Sundowner

"We're just suppliers... We don't create the market for war... Did you think every battle in history was all part of some big ol' conspiracy?"

- Sundowner

Sundowner is a renegade cyborg who serves unofficial leader of the PMSC Desperado Enforcement LLC. involved in the events of 2018, as well as one of the members of the Winds of Destruction, alongside Mistral and Monsoon. His name was derived from the wind condition that occurs in Southern California. Donning a specialized custom cyborg body, the immense Sundowner wielded two high-frequency machetes known as "bloodlust." He was also nicknamed "doom", and was feared by several other Cyborgs.

During his PMSC activities, Sundowner had an African Prime Minister, N'Mani, captured, and then bound to a wall, proceeding to torture him by slicing his sword just below the chin and within close range to the neck. Later, he moved him to a train, before killing N'Mani by stabbing him through the back. Afterwards, he escaped via a V-22 Osprey-like helicopter. Sundowner displayed a sadistic personality, evidenced by his reaction to his own actions against N'Mani.

When not undergoing combat instances requiring him to use weapons, he wears a longcoat that is largely black with red on the bottom.

Behind the scenes


Sundowner first appeared in the E3 2012 trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which fans saw early on May 31/June 1, as part of Konami's pre-E3 show. Fans originally thought he was Fatman due to their resemblance though Fatman was killed by Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. His name was revealed in the September Famitsu issue, and his role was expanded in the TGS story trailer.