Maximus

*"Based on the Impossible odds, a deity or two, some voodo-looking dark magic over there, a few dragon corpses here, and a vast abundance of idiots whom utterly refuse to learn, I'd say it is Tuesday afternoon again."*

- Maximus

Muxian "Maximus" Seeriaros is a bronze half-Dragon former member of the Knights of Tyr, and the son of Callistus Seeriaros.

Unknowing of his orgins or blood relatives, the only blood relations Maximus is aware of is to his father Callistus. His earliest memories involve training with with swords by his father and other members of the Knights of Tyr. Due to his heritage and relation to a high-ranking member of the order, Maximus was overpromoted very quickly within the order. He largely avoids speaking of his time in the order, calling them on multiple occasions *"A band of blabbering smite-happy idiots to obsessed with doctrine to be effective."*

After being forcibly complicit in many of the order's deeds, Maximus attempted to fake his death. He succeeded after the second attempt, making his way to the Menagerie Coast, where he was a founding member of The Mad Menagerie.

During his tenure early in the group's history, Maximus acquired an adamantine longsword he named "Stormfang". This sword has been a signature weapon of his. Its lightning enchantment strengthened by numerous mages and numerous blacksmiths across the world. These upgrades would be concluded by Maximus himself using his own blood and the aid of Maxwell. of He also uses employs an excessive amount of dynamite in combat, much to the dismay of the sword-and-shield purist Callistus.

Also during this tenure, he also witnessed the return of Helm and the reformation of the Knights of Tyr into a new iteration of the Everwatching Knights. While Maximus has served Helm's first champion of this new era, he has yet to take proper command of the Everwatching Knights, which currently rests with Callistus.

## Early Years with Knights of Tyr

Muxian's earliest memories include training with the Knights of Tyr. Due to number of factors such as an entire childhood of training with the Knights, not knowing any blood-related family bar for Callistus, constant and seemingly random promotions, and his inability to leave the order; Muxian believed that he was bred for the sole purpose of being a living weapon for the Knights of Tyr. This line of thinking was only reinforced by the extremist beliefs of the order such as their attitudes towards half-breeds and slavery.

During his time within the order, Muxian was dispatched on numerous missions that put him firsthand against many of the enemies of the order. Upon a particularly nasty incident with a doppelganger left him wounded and saw him promoted to Commander, he was mostly to a desk and forced to rubber-stamp any orders that crossed it, one of which was a purge order. This event hung heavy over him, and lead him to take more aggressive actions to leave the order. These actions were mostly foiled by Callistus.

After pulling some strings, Muxian was able to lead missions himself. During which, he attempted to fake his death. When he finally succeeded, he changed his name to Maximus. Six months later, he found himself in the Menagerie Coast, taking a fateful job to investigate a temple that would see the formation of The Mad Menagerie.

## The Mad Menagerie

Maximus was with the group throughout most of their entire adventure, avoiding the Knights of Tyr patrolling around the region. He avoided being captured by the order. During these adventures, he bought an Adamantine longsword, and began taking it to various mages and enchanters to place and strengthen a lightning damage enchantment upon it. This sword, named "Stormfang", became a hallmark of his due to the excessive amount of gold poured into enhancing it to an extraordinary level of power.

When Callistus mustered the Knights of Tyr to aid Estoshen, Maximus attempted to confront his father to discover that he had been under the influence of a mind flayer for an unknown amount of time.

Maximus was among the first to know of Helm's return from retirement, and begrudgingly accepted the deity's help. He would later begrudgingly accept the mantle of champion and the Everwatching Armor.

During the Battle of Rexingtrum, he was sent to Avernus by Estoshan in a last-ditch effort to save his designs for the city. Maximus made his way out with the help of Robin Banks after surviving some time there and seeing glimpses of Tiamat and Avernus's legal system.

Prior to the final confrontation with Estoshan, Maximus and Maxwell enhanced Stormfang a final time with Maximus's own blood and various parts Maxwell had acquired from creatures native to the Isle of Wyverns.