Adrian Adrian

Sergeant Adrian A. Adrian, formerly Warrant Officer Adrian, is a soldier in the Tartarian Militia and the acting Warrant Officer of Recovery's Raider Platoon. He was formerly the Warrant officer of the Tartarian Militia's 1st Infantry Battalion and the de facto commander of all infantrymen in the Tartarian Militia. He acts as the right-hand-man of 2LT Vickers during the Imperial Invasion until the end of the war.

## History

Adrian was born into a family of 2 parents and 3 sisters in Chinese Communist Party-occupied Indochina. As a kid, he was hidden from sight or disguised as a girl as CCP law only allowed one boy per household. His family eventually made plans to escape the country, and bought them all seats on a refugee ship bound for Japan. Their plan was discovered, and only Adrian and one sister made it to the ship alive. The ship made it to Japanese harbour, where it prompted a political crisis in the country. Eventually, a right-wing ultranationalist government forced the craft to leave the country or be sunk. With nowhere to go, and facing certain torture and execution by the Chinese authorities, the ship made the dangerous but dire choice to sail for the United States. while the ship was leaving harbour, large crowds waving red banners flocked to the docks and threw food, water bottles, and medical supplies into the ship. Adrian credits this action as the only reason he survived the voyage.

Adrian entered the US as an illegal immigrant. At the time, the US was under a war-time dictatorship as the invasion of Canada and Mexico was underway. Adrian's sister was shot and killed by a police officer during this time, with the only witnesses being Adrian and the other refugees who couldn't speak english. Adrian was kept hidden by an underground punk rock group operating out of an abandoned nuclear defense bunker. As the war dragged on and more of the punk group was arrested or conscripted for the US Army, Adrian turned to crime to survive, robbing homes and stores with bootleg guns. He ended up in the Afterlife shortly after that. Adrian ended up in the Tartarian Militia, being promoted to Warrant officer for his accomplishments. However, he had a political disagreement with the Tartarian Officials which landed him a demotion to sergeant and a permanent posting to the Infantry, far away on the frontlines. His ferocity in combat soon earned him the respect of all in the infantry, in which he is a leader in all but rank.

## Appearance

Adrian is male and 5'10". He has tan skin which appears dark when dirty. He has messy, neck-length black hair. his face is said to be more on the feminine side and often passes as a girl. Artemis remarks that Adrian could have been very pretty "in another life". Adrian is often seen with a tired expression, or a scowl. When in a good mood, Adrian appears care-free, grinning, and playful. Adrian wears a standard issue Tartarian tan and black Infantry uniform with a plate carrier as armour and a spike pauldron on his right shoulder. He wears a tan patrol cap on his head with a balaclava, covered ballistic goggles, and an electronic headset worn in the infantry style, with the headband facing the front instead of on his head. Adrian named himself after a sea and simply writes his name twice when signing anything, giving him the full name of Adrian Adrian Adrian.

## Personality

Adrian is fearless, aggressive, and taunting. People keep out of his way to avoid his rage. To his superiors, he frequently makes fun of them or mocks them, sometimes putting on fake personalities to elicit a reaction out of them. To people under him, he is less aggressive and will help them even if it means breaking a few laws. Adrian is not strict and often lets his subordinates do whatever they want, but will not try to act friendly towards them. Adrian has a short temper and fly into an uncontrollable rage, beating up anything nearby. Despite this, Adrian avoids hurting people accidentally and never acts maliciously towards those he doesn't despise. Adrian has a burning, incredibly strong hatred of conservatives and especially japanese ultranationalists, as a result of his childhood. He swears that he will either rid the world of all of them or die trying. Adrian also dislikes police, who he sees as wannabe soldiers. Ironically, Adrian holds a few conservative views himself. It's rumoured that the reason he was demoted was for his support of the death penalty, of which there is non in Tartarus. While the Infantry have a belief that only combat veterans are worthy of respect, Adrian takes this a step further and only respects either men who have died in combat, or people who he thinks "should have died a long time ago". Adrian is bisexual, stating that he is attracted to men "only on weekends". While he never interacts with the wider LGBTQ community, occasionally even seemingly disgusted by them, it is one of the few groups of people that he cares about and one of the reasons for his hatred of  conservatives. Adrian considers himself to be chinese, although he hates the CCP. Although he doesn't view the CCP as communist, he also dislikes communism, seeing it as an ideology for idiots. Adrian cares deeply for Michael and Kaitlyn, as he believes they "didn't sign up for this life". Adrian has a begrudging respect for Artemis Vickers and the Raiders, for their undertaking of highly dangerous missions.

## In combat

Adrian is the 2IC of Raider section, which puts him in Delta Team with Michael. He moves ahead of the machine-gunner, charging the enemy while firing at fully-automatic with his modified AKM assault rifle that features a "whistling" underhand flamethrower. He does not carry a pistol as a secondary, which is common in the Infantry. He fires at an incredibly fast rate, suppressing the enemy with withering fire while simultaneously charging them at full speed. This shock and awe tactic is effective unless against enemies that are better trained and calm under fire.

Adrian serves as the 2IC of Raider Section after Artemis transfers him from the Infantry. He serves under Artemis for the events of Vickers's War.