Jude

Jude (known as Jude Discariot in the graphic novel) is a character who is part of the !HERO: The Rock Opera franchise. He is one of the two disciples whom Hero calls upon to follow him upon their first meeting in "A Few Good Men". Jude is rather reluctant to follow Hero at first, but over time with witnessing the miracles that Hero has performed and the popularity he has gained, Jude is hoping to profit from Hero's missionary work, but his idea for doing so was rejected by Hero. Instead, Jude turned to Chief Rabbi Kai and Officer Devlin in the hopes that Hero with the right connections would see it would be better to earn profit from his work. He set up a time for I.C.O.N. forces to find Hero in the gardens so that he could be captured and brought into custody. Although he was paid for his services, Jude was disillusioned when he saw that he had set up Hero to be executed and soon committed suicide. In the !HERO graphic novel, Jude's body was found outside of a hotel that he paid for a room in, with a gun found on the balcony of the room where his envelope of money was also found.

Jude is the analog of Judas Iscariot, the legendary betrayer of Jesus Christ in Scripture.