History Characters / DetroitBecomeHuman

* [[Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanPlayerCharacters Playable Characters]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Kara, Markus [[/labelnote]]
** [[Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanConnor Connor]]

* [[Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanAndroids Androids]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Jericho (North, Josh, Simon, Lucy), Other Androids (Chloe, Luther, Daniel, Carlos' Android, Ralph, Rupert, Traci, Jerry, [=rA9=]) [[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanPlayerCharacters Playable Characters]]: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Kara, Connor, Markus [[/labelnote]]

* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanPlayerCharacters: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Kara, Connor, Markus [[/labelnote]]
* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanAndroids: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] Jericho (North, Josh, Simon, Lucy), Other Androids (Chloe, Luther, Daniel, Carlos' Android, Ralph, Rupert, Traci, Jerry, [=rA9=]) [[/labelnote]]
* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanHumans: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] [=CyberLife=] (Amanda Stern, Elijah Kamski), Law Enforcement (Hank Anderson, Gavin Reed, Jeffrey Fowler, Captain Allen), FBI (Richard Perkins), Other Characters (Alice Williams, Todd Williams, Carl Manfred, Leo Manfred, Carlos Ortiz, Nathan Clark, Sumo, Zlatko Andronikov, Rose Chapman, Adam Chapman, Cristina Warren) [[/labelnote]]

* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanHumans: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] [=CyberLife=] (Amanda Stern, Elijah Kamski), Law Enforcement (Hank Anderson, Gavin Reed, Jeffrey Fowler, Captain Allen), FBI (Richard Perkins), Other Humans (Alice Williams, Todd Williams, Carl Manfred, Leo Manfred, Carlos Ortiz, Nathan Clark, Sumo, Zlatko Andronikov, Rose Chapman, Adam Chapman, Cristina Warren) [[/labelnote]]

* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanHumans: [[labelnote: Click to expand.]] [=CyberLife=] (Amanda, Elijah Kamski), Law Enforcement (Hank Anderson, Gavin Reed, Jeffrey Fowler, Captain Allen), FBI (Richard Perkins), Other Humans (Alice Williams, Todd Williams, Carl Manfred, Leo Manfred, Carlos Ortiz, Nathan Clark, Sumo, Zlatko Andronikov, Rose, Adam, Cristina Warren) [[/labelnote]]

* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanPlayerCharacters
* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanAndroids
* Characters/DetroitBecomeHumanHumans

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!!Player Characters

[[folder: Kara]]
!!'''Kara''' | [-Portrayed by: Valorie Curry (English), Maia Michaud (French), Mayumi Sako (Japanese), Andrea Orozco (Latin American Spanish), Olga Velasco (European Spanish), Lara Trautmann (German) -]
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->'''Model:''' [=AX400=]

A newly created android with artificial consciousness who discovers how it is to live among humans and struggles to find her place in a world where androids are still not conscious and utilised as servants.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[InvertedTrope A heroic version.]] If the player so chooses, Kara will fight her programming and turn on her master Todd to protect his daughter Alice from his abuse.
* ActionSurvivor: Not a ruthless and efficient character like Connor or Marcus, but she's effective and quick on her feet. Not to mention perfectly willing to lead her and Alice through a highway (and depending on player's reflexes, come out unscathed) [[spoiler: to escape Connor in one scenario.]]
* AscendedExtra: Kara as a character started out as little more than a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EvqiGm0wz8 tech demo]] made by Creator/QuanticDream to show off their then-new graphics engine as part of their promotion of upcoming title ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls''. She quickly became so popular among viewers that QD eventually developed an entire game that's partially based around her, thus promoting her to the fully developed main character whose fate lies in your hands when you play ''Detroit''.
* BadassBystander: Despite being programmed to follow Todd's orders, she manages to overcome her programming to defend Todd's daughter from Todd's abuse.
* BenevolentAI: Her sole and primary purpose even after becoming Deviant is to [[BigBrotherInstinct protect Alice and make her happy again.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Unlike Markus and Connor, Kara is a small, waifish woman that can't hope to win straight-up fights against the bigger and stronger opponents she tends to encounter, so she has to make use of every trick and advantage she can to come out on top. If that involves clobbering armored soldiers with bricks or PlayingPossum when there's no other way out, so be it.
* CuteMachines: She is a very cute RobotGirl. It does help a lot that she's portrayed by Valorie Curry.
* FiveFingerDiscount: One option to provide for Alice after their escape from Todd involves shoplifting from a nearby store. If she took Todd's gun during that chapter, an additional BallisticDiscount may be invoked in case the clerk catches her. Down the street is also a laundromat where she can nick a sleeping dude's clothes for herself. While it's certainly the easiest way out of their predicament, all options garner Alice's disapproval.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: She was conceived as an obedient maid bot but tears her way out of her programming's shackles by sheer force of will to protect a little girl from her abusive father, simply because it was the right thing to do. It doesn't take long until she displays more compassion and humanity than [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the real humans around her]].
* HammerSpace: She can carry around quite a few things tucked away in her clothes without them showing. Her handgun is the most prevalent example, but most impressive is the fairly large plush toy she can steal for Alice; it disappears completely once she stuffs it under her tight-fitting top.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If Marcus starts a violent revolution and border patrols are instituted, Kara can choose to let herself be captured and executed, leaving Alice in Rose's care..]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She tries to justifies any player-opted thievery, robbery, or sacrifice of others as this. Justified as they are trying to survive.
* ImportantHaircut: She cuts her long hair down to the pixie cut she's wearing on her page image, both as a means of disguise after her and Alice's escape and as yet another sign of her CharacterDevelopment.
* InkSuitActor: Kara looks just like her voice/motion capture actress, Valorie Curry.
* KaleidoscopeHair: It doesn't change color frequently, but Kara can redye her artificial hair at any time in just a few seconds. It crops up once shortly after her escape from Todd, with a selection of natural colors for the player to choose from and the most outlandish one being white. Neither choice has any effect on later events.
* KickTheDog: At the recycling plant, [[spoiler:[[SadisticChoice if you leave Alice behind]] when you throw away the android corpse and stow away on the dump truck, Alice will whisper for you to come save her right before she dies]]. [[WhatTheHellHero The game makes sure to shame you for this choice]] (provided Markus's movement succeeded), as the final scene of Kara's story is [[spoiler:of her living a normal life in Detroit and stopping dead in her tracks [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone when she sees a pamphlet]] [[MyGreatestFailure for Alice's android model]]]].
* MamaBear: When she's ordered by Todd to stay still while he abuses Alice, she pushes beyond her programming and gains awareness so she can protect Alice. Afterwards she does anything she considers necessary to ensure Alice's safety and wellbeing, no matter the cost to herself and (depending on your decisions) others around her.
* MeaningfulName: Kara means "beloved" in Latin, and is also Irish for either "friend" or "love", which perfectly embodies her personality and the theme of her story.
%%* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Kara is part of a model line of androids who are all named Kara. As a result, there are multiple androids that are nearly identical to her with the same name, such as the Kara featured in the Paris Games Week trailer.
* NiceGirl: Generally pleasant and easy going.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's positively tiny, but don't let her size fool you. If you do anything that threatens Alice or herself, she won't hesitate to tear you a new one [[CombatPragmatist by any means available or necessary]].
* PlayingPossum: One option to [[spoiler:escape Jericho when the US government raids the derelict]] is to have Kara and Alice pull off this trick at one point.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Not as obvious as Alice's case, but it is implied that Todd bought her to serve as a subservient replacement for his wife.]]
* RobotGirl: Well, yeah. But of the main protagonists, she breaks into deviancy first -- afterwards, she is much less robotic.
* RobotMaid: Kara is an [=AX400=], a domestic assistant model created by [=CyberLife=]. The [=AX400=] is a common model, designed to take care of the housework and look after young children. They can speak 300 different languages, cook more than 9000 dishes, help children with their homework and play with them.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Of all the human-looking robots who appear in this teaser trailer, Kara is most certainly one of them, considering her newfound sapience.
* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: [[spoiler:In any level before the ending in which either Alice or Kara dies, the other will die too.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] near the end when she, Alice and Luther need bus tickets to cross the Canadian border. [[spoiler:To save her android family, you can decide to let Kara keep the tickets a human mother lost by accident, thus potentially dooming said mother, her husband and their toddler to death by exposure in the winter cold. It's such a serious question that the game asks you twice if you want to go through with it, and neither Kara nor Alice are happy about it if you do. Unfortunately, it's the only option you have if you want Kara's whole group to survive.]]
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[[folder: Connor]]
!!'''Connor''' | [-Portrayed by: Bryan Dechart (English), Donald Reignoux (French), Eiji Hanawa (Japanese), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (Latin American Spanish), David Robles (European Spanish)-]
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->'''Model:''' [=RK800=]

