History Characters / WatchDogsLegion

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Somewhat invoked. The average member taken from regular citizens typically can't use lethal firearms, with only a handful of exceptions. Therefore shadier characters like hitmen and former Albion/Clan Kelley mooks are likely going to be the ones going in guns blazing.

* HeroicLineage: She and her brother are descendants of [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Jacob and Evie Frye]], i.e. the Assassin twins who drove out the Templars and took over 19th-century Victorian London.

* SkeletonMotif: While DedSec is nothing if not fiercely individualistic, the most common symbol of the organization as a whole is a skull, usually with an open jaw as if laughing. The London branch specifically has a crowned skull, and variations of it are the most common mask available to operatives.

* ACommanderIsYou: Numbers wise, they're the Elitist, as a single DedSec operative is expected to outwit or overpower hoards of Clan Kelly and Albion goons, and every operative needs to be convinced to join via a significant time investment. Everything else is up to you, though their universal access to gadgets and ctOS hacks makes them lean towards the Technical.

* DuelingPlayerCharacters: With Wrench for the first half of the DLC. Aiden needs the Brocanridge Wrench stole to keep Jackson safe from Rempart and he’s at least somewhat annoyed at Wrench for throwing a stun grenade and accidentally lodging shrapnel in his chest.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: Apart from his experiences in the first game, reading his bio alludes to other adventures he’s been on such as being wanted in multiple places like Qatar of Belarus and tangling with warlords and dictators. He even treats joining Dedsec in the main game as something to do since he has some free time.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Aiden packs a unique Custom .357 in his loadout, unusual considering he preferred semi-automatic handguns back in Chicago (although the 5 star pistols he could get were revolvers). Concept art indicates he would’ve had a customized 1911 as his personal weapon, but for some reason it was replaced by the revolver.

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* StupidEvil: Can slip into this at times, given that they enjoy [[ForTheEvulz oppressing the populace with zero scrutiny]] so much they forget to do their actual job. When they're handed a [=DedSec=] defector from Toronto, who is [[{{Greed}} perfectly willing to spill the London cell's locations for cash]] and carries a drive full of valuable information, they immediately assume he's lying and [[ColdBloodedTorture torture him to death]] without bothering to actually investigate his data... Which was entirely valid, buying enough time for a PlayerCharacter to wipe it.

* StupidEvil: Can slip into this at times, given that they enjoy [[ForTheEvulz oppressing the populace with zero scrutiny]] so much they forget to do their actual job. When they're handed a [=DedSec=] defector from Toronto, who is [[{{Greed}} perfectly willing to spill the London cell's locations for cash]] and carries a drive full of valuable information, they immediately assume he's lying and [[ColdBloodedTorture torture him to death]] without bothering to actually investigate his data... Which was perfectly valid, buying enough time for a PlayerCharacter to wipe it.

* StupidEvil: Can slip into this at times, given that they enjoy [[ForTheEvulz oppressing the populace with zero scrutiny]] so much they forget to do their actual job. When they're handed a DedSec defector from Toronto, who is [[{{Greed}} perfectly willing to spill the London cell's locations for cash]] and carries a drive full of valuable information, they immediately assume he's lying and [[ColdBloodedTorture torture him to death]] without bothering to actually investigate his data... Which was perfectly valid, buying enough time for a PlayerCharacter to wipe it.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The privately-run security organization that has [[LawEnforcementInc not only taken over police duties in London]], but are also around the world (such as responding to protests in an African country by [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene trying to blow them apart with drone strikes]]).

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Downplayed, as we don't actually see him do it, but one of the missions reveal he was going to use his drones to kill protesters in an African country, only for his drones to malfunction because of Hamish Bolaji turning on him. Bagley even states that Amnesty International calls him a war criminal.

British intelligence agency responsible for the surveillance infrastructure of the UK.

* CoolMask: Since they're primarily regular people without their profiles wiped from [=ctOS=], they rely on masks to disguise their identities.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: From the members you can recruit, it's quite clear Clan Kelley completely lacks any trace of racism or sexism; if you are a competent thug, you're in.

* MissionControl: Characters recruited but not chosen for action often become this along Bagley, commenting on the situation as well.

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Bagley was created to serve as a personal assistant to the people of London, and to track and eliminate potential threats to Blume. After being released from Blume's control by Sabine, [=DedSec=]'s Bagley assists them in freeing London.

** During the Albion storyline, he becomes attached to the microdrones and affectionately names them "Sebastian."

* RadioVoice: His voice always has a distortion to it. Justified, since he's an AI.

* {{Technopath}}: As an AI, he is one, which is to say [[EverythingIsOnline he can control literally everything]]. He also seems to be able to communicate with tech; during one mission, he gets annoyed at what some attacking drones are apparently saying to him.

* CasualKink: After first being contacted by [[spoiler: Skye Larsen]], he immediately notes that he's [[ProperlyParanoid suspicious of her]], but ordinarily would be up for "[[{{Dominatrix}} An icy English woman telling him what to do."

--> '''Bagley''': If you 're asking how we kill [[spoiler:Malik]], I have ideas. ''A lot of ideas.''

