Damien Barrett (Reboot Timeline)

Freelance Mercenary (formerly)

Soldier of Dexter Industries (Raider Reloaded, formerly)

Associate of the Ghosts (Raider: Last Blood, formerly)

The US Army (formerly)

Jay Roberts (formerly)

Marksmanship

Knife proficiency

Hand-to-hand fighting skills

Access to weapons and technology

Expert in forensics science

Tactical planning and hunting

Criminal intuition

Vast connections

Aid Lucas Wolf with setting up salted bombs (failed)

Tampering with evidence

Kidnapping

Vehicle theft

Illegal weapons shipping

Illegal immigration (possibly)

Assault and battery

Attempted incrimination

Terrorism

Treason

Attempted murder

**Damien Barrett** (known as Thomas Bella or Barrett) is a main character and a minor antagonist in the Reboot timeline.

Serving as the hidden quaternary antagonist in the 6th chapter of the "Raider: Last Blood" series, Barrett is an eccentric mercenary who works for whoever paid him the most and mostly Jay Roberts and assists him with various tasks, despite betraying him out of personal greed.

## Personality

Damien is shown to be an eccentric man with a flippant sense of humor and playful way of explaining things, which directly contrasts to that of Jay's pragmatic and stoic attitude. Charismatic and intelligent, Damien reached his reputation within the Underworld not through intimidation or fear, but through planning and prowess. A gun for hire who cleanups wealthy clients' mistakes for cold hard cash, Damien seems to have an acquired taste for classic art and finesse. His high level of composure and funny personality however, bellies that of an immoral sociopath who is fully willing to murder and harm others all for the sake of profit. According to Jay, Damien's principles change with the price, which is a good description of his opportunistic and deplorable personality. In the Last Blood series, he was perfectly willing to dispose of Maurice Martinez (the hitman that tried to kill Jay) and be done with him if Jay hadn't paid him to keep him alive. On top of this, Damien has a belief that Jay owes him a lot for the services that he provides, something that Jay disagrees with.

Despite his immorality, Damien does demonstrate some sentiment towards Jay by warning the vigilante that he has made an enemy of everyone, and advised him to leave Georgia before everyone sets their sights to kill him. While knowing that Jay would more than likely ignore this warning, he did admit that he thought he'd at least try, showing empathy and concern towards Jay.

At the end of the 1st chapter however, Damien was still willing to betray Jay after a supposed change of contract (which is assumed to the Underworld wanting Jay and Charles dead), showing that Damien was still willing to murder Jay despite their previous interactions together and his past in Delta, and that he allies with whoever pays him right. However, Damien still contacted Jay and allowed him to decide Maurice's fate and even tries to convince Jay again to leave Georgia, proving that he did have enough respect for Jay to handle it his way, although it could have just been to avoid attracting more attention to himself through killing Maurice and to regain his trust after betraying the contact by saving Jay and killing Charles.

In the 6th chapter, Damien shows to be far more violent and unhinged, which might be a result of him having to go into hiding and joined the Ghosts while being loyal to Wolf. On the other hand, this might be more of his true personality showing while he isn’t interacting with a client. While he is still rather humorous, his dangerous attitude flashes through much more frequently, and his knack for violence has skyrocketed. This is shown when he threatens Jay's life when Jay tries to prevent him from shooting Elena, which broke the trust between the two. While he still respects Jay, Damien chose to kill him and because of his greed and willingness to turn against his clients, Damien led himself to his downfall and died as a violent, charismatic mercenary at the hands of his former ally.