Nemesis The Warlock - Characters

Characters

Nemesis the Warlock

The main character and antihero of the series, Nemesis is a firebreathing demonic alien who fights to free the world from tyranny. Mills decided that with a religious fanatic as the arch-villain, it would be fitting to have a demon as the hero. Demonic heroes have also been used in comics such as Spawn and Hellboy as well as Go Nagai's Devilman.

Tomas de Torquemada

Primary antagonist of the series, a haughty tyrant and fascist human supremacist who rules the Earth with an iron fist and is hellbent on ridding the universe of all alien life. Through Past life regression it is shown that he was many people from Earth's history, including Colonel John Chivington, Adolf Hitler and the original Torquemada himself.

Purity Brown

Human aide to Nemesis; Her father was put to death when she was only fourteen (as revealed in Book Five; The Vengeance of Thoth) by thought detectors for having a dream in which he insulted Torquemada.

Candida de Torquemada

Wife of Tomas de Torquemada and mother of two of his children, both of whom are among those slain in a bus crash caused by Nemesis. On several occasions, including a major plot arc for book 5, Tomas is shown to genuinely love Candida to the extent he is willing to consort with aliens in an effort to prevent her from leaving him.

Sister Stern

Insane second wife of Tomas de Torquemada and mother of his third child who she occasionally considered inpure so tried to commit Filicide, before Tomas had her assassinated.

Grand Dragon Mazarin

The leader of Termight after Torquemada's death. A reformer, he ended the persecution of aliens, which did not last for long when Torquemada returned, convincing the Terminators to mutiny against him, so he could be executed by Tomas via a unique form of evisceration.

Grobbendonk

The alien pet of Nemesis, formerly the familiar of Baal, Nemesis's great-uncle. Grobbendonk also speaks Gibberish, a Fringe World dialect. Deliberately eaten alive by Magna days before her wedding to Nemesis.

Chira

Warlock and first wife of Nemesis, mother of his son Thoth, despite the odds, she goes down fighting when faced by her assassins, ensuring only Sir Hargan escapes with his life.

Magna

Warlock and second wife of Nemesis. Out of jealousy of Chira being Nemesis's wife, she leaked information to Torquemada that allowed him to locate Chira and Thoth. Swallowed Grobbendonk whole as the first phase of her plan to separate Nemesis from his allies. Killed by Nemesis minutes after the wedding, when he discovered her deeds.

Great Uncle Baal

Nemesis' eccentric great uncle, banished for his controversial experiments on humans.

The ABC Warriors

Robot mercenaries and allies of Nemesis.

Nostradamus de Torquemada

Insane brother of Tomas de Torquemada. He was horribly disfigured when Tomas abandoned him during an ambush by the Primords, and was later hidden away in a lunatic asylum to conceal Tomas' disgrace. Nostradamus was originally introduced into the series as Tomas' Grandfather, and not shown to be his brother until Book five.