An advanced police model android tasked with hunting down androids that have mysteriously deviated from their programmed behavior.
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* {{Adorkable}}: His attempts at trying to strike up a conversation with Hank are endearingly awkward. Justified, as an android detective his skills at analyzing people don't translate well as people skills.
* AllForNothing: Even if you have Connor make all the nice/human choices that increases his software instability, you can still choose to [[spoiler:have him remain a machine when the choice between that and deviant arrives.]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Connor, being an advanced police android, demonstrates during the starting hostage situation that he makes on-the-fly mathematical calculations of his percent chance of rescuing the hostage. Connor felt, upon arriving on the scene, that he had a fifty-fifty chance of rescuing the hostage. Which then drops to a 48% chance of success when the hostage's mother becomes quite angry upon realizing he's not a 'real person'. When Connor talks to the hostage taker face to face, he can increase his probability of success if he first investigates the apartment and discovers relevant personal information he can then bring up in dialogue.
* BadassBoast: "You can't kill me. I'm not alive!" Not really a boast as much as a fact.
** If Markus is dead by the time [[spoiler:Jericho is attacked and you have Connor follow the deviant path]], Connor will choose to [[spoiler:blow up Jericho in place of Markus]].
--->[[spoiler:'''North:''']] What? Connor, no!\\
'''Connor:''' See if you can help the others. I'm gonna find the detonator. Don't worry. [[{{Determinator}} I always accomplish my mission.]]
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:If he empathizes with deviants, the instability in his programming increases. This can eventually end in him going rogue and completely deviant himself when confronting whoever's in charge of Jericho at that time.]]
* BluffTheImpostor: [[spoiler:On the deviant path, when you infiltrate [=CyberLife=] to convert the production's androids, a "machine" Connor will approach you while holding Hank hostage at gunpoint. When you save Hank and intervene, you get into a fight with the other Connor. Hank will have the gun, but as he is unable to differentiate between the two Connors, he asks for the name of his dog and the name of his son. Since the other Connor also has your memories, it's not the ''correct'' answer that Hank is just looking for; he's looking for which Connor is more [[CharacterDevelopment empathetic]].]]
* BodyBackupDrive: Connor can upload his memory and come back in a new body. [[spoiler:If he goes totally deviant, this can come back to bite him in the ass later when he finds another Connor who has all his memories and thus is able to impersonate being him to Hank.]]
* BrutalHonesty: At his most robotic self Connor is this. He can blow up his negotiation with Daniel by telling him he is gonna be destroyed for killing a human if you chose the truth option.
* CharacterTic: Try to make a drinking game out of the many times Connor straightens his tie or adjusts his sleeves. He does both ''a lot'', the latter occurring as many as 4 times in one scene as he walks through [=CyberLife=] in some endings.
* ColdSniper: [[spoiler:If he stays a machine, he will try to assassinate Markus or North by blowing his or her head off with a sniper rifle. He coldly assembles a CoolGun and aims with barely an emotion.]]
* DeathIsCheap: Unlike the other protagonists, while you can get Connor killed, due to being a super-prototype, [=CyberLife=] will be willing to upload his memories to a new body, though some data will be lost. But since getting killed is a side effect of failing a mission, you may miss out on story, Hank will be freaked out about this (in one chapter, it negatively affects your relationship), and Amanda will criticize you for your failures. [[spoiler:FinalDeath is put into play when Connor and Hank are released from their investigation, as the events of the game start happening one after the other (leaving you no time to be reuploaded and brought back in time) and [=CyberLife=] is no longer willing to repair androids in light of the deviants' rebellion.]]
* TheDeterminator: According to Cage, Connor is exceptionally intelligent, cold and determined, "ready to do anything to succeed in his mission".
* TheDragon: To Amanda if he stays loyal. He's also DragonInChief since Amanda is a NonActionBigBad and very passive beyond being Connor's superior.
* {{Expy}}: Connor seems to be one of Norman Jayden from ''VideoGame/HeavyRain''. He even has an ARI 2.0.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: One of the possible results of the hostage situation is Connor saving the girl by throwing himself at the hostage taker causing them both to fall off a skyscraper. Connor is seen to smile and close his eyes as he falls.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:If he remains loyal to humanity, he can become this if the player chooses to control Markus when the two come to blows in the Battle of Detroit.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted. In the hostage scenario, Connor's first priority is to save the hostage, a little girl, at all costs; because of this, any solution that results in the little girl surviving will give the player a "Mission Successful" message, even if Connor himself dies to save her. However, in any scenario where both he and the girl survive, Connor immediately walks away without even as much as making sure she is alright, showing that all he really cares about at that point is completing his assignment.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He can potentially become a deviant and help secure freedom for the androids by either, helping Markus with the revolution, or helping lead it should he die.]]
* TheHeroDies: A rare non-spoiler example, as this can happen in the ''demo''; depending on the player's choices, Connor can potentially be killed by the hostage taker, though in a silver lining, if he dies he will save the little girl's life in the process. [[spoiler:It turns out that he can die multiple times until the "Battle of Detroit" chapter.]]
* HeroicSacrifice:
** The above example of FaceDeathWithDignity involves a heroic self-sacrifice; in another possible result, Connor rams into the hostage taker and takes multiple ''gunshot wounds'' to the back of the head so the girl herself won't be harmed. [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist He can afford to do so]], but he's still willing to give one of his lives for that.
** [[spoiler:If Markus and North are dead, Connor deviated, and successfully liberated the androids from [=CyberLife=], Connor becomes leader of the deviants. However, when Amanda reveals that [=CyberLife=] intends to have Connor destroy the deviant movement from the inside, you can have Connor choose to kill himself. After you reach the emergency exit, [[AmbiguousEnding it is ambiguous if he went through with it]].]]
* HiddenBadass: With Connor being a detective with a kind of child-like demeanor to him, it would be hard to see him doing anything except detective work and the occasional run. But whenever he has a gun in his hand, he tends to resemble Deadshot more than Sherlock Holmes.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: A police model android that hunts down other androids that break from their programming.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: An achievement is to have him die and come back at every opportunity.
* InkSuitActor: Connor looks so much like a perfectly [[TheStoic stoic]] Bryan Dechart that it's easy to get creeped out at photos of Dechart smiling after watching the E3 2016 trailer.
* TheKetchupTest: Apparently Connor can, given an android bloodstain, tell what model android produced it by ''[[SniffSniffNom tasting]]'' the blood. It works on human blood, too.
* LightningBruiser: He doesn't share Markus' brute strength, but Connor is just as fast and capable as him in a fight.
* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:If Connor deviates, when Markus delivers his speech after the Battle for Detroit, Amanda reveals to Connor that he's always been intended to deviate so he could infiltrate the deviants and take out their leader from within.]]
** [[spoiler:If Markus and North are dead, Connor becomes leader of the deviants. Instead, Amanda intends to have him destroy the deviants in another way, meaning your best option is having Connor kill himself. [[AmbiguousEnding It's ambiguous if he goes through with it or not.]]]]
* MeaningfulName: Connor is an Irish name, and means "strong-willed" or "wise hound-lover". This can refer to his determination to accomplish his mission no matter the cost, and a lighter note, how he -- if not like -- is at least warm towards dogs.
* NiceGuy: Connor can be this depending on your dialogue choices.
* NotAfraidToDie: Invoked. One certain way to determine [[spoiler: whether he will go deviant or not]] is choosing how he acts in the face of death. If he acts as if DeathIsCheap, then it's the latter. If he shows hesitation or fear, it's the former.
* OneManArmy: If he never fails a QTE, he can demolish squads all by himself.
* PetTheDog: There is a literal dog for him to pet, as well as a fish he can help.
* PragmaticHero: In the hostage scenario, Connor can be this if the player makes ruthless choices when dealing with the hostage taker.
* SarcasmBlind: There are a few times where he fails to get a joke. Justified since he's an android, and it's unlikely that androids were automatically programmed to understand everyone's individual brand of humor.
-->'''Hank:''' You know where you can stick your instructions?
-->'''Connor:''' [[LiteralMinded No. Where?]]
* ShutUpHannibal: In the hostage scenario, if the player picks unsympathetic dialogue choices, Connor will angrily point out to the hostage taker that regardless of his reasons, he's ''killed people'' (meaning the SWAT team members he shot), and he needs to answer for that.
* SuperPrototype: A [[http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/06/13/detroit-become-human-new-trailer-new-playable-character-detailed/ blog post]] from David Cage describes Connor as a prototype with a number of very advanced features, which can include (if you get the best possible ending for the sequence depicted in the E3 2016 trailer) a very strong understanding of human and humanlike behavior. He can read other androids' memory with skin contact and has thousands of back up bodies to download his memory into if he dies.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Depending on your dialogue choices in the hostage scenario, Connor can express sympathy for the hostage taker having been about to be replaced and having "errors" in his software that drove him to take such extremes in response.
* TheUnfettered: One possible play style for Connor is one of the ultimate examples of this trope. Should the player decide that Connor's top priority is completing the mission, then nothing, absolutely ''nothing'' will get in his way of achieving that goal. [[spoiler: He will sacrifice anyone's life, willingly inflict unspeakable emotional trauma on deviants, even ''destroy himself'', all without a second thought if it means that the assigned mission will be completed.]]
* {{Unperson}}: Due to Connor being with the humans, when interacting with members of Jericho, they will refer to the android race as "my people" rather than "our people", excluding Connor as one of them. One instance is when [[spoiler:Connor is about to kill North at the end of the Battle for Detroit after killing Markus if chose to stay a machine]].
* VillainProtagonist: Only if he repeatedly picks the anti-android options and [[spoiler:decides to remain a machine in the end.]]
* WhenHeSmiles: The times where he ''tries'' to smile are endearing. However, if his smiles are genuine and not a mere formality, that's when it becomes completely heartwarming.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:If Connor deviates and successfully liberates the androids from [=CyberLife=], but Markus and North are dead, Connor will be urged by the other androids to be the new leader of Jericho. However, Amanda reveals that this is the perfect opportunity for Connor to destroy the deviants from within, leading to either you having Connor commit suicide or give in. If you choose the former, it's left ambiguous as to whether or not he managed to break free, went through with the suicide, or lost control.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: In "Last Chance, Connor", if Connor is unable to discover the location of Jericho in time, he will be forced by his programming to return to [=CyberLife=] to be decommissioned. Amanda tells him that he's failed the mission, and the now snowy garden will be shown to have frozen him lifeless.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:if Conner stays loyal to [=CyberLife=] Corp and successfully puts down Markus' uprising, Amanda will inform him that he's being replaced by a superior model, and will be deactivated due to being obsolete.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Markus]]
!!'''Markus''' | [-Portrayed by: Jesse Williams (English), Rémi Caillebot (French), Yuya Uchida (Japanese), Miguel Ángel Leal (Latin American Spanish), Luis Manuel Martín Díaz (European Spanish)-]
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->'''Model:''' [=RK200=]

