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In the game Magruder is an army personnel who leads the Texas Mountain Rifles. During the Civil War he undertakes a mission to find Quivira, an ancient city of gold. On the search he met Ned White, who knows a person who has been to Quivira. Fueled with the news, he finds Dr. Campbell and forces him to tell where Quivira is. Campbell and his Indian friend proclaims that "''Someday you (Magruder) will find what you're looking for and that day will be your last''". Angered by the words, Magruder shoots the indian and cuts of Campbell's head. When he finally found Coronado's cross, which in the game a map to Quivira, Campbell's wife shoots him in the eye and broke the cross in two pieces. Because of his wounds he fell unconscious and the cross was gone from his grasp. |
In the game Magruder is an army personnel who leads the Texas Mountain Rifles. During the Civil War he undertakes a mission to find Quivira, an ancient city of gold. On the search he met Ned White, who knows a person who has been to Quivira. Fueled with the news, he finds Dr. Campbell and forces him to tell where Quivira is. Campbell and his Indian friend proclaims that "''Someday you (Magruder) will find what you're looking for and that day will be your last''". Angered by the words, Magruder shoots the indian and cuts of Campbell's head. When he finally found Coronado's cross, which in the game a map to Quivira, Campbell's wife shoots him in the eye and broke the cross in two pieces. Because of his wounds he fell unconscious and the cross was gone from his grasp. |
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In the end he finally arrives at Quivira, but like what the indian predicted, he dies when he threw a big pile of dynamite that made Quivira fall. Getting himself flattened with a rock in the process. |
In the end he finally arrives at Quivira, but like what the indian predicted, he dies when he threw a big pile of dynamite that made Quivira fall. Getting himself flattened with a rock in the process. |
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− | In a demo of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, a fake poster can be seen called ''Gun: Magruder's Ghost'' stating, ''"Sometimes a man will shoot back -- even from beyond the grave..."'' |
+ | *In a demo of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, a fake poster can be seen called ''Gun: Magruder's Ghost'' stating, ''"Sometimes a man will shoot back -- even from beyond the grave..."'' |
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Revision as of 23:32, 26 February 2015
“ | I will not be denied! | „ |
~ Magruder |
“ | Failure is not an option. The price must be paid. | „ |
~ Thomas Magruder |
Thomas Magruder is the main antagonist of the best-selling western themed videogame Gun and Gun: Showdown. He's a fat bastard who has taken large parts of the western territories both from the apache and federal government. He is voiced by Lance Henriksen.
History
In the game Magruder is an army personnel who leads the Texas Mountain Rifles. During the Civil War he undertakes a mission to find Quivira, an ancient city of gold. On the search he met Ned White, who knows a person who has been to Quivira. Fueled with the news, he finds Dr. Campbell and forces him to tell where Quivira is. Campbell and his Indian friend proclaims that "Someday you (Magruder) will find what you're looking for and that day will be your last". Angered by the words, Magruder shoots the indian and cuts of Campbell's head. When he finally found Coronado's cross, which in the game a map to Quivira, Campbell's wife shoots him in the eye and broke the cross in two pieces. Because of his wounds he fell unconscious and the cross was gone from his grasp.
After the war he puts himself in railroad bussiness which made him reach instantly. He then forces the Apaches to giving them their land. But his pusuit to find Quivira is still with him. He then recruited henchmen to find the cross.
Magruder in the rest of the game acts as brutally to his henchmen. He feels no remorse and will do everything to get what he want. Failure for him is not an option, and those who fail might lose their: ears, head, or lives.
His favorite weapon is seven-barrel Noch gun. His always prominent in using dynamites, even at the cost of his henchmen's lives. He wears metal body armor specialy designed to stop bullets. He also experiments on guns, inventing guns of mass destruction like a portable canon shrunk to appear like a rifle (Canon Noch Gun as it is called in the game). He also owns and rides a tank-like train filled with guns and artilleries which he also use for ramming, and also transporting his weapons and soldiers.
Magruder also has a big hatred for native americans. He uses them for target practice and in labour camps.
In the end he finally arrives at Quivira, but like what the indian predicted, he dies when he threw a big pile of dynamite that made Quivira fall. Getting himself flattened with a rock in the process.
Trivia
- In a demo of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, a fake poster can be seen called Gun: Magruder's Ghost stating, "Sometimes a man will shoot back -- even from beyond the grave..."