General List

*“You can tell a lot about a man by what he’s willing to die for. Me? I’d die for my country, and nothing else.”*

-List's most famous quote

Charismatic, brutal and skilled, Robert List is the leader of the paramilitary warlords known as The New Breed People's Militia (often shortened to The New Breed). A diehard patriot and fascist, List sees himself as the only man who can save American from itself. He has earned the fierce loyalty of the men and women under his command, who are dedicated to following List to his vision of a fascist utopia with List at the head.

## General List

### Aliases

Robert List Robert Michael List

List

Supreme Leader

### Occupation

General of New BreedJTF Colonel (formerly)

National Guard Colonel (formerly)

U.S. Army Major (formerly)

## Biography

Robert List was born to be a soldier. Raised by two military parents in DC, List was a smart, charismatic and confident young man, respected by his friends and teachers alike. He had many friends and loved to enact war games with them in large open fields, where he always took the role of commander of one of the factions. He didn’t have many romantic entanglements growing up, but his way with words and confident demeanor earned him quite a few lackeys, or people who wanted to hang out with him because being allowed into his inner circle made them look smarter than they often were.

List went to West Point, a military college, where he met his wife, Lucy Anderson/List. They got married shortly before the Second Iraq War, when they were both deployed. List and Sarah climbed the ranks to promotions to Major and Captain, respectively. List also met his life-long friend, Kara Morgan, back then just a First Sergeant.

Everything changed when a cruise missile crashed into the base List, his wife, and their platoon were stationed at. List and Kara were walking towards List’s wife when it happened, with them two being only survivors due to being outside the blast radius. 1500 soldiers under List’s command were killed, including his wife.

Distraught and desperate for answers, List wanted to have the military investigate, but they did everything they could to sweep the incident under the rug. One of the men on the tribunal, loyal to List, secretly told him that they were covering it up because, more than likely, it had been the result of friendly fire, a rogue missile that had been miscalculated to hit an enemy target over a mile in the other direction.

List was furious at this news, and immediately resigned from the army, along with Kara and a number of loyal officers, who also stood by List. Due to his service record, List was swiftly recruited into the DC National Guard, where he became a Colonel, and Kara became his unofficial second-in-command as a Lieutenant.

Over the following years, List grew more and more disillusioned with the government, and began to develop hardline fascistic beliefs. Kara, along with their inner circle of veteran and active-duty friends, grew to support List in his ideology, which only served to spiral him further into his hatred of both the government and the system.

## Forming New Breed

When the Dollar Flu outbreak hit, List and Kara were sent to Manhattan to lead a JTF unit, the 'Brutal' 33rd Battalion. List ruled the 33rd with an iron fist, almost completely without oversight from JTF command. While Kara went about bringing their old friends into the unit, List picked off prospective members from other Manhattan JTF units. List began to convince the 33rd of his fascist beliefs, and slowly but surely, everyone under List’s command was far more loyal to List and his ideals than to the JTF. His unit started to wear their own uniforms and began to brutally crack down on crime in Manhattan. They would become known as ‘The Brutal 33rd’, due to List’s orders to violently enforce their will on the neighborhoods they controlled, through strict curfews, mass public executions, and the violent dispersal of protests.

After two years, the utter collapse of the Central Park Quarantine and the formation of the Outcasts led List and a handful of his officers being captured and tried for their war crimes. They were held at the District Court House, but it didn’t take long for loyal members of the 33rd to break him and his officers out, along with some other prisoners who they recruited during the escape.

List and Kara gathered sympathizers, both from their unit and outside, and formed the New Breed People’s Militia, often shortened to New Breed. Under List’s guidance, the New Breed sought to install a fascist regime in not just Manhattan, but all of America, with List as supreme dictator.

## Death

List was the supreme commander of the New Breed People’s Militia during the events of the First Manhattan War. He oversaw a number of military decisions, including an alliance with rogue agent Aaron Keener, who supplied the New Breed with rogue agents and SHD tech. However, he rarely left his base at the UN Building.

