Maximus Hunter

**Maximus Hunter** (born April 2, 1985) is the main antagonist of the fantasy, action-adventure series, Out of Time.

Maximus is the second-born child and son of Azaria Hunter, the Queen Mother of Solaria and Kamari Hunter, the King Father of Solaria, the younger brother of Sarai Hunter, the younger twin brother of Malachi Hunter. the uncle of Theo, Symone and Grace Hunter. Maximus is an incredibly powerful witch, who's inherited his magic from the Hunter family line. He is a former protector of The Codex, who's traveled throughout history, as a hero, until becoming a symbol of darkness and becoming one of the most powerful villains and most dangerous witches in the world.

## Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses

### Powers

* **Magic**: Maximus has inherited powerful magic from his parents. He is a skilled sorcerer, and arguably one of the most powerful witches in the series. He is experienced in dark magic, although it took it many years to master, approximately over the last twenty years.
	+ **Air Magic**: Air Magic is a branch of elemental magic practiced by witches who specialize in it, allowing them to harness air molecules within the atmosphere. At a young age, Maximus specialized in air magic, learning to harness electrical currents, which is the most common practice of air magic, allowing him to manipulate electricity, to create bursts of lightning from his palms.
		- **Sound Manipulation**: Maximus is able to manipulate sound to his desire. He was able to spy on Theo's conversation with Sarai, when she told him about their family lineage of witches.
* **Dark Magic**: Dark Magic is a branch of magic practiced by witches who use morally questionable methods to get what they want, drawing on dark forces and committing malicious acts. Maximus' dark magic manifests as a luminescent red mist or vapor mixed with black smoke. According to Hunter, some of his dark powers took years of study to master.
	+ **Energy Manipulation**: Hunter is able to shape his dark and mystical energy into tangible constructs and utilize it in various ways. When initially confronting his nephew Theo, he conjured magical bindings around his wrists and ankles to restrain him. Similarly, he was able to conjure magical strings to hold Jonas West by his neck.
		- **Energy Absorption**: When Maximus was on trail, he was capable of corrupting the magic from the witches of his trial, effectively siphoning their energies and killing them.
		- **Energy Projection**: Hunter could project powerful bolts and blasts of red mystical energy from his hands.
		- **Levitation**: Hunter arrived flying to New York. After being knocked over by Theo's energy blast, he was able to raise himself back onto his feet.
	+ **Mental Manipulation**: Maximus' magic allows him to interact with and control the minds of others.
	+ **Spellcasting**: Maximus is able to control magic in order to cast spells and manipulate aspects of reality. He was able to cast various telekinetic spells, with various effects, following several different effects, with the various incantations, *Ascendo*, in order to lift someone into the air, *Autem*, in order to destabilize many various bricks and destructive effects, *Vitae*, in order to throw his nephew Theo back telekinetically, etc. Maximus cast an immobilization spell on Theo, casting the incantation *Immobilus.* He was even able to successfully cast a fire that Jada accidentally cast. He was able to cast a *Conus Silenti* spell, in order to prevent people from hearing him and Theo from having a conversation while in a restaurant.
	+ **Conjuration**: Maximus was capable of causing his grimoire to materialize out of a small red portal to read the description of a spell to cast, before sending it back through it.