Lord Baron Maxwell Kinnison was the lord of the Marshall Islands, a despot who ruled with an iron fist.
Background
He was one of the few people (to most people's knowledge, the only one) on the islands who knew the formula for making black powder - a secret he guarded jealously, as it ensured his power, along with a fleet of PT boats and Firebirds, rockets controlled by tiny creatures called pilots. He was killed when a volcano erupted near his land while he was out taking a tour in his Humvee; he fled the vehicle, only to fall into a crack in the earth and be burned alive in the lava. (Shadow Fortress)
Appearance
Kinnison was morbidly obese (around 500 pounds) and had leprosy, an affliction he got from a gaudy whore.