Born on December 16th, 1995, Tony Falls has always been an average achiever. Whilst at school he scrapped by, only just achieving passing grades as there never really was anything interesting within the lessons. He’d go day to day barely doing any work and spending most of his time hanging out with friends. However, he really enjoyed one part of the school, and that was his talks with his P.E teacher, who had retired from the military. He was obsessed with him, constantly asking him questions and hearing his stories from when he served. This man was his hero, his idol. He wanted nothing more than to be half the man he was. So the first thing he did when he turned 16, signed up for the British Military to follow in the footsteps of the old-timer he knew. 

Through Military training it felt like he actually wanted to do as best as he could, he spent all of his day's training to his physical limit and even pushing past that, which was in some cases dangerous for him. Every day he would be the first awake in his training squad and the last to turn in from training. Fighting for his goal he ventured into extracurricular activities, such as playing chess and other minor skills that helped keep him fixated on his goals. 

Finally, the time came, he finished his training, it was probably one of the best feelings in the world and he was so happy it finally was here. “Private Tony Falls”, he couldn’t believe it, not one bit. After passing training he was straight on his way to being deployed, he wasn’t going to be wasting any time whilst there were stories to be made. He served for a solid 10 years for the British military.

For the first few years, he served on the usual deployment, since he was only a private he never got much say on what he wanted to do, however after a few years of serving he got promoted due to his extreme determination to excel. He achieved the rank of Corporal, with this came some new perks he was able to start taking command of other soldiers and have his own unit. He took the liberty of naming this squad “The Silver Banshees”. His group was known for assisting Field Officers clearing occupied villages overseas and he spent most of his time leading his group straight in battle. They were lethal and precise, never once failing a mission and completing their squad tasks with extreme efficiency. 

Then came that fatal day for Tony, it was a routine mission, clear the occupied village of hostels, it never was supposed to go wrong, they had done it over one hundred times before. They had come down to the last building that shots were being fired from, there was no angle to get into the building due to the suspected amount of hostiles, Tony had to make a choice, they held back, his men could be shot and killed. He saw an opening and took it, rushing up to the building whilst the shots stopped. After getting to the building he decided there was only one option, a grenade through the window should take them out. He proceeded to throw one in. BANG. His ears were ringing, he was close to the explosion and it took his toll on him. However, this wasn’t the worst thing. The building wasn’t filled with multiple hostiles, it was filled with a family and 2 others. He made the worst mistake of his life.

This haunted him, the number of sleepless nights was endless. He could no longer serve, he was honourably discharged on 17th January 2014. The reason behind the honorable discharge was because it being a simple mistake that he had no control over. He spent the next few years going through counselling and getting the help he needed. But it wasn’t enough, he was still haunted by his mistake and all he could do was sit around and talk about his issues. This was not something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He decided enough was enough and packed his things and decided he was going to travel America for the next few years until he hopefully finds somewhere to settle down. 

Through his travels, he was really able to discover himself as more than just a soldier. Even though it was for a year he met a few people and learned how to convey himself. He stopped in at a town through his travels where he remained for a few weeks. He really got to know everyone within the community. He was helpful and tried to make sure everyone was ok, there was never a frown around for long whilst he was there. Whether it was a child crying due to losing his toy or a couple arguing on the street, he wanted to do right by them, as he failed others in his past. This is what drives Tony, he blames himself constantly for his mistakes and tries to make up for them with every other person he meets, but no matter what he does he can never shake the thought of what he has done.