* CompleteMonster: [[AntagonisticGovernor Imperial Governor Aaron Snelund]], from ''The Rebel Worlds'' (Flandry, #3), gets a title and position by becoming the Emperor's lover, before [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating the drunken Emperor]] into posting him to some far-off sector, where Snelund swiftly becomes a terrible ruler, instituting an [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil illegal slave trade]]. In one instance he punishes one alien village for not obeying him swiftly enough by [[WouldHurtAChild impaling the village's children]] and [[ForcedToWatch forcing their parents to watch]] for the three days it takes them to die. Snelund later kidnaps the beloved wife of the Imperial admiral of his sector so he can rape and torture her.
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