Simon Bentforth (Cataclysmic Gerosha)

At one point shortly after Gray and his friends are released from Beliah's facility by the Sodality, they have to battle an ancient enemy of John's: Simon Bentforth. Simon, also of the Icy Finger, drained the Cloner's Ruby of its power in the 17th century, and became known as the "Shrouded Entity." Shrouded Entity gained a variety of dark-themed powers from the Marlquaan, becoming powerful enough to survive for years even after John's friends trapped him in ice. As Beliah begins convincing his followers around the world to engage in a manhunt against all Marlquaanites, Shrouded Entity's ice prison is uncovered in Greenland. The Entity reveals that he is immune to aging, and could theoretically live until the end of time. He becomes a powerful enough villain that Gray needs help from Extirpon and Hea Pang to successfully kill him off. This is after he captures those minions of Beliah's that were sent after him and generates half-mindless clones of them to serve as his minions.

Preying on the fears and superstitions of Puritans in the 17th century, Shrouded Entity was often referred to as "the Black Man." This is how he is portrayed by Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter. He possessed a kit, which he had shaped the outer cover of to make it look like a book. He could create a sort of Zeran pocket dimension in which to freeze his victims in time, as well as hide them where they'd be inaccessible to their friends. However, he needed to get his victims close enough and blast them to get them into his Zeran trap. If he acquired a sample of DNA, he could also use that DNA to make evil clones under his control - an inspiration to the Hebbleskin backvisors.

His preferred method of acquiring DNA was to get a blood sample, which he would try to get his victims to give semi-willingly through hypnotic suggestion. If his intended victims' minds proved too strong for his power of persuasion, he often attacked them outright and tried to wound them; quickly grabbing a sample of blood to add to his "book." He would then imprison his victim and use their blood to make an evil, half-mindless clone. His minions would often try to pass him off as being Satan incarnate, and would try to tempt blood sample victims into believing they were joining into a pact with the Devil. Shrouded Entity is a high-class Marlquaanite, being arguably even more powerful than Negative Battery Extirpon. His association with the demonic is second only to that of Scott Morrisson. Due to his desire to be associated with the Devil, Shrouded Entity is arguably the Dozerfleet Comics equivalent of Marvel's Mephisto. He is the only Marlquaanite to become so evil and terrifying, that even the Icy Finger disowned him.