 His rule begins to crumble when a masked terrorist calling himself "V" - a survivor of Larkhill, one of Norsefire’s camps - blows up the Houses of Parliament on November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day), and begins to attack public trust in the government with a series of kidnappings, bombings, and disruption of normal television programming for a very public declaration to the people.His defiance gradually inspires the public to rebel against Norsefire's reign.Susan tries desperately to capture and kill the mysterious vigilante, but remains increasingly powerless to stop him.