Veidt is believed to be the smartest man on the planet.
Goode explained Veidt gave up his family's wealth and traveled the world,
Rorschach writes his suspicions about Veidt in his journal, and mails it to New Frontiersman, a small,
right-wing newspaper in New York.
Just like Adrian Veidt, he"hopes to stave off disaster by using the dead
bodies of his former comrades as a means of reaching his goal".
Adrian Veidt/ Ozymandias Drawing inspiration from Alexander the Great, Veidt was once the superhero Ozymandias,
but has since retired to devote his attention to the running of his own enterprises.
Richard Reynolds noted that by taking initiative to"help the world", Veidt displays a trait normally attributed to villains in superhero stories,
and in a sense he is the"villain" of the series.
Moore stated that
the story of The Black Freighter ends up specifically describing"the story of Adrian Veidt"
and that it can also be used as a counterpoint to other parts of the story, such as Rorschach's capture and Dr. Manhattan's self-exile on Mars.[40].
Goode interpreted Veidt's back-story to portray him with a German accent in private and an American one in public;
Goode explained Veidt gave up his family's wealth and traveled the world,
becoming a self-made man because he was ashamed of his parents' Nazi past, which in turn highlighted the themes of the American Dream and the character's duality.