| 1 | As a game about secrets where everyone has a hidden agenda, there are naturally '''loads of {{spoiler}}s''' beyond this point. Take care. |
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| 3 | For tropes concerning their appearances in ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', click [[Characters/DeusExMankindDivided here]]. For {{trope}}s concering their appearances in the [[VideoGame/DeusEx original game]], click [[Characters/DeusEx here]]. |
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| 7 | !Sarif Industries |
| 8 | [[folder:Adam Jensen]] |
| 9 | !!Adam Jensen |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_jensen_w__trenchcoat.png]] |
| 11 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[SeekerArchetype "I'll never stop looking."]]'']] |
| 12 | --> ''"[[MemeticMutation I never asked for this.]]"'' |
| 13 | --> Voice: Creator/EliasToufexis (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Artyom Kretov (Russian)[[/note]] |
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| 15 | The protagonist of the game. He's a former SWAT police officer turned security specialist hired by Sarif Industries to handle any threats the company might face. He was an ordinary human until a surprise attack from unknown forces left him a mauled mess, which forced Sarif Industries to augment his body. The game revolves around Jensen's attempts to find answers to why Sarif was attacked and how Megan is connected to all of this. |
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| 18 | * AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Adam's hands can spin freely. Enemies' heads cannot. Adam can [[NeckSnap use this to his advantage]]. |
| 19 | * ActionBomb: The [[http://DeusEx.wikia.com/wiki/Typhoon_Explosive_System Typhoon Explosive System]] is a cybernetic enhancement that causes you to shoot 10mm steel projectiles in a radius around you. Unlike most cases of this trope, the Typhoon doesn't take the user out with it. |
| 20 | * AdamAndOrEve: Jensen is the first augmented human that doesn't suffer from rejection syndrome, essentially the first more-than-human human. [[spoiler:This is due to him being the SoleSurvivor of a series of [[PlayingWithSyringes human experiments]] performed at White Helix Labs, a [[CallForward Versalife subsidiary]].]] |
| 21 | * TheAlcoholic: Adam has a prescription for Nuronex in the stash at his apartment, which is prescribed to people with Werner-Korsakoff syndrome, a thiamine deficiency frequently found in alcoholics. Concept art and trailers constantly have him drinking whiskey when not in combat. His apartment(s) are full of alcohol. And even ingame cutscenes have him drinking whiskey when otherwise not on a mission. |
| 22 | * AntiHero: Depending on your play style, he can be extremely trigger happy, yet still aligned with good. |
| 23 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: |
| 24 | --> '''Tong:''' You disappoint me, Jensen. I thought we were friends. But then my hacker goes missing, you break into my place of business, half my men end up dead, ''and'' you don't even have the manners to knock when you enter a room. |
| 25 | * ArtificialLimbs: Part and parcel of his augmentations. They are handled in a slightly more realistic way than most examples, especially regarding the super-strength aspect. While Jensen can punch through walls and do some serious damage with his prosthetics, its not as over-the-top as some other examples. Also, if you look at his chest when he's shirtless (best seen in the Missing Link DLC) you can see there's a support bar crossing his torso under his skin, linking both arms together, to prevent them tearing out. |
| 26 | * ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: During the prologue, Adam Jensen is a normal, non-augmented human, and has no melee attack available. Then he gets his arms and legs replaced with metal ones and can break bones with ease, deliver instant-KO {{Hey You Haymaker}}s, and if he unlocks his software with Praxis kits, punch through walls and jump 3 meters high. However, his spine is also augmented, and it's unclear if people with just limbs augmented are any stronger. |
| 27 | * BadassBandolier: In an unusual twist on this, the Typhoon Aug is basically a series of explosive ball bearing grenades that deploy from a bandoleer built into his body. |
| 28 | * BadassBookworm: One wouldn't expect it, but then, Jensen ''does'' have that bachelor degree in criminal justice. [[http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/594694818253982569/9B462A0E0470E23A248ED4B99DBAC0A0DF65991C/ Three, in fact!]] He also has quite the extensive library both at home and in his office, with books mostly on legal topics and tactical manuals, but with a few books on mechanics and engineering (probably due to the clockmaking, which he took up in order to learn to control his cyber-arms) and several books on augmentations as well. In his office, there even seems to be a book on the theory of augmentations in medical science (or some such). Quite well-read for someone who started off as a police officer. |
