Sterling

Jeremiah "Sterling" Goldman is the leader of the Pirates in 2277. He is the son of Jimmy Goldman, twin brother of Zachary "Eyes" Goldman, and the older brother of Lizzie Goldman.

Background
In 2244, Sterling was born in the Appalachian Mountains (near the present-day Lexington, Virginia) with his twin brother, Zachary "Eyes" Goldman. His family relocated to Maddox Island shortly after, and he lived with his family on the island until 2253, when his mother was killed by an unorganized group of raiders holed up in the old towing company building. Sterling was later separated from the rest of his family by the same unorganized group of raiders that had killed his mother prior.

Sterling was raised by raiders from that point, proving his worth as a fighter and a leader. His rise to power came in 2273, when after several years, he managed to track down the raiders responsible for killing his mother; he found them in Cambridge in the Commonwealth, and made an example of them by stringing them from posts in the center of a debris burn, throwing white phosphorous powder on them, and igniting the whole debris pile.

Sterling met up with Pence and Shilling, two raiders who witnessed the event, and returned to Maddox Island and used captured raiders to spread the word of his actions in the Commonwealth, which allowed him to use his reputation to wrangle all the raiders together into the group now known as the Pirates.

Inventory
Sterling wears a red mercenary outfit, and like his siblings, wears glasses.

He carries a scoped .44 Magnum that is capable of mowing down even large monsters in no more than two shots.

Trivia

 * Sterling was originally named Shilling until the characters of Pence and Shilling were created. His character was also not created until well after the bank raid story for Washington's Malevolence was conceptualized; he was not part of the original Project ZDIS plans.