Cardinal Cosimo Trebaldi

Cardinal Cosimo Trebaldi is main antagonist in Franco Belgian comic book Le Scorpion. He is an ambicion cardinal who latter becomes a Pope, and starts reighn of teror in Rome.

Plot

As young priest, Trebaldi was in love with young girl name Madlene Catalane. Madlene gave birth to Cosimos only son, and main caharcter of comic book Armando, also known as Scorpio. Problem starts when Catlolic church finds out that Cosimo's and Madlene's son has a birth mark in shape of scorpio on his back, something that in that time of XVIII century was considered a gift from Satan.

Madlene was captured by Inquisition, and they tortured her to reveale the aftehr of her child.

Cosimo was so tortured by the fact that he loved Madlene, but he commited a sin.

The Church burned Madlene on public square, condamnig her as witch. Cosimo at that ime crowled into Church, asking God to help him, if he really exsist.

As Chruch mercenaries was to drown Cosimo and Madlene new born child, Madlene's father arived, and killed them all, saving young boy.

Many years latter, Trebaldi, now a cardinal plots to kill Pope with help of his Warior Monks and his right hand man Roshnan.

Trebaldi sucess in killing Pope, and than uses trick to gain voices of other cardinals, by presenting them cross of St Peter.

Scorpio tried to stop Trebaldi, but didn't managed. He than traveled to Capadokia to find the real cross, but in fight with Roshnan Scorpio fails again.

Finaly Scorpio finds out the truth, that Trebaldi is his father, but never the less he decide that with help of his friends Aristotel the Hussar and Egiptian girl Mezai he will stop Trebaldi.

Trivia

Cosimo Trebaldi, even as a villain, can be understanded, since he had a tragic past that shaped his life as villain. He had a tragic love, was victim of his ambicion father who favours his younger brother Neo and was under the pressure of Church.