A former caretaker android who was nearly killed but reborn and takes it upon himself to free others like him from servitude.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Most likely owing to his InkSuitActor Jesse Williams, who has a white mother and an Afro-American father.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: After being framed for the murder of his caretaker, he gets ripped apart and left in a junkyard for broken-down androids. When he regains consciousness, he's missing both his legs, an eye, the pump that keeps his blue blood flowing, and an audio processor.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: If the right choices are made, he can give a few of these to [[spoiler: Connor, which increases his instability and can even make him a deviant]].
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's capable of pre-calculating and executing gravity-defying stunts and escape routes.
* {{BFG}}: Wields a rocket launcher at some point.
* BadassLongcoat: He picks up after he crawls out of the junkyard and wears this type of clothing for most of the game, unless he's going undercover.
* BigDamnHeroes: If you had Markus lead a successful revolution and if Kara and co. [[spoiler:were caught and sent to a recycling plant]], Jericho will [[spoiler:take the plant]] if you don't have Kara do anything before time is up.
* TheCaretaker: Revealed in trailers to have been one to his previous owner, Carl, before becoming a deviant.
* DoubleTap: How he dispatches of enemies whenever he gets a gun and a killing intent.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: Carl's son will accuse him of murdering his father after the old man dies from a heart attack if Markus doesn't fight back.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: During the freedom march, if Markus picked the confrontational option and fails all the QTE's, his people will end up slaughtered, and he can shoot himself out of despair.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: If Connor remains loyal to humanity, Markus will become this if the player chooses to control Connor when the two fight in The Battle of Detroit.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts out as a mere caretaker for an elderly artist, but after nearly dying he ''literally'' rebuilds himself into a revolutionary leader who causes massive social upheaval whichever route he chooses to take.
* HeartBrokenBadass: [[spoiler: If North dies during the battle of Detroit, he'll be on the verge of tears and share a LastKiss with her.]]
* TheHero: He is the leader of the android revolution and most of the game revolves around the actions he takes throughout the game.
* HeroicSacrifice: Multiple times, he's given the option to become a martyr to spare his fellow androids. [[spoiler:He'll get gunned down by the police as a reward unless there's outside intervention, and [[SenselessSacrifice in general this decreases the chance of android rights.]]]]
* InkSuitActor: Markus looks like his voice actor, Jesse Williams.
* LeParkour: How he moves around in a pinch and quite effective at it. Some puzzles also rely on this.
* LightningBruiser: Very fast, graceful and hits like a truck.
* MartialPacifist: Played as a pacifist leader, he won't start any fights, but he is capable enough to finish any fight his group might get into.
* MagneticHero: Through a combination of his ability to spread deviancy to other androids and his penchant for leadership, Markus is able to draw thousands of androids to march under his banner.
* MeaningfulName:
** Marcus is derived from Mars, the Roman god of war, making Markus's name either this or an IronicName depending on how you lead Jericho. Marcus is also in the name of numerous Roman Emperors, befitting Markus's role as a leader to the deviants.
** Marcus Garvey was an African-American activist who supported segregation, believing that white people and black people should not integrate. Can be an IronicName if Markus chooses to protest peacefully (as Garvey supported violence), but ends up being this trope for the most part since [[spoiler:the ending will always have the androids take Detroit while the humans are forced to leave if either of your rebellions are successful]].
* MessianicArchetype: And the game is not the least bit subtle about it. [[spoiler:Saving his life is not hard, though.]]
** Leans toward DarkMessiah if he takes the path of violent revolution.
* MismatchedEyes: Later on, he has heterochromia, with one eye blue, and the other eye green. [[spoiler: That's because his right eye was taken from a deactivated android after he was torn apart and left for dead in the junkyard for androids.]]
* MrFanservice: He's quite muscular and good looking. Being played by Jesse Williams helps.
** FanDisservice: He'll be torn to pieces and covered in grime with barely a cloth on in the junkyard.
* PragmaticHero: Arguably going into straight-up UnscrupulousHero territory if he picks the more violent path of revolution. He ''will'' win his people rights, no matter how much blood he has to spill to do it.
* RebelLeader: He becomes a leader of the android rebel group Jericho.
* ReluctantWarrior: The best he can manage in terms of pacifism.
** If he's veered towards a violent, revenge-driven revolution, he's still regretful about his choices and wonders if they were truly right in order to earn his people freedom.
** If he sticks to a peaceful revolution, he's still ready and willing to fight for his people -- he just aims for non-lethal shots and knock-outs and doesn't attack when they've surrendered.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:He can MercyKill a dying android in the junkyard.]]
* SuperEmpowering: Markus seems to have a version of type 4 in that his touch gives the power of sentience to other Androids.
* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: [[spoiler:If Markus dies in "Freedom March", North will take his place as leader, but ultimately, the movement will fail.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Even if he chooses the violent path he's still fighting for the sake of his people.
[[/folder]]

!!Androids

[[header: Jericho]]

[[folder:North]]
!!'''North''' | [-Portrayed by: Minka Kelly (English), Elsa Davoine (French), Creator/AyumiTsunematsu (Japanese), Sara Heras (European Spanish)-]
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->'''Model:''' [=WR400=]

One of Jericho's leading members, who advocates for confrontational acts of android liberation.

