Raymond Jones (Arrowood Kills)

== Raymond Jones ==
Raymond Jones is the secondary antagonist of the first chapter in the Arrowood Kills series. 
Raymond is a Sheriff's deputy that aided Derrick Smith in a killing spree to avenge his friend's death and one of two killers to take up the Arrowood Slasher mantle with his best friend.
== Background ==
Born on May 21, 1998, Raymond was born in Arrowood, Georgia. Raymond grew up with his childhood friend Derrick and later went on to become a police officer, eventually joining the Arrowood Sheriff's Department.
== Biography ==
Raymond is first seen in the first chapter, driving to his cabin with Derrick, Alice (Derrick's girlfriend), and Zachary (her best friend that Derrick strongly distrusted naturally) for spring break. However, he didn't expect that Mary (Derrick's secret crush) threw a party at his cabin to celebrate their (both Derrick and Alice's) anniversary.
Raymond is hardly seen throughout the story, trying to take control, but fails every time due to his slight incompetence.
As a serial killer began to stalk and murder the students, one-by-one, Derrick and Raymond managed to take over and ordered temporary leadership due to their experience with firearms. Raymond was then supposedly killed by the stranger. As Derrick patrols around the area, he saw both Alice and Zachary kissing, shocked at the fact that his girlfriend is cheating with her best friend. As a shocked Derrick backs away from the pair, the killer suddenly stabs him to death and threw him away to attack the pair, but failed to do so when a hunter (who is revealed as Axel Winter, the man who killed the original serial killer) scared the killer away. As Axel took Derrick's body to bury it, the killer knocks him out and instead of killing him, he chose to take the body away.
As Alice woke up and saw that the killer caught her friends, the killer reveals himself to be Derrick, who faked his death. As Alice ran into a still breathing Raymond, he's also revealed to be the second killer as well, shocking Alice. It's later revealed that both Derrick and Raymond killed their friends because they wanted to be famous for copycatting an infamous serial killer. It's also revealed that the woman that they killed was Alice's sister and he was the one that killed both her and her father, seemingly wanting to harm Alice emotionally before trying to kill her. However, their plan for fame quickly became their downfall when Derrick stabs him too deeply in order to pose as victims. As Raymond tries to convince Derrick not to kill Alice, Zachary shoots Raymond in the heart, dying at the hands of his former ally.
== Personality ==
In his first appearance, Raymond is a deeply insecure and nervous individual who deeply cared about his friends and even got emotional about each death as the night goes on. Before the killing began, Raymond is shown to be more playful and goofy to his friends, most notably to John since they're both drinking buddies and often made people laugh. He was also very brave, willing to sacrifice himself to protect his friends and even Derrick from the killer.
However, as he reveals himself to be the killer, Raymond is an extremely sadistic individual that took slight pleasure in killing his victims and was shown to be more resourceful, using creative means to kill them. He also sought fame, wanting power from killing people and even took joy in it. Unlike Derrick, Raymond is completely shown to be not as heartless or vicious as him, having deep remorse for killing his friends and even showed direct fear to Derrick when he suggested that Alice should be spared as a potential witness, showing that Raymond had sympathy for his friends. 
Despite his redeeming qualities, Raymond was eventually shot down by Zachary and died a sadistic and regretful man that killed just for the slight enjoyment of it.
== Appearance ==
Raymond is an American man, standing at 5'7. He has a slender, muscular physique, long-flowing black hair with a clean-shaven look, and light brown eyes.
He wore a blue t-shirt, khaki pants, and brown boots as his main outfit.
As the killer, he wore the same outfit like Derrick, which was a brown long-sleeved shirt, a jean shirt with its sleeves up underneath the shirt. He also wore overalls, a brown tool belt, and gray gloves with brown cuffs. He wore the same interesting mask too.
== Skills ==
* High Intelligence: As a former police officer, Raymond was smart enough to use different tools to avoid being tracked and even used his police training for good to evade capture.
