Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6920530-20131125175119/@comment-9090085-20131221003419

BenRG wrote: In any case, the 'main' antagonist and highest-ranking antagonist are rarely the same thing, especially if the Big Bad is primarily a chess master or planner type rather than one who gets his/her hands dirty. That means that his Dragon (Cinder) does most of the dirty work when she is not standing at his/her side like a loyal attack dog. Indeed; and if the "highest rank" is a sleeping "god" of some description, that would be even more so. (of course, said "god" might be more of a "Bigger Bad" then a "Big Bad")

Just look at Gundam series: around half of them put the "main antagonist" in a subordinate position to multiple people. They do sometimes move up in the hierarchy, but not always.