Sector 102 // Character Fact File Orlock the Assassin Sov Block

++ Sector House 102 ++

++ All Channel Emergency Broadcast ++

++ Subject: Orlok the Assassin ++

"Emergency broadcast on all channels. Be on the lookout for an armed assailant. Considered to be extremely dangerous and, if encountered, executed with extreme prejudice!"

Few men have plagued Mega City One's history like Orlok. As a mass murderer, few come close unless one wishes to bracket Orlok with his Sov Block masters, such as War Marshal Kazan, and as a persistent foe of the West, Orlok has no equal.

As a child, Orlok was heavily conditioned by the state to become its tool. His memories were selectively removed, his behaviour controlled and manipulated through exceedingly harsh discipline (such as the survival of the fittest tests in which 100 cadets would be locked in a Gulag with food only enough for 50) and an instilled desire to kill on a large scale, unhampered by remorse. Orlok can be considered Judge Dredd's equal in terms of his resilience and skill; however, the two men differ considerably in ideology. Dredd might have been driven to destroy Sov Block in retaliation for the nuclear holocaust that reduced great swathes of his city to irradiated ruin. Still, Orlok was an instigator - the trigger for desperate measures in desperate times.

Orlok can be considered Judge Dredd's equal in terms of his resilience and skill; however, the two men differ considerably in ideology. Dredd might have been driven to destroy Sov Block in retaliation for the nuclear holocaust that reduced great swathes of his city to irradiated ruin. Still, Orlok was an instigator - the trigger for desperate measures in desperate times.

Orlok is one of my all-time favourite villains from the Dredd Universe. He has killed off major characters in his career, jumped from Judge Dredd storylines to Anderson back to Dredd, and even snagged a spin-off comic series from his early career. In the Warlord Games, Judge Dredd I am the Law, Orlok's stats and skill are only second to Dredd's, which would lead to a close match-up (I might have to play that out). The figure from the game has a clean portrait, but sadly a slight mould slip that I couldn’t fix. It represents Orlok at the height of the Sov invasion and has Orlok in his trademark jumpsuit. Which, of course, had to be painted red!

Well, that's Orlok Sov-City One's biggest and greatest weapon against the Western Capitalist machine. I hope you've enjoyed reading. If you have, drop me a comment below.