Midas

Midas is a greedy, arrogant version of Mario who had let a Gold Flower power-up get to his head. He’s always on the hunt for anything that he can turn into coins, including other living creatures.
== Biography ==
Midas first obtained the gold flower power-up during one of his journeys to save Princess Peach from Bowser. Upon obtaining the power-up, Midas proceeded to eliminate every enemy and block in his path to collect as many coins as possible since the flower caused him to gain intense cravings for wealth.
Midas used to look like a golden Mario until he had been attacked by King Koopa. Bowser’s fire breath caused Midas’ body to melt halfway, but it had only subdued him for a moment, as he was able to chuck a fireball at Bowser, turning him into a pile of coins. As Midas entered the room where Peach was being held, she started to scream in horror as she didn’t recognize that the half molten man was Mario. Aggravated by the screaming, Midas, without thinking, threw a fireball at Peach to silence her, turning the princess into a pile of coins. However, instead of panicking about the situation, Midas was overjoyed. Midas realized that he could turn almost anything and anyone into coins, giving him a grand amount of wealth. This only fueled Midas’ desire for money further.
Since then, Midas has decided to hunt down all the living creatures in his world for his own personal gain. The gold flower’s endless thirst for wealth must be quenched.
== Abilities/Weaknesses ==
=== Abilities ===
Gold Fireballs: Throws explosive fireballs that turn people and bricks into coins.
Flexibility: Able to bend and twist in many unimaginable ways.
Reformation: He will constantly form missing pieces of himself.
Gold Block: An unbreakable helmet that Midas can summon. It provides indefinite head protection until removed.
=== Weaknesses ===
Ego: He always thinks that he is, and always will be, stronger than everyone else. This occasionally puts him in bad situations.
Water: Can’t swim because of his molten legs, thus making water one of the biggest hazards.
Greed: Can easily be bribed with a large sum of money.
== Trivia ==
- A creature that gets turned into coins doesn't die. Instead, they are trapped in a cramped, dark space within their mind, unable to move at all since their body was broken down into a bunch of coins. Obviously, they cannot move or speak.
- Midas has a seemingly endless desperation for maximum wealth, and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
- Midas wears his gold block to hide his face since he's very unsatisfied with the way he turned out after his fight with Bowser, though he chooses not to wear his gold block most of the time since he finds it uncomfortable.
- Should ever Midas find a way to turn everyone and everything in his world to riches, he would start trying to find a way to travel to different universes to continue his quest, attempting to turn other horrorbrews into golden coins.
- Midas absolutely hates people who are richer than him.
- In his eyes, there is no such thing as “too much money”.
- Midas gave himself his name after turning Bowser into coins.
- If Midas were to ever attempt at making an ally in his world, it would most likely be with Nabbit.
== Gallery ==
File:Blockhead.png|Midas with his Gold Block.
Category:In Universe
Category:Mario-Based
Category:Male
Category:New Super Mario Bros. 2 Based