Max de Vos

*"Alex's roommate and close friend, currently between jobs. The two met in college, and the apartment is technically his - or, rather, it belongs to his mother, a popular model. While he might appear lazy on the surface, he's lately been very keen on developing new skills. Nowadays it's cooking. Not that he's any good at it."* - Max de Vos' character profile

**Max de Vos** is a character in Glory Hounds. He is the roommate and close friend of Alex de Rooij who is constantly in between jobs.

## Appearance

Max is a relatively short butterfly with fine black hair and six segmented legs, two pairs of which act as arms. Max has sharp hairs along his upper arms and gray forearms ending in glovelike hands. He has long gray antenna and a flexible proboscis. There is a puff of yellow fuzz around his neck, within which he conceals a collar that he uses to synthesize speech. Max's large wings are patterned with black stripes and yellow spots. His lower wings also have spots of light blue and two prominent pink eyespots. Max has magenta compound eyes, over which he wears contact lenses that allow him to emote more effectively by displaying expressions resembling emoticons.

Max wears a lopsided baggy pink shirt with white blocks in the center that spell out "BABY BITCH" in pink text, and a pair of loose blue drawstring shorts with yellow highlights on the band, legs, and strings. He also has a black shirt in the same style as the former with a small gray drawing of a butterfly on one side.

## Personality

Max is casual and lighthearted, with an easygoing attitude toward life. He is somewhat of a slacker and tends to spend much of his time on the couch while in between his frequently changing jobs. Max is playful toward his friends and occasionally teases them, though he is also kindhearted and supportive. Max enjoys sharing his attempts at cooking with others and seems to take pride in his concoctions. He also frequently "borrows" or inherits Alex's clothes.

## Story

### Prior to Glory Hounds

Max's mother is a famous model, and he is said to have inherited her looks. Rather than following in her footsteps however, Max tends to treat work on a casual level rather than going for a particular profession. This leads to him constantly being 'in between jobs.'

At some point, Max and Alex became long-term roommates. The two share an apartment in the Sweetwater District of Schippersburg, where Max usually spends his days on the couch watching anime or gaming streams. Shortly before the events of Glory Hounds, Max took up cooking as a new hobby, often with unfortunate results.

### Issue #1

When Alex returns home following his encounter with Dawn Hound and Ishmael, he finds a note from Max inviting him to help himself to the dinner he has made. Max later wakes Alex up after he oversleeps for work, laughing at his roommate falling off the couch and offering to take care of ordering dinner in the event of him potentially losing his job.

### Issue #2

While Max doesn't appear during the main story of Issue #2, he briefly cameos at the end of the build as the host of a livestream called Cooking With Max. He and Ishmael attempt to bake a cake with disastrous results, which Max is oblivious to. He happily greets Alex as he and his date walk into the apartment and offers them a slice of cake when it is finished, though he is forced to end the stream in a hurry when the cake catches fire.

## Relationships

### Alex

Alex is Max's roommate and close friend. The two have shared an apartment for a few years, and get along well. While he has a tendency to playfully rib Alex, Max cares about him and frequently attempts to cook for him (although he is unaware or unbothered by the fact that the results of his cooking are typically inedible.) Max casually refers to Alex with nicknames such as roomie, buddy, or dog-dude, and the two coexist within their shared space well.

## Trivia

* Max is the first Echo Project character to be an insect.
* Max's surname is common in the real-life Netherlands and, curiously, means "The Fox" in Dutch. It is unclear if Max has relatives who are foxes, or even whether there are any meaningful links between names and species in the world of Glory Hounds.

## Gallery

Max in one of his own shirtsPromo art featuring Max illustrated by Shtar.
## References

1. ↑ Redd's CuriousCat
2. ↑ Redd's CuriousCat