| “ | Why do bad things happen to good people? Because people like Billy Lathem profit from them. | „ |
| ~ John Taylor |
Summary
The Jonah (real name Billy Lathem) is a minor villain who appears in the Nightside series by Simon R. Green. A practitioner of "entropy magic" as well as an enforcer for the Cavendish family, the Jonah makes a living by using his powers to force bad things to happen to good people. His powers allow him to alter and control probabilities, a trait which he uses to find the "one-in-a-million chance" for something bad to happen and enforce it upon a given victim.
He eventually meets his end at the climax of Nightingale's Lament, when Rossignol uses an empathy-manipulating song to drive him to suicide.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-B
Name: The Jonah, Billy Lathem
Origin: Nightside
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Entropy Magician, Enforcer for the Cavendishes
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Probability Manipulation (Can find the "one-in-a-million chance" for something to go wrong and enforce that possibility as the dominant one.), Causality Manipulation (His abilities can be used to change the past and, consequently, the present.)
Attack Potency: Human level (In spite of his powers, he has not shown himself to be any stronger than a normal human.)
Speed: Average Human
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Human level
Stamina: Likely average.
Range: Unknown. Likely inapplicable. (His abilities operate across time rather than space.)
Standard Equipment: None notable.
Intelligence: Above Average. A capable entropy magician, knowledgeable on the workings of destiny and probabilities.
Weaknesses: Arrogant and extremely overconfident. Has several repressed psychological weaknesses relating to his father, which can be exploited by someone with prior knowledge of them.
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