Flag

* Civilian
* Flag

*"You know, when you've been at some place for a long time and you come back home, you're not really home. And other times, you are home, but a piece of you is missing."*
—Clark Flat
**Clark Dewey Flat**, born **James "Jimmy" Feld**, is a former Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps serving under the Killer Kings. After his service, Clark served in the **Delta Dogs**, a secret elite squad of the EPF for a short time of his career, after a disaster mission, the team got shut down so he returned to his roots as a police officer in Neo Arcadia, where he became an advisor to the vigilante Almanac and later, his own vigilante, under the codename **Flag** after joining the team Arcadian Rebels.

While he had adventures with the Rebels, Clark restored his relationship with his adoptive son, Sam Fakashami, and began to prepare for peace. When his adoptive son liberated his true father, Dallas Feld, from a Siberian prisoner camp, he reconnected with him during his mayoral campaign against his friend, Aranza. Although he lost, he continued to cultivate his sense of family.

Clark's endurance was tested and proven time and time again, but he was truly challenged when he had to face a consequence of his past, Roger David, a survivor of his old military company's operation in Switzerland, where his commanding officer forced him and his teammates to execute innocent civilians. Clark received an upgrade from David's henchman, Thin White Duke, who gave him a power of his own; to summon a great Stand. He was further tested when he went on the run from the mysterious Black Bloods, a group of criminals targeting him until some of the Rebels searched for him until they could rescue him. Before returning home to recover, Clark lost his left eye to Wild Bear.

After returning to society, Clark shot and killed two home invaders who broke into his home. When he discovered that they were mere teenagers, he covered up the unintentional murders and went on the run dye to being chased by the teenagers' father, Hans. He was eventually found and thought to be killed by Hans, when in truth he had clung to life and went off the grid, but his friends found him later on.

Clark eventually retired from the Rebels and pursued a relationship with Joni Jacobson, but eventually was pulled back into the fray when he decided to run for sheriff after uncovering a large superpower-drug conspiracy. While his relationship failed, Clark eventually became the sheriff once Wynton Einfrieren, who had won his campaign against Andrew McCue, was faced with criminal charges.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Mischievous Orphan

*"The kid was built like a tank when he was born."*
—Dallas Feld
Clark Dewey Flat was born on June 14, 1977, after being unintentionally conceived in 1976. In his youth, Clark was an orphan. He never knew his biological parents growing up. He sometimes had his childhood friend Blake with him throughout his lonely years; as he traversed through the foster care system. Although as a child, he didn't know where his parents were or why they gave him up, he still had hope that they someday might return and give him the normal life he craved so much in the foster system.

With his hope still high, he remained optimistic no matter how bad each home he was placed in. It wasn't until his teenage years that he gave up waiting for his parents to save him so he got himself into the "teenage trouble." Sneaking out at night wasn't uncommon for Clark; the more he did it, the more he learned his tricks on being as quiet as possible, whether it was crawling though a pitch black hallway of a home or sneaking out a window and shuffling along the edge of a building and climbing down the gutter. He got caught on several occasions, but when he was caught, he would just start an argument and eventually get transferred to a new home only to repeat the same mistake.

When Clark was six, his foster family group went into town. He wore a shirt with his favorite superhero's emblem, Superman. He was temporarily separated from his group, but when he was reunited with the other foster kids, they were greeted by two police officers. Clark smiled and voiced his admiration for them, and one of them reciprocated with a smile of their own, but the interaction was disrupted by a hippie insulting the policemen.

One of the homes Clark was placed in the care of an older woman when he was eight years old. She smoked and provided him with cheap utensils alongside her well-made pasta. When Clark misbehaved, she would beat him with a belt, which Clark would remember the feeling of for the rest of his life.

#### Redwind Field

Clark later ended up in a cabin in Redwind Field, possibly named for its red poppy foliage, and was taken care of by a bearded man, along with 11 other foster children. The man had no tolerance for disrespect and expected manners from Clark, and was fond of fishing.

Clark began to attend high school when he was 14, and befriended a girl named Stephanie "Steph" Kiddos who brought him along to parties. Steph and Clark would later become temporary lovers.

One day, Clark broke the man's curtains, and this was his first offense. On another occasion, he was caught coming in late one night, and the latter had to choose between being beaten with either a belt, a stick, or a wrench. Clark challenged the old man to beat him with the wrench.

#### Meeting Danny

During his youth, he didn't have many bright memories to look back on, but while Clark was in high school, he met his first real friend, Danny. Danny brought a lot of good moments to Clark while he was struggling with finding meaning. In a strange way, they met in December of 1992, while all the Christmas decorations were up in his home city high school. So in a way, them meeting had a sense of magic since Danny brought in such a positive vibe into Clark's youth.

Clark's first job was working alongside Danny for a newspaper company in Emerald City. Danny was the news reporter while Clark took care of the recording and technical equipment. The two made a good team as they ventured out to down town to do interviews on political issues or to do their own investigations for a newsworthy report.

#### Girls and Guitars

Before his senior year of high school, Clark had his first date with a girl named Rebecca, but his first lover Stephanie Kiddos taught him how to play guitar. He was inspired by her performance at high school talent shows, even thinking of it as angelic. However, Clark refrained from courting her because another man was interested in her, and she was too wild and promiscuous for his taste. He enjoyed being her friend, until she ran away with hippies and left him her guitar in 1993.

He started another relationship with a local townie named Hazel Grace, but it dissolved after Clark enlisted.

### United States Marine Corps

*"Look sir, all I'm saying is the village might have exploded on its own. Also we misplaced 400lbs of C4, unrelated though."*
—Private Flat
#### Enlisting

*"I think the reason I felt this need to be in the USMC was so I could escape. It gave me this new definition of family."*
—Clark Flat
As soon as Clark finished his senior year of high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an Infantry machine gunner. Clark's drill Instructor, Sergeant Towns, would often pick on him and physically abuse him out of spite because he did not experience warfare. Clark was subjected to extremely cold climates during his first days in basic training, as he could not adjust to his sleeping bag.

His training was overseen by Commandant Garrett Brockton, and Clark's burgeoning warfare skills led Brockton to assign him to the front lines as one of the Killer Kings. Flat participated in many strenuous battles.

During his time as a private, Clark befriended the Kings' code decryption workers and gained knowledge on codenames and military jargon, such as memorizing the NATO phonetic alphabet. Since Flat was a heavy machine gunner over a rifleman in the USMC, he carried up to 60 lbs more than everyone else in his platoon due to the weight of the ammunition and M240. He also kept his own journal with him throughout his tours and police career.

#### Operation Sick Bird

Private Flat's first tour was separated by two locations; he spent the first half in South America, traveling from village to town with his battalion to sweep the areas of any possible threat. In the mind of this young Marine, there was no threat to begin with; he strongly believed that the only threat to these people was the presence of the Marine Corps. His belief was that General Brockton had one goal in mind: to be at the highest authority possible. He believed that wherever his troop was sent to, the first action would be to break whatever resistance or authority the people had beforehand so the USMC would be the only power in the area.

Flat knew that General Brockton would do anything to break the civilians' morale, even going so far to destroy a hospital via arson along with all the nurses and patients inside to prove a point to the nearby towns, regardless of how much they already suffered from poverty, under the briefing that the residents were infected with a virus. When Flat objected to this idea of unnecessary bloodshed, Garrett made a personal threat to Flat that he had the potential to do to so much worse than destroy a single hospital. It was more than enough to keep Flat in line.

Inside the hospital, Clark slightly disobeyed his orders to execute the sick residents; while his unit painted the white floors red with blood, Clark found a small family hiding in one room. He could tell they were frightened and did not have the virus, and spared their lives, but took the white hat of the patriarch as a memory.

#### Clash in Switzerland

During the second half of his first tour, his battalion was deployed to Switzerland on one event to control the crime rate within the country. His platoon was stationed in Bern, along with the commander himself, "Muffin." Most of the Marines were kept in the dark about what the real reason was for being in Switzerland, but they kept their morale high. All they were told was that they were there to decrease the crime and protect the citizens.

#### Stay in Smog

Before going off to his second tour, Clark spent some time in Smog City, New York following the September 11 attacks.

#### Operation Lonesome Valley

Flat's second tour was spent in Saudi Arabia.

#### Perturbed Private

On one occasion, Clark witnessed his commanding officer Brockton execute an innocent man. This event would dig a deep hole in Clark's subconscious, and forever changed him. He deeply regretted not stopping Brockton, but couldn't risk stepping out of line. It still haunts him to this day. Despite this, Clark would go on to accomplish two tours of service.

#### Five Bullets

Near the end of his second and last tour...

### EPF's Delta Dogs

#### A Sense of Purpose

When Flat returned home from his second tour and finished his contract with the Marines, he was soon recruited to the Elite Protection Federation for his skills in warfare, becoming a tactical coordinator. He eventually became an EPF intelligence officer and joined the **Delta Dogs**, an elite EPF paramilitary tactical unit, colloquially known as the covert kill squad of the EPF. It was a small team with an agent known as "Venom Snake" as the primary leader and an agent known as "Uncle Neo" as second-in-command.

#### Here be Dragon

Shortly after he was recruited, he was sent on a side operation where he encountered someone named "Keyser," the leader of a group known as the "Dark Heroes" or "DH" for short. Clark brought along an EPF K-9 to search for narcotics and explosives. Keyser turned out to be an emotion-based shapeshifter, and his group intended to take down the Marines. Clark's elite authority convinced them to not go through with their plan. Keyser, however, lost control and turned into a dragon.

