D&D General What other famous D&D villains deserve to be Dark Lords?

[LuisCarlos17f]

Beargle the infamous.

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Now seriosly the mind lords from Dark Sun (from "Mind Lords of the last Sea"). They betrayed their king when he was warned of the impending disaster.

 

[SkidAce]

I don't think he actually does that much himself, just is the nominal ruler of a kingdom that doesn't care what the nobility - read Wizards - does.

But for a couple of Mystaran villains, there's Hosadus the Master of Hule and the Shadowlord of Denagoth. Maybe a case for a couple of the Glantrian Princes, but I don't think they're actually as significant as they'd want to believe ("Why won't you take me?" screams Brannart McGregor).

The other place I'm going is Cerilia, the Birthright setting. Let's take The Gorgon.

And/or The Spider.

 

[Dire Bare]

For me, a good darklord has to be more than a villain, more than evil . . .

They have to be a tragic villain. They have to have become monstrous. And their story and realm have to evoke some genre of horror.

I don't even think some of the existing darklords make great darklords . . .

From the Birthright campaign . . . how about Rhove Manslayer?

From Dragonlance . . . how about Raistlin himself?

 

[Dire Bare]

I think Venger from the old cartoon show could work.

You could run with the unfinished plotline from the show where he's the corrupted son of the Dungeon Master, and go on to say that he was confined to Ravenloft to corral his evil before it spread.

It's not well known, but in fact the entire animated series takes place within the domains of dread. And Venger isn't the darklord himself, although he strives for the "honor", but rather it's his father . . . .

 

[Muso]

Can Cthulhu be considered a god? Or at least a lesser deity?

 

[bedir than]

Can Cthulhu be considered a god? Or at least a lesser deity?

Per today's meet five dark lords blog

"Cthulhu is unlike most Darklords. Instead of a mortal twisted by ambition, it is a primordial cosmic force from beyond reality. For eons, Cthulhu has warped worlds by invading dreams, unraveling minds, and shattered the boundaries between reality and the Far Realm."

 

[Tonguez]

Can Cthulhu be considered a god? Or at least a lesser deity?

According to Lovecraft Cthulhu is in fact a lesser cosmic being, he is the Great Priest of the Old Ones who lived ages before there were any men, and who came to the young world out of the sky. The true "Other Gods" are even greater than Cthulhu, he is as insignificant to them as a human being is to Cthulhu.

 

[Muso]

Something like a demi-god in some ways. But it probably depends on how you interpret things. At the end Cthulhu comes from a totally different cosmology with respect to "classical" D&D gods and villains.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Drizzt. Tormented by being in a happy domain where he has nothing to be angsty about.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Can Cthulhu be considered a god? Or at least a lesser deity?

Calamari.