He was raised as the only son of single prominent businessman who gave
son everything of his hearts desire, except information about his lineage.
In his teenage years, this troubled him and sparked his interests in ancient
cultures and languages. This led him to major in anthropology in college,
where he also extensively studied Latin, Hebrew, and Greek.

After college, Barnabas joined navy to see the world, to find the link to his
past. Despite his small stature, his unusual strength, quickness, and agility
led to become a navy seal during his stint in the military.

Trying to trace his lineage, Barnabas went to China and studied mystic
arts and devoted himself to Buddhism. While there he discovered that his
name, Linkoln, had been changed from Lin'khan before his ancestors
came to America. Though this satisfied his desires for a while, he still
struggled with an emptiness and void in his life. He left China and literal
backtracked Marco Polo's trail throughout Asia to the Israel and the
Middle East, where he began to discover the Word of God.

He began studying the Bible and any ancient Hebrew & Greek text he
could manage to get his hands on, even infiltrating Catholic monasteries
to review secret scrolls long hidden from public eye. He finally discovered
scrolls that seemed to document the existence of the Hyrule kingdom on
the island of Atlantis off the coast of Cyprus. From what he managed to
translate, he discovered his bloodline from the great hero Link of Kokiri
and Princess Zelda.

He uncovered the struggle ancient Hyrule had with the servant of Beelzebub,
Ganondorf, who had the ability to travel between the Light world (Earth)
and the Dark world (Hades, Sheol). Princess Zelda of Hyrule was
murdered by Ganondorf, but managed to escaped just as Link discovered
what had happen. When the Hyrulian guards found them, Link was
covered in blood holding Zelda, leading the guards to believe Link had
killed her. This sent Hyrule into turmoil and anarchy. Thus Ganondorf offered
a chance for reformation and peace, leading to his overtaking of Hyrule.
The gateway between Dark and Light world opened up and left Hyrule
a dark, sinful, barren wasteland.

Knowing his bloodline would be blamed and punished for what happened
in Atlantis, Link managed to send his son, Gabriel Linkson, to Asia
(changing his name to Lin'kahn) before the kingdom was destroyed.
Link stayed to battle the evil Ganondorf back into the Dark world.

Throughout this time, Link's faith in God diminished, leaving God with no
other choice but to destroy the light world by causing great earhquakes
that sank the island so that Dark world in Hyrule could no longer cross into
light world.

After discovering his lineage, Barnabas felt that he now understood the
deeper meaning in his life. He was a warrior, a soldier, who would fight till
the end for his country and his God to eliminate the evil threats of this world.

He re-enlisted in the Navy when he returned home, but this time it wasn't
to see the world, but to serve. His skills as a soldier quickly came to the
attention of General Hawk, who ask him to join the Joe team. Link, as he
now chose to be called, began dawning the clothing and gear of his
ancestors: a shield (representing faith), breastplate (representing
righteousness), sword (representing the Word God), belt (representing
truth), boots (representing readiness), and headwear (representing
salvation).

"There aren't many who would be scared of a little guy in an elf costume,
but there are even less who can say they have beaten this guy. There's a
fire in his eyes like I've never seen before...as if he's preparing to take on
the world." -General Hawk