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The Conqueror

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The Conqueror	comment	Throughout history, there have been a few individuals who have had a marked personal effect on the course of events around them. Some did this through political or sometimes aesthetic means, but most of those who were single-handedly instrumental in deciding the path of history have been military leaders. It seems that certain men combine a rare set of natural traits — leadership ability, tactical thinking, staggering ambition, copious ego, and a large dose of suicidal bravery, all combined with a visionary drive to rule the world and the imagination to see it done — to create a whole individual who is patently capable of turning even a ragtag band of woefully underfed and poorly equipped vagabonds into a fighting force that is not only formidable but easily capable of crushing any opposition that stands before it. A true Conqueror strives to claim the whole of the known world through military means and often succeeds. (Note that he often doesn't put much thought into running it once he's taken it; he just wants the bragging rights). This is in contrast to those characters who rise to universal power through other means (such as subverting the democratic process or literally being appointed dictator by a legislative body). The easiest way to recognize this character is by what he manages to accomplish. If he doesn't take over two or three countries (at least) in the course of the story, he's not The Conqueror. Most Conquerors are by nature Magnificent Bastards. Some even dip into Omnicidal Maniac territory. They are also their own Trope Namers. Quite often, these characters appear in the Backstory of a setting, and all that is left of their conquests is a Vestigial Empire. If every conquest makes them more formidable, than they are also a Snowballing Threat. Subtropes include the following: Conqueror from the Future: When the Conqueror in question is a person from the future who has, in fact, actually managed to conquer something in their time period of origin. Galactic Conqueror: When the Conqueror's ambition is galactic or even universal in scale. Multiversal Conqueror: When the Conqueror desires to take over all of The Multiverse, rather than just one or a handful of universes. The Logical Extreme of this trope. Myopic Conqueror: A Conqueror who is very good at conquering...but nothing that comes after that. Young Conqueror: When the Conqueror is still in his early adulthood or even adolescence at the time of his conquering. These fellows often get "The Conqueror" as a sobriquet—frequently one of many.
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The Conqueror / int_1367cea0	comment	Danny Hebert of Worm unknowingly describes his daughter, who is, unbeknownst to him, a supervillain, as one. More specifically, when asked (by his daughter, out of costume) if it would better to live in a system that worked run by 'evil' or a hellhole policed by the 'good', he likens her actions to that of a feudal lord or emperor, and that that sort of thinking would set humanity back to bronze age mentalities.
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The Conqueror / int_15c6ea92	comment	Wonder Woman (1987): While the current Sangtee Emperor is more concerned with maintaining the Empire and quelling slave rebellions (until they just outlaw most forms of slavery) they are the clone of the Emperor(s) who expanded the Empire past the kreel homeworld. As all legally born kreel have been clones for generations the Emperors who were responsible for the expansion were mostly genetically identical.
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The Conqueror / int_210767ac	comment	Crusader Kings II even has a trigger whereby winning conquests with certain casus belli will give you the sobriquet "[name] the Conqueror".
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The Conqueror / int_2372359	comment	The Malloreon had Emperor Korzeth, who managed to unite his continent after their patron god and king, Torak, was felled (but not killed) in battle, spending his entire life in a series of bloody wars so that he could pass the empire on to his descendants. His ultimate descendant, Zakath, had aims to finish the job and take the whole planet, but his ambitions cooled over time.
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The Conqueror / int_2cb79a7f	comment	The Conqueror was a 1956 Biopic about the life of Genghis Khan, who by his death had taken over a whacking big chunk of Central Asia. Nowadays it's best remembered for inexplicably casting John Wayne as Genghis Khan.
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The Conqueror / int_30d28009	comment	There's a reason Conn Iggulden's novels about Genghis Khan are called Conqueror.
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The Conqueror / int_33728d94	comment	Kieron in Steven Brust's Dragaera. In addition, Sethra the Younger is a wannabe The Conqueror, though she has not succeeded (yet).
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The Conqueror / int_43576f5	comment	In the Supernatural episode "Devil May Care" (S09, Ep02), Abaddon takes on this role.
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The Conqueror / int_468bebb0	comment	On the Discworld, the very word "tactics" is derived from a famous Morporkian leader of antiquity, General Tacticus. He more or less wrote the Disc's book on military strategy, helped Ankh-Morpork forge a mighty empire, and when given command of a satellite city-state, promptly made the most rational choice in its self-interest and declared war on Ankh-Morpork (and won, of course). This is only partly why he isn't much liked by Ankh-Morpork's modern leaders - Tacticus was a Combat Pragmatist who tended to minimize his own side's casualties, something the likes of Lord Rust consider cheating.
