Alex Horne

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## Alex Horne

### Occupation

Atlas Military Officer (formerly)
Combat Instructor (formerly)

### Specialized Training

Atlas Military Special Operations Training

### Family

* Jason Horne (son)
Morrigan Horne (wife)

### People

* Farren Scriver
* Damon Rommel
* Winter Schnee

### Nationality

Altesean

**Alex Horne** is a former Atlas Military officer and father to Jason Horne, a former member and commanding officer of the Atlas's Special Operatives Unit, Alex's command over the unit had led to more greater victories over the Grimm and became a highly-decorated officer within the Atlas military before retiring, 12 years ago to spend more time with his family.

Following his retirement from the Atlas military, Alex had become a combat instructor and advisor to Twin Arrow, a private military company based in Vale, his actions and leadership as a combat instructor were noticed by the former General of the Atlas military Farren Scriver and was recruited by him to service as his executive officer in their private war against Salem.

Following the evacuation of Atlas's population to Vacuo, the refugees from Atlas were surrounded by Grimm, however, the Grimm were decimated by reinforcements from the Earth-based private military company Phalanx International Security Services led by Horne himself.

Known for being an exceptionally strong leader and very popular with his men. Though despite his service record and admiration among those he leads, The rest of the Atlas military takes issue with the ethics of his tactics, which are noted for being both clever and unorthodox.

## History

### Early Life

Alex Horne was born to Thomas, a police chief within the Atlas Police Department and Avery Horne, an android engineer in the City of Atlas. Both of his parent had helped contribute to the safety and security of the Kingdom of Atlas, as his mother worked on the androids and his father had help coordinate law enforcement and military units in operations against any Elder Grimm.

Though despite his privilege upbringing, he found this life to be restrictive and distasteful due to the gap between rich and poor within the Kingdom, and felt that the upper-class did little to improve the situation. While attending Atlas Academy, Alex was primarily interested in various topics such as history, psychology, and political science of which he excelled in all three topics.

### Military Career

Following his graduation for Atlas Academy, Alex received a commission by then head of the Atlas MIlitary General Farren Scriver to become an intelligence officer of which he accepted. He was then assigned to command and provide intelligence on several anti-Grimm operations within western regions of the kingdom, in one of the operations that he took part he was able to decimate an entire contingent of Grimm within in matter of five to twelve minutes without any casualties.

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