John Chowder

"There are no tears in war my boy"

Captain **John Chowder (ゴードン・ラムゼイ)** USMC, is a posthumous character that predates most established Weskorocity lore. He was the first person ever to conduct a dedicated incursion into the Discordant Realms. Despite his tragic death, his recordings of the experience would prove invaluable to future explorers and his legacy would ultimately be carried on by Vice during the Dark Continent Campaign.

### Personality

Little is known about John Chowder's personality, but it's clear he was a brave and fearless warrior. Fiercely loyal to his country he would mow down countless chinks in the defense of liberty.

### Abilities

John Chowder was very capable with an M60 as well as thermite, which he used to great effect during his last stand on the Dark Continent. He exhibited extreme endurance capabilities as he was able to shrug off hundreds of 7.62 rounds before ultimately succumbing to his injuries. He was also rumored to be an excellent chef, able to put together an entire Thanksgiving dinner with only materials from a Walgreens drugstore.

## History

### Beginnings of Greatness

John C. Chowder was born in New Donk City, Michigan on April 20th, 1889. Following in his father's footstep's he became a cook in the United States Marine Corps and served in World War I (then known as International Civil War II). During action late in the war, he found himself having lunch with a captured Austrian corporal known only to him as "A.H." Remarkably, John's opinions on the Chinese would go on to have a great impact upon the young corporal's worldview. The food poisoning he later experienced also led him to greatly resent all people with big noses like John Chowder's.

After being honorably discharged from the Army the burning desire to fight for America never faded in John but only began to burn brighter. He became determined not just to fight America's enemies on Earth but was determined to defeat them upon a universal scale. With clandestine assistance from Uncle Sam and the CIA in the form of experimental warp technology, John found himself catapulted through time and space to the the Discordant Realms. As the CIA considered this to be a stupid idea and guaranteed suicide mission, John was allotted a team of paroled convicts to accompany him in exchange for amnesty. This included a young Vice who had recently been convicted of selling cocaine to kids.

### The Final Campaign

John explored the Discordant Realms fighting America's enemies and slapping hoes until arriving upon an ominous and foreboding place he called the Dark Continent. Describing it as a jungle labyrinth of terror, he soon discovered the place was infested with legions of Chinese communists. John fought his way through the jungle primeval, murking chinks left and right with his M60, seeking the very heart of the jungle which he claimed called to him with a powerful energy.

John would never make it to the core of the Dark Continent, finally succumbing not to the hellish amounts of bullets put into him but from severe autism poisoning or as it was called in those days "The 'tism". He was not vaccinated against the disease as it was not understood in his time. As the 'tism slowly warped and cooked his brain he gave his M60 to the last surviving member of his team, telling him "There are no tears in war, my boy" and to finish the fight.

### Legacy

John Chowder dutifully recorded his experiences throughout his journey across the realms, recounting the things he saw, the people he met and the lessons he learned. Vice kept these records and would use them during his own expedition in the future, though he later sold off John's M60 at a pawn shop in Detroit because the stats were terrible.