Himmler's Heroes:  These main heroes now have life-size statues in their likenesses in Inisfree's Statue Park.
 Himmler's Heroes 
The world-changing gentlemen and ladies revered by Auzdein von Himmler:

Accessing Alliance Cortex database for retrieval of personnel record for one:
"Himmler's Heroes"  File Number:  XXX-XX-XXXX

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Synopsis

Jesus Christ:  rebelled against the entire world population, created his own religion, became a wizard after studying in Tibet.

David Koresh:  rebelled against the entire Texas population, created his own religion, engaged in open war against an adversary of superior numbers and firepower.

Adolf Hitler:  rebelled against the entire world population, created his own political party, conquered almost half of the planet in less than one decade, restored the Renaissance in Germany, colonized and preserved the entire continent of Antarktis.

Osama bin Laden:  rebelled against the entire Christian population, created his own nomadic military, established clandestine alliances and joint task force operations with the United States of America.

George Washington:  rebelled against the entire British empire population, created his own military, created his own nation, conquered and replaced the largest naval power in the world, slave owner.

Stephen Fuller Austin:  rebelled against the entire Mexican population, created his own militia, created his own nation, allied his newly forged nation with the United States of America.

Moses:  rebelled against the entire ancient Egyptian empire, became a wizard.

Ramses the Great:  renowned as the greatest and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian empire, commanded successful military reclamation campaigns in Israel and Syria, became a wizard.

Ophiuchus: Asclepius, son of the Sun-god Apollo just like Jesus Christ, discovered immortality by observing the sentient serpent race and studying herbs, became a wizard, became known as the ancient father of all medicine (with the Rod of Asclepius, and the caduceus).

Noah ben (bin) Lamech:  rebelled against the entire Earth (now Earth-That-Was) antediluvian population, built a genetic archive to preserve the many species of antediluvian Earth.

Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker):  rebelled against trillions of rebel alliance members and hundreds of their planets, supervised the construction of two Death Star space stations, mastered both the 'light-' and 'dark-side', became a wizard.

Azathoth the Atlantean:  became a wizard and traveled to many planets, building civilizations on each, to included Atlantis on Earth-That-Was, finally becoming a god.

Ho Chi Minh:  Marxist revolutionary, leader of the Vietnamese nation during its namesake war, rebelled against the entire American population, his name meant "he who enlightens" or "bringer of light" just as the name "Lucifer" does.

Jenna Jameson (Jenna Marie Massoli) : college graduate, multi-millionaire lady entrepreneur, revolutionized the pornography industry, pioneered themed adult films, fused lust with pride and Olympian skill.

David Belle:  founder of Le Parkour, able to leap building gaps over trafficked city streets.

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll: modern muse, Siren, and nymph, fluent in multiple languages, pioneer of musical- and dance-genre fusion, Olympian-level athlete.

Frank Castle and Bruce Wayne: The Punisher and Batman respectively, both vigilantes, martial arts gurus, fitness enthusiasts, fearless mass-murderers and serial killers boldly faithful to their beliefs.

The Zodiac Killer:  taunted the police and other authorities while systematically terminating his targets over the course of decades, was never caught or identified.

Vlad III:  Prince and Voivode (leader of warriors) of Wallachia, known as The Impaler and as Dracula, commonly accepted Father of all Vampyres.

Genghis Khan:  established the largest contiguous empire in the history of Earth-That-Was, pioneered regional religious tolerance and incorporation; learned philosophical and moral lessons from all other religions he encountered.

Shaka Zulu (kaSenzangakhona):  rebelled against the British modern army of the time, military genius; developed tactics nearly identical to Roman gladius-and-scutum formations, a quintessential warrior-king, forged the Zulu Empire, upgraded the weapons of his people, taught new shield-employment tactics, forged a force comparable to the Spartans of Thermopylae, taught and practiced barefoot marching and fighting.

Charles Francis Xavier​​:  rebelled against the USA and rival mutants, created his own university, developed his own telepathic powers and a version of technopathy (with the Cerebro room and device), considered the father (guardian and teacher) of all mutants.

​​Sir Richard Branson: expanded a used music-records start-up business into a global super-corporation of more than 400 companies, built the world’s first spaceport and civilian space-liner, served as one of its pilots, purchased a tropical island and upgraded it into one of the world’s most luxurious paradise retreat-hotels, built luxurious retreat-hotels in numerous other nations such as Morocco.

