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[[folder:Bivington Bradwick]]
An entrepreneur who's associated with Tediore.

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[[folder:Bivington Bradwick]]
An entrepreneur who's associated with Tediore.
[[folder:Sponsor Bot]]
A Tediore appliance that helps Fran get her anger in check... or induces it.



* EarlyBirdCameo: Is name-dropped as part of Forge's [[Fiction500 Dirty Thirty]] during Octavio's introductory chapter. Octavio meets him halfway through the story during [[spoiler:Caldwell's exploitation of his wishes to be famous]].

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Is name-dropped as part of Forge's [[Fiction500 Dirty Thirty]] during Octavio's introductory chapter. Octavio meets him halfway through the story during [[spoiler:Caldwell's exploitation of his wishes EstablishingCharacterMoment: Starts talking after Fran fails to be famous]].open her Frogurt store, congratulating her on reaching 90 days without being enraged.



[[folder:Sponsor Bot]]
A Tediore appliance that helps Fran get her anger in check... or induces it.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Starts talking after Fran fails to open her Frogurt store, congratulating her on reaching 90 days without being enraged.
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[[folder:Susan Caldwell]]
The current CEO of Tediore, and a ruthless businesswomen.

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[[folder:Susan Caldwell]]
The current CEO
[[folder:Diamond Danielle]]
!! Real Thief. Not an idiot.
A hitwoman, also an acquaintance
of Tediore, and a ruthless businesswomen.Octavio.



* BadBoss: Treats her employees with total disdain. While in the case of the grunts is a bit understandable (there are too many screw ups from their part to count), she also treats her better personnel (such as her scientists and doctors) like trash.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Contacts Rhys just as he [[spoiler:is about to fire Anu]] with a request.

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* BadBoss: Treats her employees with total disdain. While in the case of the grunts is a bit understandable (there are too many screw ups from their part to count), she also treats her better personnel (such as her scientists and doctors) like trash.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Contacts Rhys just as he [[spoiler:is about Comes from the top of a building during Octavio and [=L0U13=]'s walk to fire Anu]] with a request.Paco's.



[[folder:Jameson Harwen]]
[=L0U13=]'s first victim in the story.

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[[folder:Jameson Harwen]]
[=L0U13=]'s first victim in the story.
!! Antagonists
[[folder:Susan Caldwell]]
The current CEO of Tediore, and a ruthless businesswomen.



* KickTheDog: The reason [=L0U13=]'s contracted to kill him is because he kicked his neighbor's Skag pet.

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* KickTheDog: The reason [=L0U13=]'s contracted BadBoss: Treats her employees with total disdain. While in the case of the grunts is a bit understandable (there are too many screw ups from their part to kill him is because count), she also treats her better personnel (such as her scientists and doctors) like trash.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Contacts Rhys just as
he kicked his neighbor's Skag pet.[[spoiler:is about to fire Anu]] with a request.



[[folder:Diamond Danielle]]
!! Real Thief. Not an idiot.
A hitwoman, also an acquaintance of Octavio.

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[[folder:Diamond Danielle]]
!! Real Thief. Not an idiot.
A hitwoman, also an acquaintance of Octavio.
[[folder:Bivington Bradwick]]
An entrepreneur who's associated with Tediore.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Comes from the top of a building during Octavio and [=L0U13=]'s walk to Paco's.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Comes from the top EarlyBirdCameo: Is name-dropped as part of a building Forge's [[Fiction500 Dirty Thirty]] during Octavio's introductory chapter. Octavio and [=L0U13=]'s walk meets him halfway through the story during [[spoiler:Caldwell's exploitation of his wishes to Paco's.be famous]].



[[folder:Hank]]
A punk who bullies Fran into giving him free Frogurt in exchange for protection.

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[[folder:Hank]]
A punk who bullies Fran into giving him free Frogurt
[[folder:Jameson Harwen]]
[=L0U13=]'s first victim
in exchange for protection.the story.



* JerkassHasAPoint: When Fran questions him about Maliwan's ray destroying her store, he says he isn't to be blamed for the whims of the corporate overlords. Quite hard to disagree.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Has a grand total of one scene, and almost 10 minutes in the game's nearly 9-hour length. However, weren't for his death and Reba's posterior discovery, Fran wouldn't have had a price on her head from both Tediore and Rita.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Fran questions KickTheDog: The reason [=L0U13=]'s contracted to kill him about Maliwan's ray destroying her store, is because he says he isn't to be blamed for the whims of the corporate overlords. Quite hard to disagree.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Has a grand total of one scene, and almost 10 minutes in the game's nearly 9-hour length. However, weren't for
kicked his death and Reba's posterior discovery, Fran wouldn't have had a price on her head from both Tediore and Rita.neighbor's Skag pet.


