John Pilgrim

"Brotherhood is the hall of mirrors, looking back at you, reflecting your own self back at you. But there comes a time, you gotta smash the mirror, and look inside and decide, "Who am I? What kind of man am I?" You gotta understand your own true nature."

- John Pilgrim

Robert, better known as John Pilgrim, is a former hitman for the mafia who, upon finding religion, attempted to rebuild his life only for Anderson and Eliza Schultz to manipulate him into committing a series of murders to protect their son's image in the media. However, when Amy Bendix managed to escape from Pilgrim's crusade of violence, he had soon found himself being plunged further into darkness as he continued killing all potential witnesses in New York City while being confronted with his past life. Once his wife had passed away and with the Schultzs holding his sons as hostages, Pilgrim found himself with no hope of redemption, until the Punisher, who had been protecting Bendix, spared Pilgrim's life and rescued his sons from the Schultzs, allowing Pilgrim to live a peaceful life.

Criminal Career
To be added

Chase for Amy Bendix
To be added

Personality
"I welcome any opportunity to prove my faith."

- John Pilgrim to Anderson Schultz

Being a ruthless and cruel killer for a White Supremacist Gang early in his life, John Pilgrim later became a quiet and restrained man as well as a loving husband and father.

Despite being forced to return to his violent nature during the chase for Amy Bendix, he did not seem to feel any pleasure doing so. Instead, he carried out his mission without any display of emotion at all both when killing people and when suffering heavy injuries himself.

However, Pilgrim now seemed to despise violence as he sought to avoid it at several opportunities, for instance when he tried to convince the police captain guarding Frank Castle and Bendix to give them up in order to avoid any further bloodshed. With his faith in God, Pilgrim valued live very much although he would not hesitate to use violence and even deadly force if he considered it necessary for achieving his goals, hoping to return to his wife and sons the soonest possible.

Abilities
"Blessed are the merciful... for they shall obtain mercy." "That's nice. You have no mercy coming." "I wasn't talking about me."

- John Pilgrim and Kusack


 * Expert Combatant: Pilgrim is very skilled in Hand-to-Hand-combat as well as in the use of several melee weapons such as knuckle dusters and knifes. He manages to take out Kusack and his men despite them being armed with a variety of melee weapons themselves. Also, Pilgrim holds himself up in a fight with Frank Castle for a long time even though being heavily injured due to the fight with Kusack's men and the fight with Curtis Hoyle and Amy Bendix. Pilgrim also shows a somewhat pain-resistance, as he does not give up to fight against both Kusack's men and Frank Castle despite having suffered several heavy injuries. His complete lack of emotional reaction to any injuries, however painful they might be, discourages enemies from further attacking him such as the last survivor of Kusack's crew who chose to run instead of facing Pilgrim. Nevertheless, said survivor was shot to death by Pilgrim.
 * Expert Marksman: Pilgrim is extremely skilled in the use of a wide variety of firearms. He is also extremely accurate, managing to shoot Nikolay Poloznev in the head along with his two bodyguards.
 * Tactician: To be added
 * Interrogator: To be added

Equipment

 * Handgun: To be added

Facilities

 * Pilgrim Residence: To be added

Family

 * Rebecca Pilgrim † - Wife
 * Michael Pilgrim - Son
 * Lemuel Pilgrim - Son

Allies

 * Potter
 * Scully
 * Eddie †
 * Ferrara

Enemies

 * Fiona † - Victim
 * Simon † - Victim
 * Russian Mafia
 * Sergei Konchevsky † - Victim
 * Kazan † - Victim
 * Amy Bendix - Attempted Killer and Hostage
 * Frank Castle/Punisher - Attempted Victim and Attempted Killer
 * Beth Quinn
 * Larkville Police Department
 * Roy Hardin
 * Ken Ogden - Attempted Victim
 * Murphy
 * Dobbs
 * Marlena Olin † - Ally turned Victim
 * United States Department of Homeland Security
 * Dinah Madani
 * Nikolay Poloznev † - Victim
 * Kusack † - Victim
 * Danny † - Victim
 * New York City Police Department
 * Brett Mahoney - Attempted Victim
 * Curtis Hoyle - Attempted Victim and Attempted Killer
 * Anderson Schultz † - Ally turned Enemy
 * Eliza Schultz † - Ally turned Enemy

Trivia

 * John Pilgrim is based on the Mennonite, violent assassin who left his work to be with his wife Mary. Desparate for money to save his wife, Mennonite was hired by mafia to kill the Punisher.