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Appearance: Tony Collins is an impressive looking man at 6' 4" tall and weighing just under 250 Lbs. His body is sculpted to perfection from more than 30 years of body building and weightlifting. He is of African descent with dark skin and has taken to wearing a goatee since the dragons showed up and the formality of an army went away. Tony wears black combat boots, black combat trousers a Black bullet proof vest, elbow and knee pads and a black Patrol cap that is normally worn backwards. He also wears black weight lifting gloves.

Name: Anthony "Tony" Collins
Age: 50
Nationality: British
Birth Place: Matlock, UK
Affiliation: Dragon Slayers
Profession: Soldier
Personality: Quiet, disciplined and focused. He can be jovial at times.
Biography: Tony grew up in Matlock, the county seat of Derbyshire in central England. Tony had a difficult time as a young man, getting into fights often and in trouble with the law. He lost his father at the age of 10 and his mother had a difficult time raising the unruly youth. As a teen, Tony was a bad egg and had a dark cloud hanging over his head.

Tony joined the British Army right out of High School. The Military corrected his attitude and he was able to channel his energies in other ways. He got into body-building and excelled physically, tactically, technically and academically in many ways in the military.

Tony served as an Infantryman with 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2nd Paras) at Colchester Garrison from 1988 to 1991. At the conclusion of this assignment, Tony then went to 1st Paras Training Battalion as a Lance Corporal. He assisted instructors at the Parachute training school until he was promoted to Corporal in 1994.

After six years in the Army, Tony felt comfortable as a soldier and knew this would be his career. He then applied for and was accepted into Special Air Services Selection. SAS selection lasted 19 weeks; Tony would agree that this experience was the toughest of his life and would prepare him for what was yet to come going toe to toe with a dragon. Never in his wildest imagination would he have ever expected to be in Northern England fighting dragons.

He spent six years in SAS with Air Troop, B Squadron, 22 SAS Regiment and saw many covert operations around the globe and at home in the interest of the crown. In 2000, Tony was promoted to Sergeant and given his own SAS Team to command. When the British got involved with the American's Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003), Tony's SAS team was dropped near Basrah prior to the Allied forces crossing the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border and conducted Long Range reconnaissance and Surveillance activities on Iraqi Army units in the area.

In late 2003, Tony was promoted to Colour Sergeant and left the SAS temporarily, returning to 3rd Para where he served as a Platoon Sergeant. The unit had recently recovered back from Iraq when Tony joined them at Colchester Garrison. In 2006, the 3rd Paras were deployed to Helmond Province, Afghanistan. Colour Sergeant Collins saw extensive fighting with the Taliban in July and August of that year. The fighting continued throughout the deployment, but nothing was as fierce as those first two months. Two years later, the unit recovered back to Colchester where Tony found a promotion to Warrant Officer 2. This promotion elevated him to Company Sergeant Major of No. 1 Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion.
After 20 years in the Army; either in the SAS or the Paras, Tony was content with his life. When he wasn't training with his unit, he was lifting weights. Keeping his body in top shape is extremely important to Warrant Officer Collins.

Once the dragons were uncovered, life for the nation, the world and for Tony Collins changed. Tony saw most of his "brothers" perish under the fire, claw and might of the awesome beasts we came to know as dragons. The next ten years, saw Tony fight with various underground groups in a futile effort to suppress the dragons. Tony claims to have killed no fewer than 25 dragons including three that he dropped single-handed. His body is marred by scars from the beast's armored skin or claws. Tony counts his blessings for still being alive.

Other: Tony's favorite weapon to use against the dragons is the AA-12 Auto Assault Shotgun which fires a 12-gauge round and uses a 32-round drum magazine. The weapon can fire semi or full auto at a 300 rounds per minute rate of fire. The Frag-12 is the most effective round used against the dragons in Tony's opinion. This is a High Explosive Anti-Personnel (HEAP) round which perform like a miniature hand grenade. Tony alternates his drums with HEAP and Buckshot. Tony also carries a Sig Sauer P229 chambered in .357.