"I will retake what is mine. I will crush any idea of freedom. I will slaughter without mercy. I will conquer without compassion. I will...enforce my will on the entire world!"
— Qin Shi Huang (aka the Dragon Emperor), Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy franchise has been around since 1932. While the titular Mummy, Imhotep, is usually portrayed as a Tragic Villain with many positive traits, there are others throughout the franchise that completely lack any level of humanity, figuratively and/or literally.
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The Mummy
- The Mummy Trilogy:
- The Mummy Returns: The Scorpion King, the wicked descendant of the heroic Mathayus, led an army to conquer the world. Upon defeat, he vowed himself to the dark god Anubis and was gifted with Anubis's mighty army with which he used to brutally exterminate countless innocent lives and entire cities that lay before him. Claimed by Anubis, he awakens many centuries later, intending to use his army to eradicate all who live.
- Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: Qin Shi Huang, the titular Dragon Emperor, ferociously conquered China two millennia ago. Forcing his defeated enemies to build The Great Wall of China, burying thousands of the dead and exhausted within the foundation, the Emperor cursed their souls to hold up the Wall for eternity. Seeking immortality, the Emperor enlisted the help of sorceress Zi Yuan but became enraged with her for sleeping with one of his Generals and tried to kill them both before Zi Yuan's curse turned the Emperor and his armies to clay. After his resurrection, the Emperor uses Shangri-La to become immortal and announces to his terra cotta warriors his intent to put the planet under his totalitarian regime.
- 2017 remake:
- Film: Ahmanet, once trained to succeed her father on the throne of Egypt, made a dark pact with the god Set after the birth of her baby brother to bring darkness throughout the world. Murdering her father, stepmother, and baby brother, Ahmanet was mummified alive before Set could manifest. Freed millennia later, Ahmanet drains the life of innocent people to replenish her strength and attempts to manifest Set through hero Nick Morton. Later captured by the organization called The Prodigium, Ahmanet escapes by massacring the personnel and creates widespread chaos and death throughout London. Setting her eyes on Nick, Ahmanet spitefully murders Nick's Love Interest Jenny and attempts to convince him to accept Set so she may rule over the world as a queen.
- Demastered Video Game adaptation: Princess Ahmanet, upon awakening, slaughters the entire Prodigium team that investigates supernatural activity. Draining many people of life and turning them into zombies, Ahmanet sends her monsters to kill the nameless Prodigium agent who was sent to put her down. Later on attacking the Prodigium base and unleashing a catastrophe upon the city, Ahmanet plans to spread death and destruction all over the world and, upon being defeated, summons Set to bring about the end of the world.
The Scorpion King spinoff series
- First film: Memnon is the king of an invading horde of warriors from the east who kidnapped the sorceress, Cassandra, to use her foreseeing ability to enact a brutal campaign across the land. Leaving countless settlements in flames, Memnon would have all within slaughtered, even if they surrendered. Developing an unhealthy obsession with Cassandra, Memnon intends to take her for himself when his acts of conquest are complete. When Mathayus attempts to assassinate him, Memnon forces him to watch as he slits Mathayus's brother's throat and leaves him to be devoured by killer ants. With Mathayus escaping with Cassandra, Memnon intends on having his armies wipe out the remaining tribes to claim Cassandra for himself and impose the "order" he craves.
- Rise of a Warrior: Sargon, king of Akkad, uses black magic to kill Mathayus's father with scorpions, and then runs a horrific regime where people are killed just for speech he dislikes. When Mathayus infiltrates his guard to kill him, Sargon tries to force Mathayus to kill his own brother Noah to test his loyalty and uses Black Magic to kill Noah when Mathayus refuses. Seeking more dark power from the goddess Astarte, Sargon attempts to massacre all of Akkad by burning the people alive while he attempts to kill Mathayus personally.
- Battle for Redemption: Talus is the wicked, cruel brother of King Horus who seeks the Book of the Dead to make an army big enough to invade his brother's kingdom. He invades the East, killing and pillaging along the way, burning down a village during his conquest which forces the bystanders to take refuge in the jungles. Talus rips off the ear of an officer, then kills a messenger for bringing him bad news. During his invasion of King Remusan's castle, Talus uses a catapult to burn enemy soldiers alive on the battlefield then badly injuries the king himself to the point of him dying of his wounds. Talus would summon undead warriors with the Book of the Dead and has them kill his own soldiers to demonstrate their powers before ordering them to mercilessly kill all of the refugees and Silda's clan. During his escape from Mathayus, Talus causes an explosion, not caring if his men get caught in it as a result.
- The Book of Souls: Nebserek, fancying himself a new God-King, finds the Fang of Anubis and sweeps a cleansing fire over the world. Killing countless people, Nebserek reaps their souls with the Fang to consign to eternal, screaming agony while growing stronger with the souls he claims. Intending on finding Mathayus to wipe out the last Akkadian, Nebserek orders Amina, the Book of Souls, burnt alive while he intends to make sport of Mathayus before claiming his soul as well, all in revenge for the Akkadians having forced the God-King to have once "lived as a jackal".
- Rise of the Akkadian Video Game prequel: Magus infiltrates Khemet, murdering its lord and an innocent concubine to draw in Mathayus so he may use the Akkadian to find the Sword of Osiris. Magus attempts to exterminate the Akkadian people with his armies, manipulating Mathayus the entire time until he reveals himself after kidnapping Mathayus's brothers for sacrifices. Upon summoning Set, Magus plans to annihilate the world of the living itself to reign over the land of the dead.
