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* OneWingedAngel: For his boss fight, he turns into a walking mass of wires with [[MultipleHeadCase three heads]].

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* OneWingedAngel: For his boss fight, he turns into a walking mass of wires towering skeletal giant with [[MultipleHeadCase three heads]].
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* OneWingedAngel: For his boss fight, he turns into a walking mass of wires with [[MultipleHeadCase three heads]].
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* GutturalGrowler: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], his voice is slighty gruffy.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: She is first heard in some audiologs in the first game's DLC, before making a proper debut in the sequel.
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--> '''Connor:''' ''See those huge doors ahead?''
--> '''Ghostrunner:''' ''No.''

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--> '''Connor:''' ''See "See those huge doors ahead?''
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--> '''Ghostrunner:''' ''No.''"No."
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* BerserkButton: Subdued, but he clearly does not like it if you imply that he's just a machine.


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* DeadpanSnarker: By the second game he becomes slightly more emotive and more sarcastic, moving from TheStoic into this.
--> '''Connor:''' ''See those huge doors ahead?''
--> '''Ghostrunner:''' ''No.''
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* DefiantToTheEnd: When she sees the Ghostrunner and assumes he comes to kill her she immeidately goes for her gun. He effortlessly disarms her, which she likely saw coming, but went for it anyway.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: When she sees the Ghostrunner and assumes he comes to kill her she immeidately goes for her gun. He effortlessly disarms her, which she likely saw coming, coming but went for it anyway.



* MildlyMilitary: Reflective of the climbers as a whole - they idly blabber on post and genrally don't have too much discipline. [[spoiler:Played for drama when the Climbers HQ gets under attack, and they refuse Bakunin's order to cover another Climbers squad that got pinned.]]

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* MildlyMilitary: Reflective of the climbers Climbers as a whole - they idly blabber on post and genrally generally don't have too much discipline. [[spoiler:Played for drama when the Climbers HQ gets under attack, and they refuse Bakunin's order to cover another Climbers squad that got pinned.]]



* TheBrute: He brings in the muscle to the Asuras' scheme by subjugating the Hammers gang under himself, and recovers Mitra's body, and fights the Ghostrunner personally, but otherwise does not contribute much. He's also the biggest Asura physically, towering above the Ghostrunner and his peers alike.

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* TheBrute: He brings in the muscle to the Asuras' scheme by subjugating the Hammers gang under himself, and recovers Mitra's body, and fights the Ghostrunner personally, but otherwise does not contribute much.personally. He's also the biggest Asura physically, towering above the Ghostrunner and his peers alike.



* DigitizedHacker: He's a master of the Cybervoid, surpassing even the Ghostrunner and ''the Architect'' when it comes to what he can do within. [[spoiler:Kira manages to briefly knock him out, but only because Rahu was distracted with the Ghostrunner at the moment]]. He also prefers staying in the Cybervoid than in his physical body, [[spoiler: even though initially he had wanted nothing more than to have his body restored. Later, however, he found out that Cybervoid offers him more freedom than even his restored physical body, and now he fully prefers being a VirtualGhost]].

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* DigitizedHacker: He's a master of the Cybervoid, surpassing even the Ghostrunner and ''the Architect'' when it comes to what he can do within. [[spoiler:Kira manages to briefly knock him out, but only because Rahu was distracted with the Ghostrunner at the moment]]. He also prefers staying in the Cybervoid than in his physical body, [[spoiler: even though initially he had wanted nothing more than to have his body restored. Later, however, he found out that Cybervoid offers him more freedom than even his restored physical body, and now he fully prefers being a VirtualGhost]].



* TrueNeutral: What he ultimately amounts to. [[spoiler:He participated in the Asuras' scheme only because he never had a choice. He switches sides to the Ghostrunner once he sees that it's in his benefit, but he doesn't care about helping the Dharma tower beyond stopping the Asuras.]] Later, he tells the Ghostrunner that his ultimate goal is [[spoiler:to be left alone in the Cybervoid where he can simply continue to exist, not bothering anyone and not being bothered himself]].

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* TrueNeutral: What he ultimately amounts to. [[spoiler:He participated in the Asuras' scheme only because he never had a choice. He switches sides to the Ghostrunner once he sees that it's in his benefit, interests, but he doesn't care about helping the Dharma tower beyond stopping the Asuras.]] Later, he tells the Ghostrunner that his ultimate goal is [[spoiler:to be left alone in the Cybervoid where he can simply continue to exist, not bothering anyone and not being bothered himself]].



