Maxwell Lord (DC Extended Universe)

## Villain Description

### Goals

Become the most powerful man in the entire globe by using people's wishes via dreamstone and stealing something from them (failed)
Corrupt Barbara and turn her against Wonder Woman (succeeded)
Reunite with his long lost son and return home (succeeded)

### Hobbies

Manipulating others
Making money

### Powers

Control over others
Fulfilling people's wishes in return for something he wants (temporary)

### Skills

Charisma
Manipulation
Wisdom

### Type of Villain

Power-Hungry Businessman

**Maxwell Lord** is the main antagonist of the 2020 DC movie *Wonder Woman: 1984*. He is the head of a tycoon called The Black Gold Cooperative who uses dreamstone, created by the gods prior to humanity.

He is portrayed by Pedro Pascal, who also played as Agent Whiskey.

## History

Maxwell Lord is the power-hungry, greedy and ruthless CEO of The Black Gold Cooperative and he seeks to use the dreamstone as part of his own ambitious purposes. As part of his search for the dreamstone, he meets with Diana / Wonder Woman and Barbara Ann Minerva and convinces them to fulfill their wishes by using the stone which he already has. Diana wishes for Steve Trevor to come back to life, while Barbara wishes to become a role model just like Diana. During a ball gala, Maxwell convinces Barbara to find the missing dreamstone for him. She agrees as she is now desperate to become as strong and fantastic as her former friend. Barbara eventually brings the stone to him and he wishes to be the embodiment of the stones, as he could make people's wishes come true in return for something they have. He eventually becomes a very dominant figure around the world, and he offers lots of people to fulfill their wishes through him, as he hid the acts of destruction which his magic would cause in return.

Diana, Barbara and Steve Trevor discover that there is only one way to defeat Maxwell as the embodiment of the dreamstone; they need to make every user of the stone reannounce their wish.

Furthermore, Steve realizes that his existance comes at the cost of Diana's powers. Maxwell then uses the U.S President's satellite in order to be connected with all the screens and devices in the world. He tries to get the entire world populace to fulfill their dreams so that he can have everything he wants. Barbara joins his forces by wishing to become the Cheetah. Steve however saves the world by telling Wonder Woman to reannounce her wish. She does so, and she goes to fight against Maxwell Lord. She catches Maxwell with the lasso of truth, and shows the world how cruel he really is. She convinces all the people to re announce their wish. However, she discovered that he is doing his acts of mischief and world dominance because he lost his son, and eventually, he goes to find his son and reunite with him. He redeems himself by successfully reuniting with his son and apologizing for his mistakes.

## Personality

Maxwell Lord is a charismatic brute who enjoys manipulating people for his own benefit. He intends to become the richest and most powerful superhero in the world and even goes to steal Wonder Woman's powers and ruining her friendship with Barbara. However, despite his villainy, he does care about his son Alistair.

## Trivia

* Maxwell Lord is the second Wonder Woman major villain to not be punished despite his crimes. The first is the horrible scientist Doctor Poison.