Villain 4: Atrocitus

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The next villain I am analyzing is probably the angriest creature to ever exist. His name is Atrocitus, the founder of the Red Lantern Corps and the destroyer of all. Atrocitus was originally a peaceful alien, but everything changed when the Rogue Manhunters damaged through Space Sector 666, and killed everyone (including Atrocitus's family) except for five beings. The survivors of this attack formed the Five Inversions, and they began their war against the Guardians of the Universe (The Green lanterns are Guardians of the Universe). They were defeated promptly, and imprisoned for all eternity on a planet called Ysmault. Unfortunately he escaped when green lantern Abun Sur was foolish enough to free him, and take him to earth under the false hope that Atrocitus would help Sur. Atrocities then went on a killing spree and was only stopped by Hal Jordan and Sinestro. Atrocitus has many allusions to the bible. First of all he is the embodiment of one of the seven deadly sins, Wrath. This shows solidifies the fact that he is completely evil. Also in Atrocitus's origin story the number 666 appears 3 times (666 and 3! Double Illuminati). This is an allusion to Satan, due to the fact that the number 6 is the number of Satan. Another allusion to the bible is the planet Atrocitus was imprisoned on. It is described as a land of fire where the wicked will spend their lives imprisoned for all eternity.  This is a religious allusion to hell. Due to these accessions it is widely believe and accepted that Atrocitus was created as an allusion to Satan. Another Romantic value seen in Atrocitus is the fact that he always kills Humans while in some form of unsettled nature. It is almost as if he is protecting Natures reverence and destroying the imperfect humans who are invading nature, and many times they are harming nature as well. This does not mean that Atrocitus is a "Good Guy" because he still kills many humans and even preforms a ritual that gives the prophecy that the Black Lanterns (also known as he Lanterns of Death) will come and basically destroy Earth (What is it with aliens and Forces of evil always attacking Earth?).