Ralts

=• WARNING •= Agent file linked to: United States Department of Defense United States National Security Agency NATO INTERPOL United States Defense Intelligence Agency CIA 'Proceed with Caution

=• APPEARANCE •=
 * Height 6' 1"
 * Weight 210 lbs
 * Race Mixed
 * Skin Tanned appearance
 * Eyes Right Green, Left Pale Blue
 * Distinguishing Marks/Scars
 * Facial scarring on left side of face, particurly around that eye that suggest he may have lost his eye
 * Puncture scars on torso
 * 3" scar on the back of head
 * Scar that goes completely around the right shoulder
 * Claw scarring on forearms
 * Multiple surgical scars
 * Fragmentation scarring on face and left torso
 * Burn scars, lower back and upper buttocks
 * Tattoo, center, upper back, nuclear mushroom cloud with "Cry Out Against the Night as You Will, This Be the Fate of All"
 * Date of Birth: 08 Jun 1968

Agent Stillwater looks to be a mixed race male in his early thirties. He has extensive scarring from a lifetime of combat and fighting. His expression is usually blank, revealing nothing about his motives or thoughts. He has large front teeth, common of rural areas, as well as a slightly crooked nose that was never properly reset. Weight lifting and an active lifestyle has left him lean and muscled, with a low percentage of body fat. His heavy bone structure is obvious even with the muscle he's layered on.

"I've got dinosaur bones. I'm heavier than I look."

He usually dresses in either his old military uniform, based on the terrian/environment, with a Kevlar vest over the top or heavy work Levi jeans and a flannel shirt. Beneath his flannel shirt and over his T-shirt he wears a Cold-War Era Kevlar vest. He often wears military lead bearing equipment to carry spare magazines, grenades, exposives, or whatever else he feels necessary to the mission. He wears heavy combat or work boots, usually with steel toes and steel plated soles. On his right hip, and on his boot he carries knives. Around his neck he wears his old dog-tags and a Saint Christopher's medal.

"Yeah, I shine my boots, what about it? My desert boots? Well, you can't really get blood out of them easy."

He keeps his red hair cut brutally short and remains clean shaven, often shaving with his knife when in the field.

"Long hair is for girls, athletes, and rock stars. I'm just a soldier."

"Yeah, that's him in the picture. Third one from the left. That blank expression, those empty eyes? That's not a trick of the camera. You're seeing him. He looks like a normal guy, right? Like some hay-seed hick, dressed in that flannel shirt and those jeans and boots, right? He's not. He's not a man. If you ever see him in real life, and live, you'll know it too. He may look like a man, like a normal man, but he's not. He's some kind of machine." - Agent Xenonflare, Illuminati

=• PERSONALITY •= For relevance the personality profile of Agent Stillwater from each Faction is Presented:


 * ILLUMINATI: The Illuminati have spent resources attempting to discover more about the Templar Agent designation "Ralts" with his appearance in the disputed zones following the Tokyo attack. Prior Data: No personality found. Possibly Templar robot or advanced golem. Unable or unwilling to hold conversations. May not be capable of speech. Mundanely may be a sociopath with psychotic tendencies and vocal cord damage. Approach with extreme caution while armed with alcohol and women of loose morals. Suggested escape method is to throw the preceding at him and run. Current Data: His extensive appearance in the disputed zones of Solomon Island, Egypt, and Transylvania has made intelligence gathering somewhat more in-depth. While very little personality has been noted the fact that he responds immediately with overwhelming force does lead credence to the theory that he is little more than an advanced combat golem or magical android. Agent Stillwater has no apparent human attachment to other people, no living relatives, and does no appear to form human attachments. Previous theories that the agent is an advanced golem or a mundane psychopath are still the most likely truth.
 * DRAGON: Conflicting reports. Agents report that Stillwater has no personality outside of combat, and just stares blankly at people when they attempt to hold a conversation with him. Alternately other agents have reported that he drinks, parties, knows dozens of drinking songs, speaks Korean, German, Russian, Farsi, Egyptian, Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, and Swahili, and ends up getting involved in escapades that often include violence, repeat sexual encounters, alcohol, and "lots of crying." May be two different agents. Suggested escape method is to claim that the agent has seen "A big breasted brunette offering free oral sex just around that corner!" and then slip quietly away.
 * TEMPLAR: At first glance it's easy to assume Ralts is a sociopath who was born mute. He rarely speaks, only when protocol or emergencies demand it, but those who have worked closely with him report he is embarrassed by his voice. "Do you eat broken glass and metal shards?" The alcohol abuse and hyper-sexuality are consistent with severe PTSD. He consciously suppresses the normal human ranges of emotions, and it is our belief that this is a byproduct of the US military's almost criminal activities of taking unstable young men and training them to bring about a nuclear holocaust without hesitation. He has been spotted by Templars sitting in the stairs below Templar Hall weeping quietly in the darkness with a bottle of alcohol in his hands, and it is well known that unless the encountering Templar is a female willing to engage in sexual activities that the best course of action is to quietly retreat and alert other Templars.

