Category:Dark Messiah

"What, you think humans have an exclusive on a higher power?"

- Casey "You have a God?"

- Dean Winchester asking Casey. "Sure. His name is 'Lucifer'."

- Casey who worships Lucifer.

A Dark Messiah is a figure that is held as a god, a messiah, or a similar icon by his or her supporters. Unlike a God Wannabe, not all Dark Messiahs seek worship, and often their followers do so willingly rather than by force; people are willing to lay their lives down to protect and/or serve the Dark Messiah, and often he or she will rise in power and may be prophesied to rule or ruin the world, thus acting as a reverse of the traditional role of "Savior".

Villains who are openly worshipped and/or revered by large groups of followers and who take on the role of a morally dubious "Savior" (at least to said followers) belong here. This mostly includes Fanatics who commit atrocities in the name of God or religion, and present themselves as spokepersons or guardians of faith, albeit their own twisted view of what religion and subsequently the world should be.