| 29 | * BadassLongcoat: Adam wears one whenever he's not decked out in combat gear -- with a [[RealMenWearPink floral print]] on the back of the shoulders (though floral prints on men's clothing are fashionable at this point, this reasoning leads to the question of whether Jensen has interest in fashion). According to one pedestrian, it's apparently even made of real leather (her tone of voice implies this is a significant luxury). It's even fashionably functional: [[http://eidosmontreal.tumblr.com/post/8732788804/in-the-recent-trailers-i-saw-of-gameplay-i-noticed according to this post on the official Tumblr page]], the holes on his longcoat magnetically attach themselves to the typhoon ports and blade slits, allowing him to stab adversaries to death stylishly or blow them up without having to worry about the condition of his suit. |
| 30 | * BadassNormal: He was this before getting augmented. He actually put up a good fight when Sarif Industries was attacked, neutralizing several merc teams by himself before Namir[[note]]the most heavily-augmented character in the game[[/note]] got the drop on him, and even briefly engaged him in hand-to-hand combat after being thrown through a glass wall and impaled. The tie-in novel reveals that, prior to the attack, some of the Tyrants were genuinely concerned whether they could handle Jensen. |
| 31 | * BadassPacifist: Against mooks at least... |
| 32 | * BadassTransplant: Or, in this case, most of Adam's body is replaced with cyberaugs that allow him to perform some stunning feats of badassery. |
| 33 | * BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler: Temporarily, in the Missing Link DLC, Adam's augs are totally disabled, leaving him little more than his wits and his ability to do a OneHitKill (or Stun) every thirty seconds. That said, it is still entirely possible to finish the whole DLC without reupgrading your augs once, or using any weapons or explosives, complete with an achievement for doing so.]] |
| 34 | * BarrierBustingBlow: Upgrading Adam's cyberarms in a certain way will allow him to punch through a wall to break a mook's neck. Two of the game's trailers featured shots of him doing exactly that. |
| 35 | * BeardOfSorrow: More subtle than most examples, but Jensen's beard has grown out between the opening sequence and when he gets augmented. |
| 36 | * BerserkButton: Bringing up his failure to protect Megan becomes his after the prologue. |
| 37 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: Adam's cyberarms sport a pair of [[RetractableWeapon retractable blades]] that can pop out of his wrists or the backs of his elbows, allowing him to stab enemies to death stylishly. Adam is also usually seen in promotional material holding the Zenith pistol, and is even one of the only weapons he'll ever use in a cutscene.[[note]]The developers were very insistent that Adam never use a weapon onscreen in cutscenes since the player may not be carrying that weapon. As such, one of the only times Adam uses a gun in the game is when he picks one up from off the ground.[[/note]] |
| 38 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: In order to learn how to control his new cybernetic limbs, Adam learns how to make and repair clocks. |
| 39 | * ChickMagnet: Downplayed. He does not ''explicitly'' successfully seduce or attract any girl in the game. But it's vaguely suggested that Faridah Malik is interested in him as the plot unfolds, [[spoiler: Mengyao]] was so charmed by him she allowed him to access her knowledge, and [[spoiler:Eliza Cassan]] finds him admirable and intriguing. Women also constantly complimenting him on his looks, such as his old partner and random women in the Hive. |
| 40 | ** Besides that though, he's ''really'' bad with women. He's been duped at least ''twice'' by [[FemmeFatale femmes fatales]] and there is his horrible attempt to charm Malik. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E75ln7u_5PM Smooth move, Jensen]]. |
| 41 | ** He is a little more successful (and plays the trope somewhat straighter) with Lady Sutherland in the comics [[spoiler: until Quincy kills her.]] |
| 42 | * TheCoatsAreOff: When he's on a serious mission, he takes off the jacket to reveal a [[SleevesAreForWimps sleeveless]] combat vest. |
| 43 | * ColdSniper: With his outfit, voice, over-all attitude, and the option to make a sniper-rifle your weapon of choice, you are quite capable of turning Jensen into one if you choose to. Bonus if you got the Silenced Sniper Rifle pre-order, which is given to you at the start of the game. |
| 44 | * CombatPragmatist: Let us count the tropes: GroinAttack, InTheBack, HeyYouHaymaker, ImprovisedWeapon... It's not entirely certain that Adam Jensen knows ''how'' to [[HonorBeforeReason play fair]]. |
