History Sandbox / MagnificentBastardBuffyverse

* "[[Recap/AngelS02E17Disharmony Disharmony]]": [[DarkMessiah Doug Sanders]] is a former ConMan turned messiah of his own cult of vampires. Upon being sired, Doug founded "Selective Slaughter", a community of vampires focused around reaching their full potential and growing their numbers exponentially. By having his vampires sire two humans and capture another one each, Doug not only ensures the police don't notice the disappearances, but creates a [[PeopleFarm large amount of food]] for his community. When Harmony is sent in as TheMole, Doug converts her to his side within minutes, setting a trap for Angel's gang and promoting her for her success. Though his vampires flee from the battle, Doug shows no fear and attacks Angel head on, [[DefiantToTheEnd continuing his vampiric rhetoric up until his death]].

* [[BigGood Sineya]], the [[FirstOfItsKind First Slayer]], was a young girl captured by the Shadowmen, infused with demon essence, and turned into a great warrior at the expense of her humanity. After driving back the Old Ones from Earth and eventually dying, Sineya lived on as a spirit attached to the mortal plane, encountering the Scooby Gang as both a friend and foe. After being summoned for the strength necessary to defeat Adam, Sineya grew angry that Buffy relied on allies to perform her duties and thus punished the gang, tormenting them with nightmares before killing them one by one. When Buffy proves her wrong, Sineya simply gives her a warning of the future, then [[DefeatMeansFriendship continues to serve]] as a SpiritAdvisor to the Slayer. Consistently giving cryptic advice that leads to the downfall of several major villains, including the First Evil and Simone Doffler, Sineya eventually gives one of her visions to Billy Lane, a non-Slayer, showing that she now accepts allies in the fight against evil.

* "TheMaster", born Heinrich Joseph Nest, is the first "[[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBigBads Big Bad]]" Buffy ever faced and one of the few villains to truly best her, both physically and mentally. One of the oldest and most powerful vampires in the modern era, the Master was Darla's sire, with her power, and thus the powers of [[TheDreaded Angelus, Drusilla]], and [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerSpike Spike]] all coming from him. Determined to escape his mystical prison no matter the cost, the Master attempts to utilize the Harvest to do so and learns of Buffy's existence in the process. The Master sets his escape in motion multiple times through very underhanded means, such as using Buffy's friend Jesse [=McNally=] as bait and using a double to trick her into thinking she'd killed his Anointed One. After convincing Buffy that she'd averted his prophesized escape, he successfully lures her to his prison and then [[CurbStompBattle easily kills her]], escaping his prison and opening the Hellmouth for his demons to wreak havoc. Standing out for his poise and leadership, the Master's influence lasts for many years after his death, with Buffy never forgetting the one vampire that successfully killed her.

* "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E8IRobotYouJane I Robot, You Jane]]": [[TheCorruptor Moloch the Corruptor]] is an ancient demon who convinces humans to follow him through [[MoreThanMindControl promises of his love]]. Accidentally released into the internet, Moloch revels in his new power through various methods, from small things like changing a student's history paper to big things like tying the Vatican up in a bank error. Manipulating computer geniuses Dave and Fritz to his cause, Moloch orders them to kill Buffy when he learns that she's the Slayer; when Dave saves her instead, he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has Fritz kill him]] and make it look like a suicide. After convincing research facility Calax to build him a physical body, he has Willow kidnapped so she can witness his rebirth, and after professing his love for her, he offers her [[WeCanRuleTogether a place at his side]]. Genuinely capable of loving humans, Moloch is the first proof that not all demons are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil pure evil]].

* Seasons 1 & 2: [[AmoralAttorney Holland Manners]], one of the longest lasting and highest ranking attorneys of Wolfram & Hart, is a brilliant schemer who recruits many of the Firm's best talent and keeps evil flourishing in the world. Holland manages to [[TheCorruptor corrupt his protege Lindsey]] even further with nothing more than a promotion, engineering the freedom and prosperity of many evil beings by legal maneuvers and brings about the return of Darla to corrupt Angel. Arranging for Darla's Siring at the hands of Drusilla to break Angel further, Holland ends up killed by Darla in the end but returns to escort Angel to a supposed final conflict with the "Senior Partners" of the firm. After delivering a speech on the inexorable nature of despair, Holland deposits Angel back on earth, revealing that the true nature of evil is found within human souls, driving Angel furthest into the depths of despair.

** [[MayorPain Mayor Richard Wilkins "III"]], the season's [[BigBad main antagonist]], was the founder of Sunnydale and the [[GreaterScopeVillain architect of much of the evil in the show]] to that point. Having created the town as a place for demons to gather, Wilkins manipulates the town and demons alike to empower himself for his Ascension into a pure-blooded demon. Wilkins frequently stays ahead of Buffy and the Scooby Gang and manages to become invulnerable, even allowing the rogue slayer [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerFaithLehane Faith Lehane]] to join his team. Forming a genuinely loving father-daughter bond with her, Wilkins manages to complete his plans to Ascend, with only a fullscale war at Sunnydale High managing to stop him. Even post-mortem, Wilkins leaves behind a way for Faith to prosper and possibly destroy Buffy. Despite his clear evil, Wilkins manages to remain [[AffablyEvil a very pleasant]] and intelligent man, always ready with a smile and a joke who proves to be one of Buffy's most dangerous enemies.

* {{Crossover}} comic ''Past Lives'': Alexa Landry

Across the expansive Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}, from [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Sunnydale]] to [[Series/{{Angel}} Los Angeles]] and beyond, [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBuffySummers Buffy Summers]], [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerAngel Angel]], and [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerScoobyGang their]] [[Characters/AngelInvestigations teams]] have faced many villains in their time, oftentimes the worst that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity]] and demonkind have to offer. Among this diverse group comes these exceptions, standing out for their [[MagnificentBastard style and skill]].

* "Cemetery of Lost Love": [[BorrowinSamedi Baron Samedi]] is the guardian of cemeteries who allies with Verona, a woman with a grudge against Buffy. Seeking Buffy's soul as payment, Samedi has maggots and bugs fly out of her purse and college kitchen, catching her attention and luring her to his graveyard where a trap awaits her. When Spike attempts to intervene, Samedi conjures up an image of Drusilla cruelly taunting him, [[MindRape breaking his spirit]] so he can be overwhelmed by Samedi's zombies. When the ritual then goes wrong and Verona asks for help, Samedi responds by [[YourSoulIsMine taking Verona's soul instead of Buffy's]], implying that he intends to see Buffy again in the future before disappearing.