Peacemaker (DC Extended Universe)

**Cristopher Smith**, also known as a vigilante called **Peacemaker**, is one of the two central antagonists (alongside Starro) of the 2021 DC movie *The Suicide Squad* and the main protagonist in the series *Peacemaker*.

He is a vigilante and a supervillain with good meanings who intends to bring peace, justice and liberty to the entire world by assisting Amanda Waller and joining forces with the Task Force X cause he was promised that if he does his job correctly he shall get a pardon and therefore he will be able to fight for justice. However, despite his good meanings, he is shown to be very treacherous and agressive.

## History

Peacemaker was a delusional and yet a well meaning extremist who thought that the world is corrupted and the only way to fix humanity is to kill the people whom he sees them as traitors or enemies for peace. He does this however only so there will be peace, and he believes that by riding the world of sins and sinners he could achieve his goals. He was eventually imprisoned up until the day in which Amanda Waller offered him to join the second Task Force X, which was divided to teams. Waller tasked them with removing every trace of Waller's involvement in Project Starish, in which Silvio Luna and The Thinker were experimenting on Starro in order to use it as a weapon.

Peacemaker later went with the other members of Task Force X to finish their job at Corto Maltese for Waller. He quickly developed into Bloodsport's rival as he wanted to lead the task himself and gain a pardon from Waller.

The two of them also had very different personalities and ideas and therefore they disliked one another. They also both tried to catch the attention of The Ratcatcher 2. During the night, the crew gets attacked by King Shark and The Ratcatcher offers him friendship so he will not eat any of them, much to Peacemaker's ammusment.

Waller contacts the squad during the next morning and asks them to rescue Rick Flagg from an enemy camp for her. Peacemaker tries to impress everyone and lead the team instead of Bloodsport. Later, they find Rick as he was captive by a rebel force as against General Presidente Luna. One of the rebels called Sol Soria reveals that the other rebels saved her life from Luna and that they all want to end the madman's reign of terror and be free.

Later, the squad including Peacemaker go to a nightclub where they abduct The Thinker/Gaius Grieves, and force him to cooperate and serve them. However, the armed forces arrive to rescue Grieves, and as a distraction, Peacemaker, Flag and Bloodsport allow the militants to keep them captive only so The Polka Dot Man and the Ratcatcher 2 could escape with Gaius.

The team then learn that Harley Quinn was kidnapped by Silvio Luna and General Suarez. Peacemaker at first doesn't want to rescue her, but he comes despite his difference of opinion.

However, when they come to rescue Harley they learn that she escaped all by herself from Luna's grasp. Eventually, the team go to stop The Thinker and destroy Starro completely. However, Starro tricks them by looking innocent and makes them think that Gaius is the culprit. Peacemaker however has his own plans, and he stops Flag from exposing the file which reveals Waller's involvement, since she promised him to give him a pardon and that was his opportunity to bring peace to the world in his own way. Before fighting Flag, however, the bombs were activated and Starro escaped from it's cage, thus attacking everyone and killing The Thinker first. He then begins to fight Flag as the two continue to fight for the files, and in the middle of the battle, he manages to murder Flag, whom in his last breathe curses Peacemaker and mocks him with his plans.

The Ratcatcher 2 is horrified to see him murder Flagg and she starts fighting out of rage against The Peacemaker. She gets hold of the file but as she tries to escape with it, Peacemaker shoots her despite her begging him not to kill her, and despite the fact they liked one another at first.

Bloodsport however manages to seemingly kill Peacemaker, despite the fact that he survived and continued operating later on. He is once again imprisoned, and as punishment for betraying her Waller forced two of her staff; John Economos and Emilia Harcourt to supervise him in his recovery and any further action he takes.