* ActionGirl: By far the most aggressive member of Jericho's leaders, always eager to get her hands dirty, and always at the sharp end if [[spoiler:the uprising ends up going to war with the US Army]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her past as a SexBot leaves her visibly distressed when talking about it and she's greatly disturbed when she reminisces about it. Broaching the subject during Markus' first conversation with her is enough to drop her opinion of him to "resentful", and it remains dangerous to bring up for quite some time.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She is one of the deviants in the case files that Connor reviews in "Waiting For Hank..." several chapters before her proper introduction.
* ExposedToTheElements: That outfit she's wearing on her page image, with the exposed shoulder and everything? That's her street getup for the freezing Detroit winter. Granted, she ''is'' an android and thus largely unfazed by low temperatures, but it's a pretty dumb choice for someone trying to blend in with the humans. [[{{Fanservice}} Looks pretty neat, though]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:If Markus died at the freedom march, ultimately, the movement will always fail under North's command.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Josh, as she is a woman who pushes for violent approaches.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the Eden club level with Connor, you may notice that some of the {{Sexbot}}s look like North. That's because she used to be one of them.
* GeneralFailure: [[spoiler:If she leads the androids into battle against the US Army, chances are good everyone including herself ends up dead.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: If Markus gets badly injured during the Battle for Detroit, she will offer her "heart" to him so he can live.
* {{Irony}}: In the first conversation you can have with her, she tells Markus "If you're looking for comfort, you've come to the wrong place". It is very easy for them to become an OfficialCouple and if so, they find comfort in each other's arms.
* TheLancer: To Markus.
* LoveInterest: She and Markus can fall in love, ending with a relation ship of "Lover", depending on the player's choices.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's noticeably shorter than her male co-leaders, but easily the most capable fighter after Markus.
* PoisonousFriend: Potentially to Markus, as she advises him to be confrontational and use force to solve his problems.
* {{Sexbot}}: Her function before she became a deviant.
* SourSupporter: If Markus chooses the path of nonviolent resistance, she will continue to argue for the more confrontational options. That said, it's still possible to earn her UndyingLoyalty (or even [[OfficialCouple love]]) if Markus's methods get results.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: A firm believer in this mindset. It's not hard to blame her in light of how extremely violent humanity continues to treat the android rebellion, but there are ways to prove her wrong.
* YouAreInCommandNow: If Markus dies during the protest in the city, North steps up as leader of the deviants. She's not really cut out for it.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: [[spoiler:If Connor remains a machine and kills Markus, a dying North says this to him.]]
-->'''North:''' You can take my life. It doesn't matter anymore. ... We fought for our dream and we lost, but you can't hold my people down forever. One day, we'll rise up again, and we ''will'' win. [[DefiantToTheEnd Go on. Shoot.]] [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What are you waiting for?]] [[spoiler:''[option to shoot or spare]'']]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Josh]]
!!'''Josh''' | [-Portrayed by: Parker Sawyers (English), Aitor González (European Spanish)-]

->'''Model:''' [=PJ500=]

A leading member of Jericho, who advocates for nonviolent liberation.
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* ActualPacifist: Always pushes for the nonviolent option to spread the message of android liberation.
* {{Foil}}: To North, as he is a man who pushes for peaceful solutions.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Simon]]
!!'''Simon''' | [-Portrayed by: Ben Lambert (English), Daichi Endo (Japanese), Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez (Latin American Spanish), Raúl Lara (European Spanish)-]
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->'''Model:''' [=PL600=]

A Jericho leader, who often acts as a mediating factor between Jericho's different opinions.
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:If choosing to assault the TV Station, he can be wounded and has to be left behind. Markus can choose to kill him so he wouldn't get interrogated or memory scanned.]]
[[/folder]]

[[header: Other Androids]]

[[folder:Chloe]]
!!'''Chloe''' | [-Portrayed by: Gabrielle Hersh (English), Yolanda Mateos (European Spanish)-]
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->'''Model:''' [=RT600=]

The android announcer on the main menu. She can also be found in-game.
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* TheCutie: InUniverse and out if players' reactions are anything to go by.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Not in Kamski's house, at least, although it doesn't seem like she has much say in her choice in footwear.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Kamski imposes his "Kamski Test" on Connor by [[spoiler:[[BadBoss handing him a gun and ordering him to shoot Chloe]] in the head]], she simply kneels down before him without showing signs of fear (or any emotion at all for that matter), despite knowing that [[spoiler:her survival hinges on the unknowable mind of a stranger who was built to be a HunterOfTheirOwnKind]].
* FourthWallObserver: Will comment on the player's action in the game.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* MesACrowd: All the androids Hank and Connor encounter in Kamski's mansion are Chloes ([[RuleOfThree three of them, to be precise)]]. Guy clearly HasAType.
* NiceGal: Always unfailingly polite to everyone, including the player while in the main menu.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Once you finish the game, she'll ask you to let her go so she can explore her newfound humanity. If you agree, she'll actually walk out of your main menu for good. The only way to get her back is to delete the save and start from scratch; it may even be necessary to reinstall the whole game.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: She can solidify Connor's HeelFaceTurn if he decides that her life isn't worth trading in for information he needs.]]
* ShipTease: Even Connor, an emotionless android, can acknowledge that she's pretty. [[spoiler:Averted if he kills her.]] Makes you wonder how he would've reacted to Kamski's SadisticChoice [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute if she wasn't that hot]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Luther]]
!!'''Luther''' | [-Portrayed by: Evan Parke (English), Creator/JinYamanoi (Japanese), Salvador Reyes (Latin American Spanish), Roberto Encinas (European Spanish)-]

->'''Model:''' [=TR400=]

A giant android under Zlatko.
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* TheBrute: He was Zlatko's enforcer when he was still working for him.
* TheBigGuy: After his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes the load-bearing member for Kara's newly-knit family.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: It is *extremely* hard to keep Luther alive to see the end of the game. In addition to the fact he is ready to (and will) sacrifice himself at every opportunity to save Kara and Alice, meaning you need a near-perfect run, he will be shot in the ending where Kara and Alice cross the river.]]
* GentleGiant: After he becomes a deviant.
* HiddenDepths: Can be quite philosophical when discussing [[spoiler: Alice being an android and that the love she and Kara feel for each other is just as real as she were a human being.]]
* OneHeadTaller: One-and-a-half heads taller than Kara, actually. Luther's a giant who towers over just about everyone else, but it looks especially impressive when he's standing next to tiny Kara.
* PapaWolf: To Alice.
* ScaryBlackMan: While he's working for Zlatko.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: All of his deaths involve him sacrificing his life in some way to help Kara and Alice.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Traci]]
!!'''Traci''' | [-Portrayed by: Amelia Rose Blair (English), Yolanda Mateos (European Spanish) -]

->'''Model:''' [=WR400=]

