Monstrox

* Book
* Cloud

### Most Detestable Traits

Pretty much everything he does, from mistreating Jestro to attempting to destroy Knighton

### Type of ED

Genocidal Necromancer

**Monstrox** is the main antagonist of the *Nexo Knights* series. A mighty necromancer, he threatened the kingdom of Knighton in the past, only to be defeated and imprisoned by the wizard Merlok. A hundred years later, he managed to break out with the assistance from the royal jester Jestro and continue his reign of terror.

He was voiced by Mark Oliver.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* He is a very comedic character, as he's given plenty of funny lines and moments which overall make him hard to hate.
* In spite of having many humiliating moments, he is still a serious threat and has proven this more than once, always beating the Nexo Knights to the evil books and Forbidden Powers and coming very close to achieving his goals.
* Has a new design every year, which, while deprive him of an iconic appearance, are still quite creative and give him plenty of cool powers:
	+ As the Book of Monsters, he can store Lava Monsters inside himself and gains power by eating books that used to be part of him.
	+ As the Cloud of Monstrox, he can bring anything made of stone "with a face or form" to life, get through tight places, and use his lightning to brainwash, hurt or even petrify people. Although he turned Clay to stone by accident, this still makes him the only villain in the series who managed to kill a knight, even if temporarily.
	+ As the Monstrox Virus in the ambiguously canon 2018 comics, he can infect multiple pieces of technology, including Squirebots, to use it against the Nexo Knights, finally managing to even the odds.
* Unlike the case is with Jestro and Roberto Arnoldi, he possesses some care for Lava Monsters, no matter how minor, even after they turn on him, as he has conflicting thoughts on fighting them and ultimately leaves it to Jestro.
* He's shown himself to be quite intelligent a number of times, as not only was he able to play Jestro like a fiddle by appealing to his insecurities, but also wasn't eager to believe Clay when he claimed to still be evil, asking him for more information to confirm it, and warned Jestro not to reveal confidential information to him.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* His goal amounts to no less than a nation-scale genocide, which he executes with glee and no remorse, and comes dangerously close to fulfilling. He is even willing to kill children, as shown in the episode "On His Majesty's Secret Service".
* He often abuses Jestro despite claiming to care for him and "missing" him, from manipulating him into nearly becoming a vessel for his soul to brainwashing the jester for refusing to become evil again. His claims of "caring" for Jestro ultimately fall flat by the time of Season 4 finale, when he stops even pretending that he has concern for him.
* Is a card-carrying sadist who revels in the misery he causes. In fact, in a few episodes he nearly fully loses his entertaining qualities because of it and becomes truly hateable.
* Many of his actions, including the corrupting of the Wizards' Council and Clay's petrification, have caused great pain to the protagonists, especially Merlok, who ultimately saw all his known family members turn to stone and come back as villains. He also takes delight in using Clay as a weapon against the Nexo Knights, knowing they would be unwilling to hurt him.

## External links

* Monstrox on the Villains Wiki
* Monstrox on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki