Addendum

By good reason, I mean the villain is looking for some ancient artifact that will make him absolutely shredded. Whether he gets it and the hero has to fight him at full power, the hero gets it, or some underling gets it to become the true main villain I leave up to you.

Physique Reminder

Unless you have a good reason to against this, your story's villain should be absolutely shredded, just an unbelievable specimen of musculature. This is true in all speculative fiction genres including alternative history.

Addendum

No one will ever ask if their tough priest can have huge muscles, because c'mon. I mean, really. Let's be serious here.

The Newest Trends

Out: Huge muscles
In: Tough priest

Ancient Wisdom

You might be wondering if you can put some big muscley arms on your sentient spaceship, but buddy, the arcades beat you to that long ago.

Addendum

Also, Dogi was barely in it and Adol barely has muscles. That's no way to keep up with the times, fellas.

Clarification

Can stage magicians also have huge muscles? Regrettably, not huge enough. Some combinations are impossible, no matter how much we might wish otherwise.

Trends of the New Century

Out: Stage magicians
In: Huge muscles