Rival
Warlord
Warlord noun - Supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak.
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The rival Julia came to rescue notes that said warlord is likely to let himself starve to death first.
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The film also depicted the Shadow as a reformed opium warlord who had a rival slain even though doing so also slew one of his own loyal men.
Source: Misaimed Marketing - Freshly widowed, she had the choice of marrying her well-beloved general or a rival Muslim warlord, and chose to rule in her own right until her adopted heir came of age and she married him.
Source: Action Girl / Real Life
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