Clark and the Delta Dogs rushed for cover, but he was found by Keyser and took fire-- actual fire. Clark was burned to the bone from the shoulder up. He was healed by one of Keyser's subordinates, but he does not recall much of the events which transpired.

On another mission, Clark was assigned a new K-9.

#### Meeting Nate Walsh

The Delta Dogs did multiple missions including reconnaissance, ambush, rescue, and retrieval. With the EPF, he befriended Nate Walsh, who'd often supply him and his team with gear and weapons needed to complete the missions.

#### Adopting Sam Fakashami

On a mission in Echo City, Massachusetts in 2015, Clark found and adopted a little boy, Sam Fakashami. He brought him home, and gave him a family the same way the EPF gave him. However, Clark took his son to the EPF base on one occasion, where the latter wandered off into an experimental physics lab, where he was exposed to and absorbed ultraviolet light spectrometers.

When Clark took Sam home, his plate was even more full having a son with superpowers.

#### Losing Venom Snake

After a few months of being operational, the Delta Dogs got assigned a dangerous mission which as a result, the leader, Venom Snake, got killed when the mission went wrong. The Delta Dogs were tasked with rescuing a senator from a military base that went under fire from another elite force. While the Dogs split up to cover more ground, rushing around the base in an attempt to find the senator, Venom Snake went off alone into one of the underground bunkers where he found the senator tied to a chair. Before Venom could react, the whole bunker was set with explosives and as soon as he saw them, they exploded killing the senator and Venom.

With the whole base in chaos, the Dogs' only form of communication was through their radio, and with no

response from Venom, they were forced to retreat, leaving the base vulnerable to the enemies. Since a senator's life was at stake and the Delta Dogs failed their mission, they were left with the blame and forced to be shut down. After the funeral of Venom, Clark and Neo, along with a few remaining Deltas, got a tattoo in honor of Venom Snake and the Delta Dogs short lived life of danger. After the team got shut down, everyone went their own ways, but Clark still sometimes keeps in contact with Neo. From what Flat knows, Neo owns a local club at Emerald City. However, aside from Neo, Clark lost touch with almost everyone else but still keeps them in his mind from time to time.

### Joining the Police Force

#### Solving Cases

*"When I was a cop, I was mostly treated like trash. Both the police force and the citizens. I was just a rookie, so of course they treated me like I am."*
—Clark Flat
After the Marines and the Delta Dogs, Flat retired his life of danger and joined the Police Force in Emerald City. He was verbally abused by his coworkers and citizens alike, often being referred to as a "pig" by the latter. He never met a citizen who supported the police force's efforts, but nevertheless he persisted.

In late 2015, Clark was approached by a woman requesting for him to apply his detective skills and solve the murder of her brother. After a brief questioning and background check, Clark deduced the sister was the killer all along, and testified in court against her, charging her for murder and simultaneously diagnosing her with a psychological disorder.

#### Meeting Jason Kade

Clark would occasionally peruse a local watering hole for low-rate crime. It was there were he met Jason Kade in a bar, after he helped him locate a criminal while Clark was undercover. Flat still works on the weekends as an officer but he now only works part time.

He originally thought that Kade was a drug dealer (because of how shady he was), but the two men stayed in touch and would later form a brotherly bond after Clark was recruited to his team, the Arcadian Rebels.

### Adventures with the Rebels

After being recruited with the Rebels, his life took a sharp turn from a stable, middle-class life to risking everything for vigilantism. Despite the quick change, Clark wasn't phased from the immediate transition from lawful to lawless. He knew the flaws in the American justice system and he knew that the small number of citizens who took on the name of "vigilante" could serve justice behind the closed doors that the government could not go.

#### Enemy Mine

Of the many villains the Rebels faced, Creon was the only one who treated Clark as if he were his friend. From when Creon made his first appearance to when Clark and Creon had their closure on the lighthouse balcony, they had a mutual understanding. Flag agreed to take on Creon's offer to join with him on his short lived crusade in exchange for fighting lessons. With some disapproval from his friends, he continued anyways for the fighting lessons, which led to many arguments with Autumn Stone. Near the end of Creon's crusade, Flag decided to cut off his ties with him. After they were both revived under Necrom, they bid their last fair wells for each other and separated forever.

#### New Start

As of late June 2018, Clark gave up his career as a police officer and degraded down to a foreman for construction management. He believed that the city needed more help rebuilding itself after the numerous attacks and damage that was done. It was his last way to give back to the community and contribute to his legacy.

In early January of 2019, a large explosion destroyed a portion of Nova City. While directly under a contract with Neo Arcadia's mayor, Aranza Whitemore, Clark used his skills in construction and helped with rebuilding the torn city.

### True Remorse

#### Resurrection

Necrom conjured Clark to life on Halloween night, 2018, along with several other departed associates of the Arcadian Rebels.

### Roger David

In in the early summer of 2019, Clark was confronted by a survivor of the USMC occupation in Switzerland in 1996. His name was Roger David, and he was seeking revenge for his family which were murdered by the muffin men during Operation Jungle. The rebels set out across the US to stop Roger David's revenge plan. During their journey, they encountered numerous hires of Roger David who attempted to stop the rebels. After the rebels finally made it to emerald city, they were able to convince Roger David to stand down and stop his extremest coup.

### Out With the Old and In With the New

> "*Stop time, thou art so beautiful!"*
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On the night before Father's Day in 2019, Clark left a cryptic message before mysteriously disappearing. When Almanac, Steel Sentinel, and Banner investigated his home, they concluded that Clark was attacked in his own home and set out once more out of Neo Arcadia to find him.

With a small group of Almanac, Steel Sentinel, and Banner, they set out on a plane to Little America, Wyoming in an attempt to look for the missing Flag there, however their plane was attacked by a terrorist known as "Disaster Dead" who had the ability to control the direction of the plane, and even crashed it in a genocide attack far from their destination, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

When the three recovered from the plane wreckage, they were lost somewhere in the mountains. They tried to recover what little things they had before they set off again through the mountains to try and find a town to report the crash, however they came across an empty campsite with a pitched tent, roasting fire pit, and various supplies scattered around. Before they could investigate, a massive grizzly bear stumbled upon them and surprised the group as the bear stood up on two legs and spoke English like it was a human.

The bear sat around the campfire with Jason, Ben, and Lincoln. It offered to answer any questions they had regarding its ability to speak. The bear went by the name of "Wild Bear" or "Grizzy" for short, he was one of Hank Keller's science experiments, and a successful experiment. Grizzy was part of a team of individuals who were tested on to expand the science of a "meta human". However after Hank Keller was brought down by the rebels the first time, he abandoned the group who depended on Hank to provide. When the hand that fed them got cut off, they formed their own extremist cult known as the Black Bloods, and set out to cause as much casualties as they could in the name of revenge. Disaster Dead was one the first ones to strike back by using his ability to crash the very plane the group was in the beginning of their journey. Grizzy continued to explain how the cult planned to attack a casino tomorrow as the next phase, but after the bear shared the plan, he became aggressive and attacked the three. Grizzy clawed a significant amount of damage to Jason's leg before Ben could hold the bear down with his super strength and eventually knock the bear out with a single slap to its head. Lincoln only watched from the side as Jason healed himself and they set out again to find the casino to stop the attack before it happens.

After following the clues, the three found probably the smallest city they have ever seen with a population of only 118, while also being one of the most popular casino towns in the state, which is Black Hawk, Colorado.

#### Meanwhile Back on The Farm...

While the group found Black Hawk, Colorado, Clark was all the way over in Livingston, Montana. He met with a fellow vigilante named Richard Sully. Richard, like Clark, was a military veteran and a patriot, he was the leader of his own team that went by the name of "Freedom Fighters". Although it was a small team, they were scattered across the mountain range from Montana to Texas. Despite Clark being mentally broken at the time, Richard took him under his wing and gave Clark a home and job so he could recover.

The Fighters main enemy was an uncatchable witch who would often move back and forth between the states as well as hiding herself within the wilderness and off the grid of each state, making her constantly difficult to track and catch. She was only seen on several occasions, but despite this, the fighters usually blamed this unknown witch for the disappearance of hikers or campers.

On one unfortunate night, Richard's son, who was also a member of the group, was patrolling in the mountains of Eastern Idaho when a flash blinding him during a drive through a switchback, causing his vehicle to swerve over the edge and tumble down the mountain face, killing him in the process. Upon hearing the news, Richard's first instinct was to blame it on their most common enemy, swearing on his life to find her and bring her to justice.

#### Casino Royale

Jason, Ben, and Lincoln find a hotel in the city of Black Hawk, Colorado, near the long stretch of casinos. Before Grizzy attacked the group, he told them of the clue of "Gold Rush" as their next lead. At around 7 pm, the team heads out to look for a casino of where the next Black Bloods terrorist attack might be, until they find one building by the name of "Gold Rush Casino and Resort". Upon entering, the group splits up to search around, Ben and Jason attend one game of blackjack while Lincoln searches around the restaurant for clues or suspicions. While Ben and Jason begin the game, the dealer introduces himself as Dean Anderson, and later in the game he reveals himself to be a member of the Black Bloods. When Jason and Ben find out however, their bodies suddenly become pulled together like a magnet. Dean Anderson also reveals that his power is to magnetize any object with another object, like he did to Ben's body and Jason's body.

