The Fear

The Fear, A.K.A: Spider Soldier Birthyear: c. 1905 – c. 1914 Died: September 1, 1964 Tselinoyarsk, USSR Age: 50s at death.

Eye Colour: Hazel brown. Hair Colour: Black/Gray. Ethnicity: Caucasian.

Cobra Unit. [The Cobra Unit includes 6 members: The Boss, The Sorrow, The End, The Fury, The Pain, and The Fear.]

The Fear was the "Spider Soldier" of the Cobra Unit. As with the other members of the unit, his codename came from the emotion he conveyed while on the battlefield: the terror that he instilled in others with his freakish appearance and movements.

The Fear was born sometime during the mid 1900s to early 1910s. During World War II, he became a member of the Cobra Unit, a secret special forces unit composed of elite soldiers from the Allied Forces. Helping to lead the Allied forces to eventual victory, the unit was disbanded at the end of the war.

In September 1964, during the Virtuous Mission, The Fear was reunited with The Boss and her Cobras. The unit, under the employ of GRU Colonel Volgin, captured Soviet rocket scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov from Tselinoyarsk, USSR, whom CIA agent Naked Snake, was attempting to extract himself. Approaching the suspension bridge in Dolinovodno by helicopter, which Sokolov and Snake were attempting to cross, The Fear used a zip line to descend, upside-down, from the gunship, and capture Sokolov, while Snake was distracted by The Pain's hornets.

After Snake was thrown off the bridge by The Boss herself, the unit then fled with their prize. After Snake returned to Tselinoyarsk, during Operation Snake Eater, The Fear ambushed him in Graniny Gorki, shooting him in the leg with a bolt coated in the venom of the Brazilian wandering spider. The Fear had also re-laid multiple booby traps throughout the area, and used stealth camouflage during the fight. Although he successfully poisoned Naked Snake, he then proceeded to tell him to stop the poison if he wished to fight, hinting that he desired to take out Snake in a fair fight. However, despite The Fear's enormous advantage, he was ultimately defeated by Snake. Upon his death, his microbomb (which all of the Cobras carried) detonated, destroying himself, and sending out a lethal shower of his remaining crossbow bolts, which Snake narrowly avoided.

As evidenced by his codename, he was obsessed with the concept of fear, especially the ones generated on the battlefield. Because of this obsession, he also underwent extensive surgeries to have double joints, a forked tongue, and apparently Hazel brown reptilian eyes. Nonetheless, he seemed to have some degree of honor during his fight with Naked Snake, as he advised Snake to cure himself of his poison if he wished to fight with him shortly after successfully using a poisoned dart on him.

To inspire fear in his own enemies, The Fear used a base model prototype stealth camouflage, which rendered him virtually invisible by bending light around his body. However, since the technology was in an experimental phase of development during the time of Operation Snake Eater, it quickly drained his stamina and he would get hungry fairly often.

Because of his suit, he frequently ended up hungry, which also sometimes resulted in him hunting for animals with an almost animalistic behavior. The Fear was known for his seemingly superhuman speed and agility. Double-jointed in both of his elbows, he was able to crawl, flip, and leap with extreme agility, in the manner of a spider, as well as climb and jump around in trees with ease. The Fear had some lizard-like qualities, as well: he possessed a long, surgically forked tongue that he could use to grasp objects, and was somehow able to run on water in a manner similar to a frilled lizard. He also used a variety of zip lines to enhance his mobility as well as hang upside down and ambush his enemies.

In battle, The Fear armed himself with two crossbows, the William Tell, and the smaller Little Joe. He coated some of his crossbow bolts with the venom of a number of poisonous animals. The Fear also employed frag grenade arrows, as well as white-phosphorus grenade arrows. Due to his speed and flexibility, he was also extremely formidable at close quarters combat. [CQC]

Similar to his compatriot The Pain, The Fear is quite ostentatious and bombastic, laughing hysterically during battle, offering somewhat sarcastic advice and proclaiming his codename proudly and frequently.