Adam Susan is the leader of the Norsefire party, and the ruler of the dictatorship that holds Britain in an iron grip. A firm adherent of pure fascism, he values order above all else and sees civil liberties as threats to a secure society. He states early in the novel that he believes in "the destiny of the Nordic race" and despises anyone who is not white, male, Christian and heterosexual. Despite the latter, he disdains "all" sexual contact as "brutish coupling", and has therefore remained a virgin his entire life.