Nicole Horne

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Pure Evil
Full Name	Nicole Horne
Alias	The Witch
Origin	Max Payne
Allies	B.B. Angelo Punchinello(formerly)
Powers / Skills	Wealth
Goals	Keep her business successful
Moral Event Horizon	Ordering the killing of Michelle and Rose Payne
Kill Count	4+
Worst Crimes	Organized crime Corruption Drug trafficking Murder Infanticide by proxy Blackmail Extortion Theft of government property
Type of Villain	Psychopathic Businesswoman

“	Mr. Payne, it's time to show you the benefits of my brew. Be a good boy now.	„
	~ Nicole Horne just before injecting Max Payne with deadly Valkyr dose.

“	All this because your wife stuck her nose into things that were none of her business. It's ridiculous that you've made it this far. You won't be alive when they get here.	„
	~ Horne to Max Payne.

Nicole Horne is the main antagonist of the 2001 video game Max Payne, the first installment of the video game series of the same name.

She was the CEO of Aesir Corporation who profited from selling Valkyr, a lethal drug previously authorized by the United States of America government for their army until they stopped its production due to how dangerous it turned soldiers into. Horne orders the killing of Max Payne's wife and daughter when the former comes too close to expose her, setting into motion the events of the series.

She was voiced by Jane Gennaro.

What Makes Her Pure Evil?

• Illegally continued the production of Valkyr, a drug which turns its users into homicidal killers.
• Blackmailed former members of the Valkyr project into silence and used the Puchinello crime family to distribute the drug.
• She was responsible for the murders of the Payne family by sending two Valkyr addicts to Max's house, killing Max's wife and daughter, the latter being a baby. This makes Horne indirectly responsible for Max's severe depression throughout the series.
• Had B.B. kill Alex Balder and then frame Max Payne for Balder's death.
• Had Angelo Punchinello killed to cover her tracks.
• She tried to kill Max painfully by injecting him Valkyr.
• Ordered "Operation Dead Eyes", which consists of assassinating everyone involved in the Valhalla project and then destroying the laboratory in Deep Six, which also almost caused the death of Max.

Trivia

• Nicole Horne is, alongside Victor Branco, one of the two Max Payne villains to be Pure Evil.
• Nicole is also, alongside Catalina, one of the two Pure Evils of Rockstar Games to be female.

External Links

• Nichole Horne on the Villains Wiki
• Nichole Horne on the Max Payne Wiki

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