Dalton Combs

> MIST still has home-field advantage, Visitor. We will learn all there is to know about your biology, even if that means cutting you open, and seeing what makes you tick.
>
> ~Dalton to Nayla

## Summary

**Dalton Combs** is the leader of **MIST**, an organization that is hunting Nayla with the intent to study her for a currently-unknown reason. They serve as the Main Antagonists of Chapter 5 of *Book One*, *Road Rage*.

## Appearance

Dalton is a tall and muscular man with brown eyes, short blonde hair and a light complexion. One of his eyebrows is cut down the middle from a scar that runs down to his eye, accompanying scars on his forehead, lip and nose. He has thin lips and pronounced cheekbones, as well as a large chin and jawline. His nose is somewhat thin with somewhat large nostrils, and his hair is cut into a widow's peak.

He wears a military uniform, outfitted with dozens of pockets, belts, and various levels of armor and padding. The entire uniform is also patterned with green camouflage, and appears to have semi-futuristic gloves and boots. He is seen with a rifle on his back, and a pistol and knife on each side of his main belt.

## Personality

So far, Dalton has not shown much in the way of personality, only displaying some surprise and curiosity towards the **Ghost Car**, having a drive to capture **Nayla**, and displaying various levels of battle tactics. He is clearly a very stoic and cautious person, and one who is willing to do seemingly anything to achieve his goals.

## History

At some point, Dalton either formed or joined MIST, inevitably becoming its leader.

## Story

Dalton makes his first appearance in Chapter 5 of Book 1, Road Rage, where he sends soldiers to attack the bus that **Matthew Turner**, **Lavina Vonner**, **Tobias Allan**, **Hesso Abboud** and Nayla are in, among others. The bus driver tries to run the soldier off the road, but Dalton has more soldiers appear to wreck the bus, before watching the students escape the bus and later seeing the Ghost Car that haunts the road show up to attack everyone, at first wondering why a civilian would intentionally try to run people over. Eventually, the Ghost car is defeated, and he destroys it, explaining MIST's intentions with Nayla before ordering a retreat just before **Westvalley**'s police arrive on the scene.

## Powers and Abilities

**Peak Physical Condition:** Given Dalton's build and occupation, it is likely that he is in peak physical condition for a human being.

**Tactical Prowess:** Dalton responds quite tactically to situations, such as sending a scout to attack the Westvalley bus to gauge the threat, sending all his present soldiers to destroy the bus once they confirm it's hostile, destroying the Ghost Car after its family passes on to nullify its threat, and retreating when he and his helicopter's pilot notice police sirens in the distance.

**Expert Marksman:** Presumed, given Dalton's occupation and the firearms holstered on his suit.

## Trivia

1. Dalton is based off of **Silas** from *Transformers: Prime* and **Lex Luthor** from *Justice League* and *Justice League Unlimited*, moreso Silas, given a similar motivation, introduction and appearance.
	1. This of course means that if *Cemetery of the Celestial* ever becomes an animated or live action series, the one and only ***Clancy Brown*** would be the preferred voice actor for Dalton if possible.
2. Dalton and MIST as a whole are intended to be moreso straight men in comparison to the wackier and more out-there villains that otherwise inhabit Westvalley, and thus serve as the most played-straight and serious villains in the series so far, something displayed with the almost-complete lack of humor in Chapter 5 during essentially their entire time present in said chapter.