Ming the Merciless

Ming the Merciless is a character within the Jilm Lore, ruling over the vast galactic empire of Mongo in opposition to The Cosmic Alliance during the Intergalactic Jilm War, Ming using the chaos to launch his own invasion of the Alliance. He was only stopped by the hero Flash Gordon, who teamed up with The Visored One to defeat Ming and send him back to his own galaxy, where he waits and builds strength for the eventual Second Ming War.
== Biography ==
Ming was born around the year of 3768 in a time of turmoil. The galaxy of Mongo had yet to be united under a single polity, and in this absence was almost constant violence. Large fleets of space pirates and small-scale planet alliances led wars and raids against each other in search of wealth and slaves. The religions of Mongo largely forbid life extension technologies, as they believed that mortality was a gift from their Gods so they may be reunited in the Heavens, freed from the chaos that surrounded their homes.
Ming had a different train of thought. His upbringing shaped him into a man who desired eternal life for himself and the need to conquer this disparate galaxy into his own image. As he was the son of nobles on his planet, and with his planet being allied with other neighboring worlds, he was able to use these resources to begin his plans. The first 150 years or so was slow going, as he needed to not only bring his own planet into his grasp but then also either conquer or manipulate the others into his rule. After this was done he had 6 planets to his name, a minuscule number when compared to the 40,000 habitable planets that were known throughout Mongo.
This of course did not stop him. As the Mongonians are already a long lived people he had time to fulfill his tasks while also pushing his life extension goals further and further, until Mongonian Life Extension was discovered around the year 4000. As this was occurring he led a massive campaign of annexation in all directions, as even though many of the planets were heavily militarized they were no match for Ming's tactical brilliance and crack team of military scientists, who often came up with terrifying weapons to subjugate these populations, such as a blob like creation that could infinitely reproduce once in a planets atmosphere, killing all life before being remotely deactivated.
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