* Skilled Physician: Raymond appears to have extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as well as intermediate first aid and medicine, as shown during a scene where he puts slight pressure on Derrick's wounds while in character.
* Stealth Mastery: Raymond is extremely skilled in using stealth, capable to kill his victims by using the layout to sneak around and to enter places with ease.
* Master Martial Artist: Having been trained in the police department, Raymond is implied to be a skilled hand-to-hand fighter, using certain punches and kicks to take out Zachary. 
* Knife Mastery: Raymond is highly skilled in wielding knives. Despite not using a knife, Raymond had been shown carrying one to notably attack both Alice and Zachary.
* Improvised Weapon Mastery: In addition to his skills with firearms and martial arts, Raymond is very good with using whatever tools that he sees during his attacks to gain an advantage over his opponents, as such as he used a spear, a hammer, and a simple screwdriver to kill his victims.
* Peak Human Condition: Raymond is extremely athletic, capable of outrunning Axel after being nearly killed.
== Equipment ==
* Mask: The most important part of his costume. His mask resembles a skull-like style, designed with a pair of thin black eyebrows, with 2 circle-shaped jade-black spiked side cracks (for sight) and a nose crack placement (for breathing). As for the mouth design, it shows light bubblegum-pink gums with yellowish-white "rotten" styled teeth. The whole base of the mask is plain dirty white and appears to be either made of silicone. Unlike Derrick, his mask is properly maintained and cleaner, despite being a bit dirty.
* Costume: Like Derrick, he also wears a thick, improvised suit with overalls and grey gloves with brown cuffs. Underneath the overalls is a jean shirt with its sleeves rolled up, and a long sleeve brown shirt underneath. He has a brown tool belt around his waist, with a few tools inside. His costume is more tidier and looser than Derrick, whose costume was more bloody, dirty, and tight around his body.
* Knife: His primary weapon. He notably used it to stab John, who is his best drinking buddy. His knife is a 7 inch KA-BAR combat knife with a Kraton handle.
* Glock 19: Raymond's sidearm. In most cases, Derrick is seen wielding the pistol. His pistol is a 3rd generation with Target sights.
== Deaths ==
Murders committed by Raymond:
* Sarah: Impaled in the chest with a spear
* Kevin: Impaled in the chest with a spear
* Craig: Neck snapped (offscreen)
* Juliette (Julie): Hammer impaled in skull (offscreen)
* Ava: Throat slit with corkscrew (offscreen)
* Diana: Screwdriver in the throat (offscreen)
* Larry: Hatchet in the heart (offscreen)
* Mary: Bludgeoned to death with hammer
* Jillian (Jill): Bludgeoned to death with hammer (offscreen)
* Tara: Screwdriver in the heart (offscreen)
* John: Stabbed 12 times with combat knife and throat slashed open
* Maria: Strangled with his bare hands 
Murders connected to Raymond:
* Jenny Harris: Brutally murdered with Derrick Smith.
== Trivia ==
* Raymond is the most hesitant killer due to his insecurity and remorseful nature towards killing his friends.
* Raymond was the most creative killer in his methods and to be a bit more interesting, Raymond used utility tools while hardly using his bare hands. It's implied that Raymond is the killer when the killer seems more resourceful and much more hesitant with his kills, as shown as he looks down and slightly thinks about dropping the spear while watching both Sarah and Kevin make out. This contrasts with Derrick, who's more brutal with using blades and was much more aggressive by using his raw strength to overpower his victims.
* Raymond's true motive is fear that Derrick would kill him after being either bribed or blackmailed/threatened and used that as an excuse. If it was true, that would made Derrick much more worse than Raymond for forcing a deputy into murdering people.
* Even if Raymond survived, he would have been executed due to the fact that he murdered multiple people and would been put on death row.
* Raymond is the only killer that have the second least highest kill count of the 4, having only killed 13 people before his demise. To add with it, Raymond is also the first person to become the second copycat serial killer and had a higher kill count than his partner.
* Raymond is the only killer that had police experience.