| Diego Salamanda | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Title | Diego Salamanda |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Human |
| Faction | None |
| Health | Ill - deformed at birth |
| Level | None |
| Status | Deceased |
| Location | None |
"Matt Freeman: Why did you do it? You're rich. You have all these houses. You've got a huge business. Why isn't it enough?
Diego Salamanda: You're a child or you'd understand. There's no such thing as enough! Do you have any idea how much I hate you?
Matt Freeman: Hate is all you have
~ Matt Freeman and Diego Salamamda
Diego Salamanda is a successful Peruvian businessman, who like Nightrise Corporation controls almost all of South America. Salamanda was seen as gifted as a child so he was purposefully mutilated so that he would have a distorted head. He is a servant of The Old Ones and is the one who lets them into the world, by controlling a satellite into position to unlock the second gate at the Nazca Lines.
Evil Star[]
In the start of the book, Salamanda's main purpose is to aquire the Diary of St. Joseph of Córdoba, currently in possesion of William Morton. Salaanda offered a great sum of money to him, however he declined to give it to the Nexus, at St. Meredith’s Church. To stop the Nexus from gaining access to the Diary, and to obtain it himself, he steals the diary and Kills William Morton. It is a mystery how Salamanda found out where they were meeting as it was secret to only the Nexus, which leads them to conclusion that there is a traitor in the Nexus.
Salamanda, controlling the police, try to capture Matt and Pedro multiple times and fail. The two the go to Salamanda's House, trying to find Richard Cole, but instead are confronted by Salamanda. They are surrounded by the police in an escape attempt, however they escape by the help of Micos. They then confront Salamanda again in the Nazca Desert, where he is trying to control the satellite into the position of the star Sygnus, the final piece in the puzzle to opening the gate at Nazca.
Matt confronts Salamanda at their portable laboratory, flipping it over in attempt to stop their plans. They then leave and try to shoot him, in which he returns the bullet onto him and kills Salamanda, however it was done too late and the gate opens and the Old Ones come into the world.
Nightrise[]
In book three he briefly appears talking to the Chairman of the Nightrise Corporation and the other agents all around the world. He comments about how the project to open the gate in the Nazca desert is going.
Appearance[]
Salamanda is one of the victims of artificial cranial deformation which requires squeezing a "special" baby's head from birth so it looks abnormally deformed. Even Pedro, who is used to deformity and disease, calls Salamanda a "freak," and also says he was "evil" and says Salamanda makes him "want to be sick."