Actual Personality: Agent Stillwater is always angry. Angry at his father, his mother, the world, the governments, the people who used him up and threw him away. Angry at people who have families (Something he has desperately desired all his life), who have friends that are just friends, not people who they were on the battlefield with. Because of this deep-seated rage he is often quiet, preferring not to speak and embarrassed about the damage to his voice. While drinking he often forgets he's angry and loosens up, although he will quickly become enraged and physically attack any perceived threat. He knows he wanders from one disaster to the next and actually cultivates those encounters.

In the hopes that someone will finally put him down once and for all.

"Personality is for people. I'm not one. I don't miss something I've never had."

"He's not that bad. He comes to Seoul, we drink, we pick up women, and we find trouble that others may have missed. He is a great person to go partying with, even though he cannot dance. His laugh may make me think of breaking glass or metal in a grinder, but he still laughs. I don't know why everyone is afraid of him." - Agent Tiapan, Dragon

"I worked with him for 4 months in 1996. During that entire time I never once saw him smile, heard him laugh, or even saw him change expression. The only time he spoke is when he was giving orders or replying to someone's report. I saw him get hit by a booby trap. He saw it coming, got his arms up in time to block it, but he never changed expression even as it threw him across the room. There's nothing inside of him. Nothing. He's not a man. He might have been once, but now? No, there's nobody in there." - SFC Gretlin (Ret) USAF

"He's asleep. Pretlin is making sure none of the newbies touch him. Do you think we'll end up like him serving with the Templars?" - Agent Junebugs, Templar Initiate

"Is he a man? Yes. Has he been hollowed out by what he has seen and done? Also yes. He is a man who sacrificed everything for what others wanted him to be, wanted him to do, and what was required of him. Now, he is little more than a weapon. A weapon wielded by the Templars, yes, but better us than say The Illuminati. We Templars have a long history with men like that, we understand them." -- Richard Sonnac, Templar

=• PERSONAL RELATIONS •= Father: Deceased. Killed in Action, Vietnam, 1969.

Mother: Deceased. Liver failure, 1986.

Siblings: Sister, Anne-Marie Stillwater. Deceased. Killed by a drunk driver, 1977.

Wife: None.

Known Friends: None.

''"If I was supposed to have a family, I'd have been issued one. People like me don't get families, I know that now. Ask me again, and I'll break your jaw."

"I don't think he can form human attachments." - Exchequer, Dragon Operative

"Has he ever loved anyone? Yeah. Once. When he was young, if you can believe he was ever young. Back before he became a machine, he loved someone. Deeply. She consumed him like a moth to a flame, she burned away the hatred and anger. She made him into a real person. She made him smile, laugh, turned him human. Where is she? Dead. The man died with her but the machine kept going. I'm not saying anything more aside from: He is what we made him." - Colonel Bellastray (Ret) US Army.

"No, we're not friends, but I can trust him not to shank me when I'm passed out on the floor of whatever hotel we've ended up in." -- Agent Falling, Templar Operative

"Friends? Machines don't have friends." - Agent Costings, Illuminati Operative.

=• STANDARD EQUIPMENT •=
 * Military Equipment Harness: Outfitted with about twice the normal number of pouches, an extra canteen, and other survival equipment.
 * Dual Colt M1911A1 .45 pistols. Serial numbers confirm these are US Army weapons listed as destroyed. Both weapons have been modified to be able to be fired with either hand, both have the US Army logo on them.
 * XM-16E 5.56mm Assault Rifle. Serial number confirms that this is a US Army weapon listed as destroyed. Appears in poor condition but still highly accurate. It has the old ChemCorps seal poorly carved into the buttstock.
 * Gerber Mark II Fighting Knife. Hilt wrapped in leather. Has the ChemCorps logo stamped on the both sides of the blade. The pommel has been modified with a heavy steel ball suitable and used for fracturing skulls.
 * Hellblade: Recently Agent Stillwater has come into possession of a blade that appears to have been manufactured in one of the Hell Dimensions. He carries at his hip and has been known to use it.
 * Chainsaw: Most recently, following the Egypt problems, Ralts has appeared with what has been tenatively identified as a 'corrupted chainsaw' most likely from the Hell Dimensions. He appears to take great pleasure in using this weapon on zombies as well as A'kab, if pleasure can actually be attributed to Agent Ralts.
 * Ammunition: Ralts usually carries anima infused depleted uranium discarding sabot rounds in his weapons, or anima infused explosive bullets. Prior to becoming a Templar he simply carried whatever the military gave him.

