Harry MacDowell

Harry MacDowell is a character of the Gungrave series. He is the main antagonist in the first "Gungrave" game and the deuteragonist in the anime. Once the leader of a small-time gang, he later becames feared as the boss of the mafia syndicate Millennion. In order to achieve his goal, he betrayed and killed his best friend Brandon Heat, who later was 'necrorised' to revenge. An intelligent, ambitious, and charismatic lady's man.

Biography
Early life
As a child, Harry was brought up at an orphanage where he was abused. He coincidentally meets Brandon Heat, the two quickly becoming best friends. Because of his bitter experiences at the orphanage, Harry promises with Brandon that they will one day "become free."

Joining Millennion
Years later, Harry and Brandon become a part of a small gang in the slums. Enjoying life with a furious energy, Brandon provides the muscle to Harry's brain and they made the right payments to the right mobsters to usually stay out of big trouble. However, their fight with other gangs attracts unnecessary attention and ultimately leads to their friends' deaths. Filled with sorrow, Harry intends to leave town along with Brandon. As it just so happened, the pair learn about Maria, Big Daddy and Millennion. Hearing rumors about this organization and craving for power, they immediately join Millennion.

Years in Millennion
First years
As soon as they join Millennion, the pair is separated, and Harry works as an assistant of one of Millennion's executives. He also befriends Bob Poundmax and Ballardbird Lee. Four months later, Harry and Brandon are reunited.

Five years later, Harry becomes to distinguish himself as an executive of high reputation. Because of his status, a mafia syndicate 'Lighting' hires a hitman named to assassinate him. However, Harry convinces Bunji to work for Millennion, and takes matter into his own hands. He and Brandon are invited to become a part of Big Daddy's family, where he meets and falls in love with Sherry, Bear Walken's daughter.

Rise to power
Necrolizations
he following years, Brad Wong was released and goes against Millennion, Harry comes and meets them in order to stop their plans. On the other hand, Wong after seeing Brandon's skills and the Necrolization created by Dr.Tokioka, he kills his followers and decides to use the Necrolization powers to wage a war with both Millennion and Brandon. When Brandon goes and faces them alone, Harry catches up with Ballardbird Lee, who leaks their informations out. The two of them provoke each other in a fight, and in the end, Harry convinces Lee to join him again and takes him to Dr.Tokioka's lab. Thus, they go to meet Brandon but saved by Bear Walken instead.

The successor and Brandon's death
Three years later, Harry begins to think about becoming the new boss, so he kills some of Big Daddy's family member; also, he wins both Bear Walken's favor and Sherry. In addition to achieve his goal, he forces Dr.Tokioka to work for him and to continue on the Necrolization project with new generation of deadmen. That was when Big Daddy retires, people were expecting Harry to become his successor. Big Daddy however, sees through his intentions, appoints another executive to become the new boss. Despite having lost, Harry seems to be cheerful, but he begins to have second thought after he heard Brandon and Daddy' conversation about betrayal. Three months later, the new boss was taken down mysteriously.

Brandon and Harry return to their old town, on their way home, Harry asks Brandon to finish Big Daddy, but is punched. Brandon then points his gun at him, but he cannot kill his own best friend, so Harry takes advantage on that and kills him with no hesitation.

Becoming the ruler
After his best friend's death, Harry becomes Millennion's new boss. He covers Brandon's death by saying that he (Brandon) is a traitor and Harry kills him because he points a gun at him. However, Harry is still haunted by Brandon's death and feels guilt for it as well. Later on the story, the new deadmen begin to gone berserk and out of control, Harry states that was Brandon's curse. At that time, he hears gun shots over the lab; the next morning, he found one of the surviving scientist and appoints him to replace Tokioka.

Several days later, Maria discovers the truth, she then intends to take revenge on Harry, but is foiled by Big Daddy. Big Daddy later goes and meets to Harry, during their discussion, Harry realizes that he was a resemblance to Daddy, angered by this, he kills him and later rules the town.

Present day

Thirteen years later, Harry marries Sherry, and now has mysteriously grown old. In one of his ordinary days, he is informed about Maria's location and , so he sents hitmen to kill them. Mika however manages to survive, and later she meets Grave, Brandon's form after being Necro-Rised. This later learned by Harry about his long dead friend.

Downfall
When Grave hears about Harry's party, he goes there and faces him with the Big Four. Harry then order Bob Poundmax to finish Grave for good, but Bob is killed. Thus, Ballardbird Lee swears to take revenge for Bob, he requests Harry to give him information about Grave as soon as possible. When Lee kidnaps Mika, Harry was surprised about his best friend's story and orders Lee to take care of the rest, but Lee later is killed like Bob.

With the defeat of both Bob and Lee, and Bunji becomes missing, Millennion's executives begin to disagree with Harry's opinion. This later turns to be more serious after Bear Walken's death, they decide to kill Harry. Being protected by Bear's Overkill, he and Sherry manage to survive, but later his wife takes a bullet for him and dies. Angered by this, he buries his wife, and releases all of his Orcmen to destroy the traitors; however, the executives are equipped with Anti-Orcmen weapons, his plan ends in faillure.

Harry soon becomes targeted, he runs away from the executives and ends up in his old town, where he confronts a nearly dead Grave. The two of them then go back to their old hide out and talk about their past. When Harry requests to end each other lives, Millennion's agents show up and attack them, later they bomb the house. Though believing to be dead, Brandon saves Harry's life, but as soon as they resurface, they both take a shower of bullets, and Harry is almost shot to death.

Knowing that he won't be able to survive, Harry asks Brandon to end his life and together go back with him to their past lives. In the end, Harry and Brandon make amends and decide to end each other's lives instead of being killed by Millenion's agents. Mika somehow manages to convince the remaining Executives to call off the attack, however it is unclear by the last scene whether or not Mika was too late.

The last scene is shown Brandon and Harry reunite with their friends and beloved, and the first time they met as children.

Game version
Unlike the anime, in the game, Harry does not share a close friendship with Brandon, most of his past are unrevealed. Also, unlike the anime, when he kills Brandon, he says that Brandon is a coward while in the anime he did not. The anime shown that Brandon is hesitate to kill him while in the game, he kills Harry after defeating the Big Daddy Orgman and Harry apologizes to him. Harry's wife, Sherry is killed in the first game, but is Necro-Rised in the second game to avenge his death.

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