Terrence Young (Raider: Last Blood)

== Terrence Young ==
Terrence Young (also known as T.Y.) is a main character and a major antagonist of the "Raider: Last Blood" series.
Serving as the main antagonist of the 8th chapter, Terrence is a crime lord and the host and producer of a controversial, yet popular reality show called "Gladiator of Reality", where the contestants compete in killing each other until the last one is standing for money. He also wanted to expand his criminal operations while using the show as a cover.
== Background ==
Born on November 10, 1997, Terrence grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and he moved a lot when he was a kid. At the age of 8, Terrence's parents signed him up for various martial arts classes and he surprisingly proved his worth, making himself a name at a young age due to his formidability. After 9 years, his family moved to Los Angeles for good after his father was dealing with some gangsters.
At the age of 18, Terrence joined the United States Marine Corps and according to him, he saw combat during his tours in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, having experienced the horrors that darkened him. After 6 years of constant conflict, Terrence was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant. While moving to New Devereux, Louisiana, and living in a crummy apartment, Terrence and a few of his fellow gang members formed their gang and entered life as a criminal, becoming a powerful criminal businessman, developing a plan to pull New Devereux apart from all criminal activity and rebuild it as a crime-free city. After partnering up with Jose Garcia, a Cuban drug lord and businessman, they helped each other with establishing his criminal activities within the city and hooking up with connections and lots of money.
According to some people, Young earned himself a reputation in the business industry. He donated a lot of money to local businesses, earning himself a reputation as one of the most successful businessmen in the city. He ended up meeting his future wife in a local bakery and after a while, they got married and had 7 children. To keep them safe, Terrence had to avoid letting his family find out about his criminal activities.
After 2 years, Young was hired by the producers of Gladiator of Reality as the show's host after seeing his reputation. After the show's popularity skyrocketed, Young also became the show's executive producer and gave up on the criminal life, to Garcia's dismay. However, Terrence was forced back into it after his adoptive brother was killed by Garcia, and angered, Terrence had his gang take them out. After killing Garcia himself, Terrence quickly absorbs his organization and rackets. Reluctantly and desperate to protect his family, he chose to go back to being a powerful crime lord, earning himself a respected and feared reputation by the Underworld. 
To the public, Terrence is a rich businessman with a lot of shell companies that he either created or took from Garcia. Many of his companies acted as façades for the illicit activities and money laundering operations he set up and the arena (used for the game show) is used as a hub. He financed various car washes, schools, parks, nightclubs, tanning salons, supermarkets, restaurants, and auto dealerships to maintain his public reputation and hide his illegal activities to avoid suspicion.
Even though he despised drugs and organ trafficking, he used Milton's micro-army to take out many gang-ridden neighborhoods and take their profits to help finance his show. It's revealed that the contestants are violent offenders (rapists, child molesters, murderers) that Terrence handpicked and offered them 80 million and their freedom if they accepted the contract, making lots of profit in the process and fulfilling his plans of cleansing New Devereux.
== Biography ==
Terrence is first seen when he brings a recovered Jay to his compound in New Devereux and orders his man to unlock Jay. As Jay disarms him of his sidearm, he points it at Terrence, who is calm and relaxed, and gives him an ultimatum after ordering his guards to walk away: kill him with the gun or put it down and sit down. Jay sits down and the two talk about their pasts as soldiers and family life and for a moment, Jay understands his motives and respects Terrence, but he's still willing to kill him since he is a criminal, which earned Terrence's respect. Seeing his potential, Terrence offers Jay a position to join Gladiator of Reality and the opportunity to earn 8 million dollars, and in return, he will leave Jay alone for good and forget about what happened, to which Jay agrees. Terrence orders his men to take Jay out of the compound and sends him to a nice hotel.
=== Downfall ===
At the arena, Jay goes by the Ghost moniker and kills 7 contestants. However, Terrence brings Jay to him and tells him that the last guy is a brute and he's the best contestant, so he orders Jay not to kill him and just knock him out for double pay, to which Jay nods. During the fight, the contestant puts up a difficult fight, nearly killing Jay, but this results in Jay brutally killing him, breaking the deal and Terrence's trust. After that, Jay is restrained and as he walks in, Terrence is disappointed in Jay and orders his men to take him somewhere private for a "talk". Reluctantly, Terrence orders his guy via text to kill Jay in the private room as he and his men walk away. As they near a corner, Jay breaks off his restraints and kills the men, leading to his escape.
As Jay destroys his laundering and numbers rackets, Terrence is slowly irritated by his effectiveness and determination. He manages to put extra security into the Royale Hotel to protect his assets. However, after Hayes (his underboss) is killed by Jay and the rackets are all destroyed, Terrence is out of options and hires Milton and his men as a last resort to protect him.
=== Death ===
Having leveraged everything he had and calling in every favor he could, Terrence realizes the end is near. Knowing he wouldn't last ten minutes out on the streets, he tells Milton to call up whatever men he has left and have them come to the Sunshine Hotel & Casino to make a final stand against Jay and as Milton leaves, he calls his wife and tells her about everything, including his criminal lifestyle and how he put them in danger, showing a lot of remorse for his actions and thinks about what would happen if he hadn't chosen this life.
However, none of it makes a difference, as Jay takes out his remaining men, stabs Milton, and makes his way to Terrence, who is waiting in the hotel's penthouse. The two share a drink, while Terrence tells of his recurring nightmare of being at his family's funeral. They're all laid out in a little casket, neck cut the same as his brother's; this one comes around every three or four days. Terrence explains that this all started because he was trying to keep his nightmare from coming true, but it didn't end well. He says he's buried a lot of people, more than he can count, but he never wanted to see his family go down into the cold ground.
Terrence describes how he's never had it in him to apologize or feel shame for the things he's done. He also knows that Jay didn't come there for an apology. But Terrence was right about Jay, and he knew it the second he met him at the country club. Men like him are wired up wrong; there's only one thing they know, and one thing they're good at. Terrence ends the conversation by saying that he'll be waiting for Jay and that this won't be the last time they see each other. Jay agrees before grabbing his pistol, leading Terrence to kick his desk to disarm and for the two to engage in a brutal fight. As Terrence got the upper hand and grabbed his cane to finish him, Jay stabbed him and in his last moments, Terrence told Jay that he had 80 million somewhere and wanted him to take 30 million while handing his family the rest since they would need it. Jay nods and holds Terrence's hand as he succumbs to his wounds, ending his reign on New Devereux. Jay does honor Terrence's wishes by sending his family the money and leaves New Devereux for good, despite having heavy remorse upon killing him due to the fact they were the same.
== Personality ==
According to Jay himself, a defining characteristic of Terrence is the friendly and low-key exterior he maintains: he takes an active role in managing his front businesses and personally supervises employees whenever he is around from time to time. Quiet and humble, he is incredibly cautious about with whom he does business and keeps a very healthy distance from the rackets he runs to appear almost invisible, revealing he had a compulsive mindset, being a creature of habit and hating when things went against how they were planned. As revealed by his men, he strongly preferred to operate out of the spotlight and never interacted personally with his fellow conspirators unless forced to. 
Despite being a local crime lord, Terrence carefully maintains a public profile of propriety: noticeably, he is a major booster for local law enforcement and has made large donations to them. Despite his secrecy, Terrence is nonetheless capable of being extremely persuasive and charismatic when he needs to be, having a keen understanding of psychology and social dynamics, which allows him to almost effortlessly manipulate people around him and exploit their psychological and emotional weaknesses. He also has a natural talent for leadership, as his take-charge attitude, sheer force of personality, and raw physical presence enable him to take control of chaotic situations. As evidenced by the speeches he gave at his press conferences, he knows how to play a crowd as well, feigning emotion and passion to rally support from the masses.