''"Keep your dollies, books, and other stupid crap. I believe in overwhelming firepower. Those fetishes didn't work out too well for the Native Americans, did they?"

"They don't get it, do they? When they open their mouth to start shrieking that magic gibberish, it just makes a big ol' target in the middle of their face that just begs me to put a bullet in it."

"Don't make the mistake the others did. Weapons aren't dangerous, magic isn't dangerous, men are dangerous. We caught him unarmed, thought that he'd be an easy target. That is why only I remain to make this report, and only because he thought I was dead." - Justin, Phoenician

"Long Distance Covert Evaulation: Firearms have endured repeated exposure to supernatural elements. Considered to be Class III Weaponry. Recommend aquisition as soon as possible. Agent termination is authorized." Orochi Corp Analysis Section memo

"Who's bright goddamn idea was it to send only eight of us armed with goddamn rifles against some kind of goddamn robot?" - Action Specialist Thomson, Orochi Corp.

=• MODE OF DRESS •=
 * On Mission
 * Usually wears military uniforms from the US military according to terrain. Recently he's taken to just wearing his casual clothing with the military harness over it. While at Templar Hall he usually wears his Templar Uniform, but remains under arms.

"The Army may not recognize me as a soldier, but I still am. This is just a battlefield in a different type of war, and battlefields aren't that different from one another."


 * Casual Wear
 * Heavy Levi jeans in gray, black, or blue. Usually with leather patches on the knees.
 * Flannel shirt in red, blue, or green.
 * Combat or work boots
 * T-shirt, often with a logo.
 * Dog-tags and Saint Christopher's medal
 * Old US Army softcap with a ChemCorps logo on it.

"They're just clothing now. What does it matter what I wear, as long as I kill who you tell me to kill?"

=• TEMPLAR NOTES •= Stillwater can usually be found between missions either drinking, engaging in casual sexual encounters, or passed out on one of the couches in a Templar building. Psych Evals have a revealed a deeply disturbed individuals who is 'haunted' by 'ghosts' of the past. He has confided in his most recent therapist (Excellent advice, Sonnac, in having his therapist approach him sexually) that he often sees and hears dead friends who talk to him. The rumors that he does not sleep are somewhat based on fact, as his PTSD and schizophrenia will not let him sleep unless he has consumed copious amounts of alcohol to depress brain function.

While he's an excellent field agent, there is little left of the man inside. He has been denied everything by life and circumstances. He views himself as a weapon, pure and simple. It is the opinion of this evaluator that if we could figure out a way to keep him in stasis between missions he would not only volunteer, but insist upon it.

"Friends die, lovers leave, the only constant in my life is bloodshed, screaming, and pain. Some of us deserve nothing else. Pass me that bottle."

=• COMBAT TACTICS •= Agent Stillwater is a big believer in "Shock & Awe", preferring to engage with his assault rifle before getting in close to use his pistols or knives. He's known for his brutal fighting style, using his strength and endurance to make sure that he can not only overpower his foes but keep going through the whole fight at top performance.

"I always brutalize the first one, it lets the others know what I'm about to do them."

=• POWERS/SKILLS/ABILITIES •= Powers Anima power usage is fairly new to him, but he seems to be all about finding out how it will give him the edge in combat. Field Agents have reported he seems "amused" at his ability to injure people with his skills and weapons in order to heal injuries suffered by himself and others. Suggest Psych-Eval.

"I'm nothing special."

Skills Highly trained, skilled, and experienced with knives, bare hands, and firearms. Expert in the deployment of nuclear, biological, and chemical weaponry. Expert in demolition and demolition disposal. Extensive military training and experience

"Bring war to the enemy, destroy his ability to support his military, his civilians, and break his stuff."

Abilities Rapid healing and high pain tolerance. Combat related sixth sense that warns him of attacks, ambushes, or threatening situations. Often misfires due to PTSD induced hyper-vigilance.

"You hit like a bitch, Draug."

