Fernando Vera

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Fernando Vera
Alias	None
Origin	Mr. Robot
Occupation	Drug dealer
Powers / Skills	High intelligence Gunmanship
Hobby	Unknown
Goals	Blackmail Elliot into rescuing him from prison (succeeded). Make Elliot the architect of his growing criminal empire (ongoing).
Crimes	Drug dealing Three counts of murder Rape
Type of Villain	Sadistic Criminal

“	Just a brave traveler, who has finally come home.	„
	~ Vera after returning in the post-credits scene of season 3.

Fernando Vera is a recurring antagonist of the USA Network drama TV show Mr. Robot, serving as a supporting antagonist in season 1 and the secondary antagonist of season 4.

He is portrayed by Elliot Villar.

Biography

“	People walk around, act like they know what hate means. Nah. No one does, until you truly hate yourself.	„
	~ Fernando Vera about how much he hates himself.

Vera states that when he was younger (he never states an exact age), he was depressed and attempted to commit suicide. He started hating himself more and more as time went by, but after a while, instead of seeing it as a weakness as any person, including him, would usually see it as, he started seeing it as his own power. He saw it as a power because in the way he sees it, everyone thinks they know what hate means, but no one does it unless they hate themselves. Strangely enough, this motivated him into stopping his attempts at suicide and instead, he became a drug dealer. One day, he met Shayla Nico. Shayla wanted a drug named suboxone, which almost no one had. Vera had it and he became Shayla's drug supplier and later boyfriend.

Vera asks Shayla if she wants to go on a date, to which she responds that she isn't in the mood to go on a date. Vera, disappointed, orders his gang to take her inside of a car. Elliot manages to see this and instantly goes and checks inside of her apartment. He doesn't see Shayla, but instead, he sees Vera on her bed. This obviously confuses Elliot, and Elliot asks where Shayla is. He answers where she is, and makes a speech about how he thinks that Elliot is similar to how he once was when he was younger. Once Vera walks away, Elliot investigates the apartment and finds Shayla where Vera said that she was. Elliot is terrified, seeing one of his closest friends in a near-dead state. Vera had drugged and raped Shayla, but she didn't want to escape from him, since not only would he eventually find out where she escaped and possibly make things even worse, but also because Vera's drug dealing brings in quite a lot of money. She asks Elliot if he can stay in their apartment overnight, which he says yes to.

Elliot, angry at Vera for raping Shayla, tips the police about Vera and his gang. He finds out about Vera's twitter account, where he frequently boasts about sadistically beating and raping Shayla. The tip goes through, with Vera and his gang getting arrested. However, Vera is convinced that Elliot is the one behind the arrest, and blackmails Elliot into hacking the prison so that he can escape from prison. Vera and his gang threaten to hurt Shayla if Elliot doesn't help. Elliot helps them, and the escape is a success. However, they lied to Elliot, they had already killed Shayla, so she was dead all along.

Vera reappears in the post-credits scene of the final episode of season 3 shutdown -r. He drives a car with some henchmen and is more powerful and wealthy than the last time we saw him. He greets Darlene, somehow knowing that she is Elliot's sister.

In the third episode of season 4, Vera is revealed to own a restaurant that sells chicken with drugs in it, a way of masquerading his drug business and at the same time earn legitimate money. He has come up with the idea of having Elliot help him to grow his criminal empire even more, and sends a criminal to spy on him. The spy manages to capture Elliot having a conversation with Krista in a photo. Once the spy comes back to tell him what he's seen, he thinks that Vera is wasting his time on Elliot, but Vera convinces him to continue. The spy shows Vera the photo he's taken, in which Vera asks the spy what he thinks is happening in the photo. The spy has no idea, so Vera asks a child at the restaurant what he thinks is happening. The child answers that Elliot is sad because Krista is angry at him. Vera grabs a gun and coldly shoots the spy to death, showing his disappointment by stating that even the child knows what is happening in the photo and that he needs someone more "detailed oriented".

Trivia

• Vera is so far the only villain in the series to rape someone.