Talk:Dark Lord/@comment-31405602-20170513111805/@comment-4867780-20170514000306

I suggest you double-check the manners if you don't want a little time-out. First and last warning.

As mentioned above, read the True Hero, Dark Lord, Guardianship, Assailant, Trickster, Badassery, Chivalry and Destiny Chosen. These are all explicitely characters archetypes, usually associated with specific power sets and narrative roles.

It's exceptional but it does exist. Most users are cool with it, and you don't make the rules here.

Still, it's true Dark Lord would gain from getting closer to what it is supposed to represent : great evil, power and authority, all wrapped up into the same being. Aku from Samurai Jack for example matches the idea to a T : a being of pure evil with great supernatural power and legions at his command.

Evil, Power, Authority : seems the most reliable new pilars for the Dark Lord concept. Not sure about True Hero though, most of them start at the bottom of the ladder and evolve in very diverse ways, so pinpointing their essence is much harder. Same for the other achetypes, which tend to be significantly more subtle and multifaceted.