History Characters / Battlefield3

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: He's the heroic protagonist of Battlefield 3, working to prevent nuclear destruction and a possible war between the United States and Russia. [[spoiler: ''Videogame/Battlefield 2042'' reveals By the 2040s, the embittered Blackburn eventually became no better than the terrorists he once fought against, with his company Arkangel conducting inhumane experiments on kidnapped soldiers and implicating Russia to be responsible when it looks like his operations might be exposed.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Blackburn started out as a US Marine sergeant serving his country, before an incident in 2014 found him in the middle of a plot to start a war between the US and Russia. Despite preventing nuclear devastation in New York, Blackburn was forced out of the Marines for killing his commanding officer, and subsequently disappeared for many years. He would later form the Arkangel Corporation, the largest corporate entity in existence, becoming capable of manipulating the government and conducting illegal operations across the world.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Blackburn started out as a US Marine sergeant serving his country, before an incident in 2014 found him in the middle of a plot to start a war between the US and Russia. Despite preventing nuclear devastation in New York, Blackburn was forced out of the Marines for killing his commanding officer, and subsequently disappeared for many years. He would later form the Arkangel Corporation, the largest corporate entity in existence, becoming capable of conducting illegal operations and manipulating world governments in their favour.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Blackburn started out as a US Marine sergeant serving his country, before an incident in 2014 found him in the middle of a plot to start a war between the US and Russia. Despite preventing nuclear devastation in New York, Blackburn was forced out of the Marines for killing his commanding officer, and subsequently disappeared for many years. He would later form the Arkangel Corporation, the largest corporate entity in existence, becoming capable of manipulating world governments and conducting illegal operations the world over.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Blackburn started out as a US Marine sergeant serving his country, before an incident in 2014 found him in the middle of a plot to start a war between the US and Russia. Despite preventing nuclear devastation in New York, Blackburn was forced out of the Marines for killing his commanding officer, and subsequently disappeared for many years. He would later form the Arkangel Corporation, the largest corporate entity in existence, becoming capable of manipulating world governments and conducting illegal operations involving kidnapping and human experimentation.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Blackburn started out as a US Marine sergeant serving his country, before an incident in 2014 found him in the middle of a plot to start a war by framing Russia for several nuclear attacks. Despite preventing nuclear devastation in New York, Blackburn was forced out of the Marines for killing his commanding officer, and subsequently disappeared for many years. He would later form the Arkangel Corporation, the largest corporate entity in existence, becoming capable of manipulating world governments and conducting illegal operations involving kidnapping and human experimentation.]]

** Season 6 of ''Videogame/Battlefield2042'' "Dark Creations" reveals that, despite his heroic actions, he was still dishonourably discharged from the Marines for his murder of Cole, dropping off the grid for several years before re-emerging in the 2020s as the leader of a large and elite PMC. [[spoiler: He would later form the incredibly powerful Arkangel Corporation and begin kidnapping and experimenting on people in order to create augmented super-soldiers at a secret facility in Scotland.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears off the face of the Earth in ''VideoGame/Battlefield4''. Given his public conflict with [[spoiler:and execution of]] Solomon in broad streets after escaping interrogation, it's not liable to be anything good, but it does keep him out of later conflicts in the timeline. The novelization goes out of its way to show Dima reading a news article headline that he was cleared of all charges and declared a hero, at least.

A PLR fighter sent to Paris where he states a hostage crisis and faces off against the GIGN.

Codename for a couple of Marines involved in high-value operations such as assisting fellow Marines in defending American military camps and rescuing hostages and capturing PLR leaders. One of them in Caucasian and the other is African-American.

* TheHero: He's the main protagonist of the story.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Survives during the infiltration op in Paris.

[[folder:Agent Lazlo W. Kovic]]

--> '''Voiced by:''' Andre Sogliuzzo (BF3), Pasha Lychnikoff (BF4)

--> ''"The war for this city is nearly over. Let's finish it today."''

--> ''"The war for this city is nearly over, and we are gonna end it today."''

-->"What do you mean, ''a train's gone missing?''"

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:She's killed off rather unceremoniously in the ''Battlefield 4'' trailer]].

--> '''Voiced by:''' Mark Ivanir

A non-player character who appears alongside Blackburn in several of the infantry missions.

* ManipulativeBastard: Al-Bashir [[LampshadedHanging makes note of this]] in his dying breath.

* ManipulativeBastard: Al-Bashir [[DiscussedTrope makes note of this]] in his dying breath.

* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler:Blackburn ends up bashing his head in with a brick during a close quarters fight in Times Square.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: "He uses ''everyone''!"

--> ''"Shame. You come to our country to murder us, yet we are the terrorist?"''

* WeaponOfChoice: His Abrams tank.

* WeaponOfChoice: An M240 Machine Gun.

* WeaponOfChoice: Various firearms, but notable is his enormous meat cleaver/fish gutter knife that he always has.

* WeaponOfChoice: Uses the A-91 assault rifle.

* WeaponOfChoice: The AS Val. He also uses frag grenades when faced with a shootout against PLR fighters.

* WeaponOfChoice: The aforementioned .44 magnum in the game, and a sword in the book.

* GeneralRipper: Has an extreme hatred of the Americans invading Iran.
* TheGeneralissimo: Comes to power in Iran in the aftermath of a coup, and is the leader of a terrorist insurgency.