Nicholas Pearce

### Nickname(s)

Nick, Nicky, Apex, Apex Predator, The Apex Predator of America, The Man with No Voice, The Fugitive, The Undertaker

### Former Nickname(s)

The Apex Predator of Iraq, The Apex Predator of Manhattan, Gideon's Asset, Leonid's Man

## Physical Information

### Weight

196 lbs / 89 kg (2036)169 lbs / 77 kg (2046)

## Biographical Information

### Affiliation(s)

Bluebird, Neon Lights, Stone Industries, Sokolovi Rebellion

### Occupation(s)

Militiaman, Vigilante, Hacker, Terrorist, Drug Dealer, Arms Dealer, Hitman, Thief

### Former Affiliation(s)

Ciervo Pandilla, Blackbyte, Bluebird Security Services, Crossbones Syndicate, Faustino Family, United States Marine Corps, Borisov Bratva, Inferno Clan

### Former Occupation(s)

Bodyguard, F1 Racer, Bank Robber, Mobster, Marine, Street Racer, Gang Member

### Notable Acts

Involvement in the Westside Shooting, causing the 2028 American Riots and the Second American Civil War

Nicholas Pearce is an important figure in American history and in the Neonverse.

## Overview

Nicholas Pearce is a middle-aged man who, in his younger years, fought in the Iraq War as a member of the US Marines. He took the skills and knowledge he learned on the battlefield and used them to start a 15-year crime spree and run a massive criminal empire.

His empire came to an end when the authorities caught up to him and he was forced to shoot his way out of Los Angeles. His escape led to the public finally losing faith in the government altogether, causing the 2028 American Riots and eventually the Second American Civil War.

## Biography

### Early Life (1986-1999)

Nicholas Pearce was born on July 4th, 1986 in New York City. His father was a detective at the NYPD and his mother was a forensics scientist who also worked at the NYPD. Considering both of his parents worked for the police department, he was raised with a strong sense of justice. He wanted to do what was right and he wanted to serve the people in some way.

On March 11th, 1989, the police station his mother and father worked at was raided by a group of gunmen hired by the Faustino Family to destroy an evidence storage unit containing evidence against Antonio Faustino. His father was injured during the raid and his mother was executed, leaving his father depressed and broken from the loss of his wife. After entering an episode of depressive psychosis and murdering a number of associates of the Faustino Family, his father was suspended from the NYPD.

After that, Nicholas rarely saw his father. He often found himself alone at home and having to care for himself.

### Inferno Clan (1999-2004)

When he was just 13 on September 29th, 1999, Nicholas came into contact with a diverse street gang operating in Brooklyn called Inferno Clan. Eager for opportunity, the young boy began working for the gang. It wasn't long until he became a fully-fledged member on June 14th, 2000, becoming the youngest member. He frequently involved himself in underground street races that Inferno Clan either hosted or participated in.

On September 11th, 2001, his father died. Nicholas' father was one of the many victims of the attack on the World Trade Center. Despite how distant they were, Nicholas was devastated and vowed to eventually avenge his father. He turned into a far more violent person than he already was after losing his father and how he acted both at school and in the street reflected this.

January 17th, 2002 was the date he committed his first murder. Nicholas orchestrated a drive-by shooting against a rival gang member causing problems for Inferno Clan and used his driving skills to evade the authorities, but it didn't stop there. Nicholas continued killing for the gang, becoming their go-to enforcer and hitman before long. He most certainly wasn't a professional and his work was often sloppy or messy, but he got it done.

On January 3rd, 2004, Nicholas' girlfriend became pregnant. He had an opportunity to escape the gang life and start a family, but he couldn't forget the promise he made to his dead father. He was conflicted between remaining in New York to raise his unborn child or to go off and avenge his father and everyone else that was killed during 9/11.

### Iraq War (2004-2007)

Motivated by the loss of his father during 9/11, Nicholas ended up joining the USMC on August 30th, 2004 and being deployed in Iraq. He s

On September 5th, 2005, Nicholas was sent on an escort mission. He was a part of a security detail travelling through Baghdad to escort a military officer to a meeting with a representative of Blink Technologies Incorporated for a weapons demonstration. The convoy was attacked by a group of insurgents in the streets of Baghdad using ballistics stolen from Blink Tech themselves and the convoy's security team was slaughtered. Nicholas and just a few others, including the officer, were kidnapped and taken to a safehouse just outside of Baghdad to be held hostage.

