Vladmir Ragar

Professor Vladmir Ragar is an ex-archaeologist and criminal. He appears in Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas. He is a rival of Nigel Cooke.

Career as an Archaeologist
Ragar attempted to aquire Aztec treasure from the Temple of Montezuma, but he was beaten to the artifacts by Nigel Cooke. He then tried to obtain treasure from a sunken Egyptian ship filled with Nubian gold at the bottom of a reef in the Red Sea. He was again thwarted by Nigel Cooke. He then tried to steal the Jewel of Trust from the Tower of Kalyan in Bukhara (Uzbekistan), but failed when his men betrayed him.

Arrest in Siberia
When he failed to steal the Jewel of Trust in Uzbekistan, Ragar was sent to a Siberian prison. He stayed there for an entire decade. He ended up losing half of his foot to frostbite, and is said to have resorted to very primitive and inhumane methods of survival, including hunting rats in his cell for food and licking icicles off of his prison bars to stay hydrated. He eventually escaped with help from the Russian Mafia and Vrolock Malazar.

The Quest for Incan Treasure
In an effort to steal the lost Incan treasure of Atahualpa, Vladmir Ragar stormed into the New York Museum of Archaeology and took Nigel Cooke and Delia Cooke hostage.