While Ben and Jason attempt to pry themselves off each other, Dean magnetizes all the coins and poker chips in the casino, then uses them like bullets and shoots the coins at various civilians to begin his attack. Lincoln quickly rushed through the crowd of panic to stop Dean but his arm got gazed by one of the coins which forced him down for the rest of the fight. Ben and Jason manage to pry themselves off but before they can counter Dean, Grizzy crashes through the casino entrance in a rage. The Wild Bear rips out Dean's throat right before Jason and Ben could stop the bear. Eventually the group had to retreat from the Casino before the police arrived. Ben, Lincoln, and Jason return to their hotel to recover before starting a new day to look for the missing Flag.

#### Child's Play

During the night at the hotel, Lincoln and Jason were sleeping in one hotel room while Ben stayed in a separate room, however Ben woke up from a noise. When he went into the hall to investigate, he found a small girl in a pink dress standing outside Jason and Lincoln's room, staring at their door. Ben asked the young child who she was and what she was doing, assuming she was lost. She replied with an eire giggle before turning and skipping off and out of sight. Ben shrugged it off and turned back to make his way to his hotel room before he heard a thud from the roof. Upon another investigation, he found a body outside the hotel which appears to have fallen from the roof, with a bullet still lodged in the head. Ben then quickly went back into the hotel and woke Jason and Lincoln up so they could retreat again to avoid the police. When Ben woke them up however, he found that Lincoln and Jason were both different.

It appears as though the small girl that Ben had found earlier was one of the Black Blood members. She had a special power to revert living things to a previous form from years ago, a reverse aging. She used her power on Jason and Lincoln while they were sleeping and reversed their body's age to a toddler state. Ben woke them up to discover this.

With little to no time to investigate, Lincoln and Jason become separated from Ben by another attack from Wild Bear. Ben fought off the bear again while the two toddlers escaped to a local gas station where they become abduction by an old native woman.

#### Witch Hunt

Jason and Lincoln, while being mistaken as lost children, were invited into an isolated trailer home by an unknown elderly woman. She prepared them both a bowl of soup for dinner, while asking questions regarding their lost parents. Jason ate the soup while Lincoln set it aside, although they both quickly found out the soup was spiked with ketamine. Jason instantly went into a forced sleep, leaving only Lincoln to defend himself and Jason while in the body of a child. The unknown woman revealed that she was a member of the terrorists, The Black Bloods, but before she could even attempt to kill Lincoln or Jason, a bullet flew through her head from the trailer home window. It was a sniper shot, the loud noise woke Jason up while the magical effects on Lincoln and Jason's bodies began to wear off, placing their bodies at their original age.

### Retirement

Flag finally decided to put down his weapons forever and retire from not just vigilante work but from any job related to violence. His years of service from military, police, and vigilante work wore down Clark physically and mentally, to the point of losing control of himself on several occasions. The tedious missions strained Clark's ability to function, he felt less than a proper member to society. He officially retired from the Rebels in early February of 2020.

After retirement, Clark Flat became closer to his biological son, Lincoln. He began to spend more time with his son and even made his home a sanctuary for Lincoln to stay at when needed. Because of this, Lincoln grew an incredible amount of trust and respect for Clark, as he became the father figure that Lincoln needed so desperately in his life. The two naturally became bonded and hold an unspoken close relationship.

Not too long after, Clark also took in Ben Jacobson under his wing, however supporting two growing teenage boys took a financial impact on Clark's original budget. But despite this, Clark still refused to accept money from Ben, even though Ben worked 3 jobs and Clark worked 0. Clark was stubborn, so he began looking for work again. Clark was denied his old construction job due to his blind eye, hidden under his eye patch, so Clark had to start at the bottom of a different career choice. He eventually landed a job as an insurance salesman...*assistant*. He only viewed it as a setback, at least until he could catch up on the bills.

## Personality

*"My name is Clark, as some of you know. I might have given some of you a hard time last time I was here, and I'm sorry for that. It's not easy getting along with me, I have few close friends. It's easy to blame it on trust issues but it's really myself. Not very many people actually like me, and I don't know why. It might be because I put up a wall to everyone, because no one has been through what I went through, because no one relates to me, except for me. I have a bad habit of starting fights, or questioning them over little things, and it causes contention. I always try to find ways to blame other people but it's really my own fault. I always think I'm the "bigger man" but I never am, and I sure do talk a lot."*
—Clark Flat

Clark Flat, as a professional soldier and man of duty, is remarkably courageous, bold, dedicated, and determined. He takes his role as a defender seriously, although he's admitted to being overconfident at times. His personality reflects in his military upbringing even in his personal life; his home and haircut are all no frills and strictly spartan, save for his mission souvenirs. Despite having witnessed live action both on the battlefield and in the streets, is very kindhearted and diplomatic. As a former soldier, Flat is conditioned to display intense loyalty to his teammates and mental discipline. He feels deep remorse for when he has been under the influence of evil and manipulated to do ill, and often checks in on his close friends.

Flat made a difference in the military, and desired to do so on his home soil. This is what inspired him to join his former contact Jason Kade with Arcadian Rebels, becoming a great friend of his in the process. He has ever so viewed Kade as his good friend, almost akin to a brother. He sometimes serves as Kade's voice of reason, such as when he reminded him to give credit when credit is due. Since joining the Rebels, one of Clark's biggest goals was to look out for "the little guy."

He is very determined and dedicated to his work of crime-fighting vigilantism, sometimes employing illegal and morally dubious tactics while fighting crime as Flag, but ultimately for the good of Neo Arcadia. Although possessing great disgust and anger towards criminals and supervillains, Clark, like the other Rebels, has proven himself a very caring and selfless person, in addition to being incredibly brave, constantly putting his life on the line to save innocent lives and bringing the most dangerous criminals to justice for society's protection. Clark has bettered himself both mentally and physically to his peak, without any superhuman assistance, thereby making him capable of pulling off terrific feats without actually being superhuman. Hence, he epitomizes many humanist beliefs. While his intellect and extensive experience make Clark wise, they also make him slightly vain. Clark seemingly has no regard for the safety of his enemies, and tends to be extremely suspicious of others, especially those in possession of great power.

Clark is a self-admitted negative person by nature. He's developed a hardcore approach to battle due to a long-lived combination of emotional and physical pain, loss and exhaustion he's experienced during war, molding him into a cynical, pessimistic and world-weary person. This causes him to view Kade's approach to crimefighting as lenient and ineffective. This can also tend to lead Clark to be somewhat closed off from people outside of his close-knit social circle, often acting cold and hesitant to welcome them in.

Due to his time in the military, Clark is a disciplined and level-headed person who tries to approach everything with a calm demeanor, even in times of crisis. He has a sense of justice and a soldier's honor, and is extremely loyal to the people he cares about. Clark is also able to isolate his emotions from his ability to think logically due to his time in the military.

Clark loves his country. Along with encouraged patriotism, he has built a strong moral foundation, and is committed to the values of honor, freedom and country. His codename is a direct homage to its flag.

In fact, Clark is one of the most American vigilantes. He embodies fundamental elements of American ideology and different aspects of American values: standing up for the little guy, fighting for what's right, adhering to a strict moral code. Clark does so in a way that uniquely reflects America's role in the world. Clark mirrors America-- a young country, that post-World War II happened upon a massive amount of power, and constantly grapples with how to responsibility wield this newfound power - if it should at all. America doesn't have a long history to draw upon for moral direction, just as Clark didn't have any parents to guide him. He reflects many ideas inherent to American Exceptionalism: the idea that America has a duty to lead the world. This idea is encapsulated by "the city upon a hill," a metaphor taken from the New Testament by American colonists to describe their mission - to be a beacon of hope to the rest of the world. He feels a moral responsibility to use his skills justly, a dilemma that mirrors two American philosophies: "the Reluctant Sheriff" and "the American Jeremiad."

"The Reluctant Sheriff": The U.S. doesn't want to enforce international order, but since there isn't anybody else as powerful, Americans have to govern the rest of the world. The U.S. doesn't want to regulate global politics, but must do so to prevent the rising tide of violence. Clark feels obligated to be Flag. Much of his drama stems from Clark's struggle to balance his family life with his duty as a vigilante. "The Reluctant Sheriff" must also create a "posse," people who work with the Sheriff for the good of their "town." Clark works with the Marine Corps, police, EPF, and eventually the Rebels to create his own posse.

"The American Jeremiad" emphasizes that it is the U.S.'s God-given mission to save this world. It's like the Reluctant Sheriff, without the reluctance. If Americans lose their focus for even half-a-second, or think that someone might pick up the slack of spreading democracy, godliness and morality, the world could literally end, which is what vigilantes deal with. When Clark didn't stop Garrett Brockton from executing an innocent man, his moral inaction led to that man's demise, forever reminding Clark that if he does not live up to his ethical mission, people will die. He recognizes that it is his duty to protect and save lives.

Clark displays heroics with what's known in international relations as "hard power:" he rushes into battle, relying on his tactical sense, skills, and weapons to stop his opponent. This is reflected by his favorite weapon, the M249. However, he still believes in negotiation, but enjoys combat. This is contrary to Jason Kade, who offers a "soft power:" he'll try to persuade his enemies to stop their villainy with persuasive tactics. This difference highlights a central contradiction within the discourse of American identity-- moral righteousness through strength versus moral righteousness through leadership. In the face of the September 11th attacks, moral absolutes were demanded with the Bush Administration's "with us or against us" rhetoric. In a game of truth or dare, Clark even admitted to preferring to sign up for the military after 9/11 than any other warfare. Obama's election brought with it a youthful feel, tied to messages of hope and change.