He is a polite, articulate, and well-spoken man of courtesy and manners. He expected courtesy from his subordinates as well, as he would attack and sometimes even kill those who did not show respect to him or those he cared about. Terrence is a man of deep sophistication, enjoying the high-class life despite his poor origins. He enjoyed fine suits, fine dining, and classic literature and music. He considered himself a man of honor and always kept his word. While he can be a brutal, cold, calculating machine keeping the entire operation under his icy control, he honestly believes what he is doing for New Devereux is righteous by ridding the world of violent criminals with his show. In his dialogue with Jay, he admits that he admires professionalism and caution in his colleagues, and is generally calm and calculated, having kept his business well-hidden and developed it slowly and carefully to avoid law enforcement.
However, despite having a polite and well-mannered attitude, Terrence is shown as a dangerous, cold-blooded murderer, having employed many enforcers to transport violent offenders to use them on the show and made them kill each other for money and freedom and has personally killed rivals and associates to tie up loose ends to protect his family, showing himself as a serious threat who is willing to protect his loved ones, which earned him respect from Jay and Milton. He also enjoys violence and during his fight with Jay, he enjoys beating him down to a pulp and shows sheer aggression and homicidal rage, which adds to the menacing persona of Terrence. As his organization falls, his calm attitude quickly falls into a more aggressive and violent turn, making him more paranoid and aggressive about dealing with Jay and the fear of losing his family because of his lifestyle coming back to haunt him.
Despite his flaws and aggression, Terrence does have a few positive qualities. He sincerely loves the community and tries not to bring in drugs and violent crimes to destroy it, he cares about his men and gets increasingly angry whenever they die, he deeply loves his family and sends them away as the war between him and Jay heats up, and he genuinely wants to get rid of crime by using GOR as an semi-legal way to lower the prison population from violent offenders. He also shows deep respect and appreciation for Jay Roberts, having saved his life after the deal with him and Milton, feeding him, and even offering him a place on GOR and 8 million to walk away, not wanting to kill him due to their past lives as soldiers and having lost family from criminals (Terrence lost his brother and Jay lost his son) until Jay broke their deal and killed his men, resulting in the war. Despite having Milton wipe out all gang-ridden neighborhoods, Terrence feels heavy remorse since several civilians were killed by them and has an epiphany, regretting all of the things that he ever did to innocent people, and admits to Jay that he never felt remorse and guilt for killing hundreds of criminals since they did worse crimes than he ever did and tells Jay that he respected his goals and that it's nothing personal since he saw him as an equal in terms of motivation and determination, earning Jay's respect and showed great honor and courage during their fight, surprising Jay.
In his final moments, Terrence seems regretful of the things he did and does not want his family to grow up poor like him, he tells Jay to give them 60 million dollars while taking 25%, seeing Jay now as part of his legacy and a good man wanting to change the world for the better and even accepts his fate while giving Jay good advice not to let his memories kill him, which Jay accepts to heart. Terrence dies a sincere and loving man who cares about his people and family while trying not to become a monster like the people he murdered.
== Appearance ==
Terrence is an American man, standing at 6'1. He has a muscular build, dark brown eyes, black hair styled in a fade, and a goatee beard.
In his first appearance, he wears a dark gray suit during his first meeting with Jay and he wore the same suit with a purple fur coat during his introduction of GOR on Jay's deal. He also wears glasses during the show.
He wears a white button-up shirt, black pants, and black shoes in his final appearance, having been stressed out and waiting for Jay's arrival.
== Skills ==
* High Intelligence: As a crime boss, Terrence is a highly intelligent man. He is usually several steps ahead of his enemies, including Jay Roberts. He is also articulate and a compelling public speaker, as seen during his press conference at New Devereux City Hall when he was interviewed about Hayes' death, and during the fundraiser at the Sunshine Hotel and Casino. He is also very observant, as he correctly guessed that Jay would kill him no matter what, noticed Milton's hand shaking and head sweating as signs of deception and drug usage, and is fluent in his native English, and Mandarin Chinese.
* Master Tactician: Terrence is an excellent manipulator and a cunning strategist. He has managed to cause a fair deal of the criminal activity of New Devereux for years without revealing his identity to the public. He employed various mercenaries to utilize military tactics to destroy the gang-filled apartments and take their supplies to finance his operations, despite his hatred for illegal organ trading and drug dealing.
