Bryant

**Bryant** is the main protagonist of *As Good as Dead*. He was once a gang member and a police officer that stopped many criminal cases committed by the Cartel. He later retired from both roles and went on to live his life out in the desert. As Bryant lived peacefully, he trained Oscar for him to learn on defending himself. However, the training Bryant had given to Oscar soon leads to the later competing in a fighting match where his fighting skills was livestreamed. Eventually, Bryant is confronted by the Cartel wishing for his death and he has to fight to protect his allies from them.

## What Makes Him a Guile Hero?

* Created a fake cover story of himself being a domestic abuser to protect his wife from the Cartel using her as a way to hurt him. His cover story also provides a great excuse as to why he would make himself unknown to the world.
* After a raid he did with the DEA, he found a long set of tunnels that led to different places. He later used the tunnels as a place where he would build his home on top of.
* Due to how Sonny Kilbane had been responsible for multiple counts of human trafficking, holding illegal weapons, and drugs, Bryant was aware for how he turned the judges and the DEA organization into corrupt people that can't be trusted.
* Took in Oscar as a student to train him to become a great fighter.
* Wanted Oscar to not his fighting style in competition matches, so he himself would not be exposed to the world.
* Pulled out his gun so fast to intimidate Hector into giving up a potential gun fight.
* Pointed at Hector and his crew to make sure they all follow his orders to drive away from his property.
* Figured out that the people Oscar talked to are actually professional assassins, due to questioning Oscar as to what they look like.
* When Hector, Oscar, and Marisol returned to their house, after Oscar had told him about the people he talk to, Bryant quickly ordered them to go inside his house, because of the realization that they had unintentionally led the assassins into his home.
* Ordering Hector to walk through his home's bulletproof window to distract the assassins, which would allow Bryant to snipe with a crossbow.
* Showcased his fighting skills by being able to defeat the remaining assassin in hand-to-hand combat.
* Poured gasoline to the assassin as a way to threaten him into revealing information as to who had sent him into his home. Unfortunately for Bryant, the assassins rather than rat out his bosses, instead lights himself on fire.
* Showed Hector, Marisol, and Oscar his secret underground tunnel inside the house and giving them directions for their safety.
* Although the assassins never revealed the boss who hired them, Bryant inferred that it was Sonny Kilbane who was the employer.
* Stayed inside his camera room to watch over the corrupt officers trying to break into his home.
* Opened his door right after two police officers rammed it, so he could shoot them off-guard.
* Implied to have used acid in his sprinklers as weapons for the officers approaching his doorstep.
* Released a smoke bomb to force three remaining officers to retreat into their cars and drive away from his house.
* After sparing the remaining officers, he followed Hector and killed the remaining officer and the majority of his crew for having Hector held as a hostage.
* Took the kidnappers into a hilltop, so he could take away their knives and go battle them.
* Spared one of the kidnappers when he decided to run away from fighting him.
* Hearing the name, Eric Green, from Hector's phone, Bryant warned Oscar who is communicating that Eric Green is a man that should not be trusted.
* Listened carefully to the numbers Oscar had said to the phone and ordered Hector to write down the numbers, so they could learn the location as to where Hector and Marisol are being taken to.
* Explained to Hector that Oscar won't be killed, since the latter will most likely be used by the Cartel as a bargaining chip for Hector to give them himself.
* By reading the number message that Oscar sent him into his phone, Bryant realizes that those are coordinates that can lead him into the exact location where Oscar and Marisol are being held.
* He and Hector led a raid to kill all the Cartel soldiers and so they could rescue the hostages inside the Cartel base.
* Gave advice to Hector to never shoot with a gun sideways, since its shots are likely to be inaccurate in hitting the enemy. In an ironic twist, Bryant ends up killing two Cartel guards by shooting with a rifle sideways.
* With a Cartel soldier hiding behind a pillar, she shoots the soldier's foot for him to trip and fall.
* After rescuing Marisol and Oscar, Bryant takes them to a carriage to shelter them from Cesar Valdez's gunshots.
* Having taken down the entire Cartel, he and a few officers confront Sonny Kilbane in a interrogation room for the conflict to end.