Alexander the Great: rebelled against the pathetically sedentary nature and politics of his nation, expanded the Greek empire into Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Walt Disney: expanded a single and initially unwanted cartoon character into a global empire of resort-cities, cruise-ships, and countless subsidiaries and affiliates.

Sheik Mohammed Maktoum: raised a desert barrens up into one of the greatest and most high-tech resort-cities on the planet within one decade’s time.

Daenerys Targaryen: born into the aftermath of her royal family being usurped and her father being killed after being considered ‘mad’, she overcame slavery, the sex trade, subjugation, betrayal, abandonment, and the imminent threat of murder (of herself and her unborn child) by her own blood (relative), she rescued her unique children from being kidnapped and imprisoned, she survived assassination attempts, conspiracies, and sorceries, and boldly tasted the sweet harvest of long-overdue revenge; karma.

Erik Magnus Lehnsherr: split up from his parents by NAZI soldiers during the Holocaust, the further tortures they put him through, including having to watch one of his closest loved ones be executed right in front of him as a child, led to the equally traumatic activation of his mutation and superpower, which he honed and used throughout his life to help liberate and safeguard all of his kind from the persecution by the weak ones who senselessly feared, shamed, and targeted them. Eventually becoming an X-Man, building the mutant-helping supercomputer Cerebro, and going on to be a mutant rights activist and General, he crowned his life with establishing his own mutants-haven nation, Genosha, as well as many other pioneering and protective organizations.​​

Elon Reeve Musk:  ​​Once a vagrant bouncing around between colleges and countries, jobs and start-ups, this virtually friendless nerd who seldom attended classes (just showing up to take and ace the exams), tending to be a loner and a bookworm, and who was held back by unwarranted lawsuits and mindless naysaying (all qualities of Auz's life), became a self-made billionaire and the founder of the first private-sector Space-exploration company to successfully get Spacecraft into orbit. Rude competitors stole his ideas, lying about his products; pretending they didn't work as well as he said and proved, and were ultimately unable to stop him and his creations' successes. He endured two divorces during massive, years-long projects (also just like Auz). He faced near-bankruptcy and, even as an obvious genius and business jackpot, could not find reliable investors, so, to prevent losing his latest major company, he invested all the money he had in keeping his company and projects going even during the 2nd Great Depression (2008-2013). He had three failed rocket launches in a row, costing him nearly half a billion dollars in a very short amount of time; just a number of years. He inspired Tony Stark, and (also just like Auz) graduated a year early from high school, then dropped out of one university after only a couple days on campus, and started a large and growing family. Instead of finding investors, he ended up becoming one. Instead of getting a PhD through a university, his self-study and work ended up earning him two honorary ones.

James Tiberius Kirk: This phenom secured an appointment to the best academy of his world, graduated early, explored and pioneered beyond his home-world, captained a science-based starship, and understood the value of aggression, fighting, pointed jokes, ignoring orders from foolish 'superiors', and kissing and fucking sexy alien girls (all qualities of Auz's life). He was as brave, clever, loving, and un-racist as they come. He even had to deal with tinnitus.


​​英雄
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Adolf Hitler
Lifespan:  1889 - [still alive] 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Austria

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’8”, 175 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Austrian / Aryan
Complexion:  Caucasian, lightly-tanned

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  NAZI Germany
Nationality:  Austrian
Astrological Signs:  Aries / Taurus

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:   Dictator
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  NAZI Party (Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei)
Famous Inventions:  Concentration Camps, Ahnernerbe (Ancient Heritage) SS 
     occult research division, Repulsines, Base 211.
Famous Quotes:  "Great liars are also great magicians."
    "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer do not think."
    "Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice."

英雄
Heroes Summary

2503:  1-13:  His heroes, naturally, were the ones he was taught to idolize.

2509:  19, his heroes begin to polarize, including more accomplished combat veterans and fewer of his original list.

2510: 20, his heroes stop including any military personnel, as he now has significant reason to doubt all of them and their very existences. 

2517:  27 years old, his heroes now become universally eclectic, including everyone from alleged terrorists to hippies and even those who lead violent movements against his own people.
 


