YMMV / My Little Pony Chronicles

• Magnificent Bastard: Tirac's method of starting his campaign. First, he used his power to unite otherwise warring tribes of Viking-like orcs to steal into the Empire of Balacroff and take it over from the inside. Then he allowed the other nations to think that they could match him with military might, met them on the field of battle when they came to free Balacroff from his control, and then enacted a Curb-Stomp Battle by unleashing his Darkness and obliterated the competition. Two birds, one stone. He took two of the greatest world powers in just two battles, and forever put fear of his name in the hearts of the peoples of Eoland. So many of them just folded and gave up authority of their lands over to him without a struggle. So the few that stand up to him get crushed without much backup.