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[[folder:Joseph Bertrand III (UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]

%% * BaldOfEvil

!Introduced in ''Festival of Blood''[[note]]This game is considered non-canon.[[/note]]

* ComesGreatResponsibility: He accepts at the end of the first game that it's his responsibility to protect Empire City and its people with his powers.

* ComesGreatResponsibility: In Cole's Legacy, he gives Delsin a speech about how he should control his powers and direct them at the right people.

-->'''Sasha:''' Why, Kessler? Why do you love her? I'll kill her, I swear it! I'll wear her skin like a '''robe'''!

[[folder:Joseph Bertrand III]]
!!Joseph Bertrand III, AKA the Behemoth

%% * {{Corrupt Hick}}s
* EliteMooks: As they don't use Conduits, the Militia employ heavily-armoured men with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] as elite infantry.

* TragicMonster: Every corrupted was [[spoiler:once a normal person turned into a monster by Bertrand to serve his own ends.]]

* AnIcePerson: All of them have ice powers to a certain extent: some of them can propel themselves across great distances by creating explosions of ice under them, while more advanced members tower over the battlefield on pillars of ice and freeze their enemies solid. The most powerful of the Vermaak protect themselves with giant suits of armour composed of solid ice -- which eventually leads to them actually ''becoming'' ice.

* TragicMonster: Much like the Corrupted, the Vermaak's powers were forced upon them by Bertrand, and they're driven by a desperate need to fix their eroding sanity by using the Blast Cores.

!!Cole in general

* DeadpanSnarker: Comes with being a bit of a ManChild, Cole will often crack jokes in inappropriate times causing double takes from everyone. It's when he's not snarking that you know it's getting [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness serious]].

* ManChild: To a degree. He's definitely immature, isn't very fond of the responsibilities that come with his new powers, despite enjoying the hell out of using them and acting like a kid with a new toy once he gains a new one, and even when he's good he tends to be pretty self centered and short sighted in his duties. And of course, there's the whole being taken advantage of by authority figures even while he openly resents them.
** PsychopathicManChild: If evil, where he sees the city as his own personal play pen to do whatever he wants in regardless of the innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.
* NotQuiteFlight: For all his power, Cole is one of the few Conduits that can't fly. A power up gives him static thrusters which allows him to glide and in ''inFamous 2'', a good Karma power up boosts his jump.

!!Good Cole

!!Evil Cole

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cole's friends Zeke, Trish, Kuo, and Nix are about the only people he seems to give a single damn about. And maybe his family (he mentions his parents and a younger brother, but they're only mentioned and never seen).

* GadgeteerGenius: In the first game he'll hook up a gadget here or there. In ''VideoGame/{{inFamous}} 2'', he becomes more skilled in engineering and inventing. He created Cole's new weapon, the Amp. Also the [[BrickJoke Dunbar Beam]].

* Foil: To previous BigBad Kessler, as far as motivations and intentions go. Bertrand joined the First Sons for no other reason than to benefit himself, while Kessler's purpose was SavingTheWorld from the Beast. He tries to make Cole a hated villain of New Marais so he could fit the role of a hero while Kessler purposely filled the role of a villain to mold Cole into a hero. Lastly, he wants to eradicate all conduits while Kessler is responsible for making most of the conduits in the series.

* BoomerangBigot: He's a Conduit that hates other Conduits.

* DeepSouth: He clearly exhibits many of the stereotypes found in men from the south; hetero-normative Christian crusader out to smite those who question his morality and values in the name of his Confederate fore-fathers.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He is literally and metaphorically the biggest monster in the series.

* AllThereInTheManual: They're only called the Corrupted in the in-game subtitles; everyone just calls them "monsters."

* PainfulTransformation: As [[spoiler: Bertrand]] morphs one person into a Corrupted, he screams in pain as he slowly transforms, and when the transformation is complete, he collapses on the ground, breathing heavily.