* VillainousBreakdown: He starts out cold and collected despite it being quickly obvious that he's a lunatic underneath it all. That calm falls by the wayside as Adam damages him during his boss fight, and he's left swearing and tossing out juvenile insults left and right by the second half.

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* VillainousBreakdown: He starts out cold and collected despite it being quickly obvious that he's a lunatic underneath it all. That calm falls by the wayside as Adam Jack damages him during his boss fight, and he's left swearing and tossing out juvenile insults left and right by the second half.
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* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler:He's actually an AI replica of the original Gyges, but the revelation doesn't stop him from hating AI's with a passion.]]


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* VillainousBreakdown: He starts out cold and collected despite it being quickly obvious that he's a lunatic underneath it all. That calm falls by the wayside as Adam damages him during his boss fight, and he's left swearing and tossing out juvenile insults left and right by the second half.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: His influence continues to haunt the sequel, as he had converted Gyges into a cyborg as punishment for his espionage, leading to the birth of Mitra, who attempts to destroy Dharma out of spite for what Adam did to him.
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* OneManArmy: He was intended to be part of a century but being the sole survivor, he ends up doing the job all by himself.

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* OneManArmy: He was intended to be part of a century hundred Ghostrunners, but being the sole survivor, he ends up doing the job all by himself.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Once you defeat him in battle [[spoiler:he tries to hurl the Ghostrunner onto a spike protruding from the reactor. Instead the Ghostrunner reels him in with a gapjammer and maneuvers them both mid-air, using his momentum to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impale Mitra on the same spike he wanted to impale the Ghostrunner on]].

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Once you defeat him in battle [[spoiler:he tries to hurl the Ghostrunner onto a spike protruding from the reactor. Instead the Ghostrunner reels him in with a gapjammer and maneuvers them both mid-air, using his momentum to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impale Mitra on the same spike he wanted to impale the Ghostrunner on]].]]

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* MultiHeadCase: After he hulks out for his boss fight his body gets three heads.

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!!Mitra the Resurrected

The leader of the Asuras, and the first Ghostrunner.
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* AxCrazy: He looks collected at first, but it eventually becomes clear that Mitra is an unstable psycho driven mad by his desire for revenge. He crumbles even further during his boss battle, screaming obscenities and wailing in frustration at the Ghostrunner.
* BerserkButton: Calling him by his original name pisses him off.
* BigBadEnsemble. Makes one with Madhu. [[spoiler:They start on the same side but split once Madhu realises that Mitra wants to destroy the Dharma tower outright rather than plunder it for resources.]]
* DeviousDaggers: He fights with a pair of combat knives, and he's a nasty piece of work underneath it all.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: [[spoiler:He wants to destroy the Dharma tower and kill everyone inside because, in his eyes, they are all tainted by Adam's evil.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Connor]].
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Once you defeat him in battle [[spoiler:he tries to hurl the Ghostrunner onto a spike protruding from the reactor. Instead the Ghostrunner reels him in with a gapjammer and maneuvers them both mid-air, using his momentum to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impale Mitra on the same spike he wanted to impale the Ghostrunner on]].
* HumanPopsicle: Was put in suspended animation for his rebellion against Adam. Ahriman finds his body and resuscitates him in the beginning of the game.
* {{Invisibility}}: He's outfitted with an optical camo system, which he uses to vanish and appear in very unexpected places. [[spoiler:Like the Climbers HQ]].
* NonchalantDodge: Evades from under Bakunin's sword strike without even breaking the tempo of his speech.
* RedBaron: ''The Resurrected''.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: He was originally a man named Gyges who stole Adam's corporate secrets but got caught by him. As a punishment, Adam converted him into a cyborg, making him the first Ghostrunner.
* SuperPrototype: The original Ghostrunner.
* SwordBeam: Fires these with abandon during his boss fight.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The real Gyges died under the stress of Adam and Mara's augmentations. Mitra is an AI who thinks he's Gyges.]]
* WasOnceAMan: Unlike all other Ghostrunners Mitra was converted out of a human. [[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror Or so he thinks]].]]

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!!Adam a.k.a The Architect

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* BadassNormal: A regular well-trained human, he serves as a tough boss fight to Hel, keeps up with the Ghostrunner as an ally in another boss fight, [[spoiler:and later fights Madhu and lives to tell the tale]].



