartyMember take hits about as a well as a plate of fine China thrown against a wall while hitting about as hard as pool noodle]], but make up for their lack of combat prowess with their special ability; through the use of magic, they're able to resurrect other slain minions if they can reach them before their body vanishes. They can also safely enter water where the other Minions will drown in a spectacular fashion.\
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71	* ArbitraryHeadCountLimit: The number of Minions the Overlord can have out at one time is restricted by their current level of power, starting out at a measly 5 and increasing with upgrades, with enough Minion totems in each game to increase the capacity to a respectable 50, and if combined with helmet upgrades to further increase capacity, can reach a truly dangerous army of 65-70 minions.
72	* ButtMonkey: These guys live to be abused, misused, and die in horrible BlackComedy ways for their Overlord's ambitions. Very frequently they'll be eaten, blown away, smashed, impaled, and blown up. The Overlord can even sacrifice them himself for a health boost if he needs to, and there's no punishment for smacking them around yourself.
73	* DumbMuscle: Brown Minions (besides Gnarl) are generally pretty dumb. While the other three types can show some degree of cunning and intelligence, the Brown Minion's solution to everything is to hit it with whatever implement catches their fancy until it stops moving.
74	* GlassCannon: Red Minions' fireballs can do a ton of damage, especially if there's a lot of them stacked up in the squad nailing the victim with a sky-darkening amount of fire. This is traded off by them being very fragile even if they're fully upgraded, if your front line falls apart, your squad of Reds has a very high possibility of being wiped out.
75	* InTheBack: If manually swarmed to attack while behind an enemy, Brown and Green Minions will leap on top of their victim and shank them multiple times before dismounting. Greens even specialize in this- their backstabs do incredible damage compared to Browns, and if they're commanded onto a flag, they'll leap on any enemy that approaches from an impressive range and regardless of the enemy's facing to start stabbing them.
76	* SuperDrowningSkills: All types of minions except the Blue will, to quote Gnarl, "Drown in an amusing fashion" if led into any water that goes over their head. While some may manage to tread water to get back to shore, you can lose a fair amount of your squad if you underestimate how deep a body of water is.
77	* SupportPartyMember: The Blue Minions' ability to revive other dead minions is ''extremely'' useful, however they are the most fragile Minion type by leaps and bounds and will die if an enemy so much as breathes in their direction, and their damage is so pitiful sending your blues into the fray is like sending a child with a butterknife to attack a trained soldier. Unfortunately since you have to send them into the heat of battle to resurrect your fallen troops, it's very common you'll have one or two of joining the casualties even if they help restore your main fighting force.
78	* WeHaveReserves: Minions are spawned fully grown and ready to fight the instant the the Overlord comes into contact with their matching colored Life Force, so there's no great loss if they die and no reason to not treat them as expendable footsoldiers to die for for you. Brown Minions especially as the frontline fighters and the most easily acquired essence will be spawning in great multitudes leaving you very little reason to care about their well-being. The Second Overlord even gets a spell that will kill the Minion himself for a health and mana refill.
79	[[/folder]]
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81	[[folder:Gnarl]]
82	!!Gnarl
83	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overlord_gnarl.jpg]]
84	!!! '''Species:''' Minion (brown)
85	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Marc Silk
86	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordII'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordDarkLegend'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordMinions'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordFellowshipOfEvil''
87	--> "[[CatchPhrase Evil always finds a way.]]"
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89	An ancient minion and TheDragon, Gnarl uses the Tower Heart and the Overlord's helmet to communicate with you over long distances, giving you advice on what to do next.
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91	* AffablyEvil: Gnarl is polite, likeable, and soft-spoken, [[spoiler: even as he's betraying you for your predecessor.]]
92	* ArcWords: His catchphrase, as seen above, acts as this for the ''Overlord'' series as a whole.
93	* CoolOldGuy: Can be pretty chill all things considered and is funny with his witty lines.
94	* CorruptedCharacterCopy: His appearance, age and role as the mentor to new Overlords makes him seem like an evil version of [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]].
95	* DirtyOldMan: Over the course of the games, Gnarl gets ''very'' vocal about his attraction to the mistresses - to the point it actually earns him a thump on the back of the head from both Rose ''and'' Kelda.
96	* TheDragon: Gnarl is one of the few recurring characters in the whole series, and since Minions can live for an unknown amount of time, he's had the chance to serve as the right-hand Minion at least four different Overlords - possibly many more.
97	* EvilChancellor: For his Overlords, which works out just fine as him and his boss are Evil. [[spoiler: Played completely straight in the first game, as he betrays you for the old Overlord, both out of loyalty and because the old one is potentially ''more'' Evil than you. Once you prove that you're the most Evil, Gnarl enters his service under you again]].
98	* EvilMentor: Given that he gave the Witch-Boy "a proper evil upbringing" in the second game, it's safe to say that he was most definitely one of these. He also acted as this for the first game's Overlord, bringing him up to speed after his long sleep.
99	* LoyalToThePosition: He serves the Overlord, whomever they may be. Although he does imply he prefers the first game's protagonist to his predecessor (or at the very least, he will miss/misses him).
