Lord Farquaad

Lord Farquaad was the main antagonist of Shrek and Shrek 4-D. He was the ruler of Duloc and Thelonious' former both

Personality

Farquaad is the villainous, cruel and (literally) short-tempered iron-fisted ruler of Duloc. Selfish, greedy and a dictator who doesn't care about anyone but himself.

To underline his villainy Farquaad had a xenophobic hatred of fairy-tale creatures and even went as far to call them monsters who ruin his perfect world, Farquaads overall attitude towards them was genocidal.

He also suffered from a Napolean Comoles which gives him the need to compensate for his comical stature by being domineering and controlling. This also shows by the towering height of castle Duloc and in his grave when he was taller than the dragon that killed him.

Farquaads only dream was to become the official ruler of Duloc but needed a princess to do so, the only reason he married Fiona was out of pure lust for power and no love in his heart at all.

Furthermore Farquaad has shown to be sadistic as evidenced when he tortured Gingy into giving him information by cutting off his legs and taunting him further by repeating the story "run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man."

Although in the first film when he discovers Fiona's ogress identity he is initially disgusted and repulsed by her appearacne, in the 4-D however he may have developed actual feelings and wanted her to become his undead wife.

He was also lazy as evidenced by not wanting to rescue the princess from the dragons keep himself and hosted a tournament of knights to battle for the honour.

Farquaad was also very rude and had a bullying streak which was shown when he described both Shrek and Fiona as hideous.

Farquaads overall attraction to the princess may have been solely lust and even if they did wed there's no guarantee that he would treat her right or even as a person, just another object of his desires.

Quotes

 * That's enough. He's ready to talk.

Trivia

 * Despite rejecting Fiona after seeing her in her ogress form, Farquaad wanted her to make her his ghostly queen in the underworld. He also seemed to still have feelings for her.
 * In the intro when he was torturing Gingy, the three little pigs, and Pinocchio, he called her "His" Fiona affectionately.
 * He also was flirting with her while she was on the raft.
 * When he thought she was dead, he called her his angel.
 * Farquaad, the Fairy Godmother, and Charming are the only three villains from the Shrek franchise known to have been killed.

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