Dr. Ernst Kelso

Dr. Ernst Kelso is the founder of the Combine and the creator of the Z-Kron microbe. A charismatic scientist with intense, hypnotic eyes, he has always worked at the bleeding edge of biological research, testing the boundaries of ethics and legality. His early successes, and the fabulous wealth that followed, fed his ego to the point that he considered himself above the law.

He believed that those who possess superior intellect are entitled, even obligated, to do whatever they think is best for humanity. Unfortunately for Dr. Kelso, law enforcement didn’t share this view. Shunned by his peers and convicted of numerous crimes, Kelso decided to go underground rather than face prison.

Kelso used an elaborate series of front companies and false identities to hide his fortune. His secret compound in New York City is inside a nondescript brownstone mansion in the heart of Manhattan, a building like any other. But the inside has been converted into a complex of high-tech laboratories and lavish living quarters. From here Kelso continues his unnatural experiments, and plots revenge against his enemies.