Line #134 Characters/GothamTheGalavansOrganization


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3	!Leaders
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5	[[folder:Theo Galavan/[[spoiler:Azrael]]]]
6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theo_galavan.png]]
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azrael_88.png]]
8	->'''Played By:''' James Frain
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10	A billionaire newly arrived at Gotham City. He has plans for the city that will cause the rise of several villains.
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12	* AdaptationDeviation: Turns out to be the Gotham version of Azrael, a major change from Jean-Paul Valley in the comics.
13	* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics Azrael was an AntiHero who tried to atone for his past with Batman. Here, he's a psychotic SerialKiller.
14	* AintTooProudToBeg: He tries to FaceDeathWithDignity, but Oswald brutally beating him with a baseball bat ultimately reduces him to begging for a MercyKill.
15	* AssholeVictim: Halfway through Season 2, Gordon and Penguin are fed up with his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections escaping]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney justice]], and decide on a long and brutal VigilanteExecution -- to the point where he's actually begging to die.
16	* BackFromTheDead: At the end of "Pinewood", thanks to Hugo Strange.
17	* BigBad: For the first half of Season 2.
18	* BrotherSisterIncest: It's strongly implied that he and his sister Tabitha are lovers, with Tabitha referring to him as a "[[SexGod monster in the sack]]" in "[[Recap/GothamS2E3TheLastLaugh The Last Laugh]]". There's no direct evidence of it, though; and it's possible that she was simply [[TheGadfly saying it for shock value]].
19	* CameBackStrong: His resurrection as Azrael makes him super-strong and super-fast, and can survive being repeatedly shot, getting hit by a car and falling from a roof.
20	* CameBackWrong: On the other hand, it does a number on his psyche, which latches onto the Order of St. Dumas' religious teachings rather than his actual identity. Strange uses this to manipulate Galavan into believing he is a 12th century knight.
21	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: While he's still a completely new character made specifically for the show, he eventually becomes the show's version of Azrael in ''Wrath of the Villains''.
22	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: His first death. He is beaten by Penguin with a baseball bat that he begs for a MercyKill. Gordon kills him via shooting him in the chest, then Penguin desecrates his corpse by shoving an umbrella down his throat.
23	* TheChessmaster: He organized the Arkham breakout, used Jerome and company to cause mass panic throughout the city, killed Jerome to make himself look like a hero so he could run for mayor, and blackmailed Cobblepot to murder his political rivals. He is even smart enough to have Cobblepot to pretend to try to kill him so he wouldn't be suspected of murdering them.
24	* CompositeCharacter: Galavan's family history has elements of [[Comicbook/{{Azrael}} Jean-Paul Valley]] (connection to the Order of St Dumas) and Zachary Gate from ''Gates of Gotham'' (vengeful descendant of a forgotten Gotham founding family). The costume he wore as Azrael resembles [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Phantasm]], but without the gauntlet and smoke. His plan to use Penguin to secure a victory for Mayor, is reminiscent of [[Film/BatmanReturns Max Schreck]] - and just like Schreck, ends up backfiring horribly on him.
25	* CuttingTheKnot: After his tricky resurrection, he believes himself to be a 12th-century knight. To help him along, Hugo Strange tells him the hulking Aaron Helzinger is a demon, and the case Strange brought will give him everything he needs to destroy him i.e his weapons. Galavan instead uses the case to smash Helzinger's head in.
26	-->'''Hugo Strange:''' Not exactly what I had in mind, but good enough.
27	* DemotedToDragon: After being the BigBad for the first half of season 2, he is manipulated into being an EliteMook for Hugo Strange after being brought back in the second half as Azrael. Even when he goes off the rails later he's more of a VillainOfTheWeek rather than a major ArcVillain.
28	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted}}. His whole evil plan is about avenging his family's honor but he has no personal love for his sister or niece, threatening to kill them both at various points, and very nearly actually doing so with Tabitha after she jogs a few of his memories.
29	* EvenEvilHasStandards: A very weak and downplayed case, but Theo was visibly (at least on an instinctive level) disgusted by Tabitha tearing Bunderslaw's eye out.
30	* EvilIsPetty: The Waynes accused his ancestor of attempted rape 200 years ago and removed the family name from the city records, so the honor of a man his grandfather never met has to be avenged with a lot of murder.
31	* {{Expy}}:
32	** To the ''Film/BatmanReturns'' version of Penguin. An outcast from a wealthy family who suddenly returns to Gotham and plans to take it over by [[VillainWithGoodPublicity attracting enough good publicity to run for Mayor of Gotham]], hires a bunch of freaks to do his dirty work, accelerates his plans at top speed after his "hero" facade shatters... ironically, he and this continuity's Penguin are sworn enemies thanks to [[RelativeButton a rather personal issue]].
