Sloth
Profile
Sloth is a disabled combat veteran in the Spare Parts Club whose severe burn scars are described as something he wears like armor. He travels with the Club during the South Carolina invasion and becomes part of the improvised resistance pursued by both occupation forces and an Iranian Revolutionary Guard kill team.
Before and entering the war
PREWAR FILE // Severe burn scars define Sloth’s physical presentation. More important is what they imply: he has already survived trauma visible to everyone before the new war begins, so the invasion is another chapter in endurance rather than his first encounter with damage.
What this character or entity does in the story
Sloth adds a different form of injury and survivorship to the Club ensemble. His scars make the group’s central theme literal: every member carries evidence of an earlier war, and the new conflict forces society to reassess people it had already categorized as broken.
Capabilities and constraints
Combat-veteran experience, psychological endurance, group cohesion, and adaptation after severe burn injury. Scene-specific combat techniques are left to the novel rather than manufactured for the dossier.
Notable actions and decisions
Joins the Club’s escape from the opening airborne attack; moves through rural South Carolina; remains in the group under IRGC pursuit; contributes to the collective defense of a threatened Southern town.
Key relationships and operational links
SPARE PARTS CLUB // Core brotherhood and resistance network.
TRIGGER // Veteran influencer moving with the group.
STRIPPER / STUMPY / LOREDO / PIMPWALK // Fellow veterans whose injuries and experience differ but whose survival problem is shared.
IRGC KILL TEAM // Pursuit force tying an old score to the current invasion.
Associated personnel & entities
How the file changes through the conflict
Burn-scarred veteran already carrying an earlier war → survivor of the EMP/invasion opening → hunted member of the Club → local resistance fighter whose old scars become evidence of survival rather than disqualification.
Why this dossier matters
EYES ONLY // 'Wears his burn scars like armor' is more than a visual line. Sloth is not hiding damage; his body has already announced that survival can be ugly. The Christmas Day war therefore reads as a continuation of endurance rather than the beginning of it.