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| “ | Like I said, kids are cruel, Jack. And I'm very in touch with my inner child! | „ |
| ~ Sundowner to Raiden. |
| “ | Kids you can mold, manipulate into performing all kinds of atrocities — and there's nothing like a good atrocity to keep a war going. | „ |
| ~ Sundowner |
| “ | I'm f-ckin' invincible! | „ |
| ~ Sundowner during his fight with Raiden, and his most famous quote. |
Sundowner, also known as the Californian Wildfire, is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Jetstream Sam) of the video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and the overarching antagonist of its Jetstream Sam DLC.
He is the leader of the PMC Desperado Enforcement LLC who seeks to start a war for no reason other than simply enjoying the death, destruction and carnage it causes.
He was voiced by Ken Nishida in Japanese and Crispin Freeman (who is best known for voicing Alucard in Hellsing and Helis in Horizon Zero Dawn) in English.
Biography[]
Past[]
Sundowner came from a poor family in Alabama and did well in school, but could not afford to attend college. Thus he joined the military, taking part in numerous conflicts, like the U.S. invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War. Sundowner left the military in 2008 to serve in PMCs and was known for his habit of leaving blood from his enemies everywhere to resemble a sunset, earning him the codename of Sundowner.
Sundowner also faced a brief period where he was kept out of the battlefield after he was damaged by an IED, but returned with a cyborg body. He was investigated by the US Army for taking part in war crimes on more than one occasion, but was never convicted. After SOP was shut down in 2014, causing the war economy to hit a slump, Sundowner became annoyed, since he felt keeping war going was his only means of making a living. Some time in 2018, Sundowner had the LQ-84i prototype reactivated, apparently finding a machine being more concerned with human beings than its allies amusing.
Encounter with Raiden[]
Sundowner talking to Raiden with N'mani as his captive.
| “ | What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose. | „ |
| ~ Sundowner |
At one point in 2018, Sundowner led the forces of Desperado in an attack on African Prime Minister, N'mani, since Africa's lack of war was bad for business. He attacked the prime minister's limo as Desperado's Metal Gear RAY showed up, cutting down N'mani's two bodyguards. Sundowner grabbed the Prime Minister as Raiden showed up. He recognized Raiden, who demanded to know what he wanted with N'mani and Sundowner replied that he wanted him dead, since Africa was getting a bit too peaceful.
He went on to say that business had not been the same since SOP's fall and asked how an honest warmonger was supposed to make a living. Sundowner said he was not going to kill N'mani yet, not while he was still useful as a hostage, before escaping and sending the RAY to attack Raiden. Eventually, Sundowner was surrounded by Maverick soldiers, but leaped onto a passing train, meeting up with Jetstream Sam.
Sundowner lecturing N'mani.
Raiden managed to get onboard as well and Sundowner said he was too late and that he did not need N'mani anymore. He started lecturing the prime minister, asking about all the good war did for people, such as increasing jobs and technology, and providing a common purpose.
Sundowner with N'mani dead.
Sundowner said that N'mani should "give war a chance", before impaling him on one of his machetes and letting his body fall off of the train. Sundowner was picked up by a tiltrotor, leaving Raiden to Sam and later sent the tiltrotor to pick up Sam as well.
Recreating Jack the Ripper[]
| “ | Demand for PMCs is about to skyrocket, like the good old days after 9/11! | „ |
| ~ Sundowner |
At some point, Sundowner visited a Desperado lab in Mexico alongside Senator Armstrong where they were extracting children's brains so as to turn them into cyborgs. Sundowner was growing impatient, saying they'd already been starting VR training on some of the brains using the Sears Program, the same regime that George Sears had used to train child soldiers in Liberia. Sundowner told the head scientist they needed to ship out before their cover was blown, since NGO was starting to investigate the lab.
The scientist replied that they did not have the full quantity yet, but Armstrong ordered him to terminate any remaining inventory. Later, when Raiden was assaulting World Marshal Headquarters, Sundowner watched him in secret. Once he entered the building, Sundowner contacted him, congratulating him on taking down Monsoon. He said the brains were in the server room and told Raiden to "go nuts". When Raiden finally reached the server room, Sundowner came out to confront him, telling him "not to interrupt when class was in session". He told Raiden that it was the same regimen that he went through in Liberia and that the VR version was much more effective, sending it straight to the subject's brains. Sundowner said they even trained them to kill POWs and civilians by jolting their pleasure centers every time they did and when they finished, they got a new cyborg body, saying that was something Raiden had in common with the brains.
Sundowner holding one of the brain casings.
Raiden replied that he chose what he became and the brains were just kids. Sundowner said that kids were cruel and while all people were by nature, kids had yet to lose touch with that side. He declared that kids could be molded to perform all kinds of atrocities and those were perfect for keeping a good war going. Raiden said he was shutting them down, but Sundowner retorted he could not see the bigger picture and even if he brought the headquarters down, all the people in charge were gone and they had officers worldwide. Sundowner went on to say that he and Desperado only supplied the demand for war, no one created it and war was just a part of mankind. He added that in three hours, demand for PMCs was going to skyrocket on a level unseen since the days after 9/11. Sundowner then had Raiden meet him out at the helipad on the roof of the building.
