Tyrants are rulers who are cruel and oppressive. Their territory can range from a city, to a particular region/country, to the entire world, to an entire galaxy or galaxies, to even the entire universe or cosmos. They often seek complete domination of whatever territories lie out of their influence but not always, for some are content to rule small to mid-sized territories and do not seek expansion on larger scales; this differs them from imperialists and totalitarians, who seek to reshape not only their own society but often the world itself (in some cases they even seek to reshape the universe itself).

Examples include Sauron in the Middle-earth franchise, Frieza in the Dragon Ball franchise, Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars franchise, Skar King in Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, and Shao Kahn in the Mortal Kombat franchise

NOTE: Not to be confused with a hegemonic villain, who desire to conquer and rule, but have failed or yet to be able to fulfill their said goal. However, there may be room for overlap with these two categories.

See Also[]

• Malevolent Rulers at the Evil Wiki, for further information about tyrants.
• Dark Lords/Ladies at the Evil Wiki, for further information about tyrants that happened to be dark lords/ladies.