
Having been fascinated with death ever since he was a child, Wargrave, following a terminal diagnosis, decided to fulfill his long held ambition to commit a murder. However, at the very end of the novel Wargrave was revealed to be U.N. One by one, each of the guests were subsequently murdered in scenes of escalating violence. There, he and the others were accused of contributing to the deaths of other people, in a way that the law could not prove or punish them for. Initially presented as anti-hero/protagonist, Wargrave alongside nine other people, was "invited" to Soldier Island off the Devon Coast by the mysterious U.N.

Wargrave is a retired judge, who over a long, extensive career has developed the reputation as a hanging judge.

Justice Lawrence John Wargrave is the hidden main antagonist of Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None. I believe that to look away as that power is exercised is both irresponsible and cowardly. With great power comes great responsibility.

I had the power to condemn men and women to death for their crimes. ~ Lawrence Wargrave's last message at the end of his final letter. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island. When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men.