100	* ManipulativeBastard: There's some implications that have given rise to a fan theory that Gnarl is feigning subservience to you, and that his guiding you around is actually playing you as ''his'' dragon. Seeing as he's the one usually coming up with all the plans and goals and you're enacting them without (much) complaint, there's some weight to this.
101	* MissionControl: His main role in the series is to tell the player what to do and how to do it all the while quipping about Evil things.
102	* NonActionGuy: As the most elderly Minion, he doesn't do field work any more and stays in the Tower. This used to be not the case, as Gnarl does reminisce about his time running around as a standard Brown Minion early on in the first game.
103	* ParentalSubstitute: He's this to the Overlad in the second game, having raised him since childhood and taught him how to be an Overlord.
104	* PragmaticVillainy: His InUniverse justification for any good choices in the first game. Make yourself look good to fuel a long-term Evil empire, since you can't have one if all the wouldbe empire's towns are burned down and their residents mostly dead.
105	* Really700YearsOld: He's positively ancient compared to just about any other character, as he still knows what the long-extinct dragons were like. In fact, since he's so old, it's not known if Minions can even die of old age.
106	* WhenIWasYourAge: Played humorously, as Gnarl comments on the younger Minions and how he used to be like them, putting all sorts of weird things on his head.
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109	[[folder:Rose]]
110	!!Rose
111	[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overlord_rose.jpg]]
112	!!! '''Species:''' Human
113	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Fay Maillerdet
114	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' \| [[spoiler:''VideoGame/OverlordII'']]
115	One of the Overlord's potential mistresses, Rose is an order-obsessed stick-in-the-mud who complements a low-corruption Overlord. Mid-game you have the option to spurn her for her sister, Velvet.
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117	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When the Wizard returns and tries to steal your magic and kill you, Rose (if you didn't spurn her for Velvet) interrupts him by attacking the Tower Heart, giving you a chance to get your magic back and go after him.]]
118	* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler:Canonically, the Overlord kept her as his mistress.]]
119	* DamselInDistress: The Overlord rescues her from the raiders of Castle Spree.
120	* DeadpanSnarker: She's completely unfazed by everything, and the only people that escape her sharp wit are those who don't deserve it... [[SurroundedByIdiots which usually just comes down to the Overlord]].
121	* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:When Solarius shows signs of becoming too corrupt, Rose quickly changes sides and offers her aid to the Overlord.]]
122	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In an attempt to restore balance to the world, she joined Solarius in his campaign of world domination during the second game. Once it becomes clear that he's just another Hero that inevitably turns to Evil and is endangering the world, she joins the Overlord to address the issue]].
123	* FieryRedhead: She tries bossing the Overlord around the moment they meet.
124	* InTheHood: [[spoiler:As leader of the Sentinels]], she wears a hooded cloak.
125	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:She's also canonically the first Overlord's lover and mother of the second game's Overlord.]]
126	* MysteriousWatcher: [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/OverlordII'', she can occasionally be glimpsed in the background, spying on the Overlord.]]
127	* NeatFreak: She values organization and order, not necessarily goodness.
128	* PolarOppositeTwins: She's an orderly stick-in-the-mud, but her heart is in the right place... usually, and she loves the Overlord genuinely. Violet is a chaotic seductress whose love for the Overlord is only pockets deep.
129	* PowerFloats: [[spoiler: By the time of the second game, she's learned how to float via magic. On the plus side, [[MundaneUtility it makes her immune to]] {{Trap Door}}s.]]
130	* PragmaticVillainy: Rose often encourages this.
131	* ScareEmStraight: [[spoiler: In the second game, she tries to scare her son off the path of the Overlord by showing him the ruins of the Tower. It doesn't work. Eventually, she decides that he's NecessarilyEvil.]]
132	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:In the second game, she reveals herself by reflexively telling Gnarl to shut up using his name, after no-one had mentioned his name.]]
133	* SugarAndIcePersonality: She has a habit of swinging between ice-cold efficiency and lovesick cooing.
134	* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: She's suffered one in the backstory to ''VideoGame/OverlordII'', apparently induced by the disappearance of her lover and the destruction of the Tower. Not only does she effectively abandon her own son in Nordberg and leave him to be bullied for the first few years of his life, but she also performed a full-fledged FaceHeelTurn by helping Solarius in his campaign against magical creatures.]]
135	* VillainTeleportation: Has a habit of performing these in the second game.
136	* WellIntentionedExtremist: She initially follows the Overlord out of a belief that his tyranny will bring Order to your kingdom better than the stupid feudal lords and fallen Heroes. [[spoiler: In ''2'', she's so fallen into OrderVersusChaos that when Chaos gets an edge, she [[TookALevelInJerkass became much more extremist and much less well-intentioned]].]]
137	* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:If you spurned her for Velvet, she betrays you in revenge and allows the Wizard into your Tower.]]
