McMahon

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Captian **McMahon** is the antagonist of *"**Burning Hell**."* The captain of the Karvan Pirates, he hopes to indices China and Britain into starting the opium war against each other.

## Appearance

A large, wide and stout man with some facial hair, consisting of a curved moustache and stubble, his dark hair is somewhat curled and wide as well as a long, big nose.

He has a wide, unequal pirate hat with a large feather to the left side with his pirate clothing like a large, dark, thick jacket with the coat tail reaching his knees; the cuffs are somewhat elegant; his inner clothing is a thick, white jacket with many buckles; and finally, he wears short pants and shoes to his right food and a wooden beg replacing his left foot.

## Personality

McMahon most of the time is a hearty and proud man with a joyful and charismatic charm as he's always confident and seems to not be alarmed by obstacles and dangers. However, he is quite merciless as he kills his own crew if they rebel but will give chances beforehand. At times, can be arrogant and egoistical as he monologues to himself about his plan. In contrast, he can show respect if his enemies has proven to be formidable.

## Background

Nothing is known of his past. He at some point was recruited by some higher power and lead the Karvan Pirates. He was instructed to use a supernatural opium and create conflict between Britain and China in creating the opium war.

## Plot Overview

### Prior

Sometime before, he somehow met Eddie (presumably as a corpse) and resurrects him using his opium. As an undead, he follows his orders as he deems him his masterpiece as he demonstrated in killing 5,000 Portuguese soldiers.

After, he was instructed by someone to kidnap Isao Jeong, a Chinese princess from the Qing Dynasty. He and his crew managed but was very risky. They then landed at Burning Hell to kill Isao.

### Battle At Burning Hell

Arriving at Burning Hell, he orders his crew to unload their cargo. In his quarters, he discusses with his men as one of them was concerned of their actions which may lead to their deaths. McMahon tells him to not worry as they are pirates but he began a mutiny. Without mercy, he kills him and warns his crew to not rebel. Then, he hears commotion outside and heads to see his men being slaughtered by Jyu and Han Kim. Confused, he was with Eddie, his second in command, as they watch. However, his crew was all slain and sends in Eddie. As he fights with the criminals, he briefly explains of how Eddie is his best man and masterpiece as he had killed thousands of soldiers.

However, after Eddie was killed, McMahon himself joins to fight and lands on the beach but hurts his legs briefly. He then monologues of his plans and how his opium will make him rich by causing the opium war between Britain and China. He sprouts monster crab like legs from his back and attacks by range. Overwhelming them, they ran away towards the ship which took McMahon some time to catch up. As he deals with Jyu, he indirectly destroys parts of his ship as he gets onboard and sees Isao is released.

Enraged, he grabs Isao to ensure his plans to succeed but Han cuts his limbs down. In final battle, he fights against the coordination of the two but ultimately was killed as his head was sliced off. However, he was still alive and tried to land one last attack but failed. Before his death, he congratulates them both for killing him as it is difficult to achieve. He warns them that his superior that sent him will send more and will not stop. He then dies as his ship is scuttled.

## Relationships

**Karvan Pirates**

* Eddie
* McMahon's Superior

**Enemies**

* Jyu
* Han Kim
* Isao Jeong

## Abilities & Equipment

**Abilities**

* **Supernatural Opium** - It's very much unknown what it looks like or what it actually does, the only thing known for certain is that its the source of McMahon's powers. A few examples of the supernatural abilities McMahon has demonstrated:
	+ *Crab/Spider Legs* - McMahon's main ability, he sprouts a pair of arthropod-like limbs from his back which he can use to attack opponents from a distance away. However, when he's enraged, McMahon can sprout up to four of these legs instead of two.
	+ *Semi-Immortality* - When using the Opium, McMahon is capable of surviving normally fatally injury and regrowing lost limbs. Even when it was used up, he was able to stay alive but this was short lived as the wounds inflicted on him were too much for him.
	+ *Tongue Shot*: McMahon is capable of extending his tongue out and transforming it into a proboscis-like needle to strike his opponent's at a range when they're unprepared.
	+ *Telekinetic Explosion* - McMahon is capable of exploding anyone from within; when using this power, his eye changes with the pupil becoming star-like. Interestingly, his shadow charges to that of his target, although whether this has any significance is unknown.
	+ *Necromancy* - McMahon is able to resurrect dead bodies, such as with Eddie.

**Equipment**

* Cane

## Trivia

* He has a catchphrase, often saying, "CHOP, CHOP, CHOP."
* McMahon has incredible amount of changes from the original to the rebooted webtoon:
	+ The source of power of Captain McMahon was some sort of black/demon magic called "Roar" rather than supernatural opium.
	+ Originally, McMahon's goal was to gain more supernatural power instead of selling his opium to all around Asia to destroy it from within.
	+ He plan to make Isao (Catherine) a demonic sacrifice then using her to incentives the opium war.

* In the Super String Mobile Game:
	+ His tongue shot is referenced in his skill set but is altered in how it functions.
	+ His crab legs are also referenced in his skill set.
	+ he is voiced by voice actor, *"Kwon Chang-wook."* He also voiced Suho Jin in the game. He is known to dub Handsome Jack from *"Borderlands 2,"* Henry Henderson from *"Spy X Family,"* and Lando Calrissian from *"Star Wars."*

* It's highly possible that McMahon is a Black Wing Clan member, if this is true, it would mean that he is the earliest human to become one:
	+ In the Superstring Encyclopedia, McMahon's necromancy through opium is similar to Euitae Yoo's necromancy.
	+ His telekinesis-based explosion is very similar to Ajitae's abilities.
	+ Although non-canon, if the original concept of Roar was kept, it would be more believable of McMahon being a clan member, as Roar requires a human sacrifice. This resembles Lou Ellus, a character in **Blade of the Phantom Master**, who massacred tons of people in order to summon the Black Wing Clan.

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Superstring Mobile Game (Character Model)
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