Sundowner facing Raiden for the final time.
He demanded to know what would happen in three hours, but Sundowner replied that he was too late and even at Mach 2, he would not make it, and besides, he was going to take his time killing Raiden. With that, Sundowner engaged Raiden, but was finally overwhelmed and knocked off the side of the building.
Sundowner making a last ditch effort to kill Raiden.
He managed to grab onto a Hammerhead helicopter and had it fire missiles at Raiden to try and take him down. Raiden was sent falling down the side of the building, but grabbed on to a Slider and rode it back up to the roof, before throwing it at Sundowner and his Hammerhead. Sundowner was sent flying at Raiden, who finally finished him off. In the throes of death, he called Raiden, complimenting him and revealed that in three hours, Armstrong would launch Operation Tecumseh, but refused to say more. Sundowner then called Sam, saying Sam had known Raiden would kill him and it was up to him now, before dying.
Personality[]
| “ | All we're saying is... give war a chance! | „ |
| ~ Sundowner before killing Prime Minister N'mani, parodying "Give Peace a Chance" as he does so. |
Sundowner is a bloodthirsty, aggressive, cruel, and vicious individual, always out for warfare and bloodshed due to romanticizing it twenty-four-seven, constantly speaking of all of the positives associated with it, and even openly calls himself a warmonger. He makes graphic threats and does not think much of humanity, believing that they are all innately violent and cruel and age fills them with morals and a sense of right and wrong. Sundowner thinks that war is a natural part of humankind and mockingly asked Raiden if he thought every single battle was part of some conspiracy.
Sundowner is shown to be highly sadistic when enjoying the idea of molding children into soldiers and showing glee at causing death and destruction, grinning delightfully as he killed people. He summed this up in his statement that he was very in touch with his inner child after declaring that kids were cruel. Sundowner does not care about fighting honorably or at least, has no qualms at fighting with backup, since he frequently had the assistance of Hammerhead helicopters and soldiers during his fight with Raiden. His love of destruction is such that he does not care if he ends up killed during that destruction, as evidenced by his saying "Atta boy, Jack..." to Raiden and casually communicating with Jetstream Sam in a call shortly after he was brutally cut up and defeated.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Cybernetic Enhancements: Being a cyborg, Sundowner's abilities are at a superhuman level and he is an extremely deadly and dangerous opponent.
- Enhanced Strength: Sundowners strength is great enough to hold a grown man up with one hand. He can even carry and swing large metal pipes as weapons.
- Enhanced Speed: Sundowner is fast enough to outrun Raiden while carrying the Prime Minister on his back.
- Enhanced Agility: Sundowner is capable of leaping across large distances such as jumping onto a moving train.
- Enhanced Reflexes: Sundowner is capable of keeping up with Raiden in a fight and even grabbed onto a helicopter when falling off a building.
Abilities[]
- Master Swordsman: Sundowner's sword style is somewhat similar to Chinese-style sword fighting and their combined form is apparently self-taught. He was able to fight two cyborg bodyguards, even managing to block an attack from behind without looking. He later fought Raiden one on one.
- Leadership: Sundowner can efficiently lead the Wind of Destruction group and Desperado in the field or behind the scenes.
- Stealth: Sundowner was able to ambush the Prime Minster's convoy and even get the drop on Raiden.
Equipment[]
Sundowner forming his blades into scissor form.
- High Frequency Blades: He wields a dual pair of high-frequency machetes, called Bloodlust, which he can use to unleash powerful strikes and they seem able to heat up, thus providing more cutting power. Sundowner can also convert them into an alternate scissor-like form by attaching one blade to his arm, while holding the other. He uses this form to unleash even more powerful attacks and fight at his highest level.
- Cybernetic Body: Sundowner possesses a cybernetic body which increases his physical attributes to superhuman levels. The right forearm posses a mechanism that allows him to combine his high frequency blades into a scissor like form. It also comes equipped with retractable face mask and visor. He is sometimes seen wearing a large black trench cover his cyborg body when not in combat.
- Explosive reactive shield plates: Sundowner also uses a set of six armor plates that he attaches to his back that he can form into a shield and unleash brute force strikes. These plates are explosive reactive armor, so if an opponent strikes it, they are struck back by a powerful explosion. However, the shield form has certain weak points along it that can be struck to break Sundowner's guard.
Gallery[]
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Theme[]
Red Sun[]
Trivia[]
- The theme that plays during the fight with Sundowner is "Red Sun", which sings in praise of violence, battle, and carnage.
- When Sundowner says "All we're saying is... give war a chance!", he is paraphrasing the late John Lennon's song "Give Peace a Chance".
- During the fight with Sundowner, the player is encouraged to cut off his shield. When this happens, he will activate his visor and form his blades into their scissor form. However, this is optional, but even if the player does not cut his shield off, the ensuing cutscene will show him with his visor and blades in scissor form.
External Links[]
- Sundowner on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Sundowner on the Metal Gear Wiki