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140	[[folder:Velvet]]
141	!!Velvet
142	[[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overlord_velvet.jpg]]
143	!!! '''Species:''' Human
144	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Jonell Elliot
145	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' [[spoiler:(non-canon)]]
146	Rose's sister. Velvet is a sadistic, money-hungry seductress whom the Overlord rescues from William the Black. After saving her, she offers the Overlord to take her as his mistress and give him the time of his life, at which point he can spurn Rose and take her instead.
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148	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When the Wizard returns and tries to steal your magic and kill you, Velvet interrupts him by attacking the Tower Heart, giving you a chance to get your magic back and go after him.]]
149	* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler:Canonically, she was the Overlord's enemy.]]
150	* GoldDigger: Ohhhh yes, she had zero attachments to William, and it seems like she doesn't even end up falling for EvenEvilHasLovedOnes with the Overlord. [[spoiler: Her saving you if you choose her over Rose isn't an act of love so much as it is not wanting to give up her wealth, status, and servants.]]
151	* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She loves the murder as much as the pillaging.
152	-->'''Velvet:''' That's enough prolonging the excitement darling, I want to see some real elf blood.
153	* PolarOppositeTwins: She's a chaotic seductress whose love for the Overlord is only pockets deep. Rose is an orderly stick-in-the-mud, but her heart is in the right place... usually, who loves the Overlord genuinely.
154	* WomanScorned: If you reject her, [[spoiler: She finds a way to get the Wizard into the Tower.]]
155	[[/folder]]
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157	[[folder:Giblet]]
158	!!Giblet
159	!!! '''Species:''' Minion (brown)
160	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Marc Silk
161	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordMinions'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordII''
162	One of the Brown Minions who originally revives the Overlord and helps him recover the Tower Heart. Later becomes the forge master once the smelters are recovered.
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164	* TheBlacksmith: Once you get the Forge operational.
165	* ExtremeOmnivore: Giblet has a habit of chewing on almost anything, which will occasionally lead Gnarl to yell at him.
166	* MauveShirt: Is one of the few minions with a name.
167	* OlderThanHeLooks: The second game establishes that he is the second oldest minion after Gnarl while ''Minions'' is set an unknown amount of time before the first game, but despite this he doesn't look much older than the other minions. Though given how often minions die in the games it's possible that he's simply survived longer than most and is still pretty young for a minion, and it's also clear that even if he is the second oldest there is a clear age gap between him and Gnarl.
168	* PromotedToPlayable: In ''Minions'', which is a sequel to ''Dark Legend'' and therefore set before the events of the first game, you get to play as Giblet along with three other minions.
169	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: By the time of ''Fellowship of Evil'' his role as blacksmith is taken up by a female green minion named Ricket, with no mention to what happened to him.
170	[[/folder]]
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172	[[folder:Jester]]
173	!!Jester
174	!!! '''Species:''' Minion (brown)
175	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Marc Silk
176	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordDarkLegend''
177	The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Overlord's Jester]]. He hangs around the main tower hall reciting the Overlord's titles.
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179	* ButtMonkey: You can freely attack him with no ill effect, he serves as a training dummy in the tutorial.
180	* CourtJester: Complete with the hat with jingly bells, his own staff, and a repertoire of awful jokes you can deck him for.
181	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Ends up serving the Forgotten God, either out of spite or from possibly after being possessed by the Second Overlord.]]
182	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After [[spoiler: taunting the Overlord when he escapes from the collapsing Abyss portal]], he disappears from continuity entirely, necessitating a new Jester in the second game. [[spoiler: Chances are good he was killed offscreen for his betrayal.]]
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185	! Neutral Parties
186	[[folder:Bob]]
187	!!Bob the Farmer
188	!!! '''Species:''' Human
189	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
190	An easily-victimized peasant, Bob is one of the few humans to own territory outside the heavily-fortified village of Spree, and has suffered terribly because of it; halflings have invaded his farm and staked him out on the pumpkin patch as an improvised scarecrow. As the expansion pack reveals, his troubles don't stop there...
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192	* ButtMonkey: First, he's tied to a scarecrow frame and left to watch as his entire crop of pumpkins is destroyed. Then the Mellow Hills are invaded by Kahn. Then he's kidnapped by halflings all over again, this time being dragged into hell.
193	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In ''Raising Hell'', sapient Pumpkins are one of the enemies of the Mellow Hills Abyss.
194	* TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: He's under the impression that pumpkins can speak and are working with the halflings. Nevermind that halflings actually ''eat'' pumpkins...
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197	[[folder:Archie]]
198	!!Archibaldamius "Archie" Methuselah Wobbleboard the Third
199	!!! '''Species:''' Human
200	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Steve Steiner
201	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
202	As of Lord Spree's death in the attack on Spree Castle, Archie the innkeeper has been made the de facto mayor of Spree Village; with the village under siege by halfling raiders and no supplies but alcohol, he naturally beseeches the Overlord for help in recovering the food that the halflings stole from them.
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204	* TheBartender: Though he's also the mayor now, he much prefers his bartending job. There will always be beer ready for your minions whenever you drop into the town.
205	%%* BigFun: Probably the largest human we see.