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[[folder:Hank]]
A punk who bullies Fran into giving him free Frogurt in exchange for protection.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Fran questions him about Maliwan's ray destroying her store, he says he isn't to be blamed for the whims of the corporate overlords. Quite hard to disagree.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Has a grand total of one scene, and almost 10 minutes in the game's nearly 9-hour length. However, weren't for his death and Reba's posterior discovery, Fran wouldn't have had a price on her head from both Tediore and Rita.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Octavio's Foolish Sibling. For starters, at the beginning of the story she's working for Atlas. [[spoiler:This gets deconstructed as the story progresses]].


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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish Sibling to Anu's Responsible Sibling. For starters, at the beginning of the story she's working for Atlas. [[spoiler:This gets deconstructed as the story progresses]].


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* CatchPhrase: After a suggestion from Octavio, he picks this after [[PostMortemOneLiner his assasinations]]:
--> ''"You just got L-0-U-1-3'd."''
* ConsummateProfessional: He's hardwired to kill the victims from his contracts. This mission takes precedence over everything.


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[[folder:Lor]]
See the [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas page]] (under Lorelei) for tropes.
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[[folder:Rhys Strongfork]]
!! The "Cool" CEO (Not you!)
See the [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas page]] for tropes.
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[[folder:Susan Caldwell]]
The current CEO of Tediore, and a ruthless businesswomen.
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* BadBoss: Treats her employees with total disdain. While in the case of the grunts is a bit understandable (there are too many screw ups from their part to count), she also treats her better personnel (such as her scientists and doctors) like trash.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Contacts Rhys just as he [[spoiler:is about to fire Anu]] with a request.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jameson Harwen]]
[=L0U13=]'s first victim in the story.
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* KickTheDog: The reason [=L0U13=]'s contracted to kill him is because he kicked his neighbor's Skag pet.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Diamond Danielle]]
!! Real Thief. Not an idiot.
A hitwoman, also an acquaintance of Octavio.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Comes from the top of a building during Octavio and [=L0U13=]'s walk to Paco's.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hank]]
A punk who bullies Fran into giving him free Frogurt in exchange for protection.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Fran questions him about Maliwan's ray destroying her store, he says he isn't to be blamed for the whims of the corporate overlords. Quite hard to disagree.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Has a grand total of one scene, and almost 10 minutes in the game's nearly 9-hour length. However, weren't for his death and Reba's posterior discovery, Fran wouldn't have had a price on her head from both Tediore and Rita.
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A scientist working for Atlas who's on the verge of creating a device that replicates Lilith's Phasewalk skill but without casualties. After freeing some jabbermen and an experiment that still isn't finished, she gets fired from Atlas by her boss. She's also Octavio's adopted sister.

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A scientist working for Atlas who's on the verge of creating a device that replicates Lilith's Phasewalk skill the power of a Siren but without casualties. After freeing some jabbermen and an experiment that still isn't finished, she gets fired from Atlas by her boss. She's also Octavio's adopted sister.



* DreamSequence: While [[spoiler:she's being operated at Tediore's table]], she begins having visions and conversations with something trapped inside of the Green Shard. The sequence has her on the body of a jabberman during [[spoiler:her tiredness-induced mistreatment of Phuong]], then on Octavio's body reliving [[spoiler:her splitting with Octavio]].



* SecretTestOfCharacter: Her DreamSequence puts her on the receiving end of one. [[spoiler:She needs to accept the flaws of her past in order to become one with the Shard]].



Anu's adopted brother.

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Anu's adopted brother. Aspirant to fame and fortune.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets the credits part of the intro, walking from the street, salutating a lot of people.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Gets distracted by shiny tech and high-class stuff easily. During the assault on Tediore ship's bridge, he gets distracted too many times to count by Caldwell's custom, Eridium-powered [=ECHOnet=] device]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets the credits part of the intro, walking from the street, salutating a lot of saluting several people.



!! Francine Miskiewicz
!! Froyo Queen. (Also You)

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!! Francine Miskiewicz
Miskowicz
!! Froyo Queen. Queen (Also You)You!)



* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if she [[spoiler:survived Tediore's attack on Atlas's ship]]. Afterwards she only appears in a flashback during [[spoiler:Anu's conversations with the Shard]].



* ExpositionFairy: Explains important things about Promethea and Tediore as well as assessing how close Fran, Anu and Octavio are as a team.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Puts himself in harms way to protect Octavio from Tediore fire, getting his head chopped in the process. He then gets blown up by a grenade just as the door to the bridge is closed]].



A Tediore appliance that helps Fran get her anger in check.

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A Tediore appliance that helps Fran get her anger in check.check... or induces it.

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!!

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!!!! Froyo Queen. (Also You)


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* AnIcePerson: Has a freezing ray on her personal vehicle.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Not that Sponsor Bot deserved what he got, but [[spoiler:after Fran is reminded of her debt, she enters into rage mode and breaks Sponsor Bot's screen]]. She's seen regretting her actions soon afterwards.
* RageBreakingPoint: During her introduction segment, she breaks Sponsor Bot after one too many rage-inducing comments.

