Striker/History

Past
Not much is known about Striker's past, though it was hinted that he suffered a great loss or humiliation when he was younger at the hands of demon royalty that lead to him fostering a hatred towards all members of the royal hierarchy in Hell.

At an unknown point in the past, Striker became an accomplished assassin, earning a notorious reputation and a body count "in the hundreds", and would also get his hands on several weapons capable of killing demonic royalty.

Some time before his debut, Striker would be contacted by Stella to assassinate her husband, Stolas, which despite his hatred at the thought of working with or for demon royalty Striker accepted the job.

After Striker learned that an opportune moment to kill Stolas would be during the yearly Harvest Moon Festival in the Wrath Ring, he would get hired as the farm hand working at Lin and Joe's ranch where he prepared for the assassination.

"The Harvest Moon Festival"
Striker meets the members of I.M.P who came to Rough n' Tumbleweed Ranch for the Harvest Moon Festival and greets them with admiration and cordial, except for Moxxie whom he mocks.

When the festival's Pain Games begin Striker participates alongside Blitzo and Moxxie. Throughout the day Striker and Blitzo continue to outdo and match each other in the events until the end where they are both announced as tied winner of the Harvest Moon Pain Games. On stage Striker performs a victory song that he had just written to celebrate his win, in which he tells Moxxie to "go fuck himself".

When the time came to assassinate Stolas, Striker finds Moxxie in his room with the Carmine-Crafted Blessing-Tipped Rifle he intended to use on the Goetic Prince. Striker then attacks and chokes Moxxie intending to kill him, but in the struggle Millie appears and begins repeatedly stabbing Striker in the back to save Moxxie.

After slamming Millie into a wall and breaking her arm, Striker takes the incapacitated Moxxie and Millie and tosses them into the farmhouse cellar, then returns to his room to complete his job. When he readies his rifle to shoot Stolas in the head, Striker is caught off guard by Blitzo behind him with a gun but turns the tables and tempts Blitzo to join him and slay Overlords together.

Alongside Moxxie, Blitzo fights against Striker and the pair manage to corner him, but when Moxxie gets inadvertently knocked aside, Striker takes the opportunity and escapes.

Later, in a rundown motel he retreated to, Striker is talking on the phone with Stella and tells her of his failure to kill Stolas at the festival but assures her that he won't fail again.