Enos Clement (Raider: Last Blood)

== Enos Clement ==
Sheriff Enos Jensen Clement is a main character and a major antagonist of the "Raider: Last Blood" series.
Serving as the main antagonist of the 13th chapter, Clement is the Sheriff of Hustonville, Texas who ruled the town with an iron fist and hired a private army to protect his rackets until a man dismantled his operations.
== Background ==
Born on March 1, 2018, Enos grew up in Hustonville, Texas and while it's never known about his childhood, it's heavily implied that he was groomed by his father to become the next sheriff in charge of the town after doing some time as a Texas Ranger under his father's wishes.
As the Sheriff of Hustonville, Enos used his charisma and wealth to help make the town bigger and better. However, the crime levels started to increase when 7 criminal organizations moved in and after losing his parents to violent robbers, Enos made it a personal mission to wipe out all 7 groups before having any surviving racket boss take over the rackets to fund his war against organized crime in the town while in reality, he is slowly becoming a crime lord by bribing politicians, killing crime bosses to take over their territories, and has ruled the town with an iron fist. 
For years, Enos and his Deputies have operated with absolute impunity and used their power to keep the population in check through intimidation, harassment, and even murder. He has influential friends in state government and a PMC, who fully support his efforts, financing his upcoming re-election bid. While on patrol, Enos met a woman named Rebecca and after a deep conversation, the two made love and married a short time later. The pair ended up having two sons that they raised and without Rebecca's consent, Enos trained the boys and groomed them to become deputies.
In 2058, a few townsfolk began building a criminal court case against Clement. Working with an attorney out of Washington DC, they spent the next year gathering evidence and witness testimony to present before a federal court. Helping them with the case was DA Ezekiel Redding, who was meeting with witnesses and gathering evidence.
While leaving Hustonville late one evening, Ezekiel was stopped and approached by Enos, who asked what he was doing on his road so late. After a brief conversation, Enos shot and killed him. Upon inspecting Ezekiel's vehicle, Enos discovered the folder containing all the evidence Ezekiel had gathered over the last year. He takes the evidence back to his office for safekeeping.
While looking through the folder, Enos learns what the townsfolk have been up to. After making some notes and highlighting some names, he places the Sheriff's Department on high alert, locking down the town while he begins tracking down the witnesses, having his Deputies cut them off as he prepares to move in and deal with them, having killed them and anyone involved in the case and staged the murders as disappearances, effectively keeping his control.
== Biography ==
== Personality ==
According to most of the townsfolk, Enos used to be a man with honorable intentions and did not view himself as being above the townsfolk and even admitting that it’s his job to earn his authority and that he is not above that. Additionally, Enos is not an unpopular figure in the town, suggesting that the townsfolk like him and admire his tough stance on crime and his effectiveness in dealing with it due to his family's history as fierce protectors.
However, Enos' personality took a darker and bleaker turn upon losing his parents and became amoral, ruthless, ambitious, power-hungry, self-serving, and greedy. Rather than arresting the people responsible, he murdered them and had every surviving lieutenant run the rackets to take over, showing that he is now using any means necessary to put down organized crime, even if it means running their former territories with no problems. His corruption is exemplified through countless acts of crime and intimidation, including kidnapping, murder, torture, extortion, and racketeering. 
Because of his increasing ruthlessness and darkening attitude, Enos has fully devolved from the once honorable and compassionate sheriff to an extremely ruthless crime lord who will do anything to protect his town and kill anyone who proves to be a threat as shown as he murdered Ezekiel Redding and ordered the deaths of all witnesses and attorneys to protect his reputation and preserve his power over the town. He also planned out the public executions of any threat and showed the townsfolk through direct fear, showing that he is using his increasing power to control the town through fear by using mercenaries, enforcers, and his deputies to capture or kill anyone.
As the sheriff and toward his allies, Enos was rumored to be a very arrogant and violent crime boss who was at times hostile to those who disagreed with him and had no qualms with using his status and power, along with Hawk and his mercenaries, to intimidate and manipulate the surviving lieutenants for his goals and even threatened deputies Ellis and Robertson since they were disagreeing with his orders at the time and was planning to rat him out to the court. This is seen when he uses his contacts in Hawk Corp to make sure Ellis won't get his participation in a court for being "a snitch”, seeing Ellis’ knowledge as an attempt to expose him. His increasingly violent behavior caused some of his deputies and the townsfolk to despise him and even admitted to Jay that they hated him because of his brutality and arrogance when he executed a deputy for stealing evidence and selling it to criminals. However, he showed great respect toward anyone who showed bravery and stood against him with confidence, admiring them for their guts.