An android sex worker model at the Eden Club.
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* ActionGirl: Downplayed, but when Connor spots her, she and her girlfriend are able to put up a decent fight against both him and Hank, who are no slouches in the combat department.
* BadassGay: Hard to tell if androids care about things like gender, but she's in love with another female android, and an impressively capable fighter when cornered.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:When Kara arrives in Jericho]], they can be found hanging around near the railing if they escaped from Connor.
* CombatStilettos: Part of her SexBot "uniform". She can kick quite a lot of ass in them, as Hank and Connor may find out the hard way.
* DisposableSexWorker: Her fear of ending up like this led to her going on the run. Considering how humans treat androids in general and pleasure models like her in particular, it's pretty hard to blame her.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:If you shoot her lover, she tearfully explains her actions before grabbing Connor's gun and taking her own life.]]
* GaveUpTooSoon: If you take too long trying to look for her, Hank will give up and tell Connor that they should just leave. [[GameOver Do so]], and the last shot you see as the duo leave is the blue-haired Traci clearly hiding among the stored androids.
* HidingInPlainSight: She's in the storage room, pretending to be one of the deactivated androids.
* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler:Very feminine and involved with another SexBot of the same model line. They run away from the club together if you let them, or die trying if you don't.]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler: Traci strangled her customer to death after seeing him kill another SexBot, fearing that he would kill her next.]]
* OneSteveLimit: A bunch of the female androids at the Eden club are named Traci. The one that killed her customer is referred to as the blue-haired Traci.
* ScrewYourself: Though the brunette one is not named in-game, [[AllThereInTheManual unlockable files]] confirm that the blue-haired Traci's lover is ''also'' a Traci of the same model.
* SexBot: At the Eden club. [[spoiler:She has enough of it when one of her clients kills another {{Sex Bot}} during sex and almost does the same to her, causing her to kill him in self-defense]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It backfires on her, as it makes her stand out from the other {{Sex Bot}}s at the club and allows Connor to identify her more easily.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Daniel]]
!!'''Daniel''' | [-Portrayed by: Ben Lambert (English), Daichi Endō (Japanese), Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez (Latin American Spanish), Raúl Lara (European Spanish)-]
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->'''Model:''' [=PL600=]

->''"I thought I was part of the family, I thought I mattered... But I was just their toy, something to throw away when you're done with it."''

An android hostage taker and Connor's first investigation target.
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* AntiVillain: His hostage taking was motivated by fear of being replaced, leading to him shooting the family's father and taking the girl hostage. While justifiable, his overreaction and MisplacedRetribution definitely places him in the villain part.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:If Simon gets caught by the police, Connor can use Daniel's parts to repair Simon (since both of them are the same model) in order to learn from him where Jericho is in "Last Chance, Connor".]]
* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: He will always die, either gunned down by the police, Connor or throwing himself off the rooftop.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ralph]]
!!'''Ralph''' | [-Portrayed by: Matt Vladimery (English)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/detroit_ralph.png]]

->'''Model:''' [=WR600=]

An android that Kara and Alice can meet if they seek shelter at an abandoned house. He is a former urban farming android who suffered a grisly experience at the hands of humans and is now quite... unhinged.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In the morning, it looks very worrying when he prepares to serve a big rat as breakfast to Alice and waves a knife around. Naturally, Alice is scared and doesn't want to eat it. And by the way, Hank and Connor are nearby conducting an investigation on Kara and Alice. The best way to solve this is to [[spoiler:tell Ralph truthfully that Alice doesn't want to eat the rat, and though initially upset, he will back down and he will help you hide & escape from Connor in the next scene]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:If Kara met him and parted with him on good terms, he will be at the recycling plant and will be willing to perform a HeroicSacrifice for Kara and co. to escape.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: He's not well to say the least.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Humans hurt him badly enough that they scarred his face and left him mentally scarred, and then abandoned him.
* FacialHorror: The left of his face is covered with massive burn marks that do not heal. All we know is that humans were the ones that gave it to him.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you parted with him on good terms, he will return as one of the androids at the recycling plant. He will offer to sacrifice himself to help Kara and co. escape for the sake of Alice. Choosing to let him do so causes him to distract the guards while you, Alice, and if still alive, Luther, escape.]]
* ThirdPersonPerson: Always refers to himself by his name, never by "I".
* WeNeedADistraction: Although it probably wasn't planned this way, he [[spoiler:distracts Connor long enough to give Kara and Alice a chance to escape if Connor finds them in the abandoned house, assuming you managed to calm him down during the breakfast scene before]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jerry]]
!!'''Jerry''' | [-Portrayed by: Kristopher Bosch (English)-]

->'''Model:''' [=EM400=]

An android worker hive mind for the abandoned Pirate's Cove amusement park.
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* ChekhovsGunman: If you saved him, [[spoiler:he will be at the recycling plant or the border check and will be willing to perform a HeroicSacrifice so you can escape]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:You can have Kara sacrifice himself by distracting Border Patrol so that she and the others can pass through undetected.]]
* HesitantSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you have Kara ask him to sacrifice himself at the border check, he will look shocked and hurt by this, but he will do it.]]
* MesACrowd: Lots of them and all named Jerry.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rupert]]
->'''Model:''' [=WB200=]

A deviant who's been living in an old apartment building and growing a population of pigeons.
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* TheCameo: [[spoiler:When Kara arrives in Jericho]], he can be found there if he escaped from Connor.
* ChaseScene: One of the game's longer chase sequences is between Connor and Rupert, across a rooftop farm spanning multiple buildings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carlos' Android]]
!!'''Carlos' Android''' | [-Portrayed by: Cornelius Smith Jr. (English)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/detroit_hk400.png]]

->'''Model:''' [=HK400=]

->''"He tortured me everyday... I did whatever he told me, but... there was always something wrong..."''

Carlos Ortiz's abused android and killer.
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* AnythingButThat: He reacts this way when Connor warns him that if he keeps saying nothing, his memory will be probed.
* TheDogBitesBack: He stabs Carlos to death many times after being abused by him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Either he will blow his head off, smash his head on the desk, or on his cell wall.]]
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Analyzing Carlos' corpse reveals that his android stabbed him 28 times.
* NoNameGiven: He was never given a name by Carlos.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:He can give a clue on Jericho's location to Connor, setting off the endgame.]]
[[/folder]]

!!Humans

[[header: Cyberlife]]

[[folder:Amanda]]
!!'''Amanda''' | [-Portrayed by: Simbi Kali (English), Anabel Méndez (Latin American Spanish), Isabel Donate (European Spanish)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/detroit_amanda.png]]
Connor's handler for [=CyberLife=].
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* AllAccordingToPlan: [[spoiler:She always planned on Connor becoming a deviant so that she can use him as a ManchurianAgent in the movement]].
* BadBoss: At the end of the game, if [[spoiler:Connor stayed a machine]], she will rub it into his face about how [[spoiler:he's rendered obsolete by a superior model, that he's going to be decommissioned, and then congratulates him on completing the mission]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler:In many ways serves as this. She planned on Connor becoming a deviant, joining Jericho and then hacking him for the purpose of killing Markus to destroy the Jericho movement. If Markus and the rest of the Jericho leadership die during the protest/assault, she tries to control Connor to use the android revolution for Cyberlife's benefit.]]
* DidYouActuallyBelieve:
** [[spoiler:On the deviant route, if Connor takes too long in the elevator at [=CyberLife=], Amanda contacts him, mocking him for really believing that he could get away with becoming a deviant and turning against her. She then says that YouHaveFailedMe and has a firing squad kill him right as the doors open.]]
** [[spoiler:After the revolution succeeds and Connor is a deviant, Amanda will contact him, revealing that his defiance was AllAccordingToPlan and that [[ManchurianAgent he's not actually free]].]]
* InterfaceWithAFamiliarFace: Not for Connor, [[spoiler:but for Kamski, who based her on his university professor.]]
* TheHandler: She acts as an intermediary between Connor and Cyberlife, while also keeping a close eye on Connor for them.
%%* KickTheDog
* {{Jerkass}}: If Connor shows any emotion or any other human-like qualities while talking to her, she will voice her disapproval.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When attempting to take over Connor as a ManchurianAgent in the route where he leads the revolution in place of Markus and North, she has this reaction when he attempts to kill himself. She regains composure and briefly stops him.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Her appearance is based on Kamski's teacher.]]
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:She is revealed to be a program residing in Connor's MentalWorld, although this is only a twist for the player, as Connor was already aware of her true nature, but not her connection to Kamski.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kamski]]
!!'''Elijah Kamski''' | [-Portrayed by: Neil Newborn (English), Juan Antonio García Sainz De La Maza (European Spanish)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/detroit_kamski_1.png]]
The inventor of androids and the founder of [=CyberLife=]. He left the position as the [=CyberLife=] head before the start of the game and disappeared from the public eye.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's the one that created the androids in the first place and is willing to give up their secrets to Connor [[spoiler:if he shoots another android]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler: if Connor decides not to shoot, he will realize his capacity for empathy and state that the fate of humanity hinges on Connor picking the right side]].
* BadBoss: He willingness to [[spoiler:risk the life of his droid assistant just to prove a point about deviants]] sure won't earn him any "Boss of the Year" awards.
* BigFancyHouse: Lives a secluded life in a huge, very impressive villa somewhere in the Detroit countryside.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He is disinterested in both the future of humanity and the future of android rights. His only wish is apparently seeing the potential of his creations.
* CreepyGood: Alternatively, if he is good and trying to help Connor fight for his freedom, his method of doing so is by [[spoiler:goading him to shoot another innocent android. Sure, he seems to know Connor won't do it, but it's still a very chilling sight.]] His harem of androids is also a bit creepy as he himself said (in the trailer) what makes them perfect companionship is that they can't say no.
* HasAType: All the androids that keep him company during Hank's and Connor's visit are Chloes (the girl from the main menu), so it stands to reason he has a particular fondness for this model. Given that Chloe was the very first personal assistant android to be rolled out, and one of the first commercially available android models in general, it's not unlikely he designed her himself.
* TheHedonist: Likes the high life and is surrounded by beautiful android girls.
* IdleRich: He's stupidly wealthy but hasn't been seen in public for years, preferring to spend his time with his favorite androids in his BigFancyHouse while observing the effects of his creation on the world from afar.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Played with. His villa has a lot of black in its design, his hair and clothes are black, and the heroes meet him while he's swimming in a ''red-tiled'' pool that makes it look like he's taking a BloodBath, but he's not outright evil. Just a bit... morally detached from the world.
[[/folder]]