206	* NiceGuy: He's probably the nicest and most intelligent human we see in the game, which admittedly is a pretty low bar.
207	* OverlyLongName: Archibaldamius Methuselah Wobbleboard the Third.
208	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He ended up stepping up to bat as the mayor of Spree after Jewel and Khan raided the castle and killed their local lord, and always thinks to do the best thing for his village. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for them he judges the best thing for Spree is to betray you to Khan for their survival, how badly this bites them up to the player.]]
209	%%* WastelandElder
210	* WhatTheHellHero: He calls you out if you choose to keep the food instead of giving it to the villagers. Though, if you're going down that karmic path, [[EvilOverlord he's greatly misread your character]].
211	[[/folder]]
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213	[[folder:The Silent Order]]
214	!! The Silent Order
215	!!! '''Species:''' Humans
216	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI''
217	A religious brotherhood established in the city of Heaven's Peak, the priests of the Order have barricaded themselves inside their fortress-like temple to keep out both the zombie hordes infesting the city and the remaining civilians seeking refuge.
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219	* BarrierWarrior: During the attack on their temple, the priests bolster their defenses with magical force fields.
220	* BlackComedy: People with lips sewn shut should be terrifying, but the Silent Order is played for laughs.
221	* CorruptChurch: Not actively villainous, but certainly self-obsessed, given that they're leaving dozens of potential worshipers to die outside their walls.
222	* AGodIsYou: After conquering their defenses, the Silent Order immediately declare you their new god. It even ends up as one of your titles!
223	* LightIsNotGood: The whole "stitching every member's lips shut" isn't a traditional "good guy church" thing..
224	* MouthStitchedShut: This is their price for joining their Order.
225	* ReligionIsMagic: The priests of the Order wield powerful magic abilities.
226	* TheUnintelligible: Because their lips are sewn up, the few talkative members can only mumble gibberish and occasionally mime what they're trying to say.
227	* WhiteMagic: Most of the magic used by the Silent Order seems to fall under this heading, given that most of it involves protective shields and resurrecting dead allies.
228	[[/folder]]
229
230	[[folder:The Forgotten God]]
231	!!The Forgotten God
232	!!! '''Species:''' Deity
233	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
234
235	The former consort of the Elven Mother Goddess, when he spurned her, she banished him to lord over [[{{Hell}} the Infernal Abyss]] and [[UnPerson struck his very name from existence]].
236	----
237	* BigBad: Of ''Raising Hell''
238	* LargeHam: He could give Gnarl a run for his money.
239	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He resembles a cross between an eastern dragon and [[Myth/AztecMythology Quezalcoatl]].
240	* SatanicArchetype: Like Satan, the god was once in service to another divine power, in this instance the Mother Goddess. By spurning that divine entity (cheating on her), he is banished to the Infernal Abyss for all eternity.
241	* UnPerson: The Mother Goddess cursed him to this fate. Anyone who tries to remember the god will quickly forget him. Part of his evil plan is to be remembered once again.
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:The Mother Goddess]]
245	!!The Mother Goddess
246	!!! '''Species:''' Deity
247
248	A deity worshipped by elves, and to a lesser extent dwarves and humans, who for whatever reason chooses not to get involved in the events taking place.
249	----
250	* BigBeautifulWoman: While we never see her in the flesh, according to Gnarl the horrendously obese (to the point of being FanDisservice) Elven priestesses in the second game gorge themselves on food to make themselves emulate the Mother Goddess, implying she's heavy-set in a way that calls to mind [[Art/VenusOfWillendorf The Venus of Willendorf statue]].
251	* TheGhost: Doesn't appear in any of the games unlike her ex, though is mentioned often.
252	* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Since the presence of the Forgotten God confirms she exists, it raises questions as to why the Goddess doesn't help the elves who suffer the most in the games or any of the magical creatures in the second game. Since it is unknown if she actually enjoys the suffering of the people worshipping her, the only explanation is that she simply doesn't care enough to help.
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	! The Seven Heroes
256	[[folder: In General]]
257
258	Seven legendary heroes who, many years ago, slew the previous Overlord. However, as the years passed they grew complacent in their fame and gradually succumbed to their selfish desires, becoming villains themselves in the process.
259	----
260	* TheCorruption: Self-inflicted as a direct result of descending into their respective vices, they all have absorbed a great deal of Evil energy.
261	* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Of the usual StockCharacters in fantasy stories and games, especially ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
262	* EmbodimentOfVice: They all represent a specific sin in very obvious ways.
263	* FallenHero: All of them except the Wizard, [[spoiler: because he was possessed by the Overlord so it isn't even him anymore]], were hailed as Heroes until they became corrupt. [[spoiler: Oberon [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is the only one who shows remorse]] and is granted a peaceful death for it instead of a karmic punishment in the Abyss.]]
264	* OfferedTheCrown: Some of the Heroes became king of their respective peoples after felling the last Overlord.
265	* SevenDeadlySins: Each Hero is modeled after one of the Sins.
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Melvin Underbelly]]
269	!! Melvin Underbelly
270	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melvin_underbelly.jpg]]
271	[[caption-width-right:350:"Melvin ain't so small now."]]
