Samuel Dalton (The Raider)

== Sam Dalton ==
Samuel Dalton (known as Sam Dalton) is a main character and the deuteragonist of the Raider Reloaded series.
Serving as the hidden main antagonist of the 4th chapter, Samuel is a multi-billionaire and the CMO (chief marketing officer) of Dalton Enterprises (his father's pharmaceutical company) that helped billions of people worldwide by providing vaccines and strong anti-biotics. 
He is also the proud owner and founder of his own private army of highly skilled, trained, and dangerous mercenaries that served as his security detail and were a widely known political donor that backed various law enforcement agencies and business industries around the United States.
== Background ==
Born on November 6, 2001, in Miami, Florida to Peruvian parents, Samuel grew up in a wealthy background and quickly became inheritable to his father, who owned a pharmaceutical company and wanted him to marry someone similar to him but chose not to listen to his father and met a woman named Addison at the age of 18 and the pair quickly fallen in love due to their huge differences and optimistic viewpoint. 
However, Addison died during giving birth to two twin sons in 2027, devastating Sam deeply until he met Sofia Russo, since their families wanted them to be married, and were friends since childhood. It's assumed that they're entering an arranged marriage to merge Dalton Enterprises and Russo Industries so each of them can become CEO of their respective companies. Sam entered the arrangement willingly, feeling that since he was already married for love once, it didn't matter the second time because lightning rarely strikes the same place twice.
However, Sam chose to date Gabriela, his housekeeper, and married her, despite having to deal with the consequences which include their merged companies' stock plummeting. The family lived happily when Sam took over his father's company and even created a unit of mercenaries as his security team for protection. 
Unlike his father, Sam quickly made millions off of the company and began to search for recruits to join his security team, such as Jay Roberts, who he met at a diner and offered him a part-time security job with benefits, which he accepted with glee. In addition to owning a pharmaceutical company, Sam used a portion of his company's profits to fund his team and used them as assassins to wipe out any criminal group and any threat close to him while funding local law enforcement agencies with defeating organized crime, gaining more and more notoriety throughout the years.
Even though the unit served as a good thing, enforcers sent from the Underworld ambushed Sam at a friendly bar and gave him a direct choice; to either capture or kill Jay Roberts or die alongside his family and Jay. They also noticed that Sam is trying to become a politician, so they promised that he would be mayor if he gave up Jay, to which he reluctantly agreed to the deal, despite knowing his potential fate. He also increased the pay for his most loyal bodyguards as long as they kept their mouths closed to his corruption. 
== Biography ==
Sam is never seen throughout the series until his voice is first heard in the first chapter where he claims that he helped him out with his prison sentence. Sam ends up making his first debut, being seen in the second chapter, has given Jay a mission to eliminate the last leader of the Red Order and sent a team to assist Jay. After the mission was done, Sam (offscreen) paid Jay his earnings, despite being impatient from the wait.
He made a huge role in the 4th chapter, having seen a few times to help out Jay with several missions, including the Russian gangster situation, earning him a career boost for saving 4 girls from being raped and sold. As Hugh Reeves (Jay's former partner) was killed in a robbery, Jay started investigating, causing Sam and the unit to worry for his well-being and telling him to stop going too far in a dark path. As the investigation goes awry, Jay managed to realize that Sam and his unit were dealing with off-the-books drug deals and blackmailed several politicians and police officers to gain power, so Jay dismantled his operations, scaring Sam into a compound.
As Jay went to their compound, he killed most of his mercenaries to reach Sam and Sam was making coffee when he saw a bloody and bruised Jay, showing genuine concern about his well-being and makes a motive for Jay while texting Callander to kill Jay, but Jay managed to intercept the text (revealing that he took Callander's phone before the assault). The two engaged each other in a fight and surprisingly, Sam held his own against a weakened Jay, but still lost the fight when Jay overpowers him and handcuffs him. It's revealed that Sam is working for the Underworld and used large amounts of drug money and incriminating documents in order to become mayor of Columbus and is forced to kill Jay when he was investigating the situation with Reeves' death. Angered at this realization, Jay kills Sam, ending his empire and removing one of the Underworld's most powerful assets.
== Personality ==
Dalton is a strict man of principle, believing that his way of fighting against organized crime is the only way to achieve peace in this lifetime. In pursuit of this goal, he is willing to use whatever means he has at his disposal, no matter the cost.
In his first appearance, Sam appears to be very warm and friendly to anyone that he met or is close to him (especially to his bodyguards) and according to several people, Sam has a sophisticated palate but also appreciates the simple things in life, such as eating burgers or pasta dishes over eating sushi or caviar. However, it's revealed later on that Sam gained an obsession with absolute power, having worked with the Underworld to become mayor by hiding every piece of incriminating evidence he can find on every member within his department, as well as those concerning judges, politicians, and councilmen. By containing this information, he has managed to quickly move up through the political ranks and gain money and power by keeping everyone in his pocket while keeping up with a public facade with a warm-hearted smile, showing that Sam is a cunning and ruthless man who appeared to be sophisticated and friendly to hide his true nature. His ruthlessness does peak through whenever he's stressed out, the notable examples is ordering his men to kill Jay in a threatening tone and trying to fight an injured Jay in close combat.
