Chris Maddleton

Chris Maddleton is the leader of the Third Street Saints as of 2011 and became President of the United States of America in 2016. Known for his determination, arrogance, recklessness and ferocity towards his rivals, he was a force to be reckoned with by anyone who dared to challenge or disagree with him. He is the earliest and first recorded incarnation of Persephone Brimstone, Minister of Gluttony turned leader of the M.A.Y.H.E.M. Initiative on Earth-87469.
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== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Chris Maddleton is the son of Katherine, a bank teller and friend of Julius Little when she was younger. Growing up with an abusive father, Chris had a rough childhood as did his older brother and sister, Kaleb and Monique. Chris also dealt with bullying in school as well, in which when he was 16, a group of bullies pinned him down and put a burn mark on his leg with a cigarette.
It was when Chris was 17 years old that Katherine divorced Jack and he was never allowed to see or go near his daughter and two sons again.
=== Saints Row ===
Chris moved out in his early twenties, seeking employment and a place to call his own. However, it was one night in 2006 that would change his life as he found himself caught in a shootout between the Westside Rollerz, Los Carnales and Vice Kings, he was injured during the shootout and almost executed by a sole surviving member of the Vice Kings. But Troy Bradshaw and Julius Little saved his life. Seeing potential in Chris, Julius offered him a position in the Third Street Saints to fight back against the other gangs and make Stilwater peaceful once more.
Through this, Chris made many unlikely new friends-Johnny Gat, Dex, Troy Bradshaw, Julius Little and Lin Harper in which he helped out with their assignments on helping to take down each rival gang. Though his communication with others was rare, his friends began to understand him anyway and knew he was listening and understood them clearly. Over the next few months within 2006, Chris and his friends became almost as bad as the rival gangs after Stilwater was reclaimed. This change in behavior came to Julius' concern when he was arrested by Chief Monroe.
Upon being rescued, Julius planted a bomb on the boat of Alderman Richard Hughes and blew it up, allegedly murdering Chris as well. However, the explosion seriously injured Chris and put him into a coma.
=== Saints Row 2 ===
What remained of Chris' body was recovered and he was placed in the Stilwater prison to recover. After five years in a coma, Chris woke up and with the help of Carlos Mendoza, he escaped and found himself in a whole new world. Stilwater had changed drastically after Ultor renovated the city and it had been taken over by the Brotherhood, Sons of Samedi and Ronin following the absence of the Third Street Saints. Chris rescued Johnny Gat from execution by the electric chair and they set out to reform the Saints, gathering new recruits and new lieutenants Pierce Washington, Shaundi Wilson and Carlos Mendoza.
As months went by, the war with the new gangs raged on. When no more gangs stood in the way, Stilwater belonged to the 3rd Street Saints once more but a new enemy rose. Dane Vogel sought to renovate another district of Stilwater by eradicating the Saints by forcing them into a trap, but with little success. Furious, Chris made Dane his next target. The Saints started to sabotage Ultor by destroying the mysterious Pyramid, thus proving it's existence, before killing Dane himself with a bullet to the mouth.
=== World-Wide Fame ===
Following the events of Saints Row 2, the 3rd Street Saints became world famous icons and international celebrities. They somewhat moved on from their gangster roots. Pierce became an ambassador for the Saints Flow energy drink, Shaundi had a major makeover and became the host of her own TV show, Chris became a fashion a model while Johnny became a public figure himself, becoming something of an actor and gaining several movie deals in which he stars in.
