Paul Ares

 was the vice president of the Ares Corporation, which was concerned with terraforming Mars and developing it for human occupation. To achieve his aims, he created a "native" of Mars, known as the Last Martian, and installed it as president of the Ares Corporation. In addition, he hired a band of mercenaries to pose as a terrorist group known as Crimson Dawn in order to discredit the organisation Redpeace, whose aim was to give Mars back to the Ice Warriors.

Ares was killed by the Last Martian when it learned that he intended to kill it and replace it with a "son" or "daughter". (PROSE: Crimson Dawn)