Eric Morden

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Mr. Nobody

* Mr. Nobody
* Eric Morden

### Eric Morden: 1916 - 1945

Eric Morden grew up in Feuchtwangen, Germany. A town he is quite quick to point out translates to "moist cheeks". Eric claims he was the son of a English professor and a German prostitute or at least, that's what he claims. No one really knew anything about Eric until he joined Greg Saunders' band of misfits in World War II. About all we knew for a fact about Eric's childhood is that his mother was actually the witch Rowena and he grew hating her so much he decided to tell everyone that she was nothing more than a nameless harlot.

Having moved to England prior onset of war, Eric joined up with Greg's team as their supposed translator. However, historical documents show that some of his translations may have been deliberately misleading (possibly for nefarious purpose, but more likely just for his own amusement). Eric's moniker of Nobody was first used during this time. When his teammates would introduce themselves as a space cowboy, knight of the Round Table, an alien warrior, the bride of Frankestein, a werewolf, and a deadly magician; people would then wait to hear Eric's fantastic résumé but would only be given "Oh me?, I'm nobody".

### Mr. Nobody: 1945 - 1987

What happened to Eric after the war remains of mystery, having abandoned Greg's post-war adventures to go his own way. It is speculated that Eric became envious of Greg's amplified ability from being joined to a vorpal entity, and so Eric began a quest to find his own esoteric entity to fuse with. No one really knows how Eric was successful, but he was. Furthermore, Eric was now the leader of a terrorist faction called the Brotherhood of Dada, complete with powerful minions such as Immortus and Madame Rouge.

### Mr. Nobody: 1987 - Present

Following the intrinsic explosions, Eric was somehow using the mass devastation to increase his own power. These efforts drew the attention of the otherworld witch Tsaritsa. The two had a weird romantic affair in which Eric worked out his strange mommy issues and the two plotted to raise a daughter of their own. During this time. Eric split his attention between his strange family and his more grounded criminality.

Morden's minions began to complain that their criminal mastermind was more focused on his dimensionally deviant domesticated life than he was with any criminal schemes, toppling governments, and taking advantage of the rapidly changing world. To ease the concerns of his men, Eric decided to sub-contract out the "mind" part in the job description of a criminal mastermind.

Eric brought The Brain and Monsieur Mallah into the Brotherhood. He tasked the literal mastermind with running the day-to-day operations of his organization while Eric would only show up here and there when his chthonic itch for villainy needed scratching Eric began to notice that The Brain was using the Brotherhood to settle an old score with Niles Caulder, often making Caulder or his team of misfits the target of the Brotherhood's nefarious schemes.

Eric objected to this at first, until he sensed the chthonic being fused with one of Caulder's misfits. Larry Trainor. That was all it took for Eric to also decide that the Dada needed to be the doom of the Doom Patrol. Only thing was that while The Brain's schemes actually did try to destroy the Doom Patrol, particularly Caulder, Eric's schemes were more interested in tormenting the Doom Patrol or amusing himself in the style of a stereotypical villanous madman. The more serious elements of the Brotherhood of Dada eventually decided they had enough of it.

By unknown means, The Brain orchestrated a surge in the developing powers of Eric's daughter, causing her to be lost in reality. While Eric and his missus were busy looking for their daughter, The Brain was free to run the Brotherhood as he saw fit. Only when Eric found his daughter and realized that The Brain had stole the Brotherhood out from under him, Eric through a fit. Recruiting his reclaimed daughter and some new eccentric weird lackeys of his own, Mr. Nobody made a grand return to villainy by attacking the Dayton Clinic — and destroying it.

Though seeing her father's true darkness scared the villany out of his daughter, Eric decided to fully embrace his descent into true evil.

### Know The Difference

Nobody's Brotherhood has broken into two main factions. It's important to know the difference as they have very different approaches to their schemes.

