Adam Sutler

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## Amazing Baddie

### Alias

The Leader
The Head
Chancellor Sutler

### Allies

Peter Creedy (right-hand; formerly)
Commander Lewis Prothero (subordinate)
Bishop Anthony Lilliman (subordinate)
Doctor Delia Surridge (subordinate)
Inspector Eric Finch (subordinate)
Roger Dascombe (subordinate)
Conrad Heyer (subordinate)
Brian Etheridge (subordinate)
Derek Almond (subordinate)
The Finger (subordinates)
The Nose (subordinates)
The Mouth (subordinates)
The Eye (subordinates)
The Ear (subordinates)

### Powers/Skills

Authority
Near complete political power
Control over The Norsefire
Manipulation
Charisma
Eloquence

### Goals

Keep England under his control (succeeded for a while, then failed).
Bring down V by sending his men after him (posthumously succeeded).

### Worst Actions

Unleashing the St. Mary's and Three Waters virus on the United Kingdom's population so he could take over the country.
Establishing the Larkhill Resettlement Camp where English citizens who failed to fit Norsefire Party's Aryan ideal were sent to die or get tortured.
Killing Gordon Deitrich on live television.
Attempting to have the country's military open fire on thousands of protesters should they storm the Houses of Parliament.

### Kill Count

Over 80,000 (indirectly)
Several more (attempted)

### Crimes

Genocide
Mass murder
Terrorism
Mass corruption
Conspiracy
Nigh-populicide
Hate crimes
Unethical experimentation
Public endangerment
Abuse of power
Defamation
Coercion

### Type of AB

Jingoistic Tyrant

**Adam Sutler** is one of the two main antagonists (along with Peter Creedy) of the 2006 dystopian political action film *V for Vendetta*, based on the 1988 graphic novel of the same name.

He is the leader of the fascist Norsefire government, ruling a dystopian England with an iron fist. Unknown to England's population, Sutler rose to power through shady means, financing with Norsefire a bio-weapon developed by Lewis Prothero which killed 80,000 people, allowing Sutler to appoint himself as England's High Chancellor.

He was portrayed by the late John Hurt.

## His Brilliance and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him Amazing?

* Even if he is Pure Evil, Sutler displays no signs of sadism at all. However, he is still a hypocrite even though he claims that his actions are being done to protect England from terrorists and criminals.
* He is a homage of other fascist dictators in the world like Adolf Hitler himself.
* He rewarded Prothero and Lilliman after the epidemic ended, giving Prothero his own television show and assigning Lilliman as the Bishop of Westminter. Also, one can argue that Sutler may have rewarded them out of gratitude for aiding him in his plot to take over England.
* He has a comedic moment when TV host Gordon Deitrich mocks him with a comical sketch on his farce show.
* He attempted to make an example out of V's supporters on November 11th by preparing to have the country's military open fire on thousands of protesters should they storm the Houses of Parliament.
* He incriminates Creedy for failing to capture V once he becomes a serious threat to the government, leading a fed-up Creedy to betray Sutler and bring him to V, later killing him to secure the power for himself.
* He is shown to be terrified and is even seen crying on his knees before he dies, but it only serves to make him look pathetic and cowardly rather than sympathetic, especially as he was regularly shown to be a loud, boastful and hateful dictator who administered harsh punishments on his subjects for the slightest reasons.

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* He financed Lewis Prothero's pharmaceutical company to develop the Saint Mary virus, which caused an epidemic all over England and killed over 80,000 people, later denouncing the epidemic as a terrorist attack and using it to appoint himself High Chancellor of England, turning England into a fascist state.
* He established the Larkhill Resettlement Camp, a concentration camp for the English citizens who didn't fit the Norsefire Party's Aryan ideal, like Jews, non-whites, LGBT people, people with disabilities, and Muslims, branded as "enemies of the state". They were all sent there to be tortured, mutilated, and/or killed.
	+ What's worse, is that Sutler assigned Prothero and Anthony Lilliman, an ordinary cleric, to work at the camp as the commander and cleric respectively, but neither did any good, with Prothero abusing, torturing and executing the inmates and Lilliman not batting an eye at any of the abuse happening there.
* He is a conservative devout Christian but has no problem actively oppressing minorities despite Christianity stating that all people are equal in God's eyes, proving that he doesn't really put the Christian teachings into practice and only using God as way to keep his power.
* He spends his administration comfy at his house while letting his high council, led by his right-hand Peter Creedy, rule England on his behalf, forcing people into their houses with curfews and allowing the Fingermen, Norsefire's police, to do whatever they want with law-breakers, not caring when numerous "undesirables" are kidnapped and executed or threatened with rape by the Fingermen.

## Trivia

* Adam Sutler is currently the icon of the Spoilers template. This was likely done to foreshadow his Amazing Baddie status.

## External Links

* Adam Sutler on the Villains Wiki
* Adam Sutler on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Adam Sutler on the Hate Sink Wiki
* Adam Sutler on the V for Vendetta Wiki