Maxamillion J. Pegasus (DF)

Maxamillion J. Pegasus is one of the few pre-existing Yu-Gi-Oh! characters to appear in Legendhiro's Yu-Gi-Oh! DF. He is the pre-existing character to appear most often throughout the course of the story. Pegasus is the owner and President of Industrial Illusions, the company responsible for the creation of the Duel Monsters TCG. There are very few things that are beyond his means.

Voice/Manerisms
Pegasus often acts childish, but those who know him know that his extravagant gestures and and lyrical tone are to conceal just how serious he is from those who are observing him. If ever Pegasus speaks in a serious tone, know that he is very serious. Pegasus often adds suffixes to the ends of other peoples' names, such as Johnny-boy for John and Tucker-boy for Tucker.

Story
Pegasus is an ancient mythology hobbyist, and his knowledge of ancient prophetic texts has allowed him to predict some of the disasters to come and react accordingly. He was the one that discovered the existence of the Twelve Duelists Souls. He is also the one who informs the original Duel Force of their destiny, and who discovers the meddling of the Duelists of the Order.

Gather the Duel Force
Pegasus discovers the legend of the Forgotten Duelist, and of the four Duelists of balance, determination, fluidity of thought, and adaptation who were to unlock the Duelist's Souls. Knowing though his many connections that another group, the Duelists of the Order Divine Cards, is searching for the Souls, Pegasus sets up several Game Centers across the United States, searching for the four Duelists. John, Tucker, Sarah and Jen catch his eye. Pegasus calls them to his island, Duelist's Kingdom, to test them. When they pass, he sends them on their journey.

Special #1: The Ancient Cards
Pegasus discovers the legend of the Ancient Dragon's and Divine Dragon's coming battle and warns John, asking him to try and find the Ancient Dragon's wielder and warn him as well. His efforts were not needed though, since Ned, the wielder of the Ancient Dragon cards, was already aware of his purpose.

Terror of Blackheart
During Blackheart's assault on the Duel Force, Karen, Tucker, Kimi, Amanda and Jen meet with Pegasus to learn what they can about Blackheart. He informs them that the Forgotten Duelist will soon re-emerge to fight Blackheart himself, but that there is no guarantee that the Duelist will win. He also gives Karen the Toon cards that she is missing, allowing her to complete her current deck.

The Great Duel Force Tournament
After the Great Duel Force Tournament, Pegasus and Seto Kaiba invite John and Karen to attend the newly completed Duel Academy.

Deck
Pegasus is never shown dueling in Yu-Gi-Oh! DF, but it can be assumed that his deck is somewhere between his Duelist Kingdom deck and the deck that he used in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX.

Trivia

 * Pegasus, according to Legendhiro, is an expert on ancient myths, thanks to his traveling to find new themes for Duel Monsters.