Zed

Zed

Background

Zed is an Exterminator for Zardoz. He is Zarde 312 and has killed 25 Brutals. Zed's mother and father were specifically chosen to breed in order to create a specific genetic specimen.

During the events of Zardoz (1974) played by Sean Connery

Zed sneaks aboard Zardoz and then shoots Arthur Frayn when he sees him at the mouth of Zardoz. He then rides Zardoz until it reaches Vortex 4, a Utopia like place. He sneaks around and as he is about to shoot May, he is captured. A meeting is held among the Immortals and it is decided May may have three weeks to study Zed. Zed is used as a general laborer by Friend who explains the different groups in Vortex 4 including the Renegades and the Apathetics. While studying Zed, May learns he is genetically superior to the Immortals and agrees to keep it a secret. After Friend is turned into a Renegade as punishment, Zed visits him and learns Friend and some of the other Immortals want to die. Friend takes Zed to see an Old Scientist who tells Zed about the Tabernacle which protects the Vortex and the Immortals. Zed admits to May the reason he killed Arthur Frayn was as revenge after he found out Zardoz was just a fake god and he and the other Exterminators had been lied to. May is caught initiating sex with Zed by Consuella, who charges May with bestiality and tries to attack Zed with her mind powers. Zed escapes while also going blind resisting Consuella's mind powers. He is saved by Avalow who heals his blindness and helps him if he promises to kill her when he has the chance. Zed again flees from Consuella and a group of Immortals who want to kill Zed. He locates a large diamond which gives him the power to destroy the Tabernacle and he uses it to remove the Immortals immortality and the protective wall around Vortex 4. The Immortals are killed one by one by a group of Exterminators who had followed Zed and Zed flees with Consuella. They have one son and then die of old age.