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== Overview ==
McGinnis' wish is unknown, although it's implied that she's using the [[ritual]] as a chance to test some weaponry.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"Ready to do some field testing."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Heavy Barrage|voice line]] (Upgrade Heavy Barrage): ''"Been waiting to test this for a while."''</ref>

=== Biography ===
A child genius with a knack for building things, the brilliance of Margaret "Maggie" McGinnis<ref>2025-01-28 - [[Kaori (developer)|Kaori]]; Deadlock Discord - ''"Maggie is short for Margaret, but she goes by Maggie"''</ref> was picked up by [[Maximilian Fairfax]] after she designed a machine that refined the souls of the dead at the age of 15.<ref name=":7">{{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' backstory</ref><ref name=":8">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|quotes=Billy/Quotes#enemies|context=(killed McGinnis)|transcription=Don't act like you're Blue Collar, McGinnis! You were handpicked by Fairfax himself!}}</ref> Famously known as a "kid genius",<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=You were that kid genius, right?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=Yeah.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Lash|number=1|hero_quote1=Lash|quote1=Ahh, so The Lash is working with the kid genius.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I was a kid over a decade ago. Now I'm just a genius.}}</ref> McGinnis was shown off to the [[The Cursed Apple|New York]] elite after Fairfax first discovered her.<ref name=":0">''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'' - [https://youtu.be/nn_C9nQ_Ri0?si=0c6noDOilZQPe4R7&t=346 Chapter 3A]</ref> 

Now, as the head engineer of [[Fairfax Industries]] Military R&D department, McGinnis brainstorms the occult war machines.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Yamato): ''"Yamato, you run a street gang. I drive the occult industrial complex. You never had a chance."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=I'm the lead engineer for the occult industrial complex.}}</ref> While it's unknown where McGinnis' inventions have been used, it's said that she may be resposible for millions of deaths.<ref>[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]] - [[The Binding of Oathkeeper#4a - Humble Pie|Chapter 4A]] - {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}: ''"Your mind is the engine that drives the occult war machine. Within a decade your inventions will claim millions of lives, if they haven't already."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Hotel Guest Taunt - Hero Specific|voice line]] (Taunt McGinnis): ''"Your creations are responsible for the deaths of millions, McGinnis, you’re a monster.''</ref> McGinnis also implies that she's killed people with her bare hands before.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|quotes=McGinnis/Quotes#Kill Enemy Hero|context=(melee kill)|transcription=You think I've never killed someone with my bare hands?! Come on.}}</ref> 

While McGinnis doesn't love working for Fairfax Industries, she's content with being a "wage slave" since she gets paid a fortune.<ref name=":12">{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"Do I love working for Fairfax Industries? No. Does it pay a small fortune? Yes. How do I sleep at night? Like a baby."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Seven|number=1}}</ref> McGinnis was worried that she would lose her job when Fairfax lost the sovereignty of the [[United States of America|Island of Cadenza]] to the US Government.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Haze|number=2|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Honestly, the rest of us were more rattled than he was. I was just a kid freaking out 'cause I thought I was going to lose my job but, Fairfax was surprisingly calm. I don't think he expected Cadenza to last forever. He just wanted to make the most out of an opportunity before legislation caught up. Plus, the guy gets to say he created one of the United States!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_headline_78.mp3|transcription=The Supreme Court is poised to rule on the Fairfax Fair Tax bill next session. Will our 50th state remain in the union? Or will Fairfax Industries successfully regain its sovereignty over the island of Cadenza? Only time will tell!|no_pageref_file=true}}</ref> McGinnis has a mortgage to pay for.<ref name=":9">{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Ivy|number=1|hero_quote1=Ivy|quote1=Carlos says Fairfax Industries is bad for the country.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=And if Carlos paid my mortgage, I might care what he had to say.}}</ref>

In [[The Binding of Oathkeeper]], McGinnis creates a new ward for Lady Geist to contain [[Oathkeeper]] with. McGinnis helps Lady Geist due to the chance to "harness the power of a God".<ref name=":11">[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]] - [[The Binding of Oathkeeper#4a - Humble Pie|Chapter 4A]] - {{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}: ''"Give me a reason to help you. Something interesting." -'' {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}: ''"It will likely be 50 years before there's another maelstrom. Do you really want to wait that long before you try to harness the power of a God?" -'' {{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}: ''"Now we're talking."''</ref>