!!Connor

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* GoodIsNotNice: He is driven to bring freedom to the Dharma tower and to buildi a functioning democratic government unifying all people who live within it. He's also ruthless and pragmatic in pursuit of his goal and he's not above intimidating, coercing, strong-arming and killing those who do not wish to fall in line with this vision. [[{{Jerkass}} He's also abrasive and callous on a personal level]], to the point that while his followers greatly look up to him as a leader, they don't really like him as a person. [[spoiler:Conversely, after he's killed they do mourn him, but can't help but admit that Connor was a dick and likely had it coming]].

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* GoodIsNotNice: He is driven to bring freedom to the Dharma tower and to buildi building a functioning democratic government unifying all people who live within it. He's also ruthless and pragmatic in pursuit of his goal and he's not above intimidating, coercing, strong-arming and killing those who do not wish to fall in line with this vision. [[{{Jerkass}} He's also abrasive and callous on a personal level]], to the point that while his followers greatly look up to him as a leader, they don't really like him as a person. [[spoiler:Conversely, after he's killed they do mourn him, but can't help but admit that Connor was a dick and likely had it coming]].



** UnseenNoMore: As of the sequel, where he not only gets a visual avatar for his messages but the Ghostrunner regularly meets him face to face.

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** * UnseenNoMore: As of the sequel, where he not only gets a visual avatar for his messages but the Ghostrunner regularly meets him face to face.



* LevelInBossClothing: His boss encounter consists out of trying to reach him through the Cybervoid, not unlike the final boss of the first game. [[spoiler:Unlike the Architect, who went down without effort as soon as you got to him, Rahu actually subdues the Ghostrunner once he reaches him instead.]]

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* LevelInBossClothing: His boss encounter consists out of trying to reach him through inside the Cybervoid, not unlike the final boss of the first game. [[spoiler:Unlike the Architect, who went down without effort as soon as you got to him, Rahu actually subdues the Ghostrunner once he reaches him instead.]]


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!!Naga

A gigantic worm-like robot that prowls the wastelands outside of the Dharma tower.
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* AnimalMecha: An enormous robot that looks like a worm or a snake.
* LevelInBossClothing: Part of the level is spent attempting to escape it, then, once it swallows the Ghostrunner, to destroy it from the inside.
* MechanicalAbomination: A destructive robot that the Asuras planned to use as a battering ram in their assault on the tower.
* SandWorm: A mechanical variety.


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!!Madhu the Dismantler

Another Asura, he's the mastermind behind their overall scheme.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Forms one with Mitra, [[spoiler:as while they start on the same side they later have a fallout and split, pursuing different goals]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He created his [[spoiler:Scions]] as an effort to preserve life on Earth, developing a more robust form that can persevere even in the wasteland outside of the Dharma tower. [[spoiler:He doesn't care that his Scions are a ravenous horde of mindless RoboticUndead, since, technically, they are alive as they are capable of stable reproduction, and sentience is not a necessary criteria for being alive. He attacks the Dharma tower in order to obtain its resources so that his Scions could continue propagating further]].
* EvilGenius: He was the one who created [[spoiler:Scions]] as an unstoppable menace, and he also orchestrated the Asuras' attack on the Dharma tower.
* MonsterProgenitor: He's the one who created and perfected [[spoiler:Scions]].
* MultiHeadCase: After he hulks out for his boss fight his body gets three heads.
* RedBaron: ''The Dismantler''.
* StanceSystem: In his battle his body has three "modes", each with its own health bar. In the "red" mode he focuses on melee attacks and in the "blue" mode he attacks from afar. Finally, in the "green" mode he heals, protected by totems that make him invincible.
* SinisterScythe: His weapon of choice. Combined with the robe he drapes himself in this gives him a very GrimReaper-like look.
* SuperPrototype: Along with the rest of the Asuras.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts his fight trash talking the Ghostrunner and calling him a cockroach. By the end, he's begging Rahu to save him.

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* SuperPrototype: One of the Asura, the first four Ghostrunners developed by Adam, more advanced that subsequent serial models to whom Jack belongs to.

