Avery Nelson

Full
Name (Including honorifics): Captain Sir Avery Wayne Nelson

Age: 26

DOB: august 21st 1975

## Appearance

Avery stands at approximately 5’9 usually keeps a buzzed hair cut
his hair is brown but if exposed to enough sunlight starts to become a dirty
blonde, he has hazel eyes that favor a color scheme of gray-blue with a gold
ring around the middle sometimes switching to green-blue with a gold ring and
even sometimes a ring of brown on the outer edge. His body is lean and muscular
from training and his past experiences as a professional killer, his body is
covered in scars and marks a testament to the treatment he received in his
early years as a debtors prisoner one particularly noticeable scar runs from
just above his hips to about 4 inches up his side and is thick with scar tissue
suggesting a deep wound, during his time in Iceland Avery received many
tattoo’s involving symbols of his faith, sleeves run down his arms stopping at
his mid-forearm, emblazoned on his chest is the famous Mjolnir the hammer of
Thor and on his back the Volksknot three interlocking triangles with a raven
perched on one of them as a testament to Odin. His tattoos are all done in such
a way that they are not visible at all when he is in uniform which he remains a
majority of the time.

Due to anxiety
depression and stress Avery’s father developed an addiction to gambling. News
of the Finland Hive’s destruction came and this only served to drive his
parents further into their depression pits as it seemed Scandinavia would
remain a safe region to live and they had spent all their available resources
to come to America, however rather than saving up and moving back Avery’s
father only sunk further into his gambling accumulating an insane debt with the
local slumlords who ran everything from gambling books and drug dealing to
contract murders and underground fighting rings.

The exact
circumstances of his father’s death are largely unknown but it was no doubt
murder though the reason why is unclear, one is would assume it’s the debtors
but contrary to some peoples believes debtors don’t make habits of killing
those who owe them money. After his father’s death the debtors began hounding
his mother who eventually committed suicide out of a combination of grief and
stress, the only living member of his immediate family he inherited the debts
his father owed and was taken by the debtors though why the debtors would take
something like a child who was no more than 11 years old is still largely a
mystery. (on a side note during this period around 1983 when the Oder-Neisse
line fell and the King of Sweden launched his successful counter attack
establishing defensive lines in Germany and saving Europe from total
subjugation to BETA control)

drugs, doing the house work, spying on the competition, and of course a convenient
lightning rod for these criminals whenever they were having a rough day.
However it didn’t take long for these men to impress on the young boy that he
worked for them now and lived for their purposes however they hadn’t exactly
found a use for him at that time.

It wasn’t until Avery
was about 13 that his propensity for taking lives would become apparent to the
debtors, having broken him into a semblance of loyalty by this point Avery was
little more than a drone pliable to their suggestions. His talent for hand to
hand combat was soon discover when a business deal went terribly wrong at the
debtors hideout, a man drew a knife and attempted to stab one of the men living
in the hideout but the man found himself disarmed and staring at his own knife
planted in his chest, it had happened so quickly that even Avery had barely
realized what happened until it was already said and done. At first this lead
them to be something resembling fearful of Avery until they realized the kind
of uses they could get out of him, it wasn’t long before they started entering
him in their fighting rings that often included death fights as well as began
allowing him to take “jobs” for them to work off some of his father’s debts
that had been lingering over him for some time now.

By the age of 15 Avery was working as a full time hit man,
he showed propensities for stealth, using his environment as a weapon and it
was found that he had skill with a rifle that needed a little honing. One might
beg the question of why he wouldn’t turn his new found killing talents on his
‘owners’ but these men were efficient at breaking people and its only easier
the younger you get to them.  He spent
the next year honing his skills with weapons and his hand to hand skills and
putting them to use for these criminals until finally it all came crashing
down.  A friend of Avery’s father had
finally received news of his parents death this man was now a General in the
Swedish army and a close friend of the king, after utilizing Swedish
intelligence resources to track Avery down they discovered the debtors and
their crime ring and worked hand in hand with the American government to launch
a huge sting operation against the debtors.
In the year 1991 Avery was the age of 16 and it seemed to be just
another day in the hideout but while downstairs doing some of the housework the
doors flew open and the debtors hideout was stormed by men with assault weapons
and tactical gear. All of them were rounded up and handcuffed and the kids
taken away with the exception of Avery who was brought outside and into what
appeared to be a police command vehicle. There he met face to face with General
Torsten, of course he did not recognize the man the only time he had ever met
him was when he was still in diapers and a swaddle but there was something
familiar about the man even then.

### Time under Torsten’s Care

After Avery was brought to him the man explained that he had
served in the military with his father some time ago and that they were fast
friends though they had fallen out of contact when his family moved to America,
it was obvious the General felt some sort of personal responsibility for not
bringing his family back to Scandinavia but the base fact was that he saw
something in Avery’s hollow eyes when he met him that day and knew for some
reason, that he was exactly what he was looking for. Torsten brought Avery
first to Iceland where he was cared for by Torsten when he was there and by his
wife when he was not. After restoring Avery’s mental state to something
resembling normal by the age of 17 he was put in courses by the General to
teach him many things from psychology to warfare doctrines it was clear that
Torsten was breeding him for Command.

