Maximilias Darzi

Maximilias Darzi
Age	31
Gender	Male
Selections	Design, Aesthetics
Reasons Cited	"Pursuit of beauty."
Trace Status	Integrated
Function	Purge()

"Max Darzi gave up Fashion Week to get caught up in all this..." -- Unknown

Maximilas Darzi was a citizen of Cloudbank. He was a prominent clothier with his own brand up until his assassination at the hands of the Camerata. His Trace granted the Transistor the Function Purge().

Appearance

Maximilias was a tan-skinned man in his early thirties with an asymmetrical hairstyle. The right side of his hair was dark, short and straight, while the left side was long, wavy and light, with the two colors meeting in a zipper-like pattern at his hair's roots.

In his Function File photo he is seen wearing an unconventional elbow-length light blouse, the inner layer of which appears to be a long-sleeved white mesh with a short lace cuff. His blouse's collar and cuffs are jet black with a circuitry-like light pattern across the edges. An ornamental collar-piece on his right shoulder bears a peacock feather-like design. He wore a black and white striped ring on the middle finger of his left hand, and appears to also have worn eye shadow.

Background

Described in his Function Files as "the self-styled Cloudbank Clothier," Maximilias had been a prominent figure in Cloudbank's fashion scene since his early twenties. His initial clothing line, described as "boldly eschewing formal tradition" is what made him gain notoriety, at first to a total of 8% of the population, then to 56% of individuals aged sixteen to forty-two in the following decade. He was close friends with Lillian Platt.

He is mentioned to have suffered from "certain dependencies," likely a drug addiction, which he considered the source of his artistic inspiration. After managing to halt the addiction, to which he received an initial public outpour of support, his work suffered. His lack of ability to create without relying on his dependencies are noted to have caused him to suffer public humiliation and disgrace. Following this, he relapsed, against the wishes of Lillian and his partner. Following his relapse, the Camerata contacted him, offering him the chance to participate in an experiment of theirs that would cure him. He agreed to this, and when they met with them, he was integrated. His disappearance was written off as retirement. This explanation was not met with significant skepticism, apart from Lillian.

Trivia

• He had been listed as a potential target by Royce Bracket as early as the previous year. His name was third on Royce's initial list of potential victims, with the note "clothier always in the news."
• His avant-garde clothing is presumably from his own fashion line.
• His Function, Purge(), is described as "corrosive" and "slowing."
• His Trace Bank is the center unit in the second row, numbered 106. The Trace Bank of his close friend and confidant, Lillian Platt, is directly beside it.
• A News Ticker dated 06-26-67 at 13:00, scrolling over the petition for a bridge from Goldwalk Bay to Fairview, reads, "New Evidence Cloudbank Clothier Max Darzi Did Not Retire."
• The ring on his finger may be an Ace ring, as evidenced by its color and position on his middle finger.