Soldier (Soul Bringer)

The Solder is one of the main tritagonists of the Soul Bringer series. He is a hot-heated mercenary that was originally hired by Mann Co. to eliminate the enemy competition in the so-called Gravel War of 1968. During the conflict he developed a hatred towards an evil warlock named Merasmus, who had stolen his best friend, the Demoman's eye. He befriended Lady Emeraldblade during this dilemma and joined her army to defeat Nightmare and his allies (whom Merasmus sided with).

Appearance
The Soldier has a pronounced face with a prominent chin and a big nose. He has greyish-brown eyes.

The Soldier wears a red helmet on his head, which completely obscures his eyes except when he leans his head back. His uniform consists of a red trench coat with a bandolier which holds two grenades and a belt with two satchels. He wears brownish-grey trousers and dark gray boots.

Personality
The Soldier is known for his hot-headed temper that frustrates many of his allies; this trait especially gets on the nerves of Vaggie, another wrathful member of Lady Emeraldblade's army, and as such the two constantly argue with each other. The Soldier is also showed to be very xenophobic, if not jingoistic, as he holds a strong animosity of most foreigners in general, with the notable exception being the Demoman.

The Soldier is very patriotic about his home country, and does not take kindly whenever someone insults America.

The despite his xenophobic personality, the Soldier is shown to have a close friendship with the Demoman, and often times tries to calm him down whenever he gets depressed or angry.

The Soldier holds an extreme hatred towards Astaroth, a golem who downplays humans, calling them "maggots", Soldier in turn considers him (as well as Nightmare's other allies) "maggots" as well.

History
Not much is known about the Soldier prior to 1968, although he claims that he is in fact a World War II veteran who saw action in the European theater of the war.

In 1968, the Soldier was hired by Mann Co. originally to fight off the rival Blu Co. in the so-called Gravel War alongside eight other mercenaries. As the war progressed for four years, his target would steadily moved away from Blu Co. and more towards an evil warlock named Merasmus, whom Soldier once shared an apartment with at one point.

During this feud, Merasmus removed Demoman's eye from its socket, and transformed it into a powerful malevolent monster dubbed Monoculus. Soldier attempted to return the eye to Demoman, before missed out his chance when Merasmus refused to give it back and disappeared; afterwards the Demoman began to fall into a deep depression. The Soldier vowed to his depressed comrade that one day he would find and return Demoman's eye and vanquish Merasmus to Hell for his misdeeds.

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