Declan Barrington (Raider: Last Blood)

Second-in-Command of the Underworld

Business investor

Philanthropist (façade)

The Underworld

Marksmanship

Blade hidden in his walking stick

Business management

Political sciences

Bribed police forces at his disposal

Strategies

Manipulation

Intimidation

Vast soldiers at his disposal

Blackmailing

Vast resources

Nigh-unlimited wealth

Killing henchmen who fail or disappoint him

### Goals

Control Atlanta and Mayor Whitaker through blackmail (succeeded until his death)
Kill Jay Roberts and anyone else who opposes him (failed)

### Crimes

Organized crime
Mass murder (including indirect child murder)

Abuse of power

Terrorism

Corruption

Blackmail

Sex trafficking

Assassination

### Type of Villain

Tyrannical Crime Lord

**Declan Barrington** (known as **Mr. Clover**) is a main character and a major antagonist in the "Raider: Last Blood" series.

Serving as the secondary antagonist of the 1st chapter, Barrington is the co-founder and second-in-command of the Underworld and is both respected and feared as their underboss in the organization.

He is also the leader of the Atlanta North Club and the one who ordered the hit on Jay Roberts and Charles Lane during the 1st chapter, which resulted in the death of Roberts' 5-year-old son, Daryl. He made a deal with Burnside Corp agreeing to co-finance VXOS in exchange for backdoor access to the entire city.

## Background

Born on April 2, 1928, in Galway, Ireland, Declan came from a poor family with five brothers and sisters. They left Galway for Chicago when he was young, and one of his sisters died on the way. Barrington later became a thug in the local mafia (possibly the North Club) in Chicago. During this time, he was involved in a shootout with the Chicago Outfit at Hanson Park, but he luckily survived; he was then nicknamed Clover.

In an unknown year, Barrington became the boss of the Atlanta North Club, which became even more powerful under his reign. Barrington made a deal with the Burnside Corporation and helped finance the VXOS project in exchange for access to the network, giving Barrington even more power. Thanks to the Bellcroft code from Burnside, Barrington recorded a video of Mayor Ronald Donovan murdering Juliette Ehrmantraut, a district court judge, which he used as blackmail to control the mayor, and also arrange his re-election.

Barrington also associated the Club with the White Viceroys led by Evan "Patriot" Rogers. Both lead to a major human trafficking ring. Barrington is also a billionaire and owns many businesses such as the prestigious Shamrock Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Biography

In the fall of 2039, mercenaries Jay Roberts and Charles Lane planned on hacking an armored truck from the Shamrock Hotel to siphon money from bank accounts but were traced by Patriot. Believing that the hackers were trying to obtain the video of Juliette's death, Barrington decided to stop them. Having them identified by Underworld hackers, Barrington ordered Patriot to send the hitman Maurice Martinez to kill Roberts and send another one to frighten Lane. Martinez would fail to eliminate Jay, killing his son Daryl by causing their vehicle to crash. Barrington's actions would have a major consequence, with Roberts vowing to get revenge on who was responsible, and Charles becoming hellbent on learning what was so special about the distorted video he saw.

A year later, Barrington continues his reign over Atlanta, having blackmailed the public due to his access to VXOS and having the Club and the Viceroys committing crimes. When learning that his client Neil Navarro botched a heist by causing the death of his partner, Barrington asked the fixer Damien Barrett to bring him to an alleyway. Damien would instead send Roberts to pick up Neil and bring him to Barrington, who proceeded to deal with Navarro by killing him and obtaining the laptop. Later on, Barrington has DeMarco set up a sex slave auction and calls Patriot for supposedly stealing the guest list.

At the sex auction, Barrington would encounter Jay, who posed himself as Jack Crispin to access Iraq's dog tags and rescue Dolly. Noticing that "Crispin" doesn't have an accent, Barrington can recognize Jay but allows him to leave bore ordering the guards at the auction to kill him. Roberts would escape and call the authorities, allowing the police to raid the auction and causing the trafficking ring to go into disarray. Barrington would later appear during a Shamrock benefit, where he refuses to end his blackmail against Donovan. He is then confronted by Roberts, who discovers that he had the hit placed on him that caused the death of his niece. Barrington orders his men to kill Jay as he hides in his safe room, taunting the hacker until Roberts hacks into Barrington's peacemaker.

Seeing that Roberts wanted to know why, Barrington showed the hacker the video of Donovan killing Juliette, revealing that he thought Jay and Charles were attempting to obtain the video. Despite his initial taunts, Barrington attempts to bargain with Roberts, who refuses and kills Barrington by hacking into his peacemaker again. Though able to get his vengeance, Aiden learns that Barrington placed a hit on Charlotte, who is killed at Daryl's grave. Following the incident, Barrington was exposed for his connections to the criminal underworld, thus hurting his organization. The video of Donovan killing Ehrmantraut is also exposed, resulting in the mayor being disgraced, leading to him either committing suicide or being killed by the club.

## Appearance

Declan is an Irish man, standing at 6'0. He has graying brown hair, blue eyes, a thick beard, a slender build, and two injuries: a scarred ear from his past after a shootout in Hanson Park and a milky white eye that would be caused by an unknown disease,

He wore glasses and a suit consisting of a beige overcoat and a black striped scarf over a light-green dress shirt, along with black slacks and black penny loafers.

During the ending, he wore a green argyle sweater, gray slacks, and black penny loafers.

## Equipment

* **Cane**: Declan's main weapon. He has a small blade hidden within the top of his walking stick which he used to stab various men whenever he caught them off-guard.