Salem "Spider" Klein is a CoD OC I've made, and this is the main place to find information about him!
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⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING FOR: sparse mentions of neglect & verbal abuse, self harm, sexual assault from a romantic partner, vehicle crashes, and possible other triggers⚠️
Please feel free to click off if needed - your mental health comes first.Growing up for Salem wasn't exactly a fairytale - his parents divorced when he was 3. Soon afterwards, his father remarried, while his mother immigrated from the United States to Germany, and brought Salem with. Salem would visit his dad a few times a year, but those visits would stop once Salem was around 13, after his mother found out about the neglect and verbal abuse that Salem would be subjected to whenever he visited his dad.If you asked Salem about his teen years, he'd tell that it wasn't worse than his childhood, but it wasn't exactly better, either. He never had many stable friendships growing up. He was very shy and soft-spoken growing up, and that often got him teased.The only consistent friendship he really had was his elder sister, Emilia. She was around three years older than Salem, and Salem clung to her like his life depended on it. She would be the first to hear about anything - the good, the bad, and the ugly.Salem would go to them for anything; comfort when Salem relapsed on self-harm (a habit that started when he was younger), when Salem needed advice, or when Salem just wanted to talk.Salem showed up to Emilia's apartment in the middle of the night after his 16th birthday - around 2:15 AM. It was raining, and Salem was soaked and knocking on their door when Salem was supposed to be spending the night with his boyfriend. To keep things short and as minimally triggering as possible, i'll state it without any detail: Salem had been sexually assaulted by his partner.Around six months after Salem turned 17, he enlisted into the Army. Unfortunately, his sister was killed in a motorcycle accident soon after he was sent to basic training, and he only found out after completing training.Salem eventually got his first mission, and at first it was going well. until a mistake was made.
It was vital to remain undetected, and his teammate was supposed to was Salem's six while he was doing something important. his teammate DIDN'T do that, because apparently Candy Crush was more important or something.One thing lead to another, and Salem ended up with a knife to his throat. Thankfully, Salem got out of the situation alive, but he did get cut.An enemy soldier had attempted to slit his throat, but the cut was too shallow to do any critical damage. After receiving medical attention, Salem healed up fine, but a large horizontal scar runs along his throat as a result. thanks Sarah.Salem was transferred to TF-141 soon after turning 21, where he's been to this day. He enjoys working with them, and he sees them as family.

SOME EMILIA FACTS:
We lost this diva when she was almost 21, and Salem was turning 18.She was fully a girl's girl, probably one of the sweetest people that Salem grew up with.Was bisexual with a HEAVY fem preference.she loved reading; favorite genres were fantasy and horror. Wanted to be a writer.

EMILIA'S FACE CLAIM: QUINN FRAZIER ⤵️