| 45 | * CompositeCharacter: Visually Adam is a combination of all three Denton brothers -- his beard is similar to Paul's, he always wears shades like JC, and has spiky hair like Alex. |
| 46 | * CoolShades: They're even mounted to his skull. |
| 47 | ** Interestingly, there is only one time in the game when he "retracts" them, [[spoiler: When he unites with Megan, and even then only briefly.]] |
| 48 | ** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Everyone]] makes fun of them, but they're actually industrial sapphire - part of his defensive augs. [[FanWank Honest!]] |
| 49 | ** They double as an inside joke. When retracted, they form the logo of Eidos Montreal. |
| 50 | ** ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' includes them in-game as a CosmeticAward for all classes to wear as part of a cross-game promotion.[[note]]Though the Pyro and the Engineer don't wear the shades ''per se'' -- rather, the lenses on the Pyro's gasmask and the Engineer's goggles become golden.[[/note]] The game refers to them as the "[[{{Pun}} Deus Specs]]." |
| 51 | * CorporateSamurai: Though his corporate loyalty depends on player-choice. |
| 52 | * CursedWithAwesome: Adam is initially unhappy about his augmentation, even though he's able to [[InvisibilityCloak turn invisible]], [[PowerFist punch through walls]], [[BladeBelowTheShoulder contain two retractable swords from each arm]] and [[RuleOfCool mentally deploy sunglasses]] from [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway his face]] to name a few. However, it's possible to play him as either very supportive of his augs or, while pointing out he was augmented without his consent, admitting they come in handy. |
| 53 | * CutsceneIncompetence: Despite possessing a personal radar, Jensen gets caught by surprise by the huge, lumbering Barret, who isn't even disguising his loud, clanking footsteps. Later on, he is out-witted by [[spoiler: Zhao while in her penthouse]]. [[spoiler: Some fans speculate that Zhao may have been using a CASIE Mod, which would have put his judgement a little off-balance.]] |
| 54 | * CutscenePowerToTheMax: When your [[spoiler: first boss blows himself up]] Jensen is able to escape the explosion despite being only a few feet away. In the cutscene just before the final boss battle, Adam somehow manages to outrun ''turret fire''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVy3LGEPJQ&feature=youtu.be&t=2m7s See for yourself.]] |
| 55 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: The Mexicantown Incident. |
| 56 | * DeadpanSnarker: About a third of his lines ''breathe'' this. |
| 57 | --> (After seeing a demonstration of a military aug immediately after being told augmentation could help out in the class room.) "You're right... A teacher would love having [[ActionBomb one of those things]]."\ |
| 58 | "I like everyone, Doctor Reed."\ |
| 59 | Something something, death and taxes. Confucius."\ |
| 60 | '''O'Malley''': Were you followed?\ |
| 61 | '''Jensen''': Yeah, by a clown and a midget for a while. But they eventually met the bearded woman they were looking for near a coffee shop and we went our separate ways. |
| 62 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: One of the trailers shows him trying to use his artificial arms, accidentally cracking a glass cup. A stylized still of this is used as a loading screen background. |
| 63 | * DynamicEntry: Jensen can easily pull one off with the Icarus Landing System. It allows him to jump at any height and survive the fall cushioned by an electric yellow glow. Hitting the trigger button allows him to make a shockwave on landing, knocking down anyone in the immediate vicinity. |
| 64 | ** There are several areas of the game clearly designed with this in mind: the Belltower guards outside The Hive with a handy accessible rooftop above, the four Tai Yong Medical soldiers standing under the only part of the gallery with no handrail in the Alice Garden Pods and there are three workers standing at the bottom of a very deep, wide shaft in Panchaea. There's a ladder at the Belltower docks that leads up to the rooftop of the warehouse, which has nothing up there at all save a glass skylight that you can shoot out, allowing you to drop in on the middle of the mooks to re-enact Batman. |
| 65 | ** Busting through a wall can also have this effect, such as in an early Detroit sidequest, where doing so results in Adam following through by snapping the neck of the guy on guard. |
| 66 | * ElectronicEyes: He has these, as shown in the trailers (even provides one of the page pictures). In game, however, they're always hidden behind his CoolShades. |
| 67 | * EmergencyTransformation: ''[[WeCanRebuildHim His body can take it!]]'' |
| 68 | * {{Expy}}: Of J.C. Denton. A raspy-voiced man who wears SunglassesAtNight investigating TheConspiracy. [[spoiler: There's a reason for that. [[GenerationXerox A damn good one...]]]] |