33	** In ''Wrath of the Villains'', he is one to both Jean Paul-Valley, the original Azrael in the comics, and the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated character]] Phantasm.
34	* FaceDeathWithDignity:
35	** He ''tries'' to do this when Penguin is about to beat him to death with a baseball bat, taunting Gordon about how this will haunt his conscience and almost looking amused when Penguin says he's doing this for his mother. But the sheer brutality of the beating ends up breaking his composure and leads to the now broken and bloody Galavan ''begging'' Gordon to kill him quickly.
36	** Played straighter with his 2nd death as Azrael, where he recognizes how doomed he is upon seeing Butch aim an RPG launcher at him. He just closes his eyes and quietly accepts his demise right before he's blown to pieces.
37	* FalseFriend: He pretends to be a friend and mentor to Bruce, even offering him information on his parents' killers, but is planning to have him killed as revenge for a centuries-old slight the whole time.
38	* FatalFlaw: He consistently underestimates Gordon and Penguin, and his first death is caused by his inability to comprehend how far the two will go to bring him down. Likewise, his refusal to see his immediate family - Tabitha and Silver - as anything more than useful tools leads to Tabitha turning on him when he tries to kill Silver.
39	* FauxAffablyEvil: Always comes across as polite, friendly and charismatic - enough to defer Jim and Bruce's suspicions for most of his appearances. Yet underneath he's a pyschopathic maniac who cares little for even his real family.
40	* HateSink: A slimy, heartless SmugSnake, no one shed a tear when Oswald beat the living tar out of him with a baseball bat. He loses this trait when he returns as Azrael, being much more badass and even mildly sympathetic.
41	* HiddenAgendaVillain: Unlike the villains of the first season, who wore their motivations on their sleeves, the audience is completely in the dark about what he wants. It's revealed in "Scarification" that he is a member of the Dumas family, and is seeking revenge for a slight by the Wayne family.
42	* HiddenBadass: While he usually leaves the fighting to his underlings or Tabitha, he is in fact more than capable in hand-to-hand combat (as Gordon learns the [[CurbStompBattle hard way]] in "The Son of Gotham"). This [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] his return as Azrael.
43	* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
44	** He gets arrested because Barbara, the tool he wanted to use to kill Gordon, gives the police vital information against him.
45	** His stabbing Tabitha ends up driving her lover Butch to ally with Penguin to take him out for good - which they do, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill in spectacular fashion]].
46	* {{Hypocrite}}: Wants to avenge his family against the Waynes, but has no qualms about ruining other families (such as when he abducts - and eventually kills - Penguin's mother) in the process.
47	* IronicName: After his resurrection, he is dubbed Azrael, the ''Redeemed One''.
48	* {{Irony}}: According to Bullock, he's supposed to be a pile of ashes, not a supervillainous ninja who had just put Captain Barnes in critical condition. Later in "Unleashed", he actually does meet a fiery end--albeit not in an incinerator, but at the hands of an RPG-wielding mobster.
49	* ItsPersonal: According to him, his family built Gotham including the very foundations upon which the city rests but they were cheated out of their credit. Now he's back wanting revenge.
50	* KickTheDog: In one of his cruellest moments, goes on TV after killing Penguin's mother, and passes Oswald (whose love for his mother is unquestionably one of his brightest points) off as a man "not even a mother could love".
51	* KilledOffForReal: Penguin and Butch blow him up with an RPG after the former threatens to shove his umbrella in a different part of him this time around. No resurrections this time.
52	* LargeHam: Ironically, he's pretty calm and collected when he's dealing with Tabitha or Jerome, but plays it up dramatically when he's pretending to be good; he plays it for all it's worth in his speech to Jerome in "The Last Laugh", with even a full on AsideGlance directly to the recording TV cameras. Later, his pretence to Gordon that he's haunted by killing someone is so over the top it's a miracle Gordon didn't suspect him sooner.
53	** Taken up to eleven as Azrael, who is prone to shouting dramatically and using the most over-the-top language possible.
54	* LudicrousGibs: Even as the nigh-invulnerable Azrael, he can still be blown to pieces by an RPG, and as Alfred notes in "Anything for You", the mess that ensues ends up being quite the cleanup job for the Wayne family's gardener.
55	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Whatever he did to Zaardan in his first appearance either involved ''very'' precise chemistry and technology, or was outright magical. It's never clarified.
