Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen is the eccentric Mayor of RacKoon City on Malchior IV.

The Great Plague
Michael Rosen became the Mayor of RacKoon City some time before the outbreak of a mysterious plague turned the majority of the city's inhabitants into vampire-like creatures. When the plague was first identified, Rosen was informed by the heads of his precinct that it only affected the poorer areas of the province and was unlikely to reach RacKoon City. Unfortunately, it did. When reports came in that the plague had spread to RacKoon City, Rosen and his staff were evacuated immediately, along with many other citizens.

Not long after Rosen's evacuation, Zhofar went to the City Hall and saw that Rosen's doors and windows were boarded up. He wondered why the Mayor would leave City Hall like that in the middle of a holiday.

Once he had reached a safe location, Rosen was contacted by Major General Klak, who wanted an update on the situation in RacKoon City. Rosen told Klak everything he knew - which admittedly, wasn't much. He did, however, reveal that they couldn't prevent the plague from spreading, the city had been sealed off, and whoever wasn't evacuated was probably infected by that point. Klak told Rosen that he would take a task force into the city to investigate; Rosen thanked him in return.

Terrorist plot
Some time later, Michael Rosen was targeted by Rahn and Shadow Blade, who had been instructed to commit random acts of terrorism by F-Blackout. They decided that they would take him hostage and then blow up the building he was in. Once they had gained access to said building, Rahn eavesdropped on Rosen having a conversation with Governor Harrybo: Rosen was worried about the ongoing plague crisis, but Harrybo reassured him that the plague hadn't spread far beyond RacKoon City. Rahn then walked in, shot dead their guards, and held them at gunpoint while he told Shadow Blade to tell the authorities their demands. Rosen told Rahn that he was willing to sacrifice himself and Harrybo to save the planet, but Harrybo contested this, which made for some hilarity until a squad of armed guards arrived to free them. While the terrorists were distracted by the guards, Rosen and Harrybo were rescued by a Malchiorian SWAT team and driven to safety.