=• RUMORS •=
 * Ralts is actually an advanced golem with a poorly crafted personality
 * He's actually an android. A pretty bad one too. If aliens are attempting to infiltrate, they'll be easy to spot.
 * Ralts is a soulless killing machine the Templars found somewhere.
 * Ralts is actually two people. The silent one, and the drunken one who belts out drinking songs and has more than once fallen into a fountain or swimming pool and laughed about it.
 * Ralts is possessed by the same spirit that possessed Jack the Ripper.
 * Ralts once killed a man for snoring. No, it was for spilling his drink. No, it was for...
 * Ralts isn't actually a man but a...
 * Ralts gets drunk and cries at the bottom of the basement stairs in Templar Hall. Just tell Sonnac and lock the door to the stairwell.
 * Ralts never speaks except to those he kills, who he whispers lovingly to.
 * Ralts won't shut up during combat or right afterwards. Worse yet, he knows Korean, and won't shut up.
 * He was responsible for a nuclear detonation in 1996 that the governments covered up.
 * That left eye? He took it from the Draug that ripped his out.
 * The Templars sent him to Kingsmouth? No. The Fog sent him to Kingsmouth.
 * The Atan fear him greatly, and the Egyptian government has repeatedly complained to the Templars about his presence.
 * Ralts hates the Red Hand more than anything else in the world, and has repeatedly gone off mission in order to engage Red Hand personnel or destroy Red Hand assets.
 * Some idiot has taught Ralts magic.
 * Ralts hates hippies, and seems to be offended by the Morninglight Agents.

"Whatever amuses you."

=• EARLY LIFE •= Records regarding Agent Stillwater's early life are fairly well documented. A quiet child, he was nonetheless quick to fight for small reasons. Repeatedly punished during his early school years for fighting, and twice suspended during the late 1970's for fighting. The product of a broken home, his father KIA in Vietnam in 1969, Agent Stillwater looked like just another street-thug who would die by a cop's bullet before ever reaching 30.

"He's dead. He's rotting in Arlington, that's what my Daddy does. Rot. My mother beats me, that's what she does."

An intelligent student, he often failed to apply himself to his homework or even testing. Young Anthony often skipped school and classes, preferring to hike in the wilderness surrounding his home and vanish for days at a time into the woods. Despite an extremely low Grade Point Average (1.3 GPA) the policy of the United States Education System at the time was to pass students regardless of grades, meaning young Anthony found himself rising in grades in a school system he had no use for.

"School sucks. They taught me everything I needed to know by second grade when they taught me to read. Now they just repeat the same crap over and over. Wake me when they want to teach me something that I can't learn from a book."

Arrested multiple times in the mid-1970's for possession of alcohol, assault and battery, trespassing, and carrying a concealed weapon, most of the local rural police knew him by sight. Arrested twice for suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, young Stillwater managed to escape with little more than a few months in juvenile hall. The structured environment of the juvenile justice system seemed to appeal to Anthony.

"Juvenile Hall isn't too bad. At least I know the rules, I get hot food more than every couple days, and nobody beats me for being a boy."

It was his last term of incarceration that Anthony not only began taking an interest in body building, but also was forced to actually apply himself during classes. The teacher was not surprised to find a bright and agile mind beneath his somewhat brutish exterior, and encouraged young Anthony to not only pass his GED test, but to join the United States Armed Forces.

"Why do you look surprised I passed? I can read."

While some Corrections Officers felt that he would never amount to more than a street thug, he passed the ASVAB with flying colors and enlisted in the United States Army. Most of the Corrections Officers, familiar with Anthony from age 13, bet that he would quickly revert to his habits of violence and law breaking.

"Why did I break his nose? He sneezed on my tray."

However early entry into the United States military seemed to turn him around. Despite the US Army's often general ignorance regarding matters of the arcane, Agent Stillwater managed to survive 6 years in one of the most inhospitable environments at the time. (See Department of Defense File) "I refuse to die on this God-Forsaken Mountain."

=• MILITARY RECORD •= WARNING: FILE CORRUPT. Premature EoF Warning. Crosslinking Error. Defense Department File StwtrAnt3702-C2 Rank: Sergeant First Class Date of Rank: 17 Oct 1998 Sex: Male Date of Entry: 09 Jun 1983 MOS: X&^bbbbb&&&&^%} Title: NBC Field Specialist IV NOTES: Service member shows high levels of territorial-ism, competitiveness, as well as severe emotional disturbances from incidents occurring early in his career. Service Member has displayed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, paranoia, explosive rage disorder, poor impulse control, night terrors, and hyper-awareness.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR RETENTION '''NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION BAR TO REENLISTMENT''' '''DULY NOTED. MOS AT CRITICAL LEVELS. STOP-LOSS EFFECTIVE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE''

=• ENTRANCE INTO THE SECRET WORLD •= Stillwater could have cared less about the Secret World or any of the players. His primary motivation seems to have been survival, alcohol consumption, and sexual liaisons. The young soldier's first posting, however, was in a location that the Templars and the Dragons have both been long aware of.

Alfenwehr Mountain. (See File)

"I hate this place."

It was there that the young soldier was first exposed to occult forces. Despite extremely long odds he not only survived his first encounter, but came out stronger. Subsequent encounters with Alfenwehr Mountain entities took their toll on his sanity, driving him further into alcohol abuse and hyper-sexuality, but time after time he not only survived his encounters with the paranormal forces of the mountain, but often came out on top.

"YOU GOT NOTHIN!"

