[villain] the Cleaner

[hobbitfan]

I had an idea, finally, for my campaign's big bad. He's going to be a Cleaner, like a mob cleaner but a renegade timelord. He used to do the dirty work of the high Council, cleaning up paradoxes and loose continuity but eventually tired of the chaos of the timeline and decided to fix everything himself. Now he's "off the reservation" and rewriting history to suit his own warped idea of order. When the players pick up on their own histories being messed with they are supposed to at first suspect the Master who will then claim innocence and point them towards the Cleaner.

My idea for endgame for him will be that he will be a nemesis for the players for a time until he realizes the chaos his fights with them are causing and then manipulates the party into offing him to restore order.

As of yet I don't have a real notion of what physically he/she should look like. Being OCD should definately be in the mix though.

[Craig Oxbrow]

I had a sort of similar idea, a Time Lord who is actually doing his job properly rather than a rogue like the Doctor, Master, Monk or Rani.

"The Cleaner" is appropriately ominous, but not really grandiose enough for a Time Lord trying to reorder the universe, and might lead to easy jokes. I'd go for"The Overseer", suggesting someone who works behind the scenes to assure the smooth running of things - and sees everything.

I'd suggest a way for the PCs to avoid being tricked into killing him/her as well.

As for what s/he is like, maybe this changes mission by mission - s/he has a state-of-the-art TARDIS with a working chameleon circuit, and also a personal disguise system like a shimmer. Or s/he could even have infinite regenerations and enough control to become whoever the mission demands...

And a suggestion for a suitable prop for the character - an unshowy and practical sonic screwdriver, or a neat little compact one.

[hobbitfan]

good ideas. Thanks for the input Craig.