Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
You know, I can't picture Xykon bothering to actually rule the world. In Gobnotopia he pretty much left Redcloak run things. Obviously, if the Snarl were what Xykon was told it was, him having it would be bad, but he wouldn't actually take over the world, he'd blow up a few major population centers, build a big-ass tower to put a throne in and then be bored out of his skull again. Most people would truck on living as they always have while paying lip-service to the mad lich and with the added fear of being victim to his random wrath. Given the world they live in, and despite it being obvious wishful-thinking she came up with to justify her already-decided course of action, rather than the opposite, it's not that unlikely that a team of heroes would eventually arise to cast down the evil tyrant.
He might try and devise an even more grandiose scheme, which may be achievable as ruler of the world and soemoen who has access to the Snarl. Trying to ascend to godhood himself might be what he tries to do. No idea how much destruction he might cause trying to do that.

Also, even if he doesn't take much of an active hand in ruling, someone will rule the world, and there's every chance it will be a villain. Whether he actually installs a villain of his own choosing (like Redcloak), or simply takes a hands off approach and allows villains like Tarquin to pop up everywhere, it does seem unlikely he'd let any righteous ruler remain.