Atticus Thorn

"No more of this confusing life, afterlife, afterdeath nonsense! I'm afraid from now on, it's just death, death, and more death! Bwahahaha!"

- Atticus Thorn

Atticus Thorn is the main antagonist of 2003 The Haunted Mansion videogame which is based on the Disneyworld ride attraction and the movie of the same name. He is the leader of an evil secret society known as the Order of Shadows, an ancient cult obessed with destroying all that is good and just in the world.

History
Atticus Thorn is old man and a powerful sorcerer who is experienced in dark magic. He started the cult called the Order of Shadows in the early 1300s during the Drak Ages. They began recruiting new members, summoning demons, and stealing the souls of innocent. Thorn's main purpose is to wipe out the benevolent forces in the mortal world. They made an enemy with the Brotherhood of SOuls, a group of monks who defied and battled the cult. They used the power of their weapon

In this version of the Haunted Mansion, it is he who has made the mansion cursed with his evil by inviting evil spirits, giants spiders, banshes, etc. His main purpose is to wipe out the benevolent forces in the world. Atticus Thorn has been alive for many centuries which would either make him an immortal or undead. He has imprisoned Madame Leota and the other ghosts in the mansion as part of his twisted conquest of the afterlife. In the end Thorn is defeated by Zeke Holloway by the magical Beacon of Light.

The Tome of Shadows
There is an ancient book called the Tome of Shadows which chronicles the entire recored history of both Atticus Thorn and the Order of Shadows who created it.

===Volume I, Page 734:===

Years have passed since our defeat. But we do not sleep yet, and the plaque has proven quite effective at reducing the Brotherhood's numbers. Folly it was to believe we were no longer a threat and to lower their defenses. For, the shadows crawl eastward from the setting sun, so too does the reach of the order-extending to encircle the globe.

A.Thorn, Grand Master, The Order of Shadows, October 31st, 1349 A.D.

Volume II, Page 482:
We must have the Beacon of Souls. The Brotherhood has been wiseto keep it hidden from us. In secret it travels, from the mountains of Italy to the valley of Spain, always just beyond our grasp. But our eyes and ears are everywhere, and the Beacon will be found. I will scour to the end of the earth untill it is located. So it is written and so it shall be.

A. Thorn, Grand Master, The Order of Shadows, December 21st, 1491 A.D.

Volume III, Page 561:
My pursuit of the Beacon continues. In the meantime, I've taken steps to make the Order more efficient, given the inconvenience ot the inquisition. Those who did not share my vision for the future are no longer with us. But with the wisdom contained in our ancient texts, I will replenish our numbers with a legion like nothing mortal men have ever seem.

A. Thorn, Grand Master, The Order of Shadows, March 21st, 1642 A.D.

Trivia

 * Atticus_Thorn.jpg painting portrait that is thought to be a picture of Atticus THorm himself, look strikingly similar to the image of the mansion's evil butler Ramsley.