=== Saints Row: The Third ===
Chris, Shaundi and Johnny found themselves in jail after a bank heist went wrong. They were bailed out by the DeWynter sisters, Viola and Kiki, proteges of The Morningstar. Brought aboard a Morningstar owned plane, Chris and his friends were confronted by Phillipe Lloren. As his criminal syndicate was expanding into Packard County, he offered to share the division with the Saints, in which they would have to give up 66% of their monthly gross revenue. Chris and Johnny declined, so Phillipe ordered a member to execute them. Johnny broke free and helped Chris and Shaundi escape. As Chris and Shaundi fled, Johnny stayed behind to fend of waves of Morningstar members. Chris and Shaundi, believing Johnny died, found themselves in Steelport. Seeking revenge for their fallen friend, Chris, Shaundi and Pierce set out and murdered their way through Steelport. Proving that they had not gone soft following their status as international celebrities.
Following the death of Phillipe, Chris and his gang returned to Stilwater to hold a funeral for Johnny but it was interrupted by Killbane and The Luchadores in retaliation for the death of Phillipe. Oleg told Chris of others that opposed The Syndicate-Kinzie Kensington, Zimos and Angel De LaMuerte, so Chris recruited them to the Saints. Following the recruitment of Angel, kinzie and Zimos, Chris got word of Luchadore presence in Stilwater, finding out they were in his mother's neighborhood. Desperate to save his mother, he returned to Stilwater in an attempt to rescue her from her burning house but he arrived to late and she perished inside. Filled with revenge and hatred towards Killbane, Chris returned to Steelport to finish The Syndicate once and for all.
The gang violence in Steelport rose drastically following the death of Katherine due to Chris' revenge-filled killing spree, forcing Senator Monica Hughes to establish the S.T.A.G. Initiative to combat gang violence around the world, first deploying it in Steelport because of the increase in violence. Before Chris could deal with The Deckers and Luchadores, Chris and the Saints sabotaged and destroyed S.T.A.G. property, rendering them unable to continue operating before finishing off the Deckers and Luchadores. With S.T.A.G. no more, it's Commander Cyrus Temple went rogue and was forced to resign.
=== Saints Row IV ===
Several months later, Chris, Shaundi and Pierce took part in a black ops mission with MI6 agent Asha Odekar, with the assistance of Matt Miller and Kinzie Kensington to assassinate the rogue Cyrus Temple, who made allies with terrorists in Iran to make the United States start over by destroying Washington, D.C. with a nuclear warhead. They fought their way through the underground facility where Chris killed Cyrus and stopped the nuke, saving millions of lives. He landed through the roof of the White House and found himself in the Oval Office. From there he had an epiphany, the 3rd Street Saints go into politics and become the new cabinet of the White House. Chris became president elect, teaming up with Keith David to be his Vice President. One year later, Chris successfully won the election and the Saints moved into the White House.
Chris was a good president and world leader over the next four years but it didn't go without controversy. In 2019 everything changed when Earth was attacked by Zinyak and his Zin Empire. Along with millions of people around the world, almost the entire white house cabinet was abducted. Chris remained and fought back. He was close to killing Zinyak then and there but was defeated and abducted himself and placed in a 1950s simulation. He managed to oppose the programming of said simulation with the help of Kinzie. But Zinyak entered and placed him into a new one where he faced his dreaded past before finding himself in a simulated Steelport controlled by Zin. With the help of Kinzie, Chris managed to break out once more and escaped the mothership with Kinzie and Keith. However, Earth was atomised, forcing them to return into the simulated Steelport and find the others. Shaundi, Peirce, matt, Asha and Ben were rescued and they all worked together to bring down the Simulation network, which led to Chris discovering that his best friend Johnny Gat was alive. Through his arrogance and recklessness, Chris rescued Johnny gat at the cost of Zinyak finding their location but they fought back. The simulation network was brought down and Zinyak had his head ripped off by Chris, who became the new leader of the Zin Empire. Soon after, Chris and the Saints saved Christmas and defeated Clawz.
