Nebukator

"I am Nebukator, the great sorcerer. But you're only Rüdiger, the great scaredy cat."

- Nebukator, in Rüdiger's dream "Never again you'll forget me like then, when my mommy didn't look for me. I called her : Mommy, come to your little Nebulein, I called her: MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY!"

- Nebukator

Nebukator is the main antagonist in the books "Ritter Rüdiger". He's an evil sorcerer and alchemist who serves Lord Heinrich, promising to invent the Philosopher's Stone, but he truely has no interest in that and prefers making plans how to rule the castle Ehrenberg. Along with his servants Kuno and Bruno, he tries to invent different things which are actually already invented by the chinese. He's one of the few people who know that Rüdiger's a ghost.

Books
In the first book, before Rüdiger becomes a ghost, he's mobbing him by saying. "What's the smallest book in the world? The Hero Sagas of Ritter Rüdiger, it hasn't got even one page!". Later, he's a presumed traitor, when he appears in Rüdiger's dream, saying he'll destroy him and rule Ehrenberg.When Rüdiger's already a ghost, he tries to kill Rüdiger's donkey but fails because Rüdiger's tickling him. Shouting after his mommy, he runs away. In the second book, he allies with the evil knight Moritz von Greifenwald to conquer Ehrenberg. In the third book, he frees one of Moritz' henchmen from prison, so Moritz and Nebukator can try their conquest again. When Moritz is already defeated, Nebukator tries to kill Heinrich with a canon, one of "his" inventions, but fails when the dragon Feuermaul grabs him and throws him into the Plansee.

Musical
Nebukator appears again in the musical "Ritter Rüdiger" which has no reference to the books. He's played by Bernhard "James" Lang. He hypnotises Heinrich, planning to marry him with his cousin Frederike and sending Heinrich's daughter Isabella to the monastery. But Alex, a boy who was sent to the past by Rüdiger, discovers Nebukator's "sorcerer-language": he says Latin words, but speaks them reversed. When Alex frees Heinrich, he refuses the marriage. Like in the third book, Nebukator tries to shoot Heinrich but Feuermaul appears and burns the canon, which causes an explode that probably killed Nebukator. However, he's seen at the end of the musical, singing one phrase of the song "Ich liebe dich".

2nd Musical
Nebukator will appear in the sequel, trying to recruit Fire and Ice.