Brother to Black Bolt, Maximus is...troubled. Though he and his brother were once close, Maximus' terrigenesis left him with minor brain damage as well as with his power of suggestion, causing him to have dissociative episodes, seizures, and sometimes memory loss. Coupled with a dangerous inferiority complex, and the unrequited love of Queen Medusa, Maximus has grown hateful of much of the rest of the royal family, and has been known to scheme against them if he thinks he has something to gain.