OVERLORD

Character & lore atlas · 295 characters with detailed profiles · 343 lore entries · Covers the light novels through Vol. 16

Based primarily on the Japanese オーバーロードWIKI (7th edition), supplemented by the English Overlord Fandom wiki, with Chinese encyclopedias for reference. Content marked “(unverified)” has not yet been confirmed in a source other than Fandom (such as the Japanese wiki). Contains spoilers for every volume.

World

An entire tomb, transported to another world.

In 2138, as the DMMO-RPG YGGDRASIL shut down, Momonga (Suzuki Satoru), guildmaster of Ainz Ooal Gown, stayed in the Great Tomb of Nazarick to see out the final countdown. When the servers went dark, he was transported to another world together with the entire tomb, still in the body of a skeletal magic caster. The former NPCs gained wills of their own and swore absolute loyalty to him. Taking the name Ainz Ooal Gown, he played the part of the "Supreme Being" while searching for former comrades who might also have come to this world, and, pushed along by his subordinates, he gradually moved toward conquering it.

Latest オーバーロード16 半森妖精の神人［下］ (The Half-Elf God-kin, Part II; KADOKAWA, released July 29, 2022). As of October 2026, Vol. 17 has no official release date; the author plans to conclude the series at 18 volumes.

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Great Tomb of Nazarick

The great tomb built around Ainz and his Heteromorphic NPC Guardians, far stronger than any local nation. In Vol. 9 it seized E-Rantel and founded the Sorcerer Kingdom, which advertises coexistence among races while quietly expanding its territory through schemes and terror.

29 characters

Nazarick: Area Guardians & Other NPCs

The Area Guardians of each floor and the key NPCs of the 9th and 10th Floors.

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Nazarick: Pleiades

The Battle Maids of the 9th Floor, led by Sebas.

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Nazarick: Homunculus Maids

The 41 homunculus maids created by the Supreme Beings, who keep daily life running on the 9th Floor.

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Ainz Ooal Gown Guild (Supreme Beings)

The 41-member Heteromorphic guild of YGGDRASIL, revered by the NPCs as the “Supreme Beings.”

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Re-Estize Kingdom

A human nation founded after the war against the Evil Deities two centuries ago, long torn by infighting between the Nobility Faction and the Royalty Faction. It lost E-Rantel after the massacre on the Katze Plains, and in Vol. 14 the Sorcerer Kingdom's invasion destroyed the entire realm except E-Raevel.

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Eight Fingers

A criminal syndicate entrenched in the Re-Estize Kingdom's underworld, later brought under Nazarick's control.

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Baharuth Empire

A prosperous human empire centralized by the “Bloody Emperor” Jircniv, home to the great magic caster Fluder. Under Ainz's carrot-and-stick strategy it got the carrot: it became a vassal of the Sorcerer Kingdom, and life there carries on much as before.

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Slane Theocracy

A human-supremacist nation founded six centuries ago by the players known as the “Six Great Gods.” It holds a wealth of player legacies, the Six Scriptures, and the God-kin Extra Seat, and secretly shields the human nations from demi-humans. It has warred with the Elf Country for years and now sees the Sorcerer Kingdom as its greatest threat.

17 characters

Roble Holy Kingdom

A religious nation ruled by the Holy Queen Calca that built a great wall against the demi-humans. Devastated by Jaldabaoth's (Demiurge's) invasion, it was saved by the Sorcerer King; by Vol. 13 it was already slated to be handed over to the Sorcerer Kingdom within a few years, while the “Faceless Cult” worshipping the Sorcerer King was growing ever stronger at home.

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Argland Council State & the Dragon Lords

A nation of many demi-human races, founded after the war against the Evil Deities two centuries ago and governed by a council of five to seven dragons, among them the strongest of all, the Platinum Dragon Lord. Wary of players, it is the rival the Slane Theocracy fears most.