| 69 | * GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Downplayed. He has been genetically modified, but the only effect it has is preventing his body rejecting cybernetic augs. |
| 70 | * GeniusBruiser: He's a cyborg killing machine who is also incredibly well-read. Adam, depending on playstyle, can be an extremely skilled hacker, seems to understand technology and science somewhat better than he lets on, and is not only a formidable warrior, but also a quite capable detective. While he may not be a member of MENSA, in comparison to the typical shooter protagonist, the "genius" part still applies. |
| 71 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Has an AntiHero one that starts above his left eyebrow and curves down across his cheek; presumably a holdover from when he got half his face shot off in the prologue. |
| 72 | * GuileHero: Once you have the CASIE augmentation equipped, you can manipulate almost every important character in the game to help you or make your job easier. Technically, you can do it ''without'' the CASIE aug, it just makes it easier. |
| 73 | * HeartbrokenBadass: He takes Megan's death pretty hard. [[spoiler:There's even a hidden achievement for choosing to keep her [[MementoMacguffin bracelet]] instead of giving it to her mother.]] |
| 74 | * HeelRealization: If the player has killed many enemies over the course of the game, he will bemoan losing his humanity in the ending monologue. |
| 75 | * TheHeroDies: [[MultipleEndings You can choose so]], but [[VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided the sequel]] has confirmed this to be non-canon. |
| 76 | * HyperspaceArsenal: Adam has enough space for multiple weapons and their ammo, or 290 energy bars. |
| 77 | * InnocentBlueEyes: Rather fittingly, pre-aug Jensen has [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/318704fd8812e42522aa9f156a3a1d96/tumblr_inline_ofihpiSiA21r7f9pk_500.jpg blue eyes]], though it can be hard to tell because of the gold filter. |
| 78 | * InvisibilityCloak: Jensen has one, rendering him completely invisible for a short time, although alerted enemies can still hear him if he's sprinting around. The power drain is ''very'' high even when full upgraded (he gets at most 7 seconds for each of his 2-5 power cells), so the cloaking device is usually best used if you need to run right past a camera or guard's direct line of sight without alerting them, or slip through a laser grid (which aren't tripped while you're cloaked) without needing to stop and deactivate it. Some enemies also have this; they won't show up on your radar if it's activated, though the laser rifle can lock on to them through walls, and they can still be seen if you turn on Smart Vision. |
| 79 | * InvulnerableKnuckles: |
| 80 | ** [[JustifiedTrope They are when they're artificial!]] Jensen only has to worry about a minor power drain when he smashes through a wall, to say nothing of punching a guy in the jaw. |
| 81 | ** His head was apparently reinforced too, since he can headbutt armored soldiers without sustaining major injuries. |
| 82 | * KleptomaniacHero: Even though he's Sarif's head of security, it's entirely possible that you'll make him break into his co-workers' offices and swipe everything that isn't nailed down. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] later on, when [[spoiler: you get an e-mail asking you, as Sarif's head of security, to investigate a rash of petty thefts. Indeed, by the time you return to Detroit during the riots, paranoia is rampant among your colleagues -- Adam has received several emails from different employees, each blaming someone else for the thefts you committed, each giving you the code to their suspect's office so you can have a look on their behalf.]] In addition, [[spoiler: if you search the women's bathrooms in Sarif Industries for loot, Pritchard will later call you out on it.]] |
| 83 | * LevelDrain: Invoked in [[spoiler:the Missing Link {{DLC}}]]. |
| 84 | --> [[spoiler:'''Keitner''']]: Your augs are just dead metal right now. |
| 85 | * MartialPacifist: Adam can go through both games without killing a single person (barring bosses). 'Without killing' in this case means 'introducing his nanoceramic fist to flesh and bone skulls and induce a concussion'. |
| 86 | * MenCantKeepHouse: Adam was supposed to fence in the yard, but he never got around to it, and so Megan ended up doing it instead. And his apartment is a mess, though that's implied to be a direct result of his depression after being augmented. |
| 87 | * MysteriousPast: According to the P.I. hired by Sarif, there were no traces of Adam Jensen before his fifth birthday. However, it seems he was [[spoiler: taken from a genetics lab where he was experimented on as an infant]]. Ultimately, it turns out that [[spoiler: his unique DNA and Megan's breakthroughs using it would allow for augmentation to be available to the masses without chemical dependency, which caused the conspirators to panic and attack Sarif to prevent that research from getting out.]] Furthermore, during ''The Missing Link'' DLC, you can learn that [[spoiler:Megan's research into Adam's DNA indirectly allowed the Hyron project to become more effective at making Hyron Drones.]] |
