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Mayor Belladonna: Affiliations: City 17 Role: Mayor Race: Viper Age: 21 Birthplace: New Amazon Research Facility “As the Elder’s shadow lifts, let us move forward in this new dawn.” 2016-2034: After the Elders and ADVENT established their hold over the world, they began numerous experiments in combining human’s malleable DNA with their alien servants, like as early tests as they prepared their Avatar Project. Some of these included special “commander type” aliens, who in the emergency of extreme damage to the Elders’ Psionic Network, would be better trained and would help the Elders in controlling their forces. Belladonna was one of these experiments, born and raised her whole life in the Amazon Research Facility as a heavily modified and improved upon Viper. She was raised as the ideal warrior and general. 2035 War for Liberation: When the Commander was removed from the Psionic Network, Belladonna would be given control over City 17 and tasked with directing all ADVENT activities in

Valiant Affiliations: City 17, Reclamation Agency, Peryton Squad Role: Assault Race: Human Age: 37 Birthplace: Greece “I won’t ever back down!” Prior to Invasion: Valiant was born in a small town, received basic education, and lived in a well off household. He spent free time with father hunting, wanted to join law enforcement. 2015 Invasion: When Greece was hit by the invaders, Valiant’s hometown was attacked by wild Chryssalids that had been released. Valiant and his family fled, but his father perished holding the bugs off. The survivors of the attack fled in the wilderness, where they hid for the remainder of the invasion. 2016-2034: When all world governments surrendered and were dissolved by ADVENT, and the Cities were created, Valiant and the other survivors refused to trust them and remained with one of the many outer settlements. When ADVENT began to attack and raise these local settlements, Valiant joined the nearest Resistance Group and fought back against ADVENT. 2035 War

Hazard: Affiliation: City 17, Reclamation Agency, Peryton Squad Role: Operator Race: Andromedon Age: 21 Birthplace: New Amazon Research Facility “CAREFUL NOW, OR MY BREATH MAY BE YOUR LAST.” Prior to Invasion: Born on Invasion ships and worked as a mechanic. 2015 Invasion: Never deployed during invasion like all of the Andromedon race, instead being kept on the largest ships to serve as maintenance workers in areas unsuitable for the other alien races to dwell. 2016-2034: Hazard was one of many Andromedans to be infused and modified with human DNA in an attempt to give them the ability to live on Earth’s atmosphere. While they were able to lessen the effects of exposure considerably, however, they were never truly successful. Hazard like the rest would instead be transferred to their suits and be deployed as security. 2035 War for Liberation: Having been forced to live an isolated, painful life and kept constantly under the control of the Elders and their Psionic Network, Hazard

Skull: Affiliation: City 17, Reclamation Agency, Peryton Squad Role: Dominator Race: Sectoid Age: 46 Birthplace: Invasion Ships “The less you resist, the less this will hurt.” Prior to Invasion: Skull was born and trained upon invasion ships, responsible for coordinating and controlling a transport. 2015 Invasion: Skull served as one of the “Sectoid Commanders” leading and coordinating ground forces in several attacks in Europe. 2016-2034: Like all sectoids who served the war, Skull received extensive genetic modifications with human DNA. Due to his decorated past as a Sectoid Commander, he remained a high ranking leader in the Elders forces and was stationed in City 17. He served as an interrogator, stealing information from captured Resistance and XCOM members and collaborators. It was during these repeated exposures and feeling the determination and courage of these prisoners that led to the awakening of Skull’s own humanity. 2035 War for Liberation: After the fall of the Elders