User blog:XOBITES/Pure Evil Proposal - Admiral Razorbeard

Hey fellas, this is my Pure Evil Proposal for Admiral Razorbeard from Rayman 2, who I'm quite shocked doesn't even have the category yet.

What's The Work
Rayman 2 is the second entry of the popular Rayman franchise, released in 1999 and subsequently remade on just about every console imaginable.

Who is He, and What has he Done?
Razorbeard is the main antagonist of the game. He's a space pirate and conqueror who seriously means business. Though obviously off-screen, the manual preambles the guy by stating that he reduced hundreds of planets to dust.

The first we see of him, he's already managed to enslave the better part of Rayman's world, including hundreds and thousands of children, and in the opening cutscene we are treated to the lovely image of Rayman being lugged down a hallway of Razorbeard's flying ship and base of operations, the Buccaneer, whilst prisoners, old and young, feebly stick out their arms twixt the cages' bars and beg for help, release, or anything.

Furthermore, Razorbeard has caged up the Lums (living forms of energy that make up Rayman's world) and dispersed them thinly across the land, except for one, which he eats alive. Over the course of the game, Razorbeard is seen commanding his right-hand man to kill Rayman (who, naturally, escapes very early on), however in the end when his goon has disappointed him one time too many, he simply kills him. (A staple of any good PE boss)

By the end of the game, Rayman returns to the ship, backed up by Ly and the god Polokus, who manages to take out Razorbeard's standing army. Razorbeard hops in a terrible machine named Grolgoth which he has just recently attained and attempts to kill Globox, Rayman's best friend, right in front of him.

After Rayman beats Razorbeard, the captain shows no remorse or acceptance of defeat, but flies away and sets his ship to self-destruct, all the while, to his knowledge, the slaves (adults as well as children) are all still aboard. In this wise, he almost kills Rayman.

Freudian Excuse/Mitigating Factors
None. He has full moral agency, he chooses to be a world-destroying slaver. His appearance is where his comedy ends, he is by no means a comic relief villain.

Razorbeard appears in Rayman M/Arena/Rush as a neutral competitor, however those games are party games and are not canon. Razorbeard also plays a goofy henchman in Rayman: The Animated Series, but that narrative is so detached it's considered a different universe/character.

Heinous Standard
All Rayman villains before/after Razorbeard simply seek world domination with cartoony vagueness. Meanwhile, Razorbeard explictly enslaves innocent populations, destroys worlds and shows no regard for any living creature, not even his own henchmen. He just shatters the Heinous Standard, and is a large reason why Rayman 2 is the darkest game in the series.

Final Verdict
I believe he fills the PE bill to a tee.