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!!Dr. Anuradha Dhar, [=.PhD=]

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!!Dr.!! Dr. Anuradha Dhar, [=.PhD=]



!! Octavio

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!! Octavio Wallace-Dhar



!! Francine Miskiewicz



The owner of Fran's Frogurt, Rhys' favorite Frogurt shop which was decimated during [[VideoGame/Borderlands3 Maliwan's invasion of Promethea]].
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* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:Didn't survive the crash of Tediore's ship, as seen when Anu and Octavio deliver flowers to her memorial tomb]].



[[folder:Rhys]]
!! Rhys
!! The cool CEO (Not you!)
[[/folder]]

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[[folder:Rhys]]
!! Rhys
!!
[[folder:Papa Girardi]]
A cook who's also an acquaintance of Octavio. Speaks with something resembling an Italian accent.
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* OohMeAccentSlipping: Octavio doesn't fall for his fake Italian accent.
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[[folder:Radon]]
A demolitions expert midget. Also acquaintance of Octavio.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: During Octavio's introduction segment, he contacts him via [=ECHOnet=] offering him to go eat some tacos. Just as he's finishing a demolition job.
The cool CEO (Not you!)
[[/folder]]
explosion can be heard through the device.
* StuffBlowingUp: He carries several grenades with him and is seen throwing them with gusto.
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[[folder:[=L0U13=]]]
!! Killer. Friend.
An assasination bot who's hard-wired to kill. Speaks with a british-like accent.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Surprises Octavio by hiding in a dark alley. Then they discuss Forge's [[Fiction500 Dirty Thirty]] and how worthwhile is to get into that list.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bivington Bradwick]]
An entrepreneur who's associated with Tediore.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Is name-dropped as part of Forge's [[Fiction500 Dirty Thirty]] during Octavio's introductory chapter. Octavio meets him halfway through the story during [[spoiler:Caldwell's exploitation of his wishes to be famous]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sponsor Bot]]
A Tediore appliance that helps Fran get her anger in check.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Starts talking after Fran fails to open her Frogurt store, congratulating her on reaching 90 days without being enraged.
[[/folder]]
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!!Administrivia/SpoilersOff for games prior to ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' as well as for spoiler characters that are marked as such. Proceed with caution. [[{{Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned}} You Have Been Warned.]]

[[WMG:[[center:''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[Characters/{{Borderlands}} Character sheets]]\\
[-'''[[Characters/BorderlandsVaultHunters Playable Characters]]''': ''[[Characters/Borderlands1VaultHunters Borderlands 1]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands2VaultHunters Borderlands 2]]'' ([[Characters/BorderlandsKrieg Krieg]]) | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequelVaultHunters The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''[[Characters/Borderlands3VaultHunters Borderlands 3]]''\\
'''Supporting Characters''': ''[[Characters/Borderlands1 Borderlands]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | '''''New Tales From The Borderlands''''' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\
'''Weapon Brands''': [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl Dahl]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap Claptrap]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsMaliwan Maliwan]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsTorgue Torgue]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]]\\
'''Other''': [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions Bandits and Bandit Factions]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsChildrenOfTheVault Children of the Vault]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans Hodunk and Zaford Clans]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsRaidBosses Raid Bosses]])-]]]]]
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!!Protagonists
[[folder:Anu]]
!!Dr. Anuradha Dhar, [=.PhD=]
!! Better-er of Worlds (You!)
A scientist working for Atlas who's on the verge of creating a device that replicates Lilith's Phasewalk skill but without casualties. After freeing some jabbermen and an experiment that still isn't finished, she gets fired from Atlas by her boss. She's also Octavio's adopted sister.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She's introduced freeing some jabbermen as a sign of protest towards experimentation with animals. By the end of the chapter, [[spoiler:this has nasty consequences for her]].
* InsistentTerminology: It's a device, not a gun. [[spoiler:This causes her problems with her boss]].
* PercussiveMaintenance: How she manages to make her device work. A screen showcasing the device in question is shown, and you smack it, trying to find the sweet spots.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Octavio]]
!! Octavio
!! Future Mogul (Also You!)
Anu's adopted brother.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets the credits part of the intro, walking from the street, salutating a lot of people.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fran]]
!!
[[/folder]]

!! Supporting characters
[[folder:Phuong]]
!! Your partner in crim... Science!
Anu's co-worker on Atlas who helps her with her experiments. After Tediore invades Atlas's ship, she helps Anu to escape into Promethea.
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* DeadpanSnarker: She can't help but be a bit of a dick regarding Anu's antics.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:TIMM-E]]
!! Eager, Willing. Ergonomic.
Rhys's personal robotic assistant. Doubles as a chair.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introduced overhearing a conversation between Anu and Phuong. Afterwards he notices Anu that Rhys was displeased with her antics and plans to fire her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rhys]]
!! Rhys
!! The cool CEO (Not you!)
[[/folder]]

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