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!!Rahu the Avatar

Another Asura, and their Cybervoid expert.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: He impersonates the Architect before his cultists and before the Ghostrunner once he breaches the Cathedral. He's pretty good at it too, however Jack does not buy it for a moment.
* DigitizedHacker: He's a master of the Cybervoid, surpassing even the Ghostrunner and ''the Architect'' when it comes to what he can do within. [[spoiler:Kira manages to briefly knock him out, but only because Rahu was distracted with the Ghostrunner at the moment]]. He also prefers staying in the Cybervoid than in his physical body, [[spoiler: even though initially he had wanted nothing more than to have his body restored. Later, however, he found out that Cybervoid offers him more freedom than even his restored physical body, and now he fully prefers being a VirtualGhost]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He betrays the Asuras and assists the Ghostrunner once he realises that the Asuras' plan involves destruction of the Cybervoid and, subsequently, his death]].
* LevelInBossClothing: His boss encounter consists out of trying to reach him through the Cybervoid, not unlike the final boss of the first game. [[spoiler:Unlike the Architect, who went down without effort as soon as you got to him, Rahu actually subdues the Ghostrunner once he reaches him instead.]]
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: His cybervoid avatar has multiple arms. [[spoiler: His real body, however, has nothing below his neck]].
* NonActionGuy: Despite being a SuperPrototype Ghostrunner Rahu is this, [[spoiler:as his physical body was disassembled]].
* RedBaron: ''The Avatar''.
* SuperPrototype: Along with the rest of the Asuras.
* TrueNeutral: What he ultimately amounts to. [[spoiler:He participated in the Asuras' scheme only because he never had a choice. He switches sides to the Ghostrunner once he sees that it's in his benefit, but he doesn't care about helping the Dharma tower beyond stopping the Asuras.]] Later, he tells the Ghostrunner that his ultimate goal is [[spoiler:to be left alone in the Cybervoid where he can simply continue to exist, not bothering anyone and not being bothered himself]].

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* SpyRobot: After Kira comes to the Climbers Connor reprograms Kevin to record conversations Kevin listens in on. Talking to Kevin lets you listen to his recordings.

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!!Ahriman The Destroyer

A member of the Asura, a group of prototype Ghostrunners who act as the main antagonists of the game. He's fanatically devoted to their leader Mitra, and his efforts kickstart the plot of the second game.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He commits suicide out of shame after the Ghostrunner defeats him.
* TheBrute: He brings in the muscle to the Asuras' scheme by subjugating the Hammers gang under himself, and recovers Mitra's body, and fights the Ghostrunner personally, but otherwise does not contribute much. He's also the biggest Asura physically, towering above the Ghostrunner and his peers alike.
* RedBaron: ''The Destroyer''.
* StarterVillain: He's the first boss the Ghostrunner faces in the second game, dealt with as early as the second level.
* SuperPrototype: One of the Asura, the first four Ghostrunners developed by Adam, more advanced that subsequent serial models to whom Jack belongs to.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Mitra, [[spoiler:despite the fact that he did not participate in the Asuras' initial uprising]].

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* TheHacker: She's an extremely skillful Cybervoid hacker, [[spoiler:at one point even giving Rahu a figurative black eye]].


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* PlayfulHacker: She's an extremely skillful Cybervoid hacker, [[spoiler:at one point even giving Rahu a figurative black eye]].


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!!Kevin

Kira's robotic companion.

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*{{Invisibility}}: He's outfitted with an optical camouflage system, allowing him to pop in and out unexpectedly.
* RobotBuddy: Kira's robotic assistant who helps her out with things that require getting out of her hideout. He seems to have his own opinions and thoughts, implying that he's running on some sort of AI.
* SpyRobot: After Kira comes to the Climbers Connor reprograms Kevin to record conversations Kevin listens in on. Talking to Kevin lets you listen to his recordings.
* TheUnintelligible: Kevin communicates solely in beeps and boops. Other characters seem to understand him just fine.

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!!Victor and Butch

A pair of Climbers troopers seen within their headquarters.

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!!Kira Njeri

Mara's research associate before her deposing,
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a freelance hacker in the present. The Ghostrunner enlists her help to track down the Asuras.



