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"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind"
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Rais' Men is a group of hostile survivors who appear in Dying Light. Served under Rais' control and serving to control all of Harran under his rule. The best-equipped and best supplied enemies in Dying light, they were formed by Rais upon the death of his brother and seizing of the GRE file detailing their plans for the virus. Working out of an apartment building nicknamed the Garrison, they are some of the most dangerous enemies apart from advanced infected.

Better equipped and trained than the Infected or The Tower, they have significant power. Extreme caution should be taken when entering their territory.

History[]

The gang that would become known as Rais' gang was formed upon the death of Rais' brother Hassan and the failure of the GRE to evacuate him. Enraged and bitter, he went rogue, took the highly sensitive GRE file containing their plans, and kept it as blackmail material to stop the GRE bombing the city.

They established power through blackmail and fear, ruling over the Slums and Old Town through terror. They looted and stole body armour, weapons, face masks and anything else of use from the retreating military for their own use, becoming a powerful but cruel army. They robbed the GRE drops containing antizin exclusively in order to keep the scattered survivors from rising up, and forced anyone who wanted to buy some to do tasks for them, or

In response, the GRE sent in Kyle Crane to eliminate Rais and retrieve the file. Rais' men fought him when he attacked the school, and throughout the campaign. With the loss of their leader, their base, and most of their experienced members, most lapsed into simple thugs, fighting to live another day. However, almost all had rallied under Kaan by the time of The Following.

When the supposed cure to the virus was heard about, Kaan and what was left of Rais' men went to the countryside in order to find the cure and horde it for themselves. However, all but a few who were either killed by the infected, survivors, the faceless, or Crane himself. Those who remained were never heard from again.

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Notable and Mentioned Members[]

Armament and Soldiers[]

Most of Rais' soldiers can clearly be identified by their black and yellow symbol, tactical rigs, and other military gear. Face masks or gas masks seem to be preferred by tougher members. Rais' men use both bladed and blunt melee weapons such as hammers and machetes, but use firearms on occasion such as the military rifle

Lower ranking members usually wear tank tops with the symbol of the gang, tactical pants, and bucket hats or goggles and are usually armed with a melee weapon. Higher ranking members will typically wear either a ballistic face mask or gas mask, tactical rig vests, and a melee weapon or firearm.

Culture[]

Rais and his soldiers operate on a set of cruel values, and utilize the condition of having no civilizing influences or refined culture; ignorance or crudity. The rallying cry that they have adopted is from a quote by Robert E. Howard, which states that: "Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph". If someone wants to join up with Rais, they have to eat a pair of human eyeballs, as told in the Ahmet's escort sidequest poaching from Rais.

Combat Strategies[]

  • They have a lot of health, and take quite a few hits, or even bullets to go down. They will often dodge your attacks, and block your throwing weapons if they have a melee weapon equipped. If they have firearms, they will use them, and often attract Virals to the area. This can be used to your advantage or disadvantage, as depending on your position, the virals will either attack you or the bandits.
  • If you are losing the fight, try to run away, as they often won't pursue you. They mainly just stand their ground.
  • Often Rais' thugs will be preoccupied with something, such as looting an Airdrop crate, beating up a Survivor, guarding a chest, just standing out in the open, or on top of a building. During these moments, you can throw in some explosives to catch them by surprise to thin their numbers, before confronting them head-on. But if you encounter them with a survivor, it isn't a good idea to use explosives, if you want that person to stay alive and get your reward.
  • Elemental damage from fire and electricity works well against them, since fire and electricity will stun them to a helpless state. Dousing them with flammable or conducting liquids beforehand will allow you to damage several of them simultaneously.
  • Grappling the thugs to the ground or into a wall will immediately make them vulnerable to a finishing move.
  • Encountering Rais' Men at an Airdrop does not mean you have to fight to get the DROP - If none of them have firearms and you do, you merely have to aim down the sights of the gun and they will surrender, allowing you to take the drop with ease. They may attack when you attempt to leave, however.
  • Attract Biters, Virals, Volatiles, Goons, or even Demolishers to take them out by causing a commotion with firearms, grenades, bombs, exploding arrows, or Exploding Throwing Stars.

Killed Victims[]

Deaths[]

Conversations[]

Show: Conversation in Old Town

Rais Soldier: "What do you think Rais is doing with the people we catch?"
Rais Soldier 2: "No idea. But I'm sure he has a plan..."
Rais Soldier: "Don't tell anyone I said this, but I just don't see it. Do you? I mean, what the hell's his plan?"

