Joseph Austin Mercer

Joseph Austin Mercer was born during the resurgence of extremist politics in Europe, only three years after the European Confederation formed. He was home-schooled by his Father, George Mercer, who was the Lead Scientist (and Co-Founder) of Nexus Applied Sciences. Later, he graduated from M.I.T, Summa Cum Laude (lmao never gets old), and was given a job at Nexus. Two years of work, and the labs had already worn him down. He was the first to create a successful, working model of Project Pixels. On April 25th, 11:48 PM, 2020, the second test of the device was conducted. George had, in fact, sabotaged the device as he was a traitor for the European Confederation. The subsequent explosion left him with shrapnel lodged in both eyes, and mortal wounds in his stomach and chest regions. He stumbled through the facility, blind, until he was killed by a monster that came from the machine who was using a Trident (though the user of said weapon has never been confirmed).