Will Stobbs

''Stobbs isn't a solid gear, Not calm or collected. But he's acceptable, until you call him William. Just don't Call him William'' - Unknown Gear.

Pvt. William Stobbs, (Stobbs as he is know to other Gears) is a former COG comando and survival expert. Due to witnessing the death's of his original squad at 19. Stobbs' human elements can be questioned. He is classed as unstable, and prefers to use a Gnasher shotgun, than any other weapon.

As a Gear, Stobbs' abilitys are strong. He is physically fit, accurate, and works well under pressure. But his mental state is unstable. Nightmares plague him and this Affects his perfomace. Stobbs is a Fanatical Alexiy Socialist and is totally Anti-fascist

Strengths
Stobbs works well in a combat enviroment, his unstable personality unleashes uncontrollable anger. This combined with his passionate hatred for the Locust makes him exceptional in the field.

Weaknesses
He does not fear death, as he views death as the ultimate form of salvation and forgiveness. But this makes him weak. Stobbs tends to put himself in Near death situations and this causes a lot of extra work for his squad. Also He is heavily addicted to his Gnasher shotgun, meaning that he'd rather run at Locust's than Pick up a Longshot Sniper rife.

Appearance
At 6 foot 3 inches Stobbs is relativity tall. Sporting short black hair, with a long fringe and piercing blue eyes filled with hate for the locust horde.He Tends to have His Command headpiece in one ear and a Headphone playing pre-war Death metal in the other.

Tattoos
Although Stobbs wears a full suit of cog armour and helmet, he has many tattoo's covering most of his torso and arms. The COG tags of his fallen squad tattoo'd around his neck, 2 lions holding a banner reading God Bless our Allfathers across his chest, And Dead Nice Tattoo'd to his knuckles. He also has the 8 guiding principles: Order, Diligence, Purity, Labor, Honor, Loyalty, Faith, and Humility. tattoo'd down his left ribs.

Equipment
''I'd Like Short Sleeves, Its easier to move. And It'd show my Tattoo's - Pvt Stobbs.''

Stobbs is equipped with one of the 3 most common types of COG Armour. Although he prefers the COG summer Armour. A bandoleer holding much more Gnasher ammo is wrapped around his waist and a large commando knife is strapped to his left leg.

He Carry's a Lancer Assault Rifle and a Snub Pistol although he mainly uses his Gnasher Shotgun.

Background
William Alan Stobbs joined the COG army at the age of 18. Within one year of joining, Stobbs had finished his basic training, mastered the Gnasher Shotgun and been enlisted into his first Squad. The events of the human-locust war forced Stobbs' Squad to fight against the locust horde, Events of the battle led to Stobbs witnessing the killing of the rest of his squad as he hid in cover. The events of this battle led Stobbs to need therapy. Nightmares occurred nightly, and the stress and lack of sleep caused Stobbs to faultier on the battle field.