* DumbMuscle: They... don't sound very bright.
* MauveShirt: They're just regular Climbers grunts, but by virtue of being posted within their HQ you get to meet them multiple times and listen in on their chatter.
* MildlyMilitary: Reflective of the climbers as a whole - they idly blabber on post and genrally don't have too much discipline. [[spoiler:Played for drama when the Climbers HQ gets under attack, and they refuse Bakunin's order to cover another Climbers squad that got pinned.]]
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* DumbMuscle: They... don't sound very bright.
AdmiringTheAbomination: She is fascinated with [[spoiler: Scions]], amazed with how much they surpass Creeps.
* MauveShirt: They're just regular Climbers grunts, but by virtue AntiNihilist: She does not believe in humanity's inherent special place in the universe or that people of being posted within their HQ you get Dharma "deserve" survival, [[spoiler:calling Scions an evolutionarily superior species]]. She still tries to meet help the denizens of Dharma and refuses to simply lie down and die and leave the place for superior species, and wishes to improve the lives of people. In general she seems to believe in self-determination and self-actualisation above all else.
* BlackAndNerdy: She's black, she's a skillful hacker and she's a connosieur of action movies (even if she mixes
them multiple times up sometimes).
* DeadpanSnarker: She likes to occasionally sass Zoe
and listen in on their chatter.
* MildlyMilitary: Reflective of
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* DefiantToTheEnd: When she sees the Ghostrunner
and genrally don't assumes he comes to kill her she immeidately goes for her gun. He effortlessly disarms her, which she likely saw coming, but went for it anyway.
* ForScience: She's not without morals, but her primary raison d'etre seems to be "building cool machines". She's not ashamed of her work with Mara, which involved helping with designing Creeps and Hel - while she laments the loss of life, she claims that it was necessary.
* TheHacker: She's an extremely skillful Cybervoid hacker, [[spoiler:at one point even giving Rahu a figurative black eye]].
* MissionControl: Along with Zoe she fills this role the most frequently, and during the sections outside the tower she is Jack's sole contact.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: She defected from Mara some time before the first game once she saw how callous Mara had become.
* TheSmartGuy: She was Mara's right hand when it came to Mara's cybernetic ventures - Mara was primarily a biologist, so she didn't
have too much discipline. [[spoiler:Played for drama when the Climbers HQ gets under attack, and they refuse Bakunin's order necessary knowledge to cover another Climbers squad that got pinned.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: A pair of grunts talking to each other.
develop advanced cyborgs by herself.



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!!Victor and Butch

A pair of Climbers troopers seen within their headquarters.
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* DumbMuscle: They... don't sound very bright.
* MauveShirt: They're just regular Climbers grunts, but by virtue of being posted within their HQ you get to meet them multiple times and listen in on their chatter.
* MildlyMilitary: Reflective of the climbers as a whole - they idly blabber on post and genrally don't have too much discipline. [[spoiler:Played for drama when the Climbers HQ gets under attack, and they refuse Bakunin's order to cover another Climbers squad that got pinned.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: A pair of grunts talking to each other.



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!!Saul Dyson

The Climbers' medical specialist.
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* BitCharacter: He does not appear in the gameplay and doesn't do anything meaningful in the story either, only serving as yet another person to talk to in the HQ. He doesn't even talk to Jack over the radio, unlike literally everyone else.
* CoolOldGuy: A friendly fellow in his 60s, he's a doctor for a resistance movement and helps Jack with maintaining his organic parts.
* TheMedic: Climbers' primary doctor, he acts as Jacks' physician of a sort. He is also seen tinkering over Ahriman's body.


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!!Victor and Butch

A pair of Climbers troopers seen within their headquarters.
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* DumbMuscle: They... don't sound very bright.
* MauveShirt: They're just regular Climbers grunts, but by virtue of being posted within their HQ you get to meet them multiple times and listen in on their chatter.
* MildlyMilitary: Reflective of the climbers as a whole - they idly blabber on post and genrally don't have too much discipline. [[spoiler:Played for drama when the Climbers HQ gets under attack, and they refuse Bakunin's order to cover another Climbers squad that got pinned.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: A pair of grunts talking to each other.

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* BadassBiker: In the second game once he finds himself some wheels.



* GoodFeelsGood: As he admites to Rahu in the second game, he aids the people of the Dharma and the Interface Council because it "feels right".



** ''Project_Hel'' DLC reveals she was also this among the Climbers, as Connor's more pragmatic and cynical moves clearly don't sit that well with her.
* MissionControl: Zoe shares this role with the Architect for a big part of the game. Notably, she actually does more to help Jack than what the Architect does, as she occasionaly hacks into the Keys' comms to listen in on their talks and diverts them away from the Ghostrunner's path with false orders, while the Architect only gives Jack directions.

