Front Soldier

> "*Ja! I'm Swedish! The viking blood is within me!*"
> ― Front Soldier showing his courage
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Vilhelm Hellström, better known as Front Soldier, is a Swedish mercenary working for Merc Co. His specialty is Shock and Awe.

## Personality

Front Soldier is naturally perseverant, he believe anything is possible with some effort and that there is always room for more, his persistence helped him graduate the college and to become a soldier in the Swedish Army, he's also very hard working, he's in fact the mercenary who works the most, and very obedient to his senior officers, especially to Commissar Heavy, like most other mercs, he's very afraid of High Commander Deathtrap, out of everyone in Merc Co., he fears him the most, mildly shy but not afraid to tell what he thinks, Front Soldier does what he's said to and almost never questions it, and some mercs would profit on this, sometimes he does it, but other times he has enough of it, as he stands his ground and never backing down.

## Background

Vilhelm has been taught by his parents to be very obedient to his seniors, in this way he was the best student in middle school and college, he was exceptionally good at sport and always enjoyed lifting weights and doing slaloms. Everyone he knew recommended him to join the military, as he was mentally and physically able. After he graduated college, he joined the Swedish Armed Forces, his drill sergeant was most impressed of his physical strength and obedience in which after 5 years of serving them he became lieutenant and lead the Special Forces to accomplish an operation in Afghanistan, his senior officer was the most proud of his work, after 10 years, he became eligible for the position as general of the Swedish Armed Forces, but he refused, as he couldn't take all the responsibilities by himself, eventually he has been retired for 2 years, he then never wanted to ever join any armed forces anymore, but after noticing how badly it's been going for him with the lack of money and commodities, he has decided to join the Merc Co. to obtain money for his house and family, he didn't intended to remain for long until he found out how much he's getting paid every month, so ever since he's been sticking around doing errands for his fellow mercs and senior officers for a living.

## Abilities

* Rocket Launcher-He uses rocket launchers as primary weapons, not only he's destructive with it, but uses it with great aim.
* Shotgun-Although not as good as other mercs, he's using shotguns decently
* Combat Knife-He uses the combat knife for melee attacks.
* Above average strength-He's fairly strong as he lifts weights regularly, he's strong enough to carry big crates or to do other tasks that requires strength.

## Trivia

1. Front Soldier went through 5 different nationalities changes in his character development. He was American, English, Polish, Norwegian and eventually came to it's final change, Swedish.
2. He's the second least violent character, first being Mech Engineer. He's never really angry or vicious unless he's stressed.

## Gallery

Front Soldier holding a destroyed robot headFront Soldier ready to fire his rocket launcherDemoldier (Front Soldier's Demoman impression)Front Soldier carrying some cratesFront Soldier trying out his new coat