This is The Dark Lord - a character I've been dreaming about a lot lately. I've been obsessed with Dark Lord archetypes from other media like Lord of the Rings, etc; and I needed him out of my system.
I think I'm going to participate in National Novel Writing Month this year and he's going to be a central character.
He wields a Nexus Crystal, granting him devastating magical powers; and the mask he wears is actually the skull of the previous Dark Lord, which carries the former Lord's memories that the new one can tap into at will.
What do you think?