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"Lord of Darkness" would be the standard epithet in extruded fantasy product. But this piece is a parody of that genre, and "Lord of Dark" matches "Sword of Good" in its deliberately plonking manner (i.e. what you called "captain-obvious"). It draws attention to its own banality, which is the point.