!!Joseph Bertrand III

!!The Beast

* {{Jerkass}}: Mainly in the first game; in the second game, he seems more generally unconcerned with the consequences of his actions rather than actively malicious.

* AntiHero: Sort of. While not a bad person like Evil Cole, even Good Cole has a fairly cynical personality, and he seems to enjoy combat.

* AntiHero: [[NominalHero Type V]]. Is willing to do horrible things and endanger the lives of innocents, if it brings him closer to defeating his enemies.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the second game. Even if he is a monster killing and maiming anyone who gets in way, his goal still is to defeat the world-destroying Beast.

%%* EliteMooks: The heavy infantry.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: They were already big-time soldiers before getting Ice powers. But as they weren't born with Conduit genes, their minds will degrade while their bodies undergo terrible mutations.

%% * PrivateMilitaryContractors

* TragicMonster: The Vermaak's powers were forced upon them by Bertrand and they're driven by a desperate need to fix their eroding sanity by using the Blast Cores.

* EatsBabies: Invoked. A couple of rebels will mention they heard rumors you're so evil that you literally eat babies.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Partially because of the bleakness of the ruined Empire City, partially because he's got all sorts of expectations heaped on him, and partially because even with superpowers, he's still "everyone's errand boy." However, while Cole hates the responsibility that comes with his abilities, he enjoys ''using'' his powers, and is often excited when he gets a new one.

* NotQuiteFlight: For all his power, Cole is one of the few Conduits that can't fly. A power up gives him static thrusters which allows him to glide and in inFamous 2, a good Karma power up boosts his jump.

* AntiHero: Sort of. While not a bad person like Evil Cole, even Good Cole has a fairly cynical personality, and he seems to really enjoy combat.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Though he's generally a friendly and laid back guy, if you harm innocents or the ones he loves, ''he will kill you if it's the last thing he does.''

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrifices himself and thousands of other Conduits at the end of the second game to save millions of normal humans.]]

* AntiHero: Type V. Is willing to do horrible things and endanger the lives of innocents if it brings him closer to defeating his enemies.

-->[[spoiler:'''Cole''': The plague just sped up the inevitable: an evolutionary jump, humanity giving way to Conduits. I had been given powers to save the world from this change. But now I stand at its center. '''I have become the Beast.''']]

* DarkMessiah: In the second game, Cole's going to save the world from the Beast whether they like it or not. [[spoiler:And in the end, he becomes the new Beast in order to save what he can of humanity from The Plague.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Mainly in the first game; in the second game, he seems generally unconcerned with the consequences of his actions rather than actively malicious.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Starts out an average joe bike messenger, only to slowly transform into a dangerous monster.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Played with, as he's apathetic but not totally insane.

%% * BadassGrandpa

* FutureMeScaresMe: He is [[spoiler:Cole from the future. In fact, Cole hates him so vehemently, even after learning of his tragic past, that he only ever refers to him as "Kessler".]] [[FridgeBrilliance Conveniently enough, this also serves to preserve that particular twist for those who play the second game, but not the first.]]

* {{Badass}}: He is powerful enough to plow through almost all resistance, and the only things that have had any effect was a ''nuke'' and a [[PhysicalGod blast core-empowered Cole,]] and the latter only slowed him down for a few hours at best.

* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: He's John White, the person who got torn apart by a Ray Sphere in the First game. It also [[CameBackStrong turned him]] into [[HumanoidAbomination the]] [[PhysicalGod Beast.]]]]

* ArmouredClosetGay: While not ever brought up or questioned in the game (WordOfGay or otherwise), fans like to see Bertrand's behavior and powers as an allegory meant as commentary on closeted homophobes. Most homophobic people [[HeteronormativeCrusader view homosexuality as being "monstrous", "satanic", "ungodly" and "unnatural"]], much like how Bertrand views Conduits. He himself exhibits all of these traits [[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster literally through his powers]], literally projecting this image onto others and then demonizing them, claiming this all to be the truth to the general public.