| 88 | * NoiselessWalker: He can, as he grows accustomed to his augmentations, enable a noise-cancelling shock-absorbing ferrofluid liquid on demand while walking and running. According to the in-game advertisement, this means he, while pelting forward at full sprint, makes no more sound than 'A gentle breeze'. In terms of game mechanics, however, it completely nullifies the sound generated by these actions. |
| 89 | * NotSoStoic: He shows much more emotion when talking than JC or Alex, in particular, during persuasion sequences. |
| 90 | ** The most notable is the one with Wayne. The developers stated that it was recorded before Jensen's overall accent and personality were cemented, however. |
| 91 | ** Or when [[spoiler:Faridah dies, ''especially'' if he sees her being executed]]. |
| 92 | ---> '''Adam:''' [[YouBastard You bastard]]! [[spoiler:''Faridah''!]] |
| 93 | * NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Adam actually takes ''quite a bit'' of damage from falling. Falling one story can take off more than half his health, falling two or three is a sure death. However, upon enabling the Icarus Landing System, fall damage becomes a non-issue as he slows his descent with an electrostatic sphere. It looks cool, and can be used to knock out enemies he lands upon from above. |
| 94 | * OneManArmy: You can become one gameplay wise. In universe, by the end of the Missing Link DLC, Belltower considers you one... and they are scared shitless ''even if you're doing a PacifistRun.'' One of the Sarif security guards will [[LampshadeHanging actually say this]] to Adam, jokingly stating that Adam's "one-man army routine" is going to put them all out of a job. |
| 95 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: He normally has a "Hollywood Standard" accent, but he sometimes shows hints of a New York one, and occasionally hints of his VA's Canadian pronunciation creep in. This can easily be explained since Detroit is within rock-throwing distance of Windsor, ON, and lots of locals' accents feature greater or lesser degrees of West/Central Canadian blended in with the Inland North background; Pritchard and Malik also have an occasional Canadian leaning in their accents. |
| 96 | * PlugNPlayProsthetics: {{Averted|Trope}}. Adam's cyborg body has multiple upgrades pre-built into it, but all but the most basic functons have been disabled for fear of overwhelming his brain, and he unlocks new functions by becoming accustomed to his body (justifying the game's ExperiencePoints mechanic). It's also shown that he underwent therapy after his cyborg conversion, and [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman taught himself clock-making to learn precision control of his prosthetic hands]]. |
| 97 | * RageAgainstTheReflection: He's smashed his bathroom mirror at least once, much to the annoyance of his landlord. |
| 98 | ** If you read the computer in the lobby of his apartment complex, you also find out that they have been withholding the fact that his new mirror arrived ''two weeks ago'', and it is about to be sent back since they have not come to pick it up. |
| 99 | ** This also comes up in one of the dialogue trees when you [[spoiler: confront Taggart in the Detroit Convention Center]]. Jensen openly admits to a crowd of people [[spoiler:(and a live news feed, at that!)]] his reaction upon seeing himself post-surgery. |
| 100 | * RealMenWearPink: His trenchcoat has a subtle floral print on the shoulders. According to one pedestrian, it's apparently even made of real leather (her tone of voice implying that this is a significant luxury). |
| 101 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: |
| 102 | ** Adam's immune system is different to most people's, allowing his body to be extensively modified without rejecting the new parts. He doesn't need the neuropozyne that drives people insane when withdrawn. [[spoiler:Turns out he's the "subject x" Reed's breakthrough they were planning to reveal was based on.]] |
| 103 | ** An in-game one occurs if you happen to get the high jump before the landing system; expect to take quite a bit of damage because the jump actually puts you higher than the minimum safe distance to come down. |
| 104 | * ResignedInDisgrace: Adam Jensen was involved in a scandal known as the "Mexicantown Massacre" prior to the events of the game. While working as part of a SWAT team, he refused to carry out an order to gun down a 15-year-old criminal, and when the order was carried out instead by his colleague Wayne Haas, the resulting negative press led to violent city-wide riots. Jensen resigned from SWAT in an attempt to preserve his dignity, only for his superiors to pin the entire incident on him and promote Haas into his post. |
