Ozymandias (Marvel)
Ozymandias is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Ozymandias was a male human who was born in Ancient Egypt many centuries ago. He had a sister by the name of Nephri with the two living during the reign of the Pharaoh Rama-Tut. Ozymandias came to find himself as a skilled general where he served the Pharaoh and was among his advisors alongside the grand vizier Logos. In an effort to ingratiate himself with his ruler, Ozymandias was noted to had offered his own sister in marriage to Rama-Tut. During this time, Rama-Tut was seeking out a young man that was one of the first of an emerging race with this individual being known as En Sabah Nur. The Egyptian general knew of his masters goals and sought to find the boy which he intended to present as his wedding present to the Pharaoh. (Rise of Apocalypse v1 #1)
Thousands of years ago, he was by his masters side as his forces moved across the land. In that time, they were opposed by a figure who they called the Traveler who had disrupted many of Apocalypse's plans. This led to the Dark Riders being dispatched to eliminate this foe. The cadre of elite warriors of the Dark Riders were defeated whereupon the Traveler came to fight against Apocalypse himself. En Sabah Nur seemingly gained an advantage over his foe but was surprised at the Travelers cybernetic arm which allowed him to shoot Apocalypse in the head seemingly killing him. With Apocalypse dead, the Dark Riders swore their allegiance to the Traveler as per their tenet of survival of the fittest but he refused and instead told Ozymandias that there would always be someone stronger out there in the world. (Cable & Deadpool v1 #26)
During the Crusades, he recalled his master slaying the warlord who eventually became Dracula. In 1897, he accompanied his master after he was awakened from his slumber by Clan Akkaba who required his aid in protecting them from a mysterious threat that targeted them. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #2)
He was within Clan Akkaba when the decided to resurrect Apocalypse through a young clone of him whilst Ozymandias summoned the Final Horsemen to protect their reborn master. As the young Apocalypse received instruction, Ozymandias commanded the Horsemen to protect him from an assassination attempt by the new X-Force. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Once long ago, he was said to had been a great general who commanded a kingdom. This was until he drew the wrath of En Sabah Nur who had cursed him. He claimed that after he erred in the past in confronting Apocalypse that he would not repeat that mistake again. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #332) Ozymandias believed it was his hubris in defying the will of En Sabah Nur that condemned him for all eternity. (Wolverine v2 #101)
Powers and abilities
It was said that he was similar to Sinister in that he was a human re-engineered by Apocalypse. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #332) As a being of stone, he was capable of healing his own wounds or even crumble into rocks and reassemble his body elsewhere. (Wolverine v2 #101)
His power allowed him to shape stone itself and he could achieve a variety of feats with it such as making stone constructs to serve as his soldiers. Animated by Ozymandias, they had no life signs where they were slow moving but he could make many of them to overwhelm his enemies in numbers. These soldiers of stones were said to be capable of thwarting an assault on him. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #332) These warriors of living stone were animated by Ozymandias's telekinesis where the soulless simulacra could be made as doppelgangers of other people. (Wolverine v2 #101)
He often experienced visions of the future and the only way to deal with them was by etching them into stone thus making him a chronicler for his master Apocalypse. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #332) The helix was placed in his charge where he was tasked with preserving its secrets. Ozymandias would destroy the pillar with this data and replicate it somewhere else for his master. (Wolverine v2 #101)
Notes
- Ozymandias was created by Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira where he made his first appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 #332 (May, 1996).
Alternate Versions
- In Uncanny X-Force v1 #13 (2011), it was shown that the Age of Apocalypse version of Storm was enslaved by Weapon Omega who turned her into a stone-like entity similar to Ozymandias that he called Orordius.
In other media
Video games
- In X-Men: Battle of the Atom, Ozymandias appeared as a playable card in the iOS video card game.
Appearances
- Uncanny X-Men v1: (1996)
- X-Men v2:
- Rise of Apocalypse v1:
- X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1:
- Cable & Deadpool v1:
- Uncanny X-Force v1:
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