During his second year at Alfenwehr Army Base a rogue CIA team (See Attached File) working for the Dragon attempted to not only steal the locations of nuclear and chemical weapon stockpiles in Western Germany but also gain possession of an item of power located on the base. It was during this time that Agent Stillwater gained his distrust and hatred of the United States Central Intelligence Agency due to a bloodbath that not only killed the CIA agents and their combat assets, but sixteen of Stillwater's fellow soldiers.

"Oh, you'll tell me what I want to know, Company Man. This is Ms. Pointy Thing, she'll be helping me ask questions. You'll talk. People like you? They 'always talk."

Despite Templar attempts to recover the item (sitting in Stillwater's barracks room at the time) through stealth, each attempt was foiled. The agent in charge (See Attached File) weighed the options and proceeded with diplomatic resolution rather than attempt a strong-arm attempt.

"That's why people keep breaking in? Hell, I'd forgotten it was there. Take it. I'd just pawn it for booze money."

While the Agent attempted to recruit Stillwater for the Templars at the time, he was refused.

"Fight your own damn war in the shadows, I don't care. Kill each other all you want. I'm tasked with ending the world, so have fun while you can till they break my glass box and I exterminate everything living."

Case Officer at the time marked Anthony Stillwater's file as a viable prospect regardless.

"Stillwater is capable of engaging occult threats and defeating them with little more than a knife or pistol when other men would be torn apart, their weapons useless. I am recommending that the Templars assign a permanent Case Officer to watch this man."

=• SECRET WORLD: SECOND ENCOUNTER •= During Operation Desert Shield then Staff Sergeant Stillwater was tasked with recon of a possible Iraq chemical deployment unit at al-Daanir, which were ancient ruins that still thrum with power. Records are spotty, but from what little Stillwater has confided in other and from little the US Military was able to glean, SSG Stillwater and the SAS team he was assigned to encountered filth leakage.

"Who cares what they are. OPEN FIRE!"

They were engaged by filth infected Republican Guard troops, and somehow VX nerve agent was deployed. Stillwater was exposed to filth, but suffered few physical effects. The effects on his psyche were undoubtedly severe, as after the First Gulf War Stillwater once again fell into a pattern of alcohol abuse and hyper-sexuality.

"I don't remember what happened. I do not recall any release of a nerve agent. There were no Allied military assets deployed to the sovereign nation of Iraq prior to the Ground War."

Attempted Templar recruitment was at that time received favorably, however he still refused membership.

"You need decent people, good people. I'm just a waste, born to die in a ditch somewhere so someone better than me gets to live.

The Templar Case Agent noted at that time that Stillwater was able to heal faster and with less scar tissue than normal people. Preliminary examination of medical records showed that this may date as far back as Alfenwehr Mountain.

"Exposure to the Filth and his resistance to it may be related to the same unique property he possesses that enabled him to engage and kill the corrupted winter fey of Alfenwehr Mountain. While it appears to have increased his aggression, it is not mindless aggression, instead it is focused."

Tissue Regeneration Estimate: 7

Pain Tolerance: 8

=• SECRET WORLD: THIRD ENCOUNTER •= Location Chernobyl Accident Site Date 1993

At the invitation of the Russian government NATO observers were invited to examine the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Within two hours of landing the observation team was engaged by filth infected Soviet troops. In a 52 hour exp&*&@#^$@&%*!&%@#&!^*!!!!*&!^@*#^!*&@^#*^!@#--PREMATURE END OF FILE--

SSG Stillwater managed to lead five of the thirty-eight members of the observation team from the ruins. Due to pressure of the Russian government SSG Stillwater was interrogated repeatedly by the Russian government as to what happened at the Chernobyl site.

"I ain't telling you shit, KGB kiss-ass."

"Stillwater, Anthony, 352-72-3702, Staff Sergeant, US Army. Stillwater, Anthony, 352-72-3702, Staff Sergeant, US Army. Stillwater, Anothony..."

He refused to divulge any knowledge, even under pharmaceutical and enhanced interrogation and was released after two months. Attempted interrogation by the CIA led to the fatalities of 3 CIA agents and Stillwater's capture by the Defense Intelligence Agency.

"As soon as I get out of here I'm going to turn Langely into a smoking crater and the CIA building here in DC into a poisonous shit-hole."

Two weeks later he was released. At that time he sent a letter to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency that "You're dicking with the guy who helped design current MAD protocols, can manufacture chemical and biological weapons, and views 99% of humanity as already dead. Keep screwing with me, and I'll turn Langley into a goddamn poisoned hole in the ground."

"Unlike you, I don't care if I die."

Six agents sent to detain or kill him were found dead in the CIA parking garage, victims of Zyklon-B/thickened Tabun nerve agent.

