"Not bad, boy. Looks like my work here is done."
—One of Professor N. Shroud's infamous lines
Professor Nigel Shroud
(also known as N. Shroud) is a mad scientist who is bent on world domination.
Main antagonist of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.
He is a human and the arch-rival of Twilight Sparkle. He is also the new archenemy to Nicholas Shamrock, after Robert. This scientist with an IQ of 300 dreams of dominating Equestria, but his constant plots to create his N. Shroud Empire are always thwarted by Twilight and her friends.
Species:
Human (half), Robot (half)
Gender:
Male
Height:
6′7″ (2.01m)
Alias:
Boss
Sir
Professor
N. Shroud
Lord N. Shroud
Doc
Man with a red eye
The Greatest Scientist of All Equestria
The Great N. Shroud
Master of Mechanics
Ruler of Robotics
The Mechanical Tyrant
The Mechanical Emperor
Evil Genius Nigel
Professor Dorkenstein (by Rainbow Dash)
Occupation:
Scientist
Technologist
Pilot Inventor
Technocrat
Ruler of the N. Shroud Empire Enterprises
Shroudland
Dictator
Hobby:
Creating robots.
Taking magic.
Corrupting magic.
Ruling.
Ruling the world.
Deal-making.
Spreading darkness.
Attacking Twilight and her friends.
Tormenting ponies.
Making ponies and creatures suffer.
Manipulating people and creatures.
Turning ponies, people, and other creatures into his robotic slaves.
Polluting and destroying beautiful lands.
Enslaving ponies and other creatures.
Commanding his army.
Causing destruction in many places.
Mocking his enemies whenever he can and whatever he can.
Antagonizing Nicholas whenever he can.
Goal:
Conquer both Equestria and the human world by any means necessary.
Rule the Multiverse.
Plunge the whole world into darkness.
Kill Twilight Sparkle and her friends.
Get revenge on everyone for his abused torment and unhappy life in the past.
(later in the story)
Wipe out all life in Equestria and the human world and rebuild the two worlds into his dystopia with robots, machines, and darkness.
Allies:
Malachor (sometimes)
Dennis
Nano
Nobo
Guno
Muno
Nemo
Bronk
Susan
Omar and Brian
N-Series
Henchbots
Robot Minions
Enemies:
Nicholas Shamrock (archenemy)
Twilight Sparkle
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie Pie
Rarity
Applejack
Fluttershy
Sunset Shimmer
Starlight Glimmer
Sci-Twi (human Twilight)
Humane Six
Star Swirl the Bearded
Princess Celestia
Princess Luna
Spike
Other ponies
Other humans
Voice Actor: Steven Ogg
Japanese Voice Actor: Kōichi Yamadera
Personality:
Professor N. Shroud is dangerous, cruel, ruthless, dark, evil, power-hungry, sinister, charismatic, mysterious, unpredictable, traitorous, ambitious, powerful, megalomaniacal, vicious, tyrannical, sadistic, ominous, deceitful, determined, masterful, intelligent, destructive, cold-hearted, sociopathic, malevolent, foreshadowing, fearsome, manipulative, and degenerative evil scientist and warlock who warps things to his way in the end whenever he is making deals, alliances, and formulating plans to conquer both Equestria and the human world as its supreme and absolute ruler. He seems to be mainly interested in increasing his power and spreading darkness. He is extremely vengeful, bitter, arrogant, oppressive, and is driven by pure hatred towards humans for abusing and laughing at him, and ponies for rejecting him with a deep grudge and resentment. However, he must present himself as a normal person or disguise himself as a pony to avoid detection or suspicion. He proves that he is more than willing to beat up or murder people who aren't his enemies if they cross him. He despises ponies the most who dare to defy him, tolerating only his own. However, he is not above intimidating those whom he hires to do his bidding as seen by him frightening the Dazzlings with his surprisingly scary, psychotic evil face and warning them not to double cross him. An important subject to note is that, unlike the other villains of the show, N. Shroud is extremely serious, menacing, dangerous, psychopathic, and a pure evil monster. He frequently refers to ponies as "worthless mules" and other insults generally directed at ponies. He is also a complete degenerate, and he cannot ever be redeemed at all.
History:
300 years ago, after Princess Celestia sealed Nightmare Moon, when he was young, Nigel Shroud is the first human to discover Equestria, he was very interested in Equestria, ponies, and Equestrian Magic. He started building robots sending to Equestria for doing some study research. However, he couldn't prove their existence and once he saw one, no one believed him and laughed at him think he’s crazy.
Being treated cruelly all of his life, he has a deep hatred of all humanity.
Thus, he decided to abandon his life in the human world and decided living in Equestria instead.
Few years passed, Nigel works at Canterlot as an advisor as well as pursue a teaching degree (apparently because he liked telling ponies what to do) and learning of Equestria Magic. However, he became obsessed of the ponies’ magic and had an idea of conquering the Human World under his rule.
Later, Nigel abducts 10 ponies and tried experimenting them and harnessing their magic to attain for his robots and himself. However, Star Swirl the Bearded knows his evil plans and arrested him for his crimes.
He was on trial for his crimes of kidnaping ponies and try to drain their magic.
Nigel tried to apologize Princess Celestia for his actions, but Celestia refuses for she has seen that his greed and hatred corrupted his heart. Celestia sentence Nigel Shroud return to his world and never come Equestria ever again.
But Nigel swore revenge, someday he would return, and all of Equestria and the Human World would bow at his feet.
As the years progressed, he began to build an army of robots and transformed himself into a robot.
Apparently, all these years been exiled from Equestria, driven him into a deep-seeded hatred for humans and ponies and love of technology. Extremely tech savvy, he loathes humans and ponies. This has led him to adopt the philosophy that technology is the only thing that can be trusted. He modified himself so that he could rule whatever remained as their mechanical king.
Utterly convinced with his twisted belief that the results of a world conquest orchestrated by him would make the world a better place and benefit all its inhabitants. Using his unmatched genius, N. Shroud began his plans, spending his entire life on his self-righteous mission.
Abilities and Powers:
Claws (Professor N. Shroud has razor sharp claws, which he repeatedly used in attempts in combat)
Super strength: (N. Shroud has been shown to be strong enough to crush an apple and punch through walls with his bare hands.)
Robot Form (Professor N. Shroud can transform into a mecha (super robot) as if it was a suit of armor, but without having to pilot it like a normal mecha)
Extension mechanical arms
High intelligence
Combat skills
High durability
Marksmanship
Hi-tech weaponry
Piloting skills
Mechanical and technological engineering skills
Robotic mastery
Technopathy
Bionic Physiology (N. Shroud is half man and half robot, thanks to his robot half, everytime he goes Equestria he can't get ponified.)
Immortality (N. Shroud is stated to have been alive for a hundreds of years without showing any signs of aging thanks to his robot half, making him one of the oldest characters in the series.)
Weapons:
Laser Gun
Robot Vehicles
Mechs
Lightning Gloves
N. Shroud's Staff
Staff of Sacanas