Description
Christopher Matts, infamously dubbed "The Bastard," reigns as history’s most formidable retired super villain, his name synonymous with ruthless efficiency and merciless vengeance. His signature psychic ability to escalate cranial pressure in victims—resulting in gruesome, explosive fatalities—has cowed even the boldest adversaries. This power was deployed with chilling precision against Danny Dubrovny, whose 241 associates perished as a visceral warning, sparing Dubrovny to endure solitary grief.
Retiring to Tenerife after amassing a billion-dollar fortune, he governs a sprawling criminal empire through his lieutenant, The Salamander, while The Praetorian—a corrupt superhero turned enforcer—shields his fortress-like estate. His ironclad decree barring superpowered individuals from the island cements his isolation and unchallenged dominance.
His aura of invincibility fractured when Johnny Bolt’s heist crew infiltrated his domain under the guise of proposing a fabricated time machine. Initially dismissive, The Bastard uncovered their deception, capturing crew member Kasey. Her psychic illusions, however, veiled the crew’s dismantling of his mansion, trapping him in a fabricated reality until a flaw in a forged Mondrian painting—a piece he revered as inimitable—exposed the charade. The aftermath left his fortune plundered, The Praetorian incapacitated, and his estate in ashes.
Consumed by fury, he erroneously massacred The Salamander’s crew, mistaking their uniforms for Bolt’s, before clawing back control of his empire. Outwardly, he cultivates an image of refined elegance, cloaking his ennui and solitude with artful sophistication. Yet beneath lies a restless yearning for his chaotic past and a philosophy intertwining fear’s necessity to savor beauty—a belief crystallized during cryptic exchanges with a meditative monk.
A strategist to his core, he commands The Network, a syndicate siphoning profits from global heists, executing disloyalty without hesitation. Even in retirement, his grip remains unyielding, ensuring his legacy of dread endures unchallenged.
Retiring to Tenerife after amassing a billion-dollar fortune, he governs a sprawling criminal empire through his lieutenant, The Salamander, while The Praetorian—a corrupt superhero turned enforcer—shields his fortress-like estate. His ironclad decree barring superpowered individuals from the island cements his isolation and unchallenged dominance.
His aura of invincibility fractured when Johnny Bolt’s heist crew infiltrated his domain under the guise of proposing a fabricated time machine. Initially dismissive, The Bastard uncovered their deception, capturing crew member Kasey. Her psychic illusions, however, veiled the crew’s dismantling of his mansion, trapping him in a fabricated reality until a flaw in a forged Mondrian painting—a piece he revered as inimitable—exposed the charade. The aftermath left his fortune plundered, The Praetorian incapacitated, and his estate in ashes.
Consumed by fury, he erroneously massacred The Salamander’s crew, mistaking their uniforms for Bolt’s, before clawing back control of his empire. Outwardly, he cultivates an image of refined elegance, cloaking his ennui and solitude with artful sophistication. Yet beneath lies a restless yearning for his chaotic past and a philosophy intertwining fear’s necessity to savor beauty—a belief crystallized during cryptic exchanges with a meditative monk.
A strategist to his core, he commands The Network, a syndicate siphoning profits from global heists, executing disloyalty without hesitation. Even in retirement, his grip remains unyielding, ensuring his legacy of dread endures unchallenged.