Ozymandias (Watchmen)
Ozymandias is a male comic character who features in Watchmen.
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Biography
Watchmen
Adrian Alexander Veidt was a male human born in [1939]] as the son of wealthy German-American immigrant parents. From childhood, he demonstrated a high degree of intelligence where he received high grades in school. However, he young Adrian hid this information from his elders and peers by deliberately achieving only average marks. After his parents died, he came to inherit their substantial fortune when he was 17 years old but decided to give the money away to charity as he wanted to make something for himself through his own means. He then embarked on a vision quest where he followed the route of his childhood idol Alexander the Great. Whilst travelling in the Middle-East, he consumed a ball of hashish and saw a vision of the past. He then completed his travels in Egypt which was when he came to the conclusion that Alexander the Great was simply a pale imitation of Ramesses II who became Veidt's new hero. Adrian then returned to the United States where he began to train himself to the peak of physical condition and became a world-class gymnast in the process.
Doomsday Clock
Ultimately, it was revealed that Veidt's plans to unite the world had failed after Rorshachs' journal was published. This caused the world to fall into chaos after the departure of Doctor Manhattan with Adrian going underground. During this time, he was approached by Reggie Long who was Rorshach's successor where the two worked to save their world. Ozymandias claimed that the only way to do so was to find Doctor Manhattan and return him to their Earth so that he could restore order to the world. (Doomsday Clock v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
One of his idols from his childhood was Alexander the Great though he eventually came to see him as a pale imitation of Ramesses II who became his new hero.
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Ozymandias was created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons where he made his first appearance in Watchmen v1 #1 (September, 1986).
In other media
Television
- In Watchmen, Ozymandias appeared in the setting of the live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Jeremy Irons. Unknown to him, it was revealed that he came to have a daughter named Lady Trieu.
Films
- In Watchmen, Ozymandias appeared in the live-action film adaptation of the comic where he was portrayed by actor Matthew Goode.
Motion Comics
- In Watchmen: Motion Comic, Ozymandias appeared in the setting of the motion comic where he was voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte.
Appearances
- Watchmen v1: (1986)
- Doomsday Clock v1:
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