56	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Nice job killing Penguin's mother to punish him for trying to take matters into his own hands -- despite him only doing so because you refused the pragmatic alternative of simply releasing her and possibly keeping him as an (uneasy) ally! Now not only is he out for your blood, but he also ruins your VillainWithGoodPublicity act in front of Jim and Bullock!
57	* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Done subtly in "Mommy's Little Monster" when Penguin tells him he comes from "a long line of cowards", making him decide to kill Penguin himself - which naturally leads to Oswald escaping.
58	* NonActionBigBad: He's got some seriously impressive combat skills, but usually leaves the torture/murder side of things to Tabitha and his other underlings.
59	* NotEnoughToBury: The ''second'' time around he gets shot at point blank range with ''a bazooka'' and his body is [[LudicrousGibs completely disintegrated]].
60	* ObviouslyEvil: He's such a SmugSnake and his good reputation is built entirely on events that would be ContrivedCoincidence even if we didn't already know he staged them.
61	* OhCrap:
62	** He has this reaction when Gordon reveals that he knows that he had Penguin's mother killed.
63	** And again when Penguin shows up at Wayne Manor to save Bruce, Jim and Alfred. With Butch. And [[MoreDakka a rocket launcher]].
64	--> '''Galavan''': Ooooh.
65	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: A big deal is made of his dying twice, to the point where Jerome is visibly upset about being upstaged by Galavan after himself coming back to life.
66	* PreMortemOneLiner: Before his sister ices Sionis, after the latter had just asked Barbara to accompany him: "She doesn't want to go where you're going."
67	* RevengeByProxy: "Scarification" reveals that his family, formerly a ruling family in Gotham, was removed from the records by the Waynes after Caleb Dumas, his ancestor, was accused of raping Celestine Wayne. Centuries later, Theo orders a series of arson attacks on Wayne buildings, and seeks to kill Bruce, who most likely had never heard of the Dumas.
68	* RevengeMyopia: The Waynes were the ones who destroyed his family two centuries ago, but he sees nothing wrong with unleashing untold suffering upon the people of Gotham who had absolutely nothing to do with the original feud.
69	* SmugSnake: Even when Gordon has caught him red-handed about to sacrifice Bruce, he can't help bragging that he'll just escape justice again.
70	* TheSociopath: He has no problem plotting the murder of a child and doesn't even care about his own immediate family, even threatening to kill Tabitha and Silver on different occasions.
71	* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He ends up blown to pieces by Butch's RPG.
72	* TookALevelInBadass: While he's already proven to be quite the badass when he takes down Gordon in a fight, he becomes an even ''bigger'' threat once he becomes Azrael in Season 2B.
73	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An interesting case in that while Theo's plan involving the Maniax did involve murder and chaos, ''no one'' could have had any idea that his getting Jerome to unleash his full potential would indirectly bring about the [[ComicBook/TheJoker worst monster]] that Gotham would ever see.
74	* VillainBall: He can't seem to help making bad decisions where Gordon and Penguin are concerned.
75	** When he decides to kill Penguin himself, instead of shooting him on the spot he decides to give him an AnyLastWords moment which allowed Penguin to slash his throat and then escape.
76	** In the Season 2 Fall finale, after getting apprehended, Gallavan decides to taunt Gordon on the fact that he will most likely get out of jail again quickly. Gordon decides to kill him knowing this fact.
77	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though he's only recently arrived to Gotham, he is already well regarded enough to stand in for the Mayor in public events. But nobody knows he is secretly a villain. He even stages himself to be a hero, by "saving" the city in killing Jerome to make him appear to be the hero.
78	* WouldHurtAChild: His ultimate plan is to kill Bruce Wayne and he has absolutely no problem threatening the same to Silver.
79	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once Sionis rejects his proposal Theo wastes no time ordering Tabitha to kill him in a most gruesome way. The same goes for Jerome, whom he killed to make himself look to be a hero.
80	[[/folder]]
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82	[[folder:Tabitha Galavan]]
83	Theo's sister and his main lieutenant - unlike him, she's perfectly prepared to get her hands dirty in their plans. She eventually turns on him after his VillainousBreakdown starts threatening Silver. For tropes regarding her, see her entry in Characters/GothamCriminalGroups.
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	!The Maniax
87	[[folder:Barbara Kean]]
88	The AxCrazy ex-fiance of Jim Gordon, Barbara is broken out of Arkham by the Galavans to use as a weapon and distraction against Jim, but doesn't always stick to their plan. For tropes regarding her, see her entry in Characters/GothamCriminalGroups.
