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'''Matthew Sobol'''

 

 

* [[Evil Genius]]

* [[The Extremist Was Right]]

The detective initially put on the Daemon case. The Daemon seems to take specific delight in torturing him and sets him up to take the fall for the massacre at Sobol's mansion. He is demonized (no pun intended) as a [[Complete Monster]] by the media and executed for his alleged crimes. However, his story does not end there...

 

* [[Defective Detective]]

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]

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Merritt was part of the elite Hostage Rescue Team tasked with infiltrating Sobol's mansion at the beginning of the story. The rest of his team was killed by the various boobytraps before they were even able to get in the front door. Despite being set on fire by a gasoline-powered sprinkler system, he managed to breach the back door and make his way far enough into the mansion to trigger the self-destruct mechanism. Even with all this, he survives, albeit significantly scarred from the experience. His epic run is recorded by mansion security cameras and passed around the darknet as inspiration. They christen him "The Burning Man" as a mark of honor and he becomes a folk hero and legend.

* [[Badass Biker]]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: When [[Worthy Opponent|Merritt]] is assassinated in front of him, Gragg makes his singular mission to find and ''destroy'' the person responsible. This is probably his only saving grace.

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: In the end, he is stripped of his power, has had his eyes and tongue cut out and his fingertips chopped off and failed to stop The Major and collapses into a crying mess at the realization of his failure. The rest of the darknet recognize that he was used by the Daemon probably more than anyone else and treat him with sympathy instead of contempt.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: When Loki finally tracks down The Major, he calls in ''every asset he has'' to eliminate anything and anyone standing in his way, civilian or otherwise.

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: He recognises that he has become this as the Darknet's growth to encompass so many normal people has removed the need for sociopathic hatchetmen like himself.

* [[Complete Monster]]: The Major recalls some of the horrifying things he's done in his career with fondness.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: His mission isn't to stop the Daemon, but to take advantage of the worldwide chaos to make a quick fortune.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Majorly Awesome]]: He may be pure Evil but [[Villainous Valour|he does make a good account of himself.]] Subversion: He's actually ascended past the rank but keeps it as a moniker.

 

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