Clark became a vigilante after most did. This reflects different models of how the global stage can and should operate. In a unipolar world, there is one central power that keeps everybody in line. Many argue that the current world is exactly this, and the US is not only that central power, but it should be (the American Jeremiad), but the world wasn't always unipolar, and some argue that it shouldn't be. In a multipolar world, there is no head honcho, but an assortment of nations with varying economic and military strength who coalesce into alliances (like the Rebels). Clark imagines this multipolar vision, and that struggling is just a step towards the American Dream.

Clark can sometimes be considered as racist, but he doesn't care. He would often mock his own adopted sons, Jirou and Sam, for being Asian.

## Powers and Abilities

*"Not entirely, I just- doubt that war will ever leave me alone, or maybe I can't leave war alone."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
### Soldier's Son

After Thin White Duke's stand, Station to Station, shot Clark with a Stand Arrow, he gained the ability to summon his own stand, "Soldier's Son." His Stand is a 7-foot robotic manifestation of his endurance, determination, loyalty and patriotism (featuring red, white and blue-clad armor along with a shield with a star emblazoned on it). According to Thin White Duke, Clark was given "the power of the gods" in order to compete with Roger David and his Stand-wielding henchmen, and was referred to as "powerful" by Duke not long after practicing with Clark.

Soldier's Son has below-average range, average speed and precision, and above-average durability, power and potential.

* **Superhuman Strength:** Soldier's Son can generate superhuman strength and force, and can cause considerable damage when applying it to his star-crested shield. He overpowered Thin White Duke's stand, Station to Station (severely denting its metallic structure), and can add momentum to throwing his shield for stronger blows. Using his spear, Soldier's Son was able to impale Velvet Underground's dense flesh and even briskly rip it out. Soldier's Son was also able to defeat Roger David's Stand, the Wall, despite Ezra Senthryil's claims that the Wall's defenses are "absolute."
* **Superhuman Durability:** Soldier's Son wields a bulletproof shield, and is also resistant to energy blasts from the powerful Evan Broxton. He can also quickly shrug off fall damage, and was able to withstand having its face scraped against the side of a moving high-speed train.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Soldier's Son is can move extremely quickly. He can swiftly bolt across the battlefield in a fight, and avoided a train before it was able to hit him. Soldier's Son can also fly at high speeds.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Soldier's Son is incredibly agile and nimble, able to perform gymnastic maneuvers in battle.
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** Soldier's Son possesses superhumanly quick reaction time. He was able to deflect a bullet fired at him with his mighty shield, and used it to block rapid kicks from Station to Station.
* **Flight:** Soldier's Son can take high-speed flight. By carrying Clark, the two can travel long distances in a short span of time.
* **Evocation:** Along with summoning weapons in the Arsenal of Democracy, Soldier's Son can call upon the spirits of dead warriors to rise and provide aid in battles. However when Soldier's Son conjures a fighting spirit, the soul can only remain for a temporary amount of time. Soldier's Son has never used this ability.

#### Toy Soldier

Toy Soldier is the stand's ability to temporarily give a portion of itself up to create a small remote control desert tan hummer and a flexible GI-Joe action figure stand to operate the hummer. Flag mostly uses Toy Soldier to scout and complete recons for the team, as the hummer is although toy-sized, it can travel on rough terrain at a maximum of 25 MPH. The action figure, named "Toy Soldier" "Soldier" "TS" or "Commando" can fire from a real toy-sized rifle, and is skilled with all of Flag's knowledge on combat, including medical treatment and tactical operations. The little stand is also skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and carries a ka-bar, although if the stand ever stabbed the miniature knife into anyone, it would feel more like a sharp prick rather than being stabbed. Toy Soldier also has the ability to adapt to its environment, its default uniform is desert camouflage, but Toy Soldier usually summons in a camouflage to match its environment, like jungle green or tundra white. Although Toy Soldier is a stand, and made of plastic, it still has the basic senses of a human, it can see, hear, smell, taste, and feel, more specifically it can feel pain as well, having it's plastic arm ripped off would cause tremendous pain, the same amount of a human arm being ripped from it's socket. Its small size can give an advantage as well as disadvantage, so it uses it's size and skills to the best of it's abilities each time he is summoned.

Toy soldier was nicknamed "Thomas" by Joni Jacobson.

### Abilities

*"I am proud of my service, but i sure as hell did not do it for any medal. They don't make me any better or less than any other guy who served. Medals never tell the whole story."*
—Chris Kyle
Clark is an American Marine. His military neurachem conditioning means he is healthy along with having driving determination and horselike stamina. He has classic male attributes, such as height, strength, attractiveness, and the ability to hold one’s liquor and throw darts, separately or together. He is an enormous mountain of a man in his early forties with a heavily muscled torso, exceptional muscle tone, rigid posture, a solid sergeant's bulk and a barely swelling waistline. Clark is also versed in battle strategy, field combat and police work.

During his military service, Clark earned the Navy Cross (second only to the Medal of Honor), Navy and Marine Corps Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and a few marksmanship badges. He is also certified on the rifle range.

Clark's military record greatly impressed Rafael Gallardo and his associates. Gallardo even told him "[he has] a gift" and offered him a leadership position in his organization. Tiara Calinao has said that Clark was one of most competent members of the Killer Kings, and Bloody Hell has compared him to John Wick. According to Matthew Rogers, there are some theories running around that he and Lincoln were both part of a super soldier project of sorts due to their military aesthetic.