"If you lead, I may not follow, and if you follow, I may not lead, but if you walk beside me, we may actually get somewhere."
如果你是領導,我可不能跟,如果你遵循,我可能不會,但如果你走在我旁邊,我們可能不會在某處。
Annotation

Well aware of the fact that 'the victors write the history books', Auz idolizes, reveres, and cherishes the stories of these people, rather than the theoretically accurate existence of them.  Interpret accordingly.
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Azathoth
Lifespan:  (immortal) 
Planet Of Birth:  (the center of infinity, beyond time and space)
Place(s) of Upbringing:  (the center of infinity, beyond time and space)

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  (chaotic form). (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  N / A
Ethnicity:  N / A
Complexion:  N / A

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Deities
Nationality:  N / A
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:   Daemon-sultan, instructor of the Elder Gods
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  the Elder Gods, and the insects of planet Shaggai who
      ​worship Azathoth by practicing obscene rites of atrocities on still-living
      ​victims in Azathoth’s teleporting conical temple
Famous Inventions:  Mist, Darkness, Nyarlathotep.
Famous Quotes:  N / A

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Stephen Fuller Austin
Lifespan:  1793 - 1836 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Missouri

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  American
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Texas
Nationality:  Texan
Astrological Signs:  Scorpio

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:   Empresario
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Texas
Famous Inventions:  Texas
Famous Quotes:  N / A

Be Advised:

The following lists and information are for the fictional character named Auzdein, who does not support acts of cruelty or terrorism in any way, shape, or form.  This character is not anti-Semitic.  Auzdein recognizes the good abilities of each historical figure whether considered a savior or a tyrant.  He learns from them all.

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  David Belle
Lifespan:  1973 - 2013
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  France

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’10”, 155 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  French
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  France
Nationality:  French
Astrological Signs:  Taurus

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:   Le Parkour instructor (‘Traceur’ means ‘Le Parkour practitioner), choreographer, stuntman, actor
Employer:  (former Troupes de Marine (French Marine Corps))
Employer Location:  France

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Traceurs and ‘Free-runners’
Famous Inventions:  Le Parkour (credit to his father)
Famous Quotes:  "Many people open their mind through different things like music and painting, as well as Parkour. How is not important. What is important is to open your mind because you gain some freedom through it."
    "You don’t need any [money] to do [Parkour], just a pair of good shoes and that’s all."
    "Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move." (this is one of the essences of Inisfree's culture of casual yet highly skilled sex)
    "Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves."
    "First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast — that means you're a professional."
    "Bare feet are the best shoes!"

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Jesus Christ
Lifespan:  0 - 33
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  (present-day nation names) Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Jewish
Complexion:  (Mediterranean; very tan, almost swarthy)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Christianity
Nationality:  Israelite
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Prophet
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Christians
Famous Inventions:  Christianity
Famous Quotes:  "I come not to bring peace, but a sword."
    "Anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Lifespan:  1787 - 1828
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  African
Complexion:  (dark brown)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Zulu Kingdom
Nationality:  Zulu
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Warrior-king
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Zulu Kingdom
Famous Inventions:  iklwa (credit to others of his tribe)
Famous Quotes:  "Strike an enemy once and for all. Let him cease to exist as a tribe or he will live to fly in your throat again."
    "I need no bodyguard at all, for even the bravest men who approach me get weak at the knees and their hearts turn to water, whilst their heads become giddy and incapable of thinking as the sweat of fear paralyzes them. They know no other will except that of their King."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  (Temujin) Chenghis Khaan
Lifespan:  1162 - 1227
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Mongolia

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’10”, 170 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Mongolian, possibly with Turkish influence
Complexion:  (Asian, ruddy)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Mongol Empire
Nationality:  Mongolian
Astrological Signs:  Virgo

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Great Khan (Khagan; Emperor) of the Mongol Empire
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Mongol Empire
Famous Inventions:  Mongol Empire
Famous Quotes:  "A man’s greatest joy is to crush and scatter his enemies, to drive them before him, to see their cities burnt to ashes, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, to see their loved ones shrouded in tears, and to hold as his property their wives and daughters." (Conan used a variation of this)
    "I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."
    "I have conquered for you a huge empire, but my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you."
    "Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives."
    "Who can’t stop drinking may get drunken three times a month. If he does it more often, he is guilty. To get drunken twice a month is better; once, still more praiseworthy. But not to drink at all - what could be better than this? But where could such a being be found? But if one would find it, it would be worthy of all honor."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Vernon Wayne Howell (David Koresh)
Lifespan:  1959 - 1993
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Texas