=== Saints Row: Gat out of Hell ===
Upon celebrating Kinzie's birthday, Chris is sucked into a portal taking him to Hell where he is forced to marry Satan's daughter Jezebel so Hell's army can invade the multiverse. However, Johnny and Kinzie follow and wreak havoc in Hell with the help of Dane Vogel, Blackbeard, Vlad The Impaler, William Shakespeare and Viola and Kiki DeWynter. Upon defeating Satan, Chris, Kinzie and Jezebel are returned to the real world while Johnny is taken to heaven by God. At the request of Johnny, God is asked to restore Earth. Unable to fulfil the request entirely, God focuses his attention on maintaining Earth-87469 by placing the memories of the Saints into their alternate counterparts of said timeline while Chris was reincarnated into a young, high spirited teenage girl from Paris named Persephone Lamatre'.
== Personality ==
Upon joining the Third Street Saints in 2006 in Saints Row, Chris remained quiet, often too timid to speak and often being referred to as a mute by his unlikely new friends. However, after helping defeat each enemy gang leader-Joseph Price, Angelo Lopez and Tanya Winters, he would occasionally speak, much to another's surprise.
As of Saints Row 2, Chris became extremely viscous towards the rival gangs, showing no remorse whatsoever when taking lives, whether it be the lives of innocent or not so innocent people such as Maero, Mr. Sunshine, Kazuo Akuji and Jyunichi, all of whom had violent, unpleasant deaths.
After becoming a fashion model and celebrity as of Saints Row: The Third, Chris left behind his mostly cold personality and became somewhat of a "public darling" as did Shaundi Wilson, Pierce Washington and Johnny Gat, who was defiant towards the Saints becoming celebrities and forgetting the roots they came from. Being a fashion model and head of the Saints entirely, Chris was affected by the fame the most, seeing it as a way to show off to everyone, including his school bullies. His ego only grew when they started earning money off merchandise and movie deals.
After the believed death of Johnny at the alleged hands of Phillipe Lloren, leader of The Morningstar and The Syndicate, Chris's ferocity towards Saint adversaries returned when Phillipe became his primary target. The death of his mother only made the Saints and Chris himself more aggressive towards the Syndicate, causing gang violence in Steelport 25% worse than when the Saints first arrived. His hatred towards Killbane and The Syndicate only grew each day after the organization cost him two of the closest people in his life.
Following the fight against the Zin Empire, Chris displayed great signs of arrogance and selfishness towards his friends. After finding out Johnny Gat was alive, he would argue with anyone who said otherwise and set out to rescue him, a reckless move that allowed Zinyak to pinpoint their current location resulting in Kinzie being captured and placed in another simulation despite her physical body being on the same ship that her friends were.
Chris is known by his friends and his rivals for his ferocity, determination, recklessness and desire for violence. None of his friends dare to disagree with him. Because of his determination, he makes it obligation to achieve his goal, no matter the cost and no matter how many lives are lost along the way, having no regard for the lives of civilians and law enforcement, such goals include reclaiming Stilwater from the Brotherhood, Sons of Samedi and Ronin and avenging Johnny and his mother. If someone disagrees with his opinion or a task he has given them, he will become aggressive towards them, such as when he assigned Shaundi to helping takedown the Sons of Samedi, she questioned the task and he showed signs of aggression towards her, intimidating her in the process, making her back away and do what she was told.
== Appearance ==
In Saints Row, Chris has short blonde hair. He wears a black t-shirt with baggy jeans and canvas shoes. In Saints Row 2, he wears more appealing clothing, instead, he wears a white tank top with jeans and has a tattoo of the Fleur De Lis on his left arm.
In Saints Row: The Third, following his new status as a fashion model and international celebrity, Chris wears more appropriate clothing to match his status. He has long, brown hair with a pair of shades worn on top. With sneakers, jeans an a formal dress shirt in Saints purple with a button up vest and a grey formal jacket, it's buttons consisting of the Fleur De Lis itself.
As President of the United States of America, Chris maintains more of a formal appearance. He wears a full suit and tie. The slacks and jacket itself are Saints purple in color. The jacket is left unbuttoned, revealing a button up best worn underneath in which the buttons on it are also Fleur De Lis.