Bradley

Formerly, apart of the United States Army Special Forces, **Col.** **Bradley** is now the acting Commanding Officer of the 75th Ranger Regiment and a staff officer within the **United States Special Operations Command**.

He is a major antagonist of the **Into the Dark** *series* and a major threat to both the Revolutionary Army and the New Patriot Movement.

## Appearance

Bradley is a tall, bald and well-built older man with an intimating look and light scrubby beard. He typically wears protective glasses that cover his piercing blue eyes.

He wears standard United States Army Combat Uniform with an Improved Outer Tactical Vest (**IOTV**), Army Combat Helmet (**ACH**) and standard brown combat boots. He also had a side holster that carries his sidearm.

## Personality

Bradley was ruthless, merciless, and an intelligent military leader. Every action he took was driven by his desire to keep the human race alive, which he took to an unsettling and murderous extent. His character acts as a foil to Dante Bishop who employs the same tactics but with different motivations. The Colonel despite his ruthlessness and inhumane tactics, does care about preserving life. His way of doing so is just too draconian to be palatable by the rest of the population and that applies to the rest of the military as well.

On the flip side, Dante doesn't care about protecting life, or humanity. He cares about taking life away, more specifically those of the U.S. military and their leaders. His ruthless tactics are done so because he WANTS to inflict pain and suffering on those who he believes has wronged him, and his way of leadership is done so in a way so that he can gather more followers and get his vengeance. He does positive things for the wrong reasons, The Colonel does the wrong things for the right reasons.

As an experienced military leader demonstrated his power through fear and intimidation, killing without any hesitation and torturing those who opposed him as a public example to his allies and enemies alike, however, Bradley was able to recognize strengths in his enemies, impressed at Dante's intelligence, organizational skills and charisma but at the same time questioned what his vengeance would achieve for either of their people.

Despite the men of the 75th Ranger Regiment being undoubtedly loyal to him, who they saw as a great leader, Candice Myers and the remainder of the United States Army saw The Colonel as nothing more than a delusional-psychopath, as evidenced by his extreme measures, his lack of remorse for his actions, as well as the fact that he believed that all of his actions were justified.

## Biography

### Background

Bradley was the commanding officer of the 75th Ranger Regiment throughout the **Into the Dark** *series*. During his military career, he held the ranks of lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel and finally colonel. He joined at twenty one as a **Second Lieutenant** where he would participate in the Officers Training Course as well as joining the United States Army Special Forces.

As one of the most powerful men in post-apocalyptic America, took it upon himself to defeat the Revolutionary Army led by **Lt.** Dante Bishop a former Navy SEAL, thus becoming a rival of the United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command.

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

As a Second Lieutenant serving as a platoon leader in a deployment in the Gulf War, during his career he became known for his apparent lack of empathy, ruthless yet effective tactics, coupled with a unique charisma that inspired the men underneath him. Bradley usually undertook missions for the sole purpose of glorifying his name.

For his loyal service to the U.S. Army, Bradley was quickly promoted through the ranks and soon became a **Captain**. After a decisive victory against a band of terrorists in Northern Africa, the commander-in-chief rewarded Bradley by promoting him to the rank of **Colonel**. However, Bradley's opportunistic and ambitious nature caused the U.S. Army leadership to wonder whether this promotion was honorably earned.

### Early Outbreak

At the beginning of the outbreak, after receiving a distress signal from numerous survivor settlements and the defeat of the local police departments, the Special Weapons And Tactics teams and the Army National Guard; Bradley and his unit the 75th Ranger Regiment were dispatched from to hunt down and annihilate the various hordes of Infected which they managed to pull off further showing their elite status among the Armed Forces.

### Total War

President Angela Cartwright responded with an all-out-attack, **Operation Gringo**, she decided to send the United States Air Force and bombard the forested areas surrounding the Revolutionary Army's main base of operations while 2,000 Rangers of the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment surrounded the mountains, driving north to the rebel encampments. Despite their numerical and technological superiority, the regiment as a whole had no experience with guerrilla warfare in the Appalachian Mountains, leading to Dante halting their offensive using a series of land mines and well timed ambushes. Many of Bradley's Rangers were either executed by Dante's rebels or devoured by the Infected.

### Death

Bradley, knowing the exact location of the Revolutionary Army's main base of operations from reconnaissance missions conducted by **Cpt.** Rod Wilson along with two unnamed soldiers. While his fellow soldiers were killed, Bradley having gained the information he needed he leads a surprise attack on the rebel base alongside Cpt. Rod Wilson, **Sgt.** Rodriguez.

Immediately after arriving on sight the soldiers immediately opened fire on the base but were immediately pinned down by sniper fire. Dante pursued him further into the forested woods knocked the M4 A1 Carbine out of his hand, sending both of them into the ground, they proceeded to engage in close combat and after a lengthy fight Dante stabbed him with his knife and then impaled his head ending his life.