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’1”, 170 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  (white)
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Branch Davidians
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Leo

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Prophet
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Branch Davidians
Famous Inventions:  Branch Davidians religious sect
Famous Quotes:  N / A

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Osama bin Laden
Lifespan:  1957 - 2011
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Saudi Arabia

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’5”, 170 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Middle Eastern
Complexion:  (olive-brown)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  al-Qaeda
Nationality:  Saudi Arabian
Astrological Signs:  Pisces

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  General
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  al-Qaeda (and the Taliban alliance)
Famous Inventions:  (commercial airliners used as missiles)
Famous Quotes:  "We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries; both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed."
    "And he moved the tyranny and suppression of freedom to his own country, and they called it the Patriot Act under the disguise of fighting terrorism."
    "We treat them in the same way; those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain."
    "I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived."
    "Victory and glory or misery and humiliation."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Noah bin Lamech
Lifespan:  ~5590BC - ~4690BC (widely disputed) 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Mesopotamia

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  ? / ?
Ethnicity:  Mesopotamian
Complexion:  (swarthy, nearly black)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Semites
Nationality:  N / A
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Patriarch, Prophet
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  (supposedly all of modern humanity are his descendants, and thus technically those who 'follow' him; the rest of antediluvian humanity allegedly being wiped out by a global ecocide)
Famous Inventions:  The Ark (credit to the deity allegedly instructing him on how to build and use it)
Famous Quotes (regarding Noah):  "Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire."
    "I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind."
    "Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites."
    "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic."
    "And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?"

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Jenna Marie Massoli (Jameson)
Lifespan:  1974 - 2013
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Nevada

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’7”, 110 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  blonde / blue-gray
Ethnicity:  Italian / English / Irish / German
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  ClubJenna
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Aries

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Porn-star, CEO
Employer:  (self)
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  (everyone on Earth who watched porn)
Famous Inventions:  ClubJenna; flagship pornographic website providing diaries, relationship advice, and stock tips.
Famous Quotes:  "My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you."
    "I wanted to be a model. I wanted to be a Playboy centerfold. That was the ultimate to me. I used to steal my father's Playboy magazines and practice the poses."
    "I'm so outspoken about my sexuality. I think that women are entitled to sexual pleasure. I don't understand what is wrong with it. It's something that's good, and it makes you feel positive and happy and relieved."
    "The best sex takes place in the mind first."
    "Maturity comes in three stages: dependence, independence and interdependence."
    "People are always gonna talk, and to tell you the truth I love it. I love the attention. I do what I do because it puts a smile on my face, and I'm the only one in the world that matters."
    "I'm good at a lot of things, sex being one of them - so I think I've certainly succeeded at that."
    "Posing nude has to be one of my favorite things in the world."
"Lots of women tell me I'm their idol."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Nguyễn Sinh Cung (Ho Chi Minh)
Lifespan:  1890 - 1969
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Vietnam

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’4”, 135 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Vietnamese
Complexion:  Asian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Communist Party of Vietnam
Nationality:  Vietnamese
Astrological Signs:  Aries

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  President
Employer:  Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Communist Party of Vietnam
Famous Inventions:  N / A
Famous Quotes:  "All the peoples on the Earth are equal from birth. All the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and to be free."
    "The last time the Chinese came, they stayed a thousand years. The French are foreigners. They are weak. Colonialism is dying. The white man is finished in Asia. But if the Chinese stay now, they will never go. As for me, I prefer to sniff French shit for five years than to eat Chinese shit for the rest of my life."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Tov (Moses)
Lifespan:  1566BC - ~1400BC
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Egypt

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Jewish
Complexion:  (dark olive / swarthy)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Jews
Nationality:  (nomadic)
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Prophet
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Israelites
Famous Inventions:  Tablets of Testimony (10 Commandments)
Famous Quotes:  "I have been a stranger in a strange land."
    "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Imhotep (Ophiuchus)
Lifespan:  ? - [unknown if still alive] 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  N / A

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  N / A
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  N / A
Nationality:  N / A
Astrological Signs:  (his own)

