| “ | They call me terrorist. Radical. Zealot. Because I obey the ancient laws of my people the Kree and punish those who do not. Because I do not forgive your people for taking the life of my father and his father and his father before him. A thousand years of war between us will not be forgotten. | „ |
| ~ Ronan speaking his motto. |
| “ | Behold, your Guardians of the Galaxy! What fruit have they wrought? Only that my forefathers shall finally know vengeance! People of Xandar, the time has come to rejoice and renounce your paltry gods. Your salvation is at hand! | „ |
| ~ Ronan preparing to obliterate Xandar. |
| “ | You're mortal! How?! | „ |
| ~ Ronan's last words. |
Ronan the Accuser is the main antagonist of the 2014 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy, the first installment in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and a minor antagonist in the 2019 film Captain Marvel.
He is a powerful Kree, a former Accuser of the Kree Empire and the commander of the Dark Aster. Sometime before 2014, Ronan made a deal with Thanos to retrieve the Orb, before betraying him to get the power of the Power Stone, the Infinity Stone hidden inside the Orb. This led the Guardians of the Galaxy to be formed to fight against Ronan, becoming the catalyst for the team's formation. He is also the archenemy of Drax the Destroyer due to murdering his family and the first archenemy of Guardians of the Galaxy, thus is the reason for their formation in the first place.
He was portrayed by Lee Pace.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Near Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- While he lost his father and ancestors, he cannot count as a tragic villain because 99.9% of the Xandarians he sought to mass murder had nothing to do with his tragedy at all.
- Given the Kree's known atrocities, it is heavily implied that his father and ancestors were just as evil as he is.
- Despite the high heinous standard of the MCU, Ronan stands out for fighting in planetary wars, destroying Skrullos and Kylos, attempting to destroy Earth and Xandar, and planning to destroy several more planets in the future, all with slightly less resources than Ego, Malekith, and Dormammu.
- While he has a few comedic moments, most notably his confusion to Star-Lord challenging him to a dance-off, these are very brief and infrequent and he is still played completely seriously.
- Though he is very flat in character, he shows sufficient personality, being a fanatical, bloodthirsty, and sadistic seeker of vengeance.
Captain Marvel[]
- He and the Accusers were responsible for the Kree-Skrull War, destroying the Skrulls' homeworld Skrullos and has a strong dislike for them due to their ability to shapeshift, and they go.
- Even Yon-Rogg disapproved of his extremism and even laughed at his eagerness to unleash explosives every chance he got.
- Additionally, he is indirectly responsible for Gravik’s actions in Secret Invasion as he wanted to wipe out humanity on Earth in order to make a new home for the Skrulls.
- He looked forward to bombarding Earth with nukes under the Supreme Intelligence's orders just because a pocket of Skrulls were there and eventually got Yon-Rogg's long-awaited approval to do that. Even when Captain Marvel humbled him, he vowed to use the captivating young woman as a weaponized tool that would live in subservience to him.
Pre-Guardians of the Galaxy[]
- When the Kree Empire and the Nova Empire signed a peace treaty, he abandoned the Kree Empire and became determined to eliminate all Xandarians no matter the cost. This also shows he has no loyalty to his own people if they don't do as he wants.
- His lack of care for his people is even worse when The Marvels reveals that Hala became devastated after the Supreme Intelligence's destruction by Captain Marvel, and yet he did nothing to help them rebuild nor did he mourn the Supreme Intelligence’s death.
- He allied himself with Thanos and agreed to find the Orb for him in exchange for Xandar's destruction, even willingly participating in his planetary genocides. In particular, he was part of the attack on the planet Kylos, with Drax recalling that Ronan laughed as he slaughtered the populace, including Drax's wife and daughter, Ovette and Kamaria.
- Rocket Raccoon also points out that many of the prisoners, including Drax, in the Kyln lost their families to Ronan, causing their hatred towards Gamora because she was associated with him and Thanos, even though she had nothing to do with the deaths of their families.
Guardians of the Galaxy[]
- He dishonorably tied up and executed a Xandarian messenger.
- He killed the Other by snapping his neck simply because his reasonable demands were displeasing to him.
- He ordered the deaths of everyone in the Kyln prison so to leave no witnesses to his evil schemes.
- He injured Drax to the point of nearly dying, turning a moment of self-defense into a Kick the Dog moment by claiming he doesn't remember killing his family and won't remember killing him either.
- When he realizes the Orb contains the Power Stone, he ungratefully betrays Thanos and announces his intent of killing him after destroying Xandar just for condescending to him despite how helpful the Mad Titan was wiling to be.
- During the assault on Xandar, he ordered his own men to be suicide bombers, killing numerous civilians in the process.
- He destroyed the entire Nova Corps fleet, killing 80,000 soldiers in the process.
- He blasted the Guardians against a stairwell and, when beating Drax in their second fight, he made a cruel joke about finally remembering murdering his family.
- His fight with the Guardians of the Galaxy directly resulted in Groot sacrificing himself to keep his friends alive, leading to him becoming an infant later on.
- He nearly destroyed Xandar with the Power Stone while spewing blasphemies at innocent civilians.
- He let Star-Lord catch the Infinity Stone, expecting him to die a slow painful death from it, and smiling sadistically.
- While his death of being painfully disintegrated by the Power Stone was brutal, it's not played for any sympathy, but rather for karma and satisfaction as he absolutely deserved to die for his extremely vile actions.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Evil?[]
- Even though his actions are so atrocious that they fully nullify his tragedy, Ronan the Accuser sincerely loves his father and his ancestors, being strongly motivated by their deaths to consider Xandar a disease in the first place with there being no evidence that he was lying or subverted this care.
Trivia[]
- In Captain Marvel, Ronan wasn't as evil like in Guardians of the Galaxy, choosing to retreat back to Hala upon realizing that Captain Marvel has the upper hand and demonstrating that he doesn't want to waste his forces. Thus, it can be assumed as a result that Ronan was once a commander who knew his limits but lost what little remained of his sanity over the years, ultimately turning into the genocidal Kree fanatic he is when he faces the Guardians of the Galaxy.
- His Nova Corps Nebula variant cannot count as Near Pure Evil because he is the textbook example of a Generic Doomsday Villain. He doesn't speak at all throughout the episode, has less than thirty seconds of screen time, and his reason for seeking to share in Nova Prime's MEH is never provided at any point in the episode.
- To clarify, his Sacred Timeline counterpart speaks plenty, has nine minutes of screen time, and his reason for seeking Xandar's annihilation is because they signed a treaty that he found infuriating.
- His Ravager T'Challa variant and Time Heist variant cannot count due to not even appearing at all and only being mentioned by other characters.
- He is the only main antagonist of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy to not be Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Ronan the Accuser on the Villains Wiki
- Ronan the Accuser on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Ronan the Acusser on the Disney Wiki
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