*"I may be a jarhead but I know a lot about taking care of myself."*
—Clark Flat

* **Peak Human Condition:** As an ex-Marine, vigilante, bodybuilder, construction foreman, and ex-police officer, Clark is in exemplary physical shape from frequent intense training and extensive experience in the field, being burly and athletic. His body and mind are at the peak human condition of a man of his age, weight, and height through extensive training and a strict diet from his years as a Marine with greatly heightened levels of strength, durability, stamina (allowing him to both absorb and deliver brutally strong hits), and surprisingly vast speed, agility, reflexes, senses and healing for someone of his size and build. He keeps a regular appearance at his gym and follows a ketogenic diet (high fats, low carbohydrates) for eating and military-style workouts. Some of his regular workout feats are lifting, conditioning drills, and running up hills, an exercise regimen designed to strengthen his cardiovascular system and achieve maximal hypertrophy. His top-notch physical condition allows him to endure intense pressure and sessions of torture. By following the ketogenic diet, Clark has trained his body to run on fats instead of carbohydrates, which reduces his need to eat due to fat lasting longer, burning slower and providing more energy. Clark's father even exaggerated that "the kid [Clark] was built like a tank when he was born"; similarly, Clark has exaggerated that if his adoptive son Sam Fakashami were his biological son, he would have been born buff. Lilienna has stated Clark's tremendous physique reminds her of a bear, and Jason has made numerous comparisons of him to other physically fit champions. Doctor Steve Ericson agrees that Clark is a fine prime physical specimen of male vitality, and though he is slightly past his prime, he maintains his muscles in tip-top condition. Even at an advanced age in an alternate future, Clark is in great physical condition and still pulls his weight as a member of the Rebels; his strength and size allow him to wield heavy guns without any loss in accuracy from recoil. Of his own admission, Clark's fitness is on the same level as a super-soldier, despite his claims of himself having gone to seed and with his stiffened joints. Following his retirement, Clark stayed moderately active by engaging in golf and equestrianism, in which he thrived. He is also an Olympic-level weightlifter, biathlete and tennis table player.
	+ **Peak Human Strength:**      Though Clark believes that his age has caught up to him a bit and he is not as fast as he used to be two decades ago, he has still got the muscle mass edge on most of his opponents. He can generate levels of strength bordering on low levels of superhuman status, as he was able to lift 528 pounds (240 kilograms, more than twice his bodyweight) on the leg extension, curl a barbell with 450 pounds (204 kilograms) of weight attached (a feat which neither Lincoln Grace nor Jason Kade could accomplish) and casually curl 115 pounds (50 kilograms) with one hand. He undergoes extremely intense exercises to strengthen the maximum number of muscles beyond the limits of human potential and vastly increase his endurance, while maintaining his muscles in peak condition. Clark is therefore remarkably strong for a man of his age; he held the combined weight of Almanac and Echis with a grappling hook (roughly 365 pounds/165 kilograms), though this did momentarily strain him. He can hurl a tire weighing between 105 and 110 pounds without difficulty, lift an oil barrel overhead and throw it, and he carries nearly 100 pounds on average for every mission, with his heavy rucksack holding his rifles and other gear. He is able to exert the pressure necessary to break human bones, which have a tensile strength of 150 MPa/21,755.7 psi. Clark's punching force is also impressive; each one of his hits that land, pound for pound, hurt a lot more than a normal heavyweight. He once punched a disturbing woman in the throat to inhibit her screaming, made a would-be-assassin drop his sniper rifle with one punch, effortlessly punched through two bamboo sticks in one motion, and Hunter once armored up just to take a punch from him. Clark is able to contend with other beings of superhuman physical constitution, as he managed to crush the bones of Autumn, who is a Demi-Titan of superhuman resilience, held his own against Atlantean warriors, and even managed to injure the excessively dense Ben Jacobson. One of his greatest feats of strength was defeating Wild Bear (one of the most powerful terrestrial predators on the planet), having held back his 1,250 psi bite force. His leg strength is nearly equally impressive, as he can leap great horizontal distances and kick through bamboo with little effort. He can perform 90 push-ups in a minute, quickly climb a rope, crush a beer can against his head, and he consistently beats Jason at arm-wrestling. Ben stated that Clark is strong as an ox. Even after he retired, Clark is still very strong, as he managed to suplex Jason into a wall.
	+ **Peak Human Durability:** In terms of resilience and endurance, Clark is exceptionally durable by human standards due to his intense training and field experience having made his skin, bones, and muscles far denser than an average human. Hence, he doesn't require a tourniquet when withstanding gunshots. Although they can penetrate his skin, this does not slow him down. As a healthy male adult, his ribs should be able to take about 450 pounds of pressure before they crack. When Latuse Creen punched him in the face, Clark was unmoving and unfazed. He merely received scars from a shotgun blast to his upper back, but even more impressively he survived being embedded with five bullets from an AK-47 (three in his chest, two in his shoulder), and they didn't even break his bones, although they had to be dug out. Jason's nicknamed Clark "the Man of Steel" after the latter's personal hero due to the feats of survival he's accomplished. This was emphasized when Clark cashed a punch to the jaw from Reggie's cybernetic arm and tanked a punch to the gut from the superhumanly strong Autumn Stone, the latter without any audible exclamation of pain. Clark was able to break a bamboo stick with his ankle without bruising his shin. Clark considered himself "the tank" of the Arcadian Rebels for his borderline superhuman sturdiness. He was unfazed when Jason delivered a knifehand strike to his neck, further displaying his ability to absorb impact and remain standing. This was seen again when he barely budged from John's hits in their fight.
	+ **Peak Human Speed:** Clark is incredibly fast for a man of his age, height and weight. As a Marine, he is able to run eight miles without stopping and at a quick pace without exerting himself too much. Running a single mile is effortless for Clark, and is facilitated by the Marine cadence "Mile Ten." In his youth, Clark could run two miles in 15 minutes (which was later beneficial during his time as a police officer as the physical exam required him to be able to run the same distances in under 25 minutes), meaning he can run a mile in 7 minutes and 30 seconds (8 mph, whereas the average man runs 5.84 mph, meaning he is 27% faster than the average man). Even after his prime, Sam Aran was impressed with his mobility during a mission. However, Clark has admitted that Jason is faster than him due to his youth, but he can still run somewhat faster than the average soldier as he could almost keep up with the deceptively quick Autumn Stone in a chase. Even as a quadragenarian, he was faster than his son, Lincoln. After he took a break from exercising, he was still able to maintain his speed while jogging with Jason. He is also an extremely quick draw, as seen when he killed the Man in Black in an old-school duel, and he can quickly climb a rope. Jason has compared his lightning-quick draw speed to that of Wyatt Earp.
	+ **Peak Human Agility:** Clark is at peak level of agility for a man of his height, weight and age. He was agile enough to leap into the air and kick Axel Trevor in the jaw. He also deftly dove behind a desk when Tim fired a rocket launcher past him.
	+ **Peak Human Stamina:** Clark is a man of incredible physical stamina, vigor and virility, able to expend cardiovascular effort for long periods of time. Due to his Marine training, he has had to endure an extremely rigorous conditioning and stamina regimen. He has hinted to having once carried a weight of 30-40 pounds on his back for a distance of three miles, though he has said this resulted in him feeling unbalanced afterwards. His ketogenic diet enables him to withstand long periods of time without nourishment, demonstrated when he spent an entire day in his locker without food or water when his counterpart impersonated him and hid him away. As a Marine, he was also trained to sleep anywhere along with on how to avoid sleep. On the Rebels' journey to find Ted Kaczynski, Clark walked along with his teammates on horseback while he let Jason briefly rest on his horse. In general, his abnormally high conditioning and stamina are present in his fighting style, as it is much less strenuous in contrast to Jason who often quickly uses complex martial arts techniques. His blood pressure is approximately 130/80, demonstrating his cardiovascular wellness.
	+ **Peak Human Reflexes:** Clark has extremely well-honed reaction time and instinctive awareness. His amazing reflexes enabled him to catch a spear thrown at him by Nate Walsh, who was using superhuman force at the time. On another occasion in a bar, Clark quickly took a customer's glass and chucked it at the wall, shattering it, barely giving the customer any time to react. During Axel Trevor's attacks on Neo Arcadia, he caught a knife thrown by Trevor, a man pushed beyond human physical potential. His reflexes extend to his legs, as he was able to quickly reach his leg out and deflect a dart from popping his front tire while riding a motorcycle. He later quickly reacted to Tim firing a rocket launcher passed him, diving behind a desk to avoid it. Clark retained his reflexes after he retired, as he was able to sway back from Jason's tornado kick.
	+ **Peak Human Senses:** Due to his time in the military, Clark has developed sharp senses and can pick up on danger. He has keen eyesight, which allows him to see the details in detective cases, as well as hearing sufficient to detect distinct sounds imperceptible to the untrained ear.
	+ **Peak Human Metabolism:** Clark's metabolism runs faster than an average human due to his strict ketogenic diet and incredible workout regimen, which allows him to have a great metabolism, healing rate, immune system, and longevity (with Ben even believing that Clark would live forever). His strong metabolism gives him an inhuman ability to withstand the effects of alcohol, allowing him to hold liquor like no other. He often drank Jason under the table due to his better ability to metabolize toxins; he can imbibe ten beers before passing out, but he can also prevent himself from drinking too much with his Marine discipline. Steroids also have barely any effect on Clark. His healing rate is so great that Doctor Ericson allowed him to leave the hospital early after he was heavily injured by a hitman.
	+ **High Pain Tolerance:** Clark is capable of withstanding tremendous amounts of pain, due to having received numerous beatings in his childhood (such as being thrashed with a wrench) and is trained in interrogation resistance due to having taken his SERE course (survival, evasion, resistance and escape) during his time in the Marine Corps. He can handle the pain of taking a punch to the face with little exclamation of injury. As a testimony of Clark's high tolerance for pain, he withstood being shot with a Stand Arrow and resisted the urge to put himself out of his own misery, and he ultimately managed to manifest his own Stand as a result.

*"Clark is a soldier. He will kill you."*
—Jason Kade
* **Master Marksman:** Clark is one of the world's most expert marksmen. He has stupendously accurate aim, and he rarely misses his target. He is proficient in rifles, pistols, revolvers, machine guns, shotguns, and sniper rifles. He has earned several badges in marksmanship during his military service and he is officially certified on the rifle range for the ECPD. As a Marine, he tends to shoot his enemies twice in the chest and once in the head as a part of the Table 2 Marine marksmanship training; he has admitted he was trained to aim for the heart. The Marines trained him in action and combat shooting for long-range accuracy, movement, speed, precision and transition between guns. On one occasion, while falling down backward, he fired off three rounds from his Desert Eagle into his attacker's chest and demonstrated tight grouping with the bullets. Under Clark's tutelage, Andrew Lavellan would become very skilled in wielding handguns due to his advice on proper gun stances, and he also taught Jason the fundamentals of marksmanship. During Axel Trevor's attacks on Neo Arcadia, Clark accurately shot a gunsmith's hand and made him drop his rifle. When the situation calls for it, Clark has also shown to be able to wield a rifle one-handed, akimbo style, with nearly equal skill. Clark quickly and precisely killed the Man in Black in an official duel, and later displayed deadeye accuracy when he shot a samurai-like assassin in the head atop a motel rooftop from afar. Officer Bentley later recounted that Clark has "deadly aim." Even though his left eye was clawed out by Wild Bear, Clark remains a master marksman. By mid-January 2020, he claimed that he does not miss.
* **Expert Combatant:** Clark has considerable experience in live combat, having served two tours with the US Marine Corps. While preferring non-violent confrontations, Clark possesses hand-to-hand combat skills that he honed during his time as a Marine. Because of this, he is able to keep up with superpowered individuals. His fighting style is composed of Fencing, Boxing, Kickboxing, Professional Wrestling, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Krav Maga, Shotokan Karate, Judo, Hapkido, and combat shooting. He is capable of wielding both knives and swords, occasionally incorporating them into his fighting style. Since joining the Arcadian Rebels, he's practiced multiple forms of unarmed combat and maintains his fighting ability from regular intense sparring matches with Almanac. He was confident in his ability to kill the young marksman Leo, and he also received minor training in fighting from Creon and Daniel Silver. After further training with Jason, Clark vastly improved in his bare-knuckle boxing technique and even picked up grappling techniques. He has since become a well-rounded martial artist and brawler, and it should also be noted that Clark's fighting style does not require a lot of energy, allowing him to utilize his tip-top Marine conditioning to outlast his opponent if he cannot out-skill them. According to Jason, Clark would be a green belt in Taekwondo. Clark favors punching his enemies in the throat, easily fracturing their larynxes with his peak human strength.
	+ **Sword Skills:** Clark has a basic intuition in using swords in combat, having used his Marine rapier defend himself on occasion before its destruction. He later received instruction on swordsmanship from Star. This would later prove instrumental for Soldier's Son, who defeated Roger David's Stand, the Wall, with Manifest Destiny. Clark has some skill in Japanese swords, as he used a katana to swiftly chop off the branch of a bonsai tree.
	+ **Shield Mastery:** Clark has an innate understanding of how to wield a shield in combat, as seen by his Stand's expert use of a tough, rigid discus-shaped shield as its primary weapon. In addition to using the shield to block and deflect incoming attacks, Soldier's Son can accurately hurl his shield at his enemies and retrieve it with a boomerang-like return effect.
	+ **Hammer Skills:** Clark knows how to fight well with a sledgehammer, as Soldier's Son was able to effectively fend off the Stand, Wild is the Wind when they hijacked the Rebels' flight to Emerald City.
	+ **Spear Expertise:** Clark knows how to dual-wield a spear with a shield to great effect, as seen through Soldier's Son's actions.
* **Skilled Acrobat:** Clark has average skill in maneuvering through obstacle-filled environments, or making lands from higher floors. In his youth, he could already shuffle along the edges of buildings and climb down gutters. He can also occasionally execute gymnastic martial arts techniques.
* **Bow Skills:** Clark learned the basics of archery under Jason's tutelage. After some time, he quit practicing with a bow.

*"My element is warfare."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
* **Gifted Intelligence:** Clark is a very smart individual, having honed his military, police and agent skills over the years, most notably his fantastic keen sense of strategy, along with business, detective, interrogation, social, explosives, lingual, medical, political, sacerdotal and musical skills. As an ex-Marine, Clark is well-versed in intelligence gathering, decoding ciphers and other coded messages, infiltration, espionage and explosives. Despite claiming to be not as intelligent as those with scientific or technological backgrounds, he instantly answered when Kade asked about the irresistible force paradox, "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?," and corectly answered "they yield." Dilemma claimed that Clark was very wise after witnessing him solve her riddles. Clark has also demonstrated understanding of Plato's highly complex Socratic dialogue and historic literature concerning philosophy and political science. As a sniper, Clark can quickly calculate angle and variables such as rifling twist, chamber pressure, bullet weight, and even the curvature of the Earth in with the wind effect. The highly intelligent Saul Collins has referred to Clark as "a military tactical genius," as he is one of the greatest tacticians in the history of the EPF.
	+ **Master Tactician:**      Clark, as the former intelligence officer and commander of the elite EPF paramilitary tactical unit **Delta Dogs** and given his lack of superpowers, is a brilliant and highly-decorated tactician. He has demonstrated the ability to process multiple information streams (e.g., threat assessment) and respond to changing tactical situations, by creating winning strategies, and can make split-second tactical decisions that either save people's lives or overpower his adversaries. He is well-trained in the Armed Forces disciplines, and well-versed in tactical analysis, terrorist behavior and military protocol, which includes battle drills, weaponry, first aid, water survival, searching EPWs, and handling gasses and toxins. He was trained to assess combat situations so he can conjure and execute effective winning strategies, such as using his flare gun to attract heat-seeking missiles away from his air bike, shooting a grenade near Autumn Stone when he realized a bullet would be less effective against her, and quickly adapting to his newfound Stand and using his new capabilities to mount a two-sided assault on Thin White Duke and his Stand by firing at it as a distraction so his own Stand could surprise attack it. He is a thorough and seasoned planner, as he is proficient in designing operations and implementing equipment and personnel as needed. As an experienced EPF colonel, Clark is a very skilled leader, able to successfully lead the Delta Dogs in missions, and also perform as an adjunct leader for the Arcadian Rebels. Jason Kade has stated he'd follow Clark through Hell. He is also a basic chess player and is familiar with military formations (namely the wedge formation for everything combat-related, diamond, line and zig-zag). Under Clark's tutelage, Jason would learn essential, valuable military/tactical skills, such as battle strategy and knowing the fight. Clark's stand, Soldier's Son, is the ultimate manifestation of Clark's tactical prowess, as it is extremely warfare-oriented and carries multiple weapons and can be adapted into various strategies, making it superbly combat effective. Agent Chris Alex, the strategic lead of the EPF, noted Clark for being tactical.
	+ **Expert Investigator:** Due to his time as a police officer, Clark is an accomplished detective. He can track down people and items in an efficient manner. He has superb insight into solving problems; on a case where a lady requested him to figure out who killed her brother at a local restaurant, Clark deduced it was the former all along based on a cursory interview. He's previously commented on his zeal for crime-solving, even complimenting Bruce's expert detective skills. His obscure knowledge and powers of observation came in handy during Darla's riddle-filled haunted house. He also impressed Jason with his deduction on the meaning of bonsai trees based on a previous technique he taught him with shaping the trees to calm the mind. Clark has implied that Jason is only half as good of a detective as he is.
	+ **Expert Interrogator:** As a former police officer, Clark was trained in interrogation techniques to retrieve information from suspects. In collaboration with Bruce, Clark proved a very effective interrogator, with the two becoming known for their "good cop, bad cop" routine.
	+ **Skilled Businessman:** Before Clark Joined the Marines, he spent lots of time studying marketing and sales. He learned some of the principles of business and picked up on many marketing strategies that larger companies use, such as becoming familiar with ethos (demonstrating he is a credible expert), pathos (appealing to emotions) and logos (appealing to sense of logic). He also read Bruce's father's book on the key to success and remembered several business tips, such as *"To get the best out of people, you need to get to know them on a personal level."*, *"We need to bond as a unit."*, *"A boss can't be afraid to look human."*, *"Problems are just opportunities dressed in work clothes."*, and *"Winners are just losers that don't accept defeat."* Clark later used his business skills to open up Dead Eye's Custom Armory and eventually sell it for a profit. He went on to put his skills to use by becoming an insurance salesman after he retired from the Rebels.
	+ **Skilled Social Intuit:** Clark has a high degree of social confidence, allowing him to intuitively determine how to interact with others, having gained social experience as a police officer.
	+ **Explosives Expertise:** Clark is an expert with diffusing explosive devices. He knows precisely just what wires to cut and when, and is usually prepared for it. He also excels in applying and detonating explosives. His love for explosives came from the movie *The Hurt Locker*, starring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie.
	+ **Skilled Networker:** As an experienced Marine, police officer, EPF agent, vigilante and interrogator, Clark owns a network of contacts and uses it to further his superhero ambitions. Such contacts include Nate Walsh (a scientist) and Grover (a skilled private investigator).
	+ **Skilled Physician:** Clark is trained in emergency medicine, and is occasionally designated to evaluate and treat injuries sustained by his teammates. He once treated the wounds of Isaac Morov when Sears inflicted fatal damage to him with explosives. Clark was able to stop the hemorrhage and sterilize Isaac's wounds, ultimately saving his life with the aid of Almanac.
	+ **Skilled Political Scientist:** Despite having no training in politics, Clark has a good understanding of political science, such as the inner workings and intended goals of both political structures and intelligence agencies, including the negative ramifications of his ex-opponent Aranza Whitmore's "Oust" plan. During his political campaign, Clark appealed to Republican desires and hard-fought principles (tax reform, gun ownership rights, fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense, a limited government, voter I.D. laws etc.) in contrast to Whitmore. Jason Kade would go so far as to say that Clark's ideology of humanism makes the latter sound like someone running for political office, which is solidified by the fact that Clark has bettered himself both mentally and physically to his peak, without any superhuman assistance, making him capable of pulling off terrific feats without actually being superhuman. However, he eventually acquired superpowers through having a Stand.
	+ **Skilled Theologist:** Clark, as a devout Christian, has knowledge of biblical creeds theology, such as concepts of God and the nature of religious ideas, and can skillfully interpret and explain Bible passages to the adamant atheist Jason Kade. He was able to help him find an appropriate passage for Isaac Morov's funeral. During his service in the USMC, he would often seek council from military chaplains. Even after his service, he continued to study the Bible and on occasion, visit a church organization for guidance.
	+ **Skilled Musician:** Clark can play the guitar along with some piano, and can also sing. Inspired by his first lover, Stephanie Kiddos, the latter taught him to play guitar in high school, and he would later use this skill to perform cover songs alongside Jason Kade.
	+ **Expert Survivalist:** While in the Marine Corps, Flat was trained on surviving in almost any condition, land or sea, and in any environment, he was also trained on using any resource given to his advantage. While the Rebels were stranded on a mission to fight Corvell, Flag was able to adapt to his surroundings and fight Corvell's soldiers with the aid of Vision Corp.
	+ **Multilingualism:** Apart from his native English, Clark picked up on the Pashto, Farsi, Dari, Tajiki and Arabic languages for operations in the Middle East, and thus has a good understanding of it. He also knows a little Spanish and German, but not enough to speak a full sentence, as well as Morse Code.

*"Don't you remember all those soldiers I killed with the Vision Corp? Took them out one at a time... they didn't even see what hit them."*
—Clark Flat
* **Stealth:** Clark was trained in stealth tactics during his time as a Marine. In his Delta Dogs uniform, he can effectively blend in with the dark to hide from his enemies, which is all the more impressive given he stands 6'2". Clark was already proficient in stealth in his youth, learning at an early age how to crawl through a pitch black hallway of homes and sneaking out a window shuffling along an edge of a building and climbing down a gutter. The Neo Arcadia Police Department nicknamed Clark "the Ghost Killer" for leaving no evidence behind in the accidental murders of the Morrison brothers. In the future, Clark was able to hide from his stealth master son, Sam Fakashami.

