Thomas McCoy

First Lieutenant **Thomas McCoy** is a character in Leviathan Lore. One of the few high ranking members of Leviathan Special Forces, Thomas is a charismatic squad leader who sets examples for his fellow soldiers and participated in a few major Leviathan operations. He is the second most prominent of LSF soldiers, the other being Julia Ramirez.

## Biography

### Early life

Thomas was the first generation of his family to be born in Broken Arrow, alongside his brother Thomas II. His relationship with his brother was strained due to him getting involved in the drug business, but nevertheless refrained from trying to deter him in any way in fear of his own life and his parents' lives. When a new law was passed that prohibited any controlled substances to be distributed in any form, including heroin, cocaine, and cannabis, most of what his brother deals and consumes himself. Angered by this, he contemplated suicide due to not being able to live without drugs, but was only stopped by Thomas, who urged him to take this opportunity to turn himself around. Despite his pleas for him to change, Thomas II nevertheless went to underground drug rings in order to get access to cocaine. However, this ring was busted by SWAT operatives, with Thomas II being arrested for being a part of it alongside countless others. Convinced that Thomas II would never change, Thomas decided against trying to get him out, with him and his parents ultimately leaving Thomas II in a juvenile detention center where he was to be rehabilitated. As time went by, Thomas no longer acknowledged that he even had a brother, as he no longer considered Thomas II to be family anymore.

### Discovering Leviathan

At the age of 16, he became aware of Leviathan presence in Broken Arrow as he has seen several patrols killing off anyone who resists them, and became fascinated with Leviathan because of this. Dedicating his life to training himself to fit in the requirements of Leviathan, Thomas worked rigorously until he eventually became as tough as nails. By his 18th birthday, Thomas decided to take up mercenary work in order to simulate being a Leviathan operative. The following year, Thomas decided to try to join Leviathan, which was successful despite his initial doubts. He trained as a Leviathan Special Forces alongside Julia, Colin, and Echo. Thomas had a friendly relationship with Julia, which eventually blossomed into romance, though since it was very clear that their relationship was unprofessional and against code, Thomas and Julia agreed to split up. Out of all four recruits, Thomas proved to be the most headstrong of the four and enjoyed the thrill of a challenge. This attitude allowed him to soar the ranks at an incredible rate and at some point became a staff sergeant, which prompted him to seek a leadership role, which would come true as he is second in command of the Leviathan squad secretly sent by Xandros to assassinate Luna, under the guise that he went rogue. However, this mission proved to be a failure, as not only was the target a decoy, but the squad was ambushed, leaving nearly the entire team slaughtered with the exception of Thomas and Julia, who end up being the only survivors of the botched mission.

### Revelations

It was soon discovered that the entire mission was simply a simulation and the events that transpired in the mission never happened in reality, said simulation being used to train the LSF in assassination missions, thus no one on the team was actually killed. Upon learning this, Thomas planned on using this information against Luna and leave the LSF, but was stopped by Julia, who convinced him not to.