Charles Root

== Charles Root ==
Charles Root (Also known as "Charlie") was the founder of LINKS, and an influential figure within the group. Charles was known for being extremely intelligent, charismatic, caring, and skilled, and was known for being a hero among wastelanders. Charles would die at age 40 in the Sunrise omniport, as he fled from a large posse of bounty hunters sent by the Coalition. He would be shot several times, his body mutilated and delivered to Bargetown.
=== Life ===
==== Childhood ====
Charles grew up in a upper-class gated community, and was a highly intelligent child. He skipped a few grades in school, and was estimated to have an IQ of over 140. Charles would go on to grow up during the second world war, and would serve in the army, being deployed in Southern Italy, and climbing up to the rank of Sergeant. 
==== The flash ====
After the flash occurred, Charles quickly gathered his ex-US Army friends and would kickstart LINKS, gathering several other members that consisted mostly of scavengers and wastelanders. While Charles led LINKS, he would go on to get a son after a one-night-stand with a female soldier. He would go on to take full custody of the child, and named it Jim Root. Unfortunately, Jim Root would pass away due to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Jim would only live 7 months in this earth. Devastated by the loss, Charles spiraled into alcoholism, and would frequently attend raids as a way to die in glory.
Finally, it caught up to him, and during a raid against a Coalition convoy, nine bounty hunters would go on to chase Charles, finally killing him in the Sunrise Omniport.