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* MissionControl: MissionControl:
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Zoe shares this role with the Architect for a big part of the game. Notably, she actually does more to help Jack than what the Architect does, as she occasionaly hacks into the Keys' comms to listen in on their talks and diverts them away from the Ghostrunner's path with false orders, while the Architect only gives Jack directions.directions.
** Continues on in the second game, though now she has to share this role with even more people.
* TheNotLoveInterest: She and Jack are very close and greatly care for each other, but strictly in a platonic way.



* UnseenNoMore: In the second game, where she and the Ghostrunner frequently talk eye-to-eye.



* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:She becomes the new leader of the Climbers after Connor gets killed]].



* AnArmAndALeg: Loses his right hand at the end of his fight, and doesn't live much longer after that.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Loses his right hand at the end of his fight, and doesn't live much longer after that.fight with Hel. By the second game he receives a cybernetic replacement.



* LastNameBasis: In the second game most people refer to him by his last name.
* MadeOfIron: He manages to survive getting his hand cut off and getting impaled by Hel to show up for the sequel. [[spoiler:He similarily shows up now worse for wear after Madhu defeats him off-screen and tosses him into a BottomlessPit right before the Ghostrunner's eyes]].



* StillWearingTheOldColours: He still wears his Key armour and insignia by the second game, long after Mara has been deposed.



* DoubleAgent: An audiolog reveals that he was actually a registered informant for the Keys. This puts his motivations and the way he acts and conducts his rebellion to question.

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* TheChessmaster: He's very calculating, pragmatic and politically-minded in going for his goal.
* DartboardOfHate: He has a darts board in his office in the second game - with the Architect's photo stamped to it.
* DoubleAgent: An audiolog reveals that he was actually a registered informant for the Keys. This puts his motivations and the way Judging by how he acts in the second game, his true allegiance lied with the Climbers after all.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He's not above using the Ghostrunner as the Climbers' lethal enforcer, but he at least tries to resolve matters via diplomacy
and conducts politics before sending in a cyber assassin.
* FullCircleRevolution: Jack as well as some of
his rebellion other followers subtly accuse him of being on his way to question.turning into yet another unilateral dictator of the tower, but Connor denies it. [[spoiler:Since he gets killed before his ambition gets realised, we can't tell if their accusations were accurate]].
* GoodIsNotNice: He is driven to bring freedom to the Dharma tower and to buildi a functioning democratic government unifying all people who live within it. He's also ruthless and pragmatic in pursuit of his goal and he's not above intimidating, coercing, strong-arming and killing those who do not wish to fall in line with this vision. [[{{Jerkass}} He's also abrasive and callous on a personal level]], to the point that while his followers greatly look up to him as a leader, they don't really like him as a person. [[spoiler:Conversely, after he's killed they do mourn him, but can't help but admit that Connor was a dick and likely had it coming]].



* MissionControl: Becomes this for the Ghostrunner in the sequel.
* RebelLeader: He's the more cynical version of the trope, where he approaches his rebellion against Mara with a pragmatic and calculating outlook, projecting the image of an idealistic and fiery leader but actually being more manipulative than he lets on - if the whole Climbers movement is not a FalseFlagOperation orchestrated by Mara to begin with (see DoubleAgent above).

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* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Mitra cuts his head off in the middle of a group meeting.]]
* MissionControl: Becomes One of the people who act like this this for the Ghostrunner in the sequel.
* RebelLeader: He's the more cynical version of the trope, where he approaches his rebellion against Mara with a pragmatic and calculating outlook, projecting the image of an idealistic and fiery leader but actually being more manipulative than he lets on - if the whole Climbers movement is not a FalseFlagOperation orchestrated by Mara to begin with (see DoubleAgent above).on.



* TheVoice: We hear him from his transmissions but never see the man in person. He ''may be'' one of the Climbers Hel glimpses right before her fight with Diego but it's not certain, and none of them clearly appears like a leader figure either so we can't tell which one he was.

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* TheVoice: We In the first game we hear him from his transmissions but never see the man in person. He ''may be'' one of the Climbers Hel glimpses right before her fight with Diego but it's not certain, and none of them clearly appears like a leader figure either so we can't tell which one he was.was.
* TheUnfettered: He strives to liberate residents of the Dharma tower from their oppressors and build a stable society in it - but he's not above underhanded and bloody methods of achieving it.
** UnseenNoMore: As of the sequel, where he not only gets a visual avatar for his messages but the Ghostrunner regularly meets him face to face.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: He refuses to be taken in by Hel when she comes for him, and keeps refusing even after she beats him in a fight and cuts his hand off. So she just kills him.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: He refuses to be taken in by Hel when she comes for him, and keeps refusing even after she beats him in a fight and cuts his hand off. So she just kills him. {{Subverted|trope}} for the sequel, where he shows up alive.



