Bad Guys
What makes a character a compelling bad guy?
I enjoy the character of Marc Remillard from Julian May's Saga of Pliocene Exile because he is such an overwhelmingly smug character, and yet still affable and relatable -- able to be friendly with the protagonists of the story, yet still swan in at the end after having beaten them down with his psionic powers and say "As you can see, I've won.
