Herod Sayle

Herod Sayle is the antagonist for Storm-Breaker, the first novel in the Alex Rider series.

History
Herod Sayle was born in Lebanon, but was adopted by British tourists after he saved their lives. Herod was bullied at the British school and grew up to hate Britain and its people. He developed the Storm-Breaker computer system and would distribute it to every school in Britain, these computers where filled with smallpox virus that would be released on activation, killing every child in Britain. This plan was foiled by Alex Rider. Herod Sayle sought vengeance and tried to kill Alex Rider but was shot by Yassen Gregorovich.

Variation
In the US version of Storm-Breaker, Herod Sayle was born in Egypt, and his father was an Oral Hygienist. As apposed to Hairdresser in the original version.