**Please note that there will be SPOILERS.**
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5. Jasper of The Last Stormlord
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| Some men rule by the sword. Jasper doesn't need no sword. |
He went along with the plan, waited until he was Stormlord, then kicked said kidnapper to the curb.
This is a guy of ruthless political efficiency who could have been a player in Game of Thrones. He may not have a formal education but god help him if you try to manipulate him. He's also a fair and reasonable ruler who believes in religious freedom, education and civil rights. Sure he had to kill a few thousand people to get there, but in a civilization constantly teetering on the brink of disaster, bleeding hearts end up dead.
Also, he has super powers to make the Last Airbender look like a pussy and can suck the water out of you. No, not that way. With his super powers. Jeez, dirty mind much.
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4. Prince Gar from The Innocent Mage
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| The badass bookworm who proved you don't need magic to save the world. Though it might have helped with that whole 'survival' thing. Fanart by GoldenLionofRa |
Gar was the prince born without magic, the guy perfectly equipped to rule who would have been an amazing king, but because of a little magical deficiency was passed over in favor of his younger sister. Evil overlords have been born out of less!
But no, Gar willingly stepped aside, and only made a play for the throne when it looked in danger of falling to that bigoted bastard of a royal adviser. Everything he did was for the good of the people, and when an eldritch abomination appeared, who sacrificed himself to finish it off? Not Asher, that irritating prophesied I'm-so-innocent-I-can-get-away-with-anything douche.
Nope. It was Gar, who gets a cool-looking grave while Asher lives and gets a throne. Goddamnit, leadership is a thankless job.
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| Some evil overlords would let this power go to their heads. Losara is thinking about taking his girlfriend out to lunch. |
Losara had a rough start to life. He came into existence when a prophesied child was mystically ripped in two, producing an impulsive being called Bel and the more cerebral Losara. Raised by opposite sides, they were pitted against each other in a war of light and darkness.
Losara however didn't let that weigh him down. Not having much in the way of pesky emotions like anger or arrogance, he turned out to be a powerful, calculating sorcerer who always knew exactly what he was doing. You wouldn't catch him pausing to cackle at inopportune moments or allowing his enemies just enough time to escape. He matter-of-factly overthrew the psychopath who raised him, calmly and collectedly led his people to devastating victory, and reasonably talked his violent twin into rolling over and giving up.
Yes, he's a tyrant and a dark lord, but a benevolent genre-savvy one who's clearly read the Evil Overlord List.
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| If you see a hitchiker that looks like this, for the love of god, keep driving! |
So Axis is a jerk. There's no two ways about it. This is not a guy you'd want to fight against. Or with. Or pass in the street.
But I'll say this for him; he gets results. He went from being the shunned illegitimate son of a duchess to sorcerer supreme to leader of an invading army to God of Tencendor. When this guy goes for a promotion, he doesn't muck around. He doesn't let little things like decency and the laws of life and death stop him either. He once cut out his half-brother's heart to raise his cousin from the dead, then let his other brother kill his ex-girlfriend just so he'd get the chance to kill the guy.
Sure he completely screwed up his kids, inadvertently bringing about the destruction of an entire continent and the horrific death of everyone he ever loved...but who hasn't made a mistake?
He's the guy who in any other book would be the antagonist, but through some mis-filing of paperwork in the karmic system is apparently the hero. So lets not piss him off by leaving him off this list.
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| The only guy on this list who avoided war and thousands of pointless deaths. Make of that what you will. Fanart by celladore |
How do I explain Wyl? He's like the Ensemble Darkhorse who happens to be the hero already. He's the guy who gets killed off in the movie but is so popular he gets brought back and given his own tv show, except that during production they realised how awesome he was and ditched the movie, going straight to the show. That is Wyl.
He's the loyal second-in-command type. He's a strategic genius and a great fighter, but is very humble and really would be perfectly happy just to serve a good ruler. And because the antagonist is an f-ing moron, he has Wyl killed for this terrible crime of absolute loyalty.
Fortunately, Wyl is so awesome you can't kill him. Or you can, but it doesn't last. He just comes straight back and starts hitting on your girlfriend, subverting your underlings, forming alliances with your enemies... Don't screw with Wyl, that's all.
He'll be terribly honorable about it, but you will end up just as dead as if you'd set fire to Lostara's house while knocking up Axis' daughter and talking smack about Jasper's girlfriend. (I'd include Gar in this gag, but he's already dead, so not a lot he can do there.)
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So to recap; Jasper is the Avatar, Gar is Boromir, Losara is Xanatos, Axis is half a step away from Tywin Lanister and Wyl is Phil Coulson.
Is everyone clear on who not to ask for help?
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