[[header: Law Enforcement]]

[[folder:Hank]]
!!'''Lieutenant Hank Anderson''' | [-Portrayed by: Creator/ClancyBrown (English), Paul Borne (French), Hiroshi Iwasaki (Japanese), José Luis Orozco (Latin American Spanish), Luis Bajo (European Spanish)-]
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Connor's direct superior and partner in the DPD. He has serious issues with his life, his career, his drinking, and androids, so he tends to treat Connor worse than dirt.
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* TheAlcoholic: He became this [[spoiler:after his son's death, which severely affects his job in the DPD.]] You can have Connor to discourage him from drinking too much.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After investigating the Eden club, Hank will ask Connor if he's afraid of death and what comes after it, if there even is an after. He then points a gun at Connor, prepared to kill him if he says that he isn't afraid of dying because he's a machine.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: He gives Connor this if he chose to continue chasing Rupert instead of rescuing him.
* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Creator/ClancyBrown's voice acting, in all its rumbling glory.
* BrokenAce: According to Connor, he graduated at the top of his class, had a prestigious reputation, and became a detective at a young age -- all of which aren't exactly what one would expect from the washout you see now.
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Slowly, but surely comes to realize that his problem is not with androids, but with apathy and uncaring. When he realizes that Connor does have a conscience and that an android couple are very much in love, he becomes quite a bit nicer. On the professional front, at first he is enraged that his captain puts him on cases involving androids. Nearing the end of the story, he is mad that he's being taken '''off''' the case. When Hank and Connor talk at a fastfood truck, Hank is disdainful. If they both survive, Connor becomes a Deviant and a happy ending is achieved, Connor and Hank meet up at that same truck later on and they hug it out.]]
* ClusterFBomb: When he's pissed off about something, he'll drop a lot of F-bombs.
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:The death of Cole shaped his cynical attitude, alcoholism, and initial hatred for androids.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Hank lost his son, Cole, who died in a car accident. Cole would've been save if the surgeon wasn't too high on drugs, and he was left to be operated by an android who wasn't able to save him.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He's very snarky and sarcastic, especially to Connor:
-->'''Hank:''' Why did they make you look so goofy and give you that weird voice?\\
'''Connor:''' [=CyberLife=] androids are designed to work harmoniously with humans. Both my appearance and voice were specifically designed to facilitate my integration.\\
'''Hank:''' Well, they fucked up.
* DefrostingIceKing: Is cold and contemptible to Connor, but if Connor shows empathy, he slowly warms up to him.
* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: He pulls this off after Connor chose to save him instead of going after Rupert.
* DrivenToSuicide: Connor ominously finds him unconscious in his kitchen trying to make contact with him before the Eden Club investigation -- Hank had been playing Russian Roulette while drinking that night, and Connor can confront him about his suicidal thoughts and whatever past he's hiding. [[spoiler:And if Connor and Hank have a poor relationship, he will outright shoot himself in some endings.]]
* FantasticRacism: To androids initially, and also {{Subverted}} because he dislikes the uncaring nature they show instead of just them being androids.
* FireForgedFriends: With Connor if his relationship with him is high.
* FlippingTheBird: In the bar scene, if Connor threatens to report his lack of cooperation to the DPD, Hank will give him the middle finger, showing that he doesn't give a damn.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Subverted. He doesn't blame his son's death on the android doctor that couldn't save him, he blames the human doctors that were too busy getting high on red ice who let androids do the job. His hatred towards androids is more as a result of the uncaring nature they display.]]
* GetOut: If Connor's relationship with Hank was hostile, when Connor visits him at the end of the game, Hank gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech before telling him this. [[spoiler:And then he kills himself.]]
* HardboiledDetective: Almost mocked later in the game, when Connor calls this trope by name when he wonders what Hank would choose as a password[[note]]It's "[[GrumpyOldMan Fuckingpassword]]", in case you were wondering[[/note]].
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Comments this at the Eden club.
-->'''Hank:''' Yeah, the more I learn about [[HumansAreBastards people]], more I love [[BigFriendlyDog my dog]].
* HumansAreBastards: Firmly believes this. If his relationship with Connor was hostile, at the end of the game, when Connor visits him at his house, Hank will say that androids are NotSoDifferent from their makers before [[spoiler:killing himself]].
* HypocriticalHumor: He was irritated with Connor flipping the coin, but if you stand idle for a while, he tries to do the coin trick himself.
* JadedWashout: Was once a successful and prestigious cop, but has fallen into drinking and is more an insubordinate cop after [[spoiler:the death of Cole.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's initially dismissive of Connor and androids in general, hanging out in an anti-android bar. But as it turns out, [[spoiler:he hates unfeeling robots or unthinking machines. He's always pro-android when they express emotions or otherwise act like humans, and goes out of his way to chastise endangering androids.]] And then there's his [[FireForgedFriends relationship with Connor.]]
* LikeASonToMe:
** [[spoiler:If he gets a good relationship with Connor, he can eventually be interpreted to view him as this, as Connor is likely around the same (visual) age Hank's son would have been, Connor helps him out of his suicidal tendencies that he has due to losing his son, and generally opens up to and starts to care a good deal for Connor. In some scenarios later in the game, if Connor dies, Hank becomes very distressed and even refers to him as "son" at one point, (in one of Connor's possible deaths at Stratford Tower), implying that caring for Connor and then seeing him die reminds him of his own son. In the "good ending", the two reunite after everything's over with and share a smile, with Hank pulling Connor in for a hug.]]
** Alternatively, [[spoiler:if Connor remains a machine, died multiple times throughout the story, and brings up Cole when Hank confronts him while preparing to snipe Markus, Hank will say that whenever Connor died, he thought of Cole, [[NotSoSimilar but unlike Connor]], Cole never came back]].
* LittleNo: If he sees [[spoiler:Connor die after he starts caring for him, he will deliver these.]]
* MoralityPet: Can serve as one to you when you play as Connor. He approves of Connor thinking for himself and pursuing more human-like qualities such as being more compassionate, and will disapprove if he chooses to strictly follow orders and is apathetic towards others.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Says this for verbatim if [[spoiler:the real Connor fails his SpotTheImposter, leading to him getting shot dead by Hank, after which the Connor copy mocks him for dooming the deviant movement]].
* SirSwearsALot: He drops about half of the game's F-bombs. It seems he can't go two sentences without swearing.
* SoundOnlyDeath: [[spoiler:If Connor's relationship with him was low, after Connor visits him at his house at the end of the game, Hank gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech before telling him to GetOut. As Connor walks to his taxi, a gunshot is heard while Sumo lets out a HowlOfSorrow]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Connor. Subverted if Connor develops a good relationship with him, and deconstructed if he stays a machine.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gavin]]
A thoroughly unpleasant police detective at the DPD.
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* FantasticRacism: Strongly hates androids, especially Connor.
* HateSink: There's absolutely nothing likable about him, as he is simply there to antagonize Connor. Players will get the satisfaction of beating him in an optional fight in "Last Chance, Connor".
* {{Jerkass}}: Definitely to Connor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Fowler]]
!!Jeffrey Fowler | [-Portrayed by: Barry Johnson (English), Creator/CarlosSegundo (Latin American Spanish), Iñaki Crespo (European Spanish)-]
The captain of the Detroit City Police Department Central division and he is Hank's superior. He is disappointed by Hank's job performance and needs to discipline him for his attitude.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Is the Captain of the Detroit Police Department.
* DaChief: Best shown with how displeased he is with Hank's poor job performance and foul attitude and isn't willing to put up with it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Allen]]
!! Captain Allen | [-Portrayed by: David Clark (English), Creator/GerardoReyero (Latin American Spanish), Jesús Maniega (European Spanish)-]
The leader of the Detroit Police SWAT.
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* FantasticRacism: Shows his dislike for androids as he is dismissive of Connor.
* PunchClockVillain: While he has his fare of casual android racism, [[spoiler: during his confrontation with Connor if Connor remains loyal to Amanda and Hank died, he merely states that he is just following his orders to detain any android they find. Connor, despite having the shared goal with humans of stopping the android rebellion, will be detained.]]
[[/folder]]

