Archetype:Underworld Ruler

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a ruler of the underworld. Variation of Ruler. Not to be confused with just Underworld Lordship or Deity. Opposite to Ruler of Heaven.

Also Called[]

Duke/Duchess of the Underworld
Emperor/Empress of the Underworld
Governor/Governess of the Underworld
King/Queen of the Underworld
Lord/Lady of the Underworld
Master/Mistress of the Underworld
Prince/Princess of the Underworld
Ruler of the Underworld
Ruler/Master of the Dead
Underworld Monarch/Sovereign

Properties[]

As an archetype, a ruler of the underworld is a deity, undead lord, spirit or immortal-type being who rules the realm of the dead, also known as the underworld. The ruler of the underworld will have authority and duties within the underworld with total control over the lands, the elements, the barriers, the creatures and the spirits/ghosts within the underworld, effectively bending the realm to their very will. Underworld rulers are extremely powerful in their own right, however, can also be subservient to the very rules of the underworld depending the entity and if their able to bend those rules, even making new ones.

Unlike underworld lordship. which is just possessing total control over the underworld through mental, energy or even magical powers, but not necessarily it's actual ruling master. Whereas the underworld ruler is the reigning master of the realm of the dead and sits as monarch through royalty, divine selection or even through a curse, who will also possess extremely powerful abilities over the realm as its ruler.

Associated Powers[]

Absolute Soul Manipulation (Only limited to the souls in hell or underworld)
Alpha Undead
Archmage
- Dark Magician (varies)
  - Evil Sorcerer (varies)
  - Necromancer
- Demon Mage/Divine Magician (varies)
Dark Divinity
Dark Lord (Varies)
Dark Power
Demon King/Ruler (Varies)
Divine Tyrant
Esoteric Power
Magic Power
Necro Power
- Life and Death Magic
- Necromancy
New/Old God (varies)
Subterranean Adaptation
Spiritual Power
Underworld Lordship
- Abyss Lordship (Varies)
- Afterlife Manipulation (Limited to Underworld)
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Divine Authority
- Ghost Lordship
  - Phantom Manipulation
- Hell Lordship (Varies; the lowest of pit of the underworld)
- Land Lordship (The lands of the dead)
- Limbo Lordship
- Nether Manipulation
- Purgatory Lordship
- Realm Leader
- Undead Manipulation
- Underworld Beast Manipulation
- Underworld Manipulation
Tormentor

Associations/Relationships[]

Afterlife Lordship
Alpha Undead
Dark Divinity
Judge of the Dead
Magician
Ruler
- Demon King
- Mage Ruler (Varies)
Satanic Entity
Soul Lordship
Underworld Lordship

Example Characters[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Persephone (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)
Hades (Saint Seiya)
Lich Lord, King of the Underworld (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Cartoons/Comics[]

Hades (Blood of Zeus)
The Source of all Evil (Charmed)
Pariah Dark (Danny Phantom)
Hades (DC Comics)
Hades (Disney's Hercules)
Hades/Pluto (Marvel Comics)
Scare Glow (Masters of the Universe: Revelations)

Folklore/Mythology[]

Archdemons (Abrahamic Religions); Hell.
- Satan/Lucifer
Nergal (Assyrio-Babylonian Mythology)
Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of Mictlān (Aztec Mythology)
Mictecacihuatl, Lady of Mictlān (Aztec Mythology)
Mot (Canaanite Mythology)
Arawn (Celtic Mythology)
Cernunnos (Celtic Mythology)
Anubis (Egyptian Mythology); originally.
Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
Serapis (Greco-Egyptian Mythology)
Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
Persephone/Prosepina (Greco-Roman Mythology)
Iapteus (Greek Mythology)
Tartarus (Greek Mythology); the lowest pit of the underworld.
Baron Samedi (Haitian Vodou)
Yama (Hinduism)
Ereshkigal (Mesopotamian Mythology)
Hel (Norse Mythology)
Satan (Satanism); Hell
Veles (Slavic Mythology)
Horned God (Wiccan Mythology)

Literature[]

Lucifer (Paradise Lost)
Hades (Riordanverse)
Persephone (Riordanverse)

Movies/Television[]

Papa Legba (AHS: Coven)
Cole Turner (Charmed); as the source.
Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed); as the queen of the underworld.
The Source of all Evil (Charmed)
The Triad (Charmed); directly under the source.
Hades (Clash/Wrath of the Titans)
Hades (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys/Xena: Warrior Princess)
Hades (Lost Girl)
Lucifer (Lucifer TV series)
Hades (Once Upon a Time)
King Arthur (Once Upon a Time)
Hades (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief)
Persephone (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief)

Tabletop/Video Games[]

Lord of Bones (Darksiders II)
Davoth/Dark Lord (Doom)
Hades (God of War)
Lucifer (Helltaker); formerly
Loremaster (Helltaker)
Zanmu Nippaku (Touhou Project)
Ereshikgal (TYPE-MOON)