Terge

Terge is a supporting character in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

He's a RED Demoman who works in server Janitorial Duty as a Civilian, in the morning shift with his fellow colleague Skimmer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Terge worked as a construction worker who did private jobs for rich property owners. He did this for a long time before a certain event forced him to ditch and quit his profession.

### The Badlands Sabotage

At a certain day of his life, an exclusive job arrived at his and his colleagues' table: a very high pay rate job where a resort was to be built a certain location, unknown to them at the time. When more information was given to the team, specifically the location, they quickly grew wary and doubtful of the job.

The location of the resort was to be in the Badlands, a very infamous place known for its reputation of being an overwhelmingly hostile land, home for the most dangerous and bloodthirsty mercenaries. This was brushed off by the team as the job's pay rate gave them enough reason to tolerate and brush off this dangerous fact.

During its construction in the following weeks, Terge himself had rightfully predicted that the bandits themselves were watching them and plotting a dangerous plan. The resort's security - according to Terge, was not even close to being useful at keeping the bandits away, or even making anyone feel safe in the vicinity.

When Terge learned of this, he quit the job on the spot and ditched the team to save himself from a foreboding fate at the hands of the bandits.

Days later through the news, Terge had learned that the resort was destroyed due to an alleged gas leak, and that the bodies of everyone involved in the operation were never found. However, Terge figured that they were all killed by the bandits, discarded the alleged reason, and assumed the bandits had sabotaged and destroyed the resort.

Terge managed to quickly move on and bury the hatchet regarding this tragedy, simply brushing it off as not being his problem, as he was only there doing his job.

## Appearance

Terge is a RED Demoman who wears construction foreman gear as his work attire. His head is protected by a Blast Proof Bowl; and his body is covered by De-Construction Worker clothing.

## Personality

Terge is a rather curious and easily concerned mercenary due to his cautious nature. He was shown to be watching Fixer and Jumpsuit near their lockers for brief moments before approaching Skimmer to comment on the new arrivals. Terge was shown to be skeptical about Jumpsuit and the reason as to why Scouts were hired, but quickly brushed it off when Skimmer introduced themselves properly to the two Scouts. Apart from this event, Terge appears to be a good individual who has accepted the fellow Scouts as colleagues without repercussions.

Terge is also a rather nosy individual, who wants to know more about topics that he is interested in without realizing the implications of it from whom he's talking to, as evidenced by Fixer's discomfort when talking about the Railway United tragedy.

## Abilities

Terge appears to be a normal mercenary with no supernatural or anomalous properties.

## Trivia

* Terge's name is a reference to *detergent* - a cleansing agent that is very often used in the janitorial service industry.
	+ The name is also pronounced in the same way;