History Characters / Marathon

* HorrorHunger: See the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel/{{Marathon}} HONF subpage]] for relevant quote.

* FakingTheDead: One Pfhor Engineer got slightly crazy trying to translate the tortured Nar's prophecy, enough to fake his own death so that he could continue his hobby.

* SatelliteCharacter: Arguably, the Security Officer is this for Durandal.

* TheIshmael: Arguably, the Security Officer is this for Durandal.

** In the second game the formerly docile [[{{NPC}} BoBs]] all take up arms in a much larger war (which our heroes nearly lose halfway through the game despite their best efforts), in which the Security Officer (whose OneManArmy status is more fleshed out, even if it still vague on details) is only a small part of (albeit a ''very important'' part).

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler:The Security Officer is Destiny, at least according to Durandal's final words.]]

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Being disambiguated and examined by Pfhor scientists was not a pleasant experience.

* AttackDrone: The Pfhor has these in the latter games.

* ExtraEyes[=/=]SpareBodyParts: The Pfhor tend to have three eyes, while Enforcers in ''Durandal'' and ''Infinity'' have ''seven''.

* RedShirtArmy: The [=BOBs=] when they are on your side, they occasionally avert it when they are positioned in such way that the the Pfhor can only come from the chokepoint and at the distance, who then get slaughtered by sniper pistols, as seen in ''Durandal'' level ''My own private Thermopylae''. In times when they are your enemies, they are quite accurate with those magnums. Notably, the way the physics models are set up in the game's data means that their strength does not vary with the difficulty setting even when they are your enemies (most likely an oversight on the part of the developers, as the option to make their strength vary was certainly there), which means that on low difficulty settings the levels where you fight them seem much more difficult than the surrounding levels, and may be part of the reason the third game has such a reputation for difficulty. The same levels may not seem particularly easier on high difficulty settings because they're pretty difficult anyway.

* HeroicBSOD[=/=]SanitySlippage: As shown in the dream levels terminals, The whole of ''Infinity'' is just one long look at the main character's slow breakdown. Lampshaded as well by the chapter names - "Despair," "Rage," and "Envy" are synonyms for the stages of Rampancy, "Melancholia," "Anger," and "Jealousy."

* ImmortalitySeeker[=/=]LivingForeverIsAwesome: Durandal's lifespan is limited only by the closure of the universe and he plans to overcame even that. All while mocking the Security Officer's own limited lifespan.

* SoYouWantToLiveForever[=/=]LivingForeverIsAwesome: Durandal's lifespan is limited only by the closure of the universe and he plans to overcame even that. All while mocking the Security Officer's own limited lifespan.

* FaceHeelTurn: In his few appearances in the first game he was at least Anti-Durandal only, but by the time the sequel comes he really wants kill Durandal no matter what.