This somewhat crept up on me while skimming through one of the usual Harry kills Voldemort and then ends up in another dimension that still has snake-boy running around, has an angst fest after remeeting his lost true love and family, ect; giving birth to this. What if the various Dark Lords that appeared every few decades served somewhat as a release valve for the more negative parts of the wizarding world?
Which leads to Harry who having recently killed Voldemort a few years before and done his mourning for all those that died has gone off to celebrate life in the Bahamas with his girlfriend and surviving comrades... only to suddenly awake up a few days later in alternate universe where Voldemort had never existed.
Unfortunately without Voldemort to serve as a counter weight the ministry has transformed into directorship where book burnings are common, even the slightest hint of the dark arts can have you arrested and thrown into Azkaban faster then a person can say Hogwarts, the various halfbloods and muggleborns are second class citizens, there are no "known" werewolves or vampires anywhere in western Europe, the goblins are on the verge of open rebellion, and the rest?
Well letÆs just say that the house elves are at the top social ladder and leave it at that.
Enter Harry who having spent the last few days laying low and trying to figure out what the hell happened finds himself being dragged (somewhat kicking and screaming) into this worlds politics and a position that he never wanted... becoming a Dark Lord, mainly because the items and spells need to send him back are extremly rare, expensive, and dark.
Of course Harry isn't the most normal of Dark Lords, what with his minions being mainly halfbloods and muggleborns, not toruting his servants for failing but for being stupid, not being a raciest, being generally skilled in light magic, having no problem using the various magic races and their talents to the full advantage possible, and even being willing to use muggles and muggle weapons (the near magical power of a nuke isn't to be underestimated).
Rules
--Harry isn't a thug he's a Dark Lord; that doesn't mean that he isn't capable of being extremely mean and vicious, just that he doesn't do it acting like a thug.
--Harry has a sense of morals and honor. That doesn't mean that he's a bleeding heart, but simply has a sense of right and wrong and is capable of keeping his word.
--At least one scene of Harry raiding one of those semi-mythical places thought lost to time until somebody went and found it, only for it to get destroyed while both sides where trying to claim it during the war with Voldemort.
--Harry's doesnÆt spend more then a paragraph or two angsting over the past.
--Harry's intelligent, explaining why Harry was vacation in the Bahamas and Voldemort fertilizer and capable of using common sense such as it nice to have a group skilled wizards at your back, its even better to have a group of skill wizards and a group Squibs armed with Ak-47's.
--He's capable of thinking outside the box explaining why he had squibs armed Ak-47's, snipers shooting anyone that looked like they were giving orders, Dobby stealing anything not nailed down in Malfoy Manor while placing plastic explosives throughout it, ect., during the war against Voldemort.
--He doesnÆt forget the usefulness of various muggle technologies while trying to conquer the wizarding world.
--Harry's one of his worlds most skilled user of the dark arts, how he learned is totally up to the author. He might have studied it on the side while being taught the more powerful light spells or after killing Voldemort gaining all of his power and knowledge of the dark arts.
--Harry mustn't go and seek out his friends and family that died in his world; to him these people aren't them.
--Harry wants to get home and doesnÆt care all that much that this means that he has tear apart the wizarding world to do so.
--Harry is good at fighting and understands tactics or at least has someone he trusts that does.
--Harry must have at some time read the The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord and at least do one of the things on the list.
Which leads to Harry who having recently killed Voldemort a few years before and done his mourning for all those that died has gone off to celebrate life in the Bahamas with his girlfriend and surviving comrades... only to suddenly awake up a few days later in alternate universe where Voldemort had never existed.
Unfortunately without Voldemort to serve as a counter weight the ministry has transformed into directorship where book burnings are common, even the slightest hint of the dark arts can have you arrested and thrown into Azkaban faster then a person can say Hogwarts, the various halfbloods and muggleborns are second class citizens, there are no "known" werewolves or vampires anywhere in western Europe, the goblins are on the verge of open rebellion, and the rest?
Well letÆs just say that the house elves are at the top social ladder and leave it at that.
Enter Harry who having spent the last few days laying low and trying to figure out what the hell happened finds himself being dragged (somewhat kicking and screaming) into this worlds politics and a position that he never wanted... becoming a Dark Lord, mainly because the items and spells need to send him back are extremly rare, expensive, and dark.
Of course Harry isn't the most normal of Dark Lords, what with his minions being mainly halfbloods and muggleborns, not toruting his servants for failing but for being stupid, not being a raciest, being generally skilled in light magic, having no problem using the various magic races and their talents to the full advantage possible, and even being willing to use muggles and muggle weapons (the near magical power of a nuke isn't to be underestimated).
Rules
--Harry isn't a thug he's a Dark Lord; that doesn't mean that he isn't capable of being extremely mean and vicious, just that he doesn't do it acting like a thug.
--Harry has a sense of morals and honor. That doesn't mean that he's a bleeding heart, but simply has a sense of right and wrong and is capable of keeping his word.
--At least one scene of Harry raiding one of those semi-mythical places thought lost to time until somebody went and found it, only for it to get destroyed while both sides where trying to claim it during the war with Voldemort.
--Harry's doesnÆt spend more then a paragraph or two angsting over the past.
--Harry's intelligent, explaining why Harry was vacation in the Bahamas and Voldemort fertilizer and capable of using common sense such as it nice to have a group skilled wizards at your back, its even better to have a group of skill wizards and a group Squibs armed with Ak-47's.
--He's capable of thinking outside the box explaining why he had squibs armed Ak-47's, snipers shooting anyone that looked like they were giving orders, Dobby stealing anything not nailed down in Malfoy Manor while placing plastic explosives throughout it, ect., during the war against Voldemort.
--He doesnÆt forget the usefulness of various muggle technologies while trying to conquer the wizarding world.
--Harry's one of his worlds most skilled user of the dark arts, how he learned is totally up to the author. He might have studied it on the side while being taught the more powerful light spells or after killing Voldemort gaining all of his power and knowledge of the dark arts.
--Harry mustn't go and seek out his friends and family that died in his world; to him these people aren't them.
--Harry wants to get home and doesnÆt care all that much that this means that he has tear apart the wizarding world to do so.
--Harry is good at fighting and understands tactics or at least has someone he trusts that does.
--Harry must have at some time read the The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord and at least do one of the things on the list.