"They were punks. They came in just like the CIA always does, convinced they're the baddest dudes around. I showed them that sometimes the puppy they plan on drowning is a warg."

A month later the CIA removed all surveillance from Stillwater for reasons unknown.

"You stay on your side, I'll stay on mine. You come over to my side, I'll kill you, your family, your friends, everyone they care about, and whoever catches my eye."

=• ROGUE AGENT YEARS •= By 1995 the United States Military had no clue what to do with Stillwater. Templar influence kept him from being released from the military, and his Templar Case Officer found it easy to send him to isolated or harsh areas with little to no reason. Most staff officers who knew of him considered him "A relic of a more dangerous and paranoid time who needed to join the other dinosaurs and just die."

"So you make me into a weapon willing to gank civilians with nuclear and chemical weapons, and now you're embarrassed by me? What are you, little girls? Own up to me."

Stillwater seemed to attract or just "luck" into encounters with the occult and other powers. Templar Case Officer often tried to influence Stillwater's decisions, but had little success in that endeavor.

"Screw 'em. I'll kill them too them when they get here."

Below is a short list of encounters. Further Details See Case Officer


 * 1994: Alaskan Alutien Islands. Phoenician Occult Smugglers.
 * 1994: Filth Encounter, Nevada Desert, Orochi Group
 * 1995: Draug Encounter, Hawaii, United States
 * 1995: Chaos Magic Encounter, Egypt
 * 1996: Multiple wendigo encounters, Colorado, United States
 * 1996: Vampire encounter, Yucatan, Central America.
 * 1997: Rogue Fey and cultists, Germany
 * 1997: Alfenwehr Mountain Encounter (Multiple)
 * 1998: Unknown entities, filth encounter, New Mexico, United States
 * 1998: Unknown entities, Colorado, United States
 * 1999: Draug Encounter, Tannawit Island, South Pacific
 * 1999: Red Hand Encounter, Former East Germany
 * 1999: CIA/Dragon Encounter, Oklahoma
 * 2000: Blood Cult Encounter, Mojave Desert, California

It was during this time that the Templar organization had a perfect deniable asset. Known for hard and shocking violence, and willingness to do whatever it took to achieve victory, and unafraid to get dirty. While many of the post-Cold War military officers were more political in nature and did not understand what made a man like Stillwater tick, the Templars have seen this time and time again through history.

Someone born to die in the service of others, without hesitation or concerns for their mortality.

"I may go down, but it'll be the most expensive piece of land they ever bought."

=• WAR ON TERROR YEARS •= Unsurprisingly Stillwater was deployed quickly to Afghanistan, accompanying Special Operations teams to examine suspected locations of old Soviet chemical weapon manufacture or storage sites. Again, unsurprising to his Case Officer, Stillwater repeatedly came into contact with the Secret World.

"The place was a shit-hole when the Russians were here, it's a shithole now."

Largely viewed as a herald of bad luck and a "storm crow" the Templars found it easy to manipulate where and when Stillwater was deployed. His refusal to be recruited by Special Operations made this even easier. As many occult agencies were using the world instability to grow in power, there were plenty of hot-spots to send a man willing to kill at a split second's notice.

"You don't warn someone pointing a weapon. You remove the dangerous part of the equation. The man holding the weapon."

His Case Officer, by this time an aide to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, kept moving Stillwater from area of interest to area of interest to further Templar goals, always careful to ensure that Stillwater believed he was furthering the goals and aims of the United States under orders by the United States Armed Forces.

"Man, these orders suck. Somebody at PERSCOM hates me."

In 2012 his military service came to an end when an anima infused strike from a Red Hand operative demolished part of his face, giving those who wanted to see him out of uniform a method of retiring him that Stillwater could not refuse.

"You're retiring me? In the middle of a war, you're retiring me? It's because of what I did with your daughter, isn't it?"

=• RECRUITMENT •= Stillwater's Case Officer allowed him to sink back into alcohol abuse, hyper-sexuality, and violence, including a 6 month tour as a mercenary in Africa with one of the Templar strike teams, whom Stillwater was told was a mercenary unit. Once Stillwater had moved into depression, he was then offered a new army to fight for.

Not as a "Chosen One" as so many others view themselves, but just as a simple soldier.

"You'll probably die in agony, but maybe, just maybe, you'll make a difference and one person won't die that otherwise would have."

"Sounds perfect. When can you get me out of this cell?"

=• DRAGON RELATIONS •= Stillwater has been repeatedly approached by the Dragons, who through that their chaotic approach to the world would resonate within him. While he's turned them down (One time even killing three Dragon members who felt that a refusal to join meant they needed to eliminate him) repeatedly he has worked with Dragon operative as far back as 1994. He maintains good relations with others within the Dragon who view themselves as little more than soldiers.

