overlord

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"I think Your Idol is such a banger," says Kang about song the Saja Boys sing while feeding the souls of their audience to the evil overlord Gwi-Ma.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

It’s fairly obvious who Hawley channeled to create Prodigy’s overlord, whereas Sandra Yi Sencindiver’s Yutani fits a concept; she’s all silk tailoring and iron will.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

First Paul falls in love with Chani, a Fremen warrior who sees the messiah prophecy as overlord propaganda, which naturally threatens to back-burner his mom.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Our desire to believe that Autopilot is safe reflects our desire to believe that the real A.I. risk involves a superhuman overlord.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

At the moment Tikal was divided, Kaan conquered it, forcing both brothers to recognize the other city as their overlord.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann