Armenian Vlad

## Vladislav Adamyan

Left - Vlad in Arena Fighting Simulator and Salvation, right - Vlad in Day Shift With 16

### Aliases

(AFS) Armenian Vlad, (DSW16) Russian Soldier,(Salvation) Vlad

### Affiliation

(AFS) None; (DSW16) Russian Military; (Salvation) Rebellion, Vlad's Gang/Slav Squatters

### Occupation

(AFS) Lumberjack, (DSW16) Soldier, (Salvation) Arms Dealer

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, city of Armavir

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

> "Maybe deer?" - Armenian Vlad in response to footstep sounds, 1999
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Armenian Vlad in Arena Fighting Simulator, also known as Russian Soldier in Day Shift With 16 and just Vlad in Salvation, was born in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic in the city of Armavir on 29th of May, 1968.

## Background

About 18 years later, in 1986, he was conscripted into the military for forced military service. He served in the military until 1989. He was a pretty high-ranking soldier, reaching the rank of Sergeant-Major in 1988, and was respected amongst his fellow troops. He fought in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, but not for long, as he had to leave the military due to being severely injured in the left leg by an artillery shell. He was happy about this, as this meant he was not fighting against his fellow Armenians.

## Arena Fighting Simulator

After leaving the military, he got a job as a lumberjack at a local wood mill in 1990, where he was paid solid money, and even provided free housing. An unknown third party, however, offered him to travel to the United States of America for a lot of pay, and so he accepted the offer. He was unknowingly sent into a simulation and never found out that he was sent into a simulation.

Once at the Arena Fighting Simulator, he was forced to fight in dungeons. He was used to fighting, so he fought valiantly. Although never succeeding, he did manage to survive for a long time despite that thanks to his experience from military service, and he did get paid for fighting. He thought of it as "just another job."

## Day Shift With 16

Once the experiment was foiled, he was sent back to the newly-formed Russian Federation, where he went back to serving military duty. At some point in 1994, he was summoned by the player by opening one of Waz's mystery tickets. He had no idea what exactly was going on, but accepted it and stayed with them, but they were gone.

After what happened, Vlad landed himself a nice job as a security guard. He worked in the industry for around 5 months and became better at the English language, but, of course, all good things must come to an end, as the Mechanica invaded the Earth and took over it completely.

## Salvation

With Vlad having good combat experience and knowing how to chop down trees, he managed to make himself a nice base and defend it for a while. Especially due to still having his leftover weapons, as he never handed them back to the Russian military.

One day, a survivor came by. She was terrified. Her name was Amanda. Vlad let her in, and they owned the base together. They got quite close, but not too close. They took good care of the base until the Operatives found him and took them. The Operatives originally wanted to kill them both, but decided to keep Vlad alive and to lock up Amanda. Vlad really did not like the Operatives anymore due to this.

Over the course of two weeks, he rigged their entire base to blow up on a timer, and made his way out with Amanda. To this day, the Operatives fear him and the Rebellion respects him. In order for another incident like that to not happen, Vlad has formed his own small group of rebels. The group doesn't have an official name, but some call it the "Slav Squatters," while others simply call it "Vlad's Gang."

## Relationships

### Arena Fighting Simulator

Vlad doesn't hate Newb, 16 or Reid too much, he thinks of them as being forced to fight. He doesn't want to kill them, which is why he isn't putting too much effort into fighting.

### Day Shift With 16

Vlad was summoned by one of Waz's mystery tickets. He remembered the player, however, so he did trust them a bit more. After 5 days, 16 was nowhere to be seen. This made Vlad reconsider his choices, as he isn't a taker of innocent lives, so he started living in the US and slowly learning English.

### Salvation

Vlad has almost forgotten about Newb, having no idea where is he or if he even is alive.

He has met Reid and Dave, as Dave is the leader of the resistance and Reid is frequently following him whenever they arrive to Vlad's place.

Amanda is just a survivor, but she has been near Vlad at almost all times. She is his helper and best friend who was there when times got rough.

The Operatives were, and still are really scared of Vlad due to what happened at their base, and they stayed far away from his gang. There were some assassination attempts, but they ultimately didn't work as Vlad was way too experienced in combat.

The Rebels have traded with Vlad's gang a lot, so they have come to respect each other. Vlad even considers himself one of the best assets that the Rebels have.

The Raiders don't think much of Vlad, but they really do not want to mess with his gang after what happened to the Operatives. They still do make fun of the gang sometimes, though.

## Trivia

* Vlad originally debuted in Salvation, but was tied in with Armenian Vlad from Arena Fighting Simulator, and later Russian Soldier from Day Shift With 16 to have some continuity.
* Vlad's favourite fashion items are plaid shirts, as they look both good and intimidating. Some of Vlad's gang members also wear plaid shirts, but most of them don't.

## Reference Notes

1. ↑ Term invented by rebels. Sometimes used by Raiders to make fun of the gang.