Darkness/Examples

Villainous Overview Examples Gallery

Examples

Literature

• Nylarhotep (Cthulhu Mythos)
• Count Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula).
• Middle-earth:
  • Morgoth (The Silmarillion).
  • Sauron (The Lord of the Rings).
• Tash (The Chronicles of Narnia).
• The Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain).
• Stephen King:
  • The Crimson King (The Dark Tower).
  • Pet Sematary (Pet Sematary).
  • Wendigo (Pet Sematary).
  • IT/Pennywise (IT).
  • Tak (Desperation).
• Harry Potter:
  • Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone).
  • Dementors (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban).
  • Death Eaters (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).

Comic Books

• The Evil One (Sonic the Comic).

Live-Action

• Gozer (Ghostbusters).
• Disney:
  • The Spellbook (Hocus Pocus).
  • The Black Flame Candle (Hocus Pocus).
• Gozer (Ghostbusters).
• Super Sentai:
  • Dai-Satan
  • Dai-Satan Pillar
• The Strongest of Black Magic
  • DoraSceptre
• Power Rangers:
  • Master Vile
  • Rita Repulsa
  • Lord Zedd
  • The Magic Wand
  • The Z Staff
  • The Altar of Magic
  • Lokar the Terrible

Cartoons

• Disney:
  • Chernabog (Disney's Fantasia).
  • The Horned King (Disney's The Black Cauldron).
• Karkull (Superman: The Animated Series).
• Justice League:
  • The Old Ones
  • Ichthultu
  • Relex
  • Shade
• Samurai Jack:
  • The Black Mass
  • Aku

Anime/Manga

• Sailor Moon:
  • Chaos
  • Queen Metallia/Negaforce
  • Queen Beryl
  • Dark Kingdom/Negaverse
  • Wiseman
  • Dark Crystal
  • Nememis/Negamoon
  • Black Moon Clan/Negamoon Family
  • Queen Nehenelia
  • Dead Moon/Dark Moon
  • Dead Moon Circus/Dark Moon Circus
  • Zirconia

Videogames

• Final Fantasy:
  • Emperor Mateus (Final Fantasy II).
    • The Dark Emperor (Final Fantasy II).
    • The Light Emperor (Final Fantasy II).
  • Demon Rods (each also called "Demon's Rod") (Final Fantasy II).
  • Malice Rod/Emperor Mateus' Malice (Final Fantasy II).
• Ninja Gaiden:
  • Jaquio (Ninja Gaiden).
  • Ashtar (Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos).
  • The Grip of Murder (Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge).
• Mortal Kombat:
  • The Netherrealm (Mortal Kombat).
  • Lord Shinnok (Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero).
  • The Titans (Mortal Kombat 11).
  • The Amulet of Shinnok (Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero).
  • The Crown of Shinnok (Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero).
  • The Pyramid of Shinnok (Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero).
  • Lord Shinnok's Spire (Mortal Kombat: Armageddon).
  • The Cathedral of Shinnok/Bone Temple (Mortal Kombat 11).
  • The Sacrament of Shinnok (Mortal Kombat 11).
• NiGHTS:
  • Wizeman the Wicked (NiGHTS: Into Dreams).
  • Nightmarens (NiGHTS: Into Dreams).
  • Nightmare/Nightmare Zone (NiGHTS: Into Dreams/NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams).
• The Master of Darkness (Heart of Darkness).
• Silent Hill:
  • Silent Hill (Silent Hill).
  • God (Silent Hill).
• Jak & Daxter:
  • Dark Eco (Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy).
  • Gol and Maia Acheron (Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy).
  • Metalheads
    • Metal Kor
  • Dark Makers/Dark Precursors
• Mandala (Ghostbusters).