History Characters / VForVendettaComic

The scheming, arrogant and domineering wife of Conrad Heyer, in stark contrast to Rosemary, is a MagnificentBitch who plans to take control of Norsefire through her husband, with her being [[LadyMacbeth the power behind the throne]].

* AmbiguouslyEvil: As the battle between V and Norsefire is really GreyAndBlackMorality, he's not exactly good, and while he does things for a good reason, [[spoiler:torturing Evey]] puts him a little bit past being just in the grey area.

The main protagonist is an AntiHero that nevertheless goes by very idealistic anarchist creeds. Appearing as a dark figure in a BlackCloak and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, V's real name is just as unknown as his face that is only described by Dr Surridge as being [[UglyCute "pathetically ugly"]]. Swearing to bring down the repressive order that now rules England, he builds the Shadow Gallery with art pieces he saved from destruction and uses it as his headquarters. From then on, he patiently and skillfully destroys various symbols of power, disrupts Norsefire's [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell orwellian]] surveillance system and emits subversive tracts and TV appearances.

A WarriorPoet, V is a philosophical, eccentric yet generally unflappable man with a quirky sense of humour that even his protégée has a hard time getting.

* GoOutWithASmile: One bright side to her HeelRealization was that it meant [[spoiler:she didn't mind dying.]]

* CardCarryingVillain: He is, at least in his inner monologue, unashamed and even proud to label himself a fascist. That said, he doesn't consider this to be evil. This makes him unique among his treacherous, self-serving compatriots, as he's the only one who genuinely believes in the Norsefire principles.

* EvilOverlord: A deliberate subversion. While one would expect a fascist dictator to be a ruthless, intimidating, and charismatic villain, Adam Susan is a rather pathetic and lonely character. His internal monologue shows that he ''is'' very intelligent and thoughtful, but he's rather stiff and unimposing in public. Even his name isn't particularly striking.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He actually seems to be learning from his mistakes and realizes he should try to treat his citizens better towards the end, only to be assassinated immediately afterward.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He is an anti-Semitic, homophobic white supremacist responsible for exterminating these groups from Great Britain.

* SanitySlippage: He is already so disconnected from other people and the world around him that he's slowly going mad. Early in the story he's already got bats in the belfry but is still functional. V's hacking of FATE, first to make him think the computer loves him back, then to reveal V's been "cuckolding" him and using the FATE system against him makes his break from reality much worse, until there's no coming back.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: What eventually happens to him. V drives his knives into Almond so hard that Almond's body is left hanging and PinnedToTheWall as a result.

* AppealToForce: He tries to seize control after [[spoiler:Susan's death]] using this principle. As they're in the middle of a security emergency, it's only natural that [[StateSec The Finger]] and the security forces under his control take charge of the situation... [[BlatantLies just until everything calms down, of course]]. All of the high level members of the government present know that it amounts to a forceful takeover of the government. [[spoiler:And only Helen Heyer knows that Creedy's private side army of thugs and criminals is about to turn on him]].

* TheStarscream: Even before [[spoiler:Susan's death]], Creedy was trying to increase his power and pave the way for his eventual takeover. Granted, this appears to have been kickstarted by the recognition that Susan was going (or had already gone) mad, and was making mistakes in handling the unrest in the streets.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Sort of. He isn't evil ''per se'' but he still serves the government loyally.

* CardCarryingVillain: He is, at least in his inner monologue, unashamed and even proud to label himself a fascist. That said, he doesn't consider this to be evil.

* EvilOverlord: A deliberate subversion. While one would expect a fascist dictator to be a ruthless, intimidating, and charismatic villain, Adam Susan is a rather pathetic and lonely character.

* SanitySlippage: He is so disconnected from other people and the world around him that he's slowly going mad. Early in the story he's already got bats in the belfry but is still functional. V's hacking of FATE, first to make him think the computer loves him back, then to reveal V's been "cuckolding" him and using the FATE system against him makes his break from reality much worse, until there's no coming back.

* VillainDecay: In the beginning of the story, Susan is a very intimidating figure - a ruthless, tyrannical despot who inspires terror in his subordinates to a point where no one in their right mind would dare cross him. Later, as he undergoes his SanitySlippage, he becomes more withdrawn and ineffective as a leader, prompting many of his ambitious underlings to plot a coup against him. [[spoiler: By the time of his death, the society and government he built are both crumbling to pieces and he can't do much besides watch and feel sorry for himself.]]

