Colonel Muska

"The same technology that kept Laputa airborne also made it a major power that once dominated the entire planet!"

- Colonel Muska

Colonel Muska is a government agent and the main antagonist of the 1986 Studio Ghibli animated film Castle in the Sky. His real name is Romuska Palo Ur Laputa.

History
Muska's subordinate, General Muoro, commands the army in a search for the lost floating city of Laputa, convinced that this remnant of an advanced civilisation holds great power the government can harness. Muska is with the expedition, but has a hidden agenda:

Muska believes he is the legitimate heir to the throne of Laputa, being of Laputan royal blood along with the film's female protagonist, Sheeta, whom he is escorting in the opening scene. Upon arriving at Laputa, Muska abandons the military and takes control of Laputa's weapons system, releasing an army of robots and sending the General and his men falling to their death.

In the heart of Laputa, Muska confronts the main protagonists Pazu and Sheeta with a gun, and is appearently killed during the collapse of Laputa, after they destroyed the Castle with a spell and escaped with the Dola Gang.

Trivia

 * He bears a resemblance to Jean-François, the secondary antagonist of the game Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure and Vidocq, the main antagonist of the game Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights: All three of them are male, power hungry, charismatic and well-dressed anime characters with glasses, who use guns and are (as well as female protagonists of their stories, who they kidnapp to achieve their goals) descendants of ancient, advanced civilisations, whose legacies (in all three cases flying castles) they want to use to take over the world.
 * Like Jean-François he is brown-haired and uses antique robots to achieve his goal.
 * Like Vidocq he is a megalomaniac and a Complete Monster, who dies at the end of the story by the power they wanted to achieve.

Quotes
"We'll get what we want, but it will take time."

- Colonel Muska

"They simply don't understand: It is useless to fight me."

- Colonel Muska

"Laputa will live! I will return it to life! Laputa's power is the dream of all mankind!"

- Colonel Muska

"My Eyes! I can't see! AAAH!"

- Muska's last words