* MissionControl: Becomes this for the Ghostrunner in the sequel.



* TheUnfought: Hel never catches up with him, and his exact fate is uncertain.

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* TheUnfought: Hel never catches up with him, and his exact fate is uncertain.him.
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* NoFullNameGiven: Only know as Adam, most likely his first name.

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* NoFullNameGiven: Only know known as Adam, most likely his first name.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Lindsey Vega

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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: He is this to the Ghostrunner.

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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: He is this to As a VirtualGhost of the Ghostrunner.founder of the city, he knows everything about it and can hack almost every software.


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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: While she's not omnipotent like the Architect seems to be, she provides information about the consequences of Mara's politics on the civilians and the discoveries of the Climbers to help Jack.

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* {{Cyborg}}: To what extent is unclear but he is treated more as a tool than a person. [[spoiler: When asking the Architect who he was before the conversion, the latter reveal him that he the human part of him was grown in a laboratory, meaning he was never really a human]].

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* {{Cyborg}}: To what extent is unclear but he is treated more as a tool than a person.person, even if he bleeds after Mara tears of his left arm. [[spoiler: When asking the Architect who he was before the conversion, the latter reveal him that he the human part of him was grown in a laboratory, meaning he was never really a human]].



[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Adam.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_ghostrunner.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Adam.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_ghostrunner.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]jpg''"No NO! I will not be defeated by a mere tool!"''[[/labelnote]]]]



* HumanoidAbomination:
** Those... things, that chase the Ghostrunner and explode on contact are her doing.
** Mara herself isn't much better, having augmented herself with cybernetic enhancements that covers most of her body, such as long mechanical arms.



* MonstrousHumanoid:
** Mara has augmented herself with cybernetic enhancements that covers most of her body, such as long mechanical arms.
** She also creates some, as those... things that chase the Ghostrunner and explode on contact are her doing.



* TheDragon: In ''Project_Hel'', as her role is to kill Climbers for Mara and to stop subordinates who turn against her.



* HiddenDepths: The DLC Hel displays hints of having these beyond just being an unhinged murderer. It is implied she actually hates her existence and she clearly despises Mara for how she was treated by her. And then there's her sparing the unconscious Ghostrunner and hiding his existence from Mara, which opens a whole new box of AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.

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* HiddenDepths: The DLC Hel displays hints of having these beyond just being an unhinged murderer. It is implied she actually hates her existence and she clearly despises Mara for how she was treated by her. And then there's her sparing the unconscious Ghostrunner and hiding his existence from Mara, which opens a whole new box of AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.interpretation.



* ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine: The DLC Hel kills Bakunin by impaling him with her sword, and in the end of the DLC she [[spoiler: has another Hel run her through with that one's sword. It's not KarmicDeath only because Hel actually surives the impalement and dies by suicide moments later]]. Also during the Golem fight Hel damages the Golem a bit by dropping vats of molten metal on it - until Diego piloting the Golem uses Golem's lasers to drop another vat on Hel instead.

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* ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine: ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: The DLC Hel kills Bakunin by impaling him with her sword, and in the end of the DLC she [[spoiler: has [[spoiler:has another Hel run her through with that one's sword. It's not KarmicDeath only because Hel actually surives the impalement and dies by suicide moments later]]. Also during the Golem fight Hel damages the Golem a bit by dropping vats of molten metal on it - until Diego piloting the Golem uses Golem's lasers to drop another vat on Hel instead.


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* VoiceOfTheLegion: The echo let by her robotic voice gives this impression.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're alive. Can you hear me? They are already looking for you."'']]"'']]
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%%* TomatoInTheMirror: He insists that he is identical to the real Adam, but as his journey goes on, the Ghostrunner starts to doubt it.
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* BigBad: With [[spoiler: the Architect]] not appearing in ''Project Hel'', Mara serves as the sole antagonistic villain for the {{DLC}} story with The Climbers and Bakunin serving as {{Hero Antagonist}}s for Hel.

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