The Tar Man

Nathaniel Seymour, also know as The Tar Man, is an 18th-century criminal and the main antagonist in the Time Trilogy. He is employed to Lord Luxon and is a brother of Gideon Seymour. He got his name after surviving a tarring and hanging when he was a teen. He is bent on domination and wants to keep the antigravity (time) machine for himself.