Editing The Eternal Warrior

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{{Topquote|I am the Song of the Earth. The reason you are lost is you've forgotten who and what you are. You have strayed from your path. You have let yourself be drawn into pragmatic political struggles. You have become a soldier, not a warrior. Your cause is and must ever be justice. You do not fight for any one banner or country but for humanity. Your struggle is for everyone and everything. For the planet itself. Now you must find yourself and remember|The Song of the Earth}}


=== Real World History===
The eternal warrior is a comic series released by valiant comics and originally created by Jim Shooter and Don Perlin. It was introduced originally in 1992, and rebooted in 1996 after Acclaim Entertainment bought Valiant Comics. He was rebooted yet again by Valiant Entertainment, Inc. in 2012. An ageless master fighter with enhanced abilities, Gilad helps protect Earth and humanity from various threats over his long life, often using methods considered ruthless by others.

===Influences===
The writers of the eternal warrior were influenced by various sword and sorcery literature and action movies  near the time period when the comic series was published and before of these are included conan the barbarian, highlander, and to some extent even warhammer 40k.

===Appearance (Original Portrayals)===
Usually drawn as an olive skinned man with long hair of which changes in color depending on the current artist.

===Abilities===
Immortality: The soul is made invincible, forcing immortals to live out their existence forever. 

Eternal Youth: The boon restored to him to pinnacle youth, he is incapable of aging, decaying, rotting, etc. 

Regenerative Healing Factor: Every injury shall cease; critical injuries will be healed in a matter of days. 

Apathy: Is fully capable of experiencing emotions, but those feelings do not play a prominent role in his thought processes.
 
Superhuman Strength: Gilad Anni-Padda is extremely strong, essentially he is able to exert 100% of the body's muscular strength, He has demonstrated the ability to cut through humans in half wearing body armor using only his hands.

Superhuman Durability: Gilad Anni-Padda's durability has been similarly enhanced- allowing him to use his strength without sustaining injury. When a normal man repeatably punched him, he felt no discomfort and the assailant hurt his hand. His durability was such that he was unfazed by a entire building collapsing on him. Even when he was shot at close range, rather than penetrating through his chest, the bullets were lodged in his muscles.

Superhuman Endurance: Gilad Anni-Padda can neutralize his sensitivity to physical pain. He has been impaled many times throughout his life and retained his consciousness and composure.

Superhuman Stamina: Gilad Anni-Padda's body generates no fatigue toxins during physical activity, granting him nigh limitless stamina in all physical activities

Perfect Memory: Gilad Anni-Padda's mind has unlimited storage and analytical capacity; able to instantly recall and cross-correlate any information stored with perfect clarity. 

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant
Weapons Expert
Master Tactician: Gilad Anni-Padda's tactical sense allows him  to be able to adapt mentally to any situation or event and know the optimal actions to take in any situation, and pick the right response for any possible outcome.

===Character Biography===
Gilad Anni-Padda was born in a village of Anatolia in 3268 BC. He was the son of a warrior along with his brothers Ivar and Aram. Early in his youth after his mothers death his village was attacked. Forcing his family to flee while the other villagers were killed. Adopting a new home, Gilad and Aram learned that they were immortals, which also applies to Ivar but he learned later. In 3257 BC, at the age of eleven, Gilad emerged victorious from his first battle. Eventually being seen s one of the bravest of a warrior tribe.

In 3219 BC, Gilad and Aram's adopted the superior weaponry of the Mesopotamians. All of the tribe is killed with the exception of Gilad, Aram, and Gilad's son Kalam, whose life is spared by been adopted by Mesopotamians, Gilad decides to let the mortal boy live his own life. 
Eventually deciding to travels along a Geomancer  fighting threats when needed, while Aram spent his immortality in debauchery and pleasure. 

Gilad would live many lives only exclusively keeping his first name with most identities. He has many children each of great resiliance and strength but each also becomes "black of heart" or "psychopathic," usually leading Gilad to later kill them. Because of this by the late 17th century he avoids fathering children again. Through many battles over thousands of years, he becomes a master at combat, military tactics, and stealth. Sometimes he works with the speakers of the Earth, the "Geomancers" who consider him the "Fist and Steel" of the Earth.

Gilad occasionally reunites with his brothers Aram and Ivar, and the three of them even inspire the story of The Three Musketeers. Over time, Aram finds Gilad too coldhearted and ruthless, worrying the man considers his own judgment to have greater authority than others. Eventually, Aram takes on the name Armstrong, later becoming the guardian and assistant of a young man named Obadiah Archer.

In the 20th century, Gilad becomes friends with the new Geomancer, a young man named Geoff. He makes an enemy of mob assassin Angelo Mortalli but then helps the man after Angelo loses his memory and is transformed into the warrior Bloodshot. Gilad decides not to hold a grudge, saying that Mortalli metaphorically "died" when Bloodshot was "born." During the Unity crisis, Gilad meets a version of himself who lives in the 41st century and battles evil alongside the last Rai warrior and Magnus, Robot Fighter.

===Enemies===

In 210 BC, Gilad fights General Cheng. Though the villain dies, they reincarnate repeatedly throughout history, having many faces and lives, always recalling their past lives, always pursuing evil. This person of many identities becomes Gilad's "Immortal Enemy." In every incarnation, the Immortal Enemy's eyes remain the same: one green and one brown. In 1695, Gilad fights alongside William III against the Immortal Enemy, who at this time is known as Victor II. Gilad kills him on the battlefield (although historically, Victor II died in bed in 1730) but the villain's soul then inhabits Gilad's own baby son who is born the next day. Over two decades later, Gilad kills his adult son, recognizing him as his foe, "the Reincarnator." One of Gildads most hated foes is none other than poppa nurgle.

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==See Also==

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