As claimed by Rebecca, Enos had a celebrity-like persona and was not used to people looking down on him (given the fact that he was pampered to become a sheriff by his family), which led him to insult and belittle people when they refused his advances or insult his heritage. He was also quite rash, as he nearly killed Jay without realizing he was outsmarted and outwitted. Despite his hyper-violent and rash attitude, Enos is capable of showing respect and gives Hawk a small gesture of appreciation when he pays Hawk after knowing that Ellis and Robertson were dealt with. Furthermore, despite his arrogance and machismo, Enos was the only man during his war on crime heard to be fighting effectively and maintaining total composure in combat against the gangs, which was seen again when he fought a crime boss for the first time. This shows that he possesses much greater discipline and skill in actual combat. Even when enraged, his discipline showed as he fought effectively against Jay when he tried to stop him and take the file.
In his younger days, he was not considerate of collateral damage and death and was sometimes quite negligent at handling problems, as seen when a group of young adults stealing an old truck resulted in Enos killing the boys impulsively in the process. While the deaths were labeled as self-defense by the deputies, they were directly caused by his recklessness and impulsiveness. He was not held accountable for the deaths. When Rebecca confronted Enos on the death of the kids, he was nonchalant, claiming he's killed many families over the years and that didn't phase him one bit, which is revealed later on by Rebecca that he has murdered not only his victims but their entire families to avoid being caught and exposed for his crimes.
Despite his ruthless nature, Enos hasn't fully devolved and he wasn't heartless, having spared people that wasn't a threat and shown deep remorse for his actions (most notably teaching his kids to become criminals). As shown as he talked with Wyatt, Enos reveals that he only did these crimes to avenge his family while trying to build the town up, showing that he still loves the town and cares about the townsfolk, despite not knowing that they now hate him for his newfound ruthlessness and power. He also tries to avenge his children by using mercenaries to kill Jay unsuccessfully and even shows bravery to kill Jay himself. During the fight, Enos admits that he never wanted all of this, but he genuinely did what he could do to protect the town, showing that he was aware of what he did and deeply regrets doing the things he did and rather than turning himself in, he reluctantly chose to let himself fall deeper into the criminal lifestyle and devolved himself. He can also be civilized and polite with those he doesn't despise or perceive as enemies, as displayed when he goes to Wyatt and promises extra pay to kill Jay and even considers sparing Jay to avoid conflict.
For all of Enos' flaws, he is a notably honorable person and always keeps his word, primarily shown through as he kept his part of the deal that he made with Wyatt to help him kill Jay, even when the latter eventually destroyed his rackets. His sense of honor goes so far that he is even willing to continue the mission even after discovering that his two sons are dead, choosing to keep his word to Wyatt and offering to double the pay to find Jay. Rather than killing Jay directly by shooting him outright, he chose to keep his promise, discard his gear, and try to kill Jay with his bare hands like a man, genuinely surprising his enemy. 
After being beaten by Jay, Enos shows visible shock upon Jay sparing him and even listens to Jay's advice about turning himself in since Jay saw potential in him to be good, so he turns himself in while having the file, allowing himself to be arrested and given a life sentence without parole. This shows that Enos is is capable of breaking free from the cycle of violence and corruption, and that he is willing to confront his own shortcomings and strive for a better future. 
Because of his ruthlessness and devolvement, Enos is a flawed man who chooses to seek vengeance and power and wants control over his hometown by the man who stopped him and exposed his crimes.
== Appearance ==
Enos is an American man, standing at 6'1. He has a muscular build, perfect for his position, green eyes, dark brown hair styled in a side-parted curtain, and a heavy stubble beard. According to Rebecca, a few female deputies, and a few townsfolk, Enos is often described as a sexy man of authority and ruggedness.
He has been mostly seen in a white fitted suit, black spurred boots with metal skull tips, a white Ranger hat with the Sheriff badge, and a black designed western gun belt that held his revolver.
In his final stand, Enos wore khaki pants, a SWAT vest, and tactical gloves (while wearing his shirt, boots, gun belt, and hat) to be able to handle himself against Jay.
== Skills ==
* High Intelligence: Enos is shown to be a highly intelligent and analytical man who is highly adaptable to any situation. As he gets deeper into the criminal underworld, 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 nature to gain the trust of his enemies to recruit them, blend in with the public to hide his crimes and complete his tasks with relative ease.
* Criminology: As a law enforcement officer, Enos has exceptional insight into how the criminal underworld operates 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 the Georgia criminal underworld was moving and selling.
* Intimidation: As a former Texas Ranger and the town Sheriff, Enos is very imposing and makes everyone around him feel frightened. As a crime boss, Enos became more and more feared and he used his law enforcement connections to bribe anyone close to him or subtly ordered executions to finance his re-election by using fear.
