Mad-Man

> That savage! Has he no dignity?
> Dignity?! I would argue that thing's barely human.
>
> Lord Darlington and Charles

The **Mad-Man** was an escaped mental asylum patient during the year 1890 in England. He was the main antagonist in the episode *The Primal Theory*.

## Appearance

The Mad-Man has a very large and muscular physique. His arms and legs are extra wide in comparison to the rest of his body. He is bald and has menacing facial features, yellow eyes and sharp, jagged teeth. The Mad-Man possesses tattoos of a skull on his chest with snakes coming out of the eye sockets that reach to his back and the word "death" printed on his belly.

As far as clothing goes, the Mad-Man wears only a pair of blue and white-striped pajama pants.

## Personality

The Mad-Man displays a brutal, murderous, sadistic behavior. He appears incapable of speech or is unwilling to do so, instead only making deranged noises and maniacal laughter. He apparently kills anyone he finds with his bare hands and sharp teeth, then often feeding on their corpses.

Contrasting his joy at causing harm to others is his rage at being harmed himself. It's only when Lord Darlington starts to fight back and injure the Mad-Man that the maniacal grin he wears changes to a scowl. While the Mad-Man enjoys making sport of others he cannot abide being the one hurt and hunted himself.

Despite his animalistic tendencies, the Mad-Man displays intelligence to some degree. He was shown to be able to stalk his prey and know when to flee from them. His intelligence is further shown when he is able to block an exit, dodge gunfire, and when he uses Blakely as a human shield to tease his opponents.

The Mad-Man is shown to be relentless in his pursuit of prey, though this later becomes his downfall. He refused to back down even after being injured several times which lead to his eventual execution.

## Abilities

* **Peak Human Body:** The Mad-Man possess physical capabilities/attributes greater than the average human.
	+ **High Physical Strength:** The Mad-Man possessed incredible strength.
	+ **Exceptional Agility:** Despite his size, the Mad-Man had shown himself to be very nimble and agile. He was able to throw himself in air, jump off walls, and hang onto ceilings with ease.
		- **Formidable Reflexes:** Mad-Man has very powerful reflexes as he could dodge bullets.
		- **Quadrupedalism:** The Mad-Man was able to run on all four limbs in a quadrupedal manner. This along with his agility enabled him to move about at great speeds.
	+ **Peak Physical Durability:** The Mad-Man was shown to be far more durable than the average human. He was able to withstand and shrug off several different forms of attack; gunshots, punches, arrows, and stabs. His durability did have a limit though, as repetitive injuries were able to greatly weaken him.

## History

The Mad-Man had escaped one stormy night in 1890 from an insane asylum in England, having killed an orderly during the break-out. Just down the road from the asylum was the estate of one Sir Darlington, who on that same night was hosting a gathering of scientists. He broke into the mansion's upper floors and killed the butler, Stevens, and began cannibalizing on his corpse, which soon alerted the learned men of his presence. The Mad-Man had chased them through the upper level and down to the ground floor where he killed the elderly Bertie and knocked out Giroud. The remaining men, Charles, Blakely and Sir Darlington were forced to retreat in several consecutive rooms in order to escape fighting him. During these chases the deranged man had also murdered the cook of the estate.

After having been chased into the armory Darlington momentarily runs the Mad-Man off with a shot from one of his revolvers. The three men arm themselves and prepare for a fight. They are however once again overpowered by the escapee, who manages to knock Blakely unconscious and use him as shield against the other two. He is eventually shot in the right shoulder by Darlington, but he shrugs it off and continues the attack. Sir Darlington decides in the heat of the battle to fight off the Mad-Man with his skill in boxing. After a brief fight wherein Darlington lands several punches the Mad-Man grabs him the neck and begins to choke the man. Fortunately Charles grabs a nearby English sword and kite-shield and manages to distract the the attacker. The Mad-Man evades Charles' attacks and is about to land another blow on top of the gentleman until Darlington picks up a bow and quiver and shoots the Mad-Man's body in several places. The injured lunatic manages to run into the mansion's closed garden and lands into the fountain.

At that point the inmate is greatly angered by the men's onslaught and with speed and blunt force manages to disarm Sir Darlington and tosses Charles across the room. Despite Darlington's last effort of his boxing skills he merely mildly damages the Mad-Man's nose. The Mad-Man grabs Sir Darlington and begins drowning him in the fountain, only to give up do to hubris and for another attempt at cannibalism, this time on Charles. This proves to be his last mistake as the severity of the situation causes Sir Darlington's primal instincts to kick in. The middle-aged gentleman grabs a nearby animal bone and knocks it over the Mad-Man's head, just as he was taking a bite out of Charles's left shoulder. He brushes Darlington aside, but the man at that moment had unlocked an inner strength. The storm knocks a tree from outside, which breaks the windows and lands inside the garden. In the confusion both the Mad-Man and Charles are shocked to see a bare-chested Darlington scowling like a caveman atop of the fallen tree, with a spear in his hand. The Mad-Man is once again under attack from Darlington, who cuts at his flesh. And although the escapee breaks the spear Darlington uses the remaining splintered shaft to continue piercing at the insane man. At that point he is now severely bleeding and tries pressing on with his attacks. Darlington nimbly evades these attacks and leaps over the Mad-Mad, landing on his back and delivers a killing blow in the Mad-Man's scalp. The deranged man lands on his front on the floor and continues to bleed out. In the wake of the destruction caused by the Mad-Man had left Sir Darlington disturbed and perplexed at his wild behavior, while Charles is finally vindicated of his theories regarding humanity's regression towards their ancestral behavior.

## Trivia

* Based on the Mad-Man's behavior, appearance, and given the general theme of the episode; the Mad-Man is likely a reference to the genetic condition known as Atavism (the expression or throwback of genetic traits that were bred out by evolutionary changes).
	+ It is possible his appearance was partly drawn from popular British horror figures like Mr. Hyde, Spring-Heeled Jack, and Jack the Ripper.
* The Mad-Man bears a slight resemblance to Spear and some of his traits are similar to that of Tyrannosaurus Rex's seen in the show.
* Due to the standalone nature of the episode, the Mad-Man is the only antagonist who did not encounter Spear or Fang, the others being the Infected Parasaurolophus and the Fire Giant.

## Gallery

The Mad-Man's stance mirroring Spear's stance during his fight with the last remaining smaller member of the T-Rex pack in the first episode.