Max Durden

	This article is about the Aguefort student, Max Durden.
	For the article about another Max, see Max.

Max Durden
Aliases	"Police State" Kid Boltcutter Max
Affiliation	Aguefort Adventuring Academy
Status	Alive
Campaign Information
Campaign	Fantasy High Fantasy High: Sophomore Year Fantasy High: Junior Year
Class	Warlock
Race	Drow
Pronouns	he/him
Biographical Information
Relatives	Corey Durden (older brother)
Skills & Proficiencies
Athletics	+4
Athletics	+4

Max Durden, also as the "Police State" Kid, is a drow activist student at the Aguefort Adventuring Academy.

Featured Episodes

Episodes featuring Max Durden
Fantasy High Episode 3: After the Afterlife
Livestream Boys' Night! (Roll20Con)
Fantasy High: Junior Year Episode 4: Under Pressure Episode 5: Mall Madness Episode 6: Party Politics Episode 7: Stress Tested Episode 10: Cursed Out (mentioned) Episode 16: Untapped Rage

Description

Appearance

The younger of the Durden brothers, Max is a scrawny drow with long, shaggy hair in his junior year of high school. He has been seen wearing a black t-shirt with spray-painted red barbwire on it.

Personality

Max is considered cool by the Aguefort student body. He is known to have a dangerous and rebellious streak, earning him the nickname "Boltcutter Max" as he often breaks into private property. Compared to his older brother Corey, however, he's seen as "the chill one", acting friendly and sympathetic towards the Bad Kids when they first properly meet.

Background

Like Fig, Max grew up across the highway on the west side of Elmville, and continues to live there with his older brother. Their house is large and dilapidated, presenting as the middle point between rural and suburban. Its driveway ends in gravel, and a shed and tire swing sit at the back of the house. It is close to the old Faeth residence.

History

After the Afterlife

Max appears for the first time protesting Biz's plan to install a new crystal surveillance system in the academy, likening it to a "police state". Fig backs him up in this sentiment.

Boys' Night! (Roll20Con)

Max invites Fabian and the boys of the Bad Kids to the house party he and his brother Corey were hosting, describing it as a "rager". While Corey maintained the upper part of the house and the front yard, Max's party packed into the basement, consisting of other high school students from Aguefort. Before making it to Max's party, the boys were stopped by Corey. He took and dumped their hard-earned "nasty hooch" into his car, which they needed for Max's party. They arrived in the basement empty handed with the news that Corey stole their drink, and that they'd have to engage in a hazing challenge Corey called "stealth mode". Max, alarmed, describes stealth mode to the boys. They must survive at least a minute in a car driven by an unconscious Corey going full speed down the highway with all the lights off. Despite Max's reassurances, the boys head off to try and find a way out of the challenge.

Under Pressure

On his first day of Junior Year, Max successfully tries out for the bloodrush team, the Aguefort Owlbears, hoping that a place on the bloodrush team will help him get invited to Seacaster Manor.

Party Politics

During the party at Seacaster Manor Max invites Kristen to smoke gorgenfern in the basement. He later emerges with red eyes and tries to join a conversation about philosophy. He lets Fabian know that something was broken in the basement, which Fabian learns was a cloud rider engine.

Stress Tested

After mandatory drug testing of all the students at the Aguefort Adventuring Academy, Principal Grix shoots a net at Max, capturing him until the Bad Kids set him free. He thanks the Bad Kids afterwards, telling them that Ivy Embra gave him the gorgenfern he smoked in Fabian's basement, and that he intends on voting for Kristen for President.

Trivia

• During an episode of Fantasy High Extra Credit, Brennan debunked headcanon that "Police State" Kid was the buffet kid in Prompocalypse revealing instead it was a student named Jem Peppercorn.