Dark lords who barely show a face sit next to petty tyrants you'd happily watch lose an argument, and the gap between them is half the fun.
1Cersei LannisterThe Lannister queen who schemes to keep her family in power in A Song of Ice and Fire, played by Lena Headey on HBO.1000pts
2MaleficentThe dark fairy who curses Princess Aurora in Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty.848pts
3Lord VoldemortThe dark wizard born Tom Riddle who seeks to rule the wizarding world in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.848pts
4SauronThe Dark Lord of Mordor who forged the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.818pts
5Joffrey BaratheonThe boy king who sits on the Iron Throne after Robert Baratheon's death in A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones.636pts
6The Queen of HeartsThe quick-tempered ruler of Wonderland who keeps ordering beheadings in Lewis Carroll's 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.636pts
7The Night KingThe leader of the White Walkers and the army of the dead, a character created for HBO's Game of Thrones.636pts
8The Wicked Witch of the WestThe witch who rules the Winkie Country in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, played by Margaret Hamilton in the 1939 film.520pts
9Bellatrix LestrangeA fanatical Death Eater who kills her cousin Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.520pts
10Captain HookThe pirate captain of the Jolly Roger and Peter Pan's sworn enemy in J.M. Barrie's 1904 play and 1911 novel.520pts
11The Witch-king of AngmarThe leader of the nine Nazgul, slain by Eowyn and Merry at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King.382pts
12UrsulaThe sea witch who trades Ariel's voice for human legs in Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid.382pts
13The White WitchJadis, the self-proclaimed queen who holds Narnia in endless winter in C.S. Lewis's 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.0pts
Photo credits
- Cersei Lannister — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maleficent — Amy from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Lord Voldemort — Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sauron — Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Joffrey Baratheon — big-ashb, CC BY 2.0
- The Night King — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Wicked Witch of the West — RyC - Behind The Lens from San Francisco, United States of America, CC BY 2.0
- Bellatrix Lestrange — Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Witch-king of Angmar — The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0
- Ursula — Mooshuu from San Diego, CC BY-SA 2.0
- The White Witch — Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments 1
Jadis talks, bargains and turns enemies to stone; Sauron barely appears in his own book. Two Oxford villains built in opposite ways: https://youpick.best/articles/narnia-vs-lord-of-the-rings-ranked
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