History Characters / FarCry3

* BigBad:
** [[spoiler:Technically shares the spot with Vaas and Hoyt in a BigBadEnsemble. While Citra is never openly antagonistic to Jason, she feeds his power trip and is partially the reason he sinks into SanitySlippage in fighting the pirates and privateers. Plus, the final choice of the game that determines whether it's a DownerEnding or a BittersweetEnding is entirely by her doing.]]
** A figment of Citra is the main antagonist of the "Insanity" DLC for ''VideoGame/FarCry6'', constantly tormenting Vaas of his failures. She is also fought against in two encounters, once as a boss and another during the final segment of the DLC as a BossInMookClothing in later waves.

* BigBadEnsemble: Technically shares this with Hoyt and [[spoiler:Citra.]] Although Vaas works for Hoyt, nevertheless, for most of the game he is the main and most personal threat to Jason.

* TheHeavy: Hoyt might be his boss but it's Vaas who is usually directly confronting Jason.

** [[spoiler:Technically shares the spot with Hoyt in a BigBadEnsemble. While Citra is never openly antagonistic to Jason, she feeds his power trip and is partially the reason he sinks into SanitySlippage in fighting the pirates and privateers. Plus, the final choice of the game that determines whether it's a DownerEnding or a BittersweetEnding is entirely by her doing.]]

* CulturalPosturing: He seems unable to go for three sentences without comparing America to something foreign and distasteful; at one point he goes on a rant about how chewing gum being illegal in Singapore is "declaring war on Uncle Sam", and the Survival Guide info about a gun from there calls them "fascists". It's not clear if this jingoism is how he always was, or if Rook Island has gotten to him.

* {{Eagleland}}er: Type 1, heavily. By his next game appearance, he's become a Type 2.

-->'''Manta Ray'''
--->''Manta Rays are American animals. They're strong. They soar like eagles underwater. They're always on the go. And fish from third world countries clean their gills for no pay.''

* [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Politically Incorrect Agent]]: [[spoiler:When he gets his first look at the Kyrati-American Ajay Ghale, Willis remarks that Ajay is "American on the inside, useful on the outside", as opposed to the white Jason.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Despite being the man who's behind Vaas and the rest of the pirates operating out of the island, [[spoiler: he gets killed in the penultimate episode, and Citra becomes the FinalBoss.]]

* HairTriggerTemper[=/=]MoodSwinger: It's impossible to predict what'll send him from smiling and speaking softly to shrieking expletives and threatening to set people on fire. By the same token, it's impossible to be sure what'll send him back the other way.

* InkSuitActor: Vaas looks identical to Michael Mando, to the point where the live-action promotional videos feature him.

* LaughablyEvil: Despite being an horrific {{sadist}}, he is incredibly over-the-top, [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] and bombastic. In the live actions ads, his antics are played for BlackComedy.

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Heavily implied from Buck. And no [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale double standard]] here.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:He saw Riley get shot and fall, and assumed he died. However, Riley is proven to be very much alive near the end of the game.]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed. In the side-mission, "Light at the End of the Jungle", he encourages Rebecca's husband to go back to his wife in such a way that suggests he has heteronormative tendencies. (To be fair, cheating ''is'' wrong.) There's also his overall arc which from his perspective is pure MightyWhitey.

* AwfulWeddedLife: He compares several animals to his ex-wife in your handbook. Suffice to say, these aren't flattering.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: [[CloudCuckoolander Willis is a very strange man]], but he has managed to gather quite a bit of information on the people, the native floura and fauna and locations on the island. He also manages to maintain a link with an agent in deep undercover in Hoyt's operation and knows enough to reliably point Jason in the right direction. It's pretty impressive he's managed to do this without getting his head chopped off at some point.

* CloudCuckoolander: Somewhat understated, but it's all there. A paranoid, bizarre, [[EagleLand hyper-patriotic]] CIA agent who talks about global politics, human history and brutal warfare like he's in an off-color propaganda reel.

* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: When Jason asks him if he ever goes out on recon with his men, Willis responds back he doesn't and cites that he won't be GoingNative as long as he stays where there's "order and society." While his mental state indicates [[GoMadFromTheIsolation it's not quite working out for him as well as he claims]], he's definitely much better put together mentally than most of the villains despite having spent apparently a good deal of time on the island by trying to disconnect himself from "the jungle". [[spoiler:Compare that to Jason, who embraces "the jungle" to the point he undergoes SanitySlippage ''much'' faster and farther over a much shorter timeframe.]]

-->"''Every night I watch the skies from inside my bunker. They'll come back. If I watch they'll come. I can hear their voices from the sky. Calling out my name. There's the ridge. The guns in the jungle. Screaming. Smoke. The blood. All over my hands.''"
-->"''The screams through the night. The hot air of explosions shaking the treetops. The bodies. Some faceless. They were only following orders.''"