* DeepSouth: He clearly exhibits many of the stereotypes found in men from the south; hetero-normative christian crusader out to smite those who question his morality and values in the name of his Confederate fore-fathers.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Zeke thinks that Vampires might be a type of Conduits.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:After failing to save Mary from being transformed into a vampire on her deathbed, Ignatius dedicated himself to killing Marco and transforming Mary back into a human. Unfortunately, because he failed to do so on Mary's first night as a vampire, he ended up turning her into an even bigger menace than before, forcing Ignatius to atone for ''that'', too.]]
%% * BadassGrandpa

* BadassPreacher: He's a priest who has battled a lot of vampires.

%% * PosthumousCharacter
* TiredOfRunning: On the receiving end of [[spoiler:Mary's]] RoaringRampageOfRevenge for decades, Ignatius finally stopped running from her in New Marais, [[spoiler:where he turned the tables on her with the Barbed Cross and an enormous mob of angry citizens wielding TorchesAndPitchforks.]]

* BrokenPedestal: She ditches Cole when the Voice of Survival's MaliciousSlander leads her to believe that he caused the Blast which killed her sister. Good players can slowly repair the pedestal, whereas evil players can break it further and further until Trish [[spoiler: dies cursing Cole's name]].
%% * [[HotScientist Hot Doctor]]
%% * TheMedic
%% * MoralityPet

* Foil: To previous BigBad Kessler, as far as motivations and intentions go. Bertrand joined the First Sons for no other reason than to benefit himself, while Kessler's purpose was SavingTheWorld from the Beast. He tries to make Cole a hated villain of New Marais so he could fit the role of a hero while Kessler purposely filled the role of a villain to mold Cole into a hero.

* Foil: To previous BigBad Kessler, as far as motivations and intentions go. Bertrand joined the First Sons for no other reason than to benefit himself, while Kessler's purpose was SavingTheWorld from the Beast. He leads the Militia who brutalize and kidnap people in broad daylight while Kessler led a secret society. Bertrand tries to make himself out to be a hero in order to make Cole appear to be a villain while Kessler was trying to be a villain to mold Cole into a hero.

* Foil: To previous BigBad Kessler, as far as motivations and intentions go. Bertrand joined the First Sons for no other reason than to benefit himself while Kessler's purpose was SavingtheWorld from the Beast. He leads the Militia who brutalize and kidnap people in broad daylight while Kessler led a secret society. Bertrand tries to make himself out to be a hero in order to make Cole appear a villain while Kessler was trying to villain to form Cole into a hero.

* PowerIncontinence: He can't use guns because the ammunition will explode if he touches them, and he can't drive because his powers ignite fossil fuels. (You can do it too! Find a turret, then "disable" it by making it explode! Free XP!) Thankfully, it's shown that he can at least touch other people without killing them. Standing on wet ground with him is an instant death, however.

* MeaningfulName: Cole = coal.

!!The Beast, AKA [[spoiler:John White]]

* NominalHero: She's on Cole's side, but only so that she can cause mayhem for giggles and get her revenge on Bertram. [[spoiler:Even her HeelFaceTurn at the end is fueled entirely by her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Beast.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Against Bertram and the militia, namely for [[spoiler:killing her family in a Ray Sphere blast, as well as a Corrupted that she later befriended.]]

* AffablyEvil: He freely gives money to different charities and plants trees. At heart he's a horrible man, but has plenty of charisma.

* BossInMookClothing: The Crushers and the Titans.

* EliteMooks: The heavy infantry.

* MightyGlacier: Appropriately, the iceberg-like Titans. Massively-built, capable of great offensive power and almost impervious to harm... but very, ''very'' slow.

* CoveredWithScars: In human form. [[spoiler:Probably a symptom of having had to pull himself together on multiple occasions, including being torn apart by a Ray Sphere, having half of his head blown apart by a lightning strike, and being hit with a nuclear missile.