Kendrick Winchester

"This one's for Roland!"Kendrick Francis Winchester, currently known by his callsign Heretic in the Rough Riders and formerly Lieutenant Winchester is one of many officers within the Riders who handles offensive tactics against organizations the group views as threats to New York's stability and their ultimate goal of a unified and stable America. He is an Alaskan War veteran, and was Roland's right hand man during the defensive. Like Roland, he has a devastatingly powerful and aggressive ability he has named "Painful Solace".
== Appearance ==
Kendrick is a tall man with a scarred face due to reconstructive surgery he received as a child to appease birth deformities along with several other scars from his time in Alaska. His hair is short and blonde and his eyes are brown. He is generally considered to have droopy, calm eyes in contrast to his fiery and brutal personality.
Like most U.S. veterans from Roland's unit, he has various notable tattoos. The most significant one on his body is the one he has below his right eye, which is a solid black tattoo of the number 18, in tribute to the regiment he served in alongside Roland.
His combat attire is generally all black and consists of black clothing underneath a large black trench jacket. He utilizes an intricate combat device he ripped off of Saxon's assigned Head Hunter partner in Alaska as he beat him to death which now functions to suppress his ability. The device - Catacomb - has the appearance of an exosuit but is in actuality a thin full suit disguised by Kendrick's full attire, save for the parts of it that cannot fit beneath clothes. 
== Personality ==
"My resolve has kept me alive long enough to walk this path I share with the future of America through the strongest the Alliance and this damned city has to offer. You aren't even strong enough to make me FLINCH!"Kendrick comes from a family who has served the United States generation after generation, and thus was raised to respect the country he comes from and the ideals it represents to an almost fanatical degree. He is not afraid to die, and will do so if it is what he must do to help save his country.
Kendrick as an individual hardly reflects this iron willed determination and dedication, however. He is harsh and unforgiving to his enemies, and is described as "rough" by his comrades. He is not always a brute, but unless the situation calls for it, he will retain his aggressive nature.
== History ==
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== Powers and Abilities ==
"This gift has made my role in this path clear! I am Vengeance Made Manifest!"
==== Painful Solace ====
An ability rumored to have been a result of Roland's use of Stars and Stripes forever, and amplified significantly by the Spellplague, Painful Solace is a hyper aggressive power that allows Kendrick to amplify his own strength and mental function by having any form of pain - emotional or physical - in his view. Visible death has the same effect and is somewhat more potent. Painful Solace has to be heavily suppressed by Kendrick's combat suit, Catacomb, as leaving the ability unchecked can cause permanent damage to it's user. Catacomb lets Kendrick safely store up amplified energy and max it out for ten minutes. After the suit's storage period of ten minutes, Kendrick can continue fighting with amplified strength for another ten minutes. The only downside is this energy will steadily go down until Kendrick is back at square one. If Catacomb breaks or fails to suppress Painful Solace due to sheer force of will, Kendrick will go berserk under the influence of Painful Solace. 
left|thumb|330x330px|Reference for Catacomb's Alarm. The alarm generally only plays for a few seconds before going quiet after the warning message. Kendrick can choose to keep it going in order to disorient opposition.
Kendrick's berserk state is referred to as Emergency Mode, and will last for three-and-a-half minutes before Kendrick's body is forced to shutdown and Painful Solace is deactivated. Depending on the situation, Kendrick can very well exceed these limitations, but requires heavy focus on keeping Painful Solace suppressed manually and often times if performed Kendrick will fight blind in order to do so, thus leaving it impractical and more of a last resort. The ability, like Augustus and Roland, was heavily influenced and shaped by a personal motive or desire, which is described in a journal entry from Roland during the ability's first appearance following the events of Tanana River and the battle of Anchorage."... He explained it like this - 'The thing that's always stuck with me about this war, Roland, has always been our dead. One second your friend is there, and the next the life from his eyes is gone. It's dreadful, and I imagine like most, I have no other way to ease the pain but to do my best to avenge them. That's why it's, as you said, "so damn specific". This ability was given so that I can find solace in knowing the pain my comrades have gone through will give me the power to make sure our enemy feels something worse.'" - Roland's Journal Excerpt regarding Kendrick's Painful Solace.For reference, Painful Solace allows Kendrick to keep up to pace with many brawler type Supers (Roland, Roger, Andrei) in it's default ten minute run time. A significant difference between Kendrick and these brawlers is Kendrick cannot exactly match the punching strength of most of these supers (Roland exceeds Kendrick's punching strength at state five). He makes up for this lack of strength by being considerably faster and much more reliant on combat form rather than throwing simple punches. Because Painful Solace supports Kendrick's leg strength more than his upper body strength, Kendrick relies on kicks with punches mixed in to deliver maximum punishment to his enemies.
When Kendrick enters Emergency Mode, his strength is constantly climbing until he crashes out. The only exception is if Kendrick decides to fight blind, whereas the climb will stop and Painful Solace will stall, leaving him where he was in terms of power before he closed his eyes. 
== Equipment ==
"WARNING: PAINFUL SOLACE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. SHUT DOWN TIME: TEN MINUTES. THE OPTION TO OVERRIDE PAINFUL SOLACE WILL DEACTIVATE IN FIVE MINUTES." - Catacomb's Alert Message, Both Warning and Scare Tactic.
=== Catacomb ===
Originally an exosuit belonging to Saxon's second half in his Head Hunter pair from the Annexation of Alaska, Catacomb is an Alliance Head Hunter issue combat suit that has been modified to suppress Painful Solace to prevent Kendrick from damaging himself. The suit is very durable and functions as a suit of armor in addition to the increased durability that comes with Painful Solace. The suit gives Kendrick enhanced strength and speed even without the use of Painful Solace, making him a dangerous opponent without the ability. The suit comes with an automated HUD that has been re-coded to display a timer for Kendrick and a real time report of his vitals once his ability has been activated.
=== Miscellaneous Equipment ===
* 1st Infantry Division Combat Knife
* Pack of custom Cigarettes
* Various Firearms
== Significant Traits ==
* Vengeance Made Manifest! - Kendrick will consistently make sure that any harm that befalls his comrades will be met with strong, unwavering vengeance.
* Rough - He is a very rough and direct individual, and is seemingly unfamiliar with the term "kindness".
* More Than Just a Boxer - Kendrick's combat style focuses heavily on kicks with a few punches thrown in in order to make the most out of his combat ability.
* Smoker - A nasty habit. Kendrick smokes a special herb blend in order to remain calm and to avoid going berserk.
* Berserker - Kendrick can lose himself in his blood lust and go berserk, leaving him unaware of who is friend or ally and blind to harm.
* This is For Roland - Roland and Kendrick have a close bond, and share many of the same ideals. With his friend out of the picture, Kendrick will do what he can with the Rough Riders in order to ensure that their vision of America becomes manifest.
== Trivia ==
* Kendrick strongly believes Aiden should be supporting the cause his brother started, and is actively searching for him.
* Kendrick is hunting for The Gene Key.
* Kendrick's favorite food is anything spicy.
* He has a strong fear of clowns.
* Kendrick was widely targeted by Head Hunters during the Annexation of Alaska for having killed so many of them and killed much more than Roland ever did. 
* Aiden considers Kendrick a family friend, albeit a very imposing one.
* His favorite past time is watching movies.