272	!!! '''Species:''' Halfling
273	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Brian Bowles
274	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
275	A Halfling and the first of the heroes you encounter. Since the Overlord's fall, Melvin has been made King of the Halflings, and has succumbed to the sin of Gluttony.
276	----
277	* AdiposeRex: He became immensely rotund from his constant feasting as the ruler of Spree, after becoming a hero.
278	* ArcVillain: The main threat for the main questline in Mellow Hills.
279	* FatBastard: His stomach has expanded considerably since his glory days.
280	* ForkFencing: His weapon of choice is a large golden fork, which is naturally stolen by the minions following his death.
281	* ImAHumanitarian: According to captured peasants, Melvin's appetites have extended this far and he keeps human peasants as another ingredient for his endless feasts.
282	* IronicHell: For his gluttony, he wound up in a hell of killer pumpkins and exploding sheep, where he eats endless amounts of food and is unable to stop until he literally explodes... only to be re-incarnated and made to repeat this over and over and over again for all eternity. [[spoiler: At the end of his abyss, the Overlord leaves him in a pit, where it turns into "starve for eternity", which is still ironic.]]
283	* JabbaTableManners: His eating habits disgusts even the Minions, who urinate on everything and wear dead rats for hats.
284	* PopGoesTheHuman: When you kill Melvin he explodes into a disgusting mess of bile; when you find him in his Ironic hell, this become a gameplay element.
285	* RollingAttack: Halfway through his fight he decides to just roll over the Overlord and his horde.
286	* TrashOfTheTitans: His mansion is decidedly messy; numerous corridors and hallways have been converted into improvised storehouses for all the dirty dishes and table scraps that the feasts constantly produce.
287	* VillainousGlutton: Melvin is so gluttonous that he's carved out an entire empire from the surrounding countryside just to feed his appetite.
288	* WeightTaller: He's taller than the Overlord! And that took some considerable work, since halflings are supposed to be short.
289	[[/folder]]
290
291	[[folder:Oberon Greenhaze]]
292	!! Oberon Greenhaze
293	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oberon_greenhaze.png]]
294	[[caption-width-right:350:"Once I deserted by people, my forest, and I have been punished. I will not desert them again."]]
295	!!! '''Species:''' Elf
296	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Mason B. Fisher
297	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
298	An Elven ranger and one of the heroes. After the Overlord's fall, Oberon succumbed to Sloth and slept while the Dwarves raided his home and wiped out his people. As a last subconscious act, Oberon's body became a great tree, blocking passage to keep the Dwarves from further destroying his people's home.
299	----
300	* AndIMustScream: Oberon's semi-conscious and knows what he's doing to the forest, but is unable to do anything about it.
301	* ArcVillain: For the Evernight Forest. His dreaming state is the cause of the forest's state of corruption.
302	* DespairEventHorizon: After coming back from fighting the previous Overlord, he got tired of fighting or just making any effort at all. He ended up part of the forest and subservient to the tree that overtook him as his willpower waned.
303	* DestructiveSavior: His last shot at the Dwarves did lock them into their mountains, but Oberon's done an incredible amount of damage to the forest because of it.
304	* HeavySleeper: He only wakes up after all of his tree's roots are killed.
305	* IronicHell: His abyss; he's trapped in his tree form and forced to watch his subjects massacred over and over in a ([[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking badly acted]]) play about the genocide of the elves. This ends when the Overlord arrives and [[ThrowTheDogABone he is finally granted a peaceful death]] instead of a new form of ironic torture.
306	* LazyBum: He is modeled after the sin of Sloth, though at most it is just being tired of conflict that shows itself as his physical body sleeping.
307	* MercyKill: In the final stage of the boss battle, he begs you for one of these. [[PetTheDog You oblige him.]] Of course, the Overlord [[PragmaticVillainy can't reach Dwarven lands without killing him.]]
308	* MookMaker: Creates some kind of skull-headed feral rat creatures from his nightmares. Get used to these guys while you travel in Evernight.
309	* PeoplePuppets: Oberon got taken over by the magic tree, and the plant doesn't let him do anything.
310	* TokenGoodTeammate: The only one of the Heroes who expresses regret over what they've become, and the only one not enjoying himself; furthermore, the Wizard later reveals that [[spoiler: when the Eighth Hero fell to his apparent death, Oberon was the only Hero who insisted that they try to rescue him.]] Even his sin (simply tiring of conflict) is rather light compared to the others. This may be why he has a sympathetic death scene, and [[spoiler: his Abyss ends with him flat out destroyed and given the peace of true death while the others get their ironic hells shifted to another form of ironic torture. One could even make a reasonable argument this is why the Overlord canonically saves the Elves from going extinct, as Oberon wasn't particularly evil or corrupt and did make the attempt to try to rescue the Overlord when he was still a Hero while the rest of the party wrote him off as dead.]]
311	* TragicVillain: This Elf may have caused most of his species to die by not wanting to fight any more, but it's considerably more sympathetic than the other heroes who laughed as they went down the slippery slope.
