Shadowman

The Shadowman is the antagonist appearing in Call of Duty: Black ops lll Zombies in Shadows of Evil and Revelations. He is the main antagonist of the Call of Duty Zombies series, sending havoc across the universe, including manipulating Ultimis Richtofen, causing him to go insane.

Origin
The Shadowman was once a keeper, keeping the universe balanced between good and evil, creating the summoning key, the wrath of the ancients, and the elemental staffs. He was also once the best friend of Dr. Monty. Stated by Dr. Monty, He was once "sweet and charming." He was one of the keepers who was corrupted by the Dark Aether and fought his brethren and was defeated and was banished in the Dark Aether. After they were in the Dark Aether, he was slowly turned into a tentacle creature, calling him an Apothicon.

Biography
Somehow in the 20th century. he escaped the Dark Aether, and managed to infiltrate the 63rd dimension, where the summoning key is located at. In order to free his army, he took a disguise of a human being called, Mr. Rapt, who died a few days ago. He went to Morg City where the summoning key is at and cursed the four criminals, telling them what to do in order to "free their curse." After completing their steps, the summoning key is now powered up and grabbed it and released the Dark Aether to Morg City. The four criminals worked together with the keepers and defeated the Apothicons, sealed the Aether, killed the Shadowman. The keepers tries to give the summoning key to the four criminals to release the curse, but Primis Richtofen took it from them from the keepers hands and telling them that "theres a universe to set in motion."