What is Dark lord?
A '''dark lord''' (sometimes capitalized as '''Dark Lord''' or referred to as an '''evil overlord''', '''evil emperor''' etc. depending on the work) is a [[stock character]] in [[fiction]] and mostly [[fantasy]] who is normally an [[evil]] [[villain]] who is very powerful. ==Origin of the phrase== In the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]], when people talked about [[The Devil]], they called him The [[Prince]] of [[Darkness]], the Lord of Darkness or [[Satan]]. So when [[John Milton]] wrote his [[book]] [[Paradise Lost]] which had [[Satan]] as the [[protagonist]] he called him Satan, Lord of Darkness and called him the Dark Lord (though he usually just called him Satan.) == Notable examples == === C.S. Lewis === In his [[Christian]] [[science-fiction]] [[novel]] ''[[Out of the Silent Planet]]'', [[C.S. Lewis]] had each [[planet]] be ruled by an [[alien]] [[space]] [[angel]] called an Oyarsa who was sent there by [[Maleldil]] son of the Old One. But the Oyarsa of [[Earth]] tried to start a [[rebellion]] against Maleldil so he was [[banish]]ed to [[Earth]] and while there tried to make everyone [[evil]] to destroy Maleldil’s [[law]]s so Maleldil came to [[Earth]] and became [[human]] to stop the Fallen Oyarsa to the point where Maleldil [[die]]d to save the world from him. In the [[sequel]] [[Perleandra]], the [[narrator]] calls the Fallen Oyarsa the “Dark Lord of the Silent World” and the Fallen Oyarsa turns out to be [[The Devil]]. === J.R.R. Tolkien === In the [[epic]] [[fantasy]] [[novel]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], there is an [[evil]] [[wizard]] named [[Sauron]] of [[Mordor]] who creates a [[magic]] [[ring]] that makes everyone who wears it [[evil]] as part of a plan to take over [[Middle-earth]]. Sauron was the first character in a [[fantasy novel]] ever to be called The Dark Lord. === Darkseid === In the [[DC Comics]] universe, the fictional supervillain [[Darkseid]], who is a [[New Gods|New God]] and the tyrannical ruler of the planet [[Apokolips]], is known as a Dark Lord.