The Extraordinary Mythos: Notable Villains: N-Z

This is a list of some of the most notable, important, and recurring individual villains in the world of the Extraordinary Mythos.
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Nautilus- Patterning himself after Captain Nemo, Nautilus is the premiere seafaring villain of the world, a former deep sea excavator and archeologist who had an encounter with an ancient device that brief bonded with his mind, flooding it with knowledge about a lost prehuman civilization. The encounter altered his brain, and now he is obsessed with resurrecting this lost race and becoming its ruler. Unfortunately for him, he has two major obstacles: the Fomorians, a race of ocean dwelling beings who may or may not be the ancestors of the mythic nation Nautilus is obsessed with, and the Maregna, a multi-species coalition of aquatic extraterrestrials who landed on Earth centuries ago to form a new civilization in the ocean after their planet was destroyed. As a result Nautilus is engaged in a three-way war with the two undersea factions, at least when he is not busy plundering historical sites and territorial waters for artifacts of lost technology.

Nashvrag- "Our Enemy" in Russian, Nashvrag is one of the greatest villains the Red Guardians ever faced. A Hungarian student who participated in the revolution of 1956, after the failure of that rebellion he was forced to work in a sharashka, the Soviet system of prison laboratories, and ended up working for Project Zaschitnik on the device that would give Tugarin and several members of the Valorous Knights their powers. However, in secret he installed a series of modifications to the machine and used it on himself, turning him into a matter and energy manipulating juggernaut rivaling Captain Meteor in power. He attempted a second Hungarian revolution as Felszabadító, “The Liberator,” but failed in that pursuit, gaining the name "Nashvrag" not just in Russia, but overseas. Nashvrag would become most well known as one of the senior collaborators of Malek Khan in the events precipitating and during the Super War, leading a huge army of villains against the USSR and all its heroes. He would be one of the last villains standing in that conflict, but ultimately fell to the combined might of the Red Guardians and the Allegiance. However, after the end of the war, just before he was to be executed using a modification of the same machine that had given him his powers, he was able to break free and escape into the Siberian wilderness, with the Red Guardians in hot pursuit. That was the last that was seen of them, as a massive release of energy, presumably from Nashvrag, was seen. The villain was the only thing found at the epicenter, amnesic and his matter/energy powers drained. Too tough to destroy by any method that would not simply repower him, he has lived in a gulag ever since, forever believed to be the killer of the Red Guardians...until they returned.

Negas the Deceiver- An Overseer, an association of primordial beings who have tasked themselves with tending to the growth and evolution of all reality and the many, many universes and realities within it. Negas was cast out of the Overseers after encouraging another, Nebros, to violate the oath of the Overseers to never directly involve themselves in the development of a given reality. Declared "the Deceiver," Negas was stripped of his powers and memories, and imprisoned in the same reality as Nebros. The latter would eventually become the scientist-adventurer Professor Moebius and begin to slowly reclaim his previously suppressed memories and powers. Negas, on the other hand, managed this far sooner, although he is still millennia away at least from reclaiming his full primordial might. In the meantime, he has wandered the universe, deceiving and manipulating pantheons and civilizations for his own amusement. It is only a matter of time before his machinations reach Earth and he encounters his old associates in their guises of Moebius and Janus.

Nemesis- A supervillainess formerly known as Lady Nemesis of the Dark Allegiance. As Lady Nemesis she was a violent anti-heroine who was attracted to August Star's increasingly hardline tactics against villains, and he was impressed with her activities and powers enough to invite her to join. Out of the entire Dark Allegiance she was the most supportive of August Star and his actions, and defended him to the bitter end when Captain Meteor's Grand Assembly fought the Dark Allegiance. She fled the battle after August Star sacrificed himself to save the assembled heroes from Khagan Tsan's attack, believing that her former lover was dead and went into hiding, becoming a full fledged villainess in the process. After building a reputation for herself in the villain community, she was one of the villains secretly invited by the dark wizard Pravus to join his Regency, a cabal of ultra-powerful villains whose goal is to "save the world from itself" by bringing the nations and extraordinaries of Earth to heel. As this mission is not unlike what August Star desired, Nemesis was naturally willing to join, and she has been satisfied to once again be part of a cause that aligns with her vision of brutal justice.

