A little bit about myself....

[V]

V himself is something of an enigma whose history is only hinted at. The bulk of the story is told from the viewpoints of other characters: V's admirer and apprentice Evey, a sixteen-year-old factory worker; Eric Finch, a world-weary and pragmatic policeman who is hunting V; and several contenders for power within the fascist party. V's destructive acts are morally ambiguous, and a central theme of the series is the rationalisation of atrocities in the name of a higher goal, whether it is stability or freedom. The character is a mixture of an actual advocate of anarchism and the traditional stereotype of the anarchist as a terrorist.

[V]

  V: Less of a character than an idea, he is a romantic, anarchist revolutionary, well-versed in the arts of explosives, subterfuge, computer cracking, and others; also has a vast literary, cultural and philosophical intelligence. V is the only survivor of an experiment in which four dozen prisoners were given injections of a pituarin/pinearin compound called "Batch 5". The compound caused vast cellular anomalies that eventually killed all of the subjects except V, on whom it apparently granted enhanced strength (enough to drive his fingers into a man's chest) and reflexes. Although Dr. Surridge believes V was driven insane by the injection, there exists the possibility that feigning insanity to some degree was the first step in V's plan for freedom. Throughout the novel V almost always wears his trademark Guy Fawkes mask, a shoulder-length wig of straight dark-brown hair, and an outfit consisting of black gloves, tunic, trousers and boots. When outside the Shadow Gallery, he completes this ensemble with a circa-1600s peaked hat and floor-length cloak. His weapons of choice are roughly foot-long daggers that he wields and throws expertly, along with explosives and tear gas. He allegedly takes his name from the Roman numeral "V", the number of the room he was held in during the experiment, though other theories would explain his alias (see Identity below). It should also be noticed that the V within a circle is merely an upside-down anarchy sign without the slash marking an A symbol. At the end of the book, V lets Chief Inspector Eric Finch shoot him and V dies in Evey's arms. Evey then assumes V's identity and gives V himself a Viking funeral by placing V inside a bomb-laden train whose eventual destination was 10 Downing Street. V is the only character's whose speech bubbles look "distorted and twisted", instead of being perfectly oval. Whenever V quotes another author, the quote brackets (") are perfectly visible.

[V]

POP QUIZ: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INJECTIONS V WAS GIVEN?

FIRST TO ANSWER CORRECTLY RECEIVES LUTS.

[Hyper]

Pituarin/pinearin compound called "Batch 5".