| 105 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Refusing a direct order to [[spoiler:shoot a fifteen-year-old criminal ''solely'' because the kid was augmented]], and seeing the fallout after another officer ''did'' follow the order, is what caused him to quit SWAT. |
| 106 | * SeekerArchetype: His search for the truth behind first the attack and Megan's death leads him to a lot of more frightening truths, from who ''really'' controls the world right down to the circumstances behind his birth. |
| 107 | * ShockwaveStomp: The Icarus landing augmentation allows Adam to jump from a rooftop and land unharmed, with the option of bowling over anyone within a small radius. It's slightly buggy -- supposed to be non-lethal but often killing those it bowls over. |
| 108 | * ShoutOut: It's possible that Sarif ''may'' have read a bit too much ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' when picking out Adam's augmentations. Let's see...blades in the forearms and folding sunglasses directly implanted into the face? Sounds suspiciously like the StreetSamurai herself, Molly Millions, though Jensen's actually [[CorporateSamurai Corporate]]. |
| 109 | * SmokingIsCool: Especially in the announcement trailer for ''Mankind Divided'', when he puts out a cigarette before taking out a squad of cops. |
| 110 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of all the infants that were experimented on, Adam was the only one who survived]]. |
| 111 | * SpannerInTheWorks: The attack in the opening would have been carried off much more easily if Jensen hadn't demanded extra safety precautions, including the alarm that drew him to become involved in the first place. |
| 112 | * StreetSmart: Goes with being an ex-cop and chief security manager. |
| 113 | * SweetTooth: As the pantry selection in his apartment shows, Adam is ''very'' fond of [[ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs sugary cereals]]. ''Mankind Divided'' also reveals that he takes his coffee with "cream and two sugars". FridgeBrilliance once you remember that his augmentations are powered by his blood sugar: craving it may be his body's way of telling him that he requires more fuel. |
| 114 | * TechnicalPacifist: Many of Adam's non-lethal takedowns are fairly wince inducing. Of course, he has to make sure they ''don't get up''. |
| 115 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTOxcWR1y6E Adam Jensen, man of peace]]. |
| 116 | ** Infamously, the game's bugs [[UnintentionallyUnwinnable can lead to a character's death with no warnings, even when you took them down "peacefully"]]. Subverted in that the bug is only a graphical error. The enemies are not really killed, but they show the "dead" icon as opposed to the "K.O." one. It doesn't directly harm the PacifistRun, but it might do it indirectly if players, say, only notice the icon after performing a save, so they start just killing enemies in the belief that their PacifistRun is ruined. |
| 117 | ** There's also a point in the ''Missing Link'' DLC where a character mentions that Jensen's "non-lethal" resolutions via smashing his titanium alloy fists into people's faces have left more than a few in comas. |
| 118 | * ThinkNothingOfIt: Adam claims this when Greg Thorpe thanks him for saving Josie; Greg is having none of it. |
| 119 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Favors whiskey and sugary cereal. |
| 120 | * TraumaCongaLine: Adam, poor Adam. First, he gets involved in an incident involving shooting and killing an out-of-control augmented kid. Then he quits from his job as a S.W.A.T. officer over his superior's reaction to said incident, leading to them claiming they fired him and doing everything in their power to make him look like an unstable {{Jerkass}} entirely responsible for said incident. Then the game starts. Not too long into his new job, his workplace gets attacked, a lot of people get killed, including his girlfriend [[spoiler: who actually survived, became lead researcher on a project that requires a constant flow of innocent abductees to be killed in order to function, and might be romantically involved with the man who shot Adam in the head and kidnapped her]], and he gets severely wounded from a) being thrown through a thick glass display, b) having the crap beat out of him by an augmented supersoldier, c) getting shot, d) being trapped in a burning building, and e) having a load-bearing wall collapse on top of him, which ironically ends up saving his life. Then he's augmented damn near inside-out without his consent, although he really wasn't in any state to give any. During this process, his neighbor, unsure of whether or not he was going to survive, has his beloved dog put to sleep. Then the game really gets going, and it would take an ''entire page on its own'' to describe the shit he goes through there. About the only upsides to his life is that he's now a much more difficult target for the many people who want to kill him, and due to biological quirks he has no need for neuropozyne, which causes such crippling addictions in everyone else. |
