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| “ | This universe ain't big enough for the four of us! | „ |
| ~ Lord Vortech to Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle. |
Lord Vortech is the main antagonist of the 2015 action video game Lego Dimensions.
He is an inter-dimensional cosmic entity and Galactic sorcerer who seeks to dominate the Lego multiverse and unite all the dimensions into one by using the Foundation Elements at Foundation Prime, the center of the multiverse.
He is also the former boss of X-PO as well as the archenemy of Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle (alongside the Joker, Saruman and Rex Dangervest) the starter pack Heroes who seek to stop Vortech's plans and the most dangerous threat they ever faced.
He was voiced by Gary Oldman, who also played Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Drexl Spivey in True Romance, Norman Stansfield in Léon: The Professional, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element, Egor Korshunov in Air Force One, Milton Glenn in Murder in the First, Spider Smith/Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space, Ruber in Quest for Camelot, Mason Verger in Hannibal, Rocky in True Crime: Streets of L.A., Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, General Grawl in Planet 51, Carnegie in The Book of Eli, Daniel Clarke in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Father Solomon in Red Riding Hood, Lord Shen in Kung Fu Panda 2, Nicholas Wyatt in Paranoia, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Vladislav Dukhovich in The Hitman's Bodyguard.
Biography[]
The Foundation Elements[]
Lord Vortech arrives on the planet, Foundation Prime, where he and his minion, X-PO, discover the originated area of the Foundation Elements, artifacts created from the start of time and scattered across dimensions of various Lego franchises. Lord Vortech plans to gather these artifacts in order to rule all dimensions. Afterwards, he banishes X-PO despite owing him a pay raise.
He begins summoning many villains from various dimensions to collect Foundation Elements. However, most of them fail in this endeavor with the exception of Lord Business.
When the villains failed in their plots to stop Batman, Wyldstyle, and Gandalf from defeating them and gained new allies such as The Doctor, X-PO, and many others, Vortech took matters into his own hands by facing them in 1885 Hill Valley, later mysteriously retreating back to his lair at Foundation Prime. He confronted them again later, disguising himself as a mummy and attempting to steal a Diamond Scarab from the "Scooby-Doo" world. When the three heroes retrieved it from him, he was able to track them down, summoning the three to Foundation Prime and putting them in a maze while simultaneously sending the Joker to ransack their headquarters in Vorton. Vortech put the heroes at his mercy as he used the Foundation Elements to create a "perfect world" and destroy the Green Baseplate. He then uses it to merge Metalbeard, Robin, and Frodo together to create "The Tri", a triple-headed entity based mainly off of Metalbeard, but also adding elements of Robin and Frodo's costumes that could merge the worlds together. After the defeat of the Tri, the heroes attempted to escape the exploding robotic Tri-suit by way of a fragment of Vortech creating a singularity.
Final Battle[]
Assembling an army of their allies (and GLaDOS) to take on Lord Vortech, the three heroes set up a plan with the Doctor to trap Vortech in a Rift Loop, similar to a situation they had been put in before, but a now-omnipotent Vortech anticipated this, encountering them in their trip through their portal. Despite his nearly godlike status, Vortech was unable to stop the heroes from reaching Foundation Prime once more with a little help from the Doctor and his TARDIS. There, Vortech had a final showdown with the trio, eventually the Heroes destroyed the Green Baseplate and Lord Vortech was defeated by being sucked into one of his own portals, ending his threat. As punishment for his actions, the heroes trapped Vortech in an endless rift loop prison for all of eternity.
Post-Credits Scene[]
However, a small brick fragment of him remained on his lair at Foundation Prime, and an unfortunate individual stumbled across it. The Vortech fragment merged with the stranger, turning them into an entity similar to Vortech himself. It's unknown what happened to them afterwards.
Appearance[]
Lord Vortech is a humanoid figure with a translucent, teal-colored body resembling a galaxy, a metallic silver-grey helmet, and golden armor. He wears a brown belt with a ruby-like talisman and has a starry pattern on his torso and arms. Due to being a video game-only character, he was never released as a physical Lego minifigure with these unique transparent parts, though some have created custom figures inspired by his design.
Personality[]
Lord Vortech is a strategic, tyrannical, depraved, vain, narcissistic, power-hungry, malicious, black-hearted, omnicidal, sadistic, ruthless, destructive, heartless, cold-hearted, arrogant, egotistical, cunning, intelligent, cruel and merciless cosmic entity and sorcerer who is the absolute definition of pure evil and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, including kidnapping many characters from all over the Lego multiverse and manipulating others. He seeks absolute domination over the multiverse, viewing his rule as bringing "perfection" to chaos and even views himself as superior to all others and believes the dimensions are better off united under his command. He used X-PO as a minion and bossed him around, eventually banishing him when he had doubts, revealing that he didn't show any care or respect towards him as he only sees X-PO as nothing but a tool to do the dirty work for him.
His ambition extends to conquering the entire Lego omniverse, a goal he pursues with a strong will. His primary behavior is the active pursuit of gathering all the Foundation Elements from different dimensions to collapse them into a single, unified dimension controlled by him. He constantly opens vortex portals or rifts between worlds to travel, capture characters, and gather his army of villains while he is known to use disguises to move undetected, appearing as a cowboy and a mummy at different points in the game. He even demonstrates his near-omnipotent power frequently (including enlarging himself, creating forcefields, manipulating elements such as fire, ice, water, electricity and altering reality to suit his needs) and attempts to create powerful entities like "The Tri" by forcefully fusing heroes such as Robin, MetalBeard and Frodo Baggins using the Foundation Elements, demonstrating a lack of regard for other beings.
