Cromwell Ames

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Pure Evil
Full Name	Cromwell Ames
Alias	None
Origin	Endeavour
Allies	Unnamed minions Lloyd Collins
Powers / Skills	Marksmanship Leadership Bribery Intelligence
Goals	Cripple Nero's influence by however means necessary(temporarily succeeded) Kill Eddie Nero (succeeded) Take over Eddie Nero's crime empire (failed)
Moral Event Horizon	Brutally murdering Liam Flynn, Lloyd Collins and an innocent lorry driver (whom Ames tortured and beat mercilessly for several hours). Organizing the arsons of multiple buildings that contained Nero's properties; endangering countless innocent people without care or remorse. Attempting to gun down both Nero and his wife Starting a shootout that wipes out Nero and his gang but also himself and his gang (one of the highest on-screen body counts in the entire series).
Kill Count	4 (potentially dozens more during the shootout.)
Worst Crimes	Mass murder Torture Arson Hijacking Organized crime Gang Warfare
Type of Villain	Ambitious crime lord

“	No... never alone, the devil walks with me. My name is Cromwell Ames and I'm here to set a fire upon the cane!	„
	~ Cromwell Ames threatening Eddie Nero.

Cromwell Ames is the secondary antagonist in Series 5 of Endeavour.

Cromwell Ames was initially just a car dealer but would use this as a pretense to cover up the fact that he is actually an ambitious lead gangster in Oxford who wants to usurp the crime underworld from Eddie Nero and dominate it entirely. Unlike Eddie Nero who shows some restraint and some moments of humanity, Cromwell Ames revels in cruelty and commits many atrocities with no moral restraints whatsoever just to get what he wants.

He was played by David Jonsson.

What Makes Him Pure Evil?

• Organized several arsons on several estates that are under Eddie Nero's name; endangering dozens of innocent people (the first arson in particular endangered six families of Asian and Kenyan immigrants).
• Stabbed Liam Flynn three times, resulting in his death.
• Attacking an innocent lorry driver who was mercilessly beaten for several hours before hijacking his lorry.
• Gutting Lloyd Collins alive after he unknowingly spilled information on Ames, resulting in him bleeding out and dying (Lloyd Collins was one of his own minions).
• Provoking Eddie Nero repeatedly and threatening gang warfare against him if he doesn't leave Ames to take his place.
• Attempted to shoot and kill both Nero and his wife.
• Evaded all of Thursday's questions and proclaimed that it was the doing of "voodoo".
• Armed his gang and proceeded to start a shootout in Nero's bar which resulting in the deaths of everyone whom was in the bar.
• While not the one responsible for murdering George Fancy, Ames is the one who instigated the very situation that resulted in his death.
• Throughout the entire of Series 5, Cromwell Ames showed absolutely no remorse for his crimes and even showed some glints of being a genuine sadist. Compared to the lighter-hearted Series 3 and 4, Series 5 pushes the series back to a much darker tone; the vast majority of this is due to his influence in the story.

Trivia

• Ames is the first recurring Pure Evil villain from the entire Inspector Morse franchise that have a major impact in the enrire storyline. Those who appeared before him are either all one-shot villains, or only having a minor appearance in a related show (e.g. Matthew Copley-Barnes).

External Links

• Cromwell Ames on the Villains Wiki