Avery excelled in his studies and was also afforded a
private instructor in many forms of martial arts but focusing on Krav Maga a
martial art designed specifically for military personnel by Israeli’s,
believing that the discipline that comes from studying martial arts could be
applied in many ways to combat and military command. During his time taking
courses he was given the opportunity to adjust socially under Torsten’s
tutelage Avery flourished at anything he set his mind to eventually cultivating
an air of charisma and confidence about him seemingly defying the life before
that threatened to turn him into a mindless killing machine with no real
purpose other than to take lives. During his time in Iceland he was also
reintroduced to the belief in the Old God’s, an idea that had been regaining
some small popularity as the religion of Christianity left a bad taste in
everybody’s mouth these days due to its influence on the Allegiance terrorists.

### Founding of the Varangian Company

At the age of 18 while also taking several courses to help
prepare him for the Command him and General Torsten with the permission of King
Karl began the planning and implementation of the Varangian Company, Avery
chose the name as a testament to the old Varangian Guard who served the last
Roman Emperors faithfully, though the name was more chosen because of the motif
of “Going where the fighting is thickest” and a doctrine reminiscent of shock
infantry. Avery and Torsten worked hand in hand in designing and tailoring the
training program to create skilled pilots and other operators even from those
that would have been rejected from other piloting programs, finding the idea
that one aptitude test will dictate whether or not you have what it takes to
become a talented pilot, understanding that sometimes one must conquer their
queasy stomach in order to unlock their true potential as pilots. By mid-2000
the program was ready to be implemented and their installation in Finland was
constructed Avery entered the program along with the first batch of recruits
and observed the training from the inside to gauge its effectiveness as well as
the effectiveness of the staff they hired. Satisfied with the results he
completed the training and formed the basis of the command unit with two other
hand selected graduates, Asmodeus Valkyr and Slavena Kedrova.

### Berlin Front Operations

As a field evaluation the command team was sent south to the
Germany Defensive lines where they picked up a few new members of the Command
team, KaiZen Zoegret and Kohl Merkata joined here and aided them in Ops in
which they were recovering intelligence files and other valuable information
from the ruins of Berlin. These operations were intended to be simple in nature
and a few small skirmishes with the BETA occur but nothing major. Their stay
near Berlin would be short as soon the real context of their field evaluation
would begin as they were moved south to the defense line outside of Budapest
and tasked with planning the retaking of the region from the BETA with a 2 week
time cap.

### Budapest

Here at Budapest the team would receive two of its most veteran
members, Alexis Alscher a blonde purple eyed East-German former Stasi operative
who came to join them in their efforts in the hopes she would see her homeland
revived, and a Scottish woman who seemed to be a pit pessimistic Cassandra
Sutherlain both women with well over a decade of combat experience. During the
planning stages Zoegret was kidnapped by KGB and former Stasi Operatives to
gain leverage that at least at the current time is still relatively unknown
however between the coalition’s full frontal assault on all of their hideouts
simultaneously and Alscher’s persuasion the enemy was convinced to surrender.
Planning began in full swing after this, Avery and Alexis spent hours inside
the think tank though Alexis ended up coming up with the most solid plan so
Avery went with her plan which would also lend her, and the country she wished
to restore some credence.

During their time
planning operations Avery began to grow fond of Alscher and later on those
feelings developed into more serious romantic intentions. Shortly before the
hive assault was under way an odd occurrence happened, a BETA echelon broke
through a section of the line and they were not informed until they were
already causing havoc, putting down the incursion the team returned and the
Budapest base hub was put on lockdown. Defying this lockdown Alexis made to
investigate the scene of the crime, taking advantage of the stirring caused by
Alscher leaving a base on lockdown Torsten prepared a perfect opportunity for
any agents to act, led by Avery they managed to put down and capture most
agents who they would later find out to be Allegiance operatives under Arild
their chief intelligence officer and a traitor. With that issue resolved for
the time they moved on to the hive infiltration, the operation was a success
despite losing many pilots and a member of the original command team Slavena
Kedrova.

### Interim between Europe and the Far East

During the time between the Budapest infiltration and the
Companys deployment to the Far East a few things took place. First was the
hearing which would dismiss any and all of the UNs war crime charges against
former members of the Stasi, after which they transitioned directly into a
hearing about her plans for the restoration of East-Germany, something the
Nordic Council supported for the most part due to hoping to create a steady,
stable, and loyal ally on the front lines with them rather than giving the
Eastern half back to the Federal Republic Of Germany an entity loyal to America
and the other Western Powers. After the hearing Avery took Alexis to a point
overlooking the port of Stockholm where East-German refugees and other
volunteers to go help restore the nation as well as the first shipment of
materials were being sent even as the hearing was occurring, also taking the
time to be forward with his feelings to her. However the moment would be ruined
when the traitor Arild would appear and attempt an assassination of Alscher, in
which Avery pushed Alscher to the ground and took the bullets thankfully center
mass and miraculously not hitting anything vital.

Having barely recovered from his injuries intelligence
appeared a few weeks later that Arild had been spotted and a major allegiance
installation discovered as well on the coast of the Baltic sea. The Allegiance
had been stockpiling black market TSFs in preparation for a large scale attack
on what or where they are still trying to figure out as they launched the
assault before the allegiance had been able to enact whatever it was they were
planning. Combined with the Nordic Councils army and the command unit from the
Varangians a siege was emplaced forcing the enemy to take to TSF combat,
ultimately being defeated by the coalition of professional and mostly veteran
soldiers inevitably they were able to capture Arild who had attempted to engage
Avery in close quarters combat utilizing both firearms and hand to hand however
eventually she was taken down non-lethally and brought into custody.