It is a beautiful day in Equestria. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and there isn't a cloud in the sky above the Castle of the Supreme Overlord in Canterlot.
Castle of the Celestial Sisters? You’re a little late my friend. Didn’t you get the memo?
The Dominion of Equestria has been mine for a whole year now.
Domination of Equestria - T+365 days.
From the great seas in the south to the frozen north, a wonderful recent acquisition, my Dominion has gone from strength to strength under my leadership. Poverty is down, wages are up. Social unrest is down, crime is down, dissatisfaction with the government is (officially) down. Some may say that’s down to some rather oppressive laws and brutal police practices, and I would agree with them wholeheartedly. You can’t argue with results afterall.
Elements of Harmony, Alicorn Sisters, Empires of the north and countless rebellions have fallen before me. Some would say that I could probably relax by now. The counter down in the hallway reads a healthy 17 days since the last armed insurrection. If we manage a month I have plans to hold a party for all in the security services. With Doughnuts. Ponies really really like doughnuts.
So tell me, my little friend, who are you again? No, you’re not North Wind. For starters, North Wind is a Pegasus, not an Earth Pony. Second, I know North Wind quite well, I attended his foal shower only a couple of months ago.
What? Of course I can tell you’re not him. I can see you. It may be his uniform, and I hope for the sake of your friends and family that you didn’t hurt him too much when you stole it, and it may have his name tag on it, but I can see your face. Clear glass helmets for all those in uniform. It’s a simple policy and one that’s stopped more infiltrators like you than you have grass chewing molars in your mouth.
You know what? Never mind. Over the railing with you. Alioop! There we go. I still quite like the look on the face of Earth Ponies when they find themselves in the air with nothing under them. It’s a strange combination of shock, surprise and a yearning. A deep yearning to have the earth under their hooves again. The irony that they very quickly get that wish fulfilled in a very final manner is not lost on me I assure you.
Guards? Could you fly down there, make sure he’s dead and incinerate the body for me? Yes, standard procedure, double tap to the skull if he’s not moving, full clip to the chest if it even so much as twitches in the breeze, then double tap the skull.
Oh, and find North Wind. If he’s alive then retire him. No, not permanently, with a pension. Jeeze, I’m not a monster, he’s got a family. He has rather proved unreliable though.
Overlord Rule No:1 My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones.
Just wondering, but have you had a chance to read this fic?
Oh baby, dis gun be gud.
Despite criminally short chapter lengths, I can tell I'm going to enjoy this. Big fan of the Evil Overlord Checklist and how, particularly in relation to HR matters and actually maintaining your evil empire, sufficiently competent evil is indistinguishable from benevolence. Managing your empire is so much easier when you're a villain with good publicity than when you have a 0% approval rating, and making sure your conquered subjects are moderately safe and well fed tends to undercut uprisings and gives a nice boost to overall morale.
He takes care of his subjects like a proper ruler, that's nice.
~Leonzilla
I always have loved the list. This should be fun!
Huh. I'd never thought of that particular application of rule 1.
This gunna be gud.
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A year has 365 days...
6498589 Not in Equestria...not in Equestria....
It's gonna be hard to remember every single one of these off the top of my head.
The lackey's name changed from South Wind to North Wind. Might want to fix that.
Allez-hop.
Yes, I'm nitpicky.
This also works for Rule No. 130 - "All members of my Legions of Terror will have professionally tailored uniforms. If the hero knocks a soldier unconscious and steals the uniform, the poor fit will give him away." While Rarity has the ability to make the correct alterations, Twilight is so OCD, she will not schedule enough time in her plans to defeat this rule.
so has anyone made a list of the story in chronological order. (edit)( if not here it is ill add the to it as the story continues. ill block out the years in case people don't want to know ( for some reason))
rule 62 -359
rule 21 -356
rule 55 -342
rule 34 -312
rule 64 -300
rule 92 -246
rule 63 -241
rule 54 -200
rule 83 -194
rule 49 -90
rule 5 -90
rule 66 -61
rule 9 -61
rule 96 -61
rule 7 -61 unsure if correct
rule 15 -32
rule 3 -24
rule 39 -15 10:45
rule 40 -15 12:01
rule 37 -15 14:02
rule 58 -15 14:34
rule 23 -15 15:46
rule 45 -15 15:58
rule 72 -15 19:30
rule 75 -15 20:09
rule 54 -15 20:10
rule 89 -15 20:44
rule 57 -14
rule 47 -12
ruler 28 -9
rule 6 -5
rule 68 0 13:12
rule 29 0 13:34
rule 22 0 13:42
rule 8 0 14:14
rule 53 +2
rule 52 +12
rule 11 +14
rule 19 +15
rule 46 +22
rule 16 +27
rule 44 +30
rule 25 +32
rule 12 +34
rule 36 +36
rule 33 +36
rule 67 +37
rule 17 +39
rule 31 +42
rule 10 +44
rule 94 +44
rule 41 +45
rule 76 +45
rule 90 +46
rule 87 +48
rule 65 +49
rule 77 +50
rule 32 +51
rule 69 +101
rule 71 +120
rule 2 +123
rule 73 +154
rule 74 +154
rule 50 +182
rule 48 +189
rule 43 +193
rule 97 +193
rule 85 +213 18:12
rule 82 +213 20:11
rule 24 +213 20:13
rule 14 +213 23:44
rule 94 +214
rule 38 +215
rule 42 +220
rule 26 +221
rule 54 +222
rule 51 +228
rule 27 +231
rule 59 +242
rule 95 +245
rule 91 +247
rule 18 +254
rule 4 +348
rule 13 +356
rule 1 +365
6506530 I think many readers would appreciate it, specially the ones just stating the story.
Having the option of going in chronological order might help people understand the story more clearly.
But you probably shouldn't post many copies, I suggest you edit your last comment in this chapter continuously with the list and maybe post it only once more when the story is finished at the last chapter.
~Leonzilla
Cover art features face-concealing helmet.
Oops.
6507010 But he is the Evil Overlord.
Is someone going to steal his armour and trick him that it's himself?
On days like these, evil overlords like you...i always thought it was so they could see what they were shooting at, this does make a little more sense tho.
Don't forget rule 0: keep the army happy.
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Like at the start of Palpatine's Galactic Empire he basically created a utopia. Eradicated joblessness, increased wages, crime was near non-existent, opened countless schools and hospitals. Still was heavily human favored but even the aliens didn't care because they got so much out of it. Then he decided to go Stupid Evil for some reason even though everyone was throwing power and loyalty at him without him having to lift a wrinkly finger. He went full retard. He should have known to never go full retard.
Rather like Hitler and the utopia he created, too...until he went full retard.
If I were an evil overlord there are several reasons I would make it a personal issue to take good care of my subjects and empire. First, they are mine so I wouldn't want to break my toys. I mean subjects. Second, the more prosperous my empire, the wealthier I am and the stronger my empire becomes and so the stronger I become since I control all that wealth and strength. Third...ummm, profit!
8199688
Hitler never created anything resembling an "utopia".
He was rearming his country at a deficit. He borrowed a lot of money (the so-called MEFO bills) and was consistently six months from economic collapse each time he made a move between early 1938 and late 1939. The infusions of foreign gold and industry were needed to keep his economy going.
Of course, once France fell, he had the perfect box of loot to fuel the German war industry.
8199688
the way i heard it, Palpatine was sort of benevolent, BUT his obsession with hunting down EVERY last Jedi distracted him from reigning in the more corrupt governors, so they abused everyone with near impunity...
a few planets near "imperial center" (Coruscant) were better off under Palpatine, but everyone else was worse off.