At the current time he has had no problem working with Dragon agents to resolve crisis.

"When this is done, let's hit the Red Light District in Seoul and get drunk."

Since the Tokyo crisis Agent Stillwater has worked extensively with Dragon operatives. High ranking Dragons have ensured that there is no repercussion for any Dragon Agent who works with Agent Stillwater in any of the conflict areas. Several Dragon Agents have approached Agent Stillwater for assistance with such problems as the Atan Uprising in Egypt and Werewolf Incursions in Transylvania.

Dragon Agents have reported that Agent Stillwater apparently holds no grudges over the termination order that upper Dragon agents put out in the late 1990's. Additionally Dragon Agents have reported that Agent Stillwater is willing to assist Dragon Agents when it comes to equipment upgrades and repair.

=• ILLUMINATI RELATIONS •= Stillwater has little use for the movers and shakers of the Illuminati. He doesn't seem to care for wealth beyond what's in his wallet to buy his next drink, which vexes many of the Illuminati recruiters. However, as with the Dragon, he has cultivated relations with many Illuminati "foot soldiers".

As with the Dragon, Stillwater doesn't appear to care about anyone's allegiance, as long as they don't get in the way of accomplishing the mission.

The Illuminati consider Stillwater a dangerous sociopath.

"You're trying to bribe me? You think my loyalty is for sale? You have 10 seconds to start running, then I'm making you eat that money."

=• CURRENT TEMPLAR STATUS •= Active Field Agent Deploy to combat zones only.

"I'm bored. Sober me up when Sonnac wants me to kill something."

=• END FILE RECOMMENDATIONS •= Subject is to be considered slightly dangerous, but ultimately of little effect in regards to actual activities. It is the belief of this reviewing agent that Agent Stillwater will be susceptible to depression, alcohol abuse, and hyper-sexuality complications.

It is this reviewing agent recommendations that once the Templars field him to a highly dangerous hostile area, a standard strike team should be able to eliminate him. His lack of psionic and magical abilities make him susceptible to mental manipulation, which could be used to accent his depression and alcohol abuse. Additionally, his hyper-sexuality should enable female agents to easily distract him as well as be under-estimated by him.

This agent's final recommendation is standard elimination practices by a standard strike team.

=• FILE UPDATE •= The situation in Kingsmouth has become critical. Authorization for release of agent to area is confirmed at highest levels. Agent is to be geared and armed according to standard loadout for maximum survival. Use of Argatha is permitted during the duration of crisis.

"We were playing cribbage when we heard the cellar doors open. Both of the noobs me and Cartright were fleecing at a dime a point looked confused at the fact we folded our hands and called it a draw when we were up by a hundred points each. Those slow heavy footfalls, the creak of the door, all of them heralded him, it, like some kind of movie monster. I half expected the shriek of violins when the door swung open to show him. I expected cobwebs to be covering him, you know? Instead, he just stood there in his flannel shirt, his military harness on, and his rifle, pistol, and those ugly blades draped over him. Cartright and I just left. Kingsmouth must be worse than we thought if Sonnac gave approval to deploy him." Agent Darkstar, Templars

"I was in the Horned God when he came in. I know, I know, I'm Dragon, but the girl with the butterfly wings is cute. Anyway, I knew something was going on, the entire bar went silent. Behind me there were these heavy footfalls, too heavy, you know? Just steady thuds that rapidly got closer. What moved up next to me looked like a man, but my blood ran cold. He just slapped a bunch of pound notes on the bar and waited till the barmaid brought him a bottle of whiskey. He took it, thanked that cute barmaid in a voice that sounds like a dying raven, and tromped his way out. It was several minutes before conversation resumed. The Templars were worried, and I found out his name before coming back to make my report." Agent Xiawa, Dragon

"With the current emergency and truce it's kind of cool to hang out in Argatha talking to everyone else. I was there, talking to some other agents that are like me, on their first deployment, when he came through the portal. Everyone got out of his way, and two of the Templars I was talking to moved back behind other people so that they wouldn't be seen. He just tromped up to the portal to Kingsmouth and vanished. Yes, that's him in the picture, third one from the left, except his left eye is blue, not green like in the picture. No, he didn't say anything, which is kind of odd now that you mention it. Was he wearing a Templar uniform? No. Just an old bloodstained flannel shirt, old worn jeans, combat boots, and stuff on his chest like you see in war movies." Agent Michigan, Illuminati.

KINGSMOUTH
Agent has arrived in Kingsmouth and has reported zombie uprising, Draug infestation, "Hippies", Orochi, and multiple agents from all three societies. Teamwork with other societies was impressed upon agent, and appears to be holding. Agent reports having made contact with survivors and working to fortify survivor positions as well as embarking on an investigation.