* DirtyCommunists: His opinion of communist countries is pulled straight out of the Cold War. His information on every Soviet-made firearm in the survival handbook is rife with dismissive comments and meanspirited jokes, even if he has to admit the guns are quality, and he refers to Ming dynasty Chinese as communists and reds. It's hard to tell if this ''egregiously'' poor grasp of history is just his patriotic sense of humor or a touch of his jingoistic jitters getting to him.
* {{Eagleland}}er: Type 1, heavily. But by his next game appearance, he's become a Type 2.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Not isolated per se, as he seems to frequent the bars and brothels of Badtown on CIA business, but he mentions having had little contact with Washington for quite some time, and appears to spend a great deal of time in his hidden basement. Goofiness aside, his behavior and dialogue can be quite erratic, and some of his handbook entries suggest some severe lapses in sanity. That said, he's definitely doing better in the mental health department [[GoingNative than most of the inhabitants]], claiming that he never goes into the jungle to let it sink its claws into his brain.
* GoshDangItToHeck: He swears copiously... with g-rated swearwords. [[CatchPhrase "Pardon my French."]]

* PetTheDog: Through the handbook he commiserates Jason on Grant's death. He also wishes him luck as they part ways and congratulates him on taking out [[spoiler:Vaas Montenegro]].

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:He has to [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare go to Russia to help as a part of Task Force 141]], implied to be "Operation Kingfish" from the third ''Modern Warfare'', so he drops Jason off on the southern island and then leaves.]] It still doesn't stop him from providing Jason with snarky intel on this location as well.

* TooDumbToLive: He dismisses warnings not to eat fish tainted by nuclear waste as left-wing nonsense. [[CloudCuckooLander The remainder of the handbook entry trails off worryingly.]]

Sam Becker was an infiltrated agent posing as a high ranking Privateer for Hoyt Volker through Rook Islands CIA agent Willis Huntley. Sam was born in Texas, who then moved and was raised in Germany due to his father, a Navy SEAL, being stationed there.

--->'''Jason''': (aggressively) Why? This knife is going to save us.

* CoolLoser: Mostly by comparison to other characters and the creator trying to make him a directionless {{NEET}}. But he is fairly attractive, athletic, has a girlfriend and gains enough revenue to indulge in extreme sports. Immaturity aside, it's kind of nonsensical how [[InformedFlaw everyone refers to him as an aimless guy who should do something with his life]] when he's just having fun with his youth.

* DistressedDamsel: Twice. Once, when she's held for a ransom video by Vaas, ending with a fire in the house where she is kept. Later, [[spoiler:at the hands of the Rakyat]].

* HiddenDepths: It’s implied that he’s given Hoyt more problems than is apparent at first glance. Compared to Oliver and Lisa, Riley is being kept prisoner by the Privateers (instead of the less dangerous/armed pirates), in their home base no less. The fact that he was so close to escaping the privateers shot him would indicate that he came extremely close to getting away (since Hoyt explicitly says that “damaging his product” is punishable by death, his men wouldn’t risk shooting at an escapee unless the alternative was them losing them entirely).
** [[spoiler: In the “All In” mission, he’s able to very quickly ascertain not to give Jason’s name while on camera. When it’s clear that Jason and Sam can’t rescue him at that moment, Riley ''gives him the go-ahead'' to beat the shit out of him to maintain their cover]]. All in all, Riley is much tougher than he initially appears.

* OnlyAFleshWound:[[spoiler: He gets shot in the shoulder during his escape attempt and goes untreated. This is never brought up ([[NightmareFuel except for when Jason helpfully presses into it during the torture scene]]) and doesn’t seem to hinder him at all.]]

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He’s the youngest in the group of friends by a few years.

* RedOniBlueOni: The flashback shows him being the red Oni to Rile's blue Oni (who's ColorMotif, not coincidentally, is blue) with the youngest Brody brother trying to solve a situation diplomatically and Keith trying to literally punch his way out.

* PrettyBoy: He is a very handsome man, and therefore numerous characters show clear attraction to him. When he first meets Buck, the mercenary takes a moment to eye up Jason before speaking, and clearly wants to take him in along with [[spoiler:Keith]] as a sex slave. Similarly, Citra ends up falling in love with him as he starts to prove himself. Also, when walking around the Privateers Compound, Jason will get random quips from soldiers.

## [[ItsAllAboutMe Give all the profits to Hoyt.]]\\

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is [[TheHeavy the second-in-command]] of [[TheSyndicate Hoyt's organization]] and is an incredibly badass pirate.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's pretty good with a knife. [[spoiler: Jason's earlier knife fight with Buck is a CurbstompBattle, whereas in the final fight Hoyt actually puts up a fairly even duel. That is, assuming that Brody didn't hallucinate him fighting Hoyt as he actually killed the guards, explaining why they were dead when the boss fight ended.]]