Midvalley the Hornfreak

Midvalley the Hornfreak is the 11th Gung-Ho-Guns member.

Appearance
Midvalley has black hair slicked back and eyes. He wears a dark suit and shoes.

Ability
Midvalley is a musician with an impressive skill in playing his saxophone, Sylvia, with which he is able to synchronize sound waves with pain receptors in the human body, causing immense physical damage and even killing. He is also able to neutralize sounds by playing counter frequencies, creating absolute silence.

Though he mostly makes use of his sound-based attacks, Midvalley is also a skilled gunman. His saxophone has a built-in hidden pistol, and he also carries some more conventional pistols with him.

Personality
Midvalley in the anime was a completely loyal member of the Gung-Ho-Guns whereas in the manga he saught to get out of the group.

manga
Apparently Midvalley was a killer long before he joined the Gung Ho Guns. In the past, he was part of a small band of jazz musicians who also acted as hired assassins. One day, after killing an entire bar full of people to get their goal, Midvalley and his band were greeted by Knives, who proclaimed that they were completely impressed with their methods. Midvalley was cautious of knives, but his companions were not and tried to kill him for witnessing what they had done. Knives slaughtered them in seconds, and they took Midvalley as a member of his Gung Ho Guns.

When he is sent alongside Hoppered the Gauntlet, they plot to disobey orders to torment, but not kill Vash the Stampede. This would allow Hoppered to get his revenge on Vash and for Midvalley to disappear in the aftermath. While Hoppered attacks Vash, Midvalley, and Nicholas the Chapel fight a secondary duel. Midvalley's and Hoppered's plot ultimately fails and Legato reveals his knowledge of their betrayal. Legato then executes Midvalley by commanding the giant that transports him to smash Midvalley with the giant's spinning motorcycle tire. Afterward, he uses Midvalley's dead body to try to execute Hoppered as well. Though Vash protects Hoppered from Legato's attack, Hoppered later succumbs to his wounds and passes away. Vash and Wolfwood bury Midvalley and Hoppered next to one another, setting Midvalley's saxophone on the gravestone. Wolfwood remarks that he feels no sympathy for Midvalley's failure to escape his doom.

Voice Actors

 * Japanese voice: Tomohiro Nishimura
 * English voice: Steve Bulen

Trivia

 * In the manga, he plays a baritone saxophone, but in the anime, it's a futuristic-looking alto saxophone.
 * "Hornfreak" is most likely a reference to how musicians call wind instruments the generic term 'horns.'

Мидвалли Хорнфрик