Dark Lord

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## Dark Lord

The big bad himself. This is what you've been training for. Defeat him and save all of Miitopia! ...Right?

### Also Known as

Ex-Dark Lord
Stan (Default name in Switch version)

### Species

Mii (as Ex-Dark Lord)
Demon (possessed by Dark Curse)

### Allies

Monsters
The Protagonist (when freed)
The Protagonist's Teammates (when freed)
Player-friendly NPCs (when freed)

### Enemies

The Protagonist
The Protagonist's Teammates
Player-friendly NPCs
Monsters (when freed)

### Next Journal #

092

The **Dark Lord** (Japanese: **大魔王** *Dai-maou;* Great Demon King) is the secondary antagonist that appears in Miitopia. As a custom character, the Dark Lord does not have a predetermined facial appearance. Like other pre-established characters, however, he has his own appearance and personality.

The Dark Lord was originally a normal Mii that worked in a HP Banana factory, before contemplating whether he would remain satisfied with this direction. After freeing the Dark Curse from a forbidden box, he becomes the first Mii to be possessed by it and the main antagonist of the first half of the game.

## History

### Background

Long before turning into the Dark Lord, the factory worker was once a normal Mii that worked in a factory that produced HP Bananas, but came to question whether he/she would be satisfied with this direction. It was at that moment that they heard a voice speak to them, promising great power and wealth. Tempted by this offer, the factory worker opened a forbidden box containing the Dark Curse, and was instantly surrounded in darkness as he/she was possessed by the curse.

While possessed, the factory worker could only watch in horror as the Dark Curse used their body to terrorize Miitopia, but was able to find the Dark Curse's motives due to sharing the same conscience.

### Attack on Greenhorne Village

With his plans in motion, the Dark Curse used the Dark Lord to begin his face-stealing campaign in the Town of Greenhorne. A total of five faces are stolen: a Sassy Child, a female member of the Lovey-Dovey Couple, a Sarcastic Guy, a Carefree Guide, and a Cheery Granny, but leaving the Worried Mother, Lovey Dovey Man and Dubious Mayor. After giving one last warning to the remainder of Greenhorne, the Dark Lord disappears and takes the faces with him. Because she didn't get her face stolen, the Worried Mother grants The Hero an antique charm and sends them on their way.

At the outskirts of Greenhorne, the Dark Lord meets The Hero, who demands that he return the face of the Sassy Child. He tells The Hero that he/she will have to earn it before attaching the face to a Mini Slime and mockingly asking the hero how good they are in a fight. The Dark Lord then leaves the hero to battle the Mini Slime. It is that moment the antique charm glows, releasing a guardian spirit who grants the hero the magical job of their choice.

After defeating the Mini Slime, The Hero encounters the Dark Lord once more. Annoyed at The Hero's constant intercession, the Dark Lord prepares to blast The Hero with a ball of dark energy. His attack is stopped by a blast of magic from the Great Sage. Bitter and annoyed at the Great Sage's interruption, the Dark Lord deems the two unworthy of his time and flees.

Some time later, the Dark Lord realizes the hero has rescued four of the five faces he took from Greenhorne, and is now headed to take back the face of the Cheery Granny. He greets the hero upon their arrival, but soon decides its not worth his time attacking the hero at this moment. Instead, he takes the face of the granny and attaches it to an Imp, hoping it will be enough to finish him. As he leaves the hero behind, he threatens that he has a special thing planned for the King within Greenhorne Castle, vanishing to enact his plan.

### Attacking Greenhorne Castle

The Dark Lord takes the face of the King and attaches it to a "King" Golem. After retrieving the King's face, the Dark Lord retaliates by stealing the face of the Princess and attaching it to a General within Nightmare Tower. Once The General is defeated, the Dark Lord warns The Hero that he/she *will* pay for spoiling his good mood.

### Attack on the Protagonist and Neksdor

Before The Hero enters the country of Neksdor, the Dark Lord appears during the night and kidnaps The Hero's friends, while sealing away The Hero's powers. The Dark Lord does not appear again until after The Hero convinces the thieving Genie of the Lamp to return his stolen belongings to the people of Neksdor. When The Hero returns to the town of Neksdor, The Dark Lord has already stolen the faces of the Dancing Guide, the Shady Merchant Family, the male member of the Prickly Couple, the Desert Celebrity, and the Genie of the Lamp. Afterwards, he resides in the Great Pyramid, holding the Genie's Face.

After a brief memoriam that the Dark Lord was thought to seal away the hero's powers, the Dark Lord decides to punish the hero by summoning the Genie's face, as well as a Pharaoh "Genie" to attach it to. The Dark Lord, mentioning that this Pharaoh is one of his best minions, sends the pharaoh to attack the protagonist, then leaves to attack the Elven Retreat.