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The Conqueror / int_4f63edbd	comment	Lord Median the Conqueror from Soul Nomad & the World Eaters united the game's war-torn world under his own rule.
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The Conqueror / int_4f7fe5ad	comment	In Everlong, Emperor Daevus hopes to become this.
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The Conqueror / int_72262aee	comment	In Avatar: The Last Airbender, we have Chin the Conqueror. The Avatar-verse's equivalent of Qin Shi Huangdi, it took the ruthless Avatar Kyoshi to stop him.
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The Conqueror / int_73f5b8e2	comment	In The Black Company series, The Lady qualifies as this, having subjugated an entire continent. In the past, her husband The Dominator was even worse.
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The Conqueror / int_87cf8985	comment	In the official setting for Champions, there's Istvatha V'han, "The Empress of a Billion Universes", an immortal time-travelling Dimension Lord who really has conquered a billion other dimensions.
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The Conqueror / int_90f42a9b	comment	Artur "Hawkwing" Paendrag of The Wheel of Time not only managed to take over the entire continent but also ran it so well that "a child could carry a bag of gold from one coast to the other without fear", although his justice system became a bit draconian in later years. The only group he failed to conquer were the Aes Sedai, and possibly only because he died before his war against them was concluded. Unfortunately, he succumbed to Vetinari Job Security, and his hard-won Empire collapsed soon after he died.
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The Conqueror / int_986e857e	comment	Ben 10 gives us Vilgax the Conqueror, the Big Bad of the franchise who has conquered 10 worlds and blown up planets.
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The Conqueror / int_9d34190a	comment	The Elder Scrolls: Tamriel has seen several of these in its time: Most notable is Emperor Tiber Septim (born either Talos Stormcrown in Atmora or Hjalti Early-Beard in High Rock, or possibly both), who became the first person to unite all of Tamriel under his rule (as the Third Cyrodiilic Empire) and after his death became the Ninth Divine, Talos. He did so primarily through, well, conquest, but gained a couple provinces through shrewd diplomacy as well (such as the peaceful vassalization of the Dunmeri (Dark Elven) theocracy, Morrowind). Reman Cyrodiil, founder of the Second Empire, conquered less territory than Septimnote his empire failed to capture Morrowind and only got the Summerset Isles to join via treaty with exceptionally favorable terms to the native Altmer (High Elves) but was no less influential on Tamrielic history and culture. The capital province of the Empire, Cyrodiil, still bears his name (though conflicting sources in-game state that he probably took the name of the country for himself - it was called "Cyrod" by the Abusive Precursor Ayleids). Coronated as a child, Reman quickly proved to be something of a Child Prodigy/Bunny-Ears Lawyer, reuniting the two halves of Cyrodiil (Colovia and Nibenay), and then the other kingdoms of Men (High Rock and Skyrim). He later defeated the Akaviri invasion and absorbed the survivors into his fledgling proto-empire. He would not, however, take the title of Emperor in his lifetime. Uriel Septim V, the 17th Emperor of Tiber's Third Empire, is considered a warrior-emperor second only to Tiber himself in Imperial history. Inheriting an Empire wracked with internal strife and floundering support in the provinces, Uriel V would lead the Third Empire back to greatness by launching a series of invasions outside of Tamriel. Over a span of 13 years, he conquered several island nations in the Padomaic Sea to the east of Tamriel. Then, he invaded Akavir itself. Despite initial successes, he would fail to conquer Akavir as he had hoped, and would fall there in battle himself, making a Heroic Sacrifice to cover the retreat of his legions. Though he was originally a peaceful immigrant from Atmora, the ancient King Ysgramor became one after the Falmer (Skyrim's native Snow Elves) sacked and slaughtered the Atmoran city of Saarthal. Ysgramor returned to Atmora, recruited an army of 500 of Atmora's greatest warriors, and brought them back to Skyrim where he led them on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the Falmer. He conquered Skyrim for mankind ever after, and his line would create the first Empire of Men in Tamriel, expanding as far as High Rock and Morrowind at its height.
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The Conqueror / int_9d47a2a2	comment	Aegon the First, also called The Conqueror, in A Song of Ice and Fire, went from ruling a small volcanic island to ruling the better part of a continent in only a few years. He only managed it since he and his sisters were the last three Dragon Riders in the world, and no conventional army could stop them.
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The Conqueror / int_a037ae41	comment	Rider in Fate/Zero is none other than Alexander the Great and is known by the additional title King of Conquerors. Unusually for this trope and despite the acknowledged ruthlessness of his conquest, Rider is one of the most sympathetic characters in the story.
