Cadger Calloused

Cadger Calloused is one of the Pummelboys, and current champion of the Black Guardian.

## Early Life

Cadger grew up in the Lake City Dead Zone on a small ranch. Cadger became an excellent rider and cowboy after spending much of his early life on horseback. Due to constant attacks from bandits and cattle rustlers on his family's ranch, Cadger also became an experienced marksman, and highly proficient with revolvers and rifles.

After a particularly devastating attack on the ranch, Cadger was left for dead, only saved by the intervention by a patrol of US Marines.

## Blue Soldier

*"Come in Alpha team, this is Bravo team,"*

Critically wounded, Cadger was brought back to the US military base at Camp Herrington on the edge of the Zone. With no other hope of survival, Cadger volunteered for a secret military experiment known only as Project Blue Soldier. Cadger was fused with the essence of the Blue Guardian, gaining superhuman abilities and becoming one of the Pummelboys. Brought back from the brink of death, Cadger would work for the military, eliminating dangerous threats to national security across the West Coast and beyond. Cadger became renown for his unflinching resolve and dedication to his cause, however missions involving Cadger would often have a high rate of collateral damage, earning him a reputation as a loose cannon among US Army command.

Cadger was involved in the creation of the Grog Boys, dedicated to defeating Forrest.

Without warning, Forrest launched a massive attack across the West Coast from his hideout on Marrowstone Island, leaving military assets thinly stretched and any chances of a counterattack in disarray. Cadger, along with a contingent of US Marines would spring an ambush inside the Lake City Dead Zone, attempting to stop the assault. Cadger and the Marines appeared to be winning at first, however the tides would quickly turn as Forrest unleashed the full power of the Omega device, a machine capable of tearing a Guardian from it's host. Separated from his powers, and left for dead for the second time in his life, Cadger could only watch as the US Marines were destroyed by hordes of the Orange King's minions.

## Midnight Ranger

Cadger would have died that day, were it not for the intervention of the Black Guardian. Seeing him critically wounded, and drawn to his pain and rage at loosing his friends, the Black Guardian selected Cadger as it's new champion. Cadger awoke in the ruins of his home a changed man, leaving behind the military to wander the wasteland in a solitary quest.

Cadger went rogue, no longer taking orders from the US Marines, but instead striking without warning and melting back into the shadows to pursue his own enigmatic goals. Cadger has become an agent of chaos, willing to make any sacrifice, accept any cost to see Forrest driven back once more.

## Fighting Style

Cadger is an adept in the use of firearms. preferring the Custom Western and his trusty revolver to close combat weapons. Cadger uses smoke grenades to confuse and disorient his enemies, and is able to meld in and out of the Shadow Realm at whim due to the powers of the Black Guardian. His signature move is the Game Changer, a powerful combo attack that leaves enemies reeling and confused.