### Second Kidnapping and the Realm of the Fey

After seeing that the Pharaoh has been defeated, the Dark Lord retaliates by kidnapping the hero's friends and sealing away the hero's powers a second time, sending them to the same place he sent the Greenhorne friends. Immediately afterwards, the Dark Lord moved on to the Realm of the Fey, wishing to attack the Elven Retreat that existed there. However, he greatly underestimated the elves' powers, and was swiftly defeated by the retreat's guardians, the Fab Fairies. However, just when their guard was down, the Dark Lord kidnapped the eldest and the middle sister, sending the youngest sister into a panic. There, he steals the faces of the kidnapped fairies, and attaches them to an "Eldest Fab Fairy" Owl and an Arachno"Middle Fab Fairy", respectively.

However, the hero arrives and yet again reclaims the stolen faces. This, however, was something the Dark Lord had been anticipating, and once the gate into the retreat is opened, the Dark Lord appears, mockingly thanking them for opening the gate for him. With the seal broken, the Dark Lord promptly steals the face of the youngest fab fairy, and swiftly enters the retreat, stealing the faces of the Scaredy Cat, the Fab Fairies Fans, and the Witch. This lasts until after the face of the youngest fab fairy is rescued, which was attached to a "Youngest Fab Fairy" Frog. Angry that he has been defeated once again, the Dark Lord retreats to his castle in Karkaton after stealing your team again.

### Karkaton and the Dark Lord's Castle

After kidnapping the hero's friends one last time, he tries yet again to seal away the hero's powers, but finds he cannot do so this time. Instead, however, he decides to take advantage of the friends he kidnapped, and steals their own faces. There, he uses the faces of the third-recruited friends (aka Teammates 3, 6, and 9) of Greenhorne, Neksdor, and Realm of the Fey and attaches them to a Burning "Teammate" Golem, a Magma "Teammate" Slime, and a Paincloud "Teammate", respectively. With the help of the great sage, the hero rescues these three faces, before making their way to the Dark Lord's castle. However, he had also utilized the faces of the second-recruited friends from each world (the 2nd, 5th, and 8th teammates), attaching all three to the ferocious Cerberus. The Cerberus is defeated, and the Dark Lord makes preparations for the hero's inevitable arrival.

Finally, the hero reaches the Dark Lord's castle, and the Dark Lord resorts to the faces of the first-recruited friends of each world (the 1st, 4th, and 7th teammates) attaching each to a "Teammate" Armor, a "Teammate" Demon, and a Study of "Teammate", respectively. Although the Hero once again defeats these monsters, the Dark Lord has one final surprise for them: a large, powerful Dragon. Again, the Dragon is defeated, and now only the Dark Lord stands in their way. At the throne room, the Dark Lord waits for the protagonist to arrive, and taunts them as they say that the Dark Lord will be defeated. A long, fierce battle soon begins.

In battle, the Dark Lord is the End-Boss of Karkaton, and is the toughest enemy encountered by that point in the game. His primary attack involves slamming his hands on a party member, or creating a rock slide that attacks all of the party members. When the Dark Lord loses roughly half of his HP, he will call in Imps to assist him, and steal the face of a random party member to create them. Ultimately, the Dark Lord too is defeated, as the factory worker is released from the Dark Curse. The Dark Curse then possesses the Great Sage, becoming the Darker Lord.

### Kidnapping and Redemption

Unfortunately for the worker, this is not the last time he encounters the Dark Curse, and is kidnapped by the Darker Lord in his Sky Scraper. He is later approached by the Protagonist, faceless and flustered. Upon being asked if he is okay, his face appears, and is attached to a Phantom of Evil.

After this Phantom is defeated, the worker is free again, asking if the protagonist remembers who he is. Regardless of their answer, the Ex-Dark Lord tells that he is the Dark Lord, except now as a normal human. He also mentions that he wants to make up for his trouble as the Dark Lord, and asks to join the Hero's party. The hero agrees, and the Ex-Dark Lord Accompanies the player for the remainder of the Sky Scraper.

In-battle, the Ex-Dark Lord is incredibly weak, only able to deal 1 to 4 damage to an enemy by throwing rocks at them. However, this is counteracted by the fact that he also has an infinite supply of HP Bananas, allowing the party to heal infinitely.

### Leaving the Party

Finally, the protagonist makes it to the end of the Sky Scraper, and is ready to ascend to Otherworld where the Darker Lord is waiting. The Ex-Dark Lord, however, stays behind, knowing that Otherworld is deadly for any normal Mii. He says his goodbyes to the protagonist, thanking them for saving his soul from the Dark Curse.

