Complete Monster/Dragon Quest

Dragon Quest games are renowned not only for firmly standing on the "idealistic" side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism, but also for having, in spite (or maybe because) of that, generally at least one utterly depraved, despicable villain per game, whether it's the Big Bad, The Dragon, or just another major player in the storyline's events.


 * Rhapthorne from Dragon Quest VIII is one of the most repulsive villains in the series. While most main villains in the series are Card-Carrying Villain and/or Giant Space Flea From Nowhere, Rhapthorne is present from the beginning to the end, actively causing all the calamities in the game. His most heinous acts include . Let's just say that his death was way too nice for what he did.
 * Bishop Ladja from Dragon Quest V, despite only being The Dragon, may very well be the most monstrous villain in the entire series, surpassing even Rhapthrone. Literally every time he appears, he commits an even more horrific atrocity than his last. His first scene alone has him . And this is only his first appearance. He just gets worse and worse from there.
 * Dragon Quest IV gives us
 * Mortamor, the Big Bad of Dragon Quest VI, most definitely counts and was arguably tied with Ladja in terms of pure evil before Orgodimer and Rhapthorne came along. See, unlike the other DQ villains, Mortamor doesn't simply want to destroy/conquer the world. No, he wants to completely and utterly destroy the very concept of hope. To this end, he effectively turns his own world, which he rules, into a giant concentration camp where his subjects are routinely abused, manipulated, tortured, and slaughtered like animals. Those few who manage to resist his soul-crushing ways are instead shipped off to a special prison where they are starved, tortured, and ultimately executed hundreds at a time. Perhaps his worst act is
 * The Demon Lord Orgodemir from Dragon Quest VII definitely fits here. The hero's quest centers around traveling through time to Set Right What Once Went Wrong and unseal the rest of the world, as almost the entire planet descended into darkness thanks to the Demon Lord's warring against God. One has to play through the whole game to understand just how much this villain messed up the world. It's worth noting that he is the only villain in the entire franchise to be a direct parallel to Satan.
 * The Demon Lord Orgodemir from Dragon Quest VII definitely fits here. The hero's quest centers around traveling through time to Set Right What Once Went Wrong and unseal the rest of the world, as almost the entire planet descended into darkness thanks to the Demon Lord's warring against God. One has to play through the whole game to understand just how much this villain messed up the world. It's worth noting that he is the only villain in the entire franchise to be a direct parallel to Satan.