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Mavus Shaw is the protagonist of The Adventures of Mavus Series. Mavus is a metahuman originating from Jason's Universe and was a classmate to both Jason and Junon during their college years. Mavus applies to the Inquisition and offers his services to Kyrael Prima and Team Darkstar some time after Blackflame leaves the team. He goes by the codename Maven, which is occasionally abbreviated as MVN.

One of Maven's robotic scouts pick up a job posting from Kyrael that was sent to all of Corinth, recruiting people to join their cause against the New Militia. Maven sends a bipedal scout unit to The Fortress, along with several other units containing some of his tech to showcase his services.

Maven was an extremely powerful technomancer. Most of his robots and "inventions" are created by extracting resources from his environment and repurposing them to form extremely complex and powerful alloys, these parts are subconsciously assembled within seconds, creating a vast array of mechanical weapons, robots, and structures. Maven fuels his creations and weapons with his own metahuman energy reserves, which is gargantuan, making him one of the most powerful and dangerous metahumans. Because of this, Mavus Shaw is classified as a Tier Zero Metahuman according to the Metahuman Tier System, making him one of the rarest, and most powerful metahumans to exists in society.

Following the end of the series, Mavus sacrifices his powers to save everybody from the Aspect Mogul, the Aspect of Sin by blowing himself and the Pit of Corruption up. Despite losing his powers, Mavus is still able to create and generate new technology by unearthing his old invention, The Foundry, to continue building his suits, albeit at a reduced frequency and speed.

Later in the story, Mavus discovers that he will become the father of meta human Adam Gareth and his sister.

Appearance

Mavus is described to have an average build, with short black hair, brown eyes (later, cyan) and is of asian descent. He often wears an open coloured dress shirt, white t-shirt, and black dress pants, and wears a pair of eyeglasses. Later in the story, Mavus receives an open black blazer jacket with minimal arcane lines down the side and nanotech like weaving near the collar, which was a gift from Junon during their first date. Mavus wears this jacket instead of his dress shirt in the manner of an open blazer, giving him a business casual appearance.

Due to being mostly a technology-type, his mech units undergo frequent revision changes. However, the mech unit that he typically uploads into and commands other units from (denoted Main) (along with his other inventions) is usually black and grey in colour with green lighting. This lighting eventually becomes cyan after obtaining the Energy of The Achilles.

After losing his immense hybrid energy reserves after his final showdown with Mogul, Mavus receives a magical implant on his necklace which powers his machines with magical green energy, similar to his original powers.

Personality

Maven is described to be lighthearted, frequently cracking jokes and commenting on the state of the situation with a comedic tone, but can easily give into his emotions and lose his temper. Maven was initially very petty, fighting and getting mad over the simplest of things. An example of this was when he battled Agent Sharon Lipset and her Government Officials because she brought him a month's supply of macaroni for a drop. Due to his immense power, Maven is also described to be condescending to people of a lower tier, and has repeatedly overestimated his abilities. However, over time, after meeting new people and helping them, Maven had learned to become more selfless, and to an extent, more heroic. Training alongside the people of the Inquisition and Darkstar has also allowed Maven to understand the limits to his abilities, and learn to control as well as hold back his power more effectively.

Maven enjoys listening to various genres of music and watching comedic videos. His hobbies include coding and learning essential engineering skills, despite being able to create virtually any machine he wants with his powers, Maven wishes to be able to build machines with his own knowledge as well.

Maven is in love with his old college classmate Junon Gareth, dreaming about her, as well as going out of his way to get on her good side in an attempt to impress her. Maven outwardly accepts these feelings without shame, but after consistently keeping it a secret from her, who was initially unaware of his feelings, Maven was initially unable to express these feelings properly.

Maven's feelings for Junon also cause him to be jealous or alarmed whenever she is with someone else that may pose a threat to her datability. These feelings have also caused him to develop rather selfish traits, such as prioritizing her above all others during missions. When the Inquisition was invaded by The New Militia, the first thing Maven did was check up on Junon, rather than assisting his comrades.