Nergal- A Middle-Eastern villain who, like fellow villain Ereshkigal, claims to be a physical incarnation of a Mesopotamian god, in this case the sun, war, and death god Nergal. Much like his "consort" Ereshkigal he seeks to bring the Middle East to heel, eliminating the Islamic faith and culture and return things to an era where gods like himself were worshiped. Naturally, they are both enemies of the duo of Marduk and Ishtar, and their hostility to the Muslim faith and desire to conquer the Middle East has put them at odds with numerous teams and heroes, both local and international.

Nemo Oudeis- A major opponent of Thunder Woman, Nemo Oudeis is really two beings. One is Nemo, a smuggler, mercenary, and human trafficker. The other is Oudeis, a primordial entity that is one of the reflections of the Great Malignity, a kind of cosmic cancer that is responsible for the majority of the threats the Overseers combat, such as the Tarnished Ones. Oudeis is a nihilistic being with a kinship to the void of nothingness that preceded the existence of reality, and desires a return to it. However, the Overseers were able to weaken it and then imprison it in a single timeline of a particular reality, where it was further weakened and imprisoned by the Dodekatheon, Zeus in particular striking the final blow. However, Nemo encountered the artifact during a smuggling operation and inadvertently liberated Oudeis. Still weakened, it struck a bargain to possess Nemo in order to recover, and in exchange turn him into a powerhouse of a man. Nemo agreed, and a weak, shrimpy worm of a criminal became a master villain, building up a major international criminal operation serving at the behest of the world's greatest megavillains and criminal syndicates. This operation is what ended up causing him to cross paths with Thunder Woman when she and Herakles came to rescue an extraordinary child Nemo was smuggling at the behest of Alexsei Mikhailov, pakhan of the Newport Bratva. After the initial confrontation, Oudeis remembered its defeat by the Olympians, and began to hatch a plan for both revenge and recovering its power, one that would involved mercilessly targeting Thunder Woman. Nemo Oudeis' scheme would happen at the same time as Miranda Iyrn and the Children of Ares own separate campaigns against the heroine, although his annihilation of a Newport borough would be the nadir of this low point in her life, while it served to catapult Nemo Oudeis into the ranks of the world's megavillains and give him a seat in the Tarot Society. After Thunder Woman recovered from these events, exonerated herself, and saved Olympus from invasion by a paramilitary forced led by Miranada Iyrn and Apotheos, Nemo Oudeis began planning his endgame for her, the gods, and all of reality...

Nosophoros- Another major opponent of Thunder Woman, Nosophoros ranks as one of her most difficult opponents to combat. While many of her villains are often of a personal or local threat to her, Nosophoros is one of the few genuinely world threatening enemies she has had to battle, and every single one has been a desperate struggle. Nosophoros is the self-endowed name of a highly virulent, rapidly reproducing worm-like extraterrestrial parasitic hivemind that infected a SATRN scientist working for their space program after one of SATRN probes returned from deep space. Requiring a host in order to attain sapience and coordination, Nosophoros (Greek for "Plague Bearer") can then very quickly spread and reproduce, invading and possessing other beings and quickly growing in size and population. Almost every single battle has involved Thunder Woman dealing with possessed allies and civilians and huge writhing masses of the worm-like creatures, with some individuals attaining gigantic proportions. Every time Samantha has managed to find a way to beat the creatures, and yet every time, the host of the hivemind has escaped, ready to emerge another day.

Orun the Anti-Lord- Supreme leader of the Space Lords, the ruling extraterrestrial race of the vast Imperial Spiral, the largest and most powerful faction in the Milky Way galaxy. With their enormously powerful armored suits and weaponry, the Space Lords have few credible rivals in the galaxy, and the dominion of the Imperial Spiral even encompasses the Solar System. Thankfully, Earth maintains a status of independence from intergalactic affairs that is enforced by the Space Lords, who have been responsible for preventing invasion by other races on multiple occasions, barring those by the Skarn (who the Space Lords finished off after they were repulsed by Earth's heroes) and Dominus. However, that has all changed for two reasons: Orun has fallen under the sway of the rogue goddess Lady Twilight, and sworn to assist her in her mission to unleash Simargl the Shadow Hound from the star Polaris. The other reason is because of an attempt by a rebellious faction within the Imperial Spiral to secure an ancient Space Lord weapon hidden on Earth. Though both the rebels and the Space Lord expeditionary force sent to stop them were repulsed by the Vigil Alliance, the incident has drawn Orun's attention, and he is currently reevaluating the Space Lords' policy toward the small blue planet and its huge population of powered people...

