MAJOR DEEJ UNIVERSE

Monte Mendoza was born in Laguna Verde, Mexico, a mutant child whose strength and physical toughness became obvious early in life. His father worked as a nuclear mechanical technician at the Laguna Verde 2 Nuclear Power Plant, and for a short time Monte’s life had structure, family, and a possible future. That ended quickly.

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By the time Monte was ten, his mother had died from leukemia. Four years later, his father died from massive kidney failure tied to alcoholism. At fourteen, with no one left to raise him and Mexico still recovering from the devastation of the Soltan Invasion of 2000, Monte was forced onto the streets. Survival became his education.

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By sixteen, Monte had been recruited into a Talaxaca-based gang that would eventually become known as the Purple Gang, led by the young Lorenzo Ramirez. Among the gang, Monte earned the nickname Mountain of Muscles — Montaña de Músculos — because his strength, durability, and stamina made him almost impossible to move once he planted himself in a fight.

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Then came the violent gang disaster remembered as The Night of Purple Death. The Purple Gang was crushed, and Monte was nearly killed. His injuries were so severe that he had to be transported to Mexico City for proper medical care. There, Stephan Espinoza, an old friend of Monte’s father, recognized him and personally arranged for his treatment and recovery.

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Months later, Monte had healed. Espinoza learned what had happened to Monte’s family and what the boy had become. Feeling both pity and responsibility, he offered Monte what seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: a place in a new Mexican superhero team of national champions serving the government and protecting the people.

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Monte accepted.

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After a year of intensive training, Monte was given a costume, a title, and a paycheck. He became El Monte Grande — The Big Mountain — a registered government hero and public defender of Mexico.

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At first, Monte believed in the mission. Many assignments truly did help the Mexican people. But over time, some missions began to reek of corruption. Government priorities increasingly overrode humanitarian needs. On more than one occasion, Monte was ordered away from urgent civilian disasters so he could answer a politically convenient command from “El Presidente.” When he spoke up too often, he was benched from high-visibility missions.

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Those forced absences changed his life in one unexpected way: he met Elana Sanchez.

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Elana worked as a records keeper at the Presidential Palace. She and Monte quickly fell in love, married, and had a son, Julio. For a time, Monte had something he had never truly known before: a peaceful home, a loving wife, and a child he adored. He stopped challenging his assignments as aggressively and began accepting higher-paying duties, even those tied closely to the president’s office.

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But Elana’s own workplace brought her into contact with Fernando Eduardo Ortiz, a palace IT administrator known by the cruel nickname Chico Feo — “Ugly Boy.” Fernando was physically unpleasant, socially repulsive, and predatory. He became obsessed with Elana, harassing her repeatedly, sending obscene images, and insisting that she secretly wanted him. Elana tried to stop him without involving Monte, knowing how much pressure her husband was already under.

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When Fernando refused to stop, palace security intervened. Two guards beat him badly in the parking lot and humiliated him. Fernando disappeared from work for two weeks.

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Then he returned.

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While Monte was away on a mission, Fernando murdered the two security guards who had beaten him, attacked his IT coworkers, and then went to the Mendoza home. There, he threatened Julio, assaulted Elana, shot Julio, and murdered Elana. When police arrived, Fernando was standing over Elana’s body. Julio was rushed to the hospital in critical condition with a bullet dangerously close to his heart.

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Monte was not permitted to return until his mission was complete.

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By the time he arrived, his wife was dead, his son was dying, and the man responsible had been arrested. Monte wanted to kill Fernando immediately. Then the final betrayal came: Fernando received a presidential pardon.

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Fernando had secretly collected compromising evidence against El Presidente, including infidelities, corruption, money laundering, and ties to human trafficking operations. To protect himself, the president pardoned Fernando and assigned him a police security detail to keep Monte away.

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Monte broke.

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In a complete mental collapse, he took Julio from the hospital and carried him to a friend’s vacant lakeside cabin. After making his son as comfortable as he could, Monte went looking for Fernando.

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He found him at a high-priced strip club under police protection.

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Monte leapt from a high-rise roof and crashed down through the club’s ceiling, collapsing the structure and injuring many inside. Police tried to stop him. Monte, lost in grief and rage, broke them. He endured gunfire, smashed through the security detail, and finally reached Fernando.

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What happened next made Monte Mendoza a murderer in the eyes of the state.

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Monte tore Fernando apart.

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Afterward, the former national hero became one of Mexico’s most wanted men, charged with murder, assault against government forces, and a long list of related crimes. With nowhere else to go, Monte returned to the lakeside cabin, took his wounded son, and drove toward the only place he believed might still accept him: Talaxaca.

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He came to the city carrying Julio in his arms and invoked his old name, Mountain of Muscles. Within minutes, Lorenzo Ramirez — now Crimemaster, ruler of Crimewave — arrived with armed men and super-powered bodyguards. Monte collapsed before him and explained what had happened.

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In a rare public display of emotion, Lorenzo embraced Monte and Julio, then immediately summoned medical services and Bruja Púrpura. Saving Julio nearly killed Bruja Púrpura, but days later the boy woke up alive and alert.

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Monte had also been treated, but seeing Julio alive overwhelmed him so completely that he burst several sutures while hugging his son.

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The aftermath was complicated. El Presidente’s crimes were eventually exposed through a time-released recording Fernando had prepared as insurance, but the former president escaped to an undisclosed island nation and secured protection. Monte remained a wanted man. If captured, he would likely face execution.

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Crimemaster offered another path.

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Monte would serve Crimewave. In return, he would receive $200,000 a year regardless of cartel profits. Julio would live under the protection of Talaxaca and Crimewave, receive the best education money could buy, and be protected from anyone who might come after him. Lorenzo also promised new identities for Monte and Julio if they ever chose to disappear, provided Monte served at least five years.

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The contract included one final clause: if Monte died, Julio would be taken to a safe country of his choice with all money saved and collected by Monte, and Julio would owe Crimewave nothing.

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Crimemaster agreed personally, promising to care for Julio as if he were his own son.

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From that day forward, El Monte Grande died.

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Muscles Mendoza took his place.

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Today, Muscles Mendoza remains one of Crimewave’s most physically intimidating enforcers. He has long since served past his original five-year obligation, but he has not left. Julio now receives a private college education in Talaxaca and views “Uncle Lorenzo” as family. Julio still sees his father as a hero — not because Monte remained pure, but because Monte avenged his mother and saved his life.

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Monte himself does not see things so cleanly. He is sad, haunted, and fully aware that he crossed a line he can never uncross. He knows he is a murderer. He knows he serves a criminal empire. But he also believes that everything he has done since that day has been for Julio’s survival.

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He remains fiercely loyal to Crimemaster and Crimewave, not because he believes he is innocent, but because Crimewave gave his son life, protection, and a future when the government gave him betrayal.

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Monte is especially volatile when confronted with corrupt Mexican officials, government hypocrisy, exploited heroes, or civilians who blindly trust institutions that have already failed them. He still has nightmares about the strip club massacre and what he did to Fernando Ortiz, but he no longer believes redemption is available to him.

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As far as Monte Mendoza is concerned, there is no road back to heroism.

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There is only the mountain, the debt, the son, and the contract.

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Story Hook

Stephan Espinoza, the retired government contact who once helped Monte become El Monte Grande, is still searching for Monte and Julio. He hopes to find them and help them. Unfortunately, others are quietly tracking Stephan’s investigation as well — people who may want Monte captured, exposed, or killed.

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