Overlord

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In feudalism, an overlord was a lord having authority over other lords. The ruler of all rulers. Any one with over arching power or authoritarianism, or absolute power.

Overlord may also refer to:

In military history:

• Operation Overlord (codename for the Battle of Normandy), the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces during World War II
• Overlord (military acronym)

In fiction:

• Overlord (comics), a comic-book supervillain created by Erik Larsen
• Overlord (Transformers), a Transformers character
• Overlord (species), a non-human species in the book Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
• "Invasion of the Capital" / "Over Lord", an episode of the TV series RahXephon with an operation named after the Battle of Normandy
• Dark Lord (also known as "Evil Overlord"), in fiction, a powerful villain with evil henchmen
• In the Disgaea games, Anime, and manga, an Overlord is a demon in charge of a netherworld of its own

In video gaming:

• Overlord (1990 computer game) (called Supremacy in Europe), a 1990 strategy computer game
• Overlord (1993 video game), a strategy game for the NES, port of the 1990 computer game
• Overlord (1994 video game), a World War II flight simulator for the Amiga and PC by Rowan Software
• Overlord (2007 video game), an action/adventure game for the PC, PS3 (2008), and Xbox 360
  • Overlord: Raising Hell, an expansion to the 2007 game for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360
• A type of hero in the computer game Heroes III
• The name of Act 5—Quest 1 in the computer game Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Overlord, an airborne Zerg breed used for battle co-ordination and transport the StarCraft science-fiction series
• The name of a Chinese tank in the game Command & Conquer: Generals
• A common name for the ruler of Freeport, Lucan D'Lere in EverQuest 2
• The name of one of the character classes in the computer game Lineage II
• The monstrous high commander of the aliens of the Moon Station in the episode called "Lunar Apocalypse" in PC game Duke Nukem 3d

Other:

• Overlord (film), a 1975 film by Stuart Cooper
• Overlord meme, an internet meme relating mock submission
• Evil overlord, another word for supervillain
• Evil Overlord List, a list of common errors made by stereotypical villains
• Overlord (MC Overlord), an Austin-based hip-hop artist