History Characters / Overlord

* TokenGoodTeammate: The only one of the heroes who expresses regret over what they've become, and the only one not enjoying himself; furthermore, the Wizard later reveals that [[spoiler: when the Eighth Hero fell to his apparent death, Oberon was the only hero who insisted that they try to rescue him.]]

* [[FiveBadBand Seven Bad Band]]:

* TokenGoodTeamMember: The only one of the heroes who expresses regret over what they've become, and the only one not enjoying himself; furthermore, the Wizard later reveals that [[spoiler: when the Eighth Hero fell to his apparent death, Oberon was the only hero who insisted that they try to rescue him.]]

[[folder: Villains]]

Seven of the Eight heroes who slew the previous overlord, as the years passed they grew complacent in their fame and succumbed to the SevenDeadlySins.

* WhenTreesAttack

A human thief, Jewel suffers from the sin of envy, and uses her skill as a thief to steal whatever she can. With an army of mercenaries and beholders led by Kahn at her back.

A human warrior, Kahn is possessed by wrath and leads the beholders and mercenaries alongside Jewel.

A human wizard and the first to turn evil, and subsequently the one to corrupt all the other heroes.

[[spoiler: He's actually the Overlord who was killed by the heroes, having preformed GrandTheftMe on the original Wizard and purged his soul from his body. He used the player to kill the heroes after corrupting them and leaving them vulnerable while he recovered. When Kahn is killed, he takes that as his cue and returns to the tower to steal back his power and kill you.]]

* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe: He completely purged the original wizard from his body, leaving only the overlord]]

* GoldMakesEverythingShinier

* IronicHell: His abyss, he's trapped in his tree form and forced to watch a play about the genocide of the elves that he failed to stop, forever.

The Dwarven king who,[[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame predictably]], fell to the sin of Greed and committed genocide on the elves to loot their forest and temple, keeping only a handful of males alive to work as slaves in his gold mines, and females to be his consorts, he uses a giant steampunk tank called Rolly.

* GoldFever: The dwarves have raw gold laying ''everywhere'', he's the one who sparked this in them.

!! Oberon Greenleaf

!! Melvin the Halfling Hero

The first of the heroes you encounter. Since the Overlord's fall, Melvin has been made King of the Halflings, and has succumbed to the sin of Gluttony.

!! Oberon the Dreamer.

!!The Wizard/[[spoiler: Your predecessor]]

* JabbaTheHuttTableManners

A human paladin, Sir William succumbed to the sin of Lust and makes all of Heaven's Peak suffer for it, leading a cult devoted specifically to sex. [[spoiler: The succubi queen he summoned to please him, his cult, and anyone else interested is the source of the heaven's peak zombie plague.]] He's also Velvet's betrothed, though she really doesn't give a damn about him.

* TeleportSpam.

* AWizardDidIt: The Wizard being the corrupter of all the heroes was probably a play on this meme.

* BeardOfEvil

* [[spoiler: ThanatosGambit: His death let him posess the wizard and get close to the heroes, corrupting them slowly before taking back his throne after his replacement had done his dirty work for him.]]

* MysteriousWatcher: [[spoiler: Plays this part in the second game.]]

* SugarAndIcePersonality: She has a habit of swing between ice-cold efficiency and lovesick cooing.

* VillainousGlutton

* SugarAndIcePersonality: At best.

The first of the heroes you encounter, since the Overlord's fall, Melvin has been made the halfling's king, and has succumbed to the sin of Gluttony.

* ImAHumanitarian: The captured peasants you find in halfling cages say that they're going to get fed to Melvin.
* [[PopGoesTheHuman Pop goes the]] [[PopGoesTheHuman Halfling]]: When you kill Melvin he explodes into a disgusting mess of bile, when you find him in his ironic hell, this become a gameplay element.
* IronicHell: For his gluttony, he wound up in a hell of killer pumpkins and exploding sheep where he eats endless amounts of food, unable to stop until he literally explodes, only to be re-incarnated and repeat this over again for eternity.

An elven ranger and one of the heroes. After the Overlord's fall Oberon succumbed to Sloth and stood idly while the Dwarves raided his home and wiped out his people. As a last subconscious act, Oberon's body became a great tree, blocking passage to keep the Dwarves from further destroying his people's home.

* AndIMustScream: Oberon's semi-conscious and knows what he's doing to the forest, but unable to do anything about it.

