A Dark Lord is a powerful, villainous stock character that appears in the fantasy genre.

Dark Lord may also refer to:

Fictional characters

• Dark Lord of the Sith, a title held by the main antagonists in the fictional Star Wars universe
• Ming the Merciless, a comic book character and archenemy of Flash Gordon
• Morgoth, the main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth works
• Sauron, the main antagonist of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Lord Voldemort, the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series by J.K. Rowling
• Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, a character from Dave the Barbarian
• Ganon or Dark Lord Ganondorf, the main antagonist of The Legend of Zelda series
• Mordru or The Dark Lord, a supervillain in DC Comics
• Dark Lord, a villain from Flint the Time Detective
• Darklords of Helgedad, antagonists in the Lone Wolf gamebooks
• Dark Lord, the antagonist in the Doom and its sequel Doom Eternal
• Dracula (Castlevania), known as the Dark Lord in the Castlevania series
• Diablo, the titular main antagonist of the Diablo series
• Darkseid, an alien despot from DC Comics
• Darklord (Ravenloft), a ruler of a domain of the fictional Ravenloft campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons
• The Darkling Lords, antagonists from Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
• The Dark Overlords of the Universe, characters from Howard the Duck
• Dark Lord, the main antagonist in the game Miitopia

Other

• Dark Lord, a famous Russian Imperial Stout beer from Three Floyds Brewing.
• Dark Lord, a nickname for former British cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, Lord Mandelson
• Devil or Satan, the personification of evil in certain religions (see also Prince of Darkness)

See also

• Dark Lady (disambiguation)
• Dark Lord of Derkholm, a novel by Diana Wynne Jones
• Darklords, a Dungeons & Dragons accessory
• Demon Lord (disambiguation)
• Evil Emperor (disambiguation)
• Evil Overlord List
• Good Lord (disambiguation)
• Prince of Darkness (disambiguation)