Rex Lundgren

Commander Rex Lundgren, a character in the Endless Summer series, is Jake’s former commander and leader of a group of soldiers called the Arachnids. He is first seen in Book 2, Chapter 6 (if the player has gathered all clues in Act 4).

Appearance
Rex is bald and has brown eyes and brown skin. His left eyebrow is cut in two. He wears a soldier’s camouflage uniform with a metal exoskeleton. He also smokes a cigar.

Personality
According to his former subordinate Jake, Rex is a bully who picked on those who couldn’t defend themselves. He is also known to be opportunistic and manipulative, selling weapons to tyrants and framing Jake for treason when he and Mike discovered it. Since then, Rex had been pursuing Jake, this time with the help of his soldiers the Arachnids and Rourke. He also prefers to be in charge, as shown when he initially refused to work for Rourke. He relented when Rourke promised him Jake, showing his willingness to cooperate with others if it suits his purposes.

Jake
Even before Jake discovered his commander Rex's treachery, they mutually disliked each other because of the latter’s mistreatment of his subordinates. This relationship degenerated into deep-seated hatred when Rex killed Jake’s wing-man Mike in an ambush and framed Jake for treason.

Everett Rourke
Rex disliked Rourke when they first met because the former insisted that he works alone. When Rourke mentioned Jake’s name and offered to work for him, Rex accepted. Whether the cooperation was mutually sincere was unknown, though Rex condescendingly addressed Rourke as “boss”.