[[header: FBI]]

[[folder:Perkins]]
!!Richard Perkins | [-Portrayed by: David Coburn (English)-]
The FBI agent responsible for handling the android rebellion.
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* TheBrute: Has a minor role towards the end of Connor's run with the police, but screw up the rebellion as Markus, and this guy will step up.
* FantasticRacism: He dislikes androids.
* ILied: Have Markus choose to surrender if he offers you an ultimatum, he kills him and the others anyway.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's unpleasant to almost everyone he meets.
* SmugSnake: Has no problem rubbing it in your face about how your deviant movement failed and if you surrendered.
-->'''Perkins:''' Your movement failed and your girlfriend is dead. Looks like you really fucked up, Markus. ''[shoots him dead]''
[[/folder]]

[[header: Other Humans]]

[[folder:Alice]]
!!'''Alice''' | [-Portrayed by: Audrey Boustani (English), Reika Uyama (Japanese)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/detroit_alice_2.png]]
%%The word "Girl" is true and doesn't spoil the twist
Todd's little girl and a victim of Todd's mood swings, she ends up escaping with Kara.
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* AliceAllusion: In her room, Kara can find a book for ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. This befits Alice, as she is an ordinary girl thrown into a life-changing (and history-changing) set of circumstances [[DownTheRabbitHole against her will]].
* BreakTheCutie: Has to deal with Todd's abuse of her for quite some time, leaving her quiet and sullen. [[spoiler:A literal example, as Todd's abuse caused her to become a deviant.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** With Todd's situation clearly being unsuitable to care for a child, you'd think [[SocialServicesDoesNotExist Child Protection Services]] or [[AdultsAreUseless her biological mother]] would get involved, but you may [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief let go of logic because this is a fictional story]]. [[spoiler:The ''real'' Alice is with her mother, and this Alice is an android replacement that Todd got.]]
** She doesn't seem to have any friends or go to school, likely because Todd doesn't let her go outside. With the latter, it would definitely call the attention of social services, leading to the above detail. [[spoiler:She's an android, so of course she wouldn't have friends (human ones, at least) anyway.]]
** She is given opportunities to eat, but she never actually does so. [[spoiler:After all, androids don't need to eat.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Doesn't appear to have any friends, likely because Todd never lets her leave the house. [[spoiler:She's an android anyway, so of course he doesn't.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: Due to being a minor, we never see her get lethally struck nor do we see her corpse afterwards. Subverted at the recycling plant, [[spoiler:in which she's in her android form if she gets shot and her body will be visibly bleeding as she dies.]]
* TheLoad: She doesn't do much other than Kara feels that she must protect her.
* MoralityPet: Have Kara perform morally questionable actions such as stealing will upset her, causing their relationship to lower.
* TheQuietOne: She doesn't talk much and is not very social for a young girl. You can thank [[AbusiveParent Todd]] for that.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: She is an android that Todd bought when his wife took her daughter away.]]
* YouLostAtZeroTrust: At the recycling plant, when Alice panics, if Kara doesn't give her comforting words ("Stay in place, or they will ''kill'' you!") and temporarily leaves to dump the android corpse, Alice's stress levels will increase. If it reaches 100%, [[DespairEventHorizon she will panic and try to run,]] causing the guards to shoot her dead.
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[[folder:Todd]]
!!'''Todd Williams''' | [-Portrayed by: Dominic Gould (English), Tsuyoshi Kurosawa (Japanese), Miguel Angel Ghigliazza (Latin American Spanish), José Escobosa (European Spanish)-]
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Kara's owner, a bipolar man in a mid-life crisis.
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* AbusiveParents: Becomes this to Alice after his wife left him and losing his job.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Kara can find antidepressants in his room, that apparently have the side effect of causing behavioral disorders, explaining his status as a MoodSwinger.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:At first, you’d think he’s an AssholeVictim if you kill him. However, if you connect the puzzles of what really happened, it’s clear that all he wanted in life was to have a family. Unfortunately, his two attempts tragically fail.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:If he wasn't killed in "Stormy Night", he will return in "Battle for Detroit" as one of the people waiting for the bus. He will rat you out to security for taking Alice away from him, but if you reason with him, he will have a HeelRealization instead.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Became alcoholic and abusive after his wife left [[spoiler:and took their biological child]] and lost his job.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Attempts to do this on Alice to take out his frustrations on her.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: TruthInTelevision, some alcoholic domestic abusers really do love their family, but unfortunately do not have their priorities and standards set straight.
* FantasticRacism: He hates androids because they've been taking jobs, leaving him unemployed.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:If Todd is left alive, he can catch Kara (if she is alive up to that point), depending on what she tell him, he can realize his own mistakes and can even apologize to Alice properly.]]
* InformedPoverty: Played straight but in an interesting fashion. He's an unemployed junkie and lives in a two-story (albeit severely run-down) house, but he is not only able to afford an android maid, but also destroying it and getting it repaired. But as the magazines around the game are quick to advertise, androids have become cheaper than long-term human care -- most are at most $8000. Then, an inquisitive player can literally become informed by the game that despite these facts, Todd is indeed in poverty -- there's a significant bill and his credit score is atrocious.
* JerkAss: He’s introduced as this, but can change in two different ways if [[spoiler:he was spared and the dialogue the player can choose.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:If you successfully reason with him, he can properly apologize to Kara and Alice and warmly embrace Alice before she leaves.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:If you fail, he will rat you out to the security.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** After yelling at Alice, he tearfully apologizes when he realizes what he's done and tells her that he loves her while hugging her. [[TruthInTelevision And of course, the abuse still doesn't end.]]
** He realizes his mistake too late when he [[spoiler:chokes Alice to death]] while on one of his drunken tantrums, [[NeverMyFault then blames Kara for it.]]
** When he is encountered the last time with Kara and Alice, and is reasoned with, [[spoiler:Todd finally admits that the reason he had [=Android!Alice=] is an attempt to start over as a better parent and recreating a family that he very misses, but instead he screwed it up all over again.]]
* NeverMyFault:
** Accuses Alice of her hating him for being jobless and lazy (when it is probably the latter along with [[DomesticAbuse another thing]]) and yells at her that it's the androids' fault (maybe, but you should blame the people who created them) and that she needs to realize that [[BlatantLies he's trying his best]].
** [[spoiler:After accidentally killing Alice in a drunken stupor]], he will grieve, before promptly directing his anger at Kara, because it's all ''her'' fault that this happened (despite having killed her himself).
* SkewedPriorities: He buys an android maid and has it repaired [[spoiler:and bought an android to replace his daughter]] instead of conserving his money.
* WouldHurtAChild: During his temper tantrums, he can worryingly hostile to Alice, to the point where he may throttle her by the arms during one of his rants. [[spoiler:He may kill her if Kara doesn't do anything to stop him.]]
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[[folder:Carl]]
!!'''Carl Manfred''' | [-Portrayed by: Creator/LanceHenriksen (English), Bernard Tiphaine (French), Creator/KinryuArimoto (Japanese), Jesse Conde (Latin American Spanish), Carlos Kaniowsky (European Spanish)-]
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A painter who owns Markus. His estranged son, Leo, is a drug addict who visits him occasionally.
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* CoolOldGuy: He treats Markus like a human, and if he didn't die early in the game, he is heavily implied to treat his replacement android similarly.
* InkSuitActor: Yup. That's Creator/LanceHenriksen alright.
* LikeASonToMe: If you visit him later on in the game, Carl will say that Markus is his son, blood or no. Markus feels the same way.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Carl appears to have an extremely weak heart by the time the game takes place, and as such is more-or-less on hospice when you first interact with him. [[spoiler: He can potentially die of a heart attack if you do not fight back against Leo or get too angry in his presence, and when Markus visits him later in the game he appears to be on his deathbed.]]
* NiceGuy: Is the only human who treats an android better than the others. However...
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: He is against violence, so he tells Markus not to defend himself when Leo gets violent. He meant well, but it was awful advice and would have caused further disaster in the future.
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[[folder:Leo]]
!!'''Leo Manfred''' | [-Portrayed by: Paul Spera (English), Alexis Tomassian (French), Ricardo Escobar (European Spanish) -]
Carl's junkie son.
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* AssholeVictim: Players would feel so much for Carl then Leo himself since there isn't any much sympathy for the anyone to give, not only threatens to kill Markus plus considering the second option that he decided to shirk responsibility of his father's death and decided to blame Markus when the police arrives regardless of the choice.
* FantasticRacism: He's jealous of Carl and Markus's father-son relationship, believing Carl replaced him with Markus because Leo followed a disappointing path.
* FreudianExcuse: [[BastardAngst He was born out of a short-term fling]].
* HateSink: There is no redeeming factor about this character. Just an uncaring junkie asshole and a scumbag of a highest order that demands money from his father to kick his habit and blames all of this problems on his father's android servant when he rarely pays his father a visit, yeah some son he is.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:If you put his ass in the hospital and return to Carl's house later on in the game, you can see a videorecording of Leo talking about how sorry he was for how he behaved.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Aside from only getting money from his father just to kick his habit and being jealous of Markus for being liked more by his father then him, no wonder he doesn't want anything to do with his son.
* KarmaHoudini: If Markus doesn't fight back against Leo, Leo gets away with not just Carl's art, but his entire (implied) inheritance. Markus sees him later in the game and considers Leo beneath his notice, walking right by him [[spoiler:as he left Carl's grave]].
* MissingMom: The relationship between his mother and Carl didn't last long.
* NeverMyFault: He blames Markus for Carl's dying of a heart attack when in reality, it's his harassment of Markus that was the cause of it.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Even though he isn't the main antagonist or major villain, he actually proves Gives Markus a proper reason to be pissed about humans, regardless if he didn't kill Leo or not.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He craves Carl's attention... but doesn't bother to do anything to earn it. Not even contacting him before the events of the game.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carlos]]
!!Carlos Ortiz
A criminal killed by his own android, and Connor's first case with Lt. Anderson.
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* AssholeVictim: He is killed by his android after abusing him. It's not even casual racism mistreatment, we mean active malicious ''abuse''. The android's left arm is literally used as an ''ash tray'', burned so much that the arm almost broke apart.
* FatBastard: Is overweight and is cruel to his android.
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[[folder:Sumo]]
!!Sumo
Hank's St. Bernard.
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* BigFriendlyDog: A big dog that shows no hostility to any characters he meets.
* HowlOfSorrow: [[spoiler:If Connor's relationship with Hank was low, Hank shoots himself in the head after Connor visits him, immediately followed by Sumo letting out a sorrowful howl.]]
* ScareTheDog: [[spoiler:If Connor's relationship with Hank was low, when Connor visits them, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Sumo can be heard whimpering]] while a bitter Hank sits at the kitchen table with a gun while looking at a photo of Cole. When Connor leaves, [[DrivenToSuicide a gunshot rings out]] and Sumo yelps & starts howling in sorrow.]]
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[[folder:Zlatko]]
!!'''Zlatko Andronikov''' | [-Portrayed by: Saul Jephcott (English), Alejandro Mayén (Latin American Spanish), Pedro Tena (European Spanish)-]

