Jacob Rogers

**Jacob Rogers** is one of the commanders of the Revolutionary Army as well as the leader of the Expeditionary Force. Born in the Appalachian Mountains he grew up independent and became skilled in tracking, navigation and observation. He is also a skilled combatant, knife-wielder and sharpshooter. After meeting Dante's group he reforms himself form a white supremacist to a left-wing populist and one of **Commander** Dante Bishop's most trusted lieutenants alongside Felipe Castro Cruz and Gabby Hernandez. He would form a rivalry with the former and a close bond with Phoebe Cook a young but battled hardened soldier of the rebels.

Jacob is a major character of the **Into the Dark** *series*.

## Appearance

Jacob is an average height Caucasian American with long shaggy hair with a fairly strong muscled build. He typically wore a sleeveless jean jacket along with a pair dark black plants and brown boots. Jacob has his knife holstered, and sports two distinct tattoos on his body.

After joining the Revolutionary Army's Expeditionary Force, Jacob is typically dressed in a full camouflage forest pattern uniform with black waterproof boots as well as a **ghillie suit** over top of his clothes.

## Personality

Jacob is both a physically and mentally strong survivor who is often surly and very resourceful being able to handle just about anything that is thrown at him. Though he is usually distant, Jacob is shown to have a fiery temper at times which can take over, especially when drunk. On his own he demonstrates familiarity with the woods as well as experience with knives and bows. He volunteered to guard Dr. William Barnes and continued to do so, even when it nearly cost him his life. Despite his recklessness he is a trusted lieutenant of **Commander** Dante Bishop and is a highly ranked commander as a result.

In the Outbreak Arc, Jacob is portrayed as a white supremacist with a distaste for African-Americans and Hispanics. Despite this he is a seasoned survivalist specializing in tracking and hunting who constantly lives in the shadow of Dante's group. Despite his hostile and distant behavior, he is a member of the team who proves himself due to his hunting skills and him becoming the bodyguard of **Dr.** William Barnes a close associate of Dante Bishop.

In the Rebellion Arc, Jacob becomes more involved and cooperative. After becoming apart of the Revolutionary Army and after the coup d'etat Jacob begins to grow, becoming more and more involved assuming command of the Expeditionary Force as well as the mentor of Phoebe Cook the newcomer of the rebels. Having been an outsider for most of his life, he is now starting to become a loyal member of the increasingly closely-bound team.

In the Total War Arc, Jacob proves to be invaluable, as an internal part of the Revolutionary Army's command structure becoming the de-facto third-in-command (after Carlos Rodriguez the second-in-command). Jacob and the rest of the Expeditionary Force to were able to locate a number of U.S. military bases which allowed for Dante's rebels to defeat them demonstrating his leadership capabilities by keeping the team united. At the climax of his arc he demonstrates true loyalty by making the ultimate sacrifice by giving up his life to save one of the very people he loathed before his redemption.

## Biography

### Background

Jacob grew up in the northern Appalachian Mountains region alongside his abusive father who was ex-military but also a chronic alcoholic as well as a chain smoker who frequently physically and mentally abused him.

At some Jacob found himself lost in the wilderness for two weeks and was forced to consume wild berries and utilize tree leaves as a substitute for toilet paper while attempting to find his way while using the north star. Eventually, he did manage to find his way back home, however, upon his return he discovered that his father had not even noticed his absence.

This event coupled with the years of abuse he suffered caused Jacob to view himself as an unimportant individual who held no value or purpose in life.

### The Events of the **Into the Dark** *series*

#### Early Outbreak

In the early days of the outbreak Jacob joined the Hunters group prior to them becoming raiders but after the initial uprising. The leader of the Hunters Ryan Adhere immediately took a notice to Jacob's survival skills and appointed him to be the commander of one of their territories.

During this time the Hunters slowly increased in power the Hunters devolved into a group of ruthless raiders who thrived on attacking unaffiliated survivors stealing their clothes, food and other supplies. During a harsh winter season Ryan forced the surviving hunters to take it a step further and cannibalize other survivors in order to survive the outbreak. Seeing how far they'd deviated from humanity Jacob abandoned the group.

