Maxwell Fitzgarry

"'Blood as an emetic, I'd suggest you ease your intake on the substance.'"Maxwell Fitzgarry, better known as The Creator, is a draconic puppeteer who developed a hugely feared reputation due to his contribution in the Vervanging War, which resulted in him becoming the wealthiest puppeteer in the Fantoccinism world. He is greatly hated among the religion internationally, and lives under the supervision of Dmitri van Wyk.

He plays a role as one of the titular main characters in the sub-verse The Blind Lead the Blind.

Appearance
Maxwell is a tall, lithe man standing at approximately 8 feet and weighing 113 kgs (additional weight being provided due to his broad wings). His haggard complexion is composed with serrated brown scales, bleeding eyes, and dirty-olive skin.

He wears a dark brown blazer with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a red-cream waistcoat underneath. Three horizontal stripes decorate the aftarms of the suit and shafts of his knee-length boots.

His boots are the same colour as his blazer, with fur lining the collars. The tongue of the gusset is a crimson to dark maroon gradient with double-crossing lacework. His pants match the colouring of the blazer's lapel, sleeves, and stripes.

Around his neck is an amulet on a plush collar. A silvery gem with reddish triangular and trapezoid symbols adorning the smooth crystal. The gem attaches from two chains to the collar around a plush, red pillow.

Maxwell is not hygienic, sporting sharpenable yellow teeth, and dirty, torn bandages on his throat, arms, and chest which are used to cover up his hemorrhaging scales that follow in tandem under a majority of the bandages. However, some diamond-shaped and ovular scales can be seen framing his cheeks, throat, and wrists, along with rimming the tops of his ears.

His hair is tied into a long, bushy ponytail while his fringe parts into three different styles; a shaggy fringe across his brows, two thick locks trailing his shoulders, and bangs that flare on the outersides of his horns and behind his ears.

Upon his head are two crenelated horns which arch forward to align with his forehead, and from the back of the base of these horns juts out an additional spike which curves upwards. His horns are unidentifiable in comparison to any recognized species, but have a similar appearance to that of a ram's if crooked and inversely grown.

He possesses two massive bat-like wings that branch out into four slender spines, in which red to cream shredded membranes connect between. Curved, prehensile claws extend from apex to function as additional hands and contribute to his locomotion. His wings appear to be the same length as his height, with a wingspan width possibly double his length. Maxwell doesn't appear to use his ability of flight often unless he is in dragon form.

Maxwell's eyes, like many Poppenspeler's who have had their eyes removed during the initiation process, are black. White slitted pupils rimmed with thin rings substitute as his pupils and mimic the outline of his irises. This eye pattern is also noticeable on his other relatives: Bonafacious, Annabelle, and Henry.

Personality
Maxwell is a reserved individual that typically appears to be withdrawn and cold, spending his time within his lair. Despite being solitary most of his time, he shares his underground labyrinth with Mordecai, Horatio, and Quentin, and travels to do business with puppeteers such as Jackson, Benedict, Claud, Martin and Sebastianos, among others. On occasion, Dmitri visits Maxwell's lair on the obligation of the suffrage they had signed to inspect Maxwell's behaviour.

He is heavily business-oriented, and dedicated to his work that involves crafting and designing Fantoccini parts, blueprints, and concepts which he proceeds to trade with to receive elixirs from the experienced alchemists, as his own skill with potion-making is unstable and poor.

His common temperament is serious and merciless in regards to how little he acknowledges the emotions of others, and how weak his attempts are when he does take note of them and tries to help. His own emotions, as well, are dull and inexpressive due to his tendency to repress any sense of feelings and focus on the "more important matters", such as his work. When Maxwell's emotions feel too extreme for him, he tends to retract from social interactions entirely until he can recover.

Maxwell's negativity stems from intense hatred, both for external causes and internal reasons. He appears to be bitter and dismissive towards things he doesn't agree with, and is filled with insufferable regret from his contribution towards the Vervanging War. From this war, Maxwell has established a mutual agreement with himself that he doesn't deserve luxuries, and may only focus on instincts and work. He had to teach himself to be on constant high alert, due to the fact that many puppeteers would eagerly bring about harm to him for his past doings.

He perceives life from a perception that he believes would be the most logical and devoid of personal opinion, which can make him stubborn towards subjective ideas that challenge his own. His perception of reality describes the world to be a pessimistic hierarchy in which empathy is an illusion and personal feelings hinder productivity. Maxwell has a tendency to indoctrinate others with believing that his word should always be the final one, and this makes him appear as controlling and manipulative, but also expresses his enthusiasm for taking charge.

Maxwell proves to be an expert at handling his Fantoccinis, and has developed them into his loyal henchmen while also providing them with their own free reign. There is an intense bond of trust and genuine care that is expressed from both Maxwell and his creations, where in which he respects his Fantoccinis as being more than just puppets, but views them as their own individuals. This level of passion is surprisingly unexpected, as it heavily contrasts how distant and apathetic he generally is.

He is very fixed and traditional in his ways, both towards his religions of Catholicism, and towards Fantoccinism. However, Maxwell expresses traits of homophobia and bigotry, but not as intensely as Henry does. While Maxwell can tolerate gay marriage and romance, he despises the idea of sexual intercourse in same-sex couples. He is misogynistic, believing that women have a particular role within the household as being a housewife, and those who are defiant or coquettish are disgraceful. Additionally, he has a tendency to devalue women to being nothing but sexual objects to use that may satisfy his Xisen nature.

While Maxwell disregards emotions, he does have a fixation for tending to his instincts alongside his work. As a survivalist, he primarily focuses on fulfilling his needs as opposed to satisfying his wants - he chooses not to be greedy and only takes what he requires to live, such as hunting once a month, and having an annual three-month hibernation during the winter.

This involves satisfying his libido through sexual intercourse with women, however he does not always await for consent, since he focuses more on fulfilling his needs over caring for the other's well-being, not to mention that he promptly devours his partner, sometimes while they are still alive, when he has finished having sex - Maxwell believes it is the easiest option to perform both coition and feeding simultaneously.

Maxwell can be described as a creature of habit, since he is extremely dedicated to his routine, and any sort of disturbance or change can easily cause him discomfort and make him behave irrationally until he learns to either adapt to it or solve it.

While Maxwell has difficulty with understanding empathy, he still attempts to make room to look after his family and loved ones. He appears to be neglectful and emotionally absent, though can provide advice and offers closeness through subtle gestures of affection. However, it is rare for him to approach someone else to give them comfort first, as he considers that he may be causing more disruption.

Trivia

 * Maxwell was created after Sylvester and Erin in mid 2016.
 * Initially, he was going to be a persona; His design was intentionally made to resemble the creator of the Fantoccinism lore, hence his name being The Creator. The logical reasoning at the time being, "If I have made Erin and Sylvester, then I will make them again."
 * Maxwell has since developed to be extremely different since then, to the point he can not be labeled as an extension of myself.
 * He was never given a name aside from The Creator until the end of 2016.
 * Maxwell, Henry, Bonafacious, and Annabelle all have similar amulets: A plush collar with metal chains around a cushion from which the gem is suspended by chains.
 * While Maxwell expresses symptoms of PTSD and Depression, but it is unknown if he is has these mental health issues or not.
 * If he was properly diagnosed, he would be doubtful of having these mental disorders and behave with denial towards them.