Pegasus J. Crawford



Pegasus (Maximillion Pegasus in the dub) started the Duelist Kingdom tournament in response to Yugi's victory over Kaiba in the Death-T games (or just in general in the animé). Because of Kaiba's loss, some schemers at Kaiba Corporation (the Big 5) felt that Yugi had to be defeated to restore the company's good name. Pegasus, because of the Millennium Eye that he got from Shadi in Egypt, could read minds. He agreed to beat Yugi if they would use the company's technology to make a holographic version of his late wife, Cynthia (Cecelia).

However, because of the dual minds of Yugi, Pegasus was defeated. Weakened by the duel, Yami Bakura was easily able to overcome him and stole his Millennium Eye. Nothing has been heard of Pegasus since then, although the animé seems to insinuate his survival by putting him in the Doom arc.
On another note, Pegasus was also the creator of Duel Monsters. He had gone to Egypt after his wife's death to study spiritual revival. In the process, he discovered carvings of monsters and decided to create a card game based on them. Through this process, he also created the three Egyptian god cards, which tormented him to the point where he needed Ishizu Ishtar to return them to Egypt (bury them) for him.