Pravus- A dark sorcerer clad in green robes, Pravus was once a member of a secret order of warrior protector magi, but rebelled against his peers and wiped them all out, taking all of their collective power for himself. He is the founder and leader of a secret cabal of ultrapowerful megavillains who call themselves the Regency, whose goal is whip the world into shape by force, gaining the idea after a series of chance encounters with a few of the other members. Together, they plot their plans for world domination from Pravus' hidden temple in Iraq. His power comes from a wellspring filled with an eternal emerald fire, channeled through emerald stones in a brooch, ring, and bracer.

Rasen- Formerly the lieutenant of the Japanese megavillain Kurouzu, Rasen succeeded his former master to become the current leader of the Japanese nationalist villain organization Genyosha. As second-in-command he frequently attempted to usurp control of Genyosha from Kurouzu, but could not overthrow him through force or guile. However, it turned out this was all part of Kurouzu's way of training Rasen, and the young villain indeed learned from his failures. Under Rasen, Genyosha has expanded the scope of its operations, and to counter the Japanese team of heroes known as Maiti Seigi no Senshitai, or simply the Senshitai, he has recruited various Japanese extraordinaries and villains to his cause, all of whom have proven themselves in combat against the Senshitai and Vigil Alliance.

Robert Vane- Archenemy of the longtime psionic heroine Delphi, Robert Vane is a criminally corrupt corporate executive of the Canadian energy firm Nordyne, and possesses similarly extensive and powerful telepathic abilities. He is a member of the Immaculate Court, and shares with them the same vision of fellow extraordinaries ruling the world from behind the scenes, helping to overthrow the previous, nonpowered regime of the Court alongside Lord Chimera and the Mistress. With Evangeline Xavier and Vladimir Drakon's assistance he is planning a hostile takeover of the industrial corporation ArmiTech, which is still owned by the Armitage family, so as to expand Nordyne's production beyond the energy industry. However, what none of the other Court members know is that Vane, who is rapidly becoming infirm due to his age, has secretly created a superpowered body for him to inhabit when he dies that he can temporarily control currently. In this body he calls himself the Archon, an ultrapowerful juggernaut made from the genetic material of several powerful heroes, and colludes with the secret cabal called the Regency. He intends to use the Regency as his trump card for whenever his fellow Court members either discover his machinations or choose to discard him.

Simargl the Shadow Hound- An ancient, primordial being that predates even the gods, Simargl is the Shadow Hound, a vast and terrible creature of darkness and pure annihilation that devours everything in its path on a hugely cosmic scale. Planets and stars are not safe from its hunger. However, races of the universe can rest easy, as in their youth, the Old Slavic Gods fought and defeated the Shadow Hound. Svarog, the god of fire, and Dazbog, the god of the stars together chained the cosmic beast to the star Polaris, and set a trio of goddesses to forever watch Simargl's prison, so that it could never escape. They were the Zorya: Lady Dawn, Lady Midday, and Lady Twilight, attendants to and lovers of Dazbog. But the Baba Yaga foretold that one day the Shadow Hound would be freed, that it would consume the entirety of the Little Bear, and in so doing bring about the end of the universe. But Lady Twilight, perhaps corrupted by an outside force like Negas the Deceiver or Oudeis, or simply driven crazy by thinking too much about her mission, betrayed her sisters. With the Old Gods battling the Tarnished Ones on the fringes of reality, she betrayed Lady Midday and left Lady Dawn to be the sole custodian of Polaris, the only thing separating the universe from total annihilation. But Lady Twilight, with the help of her lover Orun and the Space Lords, intends to change that...

