Skullface Jack

**Skullface Jack** is the name given to the Indigo Syndicate's personal sniper. Before he joined the Indigo Syndicate, he assisted in one of the RUC's missions of conquest, which is how he was known before joining. He was given the nickname of "The Lich of Hellstorms" by the Indigo Syndicate.

## Appearance

Jack is wearing a dark, reaper-like robe with a skull-face mask that is rumored to be his deceased brothers mask. Despite the intimidating, edgy appearance it is actually detrimental to his skills and would be considered a better sniper if he at least ditched the mask, though for whatever reason, whether it is pride or to keep up appearances, he keeps it on.

## Personality

Jack is a bit of a cold person, typical of a sniper. He is one of the few members who isn't completely high on the syndicate or RUC's propaganda. In fact, he doesn't care much for their propaganda at all, nor their ideals for that matter, all he really seems to care about is any opportunity to hunt down and kill someone, no matter who or for what. And it just so happens that the syndicate provides plenty of opportunities for him to do just that.

Despite his cold demeanor, it can fade quickly whenever a spider or Bern's sister appears. causing him to flee in terror. It is unknown where his Arachnophobia came from.

## History

Originally a mercenary, a part of the same company as his brother until a mission went badly which got his brother and the rest of the company killed. It's rumored that he ripped his brother's skull out of his head to wear it as a mask afterwards.

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### Role in the Peninsula War

Eventually he would be hired by the RUC during their conquest of the Peninsula. He mostly focused on sniping any resistance fighters in the area, but also hunted down civilians that were trying to escape as well. However, his stint with the RUC did not last long, as he depleted his supply of ammo and food. He radioed the RUC for additional supplies, but was met with silence. Seeing as supplies were never going to arrive, he decided to just cut his losses and ditch the campaign.

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After an undisclosed amount of time, he ended up signing on with the Indigo Syndicate (who were apparently not aware of the fact he ditched the RUC's campaign),

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#### Rumors

There have been stories being passed around RUC-affiliates, supporters, and citizens of the Republic of Skullface Jack being an almighty unstoppable sniper that killed 5+ million demons (lowest estimate) in the war, single-handedly winning the war for the RUC. This contradicts the actual facts of him running out of ammo and ditching the campaign, the RUC being defeated in the war, and even the RUC's own version of events with Popeye "sacrificing" himself to destroy the "demonic overlord" Mike (as even they did not declare "total victory" over the "demon menace"). Notably, many of the people who believe this also believe in the RUC's version of events at the same time, simultaneously believing the war was won easily, and that the war is still going on. For those that only stick to one version of events however, they tend to get violent with each other, to the point of killing one another.

## Evaluation

All things considered he should be a capable sniper, but his insistence on wearing that skull mask of his really throws off his vision. Still though, don't take him lightly, the skull mask doesn't make him blind after all. It's recommended to find some cover or some place to hide; he'll have a harder time trying to place his sights on you if he doesn't even know where you are to begin with. Though, if he's snuck in and camped around your vicinity, he must already know where you are. Ultimately, this comes down to a contest of stealth, and you have the advantage so long as he keeps wearing that skull mask; one just might be able to sneak up behind him while he's wearing that thing.

It would also be best to confront him in a place full of spiders, it's said that he's deathly afraid of them.