* GoneHorriblyRight: The doctors of Cacani Medical and Albion hoped that the experiments performed on Mina would allow Albion soldiers to communicate with each other telepathically, using only their minds and their Optiks. They succeeded on proving it could be done, but before they could put it into practice, Mina broke out of the lab and killed numerous Albion soldiers and possibly the doctors involved in Project OMNI.

* MindManipulation: Like Hypnotists, Mina can take control of any unsuspecting mook she targets with her abilities, giving her total control over them until either the mook dies, is incapacitated, or Mina herself severs the connection.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: His odd sense of humor means he tends to spout these lines a lot.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Averted. In his side mission he discovers that he is a neural copy of Bradley Larsen, but the revelation doesn't appear to upset him. Instead, he accepts that he and Bradley are different individuals with their own identities.]]

* InsufferableGenius: He likes to point out how super-smart he is.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The human Bradley Larsen disliked being called Bagley. The AI prefers the nickname over his human name.]]

* MissingTime: Since he was reset in the prologue, he has a gap in his memory after the player character reactivates him. He quickly catches up on what he missed, and is ''not'' pleased with what he discovers.
* MissionControl: Alongside Sabine and unchosen but active Dedsec member, he is responsible for giving [=DedSec=] operatives their missions. However, he occasionally averts this by doing some of the work himself, often leaving the operative to cover him while he works.
* MotorMouth: At times, he can be quite talkative. Humorously, some of his interactions with Wrench (who is also one of these) show that even he can't stand the latter's chattiness.

** During the Albion storyline, he becomes rather attached to the microdrones and affectionately names them "Sebastian."
** In the 404 storyline, he's uncharacteristically solemn if the operative shuts Ada down. He also sounds genuinely unnerved when asking the player character to leave Skye's lab.

* SinisterSurveillance: Subverted, at least with [=DedSec's=] Bagley. While capable of watching everyone in London and tracking down almost anything you'd want to know, he's fully on the side of good. [[spoiler:And then doubly subverted, when Sabine is revealed to be the BigBad; he doesn't ''want'' to report on you, but his programming forces him to.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He doesn't like Richard Malik at all, but agrees that the information he could provide about SIRS may be useful to uncovering the identity of Zero Day. [[spoiler: When Malik is revealed to be a DoubleAgent infiltrating [=DedSec=], Bagley has no problems agreeing to Emma Child’s request to kill him, or using FILAMENT to track him down and bring him to the safehouse, [[{{Troll}} trolling him all the while]]]].
* TheOneThatGotAway: Platonic example. [[spoiler: Just before he shuts down, he wonders if he is this to the player character after they explain to him what the phrase means.]]

* TinMan: He likes to claim he's unemotional and inherently uncaring. This is doubtful, given his sense of humor and sense of morality.

* UndyingLoyalty: To [=DedSec=]. Even though Sabine reprogrammed him this way, [[spoiler: the fact that his loyalty remains unaffected after she tries to take control of him]] shows that it runs deeper than just programming.

--> '''Bagley''': I think this must be what it’s like not to know things. And I think I hate it.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: During the confrontation at Blume Tower, she has two armed drones with her. Instead of shooting the operative when she has the chance, she decides to go on a MotiveRant, allowing them to distract her long enough to hack the tower’s fins and collapse them. However this one could be justified as she is distracted by how easily the [=DedSec=] Agent [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder agrees that he/she is an idiot]], unaware the [=DedSec=] Agent [[MultitaskedConversation is ordering Bagley]].]]
* CrossingTheBurntBridge: [[spoiler: Something she is forced to do. After Nigel Cass double crosses her, as well as forcing her underground via a Kill on Sight order, she needs to rebuild the [=DedSec=] she had wiped out to get everything she still needs. It helps that no one was aware she was the one who wiped out the first one to begin with.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Is killed when the player hacks into the Blume tower's fins to collapse them under her, complete with her desperately clinging for a few seconds before plunging to her death]].

* DyingSmirk: [[spoiler: She smirks briefly just before she falls from Blume Tower.]]

* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: Dalton is an ex-[=MI5=] superspy who probably could have dismantled the Albion conspiracy almost by himself if this were a normal game. Unfortunately for him, ''Watch Dogs: Legion'' is not a normal game -- though the player may have another TuxedoAndMartini spy (even a GenderFlip version) save the world by their lonesome anyway.

* ApologeticAttacker: Oddly enough, he apologizes to [[spoiler:Sabine]] after killing her in the main campaign whereas most other agents are far more vindictive.
* BadassBoast: If Aiden is the Operative when investigating Skye Larson's home, he drops this gem after she threatens to go after him if he doesn't stop.

* BadassLongcoat: He starts out with a regular brown jacket but quickly regains his classic coat after reuniting with Jackson.
* BerserkButton: It’s subtle, but human trafficking seems to set him off, which is understandable considering the events of the first game. During his first job with Angel when the woman he’s set to find tells him Clan Kelley imprisoned people to make them fight in his club he immediately sets out to rescue them before Angel even asks him to (in other side missions he demands payment before doing anything more than required). In the main game he also shares the other Operatives’ disgust with Mary Kelley’s operations and it’s the most angry he sounds in campaign.