Brad Bakshi

**Brad Bakshi** is the head of the *Mythic Quest* monetization department, who frequently uses manipulation to make the game even more profitable.

Brad enjoys playing God and toying with real human beings, bending them to his will. He is often seen as sociopathic since he doesn't necessarily care about what others think about him as long as he can gain something from it. Because of this, Brad is sometimes seem as the so-called villain of Mythic Quest.

In the episode "Dinner Party", it's shown that Brad is of Indian and Polish descent, and can speak Polish.

It is also revealed that he got a scholarship for fencing and minored in archery. He is a skilled fighter and managed to almost beat everyone during the 2021 Everlight event.

It is Brad's dream to build his own money bin, much like the one Scrooge McDuck has. According to him, the children's cartoon, DuckTales, had a strong impact on him growing up and he too wants to 'swim in his hoarded wealth'.

## Background

Although we don't get a very big glimpse into Brad's life before joining Mythic Quest, we know that he most likely had a traumatic childhood.

In "Breaking Brad", it's revealed that Brad is the 'soft' one when put in comparison with his older brother, Zack. When they were younger, the two of them were given pigs to raise and slaughter. However, Brad grew attached and couldn't kill his pig, Kate, when the time came. Zack ended up killing her and the experience seems to have scarred Brad greatly. During the episode, Zach also belittles Brad, calling him 'motu' (meaning fat), taunts him with birthday cake while being fully aware of Brad's eating disorder, and turns the other Mythic Quest staff against him by putting on the 'caring older brother' act.

His father was also, according to Zack, verbally abusive towards Brad, and called him a pussy.

## Personality

It seems at first like Brad doesn't care about Mythic Quest and is only doing his job in the most evil and bothersome way possible. Throughout Season 1, he is often thought of by the staff at Mythic Quest as an sociopath.

He is petty at times, as can be seen from "The Casino", where he took his belonging (including his desk) from his shared office, made every purchasable item in Mythic Quest free, and told an entire group of coders to go home, just to get a point around. The only reason he came back was because Ian offered him what he wanted, the Masked Man Casino.

Brad doesn't seem to care about the wellbeing or happiness of his co workers and doesn't seem to have any trouble manipulating or humiliating them to get what he wants. In The Convention, he, along with Ian, didn't listen to what Poppy was trying to say, kept ignoring her, and whenever she finally got her chance to talk, belittled and mocked her. In Non-Player Character, he messed with C.W. and tricked him into thinking that a machine was capable of writing great prose and that he was no longer needed. The machine turned out to be an air conditioner and the piece of writing Brad presented to C.W. turned out to be his own work from his book, Tears of the Anaren. In Brendan, when Dana requested that she take a break from streaming, he quickly rejected it, saying 'You're right, I don't care about your personal life'.

Brad also seems to like taking bets but in a strange way. Instead of money, he prefers to ask for hair from the other person. In Permadeath, When Poppy agreed to bet with him on who was going to win the Masked Man fight, he specifically said 'not money, hair'. He also got David to shave his eyebrows, his moustache and take out his eyelashes when he lost their Street Fighter game in Quarantine.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "Pilot"
	+ "The Casino"
	+ "Dinner Party"
	+ "The Convention"
	+ "Non-Player Character"
	+ "Permadeath"
	+ "Brendan"
	+ "Blood Ocean"
	+ "Quarantine"
	+ "Everlight"
* Season 2
	+ "Titans' Rift"
	+ "Grouchy Goat"
	+ "#YumYum"
	+ "Breaking Brad"
	+ "Please Sign Here"
	+ "Juice Box"
	+ "TBD"
* Season 3
	+ "Across the Universe"
	+ "Partners"