<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events features a large cast of characters created by Daniel Handler by the pen - name of Lemony Snicket . The series follows the turbulent lives of the Baudelaire orphans after their parents, Bertrand and Beatrice, are killed in an arsonous structure fire and their multiple escapes from their murderous relative Count Olaf, who is after their family fortune . </P> <P> The author of the series is Lemony Snicket (the nom de plume of Daniel Handler), who plays a major role in the plot himself . Although the series is given no distinct location, other real people appear in the narrative, including the series' illustrator, Brett Helquist, and Daniel Handler himself . </P>

Who is the villain in a series of unfortunate events