* Connections: Terrence controlled the crime of New Devereux, but has come to hire half of the underworld from there, be it criminal organizations like the New Devereux Triads, the Devereux Irish, and the Mendez Cartel, individual criminals like Richard Milton and his army, or even law enforcement officers like part of New Devereux Police Department and the FBI, all to keep himself safe. He came to find his own shell companies, like Massey Construction, Global Union Investments, Youngcorp, Allen Limited, and Devereux National Bank for his illegal activity. Following the Battle of New Devereux, Terrence founded Global Union because he saw the financial opportunities and benefits of spearheading the reconstruction of New Devereux, essentially capitalizing on the Incident, and he also used the company as a front for his money laundering operations.
* Master Marksman: While not seen firing guns, Terrence was an exceptional shot.
* Master Martial Artist: Terrence is an exceptional melee fighter and has shown to be on par with Jay in terms of H2H. His fighting style consists of Taekwondo, Kobudō, Tang Soo Do, Wushu, Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Karate (Kyokushin Karate, Goju-Ryu Karate, and Shotokan Karate), Muay Thai, and Kickboxing. He can execute complex Karate, Muay Thai and Taekwondo kicks flawlessly as seen as he single-handily knocks Jay down with a quick hook kick to the gut. 
* Improvised Weapon Mastery: He can use his cane as a melee weapon, having redirected Jay's attack and momentum against him very well.
* Peak Human Condition: Terrence 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.
* Peak Human Strength: Terrence is a very strong opponent, as shown when he kicks his desk into Jay to disarm him. A true testament to his strength was his ability to match Jay Roberts in a brutal hand-to-hand brawl, where the two initially appeared evenly matched, trading staggering blows, catching Jay's arm in a test of strength, and throwing him onto the floor like a ragdoll.
* Peak Human Durability: The astonishing feat of Terrence's durability is his ability to withstand punishing attacks from Jay with heavy visible wounds or signs of injury, being one of the only people to have ever done so. He endured many punches and countered Jay with his attacks. His large size helps him in a fight against trained opponents. After getting stabbed, Terrence has enough life to talk to Jay.
* Peak Human Speed: While the full extent of his speed has not been seen, Terrence is quick enough to take on Jay, despite his size. When Jay attacks him, Terrence's reflexes and speed allow him to match Jay in a physical brawl, evading many of his initial attacks and quickly countering with his own.
* Peak Human Reflexes: Terrence has quick reflexes to a point, as shown as he quickly kicks his desk to disarm Jay, evading a near-fatal machete slash, and reacting fast to evade and counter-attack against Jay's efforts to hurt him.
* High Pain Tolerance: Terrence has a near-high pain tolerance, allowing him to take much more punishment than most people and his tolerance is shown when he kept going after he was brutally beaten to a pulp and stabbed.
== Equipment ==
* Springfield Armory Loaded: Terrence's sidearm. He carries it in a shoulder rig and disarms himself of it after calling his wife and preparing for Jay's arrival. His 1911 has pearl grips, a gold safety, and a stainless steel finish.
* Cane: Terrence carries a silver cane with a silver eagle head as his melee weapon to redirect Jay's attacks with ease.
== Deaths ==
Murders committed by Terrence:
* Jose Garcia: Shot to death.
* 500 Criminals: Ordered to death.
Murders connected to Terrence:
* Over 1000 Criminals: Disappeared and killed each other for the show.
== Death ==
Killed by:
* Jay Roberts (Directly)
After beating Jay down, he goes to his cane to incapacitate him, but Jay grabs his knife to stab him in the thigh and the heart quickly. However, Terrence is still alive long enough for him to convince Jay to give the rest of his money to his family. Before he can succumb to heavy blood loss, Jay grants him a mercy kill rather than letting him bleed out, having respect for Terrence's bravery and goals.
== Trivia ==
* Out of the antagonists in the series, Terrence is the only one that Jay respects and shows heavy remorse since the two went through war and family attacks.