Felipe Castro Cruz

**Felipe Castro Cruz** is a F.A.R.C. trained guerrilla fighter born in Nicaragua who participated in various armed revolutionary movements throughout Latin America before traveling to the United States to be with his family. Due to his experience with jungle warfare, expertise with heavy weapons and proficiency with vehicles he became an invaluable member of Dante’s group before *and after* they all joined Carmelo Jones’s community.

After gaining prominence within the Revolutionary Army, Felipe helps establish the Special Forces Division an elite branch of the armed force of which he would lead. In addition he would become the second-in-command of the regular army acting as their operational leader and right hand man to **Commander** Dante Bishop.

He is one of the main characters of the **Into the Dark** *series*.

## Appearance

Felipe is a Latin American of slightly above average height with a muscular physique due to his years of service as a member of the guerrilla band. At the age of twenty at the start of the *series* Felipe had long wavy black hair that formed bangs in front of him, he also had a well-grown beard.

As a member of F.A.R.C. guerrilla band Felipe wore green fatigues with a green patrol cap, he would continue to sport a similar getup after becoming a member of Dante’s group however he possessed better equipment by then having a combat shotgun, a semi-automatic handgun as well as his machete.

After becoming the leader of the Special Forces Division the elite branch of the Revolutionary Army and the second-in-command overall Felipe’s uniform changed to a more tactical one, sporting a tactical vest, many tactical pockets and magazine pouches to carry 9×19mm Parabellum magazines along with an ammo belt to carry 12 gauge shells. He also gains a grenade launcher as well as an assortment of hand and smoke grenades.

## Personality

Felipe is very compassionate, serious and hard working. He generally speaks when spoken to, and even then, tends to speak as little as possible, choosing to be concise and direct. He is especially protective of his fellow special forces division teammates Anthony Gonzalez, Douglas Carter and Raymond Sanchez.

He is always thinking about survival and preservation of his people, whether it be the Special Forces Division, the Revolutionary Army or the worldwide proletariat. Even under great stress, such as finding out his men were captured, being chased or being attacked without provocation, Felipe is normally able to keep his composure finding comfort in light hearted jokes and occasional flirtatious behavior. Felipe is rarely overwhelmed being used to violent environments.

He regularly engages in recreation activities being one of the more humors members of the paramilitary group, finding a healthy balance between work and recreation as opposed to Commander Dante Bishop who lets his work dominate his life. Nevertheless, Felipe shows great loyalty to him and always gets involved in major political issues on his behalf.

## Biography

### Background

At seventeen years of age, Ethan enlisted into the United States Air Force as an Airman, where he received training in both planes and helicopters. During this career he served in the **27th Fighter Squadron** alongside Barry Hoover, who he became good friends with and deployed together at different times.

At some point during his career he was promoted to **Staff Sergeant**, However, Ethan held strong convictions which put him at constant odds with his commanding officers leading him to resigning from the U.S. military in protest largely due to its drone policy against civilians.

## Skills and abilities

As a **Staff Sergeant** in the United States Air Force, Ethan was trained in a wide array of weaponry and hand-to-hand and knife combat. He also flew fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and showed experience in VTOL. Despite his training Ethan rarely engaged in close quarters and was not on the level of more experienced fighters such as **Lt.** Dante Bishop or **SPC.** Annie Stevens.

After joining the Revolutionary Army as the Second-in-Command and the Special Operations Group leader, Ethan is much more versatile in close quarters combat and marksmanship improving upon the skills he already had while also improving his leadership capabilities.

## Weapons Used

   Benelli M4 Super 90 - Ethan's primary weapon is this combat shotgun. Finding it early in the outbreak on a deceased U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen, he continues to use it throughout the rest of the **Into the Dark** *series*.

* 12 gauge shells - Ethan's shotgun fires 12 gauge shells.

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   Milkor MGL - Ethan's grenade launcher is shown to be his most powerful weapon using it to destroy barriers, doors while also being able to engage teams and squads of people on his own due to its destructive firepower.

* 40mm grenade - Ethan's grenade launcher fires 40mm grenades that explode upon contacting with hard enough surfaces delivering a powerful explosion to anything within ten meters.

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Desert Eagle - Ethan also uses a high caliber magnum in order to get out of jams, he is shown to be able to handle the recoil despite the power it delivers killing nearly anything he uses it on in one or two rounds.

* .50 Action Express - Ethan's magnum fires large caliber rounds that are effective against the Infected and an unarmored survivors, even being able to down armored personnel and abnormal infected.

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   Machete - Ethan is seen using this machete numerous times throughout the **Into the Dark** *series*, mainly using for beheading armed soldiers, marines andInfected alike.

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    M18 Smoke Grenade -  Ethan uses these smoke grenades in conjunction with his best friend **SSG.** Barry Hoover when repelling an advancing group of U.S. soldiers.