Mac Manson

Mac Mason is a major character in the Nightriders series. He was the one of the former antagonists who used to be a host for the Warlocks band who went under the alias, Heathen. As of now, he is one of the main protagonists. He's a vocalist for the titular band of the same name.

Personality
Prior to him quitting the Nightriders, it was implied Mac, like Axl had high ambitions and ego for the music industry, his confidence drawing many fans towards the band from three albums alone. Unlike Axl however, Mac seemed to have a lower tolerance to Nightriders band leader, Rolf Steiner's cynical high strung narcissism, the latter taking credit for the bands achievements and criticizing Mac for every little detail. This resulted in the initial fallout and Mac leaving the band.

However, Rolf sabotaging his future career by a smear campaign targeted at Mac being the cause of the Bands fallout made Mac turn vengeful and blinded by rage. These feelings of depression and anger towards the man who ruined his future resulted in Mac embracing the dark side and becoming the vessel to Heathen, a ancient warlord spirit who has ties straight to the Falsettos.

As the Heathen persona, he is ruthless, sadistic and has a superiority complex, akin to a god addressing beings around him as "mortals." His actions are also heavily influenced by his hatred to Rolf as not only was he willing to see the world be turned into zombies, but he was going to make Rolf watch as the latter looses all his fame and fortune.

However, he still has enough good will within him, as in the final act of "Battle of The Bands", The single act of kindness and genuine remorse form Rolf was enough for Mac to forgive and set him on the road to reformation.

Trivia

 * Unlike the usual references, Mac's references (Both Mac and Heathen) were drawn by artist Ferroth. However, all his appearances onscreen were still drawn Bluepieces97, resulting in a noticeable change in quality.
 * If one notices, the Heathen mask that Mac wore during "Battle of the Bands" and " The Kidnappings" was stylized differently, given that it was the latter mask that possessed Mac.
 * It's possible that the one seen in the first story was a prop mask, as That Heathen resorted to gas and mind control music rather than his Electrokenesis and levitation that was present in The Kidnappings.