=== Personality ===
As a "notorious misanthrope", McGinnis doesn't really care about the deaths she's caused or the sins of Fairfax Industries.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=Newscaster seasonal forge unlock 01 alt 01.mp3|transcription=Presumably walking home drunk after a Fairfax Industries holiday party, notorious misanthrope Maggie McGinnis has been seen looking festive!}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"Do I love working for Fairfax Industries? No. Does it pay a small fortune? Yes. How do I sleep at night? Like a baby."''</ref><ref name=":9" /> McGinnis thinks ethics are for scientists "that can't think big enough".<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"Ethics are for scientists that can't think big enough."''</ref> She does, however, appreciate the good {{HeroIcon|Ivy}} did for New York.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Ivy|number=3|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=I read about you in the paper. Thanks for making New York a little better.}}</ref>

McGinnis dislikes the corporate side of her job, fancy events, and being treated too formally.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Kelvin|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=You can drop the "Miss", though. Feel free to call me McGinnis, or Maggie... really, anything that makes me feel like I'm not in a boardroom.}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> She agrees with {{HeroIcon|Holliday}} that rich people are "assholes with god complexes".<ref name=":10">{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2}}</ref> McGinnis believes working is "good for the soul",<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Lady Geist|number=2|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Turns out being a human being is good for the soul. You should try it sometime.}}</ref> and that she'll work for Fairfax until she either gets bored or "opens a portal to hell and die".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=3|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=How long you think you'll stay with Fairfax Industries?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I don't know. Probably until I get bored or open some portal to hell and die? (...) I think about it a lot.}}</ref>

McGinnis doesn't think she'd be a good teacher, because her talent comes to her "naturally".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Dynamo|number=2|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=I'd make a really bad teacher. (...) I don't know how I do what I do, it just... comes naturally. If I tried to teach someone, it would probably boil down to me saying 'Try it again, but don't suck this time!'}}</ref>

McGinnis appreciates good craftsmanship, such as [[Ms. Shelly]]'s work on {{PageRef|name=Bebop}}.<ref name=":3" /> She likes to find new challenges to work on.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />

It's implied that McGinnis isn't above stealing other people's inventions.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Dynamo|number=3}}</ref><ref name=":6" />

McGinnis likes to drink beer.<ref name=":02">''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'' - [https://youtu.be/nn_C9nQ_Ri0?si=0c6noDOilZQPe4R7&t=346 Chapter 3A]</ref>

=== Appearance ===
[[File:McGinnis dress.png|thumb|203x203px|McGinnis wearing a dress in ''The Binding of Oathkeeper'']]
McGinnis is a young burly white woman with brown eyes, freckles in her cheeks, and messy short black hair held upwards by a red headband. She wears a blue shirt with sleeves rolled up, jeans overalls with a "Fairfax" logo in the chest, a yellow apron with a brown belt, yellow mechanic gloves, red socks, and dark brown shoes. She carries a bag and a hammer on her sides, and a cylindrical soul-powered machinery in her back that she uses for {{AbilityIcon|Heavy Barrage}}. Her weapon is a minigun.

Her {{AbilityIcon|Mini Turret|l1=Mini Turrets}} and {{AbilityIcon|Medicinal Specter}} are yellow machinery powered by green soul fuel,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Abrams|number=2|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=How do you not throw out your back carrying all that stuff?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=It's lighter than it looks. Souls don't weigh a whole lot.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"Great. I thought of a new way to weaponize souls in the shower, I need to go to the lab."''</ref> and her {{AbilityIcon|Spectral Wall}} is made of solidified souls.

In ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'', McGinnis is depicted with a mermaid tattoo on her left shoulder.

=== Information ===
McGinnis is aware and makes it known that {{AbilityIcon|Spectral Wall}} usually backfires on her team.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Pre-Game|voice line]] (pre-game ping): ''"Just wanna get ahead of this: I will probably misuse the wall at some point, and I'm sorry in advance."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Spectral Wall|voice line]] (upgrade Spectral Wall): ''"If this misfires, my team won't let me hear the end of it."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Just wanna get this out of the way. I'm gonna be doing my best to support you but, shit happens and if you end up on the wrong side of a spectral wall... I'm sorry.|hero_quote2=Abrams|quote2=That was... very specific.|hero_quote3=McGinnis|quote3=It happens a lot.}}</ref>

== Character Relationships ==

=== [[Maximilian Fairfax]] ===
Maximilian Fairfax handpicked McGinnis for Fairfax Industries after she designed a machine that refined the souls of the dead at 15 years old.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> McGinnis was "paraded around incessantly" by Fairfax to New York's elite after he hired her.<ref name=":0" />