While being held captive by the insurgents, he and the other marines were frequently tortured and interrogated, either for information or purely for fun. Nicholas' larynx was permanently damaged as a result of this, removing his ability to speak from that point on. Well over a month later, on October 9th, 2005, Nicholas and the rest of the hostages broke free and fought back against their captors through brute force. Nicholas was the only prisoner to make it out alive, having to shoot his way out of the building and killing half of the entire insurgent group in the process. After learning the USMC made no attempts to rescue the hostages and, after realising that neither side of the war was worth fighting for, began operating alone in the Iraq War.

Nicholas, using a vast arsenal of stolen supplies and gear from the Iraqi insurgents he escaped from, began conducting his own operations against both sides of the war. He didn't consider himself a freedom fighter or a soldier, he saw it as he was just ridding the nation of two very different kinds of evil. He frequently fought both sides in sporadic and violent attacks, earning himself the title of a terrorist. Other than dealing blows to both insurgencies and militaries, Nicholas also focused his attacks on key members of the group responsible for his father's death. He gained sympathy from the civilian population of Iraq, but the same couldn't be said about the west. He was given the nickname, "The Apex Predator of Iraq", as he was just one man leading a campaign against two sides at once.

His campaign didn't last forever and he was captured by the United States on December 20th, 2006, bringing an end to his rampage against the USMC and the insurgents. Nicholas was held in a CIA black site in Afghanistan, where he was held for several months. In April, Nicholas was transported back to the United States to be trialled and imprisoned.

### The Citadel (2007-2009)

Nicholas was imprisoned in The Citadel on April 23rd, 2007. He already had some level of notoriety of the prison thanks to the crimes he had committed in Iraq, but he couldn't compare to the drug lords, kingpins and mob bosses that were often found in that place. He was eventually sought out by Leonid Borisov of the Borisov Bratva and, after proving himself by discreetly murdering a member of the Santino Family without ever being identified by the guards, became a close associate of the Borisovs.

On December 2nd, 2007, Nicholas began fighting in an illegal fight club being ran inside The Citadel. The club was monitored by corrupt FBI agents paid off by the Borisovs, who also occasionally worked as enforcers inside the prison for the Borisovs. Nicholas' association with the Borisovs allowed him to form close ties with the guards and eventually even the prison's management. Despite this, his time in the prison was still tough and he was hardened, even more than he already was after his time in Iraq.

In 2009, Leonid and some of his closest associates, including Nicholas, began planning to escape The Citadel. They were going to be the first people to ever even attempt to escape it and their ties with the guards helped them plan their escape. They used the guards as a median to communicate with a team of Borisov enforcers outside of the prison. They were broken out on July 27th, 2009 after a blackout struck the prison followed by a coordinated assault on the prison itself. Nobody was killed in the attack, but Leonid, Nicholas and a dozen others successfully made it out of the prison and escaped the authorities.

### The Borisov Bratva (2009-2013)

On August 10th, 2009, Nicholas reached New York and went to his home in Brooklyn Heights, expecting to see his partner and child but he instead found the place abandoned and derelict. He found evidence that his family had fled New York years prior. He spent the following months piecing together why and how they escaped and, by 2010, he had put it together. Inferno Clan, enraged by Nicholas abandoning them and fleeing to Iraq, targeted his family in a twisted attempt at revenge. His family found themselves frequently being robbed, mugged or burgled and as a result had to take a loan from the Borisovs. After being unable to pay off the debt, they fled the city.

Unable to find his family, Nicholas decided he wanted revenge, just like when

### Los Angeles Crime Spree (2013-2028)

May 17th, 2013 marked the beginning of Nicholas' 15 year crime spree in Los Angeles.

### Westside Shooting & Hiding in Washington (2028-2033)

On July 19th, 2028 at exactly 11:00 PM, a joint team composed of FBI SWAT operators and BOCT agents breached Nicholas' mansion in Hollywood Hills, interrupting a house party being held at the estate. Everyone in the home was detained, but Nicholas refused to go down without a fight. He managed to shoot his way out of his own home, slaughtering almost the entire team before stealing a car and escaping to Gideon's mansion in Beverly Hills, where he was told that Cecilio sold them both out and tipped off the FBI and BOCT. Gideon contracted a number of Fixers to assist in their attempt to assassinate Cecilio, but they were intercepted by the authorities on their journey to the office building for Cecilio's front company. WIP

### Bluebird Security Services (2033-2039)

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On November 13th, 2033, the raids began. WIP

### Vacation (2039-2041)

Following the raids against Bluebird Security Services' bases across the globe, Nicholas realised the United States was far too hot for him to continue operating in. Nicholas decided to move to Warsaw, Poland on December 9th, 2033.