Despite his ruthlessness and cunning, Sam shows deep remorse and felt guilty for siding with the Underworld and betraying Jay to achieve his power-hungry goals to become mayor. It's revealed that Sam was forced by the Underworld to kill or capture Jay to both accomplish his goals and protect his family, showing that he is willing to betray his own allies to save his family, making him more sympathetic than any of the antagonists in the series.
Before his betrayal, he seemed to hold Jay in high esteem and often referred to him affectionately, calling him "my boy" or "my son" and remarking on the combat capabilities of his favorite operator. His care for Jay is further shown as he never wanted to harm Jay in their scenes and it was Jay's stubbornness to do the investigation that made him feel deeply insulted and angry at his apparent betrayal, forcing him to go after Jay by using two undercover mercenaries and the unit to eliminate him on sight. His increased ruthlessness and descent to darkness did result in most of his most loyal bodyguards turning against him and letting Jay deal with him rather than fighting back, showing how far Sam became when entering the life of organized crime. 
Despite this, Sam still cares for Jay and appeared to be remorseful, and rather than fighting back for the last time or begging for his life, Sam chose to accept his fate and let Jay take his life, dying as a warm-hearted and cunning businessman.
== Appearance ==
Sam is a Peruvian-American man, standing at 5'11. He has a muscular physique, tanned skin, dark brown eyes, and dark hair (either dark brown or black). He has an undercut fade and heavy stubble, which is shown with a notable mustache and a soul patch.
He is often seen wearing business casual clothing or a dark blue suit in public settings. During his last encounter with Jay, he is seen wearing his suit, but without the jacket and the shirt is loosened with the collar open and the sleeves rolled up.
== Skills ==
* High Intelligence: Sam was shown to be a highly intelligent, sharp-witted, and methodical man and was highly adaptable to any situation given to him. He is extremely level-headed and can handle extreme stress to get out of dangerous situations by using incredible street smarts. He was capable of using his charm and polite side to gain the trust of people to blend in and to complete his task without them knowing that he was involved in shady things.
* Criminology: As he knew about the operations, Sam has exceptional insight into how the criminal underworld operated and how illegal activities work, such as mercenary groups and feared crime families. He also displayed extensive knowledge of illegal narcotics, able to tell what kind of drugs that the Georgia criminal underworld was moving and selling. He is shown to be extremely knowledgeable about forensic science and used that to great effect, planting DNA to frame people and altering a scene to avoid the law from digging further into his business.
* Intimidation: Due to his position, Sam is feared by various people due to his collection of blackmail against anyone that tried to take away his power.
* Multilingualism: Sam is shown to be fluent in several languages, including English and Spanish. Out of the languages, Spanish is his most spoken as he communicated with several people, including his wife.
* Connections: Having worked with various law enforcement agencies, political groups, and various mercenary groups, Sam has a vast set that he can use to gain an advantage over his enemies, even with weapons dealers, criminal informants, and government officials.
* Forensics Specialist: Sam can make a "clean job" by using the silent approach to minimize mass destruction. Whenever he has his men kill his targets, he tries to make the deaths look like either a gang attack or a simple accident and even framed people by planting their DNA on the scene.
* Master Martial Artist: Having been taking classes throughout his life, Sam is surprisingly shown to be an incredibly skilled hand-to-hand fighter. His fighting style is mostly improvised and is consisted of Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Hapkido, and Taekwondo. He can quickly outmaneuver, outmatch, and outlast his opponents, even capable of taking on multiple opponents at once. Due to his quick wit, Sam was capable of outmatching an injured Jay in close combat.
* Peak Human Condition: As a man that took part in athletic hobbies, Sam has displayed peak human physicality for a man of his age. He's extremely athletic, and his strength, stamina, speed, agility, reflexes, durability, and pain threshold are in top condition. He's strong enough to tank a couple of Jay's hard punches and kicks and is capable of overpowering Jay, despite his weakened state and military background.
== Equipment ==
* S&W 36: Sam's personal sidearm. He notably tries to use it against Jay but was disarmed. His revolver is a snub nose with a nickel finish and ivory grips.
== Deaths ==
Murders connected to Samuel:
* 200 Unknown Criminals: Shot to death
* Hugh Reeves: Shot to death (revealed to be organized by Dalton)
== Trivia ==
* Sam is shown to have a collection of antique guns in his office.
* Sam is the only deuteragonist to be revealed to become an antagonist.
* Unlike most antagonists, Sam was acting out of self-preservation to protect his family and was extremely willing to betray his best operative and kill him to prevent the Underworld from harming him and his family and accepted the fact that he was dead as soon as Jay found out rather than fighting back or begging for forgiveness.
* Even if Sam were to kill or capture Jay, the Underworld wouldn't just let him walk away unscathed. It's presumed they would blackmail him if he was the mayor in order to stay powerful and he would possibly be killed by them if he tried to betray them. Regardless if he chose to kill Jay or not, Sam would be dead since he was in a dark place and would have risked his family life to support a network.
* Sam is the only antagonist not to directly attack Jay throughout the story, except for the climax, where he forced himself to fight against an injured Jay to survive.