Archetype:Cult Leader

Cult Leader
Jonah King (Drive Angry) is the leader of a cult.
Archetype of:	Cult Leader.

The archetype of a character that leads a cult. Variation of Group Leader.

Properties

The character is the leader of a cult, a group of devotees and followers who are completely loyal to a leader and/or their cause and beliefs, which often deviate from societal norms.

These norms can differ in their forms but are typically religious or of an esoteric practice.

Associated Powers

• Belief Manipulation
• Psychological Mastery
  • Manipulation Mastery
  • Sociology Mastery
• Religion Embodiment/Mastery
• Social Attraction
• Suicide Inducement
• Worship Empowerment

Relationships

• Celebrity
  • Devil Worshiper

Flaws/Weaknesses

• May suffer dissent from followers.
• Maybe arrested or even face eternal damnation for their sinful actions.

Example Characters

• Jin Woonhwi (Absolute Sword Sense)
• Hyuk Woon Sung (Chronicles of Heavenly Demon/Heavenly Demon Reborn)
• The Lamb (Cult of the Lamb)
• Light Yagami (Death Note)
• Deacon Blackfire (DC Comics)
• Brother Blood (DC Comics)
• Saint Dumas (DC Comics)
• Kobra (DC Comics)
• Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics)
• Sean Keanan (Dead Rising)
• Jacob Danik (Dead Space)
• Jonah King (Drive Angry)
• Joseph Seed (Far Cry 5)
• Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
• Ellen Taper-Leigh (Hereditary)
• HADES (Horizon Series)
• Cletus Kasady/The Flame (Insomniac’s Spider-Man)
• LeBlanc (League of Legends)
• Viktor (League of Legends)
• Nix (Lord of Illusions)
• Arthur Harrow (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Krahllak (Marvel Comics)
• Magus (Marvel Comics)
• Cecil McAdams (Marvel Comics)
• William Stryker (Marvel Comics)
• Johann Schmidt/Red Skull (Marvel Comics)
• Heavenly Demons (Nano Machine)
  • Cheon Ma
  • Cheon Yeo Woon
• Cain (RoboCop 2)
• High Priestess (Samurai Jack)
• Sith Lords (Star Wars)
  • Emperor Palpatine
• Calder (The Order of the Stick)
• Dr. Richard Powell (The Void)

Gallery

Joseph Seed (Far Cry) is a cult leader of the Peggies (Project at Eden's Gate) and New Eden in the New Dawn timeline.

Reverand Cecil McAdams (Marvel Comics) is the leader of the Church Of Thor.

Deacon Blackfire (DC Comics)

Magus (Marvel Comics), an evil variant of Adam Warlock is the founder of the Universal Church Of Truth.

Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics) is the Leader of the League of Assassins, a thousand year old cult of assassins and devotees who worship him as an "immoral God of death".

Tom Riddle/Voldemort (Harry Potter franchise) is the leader of the Death Eaters, a cult that believed in Pure-Blood Supremacy.

HADES (Horizon Series) is the leader of Eclipse.

Jacob Danik (Dead Space) is the leader of the Unitologist terrorist cell, The Inner Circle.

Arthur Harrow (Marvel Cinematic Universe/Moon Knight) is the leader of the Church Of Ammit.

Johann Schmidt/Red Skull (Marvel Comics) a Neo-Nazi, who is the leader of HYDRA.

Sebastian Blood/Brother Blood (DC Comics) is the leader of the Church Of Blood.

Reverend William Stryker (Marvel Comics) is the leader of The Purifiers, a terrorist group that wished to eradicate mutantkind falsely claiming it to be God's will.

Jeffery Burr/Kobra (DC Comics) is the Leader of the Church of Kobra, who worship Kail Yuga who wipes to wipe the corrupt world and replace it with something divine.

Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars) was the leader of The Religious side of Sith followers in the Galactic Empire.

Krahllak (Marvel Comics) is the Leader of The Hand.

Cheon Ma (Nano Machine), the founder of the Heavenly Demonic Cult, a religious order of martial artists that worship him as a "God" and the pinnacle of strength.

Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine), the 24th leader of the Heavenly Demonic Cult and the Second Coming of the Heavenly Demon.

Hyuk Woon Sung (Chronicles of Heavenly Demon/Heavenly Demon Reborn)

Sean Keanan (Dead Rising)

Jean-Paul Ludovic Valley (DC Comics) is the father of Jean-Paul Valley (who is also Azrael) and also the leader of The Order Of St. Dumas.

Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil) is the Leader and founder of Los Illuminados.

Sullivan Knoth (Outlast) is the leader of The Testament Of New Ezekiel.

Calder (The Order of the Stick), the "founder" of a dragon worshipping cult.

Videos

Far Cry 5- Inside Eden’s Gate - Full Live Action Short Film - Ubisoft -NA--2

Evolution of Kobra In Tv Shows & Movies (2022)-2

Analysis and Discussion

The Gruesome Origins of the Dark Lords of the Sith - Sith History -1

Music

Gorillaz - Cracker Island ft. Thundercat (Official Video)-2

Gorillaz - Silent Running ft. Adeleye Omotayo (Official Video)-2