The last character you really hated

[Jade Harley]

But Neal wasn't meant to be a villain, any more than Cthulhu is a villain. Villainry requires a mortal's moral code, and unknowable enigmas don't have that any more than animals do.

Doesn't matter. So long as a character violates the reader's moral code, they can be perceived as a villain. I'm just saying Nealaphh was a hell of a despicable character. Awesome and well-written, but utterly able to be despised for its actions.