Dictator
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So, you want a BBEG, but you don't want to have superhumans in your setting[1]? Dictators are the obvious answer.
A Dictator is the head of an authoritarian regime, usually strongly personalized. Since authoritarian regimes are generally unresponsive to the needs of their people, and political strongman regimes doubly so, dictators have a terrible reputation, for very good reasons.
There can be some overlap between a BBEG and a Dictator, but there can be some non-overlap. Notably, more than one BBEG has taken on the role of a dictator, but it's possible to have one who is merely an ally of the BBEG, or have a BBEG who is more of a Warlord or CEO than any kind of Ruler.
Battletech
- Stefan Amaris
DC Comics
- Darkseid is usually played as one when he's not directly interfering with the Heroes.
Star Wars
- Palpatine (AKA Darth Sidious) posed as one.
Warhammer 40k
- Da BEEEEEEG umie
- Da BEEEEEEG Bea- Beaur- Be-u-ro-kra-see ov da Imperi-oom
- Give or Take 35% of all Planetary Governors of the Imperium of Man
- That Dick
- ↑ Or have superhumans in your setting, but want them out of political power for one reason or another