Three months into the war, with the tides turned against them, List rallied the surviving force of 12,000 New Breed soldiers (cut down from their initial heights of 100,000) for Operation Red Dawn, a full-scale offensive to utter destroy Manhattan, as if List could not bring order to the city, he would see it in ashes. From a command base at the Rikers Island Prison Complex, now a New Breed Prison, List watched as the initially promising battle turned to ruin, as New Breed lost most of their armored forces, air force, and navy, along with several high-ranking officers.

List then got on the radio; demanding Keener bring his rogues to support them. However, Keener revealed he had simply been using New Breed to accomplish his goals and had already left Manhattan with Vitaly and his rogues. List cursed out Keener, when Evan and Project Vanguard confronted him.

Evan offered for List to come peacefully, and surrender his men, and they would treat them more humanely than New Breed ever did to their prisoners. List laughed in response, telling Evan he admired him as a good man, claiming that good men were hard to find these days, in a possible dig at Keener. He refused to come, stating that being good doesn’t matter anymore; it only mattered how strong a person’s will is, and that his was indestructible.

A remote-controlled Apache attack helicopter flew up behind him. List quickly climbed inside and engaged Vanguard. List repeatedly taunted and screamed at the group as they fought, claiming they had no idea what they’d ruined, and how they’d destroyed all the work he’d done to bring order to the city.

As they fought, Vanguard drew List’s fire, while Sheila fired a shot into List’s tail rotor, bringing it crashing down on top of them. When the group awakened, an injured List crawled from the cockpit. Evan rushed him, but List knocked him back, stabbing him in the chest. As Evan began to bleed out, List drew his pistol, telling Evan about how he lost his wife and his soldiers in Iraq, and how the military had done nothing to avenge them or find those responsible.

List then claimed that New Breed would rise again, and when the world saw what they had done for the city, they would rally behind him. List then said that people would not understand results until they saw them in action, and that while Evan was a good man, he was simply misguided, still thinking the old ways of government were still the answer. He also admitted that part of his cause was laced with personal revenge for all that had happened to him.

List then apologized that Evan would not be remembered, before trying to execute him. Before he could, Emily tackled him, pinning him to the helicopter wreck. List then shot her in the chest, but it was non-fatal. Evan picked up a brick, rushing at List, and slamming it into his head, causing the two to fall to the floor.

A struggle ensued over control of List’s knife, which Evan had pulled from his chest. Although List fought hard, the other members of Vanguard pinned his arms, allowing Evan to finally plunge the knife into List’s neck, killing him.

The death of List deeply impacted the surviving members of New Breed. Of around 100,000 active troops at their height, roughly a quarter survived the war, going into hiding. Once word of List’s death spread, New Breed effectively dissolved, as splinter factions waged their own wars against the now dominant Resistance for a couple of weeks. However, these would soon collapse as well, either being easily wiped out, or succumbing to in-fighting.

Although the group appeared to be dead for good, a mysterious figure known as the General united the surviving members, bringing in new members from around the country. This group would later reform into a resurgent New Breed. List has become a martyr to the group, and the Warlords are determined to carry on his legacy and see his vision fulfilled.

## Personality

List has developed a cult of personality among his men, due to being more loyal to those under his command than most officers, as well as his skills as a powerful and charismatic public speaker. List’s willingness to stand by his men no matter what has earned their blind and fierce loyalty. The soldiers of New Breed see him as a savior and have no problem carrying out any orders he gives.

Indeed, List truly sees himself as a patriot, and believes that only New Breed has the strength and willpower to save America from itself. He has convinced both New Breed and himself that America was founded through bloodshed, and through bloodshed, a new world order can be born, rebuilding America’s strength as a feared global superpower.

List truly believes that through martial law, he can build a utopia reminiscent on 1950s culture, free from crime, greed, political in-fighting, poverty and racial divisions. Those in New Breed believe that List is the only man in America willing to fight for a better future and see their enemies as either degenerates who prey on the weak, or fools who seek to rebuild the flawed old government.