"I am the Shape of Things to Come, the Lord of the Flies, Holder of the Sword Sinister...The Death Bringer...I am the one who waits on the edge of your dreams." - Nemesis

Welcome back to Character Awareness. Today we're meeting Nemesis the Warlock, a very edgy character created by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill who first appeared in the British comics anthology 2000 AD.

Nemesis is a demonic alien who fights the KKK in space.

Yes, really.

His greatest enemy, his own nemesis if you will, is the human zealot Torquemada who wants to cleanse the universe of all alien life. I would say you can't make this up but someone did. He also does battle with his son who I think is a much more interesting character than Torquemada. He has an obligatory annoying sidekick as well named Grobbendonk who speak a language which is actually called Gibberish.

I find Nemesis' race to be very interesting purely by virtue of their awesome design. They look very draconic and Giger-esque. The males have hoofed satyr-like legs whereas the females are more akin to centaurs. They breathe fire out of wherever the heck their mouths are and practice dark sorcery.

This character has... Potential. As I said I find his design and his son interesting. Another interesting aspect of Nemesis is that it's implied that were he to actually defeat Torquemada he'd probably become a horrible tyrant himself. It's not often that the protagonist isn't much better than the villain and done well it can be good. I think especially with the cultural climate today a dark movie with a demonic fire breathing protagonist fighting racism and religion would probably do very well.

I won't be giving Nemesis a custom theme because he already has an awesome theme from his Commodore 64 game. Here's a nice cover of it: