General Arnold Mattis

Arnold Mattis is one of the foremost generals of the Second Legion, known for his ruthless tactics and unwavering devotion to the legions cause.

## Early Life

Mattis was born to pauper parents in the town of Pit near the fortress monastery of Shangri-La. He grew up hating the monks of The Sanga Samata. They claimed to want peace, but Mattis saw what they were really doing; lulling humainity into a false sense of security so that they could finish the job they started during the War of Awakening.

### Joining the Second Legion

At the age of 15, Mattis decided he couldn't stand by and let the Sanga Samata and the Rangers destroy humanity and ran away from home to join the second legion.

He signed up at Fort Rockwell under the command of General Cowen as a private.

### Climbing the Ranks

Under the command of General Cowen, Mattis served with precision and zeal and earned several commendations for outstanding valor and climbed to the rank of lieutenant. With a command of his own he could finally further the cause of robot subjugation. To this end he lead numerous successful raid on towns sympathetic the robot-kind.

His big break came at the town of Unity, an attempt at building a community around robot-human relations from the gound up, spearheaded by a woman named Gwen. Upon learning of Unity's existence, the Second Legion placed the town under siege for several months but could not break the town. Robot's manned the walls ceaselessly while the human occupants kept the town running by growing food and recharging batteries. The robot-human alliance was proving frustratingly effective. Eight months into the siege, frustrated with the lack of progress, Lieutenant Mattis defied direct orders from General Cowen and lead his unit on a night raid against the town. Unprepared for the sudden aggression the town's walls were breached and the populace slaughtered almost to a man.

Instead of a court-marshal, Mattis' insubordination earned him the rank of general and command of a battalion of his own.

## The O.R.A.C.L.E Saga

After one of General Mattis' numerous successful raids, one of the survivors offered to trade valuable information for his life. The man, identifying himself as Dr. Anders claimed to know the location of the Oracle, a mythical pre-war supercomputer with the power to bring the robot menace to heel. Needless to say Mattis accepted eagerly.

### The Bunker

Following Dr. Anders' information, Mattis lead the second legion to an abandoned bunker in the ruins of Metropolis. In the bunker he found a drive with coordinates of the location of the home of the Oracle, New Delphi.

The bunker was also where general Mattis first encountered a band of rangers consisting of the previous mayor of Unity, Gwen, as well as rangers, D3NT and Big T0NY. They managed to eliminate Mattis' retinue but he managed to escape back to the main force with the drive but lost his left eye to Gwen's pistol.

### The Battle of New Delphi

When General Mattis' force arrived at New Delphi, they found Gwen, D3NT and Big T0NY waiting for them along with a band of a dozen or so Rangers. After a sustained assault and artillery bombardment the Rangers were defeated, D3NT killed and the Oracle captured. Mattis now had everything he needed to destroy Shangri-La once and for all.

### Assault on Shangri-La

With Oracle weakened by Gwen's grenade at New Delphi, the plan to destroy Shangri-la using it's own inhabitants would have to be altered. Instead Oracle would have to use it's remaining processing power to disable Shangri-La's famed rail cannons open they way for the monastery to be taken by force. While the bulk of the Second Legion's forces assaulted the main gate, Mattis held back with his elite contingent to guard the Oracle. He had not anticipated a flanking attack by Gwen and her new companion Jodellin aboard a strider. In the aftermath of an explosion caused by the strider, Mattis engaged Gwen and Jodelin in single combat. In the melee Mattis dealt a fatal blow to Gwen before being worn down and ultimately executed by Jodelin. Mattis and Gwen bled out together on the plains in the shadow of Shagri-La.