NEMESIS
Real Name Unknown
Rank: Boss
Origin: Technology (?)
Archetype: Unknown
Power Sets/Powers: Unknown
Weaknesses: Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Current Whereabouts: Unknown
Group Affiliation: Unknown
Villain Finder
·Nemesis is currently in hiding.
Tactics
·Unknown
Combat Recommendations
·None at this time.
Rewards
·Unknown
History
The origins of the villain
known as Nemesis remain shrouded in mystery. It's believed that the Prussian Prince of Automaton's villainous career began
sometime in the 17th century, although his first serious bids for world domination did not occur until the early
1900s. He was somehow involved in World War I and disappeared for a short time after that conflict. Vanishing for years at
a time, only to resurface in a violent attack on humanity would become Nemesis' modus operandi.
After World War
I, Nemesis remained hidden until sometime after 1923, when he emerged again in Europe. During the 1920s
and 30s, Nemesis became the archenemy of the Dawn Patrol, a group of heroes who always rallied to drive back the villain and
his forces.
By 1931, Nemesis had secretly
extended his reach to America. During one of the Statesman's
early adventures, the hero began investigating a powerful company called Southern United Manufacturing, which had recently
relocated its headquarters to Paragon City's
Steel Canyon district. The Statesman
discovered that Southern United was just a front for Nemesis' new criminal empire. "In this first great confrontation between
Statesman and Nemesis—many more would follow over the years—Statesman brought down the company that Nemesis was
using to gather resources for his personal war against humanity. A bloodied but unbowed Nemesis unleashed his legions in the
hopes that a sudden attack would give him possession of the city. This tragic day, dubbed by the press as 'Brass Monday,'
witnessed the Prussian Prince's metal-clad troops flooding the streets of Steel
Canyon in a show of force not seen since the waning years of the Civil War.
"Rallying the authorities, Statesman battled back Nemesis' forces.
Eventually, the hero confronted Nemesis himself and forced the villain to retreat." The exposure that the Statesman enjoyed
after defeating Nemesis began a ground swell of public support for costume heroes that would eventually result in the passage
of the Citizen Crime Fighting Act in 1936.
After being humiliated
and driven underground by the Dawn Patrol and the Statesman, Nemesis began planning his next attack. During his "years of
patient plotting," Nemesis gained control of "much of America's
arms and war material manufacturing capability. Through his agents and minions he had access to not only the latest military
equipment, but also to vast sums of money that he used to build his own secret army. While America
slept off its hangover after celebrating VE Day, Nemesis played his hand.
"In the predawn hours,
the Prussian Prince of Automatons assembled his silent horde of fanatic robotic followers within striking distance of Washington DC.
As the sun rose over the Capitol Dome it brought flights of jet powered strike bots, the arcs of rocket-rifle fire, and devastating
atom ray blasts. Nemesis and his clockwork troops quickly overran military and super powered protectors alike, and President
Truman only escaped thanks to a well-placed hero with teleportation powers. Nemesis now held most of Congress and the entire
Supreme Court hostage. He staged an elaborate ceremony on the Capitol steps, and forced the Chief Justice to swear him in
as Emperor of the Americas.
"Heroes came flooding
back from across the Atlantic to face this unanticipated threat. By the time the first heroes arrived,
led by Statesman and the Freedom Phalanx, they found the situation even more dire than they could have imagined. Nemesis had
hidden nerve gas bombs throughout the twenty largest cities in America.
With the touch of a button he released the deadly toxin, ensuring a painful death to tens of millions if they did not receive
the antidote within 24 hours.
"What followed was the
most desperate hour America's heroes had ever known. World
famous champions of freedom fought deadly robots and atomic armored shock troops in the streets of our nation's capital. Finally,
the heroes faced down the evil genius himself on the steps of the Capital building. Nemesis was ready for them, unleashing
his atom-ray upon the assemblage, instantly killing dozens of heroes. However, in the chaos, Sister Psyche managed to use
her telepathic powers to pick the location of the antidote from Nemesis' mind. The rest of the heroes fell back before the
metal clad monster's onslaught.
“Wounded but still mobile, Sister Psyche escaped the scene of the carnage
and got word out to the Army. Within hours Dr. Mnemonic had synthesized an airborne version, and the air force and flying
heroes were spreading it across the infected cities. Nemesis' poison was neutralized and Washington
surrounded. Hundreds of heroes converged on the capitol and joined together for a second march on Washington.
They fought through the remainder of Nemesis' forces and thought they had defeated the evil genius himself, only to find that
all they had captured was a robot duplicate. Nemesis had escaped once again.
"Although Nemesis lost, he had done great damage and, more significantly, ushered
in a new era for super powered heroes the world over and in Paragon City
particularly. With the defeat of the Axis powers, the disappearance of the Fifth Column, and the crippling blows organized
crime had received before the war, Paragon City
had suddenly become a remarkably safe place to live. But villainy abhors a vacuum, and Nemesis had shown the way. A single
individual with extraordinary powers, evil ambitions, and enough loyal minions could challenge a whole nation. Yes, Nemesis
had failed, but there were more than a few willing to step up to the plate and show him where he'd gone wrong. The age of
the super villain had begun."
Yet
again, Nemesis vanished. In fact, he remained hidden for so long that many heroes began to believe that he was finally dead.
However, as he had done in the past, Nemesis eventually resurfaced in the mid-1990s to the chorus of murder and mayhem. During
this new attack, Nemesis targeted his old foes "massacring over half the Dawn Patrol's [current] membership in one fell swoop.
The sneak attack rocked the Dawn Patrol to its shaky foundation, but rather than collapse the team rallied and came back fighting.
Indeed, The Dawn Patrol, thanks to an infusion of new members, had Nemesis cornered when the Rikti invasion began. The alien
attack forced the team to focus its attention elsewhere, allowing Nemesis to escape once again."
It
is almost certain that Nemesis has survived. He is most likely biding his time, contemplating his next horrific scheme. And
with Rikti technology at his disposal, Nemesis' next attempt to take over the world could prove successful.
