Skeletor
Skeletor is a male villain who features in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
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Biography
Keldor was a male member of the Gar race who were native to the world of Eternia.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Skeletor was a muscular bluish humanoid male with typically purplish skin and a yellowish skeleton faced skull that was covered by a purple hood. He was known by a number of titles that included being the Lord of Destruction and as the Overlord of Evil.
As an opponent, Skeletor was shown to be extremely cunning and intelligent.
He had gathered together many of Eternia's greatest outcasts and evil warriors to serve him in achieving his goals.
Skeletor was shown to have an inability to control his anger and on occasion his overconfidence was shown to be his undoing.
It was said that he had been a member of the House of Miro. He was thought to be King Randor's long-lost brother.
Powers and abilities
He thought to master magic where his experiments went wrong and he became lost in a dimension beyond time. As Skeletor, he possessed an array of mystical powers and was an extremely powerful sorcerer with control over a vast range of dark magical powers.
In one case, he came to be adorned in the black robes of ancient Gar kings.
He was a known magic user and was capable of using his Havoc Staff to amplify his powers. The staff could discharge bolts of mystic force from its head or be used as a focus for more powerful forms of magic. It once served as the scepter of authority for the Kings of the ancient city of Zalesia for hundreds of years. At one point, Skeletor transformed it using the secrets stolen from the Faceless One.
He was shown to have a constant animal companion in the form of Panthor.
It was known that he made his base of operations at Snake Mountain.
Notes
- Skeletor was created by Mattel where he featured in the setting of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
- In an interview on He-Man.org, writer Steven Grant said, "As far as I remember, Keldor was Skeletor... But, I don't think that was ever going to be revealed... I seem to remember it as one of those things Mattel came up with out of the blue... Slur Keldor and you end up with Skeletor... His back-story wasn't really worked out. Some sort of evil cosmic energies altered him. I think they were going for a Darth Vader thing, but it was a tack-on... The main idea was that if they found out Skeletor was Keldor, they'd be able to find out what had changed him and might find some way to reverse it."
In other media
Television
- In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Skeletor appeared in the setting of the 1980s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Alan Oppenheimer.
- In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Skeletor appeared in the setting of the 2000s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Brian Dobson. Keldor was a male inhabitant of Eternia who lived in the time when the Council of Elders ruled the world. In that time, an ambitious Keldor looked to take over the planet and gathered like-minded individuals to follow him where his forces staged a revolt that assaulted the Hall of Wisdom. During the battle, he fought against the Captain of the Guard who was Randor where the two fought with swords with Keldor seemingly losing. He surrendered but actually intended to use a hidden vial of acid to kill his foe but Randor managed to put up his shield in time causing a flashback that sent some of the volatile substance to hit Keldor's face badly scarring it. He was rescued by his henchmen where they fled to Snake Mountain where the Sorceress helped erect the Mystic Wall to contain the evil forces behind it. The wounded Keldor was taken by Evil-Lyn to the sanctuary of Hordak where he offered anything for his life to be saved with the spirit of the dark sorcerer agreeing for a price that would be extracted at a later date. Dark magic was then used that transformed Skeletor into a skull-faced being who came to be known as Skeletor where he planned to conquer Eternia.
- In Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Skeletor appeared in the setting of the 2021 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Mark Hamill.
Films
- In Masters of the Universe, Skeletor appeared in the setting of the 1987 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Frank Langella.
Comics
Appearances
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe:
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