Simon Obermann- The obscure “fifth” Obermann Brother, Simon developed antimatter powers that made him far more unstable and destructive than any of his other brothers. To protect the world and Simon himself, the other Obermann Brothers were able to create a massive facility to contain Simon’s awesome power. Unfortunately, years of isolation, mutation, and watching his brothers grow famous while he languished in a cage brewed resentment in Simon. After breaking out of the facility and nearly destroying the world, the other Obermann Brothers and the Allegiance were able to stop the now insane Simon and launch him in a containment vessel out into space, where he floats in suspended animation, dreaming of revenge. Simon is considered to be one of the most powerful and dangerous extraordinaries to have ever lived, to the point where even villains will not consider exploiting him, including the omnicidal ones.

SODAM- An immensely powerful and cunning artificial being created by the Indian government to "save the world," SODAM has indeed set out to do just that...just not in the way that its creators intended. Initially little more than idiot savant starting out with brute force, it was stopped by the Raksaka-Gana, the non-federally controlled team of India's heroes. With each confrontation it has evolved and improved its ability to function and reason, to the point where it can pass itself off as relatively human, though emotions remain absent. No matter what, SODAM presents itself as a mixture of a sage wiseman and a cold, calculating mastermind who mixes spirituality with scientific hardness. Though it does not consider itself a "villain" SODAM is nonetheless a senior member of the Tarot Society. In particular it shares an odd kinship with the Chinese cybernetic monstrosity Manticore, although SODAM thinks that Manticore's hatred and rage makes him simple-minded and prone to rash decisions with little thought to planning out his actions; conversely Manticore believes that SODAM spends way too much time sitting on its butt thinking and planning, and not enough time actually acting out its plans. But the day the two of them actually team up will be quite the day for Earth and its heroes.

Sokar the Eternal- One of the major villains hailing from Egypt, Sokar the Eternal is ancient dark priest with an extensive history in the modern world. Entombed thousands of years before for committing heinous acts of dark magic, human sacrifice, and conferring with malicious spiritual entities, Sokar was unearthed by an archeological expedition in the early 20th Century. Disgusted at the current state of the Egyptian nation, he set about attempting to drive out British occupation forces and Islamic clerics, but was stopped by the young Algernon Xidorn, who buried him in the ruins of a partially uncovered underground pyramid as Sokar attempted to invoke the power of Apophis. But this would only temporarily stop the dark priest, and Sokar would rise again to oppose Algernon Xidorn and his Fraternity of Philosophic Gentlemen, both independently and as a member of the Black Council, a group of mad scientists and monsters, where he would form a triumverate with its two other leaders, Doctor Thesiger and Count Balaur. Sokar would continue being active up to the present day, aiding the Thule Society of Germany during WWII and later being one of the villains allied with Malek Khan. Due to his association with the Thule Society, Sokar may have played a role in the creation of Chernorda of the Vigil Alliance.

Tabula Rasa- A woman transformed by an accident with a picotech quantum computer and particle accelerator into a being capable of interfacing with matter to replicate the substance and traits of whatever she comes into contact with, including mimicking the powers of other superhumans. This trait has made her one of the most sought after individuals by villains the world over for being the rarest of things: a high-order power mimic. But Tabula Rasa mostly just wants to be left alone and do whatever she wants, but her frustration with the world has made her as much a villain as anything else, even if she lacks a lot of the same motivations and goals that drive most villains. She really wants to make a life for herself, but can't seem to do so within the bounds of normal society, and every attempt she has made to go legit has resulted in manipulation and betrayal. Tabula Rasa simply cannot function in normal or even extraordinary society, and so she remains a tragic example of what can happen to powerful extraordinaries.

The Thaumaturge- A legendary “boogeyman” within the magical community, the story of the Thaumaturge was for centuries a cautionary tale taught to young aspiring mages about the dangers of obsession, the will to power, and attempting to master ever single mystic art. Though the details tend to change, the basic tale of a mage seeking to resurrect a loved one or gain some desired object or person, only to become consumed by the depths and lengths they go to is a universal one in the secret mystic academies. But what few knew until the modern age is that the Thaumaturge is in fact a very real and living person who has been around for a long time. So it was that when he made his public debut he caught everyone off guard. The Allegiance, then led by Meteorite and August Star due to Captain Meteor's recent departure, barely managed to intercept the magus as he attempted a ritual to open a portal to the Infernal Realms in order to fulfill a past bargain. The encounter resulted in Meteorite and Pendragon being dragged into the portal, and only the timely intervention of Aeon the Archmage managed to avert disaster. But just as mysteriously as he had appeared, the Thaumaturge vanished. He has since asserted his presence on Earth, becoming one of the greatest megavillains active, and has become Aeon's principle foe in the modern age, and the more he learns, the more Aeon is realizing just how many different mystic threats, beings, and places are tied back to this enigmatic magus. The Thaumaturge is the reason why Aeon chose to reform the Golden Dawn, as he alone cannot hope to unravel the secrets of the rogue mage's plans, and even as Archmage is outclassed by the Thaumaturge's superior mystic power and skill.