McGinnis finds "assholes with god complexes" to be a pretty close description of Fairfax.<ref name=":10" /> That said, McGinnis doesn't really care about Fairfax's ethics since she's getting paid by him.<ref name=":9" /> She refers to Fairfax as "Papa Fairfax" in a killstreak line.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|quotes=McGinnis/Quotes#killstreak|context=(killstreak)|transcription=Papa Fairfax is giving me a raise after this!}}</ref> 

== Character Interactions ==

* In [[The Binding of Oathkeeper|''The Binding of Oathkeeper'']], one possible storyline includes McGinnis building a new ward for {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}.
* McGinnis consistently mistakes {{PageRef|name=Kelvin}}'s name for "Kevin".<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Kelvin): ''"Took out Kevin – Kelvin. His name is Kelvin. I'm gonna get that right next time."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Kelvin|number=2}}</ref> Most of McGinnis' pings for Kelvin include a variant where she calls him "Kevin".
* McGinnis accuses {{HeroIcon|Calico}} of stealing her ideas.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill calico 02.mp3|transcription=Tell you what, you stop stealing my ideas and I'll stop shootin' ya.}}</ref>
** It's possible this is referring to Calico's old lore as a weapons dealer, as Calico used to use turrets while she was in [[Hero Labs]].
* McGinnis wants to talk to {{HeroIcon|Shiv}} and "fix him".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill shiv 03.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=When this is all over Shiv, we should talk.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill shiv 02.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=I can fix him!}}</ref>
* McGinnis wants to sample {{HeroIcon|Viscous}}' goo.<ref name=":6">{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill viscous 04.mp3|transcription=Dibs on Viscous' goo!}}</ref>
* McGinnis doesn't frequent {{HeroIcon|Infernus}}' bar, [[Jezebel's]], because she finds it "too fancy". She does, however, want to go when Infernus offers her free drinks.<ref name=":2">{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Infernus|number=1}}</ref>
* McGinnis is impressed by the craftsmanship used to create {{PageRef|name=Bebop}} and shows interest in hiring his creator, [[Shelly Fisher|Ms. Shelly]].<ref name=":3">{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Bebop|number=1}}</ref>
* McGinnis offers help to remove {{HeroIcon|Seven}}'s headgear.<ref name=":5">{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Seven|number=2}}</ref>
* McGinnis offers to upgrade {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}'s body.<ref name=":4">{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Dynamo|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=How's that body working out for ya? (...) Well, if you ever want an upgrade or something, you may call!}}</ref>
* McGinnis appreciates what {{PageRef|name=Ivy}} has done for New York.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Ivy|number=3|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=I read about you in the paper. Thanks for making New York a little better.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Ivy): ''"Appreciate what you did for Spanish Harlem, but I gotta do what I gotta do."''</ref>
* McGinnis makes fun of {{PageRef|name=Grey Talon}} and {{HeroIcon|Infernus}} for not using guns.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Grey Talon|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=You know they make things like "guns", if you ever wanna step into the 20th century.|hero_quote2=Grey Talon|quote2=I see charm is not one of your talents.|hero_quote3=McGinnis|quote3=Charm doesn't win fights. You know what does? Guns. Which you don't have.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Infernus|number=3|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Where's your gun?|hero_quote2=Infernus|quote2=I don't need one.|hero_quote3=McGinnis|quote3=No one "needs" a gun, it just makes surviving a firefight significantly more likely!}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Pocket}} loathes McGinnis due to her working for Fairfax Industries.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"You could've made the world a better place. Instead, you chose to do this."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (pass McGinnis on zipline): ''"Karma's coming for you, Maggie."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"You're complicit, McGinnis."''</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Seven}} criticizes McGinnis for her lack of creativity.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Seven|number=3|hero_quote1=Seven|quote1=Now I think it's safe to say you plateau'd.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I'm sorry, what did you say?|hero_quote3=Seven|quote3=You are a woman who executes pedestrian ideas at the highest level. That makes you a master craftsman, but far from a visionary.}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=The Doorman}} calls McGinnis "the brightest mind humanity has to offer".<ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Pass McGinnis on Zipline): ''"So that's the brightest mind humanity has to offer..."''</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s father is a "fan" of McGinnis.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s in-game [[Apollo/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"A pity you're not on my side, McGinnis. My father would be a fan."''</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Mina}} and {{PageRef|name=Wraith}} call McGinnis "Fairfax's pet genius".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Destroy Turrets): ''"I'm gonna kill Fairfax's little pet genius!"''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Wraith|number=1|hero_quote1=Wraith|quote1=You're Fairfax's pet genius, right?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I'm no one's 'pet' anything.}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Paradox}} is interested in McGinnis' research and the secrets she holds for Fairfax.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Paradox}}'s in-game [[Paradox/Quotes#Enemy|voice line]] (Killed McGinnis): ''"I want your research, McGinnis."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Paradox}}'s in-game [[Paradox/Quotes#Enemy|voice line]] (Killed McGinnis): ''"What secrets are you hiding for Fairfax, McGinnis?"''</ref> McGinnis has been trying to keep Paradox out of her lab.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Paradox): ''"Maybe Paradox will stop tryin'a raid my lab."''</ref>