#### The Brotherhood of Dada

* **Supremer Leader of Dada:** Maximilien Olivier (Current), Eric Morden (Former)
* **Lieutenants:** Mallah, Laura de Mille, Gemini De Mille, Semprevita, Gerard Shugel, Otto von Furth, Angela Hawkins, Goldilocks (Former), Brandish Descry (Former)

#### The Brotherhood of Nada

* **Supremer Leader of Nada:** Eric Morden, Terry None (Co-Leader, Former)
* **Lackeys:** Roberta Carmichael, Sven Larsen, Amanda Beckett, Porcelain Doll, Holly Mackenzie, Alice Debries, Daisy Langdon

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Grail Empowered Physiology:** Having drank from the Holy Grail, Eric has been endowed with certain abilities.
	+ ***Immortality:*** Eric does not age, heals quicker than normal, and rarely falls ill.
	+ ***Supernatural Senses:*** Eric's senses can pierce the veil.
* **Joining to Chthonic Entity:** Eric has fused with a chthonic Under-Monitor infected with Bleed corruption.
	+ ***Chthonic Blast:*** Eric can release a bolt of chthonic energy from his palms.
	+ ***Chthonic Conjuration:*** Eric can use chthonic energy to conjure objects out of nothing, creating them in a effect that resembles the distortion effect on old analog television feeds.
	+ ***Chthonic Manipulation:*** Eric can use his chthonic powers to alter reality in many ways. He can drain the sanity from others, suspend the laws of physics, transform a small locale of reality into an abstract concept, and can even create complex lifeforms, such as when he used this power to create his daughter Teresa Morden.
	+ ***Chthonic Awareness:*** Eric recognizes most overt cosmic power or anomalies. He is aware of the Tapestry, the Cosmic Construct, and other esotheric concepts.
	+ ***Cosmic Resilience:*** Eric is highly resistant to cosmic powers and influences.
	+ ***Dimensional Shifting:*** Eric can remove himself and others in his proximity to move from their current dimesion to another of Eric's choosing, usually Germelshausen or the Theater Cosmic. Eric has even shown the ability to relocate himself into many dimensions and locations which he should not have access to enter — such as the Rock of Eternity or the Light at the End. He claims to have even gained access to an esoteric haven known as the Writer's Room where he beheld the Tapestry.
	+ ***Occult Ritualism:*** Eric claims he has not learned any actual sorcery from his wife, calling magic a bunch of "nonsensical nonsense" but he also has shown himself to be well-versed in magic rituals, even having performed many of his own. His rituals are quite powerful as he uses his chthonic power to amplify the effect.
	+ ***Physical Resilience:*** Eric is more durable to physical hardship than he appears.

### Weaknesses

* **Eccentric:** Eric is weird, He is often will do things for no clear or discernible reason. He has had his enemies defeated and on the verge of death, only to decide to spare them so they can "have fun" another day. He often talks about a "script" and will either adhere to this script with zealous fervor or claim to be going "off-script" to do something he feels is more exciting, dramatic, or fun. Like I said, he's a weirdo.
* **Vice — Pride:** Though he calls himself Mr. Nobody, Eric believes he is somebody of true significance. Insults to his pride often aggravate him. He is also prone to proving his superiority with grandiose monologues and overly complex schemes.
* **Vorpal Energy:** As Eric's physiology is saturated with chthonic energy, any exposure to vorpal energy weakens him. Vorpal entities of significance, such as an Endless or the Monitor, could theoretically strip him of his power or even "unmake" him.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Occult:** 8 — Paragon
* **Weaponry:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Expertise:** 8 — Paragon
* **Range:** 8 — Paragon
* **Strategy:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
	+ **TOTAL:** 330
	+ **RANKING:** Ultimate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He use to be old friends with Greg Saunders, Ystina, Yon Kohl, Eve Frankenstein, Bigby Wolf, and Malcolm Merlyn. However, he is now only still friends with Malcolm.
* He met Tsaritsa sometime between October 1987 and February 1990. They created a chthonic muse called Terry None. They also created a German town of Germelshausen loosely connected to actual reality. Because his views were shaped by pop culture from his own childhood and Tsaritsa was from another dimension Terry grew up in a nightmarish interpretation of the 1950s suburbia with the added element of medieval public torture and executions for misbehavior.

### Notes

* His appearance is based on the actor Alan Tudyk, who portrayed him in the *Doom Patrol* TV Series.
* His past friendship with Greg Saunders is a nod to Turdyk and Nathan Fillion who both starred in the *Firefly / Serenity* franchise.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Eric Morden

1. ↑ Network Files: Eric Morden / Mr Nobody
2. ↑ Network Files: Tsaritsa
3. ↑ NFX: Terry None