It was there Veidt had realized the failings of Alexander, seeing that he didn't succeed in uniting the world, nor did he build a unity that would survive him.ĭisillusioned but determined to finish his odyssey, Veidt followed Alexander's corpse to its resting place at Alexandria. He then returned to Babylon to the site of Alexander's death. In Tibet he met with a group of monks and from them he learned how to use the full 100% capacity of his brain and was even given a ball of hashish. Veidt continued his trek through Babylon, up through Kabul to Samarkand, then down the Indus. He gazed in the awe of the ruins that were once ruled by the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt such as Ramesses II. He then headed south to Egypt through Memphis. He traveled north towards Gordium, reminded of Alexander's success at solving the unsolvable Gordian Knot by cutting it in two with his sword, a feat said to await the future "king of Asia". He traveled along the Black Sea Coast, imagining Alexander's armies taking port after port through bloody warfare. Veidt departed for Northern Turkey to retrace his idol's path to rulership with the desire to match his accomplishments and bring an age of illumination to a benighted world. During hid trek around the world, he developed an interest in ancient civilizations, in particular, Egypt, and found inspiration for heroic achievement in the life of Alexander. Veidt decided to embark on a pilgrimage of physical, mental, and spiritual discovery, following the route of Alexander the Great - his childhood idol and namesake - that would take him throughout the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and former ancient Persia. After his parents and his teachers became suspicious of his grades, he successfully hid his intelligence by deliberately achieving average grades.įollowing the death of his parents, Veidt inherited their substantial fortune at age 17, but chose to give the majority of his large inheritance to charity, so that he can demonstrate the possibility of achieving anything starting from nothing. Growing up, he was found to be incredibly intelligent. His parents, Friedrich Werner and Ingrid Renata Veidt, were wealthy immigrants from Germany who arrived to the United States three months before the birth of their son. After his escape, he saved the world again, this time from his daughter, only to be arrested by Laurie Blake.Īdrian Alexander Veidt was born in New York City on July 2, 1939. He eventually asked his friend Jon Osterman to send him to a paradise he created on Europa, where he thrived for years until its monotony began to drive him insane. Years of dissatisfaction of not being recognized for saving the world followed, however. He used his company to create a giant monster, which he used to unite the human race through fear, thus ending nuclear war. heaven doesn't need me."Īdrian Alexander Veidt is a former narcissistic genius superhero and billionaire industrialist who draws inspiration from his hero Alexander the Great and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, from whom he took his name, Ozymandias. all eight billion of them are undoubtedly standing in their cribs, crying out in desperation for me to return. " This is not my home! My home is three hundred ninety million miles away.
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