89	[[/folder]]
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91	[[folder:Jerome Valeska]]
92	A young psychopath who previously killed his mother, Jerome is broken out of Arkham by the Galavans as part of the Maniax, part of their plan to make Theo mayor. Of course, it's when [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker he starts laughing]] that things really take off. For tropes regarding him, see Characters/GothamTheValeskaTwins.
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95	[[folder:Aaron Helzinger]]
96	!!Aaron Helzinger
97	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20201016_221609.png]]
98	-> '''Played By:''' Stink Fisher
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100	An Arkham patient and former member of the Maniax.
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102	* TheBigGuy: He towers over the other members of the Maniax.
103	* TheBrute: He's the one who lifts the bodies of the shipyard workers over the ledge to throw them off the roof. He's also able to dish out a savage beating to Gordon without sustaining so much as a scratch.
104	* DumbMuscle: There's a trend with these tropes... Barbara chooses him to be her "friend" in Arkham because he's easily the biggest guy there and could protect her from harm. He also falls for her charms relatively easily.
105	* HairTriggerTemper: When he sees Oswald has ice cream and no one else does, he doesn't take it well.
106	* PsychopathicManchild: Like Amygdala in the comics, he has the mind of a child. He also killed his whole family with his bare hands.
107	* SoleSurvivor: Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead. Hugo Strange does has the resurrected Galavan (now calling himself Azrael) kill him as a test towards the end of the season but it unlikely he died by getting hit with a briefcase.
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110	[[folder:Richard Sionis]]
111	One of the potential Maniax members, during their first meeting he declines membership and is subsequently executed by Tabitha. For more about him see his entry [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/GothamRoguesGalleryCellblockB here.]]
112	[[/folder]]
113
114	!Others
115	[[folder:Silver St. Cloud]]
116	!!Silver St. Cloud
117	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20201016_221756.jpg]]
118	->'''Played By:''' Creator/NatalieAlynLind
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120	Theo Galavan's niece and ward.
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122	* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, she is a good person, but on the show she's a willing accomplice of the Galavans. She has a change of heart in the Winter Finale.
123	* ArchEnemy: She attempts to assert herself as a major enemy towards Selina, although Selina seems to disregard her as such after she and Bruce effortlessly outsmart her and expose her as the SmugSnake she truly is.
124	* BecomingTheMask: Seeing Bruce willingly risk his own life to save hers in exchange even after her various emotional manipulations, Silver comes to care for him during the Season 2 winter finale, this time for real.
125	* BigBadWannabe: She thinks that she's a chessmaster like her uncle, but Selina proves that she's not as capable at being a villain as she thinks she is.
126	* BirdsOfAFeather: Invoked by Galavan. Silver is a {{socialite}} in the making who comes from a wealthy, high-class family like Bruce, and both have yet to acclimate to Anders Preps for similar reasons (he's been predominantly {{homeschooled\|Kids}}, she was studying abroad in Geneva for two years). A good impression in their first few meetings and [[PuppyLove Bruce is]] [[LoveAtFirstSight instantly hooked]].
127	-->'''Silver''' (''on being the new kid at school''): [[YouAreNotAlone "Then we shall brave it together."]]
128	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a convincing NiceGirl around Bruce, but alone with her aunt and uncle or with Selina, she shows her true colors.
129	** Silver might actually be [[DoubleSubversion a sheep in bitch's clothing wearing sheep's clothing over that]], as indicated by her desperate attempt to [[WellDoneSonGuy stay within her uncle's good graces (and thus stay alive)]] throughout "Worse Than a Crime" as well as her subsequent HeelFaceTurn once she finally chooses to risk her own life to save Bruce's. In the previous episode, she also cries out for Bruce when it appears he's about to be executed by a hitman, which may or may not have been genuine alarm and concern for his well-being even if at that point in time it wasn't enough to override her own self-concern.
130	* BullyingADragon: She taunts and threatens Selina, who among other things, is an experienced cat burglar and armed robber, has clawed out a grown man's eyes, and killed at least one person by this point in the series.
131	* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Selina hires a fake hitman to submit her to torture in order to get information out her that would help Bruce. After realizing she's been outsmarted by Bruce and Selina, they point out how pathetic of a villain she was. She breaks down crying out Bruce's name after he severs his ties with her for good.]]
132	* BrokenPedestal: She becomes this to Bruce. He reveals that he truly did love her, but after listening to Selina, he learns of her dark side.
133	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She was last seen escaping a building with Tabitha, then never again afterwards.
134	* DidntSeeThatComing: She never knew that Bruce and Selina were smart enough to trick her into giving them information and uncovering her villainy.