* IronicHell: His abyss, he's trapped in his tree form and forced to watch a play about the genocide of the elves that he didn't act to stop, forever.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Besides all the elves in the forest being, well, dead. There's also the small matter of Oberon's nightmares taking on a physical forms as monsters called Skulls.

A human paladin, Sir William succumbed to the sin of Lust and makes all of heaven's peak suffer for it, leading a cult devoted specifically to sex. [[spoiler: The succubi queen he summoned to please him, his cult, and anyone else interested is the source of the heaven's peak zombie plague.]] He's also Velvet's betrothed, though she really doesn't give a damn about him.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: He mentions the wizard was the one who taught him to not care for his chastity, giving you an idea of who the main threat is.

* BlackKnight[=/=]KnightInShiningArmor: Depending on how high you make your corruption, your armor changes to grow spikes and turn black. If you stay low then as the game carries on your armor becomes brighter and shiny.

* [[InvertedTrope Villainous]] [[HeroicMime mime]]: He never speaks, but he does grunt when he swings, and his voice is [[EvilSoundsDeep very deep.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: At low corruption, to the extent that you're really [[AntiVillain a villain in name alone]].

--> "[[CatchPhrase Evil always find a way.]]"

An ancient minion and TheDragon, Gnarl uses your helmet to communicate with the overlord over distances and give you advice on what to do next.

* TheDragon: Gnarl is one of the few recurring characters in the whole of series, since minions are immortal, he's had the chance to serve at least four different overlord, and possibly many more.

One of the Overlord's potential mistresses, Rose is an order-obsessed stick-in-the-mud and compliments a low-corruption overlord well, mid-game you have the option to spurn her for her sister Velvet.

[[spoiler: In OverlordII, Rose serves the BigBad Emperor Solarius as the leader of an order of mages called watchers, believing that the cataclysm is a sign that wiping out magical creatures is the only way to restore true balance. She's also canonically the first Overlord's lover and mother of the second game's Overlord.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When the wizard returns and tries to steal your magic and kill you, Rose (if you didn't spurn her for Velvet) interrupts him by attacking the tower heart, giving you a chance to get your magic back and go after him.]]

!!The Overlord

* BlackKnight / KnightInShiningArmor: Depending on how high you make your corruption, your armor changes to grow spikes and turn black. If you stay low then as the game carries on your armor becomes brighter and shiny.

* ManipulativeBastard: There's a common fan theory that Gnarl feigns subservience and that his guiding you around is actaully playing you as ''his'' dragon.

A human paladin, Sir William succumbed to the sin of Lust and makes all of heaven's peak suffer for it, leading a cult devoted specifically to sex. [[spoiler: The succubi queen he summoned to please him, his cult, and anyone else interested is the source of the heaven's peak zombie plague.]] He's also Velvet's bethrothed, though she really doesn't give a damn about him.

* CampStraight: He acts very effeminant, but the fact he summons succubi for his own pleasure should make it obvious he's not gay.

!!Goldo

The Dwarven king who,[[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame predictably]], fell to the sin of Greed and commited genocide on the elves to loot their forest and temple, keeping only a handful of males alive to work as slaves in his gold mines, and females to be his consorts, he uses a giant steampunk tank called Rolly.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When you capture and interrogate her, she just... dissapears from the game without any further mention.

* BeserkButton: ''Everything but Jewel'', but he takes it especially poorly when you capture Jewel.

The Dwarven king who,[[AllDwarvesAreTheSame predictably]], fell to the sin of Greed and commited genocide on the elves to loot their forest and temple, keeping only a handful of males alive to work as slaves in his gold mines, and females to be his consorts, he uses a giant steampunk tank called Rolly.

* BigDamnHeroes: Take Rose's example above and switch the names, it's the same thing.
* WomanScorned: Ditto this one.

[[folder: the fallen heroes.]]

An elven ranger and one of the heroes. After the Overlord's fall Oberon succumbed to Sloth and stood idly while the Dwarves raided his home and wiped out his people. As a last subconsciouss act, Oberon's body became a great tree, blocking passage to keep the Dwarves from further destroying his people's home.

This is the character list for the first {{VideoGame/Overlord}} game.

[[Folder: The Overlord and his allies]]

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[[Folder: The Overlord and his forces]]

* BlackKnight/KnightInShiningArmor: Depending on how high you make your corruption, your armor changes to grow spikes and turn black. If you stay low then as the game carries on your armor becomes brighter and shiny.

This is the character list for the {{VideoGame/Overlord}} and its sequels.