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A warlord is a powerful military leader who answers only to themself, rather than being dictated by a central authority or government. They've usually gained their influence by force, sometimes through misuse of a previous military position. A warlord's forces are loyal only to their commander, whose sheer strength lets them exercise more power than their rank or title legitimately allows. A warlord is usually a mean son of a bitch, characterized by their brutality, domineering personality, and a severe Lack of Empathy. Warlords often have greedy, self-serving mindsets, caring only about getting wealth and territory for themselves and their men. In lawless areas, the warlord might subjugate local civilians like a mafia boss, demanding they either pay up or face the consequences. Warlords thrive in Failed States, where they provide a client-patron system to anyone under their command, and often emerge as the main form of authority after apocalyptic events or the collapse of major civilizations. They are also common in frontier areas, barbarian cultures, and other settings where centralized authority is weak or nonexistent, allowing powerful clan chiefs, bandit lords, or raiders to enforce their rule over large tracts of land through force of arms. Warlords also tend to have an interest in prolonging, or even creating wars, since they directly benefit from conflict. As such, they'll be pitted against protagonists who want to stop the violence. Even in more "stable" settings, warlords can still have de facto political and civil authority over certain regions. Sometimes, the government doesn't want to piss off the dude whose military might rival their own. Other times, the government will hire the warlord to further their own goals. Warlords are the most common form of authority figure found leading The Horde. More aggressive Barbarian Tribes also like to answer to domineering war-chiefs, although some work under more egalitarian structures or are led by councils of elders. This isn't the same as an Evil Overlord or The Generalissimo, who both take control over a country or territory and create their own government (though some warlords may have that in mind as their ultimate endgame). Most often, the warlord does not care about authority other than their own, and though they might project power over their territory, they aren't interested in setting up a permanent bureaucracy. Even if they end up with large amount of land and control, they might not care about what happens to it after they're no longer around to keep things running. Super-Trope to Wasteland Warlord, which is an apocalypse-specific version of this trope. Compare and contrast with General Ripper, a domineering warmonger who answers to a higher authority. Not to be confused with a Blood Knight, which is a character who is simply craving a good fight, although the Warlord may overlap with that trope if they're actively seeking the thrill of war as part of their motivation for conquest. Often overlaps with Proud Warrior Race Guy. Also compare with other types of military-related criminals, including Arms Dealers, Dangerous Deserters, Private Military Contractors, and Rogue Soldiers. If the warlord manages to create a stable situation their descendants might become a Feudal Overlord. |
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After Dong Zhuo's assassination, the resulting Evil Power Vacuum resulted in various regional lords declaring themselves governors and the like, based on how many men they were able to gather for their cause. In the north, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao eventually became the last men standing and engaged in a decades-long conflict for control, while in the south Yuan Shu managed to carve out sizeable territory thanks to his young subordinate Sun Ce defeating several smaller warlords and taking over their land. | |
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When Cao Cao took Emperor Xian into his care, he theoretically became The Dragon to the Emperor (taking the role of Prime Minister). However, he is still considered a warlord as by that point the Han Empire's authority was virtually non-existent and only backed by the forces at Cao's personal command. | |
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This seems to be how Krogan society operates: its leaders are those who are the best fighters and have the biggest forces. As one Krogan put it, on Tuchanka, one's territory is determined by the range of their guns. Before the genophage, a warlord could command millions of followers. Now they're lucky if they can get a thousand. | |
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General Grimm from "The Night Of The Red-Eyed Madmen" is a vicious fascist who has taken over a small area in the desert, where he has set up a secret training camp and is building up an army of fanatics through brutal training regimes, including forcing new recruits to prove themselves in the arena and subjecting them to cooking alive in the sweat box for the slightest infringement. Convincing his followers that their exceptional fighting skills will allow them to overcome larger numbers of conventional troops, General Grim plans to launch a surprise attack to conquer the entire Southwest, and put it under his strict military rule, creating a glorious regime that will "last a thousand years". | |
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Played with by the Draconis Combine. Their military has the rank of Warlord. A Warlord (or Tai-shu) has absolute say over what happens in their district of the Combine, only the Coordinator has more power. But in times of peace they let the district governors or Shogun make most of the decisions. However, one Warlord Greig Samsonov ticked off almost every part of this trope. His vendetta against Wolf's Dragoons caused him to abuse his position and cost him his life. | |
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Discussed in a Saturday Night Live sketch from late 1992, where president-elect Bill Clinton (played by Phil Hartman) is seen jogging into a McDonalds note At the time, Clinton was infamous for his jogging and his love of fast food and the patrons dining there get him to do an impromptu press conference. He uses other people's food as props to make his point about warlords stealing the aid that other countries send to Somalia, his mouth being the warlord in question. | |
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When Dong Zhuo seized power in the imperial capital of Luoyang, several governors gathered military forces in an attempt to remove him. However, several of these governors were self-declared, as by that point the central government's power is so shaky that it wasn't able to properly appoint people to those positions. The self-declared governors' authority rested solely on the size of their armies. | |
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Played with with the Seven Warlords in One Piece. They're more like Privateers who are employed by the World Government to capture pirates for them. Like typical warlords, they often exercise some kind of authority over an island, if not more, with proportional amount of force per island, and the World Government would pay a blind eye to their "side-activities" so long as they do their job. Played straighter with the Four Emperors, 4 strong pirates who (with the possible exception of Shanks) rule more islands than the Warlords do combined, and they're big thorns on the World Government's side. | |
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Becoming a warlord turns out to be the brilliant but treacherous Major General Ball's real plan in "The Night Of The Double-Edged Knife". Extorting a fortune from the government by having his men slaughter five railroad workers near the border a day until he's paid, framing the attacks on the local natives, he reveals to Jim he intends to use the money to build an army with seasoned mercenaries from Mexico. Then launch a surprise invasion of America, conquer a state for him to rule over, and "see where we go from there". | |
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During the "GUDAGUDA Final Honnouji" event, the protagonist takes the role of a warlord who unites all of Japan under their rule in order to resolve a Singularity. Despite this, they retain their usual Nice Guy and All-Loving Hero attitude in how they treat their subjects and go about their conquest. They become wildly successful in this endeavor despite lacking the ruthlessness and ambition usually required for this trope, something that Nobbu is in disbelief over. | |
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