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  N / A
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  believers in serpent-magic and immortality
Famous Inventions:  N / A
Famous Quotes:  N / A

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Ramses Meryamun (Ramesses II / the Great)
Lifespan:  1303BC - 1213BC
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Egypt

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’0”, 165 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Egyptian
Complexion:  (red / copper / swarthy)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty
Nationality:  Egyptian
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Pharaoh
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty
Famous Inventions:  N / A
Famous Quotes:  "King of Kings am I, Osymandias. If anyone would know how great I am and where I lie, let him surpass one of my works."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Lifespan:  1977 - 2013
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Colombia

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’2”, 120 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown (dyed blonde) / brown
Ethnicity:  Catalan Spanish / Italian / Macedonian / Lebanese
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  music, dance, world
Nationality:  Colombian
Astrological Signs:  Aquarius

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Singer-songwriter, dancer, model, record producer
Employer:  1) Sony Music Latin, 2) Epic, 3) Live Nation
Employer Location:  1) Miami, 2) New York City, 3) Beverly Hills

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  global fan-base
Famous Inventions:  (various dance and music genre fusions)
Famous Quotes:  "You're a song written by the hands of God."
    "I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera."
    "It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life; it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water; transparent."
    "Writing songs has a therapeutic effect."
    "It's not easy to work with me. I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader)
Lifespan:  41.9 BBY - 4 ABY
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Tatooine

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’2”, 299 lbs. (as Vader in armored suit)(at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  blonde to brown / blue
Ethnicity:  N / A
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  The Galactic Empire
Nationality:  N / A
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Jedi, General
Employer:  Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire
Employer Location:  (Star Wars Galaxy)

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  The Galactic Empire
Famous Inventions:  C3P0
Famous Quotes:  "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil."
    "Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I don't fear the Dark Side as you do."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Wladislaus Dragwlya (later: Vlad III)
Lifespan:  1431- 1476
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Romania / Hungary

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’9”, 170 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Hungarian
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Wallachia
Nationality:  Hungarian
Astrological Signs:  Sagittarius

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:   Prince and Voivode
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Vampires
Famous Inventions:  Vampires
Famous Quotes:  N / A
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  George Washington
Lifespan:  1732 - 1799
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Virginia

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’2”, 210 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / blue
Ethnicity:  British / Dutch
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  America
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Pisces

---[Vocation]---
Occupation: General, President
Employer:  Continental Congress
Employer Location:  Virginia

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  The United States of America
Famous Inventions:  farming inventions such as the drill-plow.
Famous Quotes:  "I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."
    "A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Frank Castiglione "Castle" (The Punisher)
Lifespan:  1947 - 2012
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  New York, Vietnam

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’1”, 200 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Italian
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  America
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  (former U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance)
Employer:  N / A
Employer Loc
ation:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  copycat vigilantes
Famous Inventions:  N / A
Famous Quotes:  "Remember my face! It's the last thing you're ever going to see ... and I want you to carry the memory of it straight to HELL!"
    "I send them to Hell. I sleep just fine."
    "When you're on your own-- behind enemy lines-- no artillery, no airstrikes, no hope of an evac-- you don't fight dirty. You do things that make dirty look good."
    "There's a dream I have from time to time. And in the dream I don't stop."
    "There are times I'd like to get my hands on God."
    "I don't do redemption."
    "Death is a mercy."
    (Thug: "It's an ambush.") "I like surprises."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Charles Francis Xavier (Professor X)
Lifespan:  1940 - 2013
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  New York

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’0”, 165 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / blue
Ethnicity:  English
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Cancer