* FrontlineGeneral: He may be a nasty piece of work but give him this much; he's quite willing to put himself in harm's way to do his job. When he gets a tip about where V may strike, he immediately heads there himself instead of sitting around and ordering his men to do it instead. He gets extra points for doing this when he wasn't even on duty. And when he is killed off the clock, the government uses that as a means of denying his widow any benefits she should be entitled to for him dying in action.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: What eventually happens to him. V drives his knives into Almond so hard that Almond's body is held up by them afterward, stuck to the door behind him.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: He notes that Dascombe tends to reuse the same jokes over and over.

* StraightMan: He very reluctantly play this role to Dascombe, who then uses it to crack jokes at his expense.

* AppealToForce: The comic book version tries to seize control after [[spoiler:Susan's death]] using this principle. As they're in the middle of a security emergency, it's only natural that [[StateSec The Finger]] and the security forces under his control take charge of the situation... just until everything calms down, of course. All of the high level members of the government present know that it amounts to a forceful takeover of the government. [[spoiler:And only Helen Heyer knows that Creedy's private side army of thugs and criminals is about to turn on him]].

* OutGambitted: [[spoiler:Helen Heyer paid his private army better than he did. His attempt to use them to seize control never had a chance.]]

* DomesticAbuser: A really, really nasty one. Being one of the most powerful men in a totalitarian government apparently turned him into an abusive, ungrateful and violent husband to his yet gentle and faithful wife.

* DomesticAbuser: Regularly hits, ridicules, belittles [[spoiler: and cheats on]] her husband Conrad.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: As the battle between V and Norsefire is really GreyAndGrayMorality, he's not exactly good, and while he does things for a good reason, [[spoiler:torturing Evey]] puts him a little bit past being just in the grey area.

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* EvilOverlord: A deliberate subversion. While one would expect a fascist dictator to be a ruthless, intimidating, and charismatic villain, Adam Susan is a rather pathetic and lonely character who legitimately believes that what he's doing is right.

* BaldOfAwesome: In the comics. He's a bald GreatDetective who proves to be the only member of the Norsefire government remotely capable of matching wits with V.

* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: In the comics, he manages to understand V's mindset by dropping acid in the remains of the concentration camp that created him. It allows him to know what [[spoiler:V is planning, and he manages to find and shoot him, wounding him fatally]]. It also leads him to finally break completely away from the Norsefire government.

* TheStoic: He starts off the story as one, although in the comics the death of Delia and his other experiences wind up knocking the stoicism out of him.

* AntiVillain: On the one hand, he wants to end the Norsefire Party's dictatorship and oppression. On the other, the party calling him a "terrorist" isn't exactly propaganda - he ''is'' willing to blow up buildings and [[spoiler:torture people]] if it means winning his little war.

* HeroAntagonist: He might be part of the Norsefire party, but he genuinely wants to protect people, and is disgusted by his discovery of what horrors Norsefire has done.

%%* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: In the comics.

* {{Asexuality}}: He ''thinks'' he is, but the truth is he's just really repressed. A real asexual probably wouldn't do most of the things mentioned below.

* SanitySlippage: He is so disconnected from other people and the world that he's slowly going mad. Early in the story he's already got bats in the belfry but is still functional. V's hacking of FATE, first to make him think the computer loves him back, then to reveal V's been "cuckolding" him, precipitates his break from reality until there's no coming back.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He loses all semblance of sanity upon seeing that FATE has been hacked in by V.]]

TheAlcoholic and uptight Director of The Finger, the SecretPolice of the Norsefire government. He spends the early chapters of the story trying to catch and stop V, but is always a step behind. Upon trying to stop V from killing Delia Surridge, he didn't realize that he forgot to charge his pistol and ends up killed by V.

* {{Jerkass}}: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is him averting NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead by speaking disrespectfully of the deceased Delia and then mocking her and Finch's relationship. His second scene is him refusing to prevent a man's mother from being shipped out to a "[[DeadlyEuphemism home]]." When the man protests that the "homes" are just a death camp for the elderly, Creedy confirms it.

* SmugSnake: Creedy is full of himself and thinks he can easily waltz into taking over the government. It quickly falls apart and he pays a horrible price for overestimating himself and underestimating those around him.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: She just couldn't live with such a guilt... so much so that she was happy to find out that V came to kill her.

* TheFaceless: His face is never seen though it is implied to be horribly scarred.

* MilesGloriosus: He often likes to play up his Military service, making himself out as a hero. In reality, he was a sadistic bully who got a kick out of beating on innocent people.

* DeathByIrony: Till the very last moment, [[CassandraTruth he doesn't take Evey's words seriously]], assuming it to still be part of the roleplay.

* IneffectualLoner: Played with. He insists on working alone through the comic, [[spoiler:not that he has a choice after his suspension,]] and is always a step or two behind V. However he does eventually catch up to V, although that too is apparently part of V's plans, and is the cause of V's death.