When Junon gave him a jacket for a gift, Maven put the jacket on, causing Junon to become momentarily traumatized due to how similar his outfit was to Blackflame's back when he was still in Darkstar. Maven immediately tried to take it off, thinking he had hurt her. Junon tells Maven that he should keep it on, as she liked his look, and that it inspired hope in her. Maven has worn this jacket ever since, a testament to his faith and loyalty to make her happy.

As the series progresses, Maven finds himself in situations where his powers are not enough to save the people he loves. Either he finds himself not strong enough, as with the example where he was defeated or simply paralyzed in fear by the presence of Mogul, leading to Aaron's capture, or when his powers are just not compatible. When Maven goes to Aaron's slums to search for his girlfriend Hannah, Maven ignores the snide remarks of the residents, focusing only on giving Hannah closure on her boyfriend's capture. Maven exhibits a greater deal of responsibility, as he fights with allies and friends for the first time. These experiences cause Maven to slowly mature.

Powers (Pre-Achilles Boost)

Master Technomancer: Maven's primary metahuman ability is his ability to create and manipulate machines from raw materials. Maven describes the machines as an "extension to self", and is able to interact with them through a psychic link. When creating his own machines, the only limit is his imagination. Maven is able to control multiple machines simultaneously, which was the case when he singlehandedly controlled a squad of robotic mech soldiers to drive off Calliope's forces that had tried to forcefully recruit him into the New Militia. When not being controlled, these machines are able to act autonomously. Maven is able to use this power to an extremely skilled level, as he was able to remotely assemble a gigantic cannon in mere seconds, that was capable of firing a massive beam of nuclear energy that decimated hundreds of soul beasts that had tried to attack one of his extraction units. Maven is also capable of fixing, controlling, manipulating and restoring mechanical units that are not natively his. An example is this was when he restored a barely operational Adam Blair from the brink of death.

Master Telekinetic: Maven's machines are made from resources, and these resources are often obtained by extracting raw materials from the environment. Maven's telekinetic abilities were so powerful, that he was able to modify the molecular structure of these materials to form complex alloys. These alloys make up the majority of his machines.

Upload: Maven is able to "upload" his consciousness or his body into his machines, whether be it one, or an entire platoon. He is able to control an army or his machines in a manner that he describes "similar to a video game". Micromanaging his machines becomes second nature, as a command is simply a matter of willing it to happen. Maven typically uploads a majority of his being into Main, and distributes the rest of his consciousness on a platoon of the robots that he wants to concentrate on. Upload extends a large range, and he will still be able to control his machines if they venture to other dimensions. However, Maven will be unable to use his other powers there, meaning if his machines are destroyed, Maven will not be able to access them, and must send more units there rather than building more units from that dimension directly. If Maven uploads his body, he will be able to re-manifest it elsewhere, but the usage of this power is costly. If Maven uploads his consciousness, there will be no stamina cost, but at the expense of leaving his subconscious body completely out in the open.

Powers (Post-Achilles Boost)

Technomancer: Maven's technopathy abilities were significantly reduced after a majority of his powers were taken from him from the Achilles Formation Seer. As a result, his creations were limited to one mech at a time, and had a cool down for which he could build again. Despite this, the attack and combat potency of his constructs are significantly enhanced due to the boost of the Achilles Formation running in his system. Additionally, the speed at which Maven is able to build his constructs become significantly faster.

Immense Hybrid Power Reserves: Maven's initial energy reserves as a Tier Zero meta human became merged with the energy of the Achilles Formation, giving it a cyan appearance, over the initial green glow. This immense power gives his weapons a significant boost in power. An example of this was prior to receiving the boost, Maven's Rev 5 missiles were unable to penetrate the armour of Targon, but after the boost, his missiles were able to tear off chunks of the armour.

The hybrid nature of his energy reserves also allow him to fire two Planet Buster Beams, successfully, over only one. Each beam is also significantly upgraded in power.

