Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-712)

Scarlet Centurion
Name	Nathaniel Richards
Current Alias	Scarlet Centurion
Affiliation and Relationships
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′3″ (1.91 m)
Weight	230 lbs (104.33 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-712
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Occupation	Would be World Conqueror
Base of Operations	Earth-712
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall
First	Squadron Supreme #2 (June, 1985)
First	Squadron Supreme #2 (June, 1985)
Death	Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe #1 (October, 1989)
Death	Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe #1 (October, 1989)

History

At one time Nathaniel Richards deemed his foray as the Scarlet Centurion to be a complete failure and decided to resume his Rama-Tut guise. However his sudden ejection from Earth-689 also created a divergent Scarlet Centurion. This alternate version ended up in the future of Earth-712 where he became a successful conqueror.

The Scarlet Centurion attempted to conquer the modern era of this reality on several occasions, regularly clashing with the Squadron Supreme. On one such encounter, the Scarlet Centurion attempted to sway Tom Thumb into poisoning Hyperion in exchange for a cure for cancer. Tom Thumb refused with the Scarlet Centurion laughing in his face the whole time.

He conquered the future of Earth-712, and by the year 3979, the Scarlet Centurion ruled an empire that spanned 15 worlds and contained three trillion citizens. However, he had grown bored and found himself unable to access the modern era of Earth-712 anymore until his technicians discovered a rift in the modern age that allowed him to pierce the veil blocking his access. He ultimaitly discovered Nth Man was emerging and going to consume their reality. He sent a holographic projection of himself back in time to enlist the aid of the enemy of the Squadron Supreme known as Master Menace and brought him to the future and the pair spent 15 years developing a dimensional gateway that he hoped would shunt the Nth Man out of their dimension. The Nth Man arrived in their native dimension and they attempted to stop him but the device they built failed. The Centurion then brough the Overmind to their reality but he was killed attempting to stop it. Having failed, the Centurion attempted to return to own time to escape the impending destruction but Arcanna stopped and asked if he would save her infant son, Benjamin Jones. The Centurion refused and returned to his own time, never knowing the fate of Earth-712. He returned to year 3984 and spent eigth months in isolation pondering what would have been. The Centurion never again accessed the modern era, and ruled for another 211 years before dying the wealthiest most powerful man to have ever lived.

See Also

• 3 appearance(s) of Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-712)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-712)
• 1 mention(s) of Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-712)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-712)
• 1 image(s) of Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-712)