Ozymandias

==Summary==
Adrian Alexander Veidt, a.k.a. Ozymandias is the main antagonist of Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, published by DC Comics. Named Ozymandias in the manner of Ramesses II, his name recalls the famous poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, which takes as its theme the fleeting nature of empire.
Adrian was born in 1939, the son of rich immigrant parents, he was found to be incredibly intelligent. After his parents and his teachers became suspicious of his grades, he successfully hid his intelligence by deliberately achieving average grades. After his parents' deaths, he inherited their substantial fortune at age 17, but chose to give it all to charity. Veidt then embarked on a vision quest, following the route of Alexander the Great - a childhood idol - throughout the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and former ancient Persia.
It was during this journey that he consumed a ball of hashish and saw a psychedelic hallucination which inspired him to become a superhero. Returning to America, he named himself "Ozymandias" and became both a costumed vigilante, focusing particularly on organized crime, and a multi-billionaire businessman, earning a reputation as "the smartest man on the planet."
However, his own cases robbed him of the idealistic belief that battling crime would truly lessen evil and suffering in the world. This was brought to a head when an abortive attempt to organize a new superhero team was disrupted by the Comedian, who noted in his brutally apt way exactly how petty the doings of the costumed heroes were in a world where the threat of nuclear war hung overhead, and how powerless they were to stop it. This, coupled with the existence of Doctor Manhattan and the threat he posed to the entire human race, drove Ozymandias to a compulsive obsession with attaining world peace, regardless of the means necessary.
==Powers and Stats==
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Name: Adrian Alexander Veidt, Ozymandias
Origin: Watchmen (DC Comics)
Gender: Male
Age: 47 as of Watchmen (Born in 1939)
Classification: Human, Former Crime-fighting Vigilante, Corporate Businessman, "Smartest Man Alive"
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Photographic Memory, Enhanced Senses (, , ), Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Casually stomped Rorschach and Nite Owl in combat), Acrobatics, Analytical Prediction (Calculates every possible result and eliminates the unlikely ones), Resistance to Telepathy ()
Attack Potency: Wall level (. . . . Rorschach and Nite Owl , , with Nite Owl being able to )
Speed: Supersonic+ (, . . . , )
Lifting Strength: Superhuman
Striking Strength: Wall level
Durability: Wall level (Completely unharmed by the attacks of Rorschach, Nite Owl, and the Comedian)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: His Costume, a Headband which serves as a throwing weapon, Throwing Stilettos
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (. . . . Traveled the world and mastered numerous martial-arts styles, fields of studies and language. . . Created revolutionary technology by studying Doctor Manhattan, going as far as creating an "alien monster" to destroy New York City)
Weaknesses: None Notable
==Notable Matchups==
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