Ultimately, Lord Vortech has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, being nothing more than a cataclysmic tyrant driven by an obsession with order and control, manifested through his desire to reshape all reality according to his own design while showing no remorse for his actions and never caring for anyone other than himself, eventually leading to his downfall.
Quotes[]
| “ | X-PO: Hey, I found the thing! Uh, I mean, "Anomaly located, master". Lord Vortech: Yes! I've found it. X-PO: Errr... You found it? Lord Vortech: After all these years of searching, it really exists. Foundation Prime! This depicts the Foundation Elements, artifacts from the start of time scattered across the dimensions. And only I can gather them in one place. X-PO: Just so you know... the Foundation Elements are the cornerstones of time and space. So they're... kinda important. To the... entire universe [nervously laughs]. Lord Vortech: Your services are no longer required [opens a rift behind X-PO]. X-PO: But the elements can't be safely harnessed - it's too dangerous! And what about that pay raise you promised meeeee... [gets dismembered and sent into the rift]?! Lord Vortech: I will have them all! I will control their power! I will make universes collide! [coughs and turns big] No! I will not be denied perfection! [reverts back to normal] My dedication to this work has taken its toll. Not for much longer can I freely pass between dimensions... arrghh! But, there is another way. [Starts building his palace and laughs maniacally] |
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| ~ Lord Vortech's introduction. |
| “ | That's it - run along home! It's a dangerous universe out here! Hahaha! | „ |
| ~ Lord Vortech taunting the Heroes in Once Upon A Time Machine in the West level. |
| “ | How do they keep finding my Foundation Elements? Every time I send you fools to retrieve one, they're right behind you! I have to find out how they've been doing it. Find out where they're hiding... And I think... [laughs] I think I know exactly how to do so... | „ |
| ~ Vortech's villainous breakdown. |
| “ | Lord Vortech: I think this has gone on long enough! [grabs his staff and makes a rift to transport a Dalek in it and begins floating above the trio] [Riddler, Two-Face and Saruman run from behind and catch Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle, as cages with Robin, Frodo and MetalBeard fly through the opening rifts above the ground] Robin: BATMAN! MetalBeard: WYLDSTYLE! Frodo: GANDALF! Lord Vortech: Friendship is a weakness. You should have just destroyed your Foundation Elements. X-PO: [heard through transmitter] Guys, it's X-PO! I'm under attack! It's times like these when I wish I knew how to fight and not just make sarcastic comments-- [Joker and his goons run out of the rift throwing all foundation elements on the ground] The Joker: Here you go, boss! Batman: What did you do to X-PO, Joker? The Joker: I put a smile on his face. [Lord Vortech lifts these foundation elements and puts them on right columns. Then, he lifts columns up and all of foundation elements fly in the sky spinning rapidly as they smash the ground, revealing the Green Baseplate] Lord Vortech: BEHOLD - THE FOUNDATION OF ALL DIMENSIONS! Batman: All this for a green square?! Lord Vortech: [steps on the baseplate and receives control of the multiverse] I can feel everything, CONTROL EVERYTHING!!! [Robin, Frodo and MetalBeard fly out of their cages and start floating around Vortech, slowly increasing the speed] MetalBeard: Arr! Robin: Whoa! Frodo: Gandalf! Batman: Hey! Give us back our friends! Lord Vortech: Don't worry, the last thing I want to do is... keep you apart! [laughs maniacally as he takes a piece out of his body and uses it to mix Robin, Frodo and MetalBeard up, turning them into the Tri] Gandalf: What is he doing to them?! Wyldstyle: He's insane...! [The Tri lands on the ground, bowing to Vortech] The Riddler: The next time we mess up, is he going to do that to us? The Joker: Let's not find out the answer to that particular riddle shall we, C'mon! [Villains run away] Wyldstyle: MetalBeard! The Tri: [Turns around and starts walking towards them] We are the Tri. Batman: Robin, stop! The Tri: There is no Robin. Only the Tri. |
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| ~ Lord Vortech turns Robin, Frodo and MetalBeard into the Tri in front of the trio. |
| “ | Then it's such a pity you'll never get to put it into action! | „ |
| ~ Lord Vortech. |
| “ | No! You've undone everything! You've destroyed perfection! | „ |
| ~ Lord Vortech after the Heroes destroyed the Green Baseplate. |
| “ | What are you doing?! | „ |
| ~ Lord Vortech last words. |
Trivia[]
- Lord Vortech's name is a portmanteau of "Vortex" and "Technology".
- It had been previously confirmed that Lord Vortech was set to receive his own physical figure by a game designer for the game. It was then later leaked that he would be included in a Fun Pack for Year 2. However, he failed to appear in the final wave of Year 2 and was cancelled after the announcement that LEGO Dimensions would end and receive no more packs.
- However, as his mummy disguise reuses the Mummy from Minifigure Series 3, it is technically the only true Lord Vortech minifigure.
- Due to his ruthless and destructive nature, Lord Vortech is regarded as the most evil and darkest villain in the game out of all the previous Lego video games.
External Links[]
- Lord Vortech on the LEGO Dimensions Wiki
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