312	* WhenTreesAttack: While Oberon doesn't want to fight you, the tree sure does. It's the driving force in the boss battle; beat the tree down so you can kill Oberon.
313	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: One Elf gets tired of war and refuses to fight, and his entire species is nearly killed as a result due to not helping fight the dwarven army led by his former ally. He then gets controlled by a giant tree in the time while the Overlord is sleeping. As it's a magic tree, it turns the entire forest into a literally nightmarish place populated by Skulls (upright-walking skull-headed animal nightmares) and Elf ghosts. Oberon cannot end it himself, seeing as the tree won't let him wake up unless it is in direct danger.
314	* YourMindMakesItReal: Besides all the elves in the forest being, well, dead, there's also the small matter of Oberon's nightmares taking on a physical forms as monsters called Skulls.
315	[[/folder]]
316
317	[[folder:Sir William]]
318	!! Sir William the Bold/Black
319	[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/william_the_paladin.jpg]]
320	!!! '''Species:''' Human
321	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Steve Steiner
322	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
323	A human paladin, Sir William succumbed to the sin of Lust and makes all of Heaven's Peak suffer for it, leading a cult devoted specifically to sex. He's also Velvet's betrothed, though she really doesn't give a damn about him.
324	----
325	* ArcVillain: For Heaven's Peak.
326	* CampStraight: He acts very effeminate, but the fact he summons succubi for his own pleasure should make it obvious he's not gay. Also he was supposed to marry Velvet.
327	* DecadentCourt: Runs one, mainly concerned with being a pleasure cult.
328	* DegradedBoss: He makes a last stand to keep you from escaping his Abyss alongside the enslaved men who were being forced to work, but due to his death, the Abyss making him weaker, or [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment being tied to a gigantic mop getting dunked and spun around constantly]], William has about as much health and offensive power as one of Jewel's assassins - still somewhat threatening but a far cry from the fight he put up as a boss.
329	* FlunkyBoss: When he's not fighting, he sends his cult goons to swarm you.
330	* {{Foreshadowing}}: He mentions the Wizard was the one who taught him to not care for his chastity, giving you an idea of who the main threat is. He also seems to know the Overlord...
331	* TheHedonist: He is fully committed to pursuing every pleasure and he regrets nothing.
332	-->"I may have fallen, but what a ride!"
333	* IronicHell: His abyss is a {{Ladyland}} where the housewives of the husbands his cult seduced are supernaturally empowered and forced William and the cheating husbands into slavery. William himself has been tied into what, for all intents and purposes, is a gigantic mop. By the time it's over, you end up forcefully taking the women and their husbands back to the city and leave William all alone with nobody to indulge in his hedonism with.
334	* LightIsNotGood: Paladins are commonly perceived as fully committed to the pursuit of Good and vanquishing Evil. And then William decided to "cast off archaic morality".
335	* {{Lust}}: While most directly seen with his association with [[SuccubiAndIncubi the Succubus Queen and her subjects]], Sir William lusts after ''everything'' to the point of general hedonism.
336	* TheOathbreaker: In regards to his vows of chastity.
337	* TeleportSpam: During his boss fight.
338	* VillainousFriendship: Goldo sent him a wedding present which suggests that the two are still close… though when the wedding is called off, Goldo is prepared to take the present back.
339	[[/folder]]
340
341	[[folder:Goldo Golderson]]
342	!!Goldo Golderson
343	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goldo_5.jpg]]
344	!!! '''Species:''' Dwarf
345	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
346
347	The Dwarven king who, [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame predictably]], fell to the sin of Greed; driven by hunger for gold, he attacked Evernight to loot the Elvish temple treasures, and kept only a handful of Elves alive- the males to work as slaves in his gold mines, the females to be his consorts. In combat, he uses a giant steampunk tank called Rollie.
348	----
349	* AndIMustScream: His afterlife comprises him being turned into a sentient golden statue that can never move (it can certainly writhe in pain, but not move)… and once his subjects get a hold of him, he doesn't even get to stay in the same shape anymore since they break him into chunks.
350	* ArcVillain: For Golden Hills.
351	* BeardOfEvil: Has a beard like any other Dwarf, but he is the main reason the Dwarves became hostile toward other nations and enslaved Elves for his gold mine.
352	* BlingOfWar: Goldo totters into battle wearing a suit of golden armor and a golden crown, and wielding a golden axe for good measure. Both the crown and the axe become collectibles for your minions after his death.
353	* TheCorruptor: His fall to Greed apparently took the entire Dwarvish race with him as they happily pillaged and massacred the Elves for loot and slaves, earning all of them, not just Goldo, a stay in the Abyss.
354	* FluffyTheTerrible: Rollie, a gigantic steam tank of war with a spiked roller on the front.
355	* GoldFever: Suffers from this, and sparked it off in the rest of the Dwarves.
356	* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: His castle hoards tons of gold and he wears nothing but gold.
357	* {{Greed}}: His particular sin, which shows itself as GoldFever.
358	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Quite a few of Goldo's inner retinue can be crushed to death by falling chunks of ceiling thanks to his policy of over-mining the caverns.