135	* EvilCounterpart: To Selina. Both are young girls with an interest in Bruce Wayne; but while Selina is a LoveableRogue who cares for Bruce, Silver is a BitchInSheepsClothing who manipulates Bruce for her uncle's gain. Of course, given Silver's ultimate HeelFaceTurn and Selina's later development, they end up being similar.
136	* FalseFriend: She's acting as a friendly girl with a crush on Bruce, but is really toying with his emotions.
137	* FauxAffablyEvil: As we see in her "girl talk" with Selina, she nonchalantly threatens to kill her if she interferes in her plans for Bruce.
138	* FilleFatale: She's sent by her uncle to seduce Bruce.
139	* HeelFaceTurn: After trying to fake one doesn't get Bruce's trust, she simply tells him the truth, that her uncle will cut her off or kill her if she doesn't get a kiss from him. Bruce plays along when Theo shows up to save her, and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Silver is so touched]] that she interrupts the ceremony to kill Bruce, buying a precious few seconds for the cavalry to show up.
140	* HighHeelFaceTurn: Discounting her aunt, who [[TheDogBitesBack turns on Theo]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal for her]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards own reasons]], Silver is the only known member of the Order of St. Dumas to wash her hands clean of the cult and repent.
141	* HoneyTrap: Her role in her uncle's plan is to serve as [[FilleFatale a kid-friendly version]] for Bruce. She's quite proud of her success.
142	-->'''Silver:''' "See this finger?" (''raises her left little finger'') "I have little Bruce wrapped tight around it."
143	* KickTheDog: As if threatening Selina's life wasn't bad enough, she coldly mocks her for the fact that [[MissingMom she has no mother]] and says nobody will care about Selina at all if she were to die.
144	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Selina's light, ironically, considering whose side she's on.
145	* LightIsNotGood: Usually dresses in light colors when not in school uniform and is a BitchInSheepsClothing.
146	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: {{Invoked}} in-universe, as she is introduced dancing barefoot on a restaurant’s fountain, and from them on is all quirky and beautiful and friendly towards Bruce, but it's later shown to all be an act.
147	* ManipulativeBitch: She's toying with Bruce's feelings under her uncle's orders and clearly doesn't care the least about him (at least at first).
148	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Her comic counterpart has no connections whatsoever to the Order of St. Dumas, much less being a relative of one of his descendants.
149	* ShutUpHannibal: She tries telling Bruce that he's not capable of enacting such heroics in Gotham, but he coldly tells her that she doesn't know him at all.
150	* SmugSnake: She practically brags about how villainous she is, and then fails spectacularly at backing it up.
151	* TheSociopath: At first glance she appears to be one, seeing Bruce as nothing but a target for her to trick and she doesn't care what her uncle has planned for the kid.
152	** Subverted in "Worse Than a Crime" -- she gradually grows remorseful and ultimately pulls a HeelFaceTurn, making her more of a pragmatist than this.
153	* TeensAreMonsters: At the start, she's just as monstrous as her family. Subverted when she pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
154	* UnderestimatingBadassery: It turns out that she shouldn't have viewed Bruce and Selina as weak because they kidnap her, submit her to fake torture, and dupe her into confessing information for them.
155	* VillainBall: When alone with Selina, she drops her phony nice girl act and reveals her true colors while nonchalantly threatening her. Because of this, Selina is now fully aware of her intentions for Bruce and is now working to stop her. Subverted when it's revealed that Selina never fell for her act in the first place and knew the type of person she is, so nothing she could have done would have prevented this outcome.
156	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since escaping a building with Tabitha. Since Tabitha resurfaces later, it can be presumed that she found Silver a better home and life somewhere far away from Gotham.
157	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Following the above VillainBall moment, Selina tries to out Silver, but between her lack of evidence and Silver's ability to [[CrocodileTears cry at the drop of a dime]], Bruce's trust in Selina is damaged, allowing Silver to better wedge herself between them.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Father Creal]]
161	!!Father Creal
162	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/creel.png]]
163	->'''Played By:''' Creator/RonRifkin
164
165	Leader of the Order of St. Dumas and an associate of Theo Galavan.
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167	* AllMonksKnowKungFu: His and the other brothers' fighting style owes a lot to the East.
168	* EvilOldFolks: This rather scrawny looking old man is a terror in hand-to-hand combat. His particular order seems to be something of a ReligionOfEvil.
169	* TheManBehindTheMan: Theo Galavan is the ArcVillain of the first half of Season 2, but even he submits to Creal's authority.
170	* SinisterMinister: Evil monk, to be specific.
171	* UndignifiedDeath: Bullock shoots and kills Creal just as he jumped into the air, causing his body to be blown backwards, sliding across the floor.

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