Gormogon (Bones)
The Gormogon is a male television character who features in Bones.
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Biography
The Gormogon was the name given to a series of serial killers. Arthur Graves was the oldest known Gormogon serial killer, who started his rampage in the 1950's. In the 1970's, he worked for the Social Services. He handled foster children, some of which, it can be presumed, he recruited as his apprentices. Among his apprentices was the 'current' Gormogon, who, following in his master's footsteps, recruited an apprentice of his own: Jason Harkness. During his rampage, he and his apprentice killed over 30 people, cannibalized them, took some piece of their skeleton important in their professional lives and added them to a silver skeleton model. Eventually, he killed enough to put together an entire skeleton and retired, allowing the current Gormogon to begin his own project. In the meantime, the aging Arthur suffered Alzheimer's resulted by his cannibalistic acts and was confined to a nursing home, where his apprentice sometimes visited him posing as his nephew. He was usually very calm and friendly there, though a staff member noted that he was 'a bit particular about what he ate'.
Harkness went to six different good private schools, but was expelled from all of them because he used to attack people in their dorms while they were sleeping. He later received therapy and did some community service, including cleaning the bank building where the Gormogon Vault was contained. Sometime in his past he had a diamond inset planted in one of his teeth. This would later cause markings on one of Gormogon's victims, whose skull Jason gnawed on. The markings led Booth and Brennan to him and was enough to get a court order for his bite marks. Having nowhere left to go, Jason calmly confessed and hinted that he had eaten and possibly killed more people before biting the mold. He was later found in his cell, stabbed in the heart as an act of suicide and placed in the same position as the silver skeleton found in the vault.
Prior to Graves being hospitalized, he somehow had all his teeth pulled out with a pair of pliers and gave them to his apprentice, who later used them as shrapnel in a bomb aimed at Booth and Brennan. They go to question him at the nursing home. When Brennan tries to confront him, he hisses at her hostilely, revealing the inside of his mouth which has no teeth. Brennan confronts him, but Booth pulls her away, leaving Graves smiling smugly as he looks away.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, the Gormogon was a male of Caucasian descent with a fair, somewhat pale skin complexion. He was of average to slightly above-average height, possessing a lean but remarkably strong and athletic build that allowed him to move with significant speed. His facial features were characterized by a prominent, straight nose, deep-set dark eyes, and a structured jawline, often framed by short, dark brown hair. Most notably, his mouth contained a full set of teeth, distinguishing him from his predecessor, Arthur Graves, who had famously pulled out all of his own teeth. Regarding his clothing, he was most frequently seen in all-black attire, which typically included a dark, hooded jacket or cloak, black tactical trousers, and sturdy boots designed for silent movement. When operating in his vault or committing ritual acts, he often added a heavy leather apron or a black motorcycle helmet with a tinted visor to fully obscure his identity.
The Gormogon was defined by a profound, obsessive hatred for secret societies and fraternal orders, believing that such groups were so damaging to the human experience that their members had to be eliminated. He possessed a fanatical, rigid adherence to ritual, following ancient instructions to the extreme to select 'symbolic' victims, such as the 'widow's sons'. Despite his violent actions, he was described by those who encountered him in daily life as remarkably calm and unassuming, though he was noted for being 'particular about what he ate'. This methodical, scholarly dedication allowed him to function with a chilling detachment, as he viewed his cannibalistic acts not as mere crimes, but as a necessary, ritualized consumption of those he deemed valuable to his cause. He was an exceptionally effective manipulator who could mentally dominate others—specifically those with logical but submissive personalities—by imprinting his own twisted belief system onto them until it appeared irrefutable.
Powers and abilities
The Gormogon Vault was a secret underground shrine to the Gormogon Order that was originally cut into the foundation of an abandoned bank called Capital Mutual Bank on the Anacostia River which was in the process of being re-preserved as a historical site by the DC Building Conservatory. The Vault appears to contain the largest collection of Gormogon artifacts in the world. The Vault holds museum quality tapestries, paintings, books, weapons, and other artifacts related to the victims of the Gormogons as well as a number of mystical orders and traditions.
Notes
- The Gormogon was created by Hart Hanson where he was portrayed by actor Laurence Todd Rosenthal and featured in the setting of the Bones television series universe.
Appearances
- Bones: "The Widow's Son in the Windshield"
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