Solomon Lewis

Solomon Lewis

Considered by many within the CIA to be a "blood knight" with very few morals, if any at all, Solomon Lewis is considered by Methuselah Locke to be his "dark counterpart." Methuselah Locke and Brock Rager both knew Solomon during his time in the Central Intelligence Agency. However, they also remember him as a sociopath with no qualms at all about murdering people to get the job done. Although the CIA admired him publicly for his high success rate during missions, a required quality among agents, he actually horrified them with his tendency to leave heavy civilian casualties, which he would frequently write off as "collateral damage."

The fact that someone could be so corrupted to the point where he believes killing is a "sport" is, according to both Brock Rager, his brother Ralph Rager, and their friend Methuselah Locke is definitely bad news.

## Biography

### Early life

Solomon Lewis was born in 1971 in Lebanon, though he doesn't remember his birth parents because he suffered amnesia at a young age. According to intelligence gathered by Methuselah Locke, his parents died at a young age in a terrorist attack that left him with amnesia. He was adopted by American missionaries, who named him "Solomon Lewis" after the wise king Solomon of the Old Testament.

At some point, he fled to Afghanistan, where he met the future terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. When he overheard Osama bin Laden plotted to attack the United States of America with airplanes, he initially considered joining the operation due to having fallen under the terrorist leader's influence at the time. However, Osama bin Laden rejected his offer to let him participate, citing that he was "too young." Despite this, Solomon personally knew several of the Al-Qaeda terrorists that would later participate in the attacks, forming a close friendship with Egyptian member Mohamed Atta, who led the five-man team that hijacked and crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, Marwan Al-Shehhi, who led the five-man team that hijacked and crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, Ahmed Al-Haznawi, one of the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93, and Ziad Jarrah, the terrorist pilot who attempted to fly United 93 into the Capitol Building, but was killed when the passengers aboard the flight thwarted his attack in a passenger counteroffensive.

### 9/11 attacks

Sometime prior to 9/11, Solomon wound up in the United States of America, coincidentally arriving at the same time Ziad Jarrah and Mohamed Atta did.

Two months before the attacks, Ziad Jarrah privately confided to Solomon that he had no intention of going through with the terrorist attacks and regretted joining the hijackers in swearing an oath in carrying out the attacks. He privately condemned Osama bin Laden as a madman who cared about nothing more than ending the lives of people who didn't think like him. When Solomon saw news reports of United Airlines Flight 93 crashing into Shanksville, Pennsylvania, he remembered Ziad's words to him and was convinced that Jarrah intentionally crashed the plane not to kill the passengers onboard the plane like he'd initially sworn to do, but to kill his Al-Qaeda accomplices in a revenge plot of his own to kill those who'd essentially strong-armed him into committing such an atrocious action.

### Joining the CIA

After the attacks, Solomon fell under suspicion due to the timing of his arrival to the attacks with the rest of the 9/11 hijackers and considered a person of interest by the CIA. However, he offered intelligence on terrorist cells and intelligence from working and interacting with Osama bin Laden in exchange for not going to prison. This marked the beginning of his time in the CIA.

### Treadstone career

Sometime after this, he ended up in Operation Treadstone. Treadstone tasked him with finding and eliminating Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, something he was initially hesitant to do given his friendship with him. However, upon remembering Ziad's words about bin Laden being a madman once more, he agreed to the mission. Solomon then proved to be a vital asset to the CIA: he was the one who found out that Osama bin Laden was hiding out in Pakistan and even got to participate in the military operation that killed him.

According to Solomon, Osama bin Laden saw and immediately recognized him, embedded with the Americans advancing towards him, but made no mention of it to anyone in the room with him. After he was shot by one of the SEALs members, his last words were, "If you are going to kill me, why stand like a casual observer?"

Solomon doesn't remember who shot first, whether it was him or the SEALs he'd been embedded with. He only remembers "being part of the operation that made history."

The killing of Osama bin Laden marked the beginning of his path to sociopathy, claiming later on in life that he'd grown so fond of killing people that to him, it was a mere sport.

Solomon's sociopathic nature really took off during the mission to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. When questioned why he participated, Solomon had just laughed and said, "I just wanted to see that man's face as I shot him dead."

### Transferred to MI6

At some time, he was transferred to Division Zero, a UK-based joint task force of British, American, Australian, French, and Italian intelligence officers and a black ops division of MI6.

## Personal details

### Personality

Solomon Lewis is considered a "loose cannon" by his former CIA employers and an "unhinged maniac" by Methuselah Locke. He has very few morals and whatever morals he does have are hypocritical at best. For example, he considers getting thousands of innocent people killed "collateral damage" and "acceptable losses" to complete a mission. This really came to full circle once he started his career as a freelance terrorist.

He now believes it is morally necessary to destroy entire countries to create a statement of revenge against the enemy.

### Physical appearance

Solomon stands at about 6'2" and weighs approximately 220 lbs. He has graying brown hair and brown eyes.

## Skills and abilities

### Skills

* **Multilingualism**: Solomon can speak English, Russian, Farsi, French, Arabic, German, and even Mandarin Chinese.

### Abilities

* **Superior Human Condition**: Like Jason Bourne, Methuselah Locke, and Adam Hayes before him, Solomon is genetically-augmented to the pinnacle of physical and mental ability and is in top physical condition. His strength, speed, agility, reflexes, durability and endurance are all enhanced at the highest level for a man his age,height and weight. He is capable of taking extensive damage in combat, surviving in freezing temperatures, climbing down the side of buildings, running and jumping across buildings at great speeds, surviving falls from great heights, withstanding intense physical pain and torture, running at near-superhuman speeds without tiring and even breaking another man's neck with ease. Much like Rodney Batt, he can also detect danger before anyone else in his vicinity does, showcasing exceptional hearing and sight abilities.
* **Master Martial Artist**: Receiving vast training from the CIA, Lewis became a formidable fighter and an even more ruthless killer. His fighting style is somewhat similar to Jason Bourne, showcasing elements of Jeet Kune Do, Aikido, Escrima, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Krava Maga, Muay Thai, Boxing, Systema, Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, though it also showcases elements of Keysi Fighting Method and MMA.
* **Weapon Mastery**: Lewis shows extensive knowledge in the use and functionality of any fire weapon and is highly skilled with a variety of weapons including handguns, rifles and knives. Treadstone also trained Lewis to use anything as weapon. He has been known to kill people with a pencil, an Xacto Knife, a paper copy machine, a keyboard, a computer mouse, a glass cup, a letter opener, and even a garden hose.
* **Master Marksman**: Thanks to his training as a CIA agent, in addition to Treadstone, Lewis has extensive knowledge of firearms and is also highly skilled in the use of mostly pistols, but has also used a shotgun, a sniper rifle, and a grenade launcher. At one point he even used napalm to kill a target.
* **Gifted Intellect**: Lewis was trained to "think on the fly" as a Treadstone operative and he is skilled at adjusting his plans to account for changes as well as knowing how to plan well in advance and improvising new plans when necessary.
* **Master Tactician**: Solomon is quite adept at thinking ahead and finding highly creative ways to stay few steps ahead of the people hunting him. He frequently seeks "tactical options" in order to complete a mission, lose a tail, or kill a target. He is also very good at understanding his opponents and using their flaws and plans against them.
* **Expert Driver**: Solomon Lewis' skills as a tactical driver has earned him his reputation of being a "one-man wrecking ball" in the field.