A man rumored to help deviants avoid capture.
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* BodyHorror: What he inflicts on his android victims.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Can be killed by his former captives or an android bear he had in a cage.]]
* KarmicDeath: If his prisoners are set free, they'll gang up on him so Kara can escape.
* MadDoctor: For androids, but still.
* ObviouslyEvil: Alice doesn't trust Zlatko one bit when they get to his house. Why does he insist that the pair go to the basement, anyway?
* TheSociopath: Treats every android, whether they are a deviant or not, like they were mere lab rats for his terrible experiments and puts up a friendly façade to manipulate them into thinking he’s planning to help them.
* UndergroundRailroad: Pretends to want to help deviants avoid capture as a lure so that he can reset and sell them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rose & Adam]]
A mother and son who own a farm. They offer support for deviant androids who are trying to escape to Canada.

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* FantasticRacism: Adam is initially a bit skeptical of android intelligence but later comes to understand her mother and see the errors in his ways.
* NiceGirl: Rose has a bottomless well of compassion for those in need, human or android.
* UndergroundRailroad: Unlike Zlatko, they're the real thing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:President Warren]]
!!President Elizabeth Warren | [-Portrayed by: : Josiane Pinson (French)-]
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The President of the United States at 2038. Initially only existing in magazine articles, later appearing as a physical character.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Warren's political credibility has been under intense scrutiny due to her lack of experience in government and repeated calamitous political failures since barely a year into her presidency. Most controversial is her connections to [=CyberLife=], which it is alleged that the company helped Warren in obtaining compromising information about her opponent during the presidential campaign. Plus she has to deal with the highest unemployment rate in American history ''and'' facing the likelihood of a Third World War against Russia.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: After the first protest, you play as her answering the press.
* FantasticRacism: Dismisses the idea that the androids are a new intelligent species [[spoiler:...at first.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:If Markus is peaceful and public opinion is supportive, she will tell the military to stand down and will give the Androids the respect they deserve. Alternatively, if Markus is able to present enough overwhelming force against the military, she'll capitulate and surrender rather than engage in a race war she can't win.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She looks almost exactly like Hilary Clinton, while background material on her presidency and campaign take inspiration from Donald Trump's (being a "vlogger" who relied on social media and her celebrity background to win the presidential election). She also shares her name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren a potential future presidential candidate]].
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: A female president with some controversial backgrounds. In story proper, she is more or less just a representative of the US government "character".
* SlaveToPR: Most of her ending speeches will reflect the public opinion on androids. If Markus launched an assault, but managed to keep the public opinion supportive, she still says that maybe androids are people too.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Even though she is American, her accent, to put it simply, is all over the place as to be just confusing.
[[/folder]]

* CharacterTic: Try to make a drinking game out of the many times Connor straightens his tie.

!!'''Amanda''' | [-Portrayed by: Simbi Kali (English), Anabel Méndez (Latin American Spanih), Isabel Donate (European Spanish)-]

* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:If Connor deviates and successfully liberates the androids from [=CyberLife=], but Markus and North are dead, Connor will be urged by the other androids to be the new leader of Jericho. However, Amanda reveals that this is the perfect opportunity for Connor to destroy the deviants from within, leading to either you having Connor commit suicide or give in.]]