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Video games stories with a bad ending or endings, in which the primary conflict is unable to be resolved and/or a bad fate befalls the protagonist.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
This concept involves a character of the hero archetype that at some point in the storyline, turns against the forces of good and becomes evil or is revealed to have done this in secret at some point in the past.
The sadistic and brutal warriors who serve Nemesis, once William the Just. As such they are recurring enemies in the original Legacy of Kain game.
Some people just have to have all the power.
Nihilism is a philosophy that life is meaningless.
Psychopaths are noted for generally lacking a conscience, getting enjoyment from various forms of destruction, and an inability to learn from their mistakes.
Though a somewhat less common archetype than black knights, red-armored knights still show up now and again in Fantasy works and elsewhere. Like Black Knights, they are often (though not always), portrayed as malevolent.
Monarchs and their families.
The idea of deriving a feeling of pleasure through inflicting pain or suffering on another living being.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Anguish of body or mind. Can be used by authority figures to extract sensitive information that would not be given under normal circumstances.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
An individual who specializes in armed combat.
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