* KnightInSourArmour: He is quite jadedness but still labors to do what he sees at the right thi

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Assassinated at the beginning of Act 3 in an incident that, at best, V only indirectly engineered, throwing the government into chaos]].

* SanitySlippage: He is so disconnected from other people and the world that he's slowly going mad. Early in the story he's already got bats in the belfry but is still functional. A couple of short sections throughout the story show him continuing to slip deeper and deeper into his break from reality until there's no coming back.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: An exchange between him and Rosemary implies that he may be impotent. Either that or, given how he somewhat overreacts to Dascombe's teasing, [[ArmouredClosetGay he's incredibly deep in the closet]] and in denial about it.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Begins the series as one of the most powerful men in a totalitarian government which has the country in an iron grip, and as the leader of the SecretPolice, he's charged with either killing or capturing V. This is a very natural set up for him to play a large role in the story, yet he's killed off rather early, before V's plans are truly in earnest, and has relatively little screen time.

Once a priest in the Larkhill camp (he provided "spiritual support" for the guards) he is a child molester and now promoted to Archbishop of the Anglican Church.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite being the head of the Church of England, he is a perverted pedophile who possesses a large collection of child pornography and rapes little girls every Sunday.

* SinisterMinister: Not only is he a pedophile and a rapist, he also has a gun in his Bible, and was formerly the pastor at the Larkhill concentration camp.

* VillainousBreakdown: Helen has two towards the end of the comics. The first occurs when [[spoiler: she comes home to find Alistair dead and her mortally wounded husband lying on the floor of the lounge room with the tape of her affair with Alistair. She proceeded to yell at and belittle Conrad for ruining her plans before abandoning him to die of his wounds]]. The second occurs when she encounters [[spoiler:Finch and tries to convince him to work with her. When Finch refuses Helen is reduced to shrieking and ranting while he quietly leaves her behind]].

!!Dominic Stone

A sergeant at the Nose and Finch's sidekick.

* TheUnseen: Although we see V watch some clips of her in the beginning.

!!Gordon Dietrich

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Alistair is introduced sitting in a sleazy bar, talking with one of his co-workers about his new job working for [[StateSec the Finger]]. During the conversation he bragged about [[OffstageVillainy using his new-found power to arrest a married couple, beat up the husband, then perform a strip search on the man's wife and feel her up]].

* TheChessmaster: V intricately plans out his destruction of the Norsefire government, easily exploiting its' weaknesses and accounting for the actions and personalities of a number of people in order to make his plan come to fruition.

* CoveredWithScars: [[spoiler: Burns from the camp that he burnt down.]]

* MacGyvering: A speciality of his. Being the only physically healthy survivor of the experiment peformed on him and his fellow prisoners, he was granded special privileges such as a limited access to gardening supplies. Combined with the rations he was given, he was able to produce gunpowder, mustard gas, and napalm, all of which he used to stage his escape.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: V's name and history are a complete mystery and it's stated that even he doesn't remember any of it.

* SoleSurvivor: Of the group of "undesirables" used as guinea pigs for the fascist goverment's SuperSoldier project.
* SuperSoldier: Part of an experiment to create one. It [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]]. The experiment has given him slightly above-human endurance and cunning, and he uses this fight to the ones who made him that way. It is also evidental that the experiment has made him at least slightly insane as a side-effect. WordOfGod describes the mental affliction he suffers is akin to schizophrenia.

* AmbiguouslyGay: There are some hints that he might actually be homosexual and completely oblivious to it. He consistently internally describes women as strange and ugly beings, while his descriptions of men become borderline erotic at times. (Notably, when Derek Almond accuses the campy Dascombe of being gay by calling Dascombe "sensitive" and saying he doesn't know why the Leader tolerates him, Dascombe wryly replies that the Leader is the most "sensitive" of them all.)

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Assassinated at the beginning of Act 3 in an incident V didn't even engineer, throwing the government into chaos]].

* PetTheDog: After Finch gets in a fight with and punches Creedy, he's surprised by how lenient and understanding Susan is about the whole thing. Susan declines to officially punish or reprimand Finch, and instead gives him a combination of unofficial suspension/mandatory holiday so Finch can try to deal with his stress and pull himself together.

* PetTheDog: He wants to give some of the Fingermen time off to attend Etheridge's funeral, but ultimatley Susan stops him.

* KnightInSourArmour: He is quite jadedness but still labors to do what he sees at the right thing.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In a way, she created V. She ''thanks'' him when he shows up to kill her, feeling she deserves it for her part in the Larkhill experiments.

* VisionaryVillain: Performed experiments on humans with the intention of eradicating disease.