Executive Director Kurt Maxwell

Executive Director Kurt Maxwell, or simply Director Maxwell, is the CEO and founder of the Maxwell Tower Entertainment Company. He is a known gangster with ties to the criminals of Neo Miami, and it is suspected that his gambling business endeavors net him over 640 million kranks per year.

## Origin

Kurt Maxwell began his career as a gangster at age 15, when he joined the Albany Street Gang and worked as a bouncer at the gang-operated nightclub. He was known for his average stature but fierce attitude. Soon, his attitude would grab the attention of the small crime boss Vinny Mancini. Mancini offered to make Maxwell one of his personal bodyguards. Accepting the position, Maxwell would observe much of Mancini's work throughout the years and grow a fondness for it on his own. After many years of loyalty, Mancini entrusted him with a new project that could potentially make the Albany Street Gang into a global syndicate. In time, Kurt Maxwell became Executive Director Kurt Maxwell of the new casino tower, in charge of handling the operations and the money laundering back to the mob.

The ambitious Maxwell recognized the opportunity to become a powerful crime lord above the gangs of Neo Miami entirely if he were able to take complete control of the new casino. After using his influence among his subordinates, he was able to acquire 10 million kranks from the money going to the Albany Street Gang. Using this money, he framed Mancini for the money laundering he was responsible for and paid off the legal teams to ensure that he would gain full ownership of the newly named Maxwell Entertainment Tower.

Kurt Maxwell abandoned the Albany Street Gang after this incident, leaving the gang without a major source of income and eventually leading to its collapse. While this was happening, Maxwell turned the one time single establishment into a city wide empire. He set to acquire all casinos in the city, and began doing so by creating deep ties with some of the largest banks in the city. Using his influence, the money provided en masse to the rival casinos was able to be infiltrated by Maxwell's goons. By sending high amounts of counterfeit kranks into casinos, he was able to send in double agents to uncover the casinos new "secret", and use powerful legal team to ruin the casinos future. At this point he'd buy the casino.

As of today, the previously single tower now expands to 92% of all the gambling revenue in Neo Miami. Kurt Maxwell is one of the major kingpins of the city, having powerful influence in many small crime groups without being attached to one specifically.

## Powers and Abilities

Since he was a child, Maxwell has exhibited powerful peoples skills, but with a fierceness to his words that make him especially persuasive. Many gangsters say that the money he pays to his corrupt bankers and lawyers is not as convincing as his words. He is also a born businessman and strategist, able to take over the casino scene in Neo Miami in less than a decade.

His special move, Payout, allows him to store massive amounts of currency in small spaces. Often, he has about 14 million kranks in his shirt pocket at any given time.

## Trivia

* Kurt Maxwell is the client for the infamous bounty on X-ray Los Angeles, as his reserves of wealth have been repeatedly stolen by her.