Melmoth the Wanderer

Melmoth is confronted by vengeful spectresReal Name: Melmoth

Identity/Class: Human transformed by magic

Occupation: Unknown

Affiliations: Unknown

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Active across the world

First Appearance: Melmoth the Wanderer (1820s)

Powers/Abilities: Melmoth is immortal thanks to his satanic pact.

History: Melmoth has made a satanic bargain for immortality. Now he wanders the earth, an outsider with an eerie, tortured existence, searching for someone who will take on his contract and release him to die a natural death.

Comments: Created by Charles Robert Maturin (1782-1824), an ordained clergyman in the Church of Ireland, wrote several Irish romances, in addition to his Gothic novels. Thanks to Terry Hooper for informing me of this character and providing the image of him.

CLARIFICATIONS: None

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