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The Conqueror / int_a4a6b86a	comment	Lelouch of Code Geass tried and aimed for this. He didn't particularly need to be in control, of course. By the Grand Finale, Lelouch conquers the ENTIRE PLANET by taking control of a near-indestructible flying fortress that fires super nukes, now manned by elite scientists that are mind controlled to be absolutely loyal to him. YAY. Then he dies, but intentionally, and gives the empire to his little sister, so that's a happy end for everyone else.
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The Conqueror / int_b129ef63	comment	In the distant past of The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom, there's a Genghis Khan expy. Later on, the Dragonslayer King earns this and other titles as he starts his path.
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The Conqueror / int_b8b8bc38	comment	No longer unique to Walhart as Chrom himself in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE can reclass into this and Alm in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia can overclass into this. Especially fitting with Alm as the continent Walhart rules with an iron fist is named after Alm: Valm.
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The Conqueror / int_bcadd7cb	comment	Warhammer 40,000 naturally has a few: The oldest from the game's background would of course be the Emperor of Mankind himself. In the 31st Millennium, he won the Unification Wars on Terra and led his Great Crusade to conquer the galaxy, with the help of twenty Space Marine legions led by his clone-sons, who in most cases were great conquerors themselves. The problem started with he decided to shift back to an Emperor Scientist, gave command to his favorite son, but remained vague as to what the Space Marines' role would be once the Great Crusade was finished. The result was the Horus Heresy and ten thousand years of grim darkness until there is only war. During the 41st Millennium, Lord Commander Solar Macharius waged a seven-year crusade that added a thousand worlds to the Imperium, the greatest expansion since the Great Crusade. He only stopped when his troops refused to push into space outside the range of the Astronomican, the psychic lighthouse required for safe Warp travel. Much like Alexander the Great, Macharius died suddenly, and his conquests collapsed into a civil war between his successor generals. A nonhuman example would be Shas'O'Shovah, Fire Commander Farsight or the Rising Empire of the Tau. One of three foremost students of the legendary warmaster, Puretide, Farsight was the first Tau commander to claim major victories against both the Orks and the Imperium; he literally Wrote the Book on both foes, The Book of the Beast and the Mirrorcodex (after the Space Marines' Codex Astartes) respectively. After fending off an Imperial Crusade, Farsight led an assault across the Damocles Gulf to quickly retake several Imperial worlds and push back against the Orks. But in the process, his army's Etheral Caste "guides" were slain, and Farsight found... something on the artifact world of Arthas Moloch. The end result was that he took direct control of these "Farsight Enclaves" and declared independence from the Tau Empire, the first of his kind to do so, turning him from one of the Tau's greatest heroes to an almost taboo subject.
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The Conqueror / int_cd899ed6	comment	By the Grand Finale, Lelouch conquers the ENTIRE PLANET by taking control of a near-indestructible flying fortress that fires super nukes, now manned by elite scientists that are mind controlled to be absolutely loyal to him. YAY. Then he dies, but intentionally, and gives the empire to his little sister, so that's a happy end for everyone else.
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The Conqueror / int_d8cdd857	comment	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: In the "Armageddon Now" two-parter, Callisto's time travel leads to a changed timeline in which Hercules was never born, and thus never "unchained" Xena's heart. She ended up the cold and ruthless Conqueror. As the name implied, she brought most of Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean region under her boot. Earlier that season, "Stranger In A Strange World" introduced a parallel universe where Hercules is a ruthless conqueror known as the Sovereign.
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The Conqueror / int_e9e265b6	comment	Walhart of Fire Emblem: Awakening may as well be the trope page provider, as he unified the warring states of Valm into a mighty empire through force prior to the events of the game. He now sets his eyes on the neighboring continent of Ylisse in part because he wants to stop the revival of the Fell Dragon, Grima, as Walhart has no interest in watching the world die. His unique class is even called Conqueror and his special class skill is called "Conquest". No longer unique to Walhart as Chrom himself in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE can reclass into this and Alm in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia can overclass into this. Especially fitting with Alm as the continent Walhart rules with an iron fist is named after Alm: Valm.
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The Conqueror / int_eba07c16	comment	Reign: The Conqueror has Alexander the Great as the main character.
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The Conqueror / int_f9742e61	comment	Dragonriders of Pern: Lord Fax of The Seven Holds. He was Lord of one hold by birthright, gained another through marriage, and just took over the other five through force. By the time we first see him in Dragonflight, it's just in time to see him killed by F'lar. His takeover occurs in the background of the prequel novel, Masterharper of Pern.
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The Conqueror / int_fd3e4089	comment	In the distant backstory of Deep Secret, there's Koryfos, a pseudo-Alexander the Great who conquered entire universes. By the time of the story, his empire has dwindled and is on the verge of total collapse. Then he comes back at the end to fix it.
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