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I pretty much entirely agree with @Joseph Asphahani Other than having a pretty awesome name(AmIright?), but he pretty much hit the nail on the head. The perfect villain is just as likeable/relate-able as your main characters. The best villains ever are the ones you "Love to Hate."

I won’t elaborate, since Joseph pretty much said everything I would say on the matter, but I’ll provide some examples. 

If you ever watched the Starz series of Spartacus(it’s my favorite show ever), the blood, sex and violence is a bit over the top but if you dig deeper it has one of the greatest written scripts of all time. The dialogue used on the show is in a Shakespearean style which helps but what makes it so good is the villains are just as likeable as the heroes. You can see where Spartacus, Crixus and Gannicus are coming from but you can also see where Batiatus, Marcus Crassus and Caesar are coming from too.

^That’s a pretty obscure example, I know. But let’s do a more known one.

Batman vs. The Joker. I know, I know... There’s so many stories about the two but the best ones happen to be the ones where The Joker points out the fact that Batman is literally one bad day away(Sorry, just watched "The Killing Joke.") from becoming The Joker. Batman is the hero, but The Joker exists SOLELY to mess with Batman to the point that Batman becomes just as messed up and deranged as him. In most stories it doesn’t work, but they exist to move each other in their "destined"/written path.  Batman needs The Joker and The Joker needs Batman. The plot needs both. The writer needs both. Ultimately, the reader needs both.

The best Hero/Villain relationships involve them driving each other in the direction they need to take.

@Jordan M Tetley I saw that your book is up for preorders, good luck and I’m not sure if you still need help but here’s some things I use for my villains.

 Think of something that scares you and make that character the embodiment of that fear

Think of what your protagonist fears and think of that

Not all villains are characters. Think of a conflict, not every story has a particular villain, but all the ones I know of have a conflict. Possibly a force of nature, bad situation,  basically a barrier between them and their goals.

If your villain is a character make them multi-dimensional. Most people sincerely believe what they are doing is the right thing to do. They likely view your protagonist as their villain, and villains aren’t usually only up to being villainous (a good villain can be anything depending on the story. Judging by yours think of using death itself as a villain)

I hope this helps anyone that reads this, let me know if I missed anything because a big part of my stories are the villains. 

If you want to design a good villain, think in more simple terms. First of all, there’s no "hero" to your story. There’s only the Protagonist. The morality of his actions are NOT important whatsoever. (More on this later.) All that matters is what he/she WANTS to accomplish. Also, establish what he/she NEEDS (but is completely unaware of). The WANT is external - it’s a thing they can hold, or a finish line they can cross. The NEED is internal - it’s a realization they have to make, a change they must undergo. The ENTIRE story revolves around them starting down the road toward their WANT, but by the end they must realize the NEED - and the climax is either them transforming or failing. So that’s protagonist in a nutshell. From there, to answer your concern more directly, you’re going to need an ANTAGONIST. Don’t say ’villain’ because then that gets into the morality stuff that you absolutely must avoid. (...sounds harsh, I know ’villain’ is the common term, I use it myself, but you know what I’m getting at...)

Hi Jordan, nice to meet you. All stories do not need a traditional villain. Some readers may view death as a villain. All villains doesn’t need to an obvious villain. It depends on where the story is gong. Subdue villains are not obvious to the readers. But if you believe you need one creating a villain is rather easy, all you need to do is look around at all the bad people you have encountered in life and tweet all those characteristics, attributes to fix your story. There are far more resources and examples to serve for villains than there are heroes or heroines. Perhaps yours need an adversary which isn’t always necessarily a villain in a tradition sense. I hope this helps. :)

I at the moment don’t have a specific Villain. I am no sure if I need one, but I want people opinions. So?  https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-bridge-570f6a

This is a very different style of writing, it is an intresting idea, that I wish to see progress within this weird, dark but humours style!