Highlander XTREME

The **Highlander XTREME** is another villain emerging in the Aryaine Kingdom. He is consumed with animosity; considering he made his public debut by killing politicians and destroying banks in order to commit thefts for as long as he desired, without regard for the consequences.

He may or not be the most reckless criminal ever. Depends on how people perceive them.

## Biography

### Background

Malcolm Sizemore is a renowned mercenary, gambler, and thief—a wanted man in every city and country he has visited. Even though he has an explosive temper, he possesses a strict sense of criminal honor, often enforced at the business end of his double-barreled shotgun MAXIMAL.

According to various sources, he survived the *PROJECT-G/NEX War* as Cromatia has been hidden from the megacorporation after a successful heist that involved stealing a MEGA-CLOAK technology. As the *Dawn of Era: An Uprising* comes, he has decided to become a supervillain and designed his own outlandish costume to team up with QUADRA Shooter, as the latter has been expecting his appearance.

### Dawn of Era: An Uprising

Highlander XTREME was another new era supervillain who debuted during *New Heroes, Another Ultimatum*, robbing NEXTECH Man of his technology so that he could improve his equipment to fight him and create his own outlandish costume to help people recognise him, as he clearly does not care about being detected or caught live by the media on his crimes.

#### True Ultimatum

As the planet has been drowned into chaos after LORD ANNIHILATOR unleashed his new army, The tabloid headlines of the Aryaine Kingdom read: "NEXTECH MAN ROBBED BY MYSTERIOUS VILLAIN, 'HIGHLANDER XTREME'! EXPERIMENTAL WEAPONS FALLING INTO DANGEROUS HANDS?" As he pulled out his MAXIM shotgun and shot through the museum skylight, Malcolm scoffed at his new costumed moniker, "Highlander XTREME?" Couldn't think of anything cooler than that?" before descending through the skylight to plunder the treasures within.

Clearly, both Highlander XTREME and QUADRA Shooter have shared the same goal of killing the superhero, though the two has different things to do if they succeed. If he succeeds on killing the superhero, Malcolm can seize more of his technology like prior and prevent him from rejoining the Legion in future combat operations, but his efforts are left unknown if they succeeded or not.

## Personality

Highlander XTREME is a brash supervillain who only cares about killing and being paid. As a result, he used his position to loot banks and public locations without worried about being wanted by the government or even becoming a threat to the Aryan military. He tends to murder people who get in his way due to his irresponsible attitude, although he appears to have a decent honour code by not choosing to spare civilians, nonetheless he still killed a few in his reckless antics, particularly with explosives.

## Abilities

Highlander XTREME has suited himself to perform heavy combat, particularly in rapid robberies and his reckless acts of murder. His costume is notably fireproof, tear resistant and even provides adequate protection from small arms fire, similar to that of a 21st century soldier with kevlar body armour. However, this only lasts long like the compared said piece of protective equipment, meaning Malcolm can only withstand a handful of rounds to his suit before being injured and killed.

Fortunately, he is a skilled tactician that relies in the use of smoke for stealth takedowns in close combat, and to caught off guard enemies at confined spaces. Malcolm appears to be familiar of military strategy.

### Moveset

* **HEAVY THIEVERY**: Highlander XTREME' shotgun has some unique characteristics. As expected for a firearm, a reload is required when he runs out of ammo. The MAXIM shotgun has a four round capacity, which cannot pass through units a it will only tear anything in front, and has minimal penetration power. Non-warriors struck by multiple bullets are knocked back.

* **END OF THE LINE**: Highlander XTREME loads an explosive shell into the chamber, shooting it in his desired target. It is capable of destroying light vehicle armour.

* **CONCEALMENT**: Highlander XTREME fires a smoke canister at the target area creating a cloud of smoke that reduces sight range. Enemies caught in the initial impact are disoriented and have their movement capabilities reduced briefly.

* **QUICKDRAW**: By injecting himself with a SYNTH-NEX drug, his reflexes increases by 200%, allowing to move and use objects eight times faster than normal.

* **CL15 BUCKSHOT**: The MAXIMAL shotgun's ultimate round. It is an explosive shell dealing heavy damage to the first target it hits, and causes considerable effect to nearby targets. After hitting a warrior, surface or reaching the end of its range, the shell explodes, spreading more flammable buckshot in a cone-shaped radius.

### Skills

* **Master Combatant**: Highlander XTREME is a highly skilled combatant. He has great skills in hand-to-hand combat, brawling and demonstrating an impressive level of marksmanship with his trusty shotgun, or grenades.

* **Marksman**: Highlander XTREME is fluent in the use of firearms, such as pistols, rifles, machine guns, shotguns and even launchers. He can also demonstrate great aim without the use of a rifle, since he has an arsenal of explosives.

## Trivia

### General

* Highlander XTREME has robbed NEXTECH Man of his technology and almost murdered his parents. As a result, the superhero faces two powerful supervillains at once.
* He appears to have great skills with his shotgun, hitting impossible shots that is normally not possible for a normal shotgun.
* Malcolm Sizemore is addicted to cigarettes.
* Highlander XTREME is an adept tactician.
* His current costume and shotgun was due to his act of robbery by skillfully stealing a handful of Brayden Jayce's technology.
	+ Malcolm appears to be skilled in engineering due to this.

### Developmental Notes

* Highlander XTREME has no qualms on robbing banks in broad daylight.
* His shotgun is clearly sourced from a Rujian weapon manufacturer.
* He claims to have fought a superheroine who appears to be extremely similar to the deceased VI-516.