Vladimir Drakon- The Silver Centurion’s long time archenemy, Vladimir Drakon is just the latest name taken by a Slavic warlord turned into an immortal just like Casca Longinus. Except Vladimir is more than just an immortal, but a bonafide master vampire who may or may not have inspired the modern legends of such creatures. And just as Casca has had many different identities, so too has Vladimir. During Casca's time as the Forever Knight in Algernon Xidorn's Fraternity, Vladimir had the identity of Count Balaur, a Romanian nobleman who could flaunt his vampirism as a member of the Fraternity's opposite number, the Black Council. During WWII, while Casca was Pendragon of the Imperial Knights, Count Balaur had become Nosferatu and worked alongside the Thule Society and SS-Ubersoldatenkorps. But after the last confrontation between these two enemies in the, the vampire vanished, and Casca would go on a decades long hunt for him after his initial stint in the Allegiance as the Silver Centurion. But the hunt was to no avail, and Casca would forget him after heeding Captain Meteor's call to arms against August Star...that is, until Casca's old enemy reemerged as Vladimir Drakon, taking control of a major Russian mining and industrial firm to become one of the world's wealthiest men. It seems Vladimir has a new plan he is setting in motion, one that involves making an alliance with the members of the Immaculate Court, which may set the stage for the endgame of his lengthy duel with Casca Longinus.

Widowmaker- One of the senior members of the Sisterhood of Blood, an ancient and secret guild of female assassins who are among the preeminent killers in the world, known to few yet carrying a significant reputation among those who do. Widowmaker is the former teacher and mistress of the vigilante Vendetta, who she thought she killed after Vendetta violated the sacred oaths of the Sisterhood to fulfill a contract. Ironically, the only thing better than a Sister's ability to kill is the Sisterhood's own survival training and Vendetta has, as her name obviously states, vowed revenge upon Widowmaker and the Sisterhood. They have both clashed, to indeterminate results. Belladonna of the Rising Stars is also a former pupil of Widowmaker, rescued from the Sisterhood by Vendetta and brought to the Xidorn International Extraordinary Academy for safety and training in all of the things the Sisterhood's own training either neglects or suppresses. Widowmaker has put a personal contract upon the Academy, and has vowed to personally kill Belladonna, but not before she sees all of her friends in the Rising Stars suffer and die too.

Xerxes- The brother of Algernon Xidorn. Not literally, but like Algernon Xerxes is a creation of the Promethean Council for Human Advancement's long term scheme to create a generation of enhanced or extraordinary descendants who would inherit the wealth and fortune of their parents and so become effectively become the controllers of humanity's destiny. In his youth Xerxes was one of the main agents the Prometheans sent after Malthus and Windsor, but a mixture of the Office of Naval Intelligence's agents and a young Algernon were able to prevent assassination time and time again. Xerxes would later join the SS-Ubersoldatenkorps and assist in the creation of its wundermenschen, including the man who would become the All-Father of Dammerung. He would outlive the existence of the Ubersoldaten and Prometheans, striking out on his own but continuing to pursue his vendetta against Algernon while pursuing an agenda of asserting his superiority over the world. Xerxes would rise to prominence as a villain, clashing with the Allegiance and Phenomenal Five repeatedly, and was a key member of the alliance of villains formed by Malek Khan that kicked off the Super War. Afterwards he would be imprisoned for his part in the war, but escaped after August Star and the Dark Allegiance attacked the prison he was kept at to kill off as many villains as possible. After a period of time recuperating his skills and resources, Xerxes made a return after the resurgence of the Allegiance, creating his own team to oppose them in the form of Overthrow, associates Xerxes had made over the years or villains with a bone to pick with individual Allegiance members. Thus Xerxes has re-established his place as one of the major megavillains of the world.