Mordecai Winchester Junior (Canon Timeline)

== Mordecai Winchester Junior (Canon Timeline) ==
Mordecai RIchard Winchester Junior (known as Junior) is the former deuteragonist and later an antagonist in the Canon series (from the Wartime Origins series to Jay's Origins). Mordecai is a discharged CO/combat veteran of the United States Army that fought alongside with Jay.
== Background ==
Born on January 20, 1991, Mordecai grew up in Arlington, Virginia. While nothing is known about his life, it's revealed by Mordecai himself that he lost his mother due to cancer and that he was raised into a military lifestyle by his father, who was a combat veteran in both the Gulf War and the War on Terror. He also graduated West Point Academy and served for 8 years in the Army with his father, fighting in Syria and Afghanistan.
Mordecai stayed with his father and helped formed the N-Strike Elite and the Reapers after leaving the service. After coming back to the United States, Jay, with the help of Mordecai Jr., was sent to Louisiana to deal with Eric Steele, a former Army officer turned vicious leader of the Brotherhood, a ruthless militia force that enslaved a small town. After capturing Steele a while back, Jay and Mordecai was also sent to deal with Miles Harper, a bioterrorist that defected from the Green Hive, another private military company, to prevent him from launching a bomb buried in Washington DC. As the series progressed, Mordecai slowly began to turn against his allies and secretly defected to an militia force in order to both receive more money and plot his so called vengeance on Jay for taking away his father and the PMC that he claimed.
== Personality ==
From his first appearance, Mordecai is shown as an brave, honorable, and compassionate individual who enjoyed his work and has supported the PMC at all costs, even helping out Jay in dealing with the factions that attacked his friend. Despite his support towards Jay, he would show glimpses of shock whenever Jay killed his enemies in a cold and brutal manner, making him more fearful of Jay to prevent his wrath.
However as the series progressed, Mordecai slowly devolved into an antagonist and is revealed to be a destructive, cold-blooded, and ruthless individual that betrayed the PMC and worked with a militia force for both profit and vengeance towards Jay for taking away his PMC. Unlike most antagonists, Mordecai was willing to kill Jay out of personal hatred and profit to take back the PMC for himself and this hatred made him more aggressive and violent towards Jay during his H2H encounters. His hatred and desire for control has led Mordecai to his downfall and eventual demise at the hands of his former best friend and battle buddy.
== Appearance ==
As shown in his military photo, Mordecai is shown in his 30s and has a lean and muscular build. He's also clean shaven and has shorter hair. He's 6'1 (185.42 cm) and over 152 lbs (69 kg).
As of 2039 to 2041, Mordecai has longer hair, a stubble beard, and notable tattoos and scars on his body. 
== Abilities ==
Mordecai is shown to be a highly skilled soldier in both marksmanship and hand-in-hand combat. Given his background and the fact that his father was an Special Forces operative, Mordecai is very skilled in guerrilla warfare and his combat abilities are highlighted in the series as he killed numerous enemies without missing a shot and fighting the equally skilled Jay Roberts in H2H, despite being taller and stronger than him.
To add to his physicality, Mordecai was shown to be a skilled free-runner, climber, and escape artist, requiring minimal interference. He can climb and traverse difficult terrain, scale and vault over several obstacles with ease and be able to run or sprint far distances uninterrupted. Unlike Jay (who's an more focused and collected tactician), Mordecai strongly relied on brute force and is shown to be more than willing to tear away enemy operations with ease.
== Appearances ==
* The Wartime Origins (chapters 1-3) (First Appearance)
* Roberts & Winchester (Second Appearance)
* The Soldier (First Debut/Major Character)
* Jay's Origins (First Debut/Final Appearance/Death)
== Trivia ==
* Mordecai's specialty was revealed to be his extreme talent in marksmanship, as evidenced in various scenes of his fights. He's shown to be on par with Jay Roberts in terms of CQC, but relied on brute force and his decent aim.
* Mordecai is the one of the only operatives in the N-Strike Elite to defect into another enemy faction and only joined out of personal vengeance than profit.
* In the "Raider" series, Mordecai is far more heroic and honorable. Mordecai is more antagonistic and brutal in the Canon series and is willing to kill or torture Jay in order to take over the PMC.