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Professor, General
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  X-Men
Famous Inventions:  X-Men (the organization)
Famous Quotes:  ""Oppression is no excuse for vengeance -for murder. I wonder... does the death of innocent people, cut down on the streets as they flee, free you? I think not."
    "My name is Charles Xavier. I am a mutant. And once upon a time I had a dream... of a world where all Earth's children, both mutant and baseline human, might live together in peace."
    "Violence and destruction always seem to come so easily to even the best among us. But together, we found a better way."
    "There's so much more to you than you know; not just pain and anger. There's good in you, too. I felt it. When you can harness all of that, you will possess a power that no one can match."
    "I always believed I couldn't be the only one in the world. The only person in the world who was different. And here you are."
    "You're hungry and alone. Take whatever you want. We've got lots of food. You don't have to steal. In fact, you never have to steal again."
    "We have it in us to be the better men."
    "A new species is being born. Help me guide it, shape it, lead it."
    "I felt your agony. I can help you."
    "I can't stop thinking about the others out there; all those minds that I touched. I could feel them, their isolation, their hopes, their ambitions. I tell you we can start something incredible. We can help them."
    "I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity."
    "I accessed the brightest corner of your memory system. It's a very beautiful memory, Erik. Thank you."
    "I feel a great swell of pity for the poor fool who comes to that school... looking for trouble."​
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  N / A (The Zodiac Killer)
Lifespan:  ? - [unknown if still alive] 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  N / A

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  ? / ?
Ethnicity:  N / A
Complexion:  N / A

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  N / A
Nationality:  N / A
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Serial Killer
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  copycat killers and fan-base
Famous Inventions:  N / A
Famous Quotes:  "If the blue meanies are going to get me they’d better get off their asses and do something."
    "I am the Zodiac and I am in control of all things."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Bruce Wayne (Batman)
Lifespan:  19- [still alive] 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Austria

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’2”, 210 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  English / Scottish
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Wayne Enterprises
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Capricorn

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Business Executive
Employer:  (self)
Employer Location:  Gotham City

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Wayne Enterprises
Famous Inventions:  Tumbler, Batmobile, Batwing (thousands of other inventions) (credited to his inherited company's (Wayne Enterprises) Applied Sciences division)
Famous Quotes:  "I won’t kill you, but I don’t have to save you."

​    "Sometimes it's only madness that makes us what we are."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Lifespan:  1950 - 2013
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  England

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’11”, 195 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  blonde / blue
Ethnicity:  (white)
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Virgin super-corporation
Nationality:  English
Astrological Signs:  Cancer

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Founder and Chairman of Virgin Group
Employer:  (self)
Employer Location:  London

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Virgin Group employees (of more than 400 companies worldwide; millions of employees)
Famous Inventions:  Spaceport America
Famous Quotes:  "A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts"

    "Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them."

    "Above all, you want to create something you're proud of. This has always been my philosophy of business."

    "As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me."

    "My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them."

    "Customers shouldn’t just think of your business as a place to buy a product or use a service — it should be a fun place to be."

    "I’m inquisitive … and I love a new challenge… and if I feel that we can do it better than it’s been done by other people, we’ll have a go."

    "Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn’t you have fun at work?"

    "Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life’s greatest pleasures!"

    "We are a company that likes to take on the giants. In too many businesses, these giants have had things their own way. We are going to have fun competing with them."

    "Because I don’t see [my company] as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don’t think I’ll ever retire."

    "We’ve got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product."

    "My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long university education that I never had."

    "There are no rules. You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it’s because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. It’s the greatest thrill in the world and it runs away screaming at the first sight of bullet points."

    "Once again, I was the captain of my ship and master of my fate. I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love."

    "As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke over the desert. This was a day I never thought I’d see and the rising sun and growing warmth of the day seemed very precious. It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily. It reminded me to always enjoy the moment."

    "I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living."

    "I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life."

    "People really need to feel wanted."

    "The companies that look after their people are the companies that do really well. I’m sure we’d like a few other attributes, but that would be the most important one."

    "Look, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you’re just working. You’ll work harder at it, and you’ll know more about it. But first you must go out and educate yourself on whatever it is that you’ve decided to do – know more about [it] than anyone else. That’s where the work comes in. But if you’re doing things you’re passionate about, that will come naturally." 

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Walter “Walt” Elias Disney
Lifespan:  1901 - 1966
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Illinois

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’10”, 155 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Irish / German / French
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  The Walt Disney Company
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Sagittarius

---[Vocati
on]---
Occupation:  Film producer, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company
Employer:  (self)
Employer Location:  Los Angeles

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  global Disney movies, TV shows, and amusement-parks fan-base
Famous Inventions:  Mickey Mouse, the Mouseketeers, Disneyland, Disneyworld
Famous Quotes:  "What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do."

    "It’s kind of fun to do the impossible."

    "I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse."

    "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world."

    "Whenever I go on a ride, I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how it can be improved."

