YMMV / Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On

• Complete Monster: Lord Anvis, the ambitious ruler of the Ebon Riders, has coveted the power of the Rite of Overlapping since he was a child and envied those who harnessed its power. Anvis's first attempt at the Rite involved forcing the man capable of performing the ritual into doing so with a knife pointed at his wife's neck, resulting in a botched ritual that killed both the man and his wife anyways. Anvis later repeats another attempt at the Rite he knows is doomed to fail with one of his loyal minions in his place, resulting in the annihilation of her soul. Anvis manages to cajole the son of the sorcerer he murdered years ago into performing the Rite on him, and with his newfound power Anvis promptly annihilates the nearest town and attempts to obliterate the gigantic city of Gildegaran simply because he believes the strong must eradicate the weak. Anvis is the sole demonstration of genuine human evil and the only figurative monster in a franchise full of literal monsters.