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  • Complete Monster: Anastasia DeCobray, better known as The Baroness, is a cheerfully destructive Cobra officer with zero allegiance to any ideology except violence itself. Revealed to be the one who suggested the utter decimation of Indianapolis and its population to quell rebellion, the Baroness continues to suggest similarly brutal tactics in the present, threatening to destroy any and every city across America that G.I. Joe crops up in with no care for the body count. Commissioning Dr. Mindbender to perform inhumane experiments on reviving dead Cobra troops, the Baroness casually sentences a Cobra guard to be taken apart by Mindbender and shows her further distaste for her own subordinates when she snaps a Cobra operative's neck to use him as a Human Shield. The Baroness cements herself as the worst the otherwise well-intentioned Cobra has to offer in this continuity, basking in her belief that destroying hope is "beautiful".
  • Magnificent Bastard: Major Sebastian Bludd is a former mercenary who signed on with Cobra to satisfy his desire for power and order. A no-nonsense military commander who casually executes prominent G.I. Joe Duke immediately upon capture to avoid the risks he poses, Bludd always aims to use the routes of subterfuge and pragmatism, never failing to share his obvious distaste with the Baroness's more destructive tendencies. Upon discovering through deductive skills the genuine extremism and desire to save the world exhibited by Cobra Commander, an infuriated Bludd devises a brilliant scheme to orchestrate his own death and deal a heavy blow to Cobra itself as payback for feeling Cobra lost its way. As his plan goes off without a hitch, Bludd survives his intention to die and instead murders Dr. Mindbender to frame him for the betrayal of Cobra and continue his run as a powerful member of the organization.

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