*"I have a lot of endurance, for the hard moments in life, I think I proved that."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
* **Indomitable Will:** Clark is a man of determination and both physical and mental fortitude. He has lived to protect the lives of others and to help in any way he can. For the most part, he is fearless; he is scared at times, but he never shows it nor lets fear control him. Thin White Duke stated that Clark has an "amazing fighting spirit." Clark is also a man of integrity and courageously stands up for what he believes in; the pinnacle of this was seen when he punched Zeus in the face for being disrespectful.

## Weaknesses

Since Clark was young, he developed limits for himself. Throughout his years, he has pushed past his comfort zone and became stronger than he ever thought he could, however as far as he pushed his limits, they are still there and they will remain apart of him for as long as he lives.

*"It doesn't feel like recovery; it feels like I'm still fighting a war somewhere, and if I'm not there fighting, I'm letting people get hurt or die. And if I do fight, I feel empty. Less than empty... it's a void. A black hole."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
* **Haunted Past:** Due to his time in the USMC, Clark has seen and done things that will stay with him throughout his life, he has many buried secrets that will occasionally resurface every time he is reminded of them. He keeps a few items of his past on his shelf at home to remind himself of his secrets and to keep himself humble.
* **Human Vulnerabilities:** As a human, Clark is without superpowers and is vulnerable to physical attacks from opponents of equal or greater strength. However, he compensates for this quite well with his regular workouts, expert marksmanship, military combat skills and extensive knowledge of warfare and tactics.
* **Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:** Mostly known as PTSD, is a common disorder with combat veterans like Clark. He often struggles with survivors guilt, depression, and disturbing thoughts and feelings related to his trauma. Although he takes a medication for it, he is inconsistent with taking his medication and refuses to be labeled with the disorder, so he tries to keep to himself. To worsen his condition, he uses alcoholism as his own treatment.

### Former

*"Might be hard to believe, but when in fear, the only person they think about is themselves."*
—Clark Flat
* **Aquaphobia:** Clark used to have a fear of drowning, but at some point in his life he overcame this fear. In a later mission while he was in Atlantis, his fear of drowning resurfaced when his oxygen supply was breached while under water.

## Techniques

* **Krav Maga:** Clark was trained in Krav Maga techniques during his time in the Marines. He was taught to target his opponents' weak points, and as such one of his favorite techniques is punching someone in the throat.

## Equipment

### Attire

* **Delta Dogs Suit:** Clark's Colonel variation of the Delta Dogs suit comes with full, black tactical clothing and a knapsack. On the side of the pack is a sheath for his rapier. After joining the Rebels, this became Clark's designated stealth suit. He kept it in his locker at the Rebels HQ until he donated it to his son, Lincoln, which became Banner's first real suit.
* **Flag Suit:** Clark's suit for his Flag persona is highly durable, and has a utility belt like Almanac. He received a new and improved Flag suit from Tim.
	+ **Multi-Lenses Headlamp**: A small attachable, cylinder flashlight on the side of his helmet which includes a red lens and dim lens for different environments.
	+ **GoPro**: An attachable camera in the center of his helmet, which at times, he'll record certain missions.
	+ **Goggles:** Separate goggles with a thermovision mode and night vision mode. He once used the night vision to travel through an underground cave with the rest of the rebels while searching for Saber Slash.

* **Prime Armor:** Half way through Flag's service with the Rebels, He received an upgraded suit with full body armor over the Nano suit. He engineered the nanotech as one of the layers in his prime suit for blast and bullet projectile protection. With his new armor, he included a thin concrete layer with steel alloy along the outside. Because of the dense layers, the suit was incredibly heavy, along with a 50 lbs ruck on his back and a heavy submachine gun with its ammo, he carried some extreme weight.
* **Nanosuit:** Clark received an upgraded uniform from a mysterious blacksmith, who designed it to be blast-resistant due to nano-shield emitters, along with patriotic design.

### Weaponry and Gadgets

*"Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire. Always know what is left, right, and beyond your enemy. Always treat the gun as if it's loaded, and never point it at anything you do not wish to kill."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade

* **IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX:** Clark wielded a Desert Eagle, a gas-powered semi-automatic high-power .50-caliber pistol effective at close range with a magazine capacity of 7, during his service with the Killer Kings, and he acquired a second to dual-wield in his Flag persona. Clark traded one in when Tim upgraded his Flag suit and continued to dual-wield it with his Colt. He brought it on the journey to stop Roger David, using it to kill one of his henchmen, the Man in Black. This pistol is custom modified with a handprint lock built into the grip, which is designed so the firing pin won't engage without the designated hand on the trigger, meaning only Clark can fire the DEagle.
* **SIG-Sauer P320 Full-Size:** Clark's police sidearm was this striker-fired pistol with a smooth trigger, full length slide, tight grip, and a magazine capacity of 14. It is a further development of the P250 that is striker fired rather than using a double action hammer. He chose this gun out of practicality, since its heavier weight reduces recoil. Clark traded this in to continue using his Colt.
* **Colt M1911:** Clark owns a silver barreled .45-caliber pistol with a magazine capacity of 7 as a backup civilian gun, and later began to use it as his main sidearm for his Flag identity, dual-wielding it with one DEagle. He brought it on the journey to stop Roger David, and he later gave it to Joni Jacobson for protection.
* **Glock 17:** Clark was given a Glock 17, arguably the most iconic pistol of all time, by Jason Kade on his birthday as a backup weapon for his Colt.
* **Hellsing Arms .454 Casull:** Jess Connor gave Clark a 39cm long semiautomatic pistol that fires 13mm rounds. He began using it as often as his 1911 Colt. It is one of two guns in a rare collection. There is only one other gun similar to the Hellsing that exists, the Jackal, which became lost decades before Clark learned about it.
* **Mk22 Hush Puppy:** Isaac Morov lent Clark this suppressed tranquilizer pistol to use against Colonel Sears.
* **AMT AutoMag V:** Flag also owns a .50 Action Xxpress, all-American AutoMag. Although he rarely uses it, he stores it in his truck for quick access and defense.
* **Colt Python:** Clark brandished a live Colt revolver with his cowboy costume for Dilemma's haunted house, but he did not really use it. He later brought it to the Rebels' head quarters for a round of Russian roulette, surviving his turn with the revolver. Clark keeps a long barrel variant of this under his bathroom sink behind a box of soap.
* **Colt Single Action Army:** Clark found this revolver from a frozen corpse in an ice cave on the trip to find Ted Kaczynski.

*"A story. A man fires a rifle for many years... and he goes to war. And afterward, he turns the rifle in at the armory... and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands... love a woman, build a house... change his son's diaper... his hands remember the rifle."*
—Clark Flat
* **M4 Carbine:** Clark first trained with this fully automatic rifle, effective at medium range, in his early military days to adjust to low recoil. This is also his designated hunting rifle. Clark brought this on his first mission with the Killer Kings to Switzerland, but he did not fire any rounds. He later received an upgraded M4 with advanced ammunition from fellow Muffin Men veteran Tim, alongside a new, improved suit. He'll often provide an overwatch position for the Arcadian Rebels with this rifle, as he can conveniently sling it around when transitioning to it from another weapon. Even after he retired from the Rebels, Clark brought this rifle to the train station to battle Thin White Duke for a rematch.
* **M16:** The M16 is the standard rifle used by Killer Kings soldiers, and, as such, Clark used it to threaten or shoot most of his enemies in his military service.
* **Colt AR-15:** Clark's used this assault rifle to go hunting, but discarded of it upon national concern due to the easy nature of acquiring it and the age to legally own one. He traded this in as he preferred using his M4 carbine.
* **Timber Classic Marlin 336C:** Clark used this hunting rifle to kill elk along with Jason Kade and Aranza Whitmore. He accurately used it to shoot one elk in the head, and double-tapped another. He brought it again when he took Kade and Ben Jacobson hunting, and used it to shoot an elk.
* **FN SCAR-H:** Flag also owns a short stroke SCAR battle rifle.

*"God damn, don't run in front of this thing!"*
—Clark Flat to Autumn Stone

* **M249 SAW:** Flat's signature weapon during his time with the Marine Corps was a fully automatic light machine gun with a collapsible tripod for prone-position-firing and a high rate of fire, effective at medium to long range. He favored it over the rest of the weapons in his loadout, going so far as to refer to it as his "best friend." Clark was in the weapons team for both of his tours so this was the weapon he carried. This was his choice of weapon against Axel Trevor's robots attacks, and during this time he tutored Jason Kade on how to properly fire it.
* **M240 Bravo:** Flat's secondary choice of machine guns is the M240B. He used it during an ambush on Darkuss Island against Lightning Gear and the other rejects. He also used it during an attack by Sears.
* **M60:** Clark brought an M60 machine gun on a Killer Kings mission to clear out a South American hospital. This comes with an attachable bipod for assisted aiming.
* **Heckler & Koch MP5K:** Clark acquired this submachine gun from a Banshee Corporation security agent when they were hunting down Jax, and kept it ready to use to return fire.
* **Remington 887:** Clark took a shotgun from under Superlative Coffee's counter to prevent a robbery by threatening a mugger. He didn't have to use it until the Banshee Corp security soldiers stormed the coffee shop looking for the cyborg Jax. When he ran out of ammunition, Jason Kade gave him one soldier's MP5K submachine gun.
* **Barrett M82A1M:** Clark's preferred sniper rifle is a .50-caliber semi-automatic sniper rifle effective at long range. It has a rapid re-center speed and a 10-round magazine. Clark began using this less after realizing his rifles were sufficient for long-range combat. He kept it as a backup weapon, and let Ben Jacobson use it for a hunting expedition.

