Maximillion Burns

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- Maxi million Burns to Leia Burns

Maximillion Burns is the President of the Burns Industries Corporation (BIC) and one of the largest producers of weapon and technology in the world and are partners with the Schnee Dust Company. Maximillion is a close friend of Jacques Schnee and is the father of Leia Burns.

Early Years
Little is known of Maximillion's early life other than he was the grandson of Harry Burns and would soon inherit the BIC from his father. He was heartbroken when his grandfather passed away and even more so when his father began to enter a failing health and became an alcoholic. However, this happened by his own hand as Maximillion wanted to take control of the company quickly. As such he poisoned his father's food and drink and made him addicted.

Later on, he married a woman named Cream and the two soon began to run the company unofficially. Maximillion then placed the final nail in the coffin and had his father "beat" him. Therefore, he and his wife called the police and Max's father was arrested, making him the President of the company.

Life as President
When Max took over the company, he became a close friend of Jacques Schnee and opened up a partnership between the two and the Atlesian Military. This resulted in a huge boom for the company and profits skyrocketed. Max also approved the design of several complex and risky to use weaponry and tech and employed Faunus labor as well as human.

Max also soon had a daughter with Cream homed they named Leia. However, this did not stop Max from continuing his production of work. His company continued to make higher profits and earned the attention of some huntsmen and Vale's military. As such, Max began selling pre-made weapons to some huntsmen and even some advanced tech to the Vale military.

Max even began selling to local retail stories for their technology, mostly new scrolls, televisions, and several other electronics meant for everyday use or for entertainment purposes.

However, due to higher risk weaponry and technology, more and more employees seemed to get injured or even killed, mainly Faunus employees. Though he and other officials claimed it was pure coincidence that Faunus were accidentally being killed, the White Fang did not see it that way and went to war with the Burns Industries Corporation.

War with the White Fang
Max soon learned that the White Fang began attacking some of his facilities throughout Remnant, mainly in the hometown of Vale. As such Max began taking precautions and viewed the attacks as more than minor threats. However, as the attacks increased and the threat did too, Max took action and placed armor guards around each factory and gave them the green light to shoot on sight.

As the "war" continued, Max got more and more furious that he could not stop the White Fang and would regularly take it out on his family. This gave his daughter a very rough and unpleasant childhood. Max went as far as to seek help from Vale's military and soon the Atlesian Military, only getting a response from the latter. Through Jacques influence, Max was able to get the necessary forces to defend his factories and company from harm and profit loss.

Family Life
Max also heavily influenced his daughter's life as he tried to make the BIC similar to the Schnee Dust Company which included his father. As such, he would discipline and control everything similar to Jacques for a better image and thus more sales while still dealing with the White Fang. However, despite everything he tried, Leia would slip through his grasp and continue her optimistic and happy-go-lucky type of personality. However, he was able to make Leia into an extrovert with her going to several parties and balls to better the image.

One day, Max learned that Leia wanted to become a huntress. Though he was originally scared, he took advantage of the situation and used Leia's dream as a way to better the image of the company as a huntress in the Burns family was unheard of and were usually regarded as noble warriors and a form of celebrity. As such, Max had Leia push herself to become the best while he dealt with the fang.

When Leia began attending Beacon, he constantly called which were shot down. This annoyed Max but still retained some faith in her abilities.

Post-Fall of Beacon
Following the Fall of Beacon, Max and Cream allowed Team FLME to stay with them until their leader was healed and made a full recovery. Max had his staff look after the team and serve their every need. When Fred did finally awake, Max introduced himself to the boy and told him the same as he did to the others, "the servants will take care of you."

Four days later, Max and Leia entered an argument about her future with Max not wanting Leia to leave and remain by his side. However, Leia denies this and joins her team in their journey to Haven Academy.

Max and Cream soon suffer from the evacuation order by the Vale council, resulting in the loss of hundreds for the BIC. As such, Max and Cream went to Mistral in order to continue major production of their products and other technologies.

Max also attended the Schnee Charity event and was able to keep up with Jacques Schnee and even his son, Whitley. Max also witnessed both Weiss' performance and her outburst which remained him of Leia.

Psych-Interviews
"I do concur. The economic dispute between Mantle and Atlas is impressive. But this is properly due to old Jacques over here."

- Maximillion about Jacques Schnee.

Personality
Max is a bit of a cold and controlling man with almost little to no regard for those beneath his heal and will do anything he can to win. His negative and cold, heartless control of the BIC has lead the company into a "moral gray area" as described by Leia and even with her stating that it could be worse then the SDC. His control can also be believed to have lead to the BIC's unethical practices showing a lack or morals for himself and his own family. He can also be very formal in his speech when addressing an ally or a peer or just in general.

Max is also egotistical and supportive of his peers, mainly Jacques Schnee as the SDC is Max's biggest partner and ally in the business world. He also states joking with peers that he's repeatedly the good guy when it comes to reforming the BIC to be safer, when in reality he doesn't seem to care about their safety in the workplace.

Like Jacques, Max does only care about winning and getting what he desires, which is mainly a profit. As such, he cares very little for the safety of his workers and even his own family as he purposefully got his father sick, addicted and arrested just to take control of the company following his grandfather's passing. However despite the bad relationship he has with his daughter, he still seems to care as he keeps photos of her on his desk and openly states his worry for her when she leaves with her team to Haven.

However, he does sometimes wish to use Leia for propaganda for the company in order to better their image as seen when he wishes her to be the best huntress to have the world view the Burns in a better light. He can also still be very controlling with his daughter yet seems to let her make up her own mind, showing a trusting side.

Physical Appearance
Maximillion Burns is a tall man with a pale complexion and dark brown hair and blue eyes. He can be seen with a small brown mustache along his face that is somewhat noticeable. Max wears a single black colored, unbuttoned, double-breasted jacket. He wears a yellow dress shirt with a large yellow collar with gray colored lacing. He wears a golden tie with his emblem at the very bottom of the tie. He wears a pair of black colored dress pants with a pair of black colored dress shoes.

Powers and Abilities
Max has no real weapon nor physical power. It is unknown if he even has had his aura unlocked to gain a semblance. However, with him being the President of the Burns Industries Corporation, he is known to have substantial influence throughout Remnant mainly in the military aspects. He is also extremely wealthy as he runs one of the largest producers of weapons and technologies in the world.

Affiliations
Main Article: Maximillion Burns/Affiliations

Trivia

 * Maximillion Burns is based on King Midas from the story of the same name.
 * Both seem to hold profits in high regard and see as their true desire in life.
 * Max's color of Gold is in reference to Midas would could turn anything he touched into gold.
 * Both also seem to have some care for their daughters.
 * Maximillion means "the greatest" or "the best" which cold allude to the color of Gold.
 * Maximillion is a spelling of the name Maximillian. This was due to the creator being stupid and not knowing how to spell Maximillian.
 * With his name meaning "the best" it could be a reference to their advertisement "Best weapons for the Best warriors" alluding to Maximillion's name origin.
 * Despite being close friends with Jacques Schnee for years, Max is only 47 years old.
 * Max is the first named character to not be a fighter rather a businessman, leaving him with no weapon.