#### Late Outbreak

After abandoning the Hunters, Jacob moved back to the Appalachian mountains regions where he was able to survive on his own hunting animals and avoiding any survivors he came across. Eventually he was encountered by **Commander** Dante Bishop, **Dr.** William Barnes, **SPC.** Annie Stevens and a number of early members of the Revolutionary Army. William is able to convince him to join the rebel group.

Initially Jacob acted primarily as the bodyguard of William and his team of researchers.

#### Expeditionary Force and the Research & Development Team

Eventually Dante commissions Jacob to form the Expeditionary Force a reconnaissance and expeditionary warfare unit for the rebels. In addition to this Jacob is commissioned as a Commander on Dante's order allowing him to act as the head of security for the Research & Development team as well.

The newly recruited Phoebe Cook after demonstrating promise was allowed to join the elite recon unit despite her age. As a result she became a skilled hunter as a result of her training with Jacob, the commander himself would become very attached to the young survivor and proves to be invaluable in turning her into a battle-hardened soldier.

#### Victory

Jacob along with the Expeditionary Force take part in the Invasion of the Capitol and are able to defeat the United States Federal Government and President Angela Cartwright.

## Skills and abilities

Jacob is a skilled marksman and the founder of a white supremacist/terrorist group known as the Hunters, he was well known in the group as a brawler with a skill for tracking, observation, marksmanship and hunting. He along with Felipe Castro Cruz and Gabby Hernandez are considered the best of Dante’s lieutenants.

Jacob is an expert at snares, traps and has shown on different occasions to be able to trap animals with this skill. Later, he is able to transfer his skill in constructing basic traps into a skill in for designing more complex military weapons while also becoming more familiar with military logistics and tactics. He would eventually pass these skills onto Phoebe Cook.

He wields a crossbow with deadly accuracy and appears to prefer combating enemies at a distance, with many of his kills coming from shooting enemies with his scoped semi-automatic rifle. His sniping prowess is best demonstrated in how he killed all of **Captain** Rod Wilson's platoon and eventually the Captain himself, from a long distance. Jacob also displays skill in stealth, sneaking through the city undetected for at least two days and managed to surprise attack Dante during the 2019 Los Angeles Riots (although he failed to kill him).

He also possesses good leadership abilities, he led a small but prominent white supremacist organization and became the leader of the Expeditionary Force a key branch within the Revolutionary Army, being very respected within this group, while proceeding with enough caution to keep the place in order. This also affords him their loyalty as the guerrilla would protect their leader from anyone with hostile intent, even the military.

## Weapons Used

   Excalibur Eclipse XT Crossbow Shadow Zone - Jacob's main weapon of choice. He is deadly effective with it being able to land a head shot from over three hundred meets away on an Infected. He is also shown to be able to stealthy kill other survivors with his crossbow as well.

* Bolts - Jacob's crossbow is shown to fire bolts which are capable of piercing through flesh and bone but as Jacob himself has stated, the weight of drawing the crossbow is difficult to get accustomed to.

Springfield M1A Super Match - Jacob was shown to be able to handle this carbine a semi-automatic version of the fully automatic M14 battle rifle. In battle, He is shown using it in conjunction with **Commander** Dante Bishop's **Mk 18. Mod 0** during an ambush on the military.

* 7.62×51mm NATO - Jacob's carbine fires 7.62mm caliber rounds which he is able to kill a number of United States Army Special Forces as well as United States Marine Corps Raiders.

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M1911 A1 pistol - Jacob's main sidearm appears to be a .45 ACP Colt pistol. He is shown to costumed to using it preferring to use it in conjunction with his crossbow in order to provide cover or reload.

* .45 ACP - Jacob's pistol fires standard .45 caliber bullets that are more effective than standard 9mm bullets against unarmored survivors and ordinary Infected due to them being ineffective against ballistic vest wearing personnel or abnormal infected.

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Ka-Bar Fighting Knife - Jacob's melee weapon of choice was a hunting knife that he used frequently, both for gutting animals during hunting trips and for engaging with other soldiers in close quarters combat.

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