Ledroptha Curtain

Ledroptha Curtain is the evil twin brother of Nicholas Benedict, the namesake of the Mysterious Benedict Society. He is also the main antagonist of the series. He appears as the main antagonist in all three books. He created the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened (L.I.V.E.) and the Whisperer. In the first book, The Mysterious Benedict Society, he is trying to brainwash the world with his evil Whisperer using the minds of the children that go to his institute. He is stopped by The Mysterious Benedict Society, which consists of Reynie Muldoon, George (Sticky) Washington, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire. In The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, he kidnaps Mr. Benedict and Number Two. He does this to get duskwort, the cure to his weakness, narcolepsy. Once again he is thwarted by The Mysterious Benedict Society. In the final book, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, Curtain steals the Whisperer to set forth his original plan. Ultimately the Whisperer becomes non-functional and he is beaten for the final time by the Mysterious Benedict Society, Mr.Benedict an Milligan. Ledroptha is sent to jail, and is visited every day by his old good-natured, but rather naive Executive, S.Q. Pedalian. Mr. Curtain grew up in Holland and is obsessed with control. He was seperated by his twin brother at birth. Eventually they meet again because of Curtain's evil. Both Mr. Curtain and Mr. Benedict have narcolepsy, a condition of uncontrollable sleep caused by distinct emotions. Most often, frustration or fury set off Mr. Curtain. Because of his narcelopsy, he sits in a wheelchair to not fall when asleep and he wears mirrored silverglasses to not be seen sleeping.

He also seems to quite oftenly write in his journal. He shows interest in the Izzy Paladonia bookmark buisiness, with the serial killer of notbooks and diary, dog eared pages. Reynie is the one who introduced Izzy to curtain, while tha 'Behind the Curtain^^@ssualt*&¤¿ alpha' that was mentioned by Kate Wetherall. Izzy paladonia also succeeded in her buisiness of becoming one of the most popular and well known celebrities in Stonetown. The assualt also revealed that Curtain has stromgly shown interest in neuro science, as 70% of all he drew were brains, and their systems.

Izzy paladonia was also related to Ms. Perumal, but it was like a far cousin which was not one of the close relatives. Mr. Curtain like Sticky knows a lot of lamguages. Like ceaser code, Rote, Yeroglyphics, ancient đéjaň, and morse code. Though he knew all those languages equally, he wrote his journals in ceasar code. It is suspected that it is because of Izzy paladonia TV show 'Ceaser Fever'.