359	* ICanStillFight: Even after the Overlord smashes Rollie, Goldo will still be standing and struggling to swing his axe. [[KaizoTrap He can actually kill the Overlord]] [[DeathOfAThousandCuts by doing this]].
360	* IronicHell: For his Greed, Goldo gets turned into a living statue of solid gold. Though, the one calling the shots in the Abyss is fascinated when the Dwarves' fury at Goldo for getting them sent to the Abyss overcomes their greed, and is content to let Goldo get pummeled by his own once-loyal subjects.
361	* LastSecondVillainRecovery: After you defeat Rollie, Goldo himself will stagger out of the wreckage, waving his axe menacingly in the air. Though he's in no fit state for a sustained fight and will go down in one hit, he can still damage you if you get close enough - and if you're not careful, [[KaizoTrap it's entirely possible for him to kill you this way]].
362	* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: He's squat, has a magnificent beard, loves beer, gold and axes, and when he fell to a deadly sin of ''course'' it would be a GoldFever variant of {{Greed}}. Of all the fantasy races we see in the series, Goldo and the Dwarves are about as fantasy-standard as you get.
363	* PunnyName: It apparently runs in the family as, according to Gnarl, his mother is called Goldie Golddigger while his cousin is Golden Goldeater.
364	* SlaveRace: He started a war between the Elves and the Dwarves because he wanted the Elves' gold. Goldo made the remaining Elven men into a workforce to mine more gold. And then he forced the remaining women to [[SexSlave be his consorts]].
365	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Subverted; after seeing the Overlord and his minions approaching, Goldo beats a hasty retreat... only to return in the driver's seat of Rollie.
366	* TheScrooge: He went to Heaven's Peak to take his wedding gift back when he learned the wedding was cancelled.
367	* TakenForGranite: Was turned into a sentient gold statue after he died.
368	* TankGoodness: Rollie, a deadly steam tank that he keeps as a last resort.
369	* VillainousFriendship: While he does try to take it back after the wedding is called off, he still sends a present to Sir William, suggesting that they remained close after the Heroes went their separate ways and became corrupt.
370	[[/folder]]
371
372	[[folder:Jewel]]
373	!!Jewel the Thief
374	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jewel_overlord.jpg]]
375	!!! '''Species:''' Human
376	!!! '''Voiced by:''' Melissa Monzo
377	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI''
378
379	A human thief, Jewel suffers from the sin of Envy, and uses her skill as a thief to steal whatever she can. Alongside her lover and partner Kahn, Jewel leads an army of bandits and beholders in her assaults to make certain she gets what she wants.
380	----
381	* ArcVillain: Of the Ruborian Desert.
382	* ClassyCatBurglar: Leads a band of ninjas and just steals everything, nailed down or not.
383	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all her faults, her affection for Kahn seems to be genuine.
384	* GetBackHereBoss: You don't actually fight Jewel in a boss battle. You have to chase her down to her hideout, then herd Jewel onto the nearby Tower Portal to nab her.
385	* GreenEyedMonster: Got something you value? Even if it's just an old teddy bear, Jewel wants it. What you treasure, she wants out of nothing more then jealousy. Fittingly, envy is her associated sin.
386	* NonActionGuy: She lets Khan and their army do the action.
387	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When you capture and interrogate her, she just... disappears from the game. Mention is made of an iron maiden from Gnarl, but Jewel doesn't even show up in the Abyss, so it's unlikely she died from it.
388	* YoungerThanSheLooks: According to Rose she is "barely out of the cradle" which suggest she is in her late teens or early twenties. However she doesn't look that different to Rose.
389	[[/folder]]
390
391	[[folder:Kahn]]
392	!!Kahn the Warrior
393	!!! '''Species:''' Human (giant)
394	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' \| ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
395
396	A giant human warrior, Kahn is possessed by Wrath and leads an army of beholders and mercenaries alongside Jewel.
397	----
398	%%* BaldOfEvil: To go with his scary black man look.
399	* TheBerserker: Has taken this to a new extreme by being like this all the time.
400	* BerserkButton: ''Everything but Jewel'', but he takes it especially poorly when you capture Jewel.
401	* TheDragon: For Jewel.
402	* DragonTheirFeet: After Jewel is captured, Khan goes on the warpath and tears a trail of destruction across the Overlord's domain to get her back.
403	* EpicFlail: Large spiky mace that's the shape of a barrel. All the better to smash little Minions with.
404	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his evil, he does really love Jewel, enough to go off on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for her.
405	* HairTriggerTemper: A particularly extreme example, as almost anything will set him off.
406	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: In their scenes together, he towers over Jewel by several feet. And then somehow gets bigger for your boss fight.
407	* IronicHell: Less so than the others, but still fitting. When you find Khan in the final Abyss, he's been turned into a wall, unable to fight or express his anger in a physical form. He doesn't seem to be too miffed about his situation, oddly enough, maybe because he was finally able to sit still long enough to realize rage won't solve anything at that point.
