The Reapers

== The Reapers ==
The Reapers (Known as Winchester's Reapers) are a elite unit of private military operators under the command of Mordecai Winchester until his death, which led to Jay Roberts taking over the unit as a whole. 
They first appear in the Wartime Origins timeline and became the main faction that Jay led until his death in both the Canon series and the Raider series. They're the secret weapon for the private company, the WTO.
== Overview ==
The Reapers are a small and cohesive unit that was formed from the remnants of the 38th Snake Regiment (Winchester's original special forces unit). Winchester, with the help of Jay Roberts, managed to convince a significant number of highly skilled soldiers (either selected or volunteered) to join the group. 
After dealing with the Argentinian Revolutionary Front (A.R.F), the group became known for their renowned tactics, which gave them the name (Reapers) by the United States government.
The Reapers are shown to have a strong sense of friendship and loyalty, as shown as they have strong attachments to one another and view themselves as a surrogate family, as they often refer each other as "brother" and "sister". Because of their strong bond, the Reapers display great sadness and anger if they witness one of their own slain. 
Despite their history as former soldiers, the Reapers appear to allow certain individuals (especially without military experience) to join them by putting them in physical and mental situations to test their loyalty and willpower and if the individual passed, they become a Reaper. If a Reaper breaks the Elite code, they are punished by either discharge or execution under orders of their leader.
What the Reapers lack in numbers (despite being over 800 strong), they strongly make up for it by skill, which allows the Reapers to target and to take down armies by themselves. Each individual member of the Reapers has military training and combat experience, which allows them to easily eliminate targets in hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship. Additionally, each member of the Reapers are shown to be extremely tough to kill, evidenced by Jay Roberts shrugging off a brutal beating by multiple ARF soldiers during the Siege and Jack Riley Sharpe surviving a explosion.
Despite knowing that their small group size puts them in a great disadvantage, the Reapers strongly used unconventional warfare (ambushes and hit-and-run tactics) with frightening precision and ferocity, striking fear into their enemies' hearts and souls. If forced to use brute force, the Reapers will use different tactical formations (notably the skirmish approach) to outwit their enemies and to weaken the enemy's morale.
== Origin ==
Somewhere between the 1st and 2nd chapter of the Wartime Origins, the remnants of the 38th Snake Regiment (Roberts, the Winchester boys, and a few select members) helped made the W.T.O. more powerful and diverse by training new recruits on the regular. 
However, certain recruits (like Jack Sharpe, David Kramer, and a few members) are very vicious to a point where they didn't follow orders, which led to Jay and Mordecai discharging them and putting a stricter standard when it comes for recruitment.
During the 2nd chapter, the W.T.O. were sent into Argentina to deal with the A.R.F. until they began losing more men due to the A.R.F.'s numbers and equipment. Fearing that their operators are too soft and are going to lose the war, Winchester developed a strict basic training program with the help of Jay Roberts and managed to convince a large number of recruits and honorably discharged veterans to join the company. 
Despite the deaths of Lieutenant General Lewis Wright and his operators, Jay and Winchester managed to lead the remaining operators (whom they trained heavily to be equal to the A.R.F.) to victory in Buenos Aires with the help of a joint task force (Army Rangers/Marine Infantry/Army Infantry/Rebels) and defeated the A.R.F. (most of their forces killed or captured) there.
After the war and Winchester's retirement, the group soon became more like a family and after Winchester's passing from leukemia, Jay and Mordecai Junior managed to take over the W.T.O. and in honor for Major General Winchester, the two called the group "the Reapers" due to their brutal stealth tactics and strong use of unconventional warfare.
Over time, the Reapers appeared to be under the command of Jay Roberts (who was the CEO/Field Commander of the PMC) until his attack by the Brubaker Gang, which resulted in most of the Reapers disbanding both out of respect and fear for their deceased leader. 
After surviving multiple attacks (one that cost Lilly's life), Jay managed to regroup a few Reapers that remained loyal to him and a few Reaper recruits to help him in the long run, doing several operations under the orders of the CIA SAD until they came across Daryl Clarke Mitchell (Daryl Roberts' son) in order to save him from David Kramer (a former Reaper) and his men. After launching a final assault, every member of the Reapers (except for a few that retreated back to the United States), including Jay Roberts, were killed while dealing with Kramer in his private compound in Oklahoma.