    "You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

    "All our dreams can come true -if we have the courage to pursue them."

    "If you can dream it, you can do it."

    "Somehow I can't believe there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence. When you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. "

    "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives."

    "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

    "Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures"

    "The era we are living in today is a dream coming true."

    "You reach a point where you don't work for money."

    "Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language."

    "When we consider a project, we really study it--not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. And we work hard to do the best possible job."

    "I believe in being a motivator."

    "When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity."

    "To all that come to this happy place: welcome."

    "It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment."

    "I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want them to feel they're in another world."

    "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money."

    "It has that thing -the imagination, and the feeling of happy excitement- I knew when I was a kid."

Famous Song:
​ "When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Fate is kind
She brings to those to love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true"
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Alexander III of Macedon (the Great)
Lifespan:  356BC - 323BC
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Macedon

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’7”, 155 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  blonde / brown
Ethnicity:  Greek
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Greece
Nationality:  Greek
Astrological Signs:  Cancer

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  President
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  (assimilated peoples of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and much of Asia)
Famous Inventions:  Torsion-catapult
Famous Quotes:  "There is nothing impossible to him who will try."

    "I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."

    "Is it not worthy of tears that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?"
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Lifespan:  1949 - 2013
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  United Arab Emirates (UAE)

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  ?’?”, ? lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Arab, Bedouin
Complexion:  (Arabian; dark tan)

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  UAE
Nationality:  Emirati
Astrological Signs:  Cancer

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Prime Minister of the UAE
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  UAE
Famous Inventions:  Dubai (innovative resort-city)
Famous Quotes:  "Most of people talk, we do things. They plan, we achieve. They hesitate, we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them. Dubai is a living example of that."

    "Any country which isolates itself will never learn or benefit, and this applies to individuals as well. We have learnt a lot. However, knowledge alone is not enough…We have a vision, which we exert all efforts to realize, of Dubai as a major trade center for the East and the West and we believe that Dubai is well qualified to play this great role."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Daenerys Targaryen
Lifespan:  ? - ?
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Dragonstone

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’3”, 120 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  pale-londe to white / blue
Ethnicity:  Dragonstonian
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Dragonstone
Nationality:  (nomadic by necessity)
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Khaleesi (Queen)
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  Khalasar (Dothraki clan/tribe) of Khal (Warlord) Drogo, and 3 fostered dragons
Famous Inventions:  (reinvention) dragon training/raising/rearing
Famous Quotes:  "The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands!"

    "I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine with fire and blood."

    "When my dragons are grown, we will take back what was stolen from me and destroy those who wronged me! We will lay waste to armies and burn cities to the ground!"

    "A mother does not flee without her children."

    "I am the blood of the dragon."
Be Advised:

The Auzdein character is not a NAZI, nor is he anti-Semitic.  As with Osama bin Laden and Genghis Khan, the Auzdein character only extracts a few of the things these notorious historical figures did well, such as art, strategy, and public speaking.

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Max Eisenhardt (created the ​
    ​cover ​identity Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
Lifespan:  (90s; born in the late 1920s)
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Poland

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  6’0”, 167 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / blue
Ethnicity:  Jewish
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Acolytes, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Genoshan Excalibur, Hellfire Club, New Mutants, Savage Land Mutants, The Twelve, X-Men
Nationality:  American (another cover)
Astrological Signs:  N / A

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Mutant rights activist, General (called Magneto)
Employer:  N / A
Employer Location:  N / A

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  (various mutant groups, Genosha)
Famous Inventions:  Cerebro supercomputer (co-inventor)
Famous Quotes:  "If you're using half your concentration to look normal, then you're only half paying attention to whatever else you're doing."
    "I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again."
    "Peace was never an option."
    "All your life the world has tried to tame you. It's time for you to be free."
    "This society won't accept us. We form our own. The humans have played their hand, now we get ready to play ours."
    "No one ever talks about it. They just do it. And you go on with your lives, ignoring the signs all around you. And then, one day, when the air is still and the night has fallen, they come for you. It's only that you realize, while you were talking about organizing and committees, the extermination has already begun. Make no mistake, my brothers. They will draw first blood. They will force their cure upon us. The only question is, will my brotherhood stand and fight, or wait for the inevitable genocide? Who will you stand with - the humans... or us?"
    "Such a shame. She was so beautiful."
    "They wish to cure us. But I say to you, WE are the cure! The cure for that infirm, imperfect condition called "Homo sapiens"! They have their weapons... we have ours. We will strike with a vengeance and a fury that this world has never witnessed!"
    "Why would Charles want to turn this goddess into a mortal?"
    "Are you sure you saw what you saw?"
    "Does it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that one day they will pass that foolish law or one just like it, and come for you? And your children?"