408	* MightyGlacier: If you've seen berserkers in other games, they're normally fast. Kahn can't do much more than a slow walk, but that mace will take out groups of minions at a time.
409	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Once Jewel is captured, Kahn and his men immediately begin invading the cities you've conquered.
410	* ScaryBlackMan: See how confident you are when a black man the size of a small house stomps towards you.
411	* ThirdPersonPerson: When he gets angry, he tends to refer to himself this way.
412	* UnstoppableRage: Got to put him down to end the invasion. And he's [[{{Foreshadowing}} convinced the Overlord is in cahoots with the Wizard]]. His particular sin is, fittingly, Wrath.
413	* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Stride toward Overlord, smash Overlord. Repeat.
414	[[/folder]]
415
416	[[folder:The Wizard]]
417	!!The Wizard
418	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_wizard_overlord.jpg]]
419	[[caption-width-right:350:"The good always want to be Heroes. They're so... predictable! And so are you."]]
420	!!! '''Species:''' Human
421	!!! '''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/OverlordI''
422
423	A human wizard and the first to turn evil in succumbing to the sin of Pride, and subsequently the one to corrupt all the other heroes.
424	----
425	* AppealToFlattery: His corrupting advice to the Heroes always finished with saying "you're a Hero now", as not only does he suffers from pride but he made a point of cultivating it in others.
426	* TheArchMage: Masters most of the magic in the game, and he even told William how to summon succubi for his cult.
427	* BadassLongRobe: Which also flaps a little as he flies around.
428	* BigBad: [[spoiler:He's actually the previous Overlord who was killed by the Heroes, having performed a GrandTheftMe on the original Wizard and purged his soul from his body. He uses the player to kill the Heroes after corrupting them and leaving them vulnerable while he recovered. When Kahn is killed, he takes that as his cue and returns to the Tower to steal back his power and kill you.]]
429	* BeardOfEvil: Formerly just a WizardBeard.
430	* TheCorrupter: Every Hero you fight received [[StartOfDarkness advice from this guy]]. The Heroes might have remained Good if not for this fellow's influence.
431	* EarlyBirdCameo: If you look carefully during the Overlord's attack on the Golden Hills, he can be seen making a surreptitious exit.
432	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite the fact that [[spoiler: they're not actually his children, being the real wizard's kids]] he seems to genuinely care for his daughters and is upset about whichever turns on him in favour of the Overlord.
433	* EvilSorcerer: Good Wizard, Evil Sorcerer. Oh, how time changes everything.
434	* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler:With the twist that the flunkies he's using are stronger and more demented version of your own minions.]]
435	* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He brought back the Eighth Hero to "succeed" him and kill off the other heroes so that he could easily reclaim his power. Not only did the Eighth Hero turn out to be a better master than he was, he ends up killing the Wizard after a brief struggle for power.]]
436	* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:He completely purged the original Wizard's soul from his body, leaving only the Overlord.]]
437	* HannibalLecture: During his fight he taunts you with words he told the Heroes when he was corrupting them.
438	* {{Irony}}: The Wizard never stops gloating over how easy is was to corrupt the rest of the heroes into succumbing to the Deadly Sins... doesn't that sound a bit Prideful to anyone?
439	* MagicStaff: He's a wizard so obviously he has one.
440	* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler: Rose and Velvet recall that the Wizard was too wrapped up in his work to be much of a father to them.]]
441	* PowerFloats: He is never shown walking and during the final battle often flies to escape harm.
442	* SmugSnake: {{Pride}}'s his hat. This had to come into play somewhere.
443	* SquishyWizard: His health drops like an anvil once you can get past his magical defenses.
444	* TokenGoodTeammate: Oddly. [[spoiler: The actual wizard effectively died without being corrupted, as he was possessed by the previous Overlord.]]
445	* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:His death allowed him to possess the Wizard and get close to the Heroes, corrupting them into the aggressive menaces encountered over the course of the game; once his replacement has done his dirty work in getting rid of them, he can take back his throne with no opposition from any of his former "allies", with a renewed and more powerful army of Minions to conquer the world.]]
446	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Wizard's failure to truly defeat the Overlord which led to him being possessed is to blame for everything that came after. Using the Wizard's body the Overlord is able to corrupt the Seven Heroes, with Gnarl believing that it was their villainy and deaths that made it possible for gates to be opened to the Abyss. This led to the new Overlord being trapped and leaving the Dark Tower defenseless when Florian sneaked in and caused the Tower Heart to explode, resulting in a magical plague that made people hate magical creatures and cause the creation of the Glorious Empire. The only way Good is able to return by the time of ''Fellowship of Evil'' in the form of the Shining Justice organization is because his grandson, who was the new Overlord, stopped the Devourer and restored order through dismantling the Empire and becoming ruler.]]
447	* WalkingSpoiler: Due to [[spoiler:being the corrupter of the heroes and the orginal overlord who survived through a GrandTheftMe of the wizard.]]
448	%%* AWizardDidIt: The Wizard being the corrupter of all the heroes was probably a play on this meme.%%Examples aren't speculative or ambiguous. Was it or wasn't it?
449	[[/folder]]

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