Despite this setback, The W.T.O. has full command from a new leader (unknown) and the Reapers are never mentioned again, but it's presumed that they're near disbanded with its members dead or retired from the PMC.
However, the Reapers played a significant part in the "Raider" series as the main faction that Jay led until their disbandment. The Reapers are shown to be extremely loyal to one another and to Jay Roberts as a whole. 
They were split up into various factions (Roberts, Wright, Sharpe and Kramer managed to lead them) and they (Jay's faction) were wiped out by both Jack Sharpe and David Kramer (both are former Reapers that sought vengeance and both have managed to convinced many Reapers to turn heel against Jay's leadership) in this timeline.
== Members ==
* Mordecai Winchester Sr. (Formerly)
* Mordecai Winchester Jr. (Formerly)
* Jack Riley Sharpe (Formerly)
* Lewis Wright (Formerly)
* Cora Hollows (Formerly)
* Theodore Greenway (Formerly)
* Philip Sullivan (Formerly)
* Jay Trevor Roberts (Formerly)
* John Bailey (Formerly)
* Ethan Perkins (Formerly)
* Claude Hoffman (Formerly)
* Alexei Kamarov (Formerly)
* James Freeman (Formerly)
* Thomas Fisher (Formerly)
* David Kramer (Formerly)
* Dwight "Smokey" McLaughlin (Formerly)
* Micah Parker (Formerly)
* Stanley Hunter (Formerly)
* Steven Miller (Formerly) (the Canon series)
* Courtney McLaughlin (Formerly)
* Daryl Clarke Roberts (Formerly) (the Canon series)
* Armando Cruz (Formerly) (the Canon series)
* Paul Jackson (Formerly)
* Juan Vasquez (Formerly)
* Warren McFreely (Formerly)
* William Dante (Formerly)
* Malachi Booker (Formerly)
* Luke McCool (Formerly)
* Frank Phelps (Formerly)
* Vernon Hughes (Formerly)
* Tanker Jones (Formerly)
* Jonathan Foster (Formerly)
* Charles Richardson (Formerly)
* Kevin Ray (Formerly)
* Nicole Warner (Formerly)
* Gabriella Taylor (Formerly)
* Julia Simmons (Formerly)
* Franklin Welles (Formerly)
* Eric Wright (Formerly)
* Patrick Reilly (Formerly)
* Logan Starks (Formerly)
* Craig Walker (Formerly)
* Nathan West (Formerly) (the Raider series)
* Jackman (Formerly) (the Raider series)
* Haley (Formerly) (the Raider series)
* About 850 Reapers
== Deaths ==
* Cora Hollows
* Theodore Greenway
* Mordecai Winchester Sr.
* Lewis Wright
* Dwight "Smokey" McLaughlin
* Micah Parker
* Mordecai Winchester Jr.
* Jack Riley Sharpe
* David Kramer
* Jay Trevor Roberts
* About 855 Reapers
== Trivia ==
* The Reapers are respected and feared by their stealth and hit-and-run tactics, which gave the group a major advantage to deal with larger and well-trained groups.
* The Reapers had multiple leaders (Notably Mordecai Winchester and Jay Roberts).
* Their motto (We are the hunters) strongly indicated that some of the Reapers had some form of hunting experience and seems to enjoy striking fear by toying with their enemies.
* While under the command of Jay Roberts, the Reapers appeared to be extremely loyal toward him to a degree where most recruits (notably Micah Parker, Thomas Fisher, and Warren McFreely) wanted to follow in his footsteps and to become leaders of the group, implying that Jay has inspired and encouraged them to become stronger than they were in combat.
* The Reapers are the first paramilitary group to allow women, transgender people, and homosexual people to join their faction (Jay Roberts claimed that everyone is equal, despite their differences).
* Their basic training (as described by Fisher) is rumored to be very difficult, but it's rewarding for the remaining recruits. It's claimed that the Reaper training course has a high risk of failure since some recruits wouldn't handle the emotional and physical stress, but some can prevail and become Reapers.
* While it's never known, it's revealed that the Reapers do appear to be former special forces operators of each Tier group (SEALS, Rangers, Delta) that combined their combat tactics to make their group way more dangerous.
* In the Raider series, the Reapers were wiped out and until his eventual death, Jay was the last known Reaper alive and is considered to be the most dangerous member of the group due to his experience and training.