Equipment

While initially utilizing a wide range of technology to fight, Maven is usually seen either uploaded or wearing his main robotic (and later armour), Main. Main has gone through several revisions during his time with the Inquisition.

Revision 1

Revision 1 was used during the time when Maven still fought with overwhelming numbers. The robot was among like the other sentries, albeit with slightly more powerful firepower due to most of Mavus' consciousness in the mech. Revision 1 also was capable of firing utility pods, which would transform and repurpose into either more sentries or weapons.

Offensive Abilities

Rev 1 housed several mini guns, munitions, missile array, repulsers, mounted rocker launcher, and a powerful railgun which Maven would use a finisher. Rev 1 is said to be enough to take on an entire military cohort with its sheer firepower.

Defensive Abilities

Rev 1 utilized standard titanium alloy plating, which was bulletproof, and was strong enough to withstand the force of multiple explosions.

Revision 2

Revision 2 focused on refining Main's weapon/pod systems, and featured a Mode Selection Tool, which would transform the robot into multiple modes. This included a human form, which was essentially similar to an android with minimal plating used for scouting missions, as well as an Assault Mode, which features Maven's new armouring design. The robot also features a Mystic Driver, which is used to detect magical cloaking spells.

Offensive Abilities

Rev 2 possesses the same weapon systems as Rev 1, with a slightly more sleek and compact form factor. The design language for Revision 2 followed space efficiency. In addition to the weapon form factor upgrade, Mavus also implemented more missile compartments along his forearms to house more munitions. Rev 2 also introduces the concept of Optic Warfare, which is fancy talk for lasers. R2 also possesses efficient use of containment fields as well as smokescreen pods, which he fires from his hidden weapon compartments to control the battlefield.

A later model change, Revision 2.5 is also the first robot to be able to demonstrate superhuman strength.

Defensive Abilities

The new space efficient weapons system provided Mavus with more room to design stronger armour plating. This upgrade to Main's defenses allowed Mavus to withstand the force of a powerful mechanical arm created by Josephine.

The most notable defence system upgrade that Mavus had implemented was the use of Draining Pods, which drained the energy of his opponents. Despite highly effective, the pods were an early prototype and were prone to overloading.

Revision 3

Revision 3 provided the biggest upgrade and changes to Mavus' armouring and weapon system. Serving as Mavus' daily driver, and fully abandoning his original tactic of overwhelming numbers, Revision 3 was designed to take the full consciousness of Mavus and his immense power reserves. This meant a significant boost in firepower.

Offensive Abilities

Rev 3's pod system became more efficient, allowing him to fire more pods in quantity which would be preloaded with his sentries, allowing fast deployment. Mavus' weapons system became smoother, adopting a fluid design language. This meant that his body could transform and wield weapons seamlessly. This revision focused more on Mavus' Repulser Technology, which featured a powerful cannon to provide stronger and controlled concussive blasts which was enough to knock down a high ranking dragon in a single shot.

Defensive Abilities

Rev 3's armouring was significantly improved, due to housing a greater energy source. The armour was capable of withstanding the slashes of an electric type dragon. In addition to providing advanced defence, Rev 3 was also capable of firing smoke grenade pods.

Revision 4

Revision 4 was a direct upgrade to all weapon systems of Revision 3. R4's weapons systems became stronger, reducing his tower sized Armada weapons into a smaller more compact weapon modules.

Offensive Abilities

The most notable update on Main's weapons system was the incorporation of the Armada Weapon System, which significantly reduced the size of his Armada weapons, allowing more streamlined combat. With AWS, Mavus was able to channel a larger portion of his energy reserves through the incredibly durable and heavy duty Armada weaponry while also retaining a degree of mobility. Due to this new weapons system, Mavus began incorporating heat technology in his weapons, and R4 is the first robot to showcase the new Incineration Beams.

Mavus also updated his fluent weapon switching system even further, allowing even faster weapon switching than R3.

Defensive Abilities

R4 utilized the same armour and defence systems as R3.

R4