Sundowner

"All we're sayin' is... GIVE WAR A CHANCE!"

**Sundowner** is a major antagonist from **Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.**

## Canon

Sundowner was born and raised as an athlete in Alabama, particularly one that was good in his actual studies but far more adept at hurting people. So much so that, as soon as possible, he joined the American military and went overseas in the wake of 9/11. It was during this time period that his nickname, Sundowner, came about due to his bloody dispatching of enemy combatants to the point the immediate area around him looked comparable to a sunset. After being discharged from service, he entered war for personal profit instead. Such visceral action made him an asset to the good people at Desperado Enforcement LLC., giving him cybernetic enhancements and, eventually, position as the de facto CEO. Being a private military contractor, he came across the primary head of rival firm World Marshal, one Senator Armstrong. Being enlightened to an America where he could wage war and bloody violence as he pleased, he joined an unofficial merger with the Senator and became a Wind of Destruction. He became a manager of most of the projects that would seek to set Armstrong up as President of the United States, such as the destabilization of Africa and the running of the cyborg child soldier operation, which put him at odds with Raiden. Such odds resulted in his temporary demise at the hands of Raiden, being pulled into the Paradise shortly after expiring.

## Pre-Paradise

Dead, by virtue of a death by a thousand cuts with a High Frequency blade.

## Plot Involvement

Sundowner remained somewhat inactive for a long period of time after initially joining during the early waves of Paradise occupants. This lead to a meeting and growing resentment for Harley Quinn via the online chat rooms. This escalated in Sundowner picking a two on one fight with her and Blake Belladonna, who she was traveling with at the time. However, he was not yet adjusted to the lowered power of both himself and his abilities and lost the fight handily. The defeat caused him to go looking for trouble and also caused him to blow up on a small Japanese teenager, who happened to be Himiko Toga.

After persuading Toga to stop trying to take one of his Bloodlust blades at the point of the other blade, Sundowner got the novel idea of recruiting Toga into Desperado Enforcement as a protege. She accepted, and not long after Sundowner made contact with a former associate, Jetstream Sam, over a re-initialized codec system. From there, he informed Sam of Toga and his aims to rebuild Desperado and successfully convinced him to assist in the training of Toga. After this, he trolled the internet for any suitable candidates for membership and located the Prince of All Saiyans, Vegeta, challenging the alien to a fight in the hotel’s volcano FPZ.

## Character Relationships

* *Harley Quinn -* An antihero from **DC Comics**. After Sundowner called Harley's screen name out, the two have become very aggressive towards one another to the point Sundowner actually went hunting for her head. This ended at Sundowner's loss and has only increased tensions.
* *Blake Belladonna -* A protagonist from **RWBY**. A friend to Harley and, as such an enemy of Sundowner. Participated in his beating at the hands and has earned his scorn.

## Trivia

* Sundowner is cognizant of how impractical the Bloodlust shears are. He doesn't care.
* Sundowner is partial to barbecue, particularly in the style of his native Alabama, and knows how to cook it somewhat well.