Maxim St. James is a character mentioned in the video game Shadow Man, via the Prophecy. As a previovs bearer of the Mask of Shadows, he too was tasked with performing the duties as a Shadow Man. During the 19th century, he constructed a series of passageways, called the Paths of Shadow, throughout Deadside to bring order into this realm and traverse it without hinderance. At the same time, he gathered many ancient artifacts of immense power, some of which were found within the passageways themselves. Eventually, he was forced to halt his progress permanently after learning that a seed of darkness - which revealed itself as Legion - had manifested in Deadside. As such, he was forced to seal off these passageways so that no form of evil could ever use them and the artifacts within. Since the task was immense on his part and his powers weakening, the outer areas were not as sealed as well as the inner areas. In addition to the artifacts, Maxim had also left behind the Les Cartes du Prophete, cards which detailed the Prophecy in full and a letter to whoever would suceed him as the next Shadow Man, which in 1999 would be Michael LeRoi.