---[Additional Quotes]---

​Inna Shevchenko:  "I don't want to be liked by those people who have shit in their heads."

​​Sir Arthur Charles Clarke:  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."


​[Name]:  
[Quote]
---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk
Lifespan:  2228 - 2371
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  Riverside, Iowa

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5’10”, 170 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown-hazel
Ethnicity:  American
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  Star Fleet
Nationality:  American
Astrological Signs:  Pisces (22 March 2228)

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  Star Fleet Captain, then Admiral
Employer:  Star Fleet
Employer Location:  Human-colonized Space of the 23rd century

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  thousands of Star Fleet officers and enlistedmen, as well as
    ​billions of humans
Famous Inventions:  new Star Fleet policies, tactics, and SOPs
Famous Quotes:  "I was like you once; so worried about duty and obligation that I couldn't see past my own uniform. And what did it get me? An empty house."
    "Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed, but a woman is always a woman."
    "Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on."
    "The greatest danger facing us is ourselves; an irrational fear of the unknown, but there's no such thing as the unknown; only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood."
    "There are certain things men must do to remain men."
    "One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it."
    "I've already got a female to worry about. Her name is the Enterprise."
    "All your people must learn before you can reach for the stars."

---[Dossier]---
Birth Name:  Elon Reeve Musk
Lifespan:  1971 - [unknown if still alive] 
Planet Of Birth:  Earth-That-Was
Place(s) of Upbringing:  South Africa

---[Appearance]---
Height / Weight:  5'11", 190 lbs. (at 1G)
Hair / Eyes:  brown / brown
Ethnicity:  Canadian-American
Complexion:  Caucasian

---[Alignment]---
Affiliation:  aerospace engineering, entrepreneurship, investing, programming
Nationality:  South-African, Canadian, and American
Astrological Signs:  Gemini (28 June 1971)

---[Vocation]---
Occupation:  founder of SpaceX (and CEO, CTO, and owner there), PayPal
    ​(cofounder), Tesla Motors (cofounder and chief project architect), Hyperloop,
    ​Zip2 (cofounder), and Solar City

Employer:  (self-employed)
Employer Location:  Hawthorne, CA

---[Accolades]--- 
Famous Followings:  global fan-base
Famous Inventions:  various computer games, vehicles, and Spaceships
Famous Quotes:  "[He's] a huge douchebag... and an idiot."
    "If something is important enough you should try, even if the probable outcome is failure."
    "Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and keep questioning yourself."
    "Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
    "No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated."
    "I could either watch it happen, or be part of it."
    "When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world."
    "There's a fundamental difference, if you look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that's out there exploring the stars … compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event."
    "We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. Our primary long-term competition is in China. If we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book.”
    “[Physics is] a good framework for thinking. … Boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there.”
    "[My biggest mistake is probably] weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart."
    “I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
    “You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.”
    "Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from the perspective, 'What's the best way to make money?'"
    "It taught me that the tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but that once you do that, the rest is really easy."
    "The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative."
    "You have to have a very compelling goal for the company. If you put yourself in the shoes of someones who's talented at a world level, they have to believe that there’s potential for a great outcome and believe in the leader of the company, that you’re the right guy to work with. That can be a difficult thing, especially if you’re trying to attract people from other companies."
    "I mean, the market is like a manic depressive." (Don't worry about it.)
    "There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering."
    "The thing that I got hung up on was the rocket. Getting there in the first place. The U.S. options from Boeing and Lockheed were simply too expensive. I couldn't afford them. So, I went to Russia three times to negotiate purchasing an ICBM."
    "If humanity is to become multi-planetary, the fundamental breakthrough that needs to occur in rocketry is a rapidly and completely reusable rocket ... achieving it would be on a par with what the Wright brothers did. It's the fundamental thing that's necessary for humanity to become a space-faring civilization. America would never have been colonized if ships weren't reusable."