== The Binding of Oathkeeper ==
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McGinnis makes an appearance in {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}'s visual novel, ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]].''

Note: ''The Binding of Oathkeeper'' is currently inaccessible to the main game, instead being something planned for release in the future. As such, everything in the current visual novel is prone to change, as it is still undergoing development.

=== [[The Binding of Oathkeeper/Transcription|Storyline A]] ===
[[File:Geist VN McGinnis beer.png|thumb|325x325px|Storyline A - Lady Geist convincing McGinnis to help her]]
McGinnis plays a significant role in storyline A in ''The Binding of Oathkeeper''.

In chapter 3, Lady Geist gets {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}} to bring together all the "greatest minds" he can get for a gala in order to find someone who can help with her failing ward containing [[Oathkeeper]]. One of the people invited to the gala is McGinnis, who comes to the gala but stays outside as she "hates these things". After Lady Geist comes outside to get some fresh air, the two have a brief conversation where Lady Geist is rude to McGinnis. McGinnis advises Lady Geist to be nicer as she never knows who can help her before leaving.

In chapter 4, Lady Geist attempts to make amends with McGinnis by visiting her workshop, as nobody else at the gala was able to help her with her ward. Lady Geist asks McGinnis for help with her ward, to which McGinnis is initially reluctant as, even though she likes the challenge, Lady Geist is a bad person. Lady Geist retorts that McGinnis' inventions will kill millions of people if they haven't already, to which McGinnis responds that that makes her a "monster in the theoretical sense". McGinnis agrees to help Lady Geist if she can offer her something "interesting". After refusing money, McGinnis agrees to help Lady Geist on the promise of "harnessing the power of a god" in the Maelstrom.

In chapter 5, some time passes until the day before the ritual, where McGinnis creates a new ward for Lady Geist, designed to "drip feed" Oathkeeper to maximise every life Lady Geist takes. With her job complete, McGinnis tells Lady Geist to participate in the ritual to gather enough souls to charge the ward.

Storyline A ends with Lady Geist equipping the new ward, prepared to participate in the ritual in order to "live forever".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Lady Geist|hero2=McGinnis|number=4|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=You remember what you need to do?|hero_quote2=Lady Geist|quote2=Collect souls, power gauntlet, summon Patron... live forever.}}</ref>

== Removed Lore ==

* McGinnis used to frequent [[Jezebel's]], and was friends with {{HeroIcon|Infernus}}.<ref>{{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' removed [[McGinnis/Quotes#Deadlock - Enemies|voice line]] (killed Infernus): ''"Eh, I'll tip you extra later, Fern."''</ref><ref>{{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' removed [[McGinnis/Quotes#Deadlock - Enemies|voice line]] (killed Infernus): ''"Sorry, Fern."''</ref>

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=== Neon Prime - Forge ===
In [[Neon Prime|''Neon Prime'']]'','' McGinnis was named '''Forge'''. She had a relationship with '''Astro''' ({{HeroIcon|Holliday}}).<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash killed by forge 04.mp3|transcription=Astro is a lucky lady to be with someone like Forge.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash killed by forge 01.mp3|transcription=I see her at the Bear Pit every Thursday with Astro, that lady is a student of the game.}}</ref> 

Forge trained fighting with {{HeroIcon|Lash}} in his dojo.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|alt_name=Forge|file=Mcginnis melee kill 05.mp3|context=(melee kill)|transcription=Training with Lash is paying off!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|alt_name=Forge|file=Mcginnis kill lash 05.mp3|context=(killed Lash)|transcription=I tried to warn you dude, I'm a fast learner.}}</ref>{{clear}}

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