Rais Soldier: "I overheard somebody in munitions and he said Rais is determined to take out this Brecken. Do you know what he's talking about?"
Rais Soldier 2: "Shh... I heard something..."
Rais Soldier: "One of ours?"
Rais Soldier 2: "How the hell should I know? Just shut up and listen."

Rais Soldier: "I was out scavenging and I thought I was alone when I hear this'shhhshhh' noise. I turn around and there's walker right behind me. I thought I was gonna have a fuckin' stroke. The noises they make..."
Rais Soldier 2: "It's 'cause their lung tissue is dead and they can't breathe. The worst thing about them isn't the way they look. It's that dead meat smell and those sounds they make. It's enough to make your blood run cold."

Rais Soldier: "Hey, you're looking a little pale. Are you all right?"
Rais Soldier 2: "I don't know. My guts feel like they're on fire. Hurts like hell."
Rais Soldier: "I sure hope your medicine isn't wearing off. You know what Rais does with guys who go full blown?"
Rais Soldier 2: "Stop! I'm fine. I probably just ate a bad rat or something."

Quotes[]

  • "They should be here by now..." – Idle, in Old Town
  • "I don't know if it's the heat that's making me woozy or that expired food we had last night..." – Idle, in Old Town
  • "I'm not done with you!" – In combat
  • "I'm right here, let's do this!" – In combat
  • "Where are you going? This ain't over!" – In combat
  • "Don't be like that, come down!" – In combat
  • "What are you afraid of? Face me like a man!" – In combat

Trivia[]

  • If you point a firearm at them, they will either put their hands up and surrender to you, or attempt to run. However, if you shoot at them or turn away, they will attack you.
  • There are several of Rais' men who were infected and have turned into zombies, though they are first encountered in Old Town, however can be seen in the Slums afterwards.
  • In pre-release screenshots, Rais's men appear in a different appearance than in the final game. They appear to wear green-and-orange consisted clothing (almost like hunting clothing) and mainly masked. For examples, see the Gallery section of the page.
  • When it comes to fighting Rais' men, their combat style seems a bit strange. One of the few examples include their dodging and blocking occurring oddly too often, almost like they've mastered fighting, or can sense the player's attacks, before the player actually attacks. They can even regularly deflect thrown objects with ease, despite the difficulty of actually performing such an action in real combat. Another example is while they do take quite the hit from weapons, they can endure even powerful weapons such as axes and the double-barrel shotgun.
    • Despite their seemingly expert combat experience against Crane, they are still terrible at fighting even biters head-on without a gun, often getting grabbed by the biters. A single member can even be brought down by a group of just three or four biters, implying that their combat experience is limited to only against other humans (Which is not entirely unreasonable, given their nature), and that they lack experience against the infected beings, themselves.
      • This can be supported in the beginning, as Tahir orders his remaining soldier to fall back with him after Crane shoots and attracts virals. While most likely being the reason of being potentially outnumbered, it also implies that they lack the experience to fight the infected themselves, and prefer to withdraw instead.
      • On top of that, while Crane can easily take out a single biter with one to five swings depending on the weapon (Not including durability and broken weapons), it can sometimes take one of Rais' gang members around twenty hits or so to eliminate a single biter, even if Crane and the gang member are using the exact same weapon.
  • After completing the game, Rais appears to have slaughtered all of his men. However oddly enough, several pockets of Rais' men can still be found afterwards in the streets of Old Town and the Slums. This is possibly because the player may not have the achievement/trophy to save fifteen survivors from Rais' men, even after completion of the game.
  • The subtitles often refers to Rais' men as Bandit, Looter, and Rais Soldier.
  • Although Rais' men appear in the following expansion pack. They don't appear in random encounters, but instead appear in missions, the most notable being the granary and the end of the tunnel.
  • They seem to not only be active in the city but also in the countryside, in which they harass survivors in both areas.
  • Sometimes, when standing behind one and they appear to have not noticed you, they can suddenly swing behind themselves which appears to be an attempt at a surprise attack.
  • Rais' Men (And all other Human enemies) initially were immune to finishing moves like the Stomp, Air strike and stun kills. This is no longer true as of 2017, the stomp and air strike skills now kill them like they would with normal infected. This makes Tahir, Demolishers and Goons the only enemies immune to such moves as of now.


Gallery []

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