Lord Farquaad

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## Evil-doer

* Mortal
* Ghost

### Alias

Lord Farquaad
Lord Maximus Farquaad
Liege
Dwarf

### Allies

The lonious (formerly)
His knights

### Occupation

Lord of Duloc (formerly)
"King" of Duloc (briefly)

### Resources

Command over the soldiers of Duloc
Political power
Leadership
Intelligence
Manipulation
Deception
Swordsmanship

### Hobby

Keeping Duloc "perfect".
Gaining power.
Manipulating people.
Torturing fairytale creatures.

### Goals

Become the official king of Duloc by any means necessary, including marrying Fiona.
Kill Shrek and Princess Fiona.
Cleanse his "perfect world" of all fairytale creatures (all failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Letting some of his men die in the battle against the dragon.
Torturing Gingy.
Possibly killing Mama Bear.
Threatening to relentlessly torture Shrek.
Trying to lock Princess Fiona in the tower again for eternity.

### Kill Count

Several (indirectly)
1 (implied)
3 (attempted)

### Crimes

Mass murder (indirectly)
Coercion
Usurpation
Treason
Attempted murder
Kidnapping
False imprisonments
 Torture
Abuse of power
Animal cruelty
Terrorism
Hate crimes
Vandalism
Attempted regicide
Corruption
Attempted mutilation

### Type of Villain

Tyrannical Control Freak

**Lord Maximus Farquaad** is the main antagonist of DreamWorks' 5th full-length animated feature film *Shrek*, the first installment of the *Shrek* film series, its musical adaption, and the 2003 3-D short *Shrek 4-D* (also known as *The Ghost of Lord Farquaad*), as well as a flashback antagonist in *Shrek the Third*.

He was the oppressive ruler of a lordship called Duloc and he spent the first part capturing fairytale creatures, so that he could find the magic mirror. Once he did, he asked if Duloc, the place where he ruled, was the perfect kingdom, but as he was not a king, Duloc was not a kingdom, so he tried to marry Princess Fiona to become king.

He was voiced by John Lithgow. In the video game adaptation of the film, he was voiced by André Sogliuzzo. In the musical, he was portrayed by Christopher Sieber. In the Korean dub, he was voiced by Byung-Kwan Kim. In the Italian dub, he was voiced by the late Oreste Rizzini.

## Personality

Lord Farquaad is the ruthless, deceptive, ill-tempered, egotistical, and iron-fisted ruler of Duloc. He is an extremely prideful, oppressive and power-hungry dictator who doesn't care about everyone but himself. However, despite his villainy, Farquaad does not see himself as a monster and when this was brought up to him by the gingerbread man named Gingy, he dismissed it and even went as far to call him and the rest of fairytale creatures trash and viewed them as poisoning his perfect world, which makes him completely xenophobic, contemptuous and individualistic at once.

Despite all his negative traits, he remains true to his word, evidenced by the fact that he fulfilled the promise of giving Shrek the deed to his swamp back once Shrek delivered Fiona to him. However, he was still very ungrateful, rude, never thanked Shrek or Donkey and completely took all credit for the rescue. He is apparently a competent administrative figure, with the town of Duloc flourishing under his rule (which wasn't the case after his death). At the same time he isn't very popular with his citizens, as they quickly begin to clap and cheer on Shrek during the tournament and welcome him back when he interrupts the wedding. They don't seem to care much about Farquaad's death, some even laughing and cheering.