Blood Oath Militia

The **Blood Oath Militia** is a minor allied faction in the Leviathan Lore. They don't play any major roles in any of the arcs and timelines except in the Tavo Fracture, where they play a major protagonist role.

## Overview

The Blood Oath Militia is an unorganized paramilitary group that are lightly armed with weapons such as the Kendall AC-74 and a Titus 9mm though they are supplied with CRB-107s and Stryker LSWs by Leviathan arms dealers. They typically wear civilian garb with lightweight chest rigs and body armor, but sometimes they will wear "uniforms" that consist of a crimson shirt, black pants, combat boots, and a ballistic helmet and Level II Kevlar vest; more "elite" members such as Nero and Gilbert wear these. Although they are lacking in firepower, they more than make up for it with their huge amount of members, having members in the near thousands. The Blood Oath Militia believe that they are chosen by God to protect the world from evil. As such, they strongly oppose factions they deem evil such as Task Force Zeta and ally themselves with factions they deem good such as Leviathan Special Forces.

## History

### Founding

Jake Alvarez initially founded his first paramilitary group after he witnessed violent attacks committed by police officers against people wrongly accused of thievery and murder to stand up to the rogue police force. He joined up with his friends and attacked the police officers but lost two of his friends to the police. Those who survived ended up joining Jake's mercenary group, which would be known as the Crossed Dragons. After gaining fame for saving civilians from police officers who wrongly accused them of stealing alcohol from a bar, the militia gained even more members, and at some point outnumbered the police officers. Due to their strength in numbers, they managed to kill off the entire police force and captured and tortured the police chief. However, their actions were condemned by the government and sentenced Jake to 10 years in prison.

### Jake's prison break and Broken Arrow

At some point, the surviving members of the militia freed Jake from prison via posing as guards. Jake then hid out in his uncle's house, who let him stay as long as he didn't commit any more crimes. After a few years, Jake moved out of his uncle's house and at some point planned a one way trip to Broken Arrow, where his sister Briana lives. He steals a plane at an airfield and flies over to Broken Arrow, but the plane runs out of fuel and Jake is forced to jump from the plane in order to survive. Thankfully, he took a parachute from the aircraft prior to jumping and parachuted to shore. However, as Jake was wandering the shore of Broken Arrow, he was confronted by an Akaro warlord and his men and was subsequently captured. He was held at their outpost for a couple weeks until Briana received a mysterious distress signal which was later revealed to be coming from Jake himself and she arrived to the outpost and rescued him. Thankful that his sister came just in time, they briefly embraced each other before Briana takes him home to keep him safe.

### New beginnings

At some point, under his sister's guidance, Jake becomes religious and goes to church on a regular basis. He learns many things, including the significance of God and how he created the universe. Becoming inspired by what he is taught in church, Jake founded his own mercenary group in order to protect the world God created from evil. However, this was forbidden by the head priest and threatened to excommunicate him if he were to hire anyone from the church. Jake then kills him, much to the horror of others, and left the church. He then links up with Briana at a local bar and she offered him a drink, but declined. She then asks him what happened, and he tells her that he wants to create a group of mercenaries with him as the leader in order to protect the world but was told by the head priest that he couldn't or else he would be excommunicated. Briana advises him not to listen to the head priest and to follow his heart. He then talks to the bouncer at the bar and offers him a chance to join his mercenary group, but laughs at him and rejects him. He then leaves the bar angrily, causing Briana to kill the bouncer in retaliation.

At some point, Jake comes into contact with LSF operatives while they secure an HVT in Princeton and, mistaking him for an enemy, point their weapons at him. He then explains what his motives are and to stand down as the situation is a waste of time. Julia Ramirez recognizes his efforts and offered him a chance to join Leviathan, but he rejected and left the area. Julia then finds Jake again, whom is angered by her presence and tells her to leave him alone. Julia then tells Jake that if he joins, she will tell Luna to fund his mercenary group if he were to create it now. He eventually gives in and joins Leviathan, while also gathering members for his mercenary group. He names this mercenary group the Blood Oaths, after the blood oath he took to protect the world from evil.

## Allies and Enemies

### Leviathan Special Forces

The Blood Oath Militia considers Leviathan to be a vital ally, as they are responsible for supplying Jake's team with weapons and vehicles. He also assists the LSF sometimes during missions in exchange for payment, and is well known for his great leadership skills and positive influence on others.

### Task Force Zeta

Task Force Zeta is considered the archenemy of the Blood Oath Militia. However, Xandros didn't become aware of the Blood Oath Militia until Jake and his t team started attacking Task Force Zeta's forces ferociously. Initially mistaking them for an underground resistance sponsored by Leviathan, Xandros blames these attacks on them. It wasn't until Xandros captured and interrogated Jake briefly when he saw a patch on his uniform that wasn't related to Leviathan, to which he lets him go and calls him useless. However, after letting him go, Jake savagely attacks Xandros, slicing his stomach open with a knife and leaving him to seemingly bleed out. He later found out that Xandros survived this attack and orders Jake to be killed. However, Task Force Zeta failed to find him, as they didn't have enough information on Jake.

### Iron Clad Mercenaries

Even though they don't necessarily do anything that is considered "evil", the Blood Oath Militia still considers the Iron Clad Mercenaries as an enemy, but don't attack them as frequently as they attack Task Force Zeta. He rejected an armistice with Franko and instead left him injured in an alley. Jake then becomes a person of interest for Zaria and tries to get him to become her right hand man, but also rejects her and calls Zaria ugly. Offended by the remark, Zaria shoots him in his buttocks and conscripts him for a couple days until he eventually escapes and allows others imprisoned at the Iron Clad Prison to escape, much to Zaria's dismay. At some point, after he recovers from his injury, Jake gets shot in the shoulder with a sniper rifle by an Iron Clad sniper, nearly severing it, and had to have it surgically reattached, which fuels his hatred for the Iron Clad Mercenaries . In retaliation, Jake tracks the location of the sniper who shot him and brutally murders him, but wishes that it was Zaria he killed instead.

### Dark Moon Mercenaries

The Dark Moon Mercenaries are aware of the Blood Oath Militia and always remain neutral in their conflicts. Jake then calls Zack a coward, which causes him to brutally beat Jake until he loses consciousness and leaves him in a local slum to be beaten up more. He remains stuck there for days until Jake manages to escape from the area thanks to the help of his team. Vowing revenge on Zack, he manages to locate him and tries shooting him, but Vincent spots him and disarms Jake and breaks his arm. Vincent suggests Zack to have him imprisoned, but he tells him to let him go, as Jake isn't useful to them. Vincent then lets him go and tells him if he tries killing Zack again, he'll kill him. Jake no longer tries targeting the Dark Moon Mercenaries and instead focuses on their main enemies, leaving their relations unknown.