Montague, Laertes

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Laertes Montague is the ruthless, Machiavellian Duke of Neo Verona. During the show's premise, he orders the massacre of the House of Capulet and seizes control of Neo Verona, spreading lies about the Capulets' corruption to justify himself and avoid persecution. As the ruler of Neo Verona, he believes it is the right of the House of Montague to exploit and oppress the common people, since the noblemen are superior to them. He is Romeo's father but acts coldly towards his son, using him only as a pawn for political gain. He also seems to be among the few who know the secrets of the Escalus Tree, along with its caretaker Ophelia and a mysterious old man whom Romeo and Juliet found in the country.
Tybalt privately divulges the known origins of his father to Juliet. Montague was originally born into poverty. His mother was a prostitute and therefore abandoned by his father. On her deathbed, she confesses to her young son that his father was a Capulet and expresses wishes for him to live in nobility. Her death greatly sparks his unrelenting and ferocious grudge against the Capulet name and his ambitions for becoming Duke. Sometime afterwards, young Laertes catches the eye of the Montague family, which at the time was headed by a pederast lord, and he is adopted into the clan. In his older adolescence, he poisons his benefactor's food and becomes head of the family. He then meets Tybalt's mother (a Capulet woman who he later hears died during the massacre) at a ball and uses her to learn more about the Capulets, specifically about the Great Tree Escalus. After impregnating Tybalt's mother, he leaves her and marries Portia.
When he learns of Romeo's love for Juliet, Montague attests that his son was tricked into turning against him. His son's continuous declarations of his feelings for Juliet anger him, and he sends Romeo to the mines as punishment. With Mercutio's adoption, it is assumed that Montague has decided to disown his son, made evident by the "accidental death" of Titus.
In the final moments of his reign, he is cornered by Tybalt, Romeo, and Juliet's forces in his throne room. No longer surrounded by anyone loyal to him, he curses Escalus for Capulet's bane. After he listens to Juliet's offer to peacefully exile himself and forsake his status in Neo Verona, he relents, apparently ready to agree. Before he can voice his opinions further, Mercutio stabs him in the back and he collapses. As he lies in Juliet and Romeo's arms, he wonders why no one loved him yet also says that he wanted to be the most feared in the world. He dies soon after.