*"Try not to shoot your eye out."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
* **Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle:** Clark was given this EPF-issued scoped rifle with a 20-round magazine, however he only uses it on rare occasions for long distance targets. When he was on the run from the Black Bloods, he used it to shoot a samurai-like assassin atop a motel roof to save Jason, Ben and Lincoln. He allowed Jason to practice with the rifle at an outdoor shooting range, and taught the latter how to properly adjust a rifle scope. In late August 2019, He brought the rifle to hunt squirrels with Jason, but the two could not find any.
* **Accuracy International AWM:** Clark obtained a classic bolt-action sniper rifle as his new hunting rifle. The rifle is equipped with a bipod and a scope. Clark brought it to hunt alligators in late September 2019 with Jason, using it to shoot one in the eye and kill it.
* **Accuracy International AS50:** Clark brought this sniper rifle to hunt ducks with Jason Kade in early November 2019.
* **Flare Gun:** Clark used this to shoot a flare and attract heat-seeking missiles away from him.
* **Ka-Bar:** At all times, Clark keeps two combat knives in the calf-sheathes on his boots. He also has throwing knives stored in his utility belt.
* **C-4**: This isn't your average pre-workout energy drink.
* **Wire Cutters:** Clark uses wire cutters when defusing bombs, crawling through barbed wire, or just when it's needed.
* **Grappling Hook:** Clark uses a grapple hook in almost every mission, whether he needs a quick get away or he needs to jump from building to building, he can always count on his grapple hook to get him there.
* **Smoke Grenades:** Clark keeps smoke grenades to use for cover.
* **Crosman 2240 CO2 Pistol:** Clark prefers to only use tranquilizers on animals but he always keeps them on his belt just in case, and uses this tranquilizer gun.
* **Rebreather:** Just a small component Clark keeps on him in case he finds himself six feet under.
* **CLS:** Also known as a "combat Lifesaver" is a first aid kit designed for treating combat related injuries.
* **Tourniquet:** The chances of Clark using a tourniquet is low and he hopes he never has to use one but in extreme cases, it could save a life.
* **Barbed Wire:** Clark carries a yard-long spool of barbed wire.
* **Taser Gun:** The taser was only used during Clark's time as a police officer.
* **Dual-Wielding Daggers:** While in Atlantis, Clark received a pair of duel wielding blades from Kaiden to fight off the Atlantean soldiers.

### Transportation

*"You're not touching my Ford."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
* **Black Ford F150:** Clark wished for this car from the Guardian Dog shortly after losing his GMC pick up truck. He decided after crashing his first truck not to use his own personal vehicle on missions. In the front, Clark installed a 2" steel grille guard with a winch. He also put on LED roof lights on the top, above the windshield for off-road night driving. On the bottom right of the back window is his own USMC sticker with a blue-stripe American flag. He also owns a Pennsylvania veteran license plate "BXE-725".

### Former

* **Sword:** Clark's M1859 NCO Sword was the marine sword, which was mostly his go-to weapon. The sword itself was introduced in the Army, 1859 but in the modern day, it is only used for ceremonies and weddings. It features a polished brass hilt and cross guard. The grip is wrapped with leather and bound with single brass wire. It's a slightly curved, single edged, blade with a wide fuller. The scabbard is black with a polished brass locket and chape. Brian Henshaw melted the sword with his heat vision while under the guise of **Renegade**.

* **GMC:** Clark owned a black 2003 GMC Sierra truck with a 4" suspension and 12" tires which makes it an ideal vehicle for off road driving on his outdoor adventures. After using the truck for several missions, it began to break down. During Oust, the truck was severally damaged but was still salvageable. After a few more missions, it became broken beyond repair, then it was eventually demolished by bullets and explosives after a mission in Nova City.

### Arsenal of Democracy

* **America's Shield:** Soldier's Son's signature weapon is a tough, rigid, discus-like shaped shield, which he could use to block and deflect attacks as well as accurately throw it to hit his enemies. The round shape of the shield makes it aerodynamic and ideal for throwing.
* **Garrote:** Hidden in Soldier's Son's gauntlet is a garrote wire for strangling enemies. He used it to choke Thin White Duke.
* **Spear and Shield Set:** Soldier's Son has a spear with a silver, double edged, spiraling tip, making it appear like a long drill. The spear is designed to inflict the most amount of damage possible and with the spiraling tip, it can be twisted further into a wound of an enemy, and it is not easily extricated. The shield is heater shaped with eagle's wings protruding from the side, used in conjunction with the spear.
* **Manifest Destiny:** The spear is interchangeable with a sword called "Manifest Destiny." The sword is a symbol of America's strength, making it so the blade can be engulfed in a flame at the will of the user. The blade itself is double-edged, symbolizing the potential harm towards both the user and the target.
* **Star Spangled Cannon:** Soldier's Son's hand can transform into a cannon. He would often transform both his hands to form two cannons for maximum effect. The cannons first charge up within a 10-20 second time period then they fire a massive bright white laser, letting off a red tint, towards any given target. The beam of the laser is a foot in diameter and emits radiation. The cannons can continue to fire the laser for at least half a minute before they must recharge again. In a battle, each time the Soldier's Son fires the cannons, less time is available to fire the continuous laser due to overheating on the metal cannons.
* **Battle Hammer:** Soldier's Son also uses a large sledge hammer with a steel, box-like head. He used it to fight against High Priestess of Soul's Stand, Wild is the Wind.

* **Railgun:** One of the many weapons Solder's Son uses is an advanced railgun.
* **Gauntlet Spikes:** Along the forearms, there are hidden retractable spikes that Soldier's Son can use for combat as well as climbing and defense.
* **Guardian Wings:** Soldier's Son has the ability to transform it's cape into a pair of white wings for flight.

## Relationships

* Frank Feld † - Great Grandfather
* Scandinavian Great Grandmother
* Logan Feld † - Grandfather
* Dallas Feld - Father
* Karyn Feld - Mother
* Sam Fakashami/Shadow Boy - Adoptive Son
* Regina Grace † - Baby Mother
* Ex-Wife
* James †
* Rene †
* Sarah Flat - Ex-Wife
* Lincoln Grace/Wolf Ranger - Son
* Nadia - Future Adoptive Granddaughter

Allies* Blake - Childhood Friend
* Danny - First Boss, Coworker, Friend
* Stephanie
* Grace
* United States Marine Corps
	+ Towns - Drill Instructor
	+ Killer Kings - Former Team
		- Garrett Brockton - Former Leader
		- Lebron †
		- Nichole †
* Emerald City Police Department
* EPF
	+ Nate Walsh - Friend
	+ Delta Dogs
		- Bruce - Best Friend, Former Teammate
		- Neo - Former Teammate and Veteran
* Arcadian Rebels - Former Team
	+ Jason Kade/Almanac - Best Friend, former Teammate and Leader
	+ Lance White/Argent † - Former Leader
	+ Jess Connor/Anima Libera
	+ Aranza Whitmore/Doctor Rogue - Former Opponent, Good Friend, Teammate
* Bloody Hell
* Tim - Fellow Veteran and Supplier
* Steve Ericson - Doctor
* Guardian Dog
* Joni Jacobson - Ex-Girlfriend
* Captain 917
* EEO
* Roger David's Group
	+ Roger David † - Victim
	+ Man in Black † - Victim

## Trivia

* His nickname, "Bluey", originates from his username on a Club Penguin Private Server.
* Clark's blood type is O+.
* Clark's favorite wrestler is Randy Orton.
* Clark's favorite shows are *Helix*, *The Punisher*, *Justice League*, and other classic cartoons.
* Clark's signature drink is Blue Moon beer.
* Clark's favorite cadences are Yellow Ribbon, Mickey Mouse, and Blood on the Risers.
* His favorite cake is red velvet cheesecake.
* His favorite superhero is Superman.
* Clark's senior quote was *"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."* by Gandhi.
* The name of Clark's Stand, "Soldier's Son," is a combination of two songs: Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" and Tom Wait' "Soldier's Things." Furthermore, "Fortunate Son" was a considered name for the Stand.
* Ben claims that Clark is similar to Brad Pitt's aging stuntman antihero character in Quentin Tarantino's movie, *Once Upon A Time In Hollywood*, Cliff Booth, a World War II veteran and Green Beret skilled at hand-to-hand combat and one of the deadliest guys alive. The character was modeled after Tom Laughlin's portrayal of Billy Jack and inspired by Gary Kent and Gene LeBell. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar described the character's attitude as "John Wayne machismo" and referred to him as a "blond, white beefcake American." Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Rick Dalton, refers to Booth as Audie Murphy.
* Clark is a fan of the film *True Grit*. His favorite character of the film is Matt Damon's portrayal of Texas Ranger LaBeouf and his second favorite is Jeff Bridges' portrayal of Rooster Cogburn.
* Clark has a secret war journal.
* Clark had a German Sheppard K-9 named "Colorado" until Clark fled to the state of Colorado when he was in a war with the Black Bloods, leaving the dog behind. The dog later starved to death because no one fed it.

## Music

Clark's favorite songs include:

 Chris Stapleton
 Van Morrison