 * Agent's request for deployment of chemical weapons denied.
 * Agent's request for deployment of a low yield tactical nuclear weapon in the low kiloton range denied.
 * Agent's request for deployment of biological weaponry denied.
 * Agent's multiple requests for fuel-air bomb drop denied.
 * Agent's multiple requests for artillery support denied.
 * Agent's suggestion of airstrikes under consideration.
 * Agent's demolition plan of town and supporting infrastructure denied.

"Me and Jacques were outside of Kingsmouth proper, up in the woods, looking for some stuff that preacher fellah sent us after. We were pinned against the cliff by Draug and zombies, and I'm telling you, looked like the cards had fallen bad for us. All of a sudden there was a flurry of gunfire and the the draug and zombies started screaming and dropping. From out of the bushes came this guy. He looked like a normal guy, dressed in flannel and jeans, but he had a pistol in one hand and a smoking sword in the other as he moved into the zombies and draug. I know a thing or two about combat, and what he was doing wasn't just killing the draug, he was hurting them as he drove them away. He stared at me and Jacques for a long moment, then just walked away. Jacques said he had to get out of Kingsmouth right away, that the Templars has "sent their robot in" and we needed to get out before he destroyed the whole town." Agent Mountain-Man, Illuminati

"Me and Shang were out at the airport, watching the Orochi, when we saw him. He was leading a team of five people, all of whom were slightly back from him. They crossed the runway, and the Orochi security drone just ignored him like he wasn't even there, which was creepy enough, but then he climbed the fence and waded out into the surf. You know those bad-news Draug out there? He just goes out and fights toe to toe with them, the only sound the firing of his weapons and the screaming of those draug. They summoned something out there, I felt it, then they left. Personally, I hope the other four bound him or something." Agent "Slim", Dragon

"The undead were just playing with me. I couldn't walk, couldn't feel anything from the mid-chest down, and they were just poking at me. I figured I was done for when there was this loud roar and the old withered one's face exploded. I watched him rip through the undead, then stand over me, staring down at me. I begged him to help me, but it was like he didn't understand what I was asking at first. Those empty eyes were worse than the zombies. Finally, he picked me up, threw me over his shoulders, and walked back to the Sheriff's station. He never spoke, just killed whatever got in our way. He stomped on a Wendigo's head till the skull burst while it screamed and writhed and tried to get away. He left me at the Sherrif's, just grabbing some magazines of 5.56mm off the Sheriff's desk before heading back out. I hope I never see him again." Agent Feldspar, Templar

SAVAGE COAST
Agent has moved from Kingsmouth deeper into local region. Agent has confirmed sightings of Ak'ab as well as spiritual entities. Agent has reported contact with Hell Dimension entities as well as a breach to the Hell Dimensions.


 * Agent's request for chemical weapon deployment denied
 * Agent's request for defoliant denied
 * Agent's request for strategic military strikes on Hell Dimension access point denied
 * Agent suspected of unauthorized demolition at theme park

"I can believe the rumors about him being a machine are true. We journeyed to the Hell Dimensions, and he didn't even sweat. The whole time his face and eyes were just dead, even when we were fighting some of the worst shit I've ever seen. At the end, he walked away from the rest of us and looked out over the landscape of Hell and did something I'll never forget.

"He smiled." - Agent Ihazbullets, Illuminati

"I saw him at the theme park, just standing there staring at the Ferris Wheel, completely motionless. Me and the rest of the team watched him for nearly an hour, but he never moved the whole time. Maybe he malfunctioned?" Orochi Field Agent St. Louis

"With all the slaughter at the Innsmouth Academy, you can bet your ass I wasn't surprised to see him there. Normally you hear of him using that old assault rifle and those pistols, but this time he was using that sword in one hand and the pistols in the other, just carving his way through those spirits and constructs. No reason to do it, he was just doing it because he could. Later I saw two high ranking Templars in uniform lecturing him while two others went through his gear. They were taking away plastic explosive. Apparently, he'd planned on wiring the building to explode and dropping the whole academy into a pit. They found a canning jar full of home-made anima infused VX nerve agent that he was planning on using on the Ak'ab. Who does shit like that?" - Agent Nineyards, Dragon

BLUE MOUNTAIN
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SCORCHED DESERT
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CITY OF THE SUN GOD
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BESIEGED FARMLANDS
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SHADOWY FOREST
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CARPATHIAN FANGS
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CONTACT WITH AGENT LOST AFTER REPORTS OF POSSIBLE RED HAND PRESENCE

=• ANALYSIS •= Agent has a well known history with the Red Hand and may be pursuing his own agenda.

=• END FILE RECOMMENDATIONS •= Leave agent on active status. The Red Hand is well known for their monstrous experiments into devising hybrid weaponry.

Send a weapon to fight a weapon.