* Master Tactician: Enos is highly capable of casing out, planning, and executing plans, assassinations, and raids. He is a keen judge of character, often correctly assessing the correct intentions, flaws, and capabilities of both allies and enemies just by watching them. He is a skilled negotiator and interrogator, capable of presenting facts, torturing people, and telling lies without inducing intense emotion. As shown in his final stand, Enos is a strong and fierce leader to the core, having commanded and led a massive number of skilled operatives to help take out Jay Roberts.
* Connections: As a Sheriff, Enos has many connections in the political force and the Underworld to help him finance his election and build up his criminal empire. He also has connections with Hawk Corp and used them as muscle.
* Forensics Specialist: Enos can do a "clean job" by using the silent approach to minimize mass destruction. Whenever he kills his targets, he tries to make the deaths look like either a gang attack or a simple accident to avoid being connected to them.
* Master Marksman: As shown in various fights, Enos is extremely proficient with firearms, including pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, as well as being frighteningly precise with eliminating targets in both close-range and long-range distances (as shown during his fights). The notable feat of his deadly marksmanship is wounding Jay with one shot from the hip with relative ease. 
* Master Martial Artist: Enos has been depicted as a skilled fighter thanks to his police training and has been known to have killed dozens of criminals. His fighting style is mostly improvised and consists of Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, and Wrestling. As shown in his last fight, Enos used a strong combination of hard boxing punches, knee strikes, and wrestling takedowns to hold his own against Jay, who is himself a former combat veteran and an ex-Delta operator.
* Knife Mastery: Enos is highly skilled at using combat knives. He is also very proficient at throwing knives, being able to hit a target from a far distance without hitting Wyatt with ease.
* Improvised Weapon Mastery: Enos is very good with using whatever tools that he sees during his fights to gain an advantage over his opponents, as such a metal pipe to try to beat Jay, but fails to do so.
* Peak Human Condition: Enos 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: Enos is a very strong opponent, as shown in his backstory as he displayed enough strength to take on several trained criminals at once and overpower them without any visible signs of effort. 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 fist in a test of strength, and throwing him into walls like a ragdoll. Enos himself remarked that Wyatt's initial evaluation of Jay's strength and skillset concerned him, and even before facing him in combat, he was likewise concerned about having to fight him.
* Peak Human Durability: The astonishing feat of Enos' durability is his ability to withstand punishing attacks from Jay with heavy visible wounds or signs of injury, being the only person to have ever done so. He endured many punches and was thrown into walls, each time getting back up to counter with his attacks. His large size helps him in a fight against trained opponents.
* Peak Human Speed: While the full extent of his speed has not been seen, Enos is quick enough to take on several criminals at the same time. When Jay attacks him, Enos' 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: Enos has quick reflexes to a point, as shown as he quickly drew his revolver to wound 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: Enos 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 losing his arm and leg and was brutally beaten to a pulp.
== Equipment ==
* Colt Single Action Army: Clement's sidearm. He notably used it to wound Jay and threaten the townsfolk. His revolver is the Artillery variant and has a polished nickel finish with pearl grips and the Sheriff badge on the grip.
* Knife: Clement's melee weapon. He used it to slash Jay before being disarmed. His knife has a clip-point blade with a birch wood handle.
* Winchester 1300: Clement's main weapon. He used it to try to kill Jay but ran out of ammunition.
* Body Armor: Clement used a SWAT vest to better handle small-arms fire.
* Gloves: Clement used a pair of thick tactical leather gloves to protect his hands and inflict more damage to people, notably Jay in his final stand.
== Deaths ==
Murders committed by Enos:
* 600 Unnamed Criminals - Hung, shot, mutilated offscreen
*Ezekiel Redding - Beaten and shot in the head, set up as a violent mugging, and took his file to hide evidence of his criminal activities
* Deputy Austin - Decapitated
* Unnamed Criminal - Disemboweled
Murders connected to Enos:
*20 Witnesses - Murdered, set up as disappearances
*5 District Attorneys and Politicians - Murdered, set up as disappearances
*Deputy Eliis and Robertson - Shot to death
== Trivia ==
* Enos is the second-to-last main antagonist to be captured at the hands of Jay in the series.
* Enos is one of the few antagonists to match Jay in terms of physical strength and durability and came nearly close to killing him in close combat without any weapons.
* Due to his connections in the political underworld, the criminal underworld, and law enforcement, Enos is considered to be the most dangerous man and uses everything at his disposal to gain power.
* Had not Enos killed Ezekiel, taken the file, or tried to kill Jay, he would have redeemed himself or been arrested for his crimes.