### Encounter in New Lumos

After the Darker Lord's defeat, the Ex-Dark Lord had moved to New Lumos, being employed to warn travelers about traversing the city. This also includes the Protagonist, who is told by him all of the horrors of the city. Despite this, the protagonist ignores him and goes into the city. Talking to him unlocks all the districts.

## Other Appearances

### Miitopia: Casting Call

The Dark Lord appears as a castable character in Miitopia: Casting Call, appearing in two of the three casting scenes.

## General Description

### Appearance

While possessed by the Dark Curse, the Dark Lord is a large, demonic Mii that is dressed in a dark magician's robe, with golden wristbands around his hands. Around his neck is a medallion displaying an open eye that is used when stealing faces, as well as being where the Dark Curse inhibits his body. He also noticeably has dark, pale skin with a Dracula-esque hairstyle.

When free of the Dark Curse, the Ex-Dark Lord is an average Mii that appears to wear a noble's gown with a kabuki-style hat, emulating the Dark Lord's robes and hairstyle, respectively.

### Personality

While possessed by the Dark Curse, the Dark Lord inherits the Dark Curse's personality, being arrogant and foreboding, almost naive.

As the Ex-Dark Lord, he becomes much more timid and weak, although thankful to the protagonist for expelling the Dark Curse from them. He is only able to use very weak stones as a guest party member, though he also has an endless supply of HP Bananas from his former employment in the HP Banana factory.

## Actions

 One More Time! (auto)
 Nightmare
 Face Steal

## Trivia

* In the *Enter the Great Sage* cut-scene, the Dark Lord attempts to attack the protagonist with an orb of dark magic, although he never uses this attack in battle.
* The Dark Lord has the same name as the Dark Lord from *Streetpass Quest/Find Mii II*, which is another RPG featuring Mii characters.
* The Imps that the Dark Lord summons are the exact same enemies as Imp "Cheery Granny", albeit weaker.
* The Dark Lord is one of three monsters to not drop a face upon defeat; the other is the Darkest Lord and the Dark Sun. This is most likely due to the fact that he is being possessed rather than having their face taken (like the Darkest Lord)
* While assisting the player's party, the Ex-Dark Lord throws a rock for minimal damage. This may be implied to be upgraded to the rockslide attack while under the Dark Curse's influence.
	+ His only other ability is to give party members bananas to eat, which seems to relate to his job before being taken over by the Dark Curse ("Take this banana I just made")
* The Dark Lord is frequently called "Satan" in *Miitopia'*s code.
	+ ”Stan”, the default name, may be a play on this.
* There is an unused Dark Lord model which is shaded darker and has what appears to be a visor in front of his face.
* After defeating the Darkest Lord and bringing peace to Miitopia, the Sarcastic Guy, the King of Greenhorne, the Prickly Couple and even the Eldest Fab Fairy and Youngest Fab Fairy will still think the Dark Lord is causing trouble, despite the fact that he's now reformed and is hanging out in New Lumos when the Player defeats the Darkest Lord.
* It is possible to defeat the Dark Lord before his second phase, or, if you grind enough, even in 1 turn. This requires level 40 plus Miis with good Relationships.
* If you fight the Dark Lord with only one or two Miis, he won’t summon Imps if he can’t steal a face without ending the player losing the battle. So if you fight him alone, he will do nothing on the turn Phase 2 starts, then act normal but not use Nightmare.
* The Dark Lord's hands and head are actually disembodied, same with the Darker Lord.
* The battle against the Dark Lord can be extremely long, as the Dark lord will most likely steal the main character's face and the third party member's, considering the A.I teammates will prioritize the dark lord over the imps, if they are too weak, the battle can be really long.
* The Dark Lord, his Phantom of Evil phase, and replicas of him make a completely different sound when using Nightmare compared to when any other monster uses the same technique (including The Darkest Lord and the Dark Sun).
* The Dark Lord’s necklace may be a reference to the Sheikah symbol from the Zelda series.
* The Dark Lord’s backstory is explained by him in the Sky Scraper.
* The Dark Lord's design bears slight resemblance to the Dragonlord from the Dragon Quest series, but it is unknown if this was intentional or not.
* His design also bears resemblance to Black Doom from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, given that they both have necklaces, and are sorcerers who wear robes and float rather than walk, given the lack of legs. Black Doom is also ironically referred to as a “Dark Lord” in his base game.

## Gallery

*Main Article: Dark Lord/Gallery*

Official artwork of the Dark Lord. (3DS version)Encountering the Dark Lord in-battleThe Ex-Dark Lord in the credits.

## See also

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Arid Frontier (Greenhorne) (Youngest Fab Fairy's Level 47 quest)
Castle Annex (Karkaton) (Youngest Fab Fairy's Level 50 quest)
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Tower of Dread (New Lumos)
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7th Floor (US)/6th Floor (EU)