| 121 | * TykeBomb: [[spoiler:Maybe. There's indications that he may have been experimented on in his infancy, allowing him to take mechanical augmentations without being dependent on Neuropozyne.]] |
| 122 | * VaderBreath: Once he upgrades his lung augmentations to filter out toxic airborne chemicals, its rebreather becomes audible when the mechanism is actively engaged (i.e. when Jensen is inhaling toxic gas.) |
| 123 | * WalkingArmory: Possible to spec him as one in ''Human Revolution''. By allocating enough points into [[HyperspaceArsenal carrying capacity]] (though how this works is [[MST3kMantra probably best not questioned]]), he can become able to carry an assault rifle, a [[HandCannon revolver]], a [[PunchPackingPistol 10mm pistol]], [[BlownAcrossTheRoom P.E.P.S]], [[{{BFG}} minigun, and laser rifle]] in his inventory, while his torso can shoot explosive ball bearings and his arms have a BladeBelowTheShoulder each. He also has a stun function integrated into his landing system. To say nothing of the various gadgets he has installed in his augs, such as smart vision and invisibility. |
| 124 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: In the beginning of ''The Missing Link'' DLC. |
| 125 | * WarriorTherapist: Adam becomes this if you correctly handle the conversations with [[spoiler:Wayne Haas, Isaias Sandoval, and Hugh Darrow]]. He can even convince an [[FantasticRacism extremely anti-Aug man]] to [[spoiler:become augmented in order to survive a fatal wound without being crippled]], as well as admit that Jensen has "a lot of heart, for a robot". Notable in that the man [[spoiler:''will'' choose to die rather than become augmented]] if Adam doesn't talk him out of it. Ironically, this can only be accomplished with the aid of an augmentation. |
| 126 | * TheWatchmaker: Evidence in his apartment shows that he has been practising clock-making as physical therapy to build dexterity in his prosthetic hands.[[note]][[DVDCommentary The Director's Cut commentary]] though disproved that, as the intention was to show he always had an interest in dissembling and reassembling old clockwork devices and collected interesting examples, though they think that the fan-theory about him taking it up after becoming augmented to train and understand his new body [[AscendedFanon was probably a better story]].[[/note]] |
| 127 | * WeCanRebuildHim: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when he is explicitly compared to Franchise/{{Robocop}}. |
| 128 | * WhatNowEnding: Adam's fate is left ambiguous in the endings for ''Human Revolution,'' save for the one where he [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]]. ''Mankind Divided'' dances around which ending he selected, with Adam having amnesia that means even he doesn't know what happened. |
| 129 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Adam and Megan broke up not too long before the game began, but still act very close. It's not made all that obvious either, so you can easily think that the two are still together at the time of the attack. |
| 130 | * WouldHitAGirl: Goes with the [[CombatPragmatist combat pragmatism]]. He'd also [[spoiler:ignore [[AssholeVictim a woman]] bleeding to death on the floor and coolly walk away from her corpse, although granted, that woman was a vicious mercenary who just tried to kill him, and she was clearly going to die anyhow]]. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Megan Reed]] |
| 134 | !!Megan Reed |
| 135 | [[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Deus_Ex_HR_Megan_3359.JPG]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | --> Voice: Michelle Boback (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Elena Chebaturkina (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | Adam's ex-girlfriend, and one of the senior scientists at Sarif Industries, who makes an important discovery regarding augmentation. |
| 140 | ---- |
| 141 | |
| 142 | * AllThereInTheManual: The Sarif Industries tie-in website gives greater biographical of Megan`s life and work, including why Sarif picked her to work at his company and her past work in the scientific field. |
| 143 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: She does manipulate the other scientists at Omega Ranch, but she doesn't seem to be that fond of Darrow, and she was convinced he was going to prevent the augmented people from being controlled, not send them berserk. She may simply have been trying to ensure none of her fellow scientists got themselves killed. And at the end of the game, she joins with Page, though she may only have done so out of necessity. |
| 144 | * ChekhovsGunman: At the end of ''Human Revolution'', she willingly allies with Bob Page, having brought over Adam's DNA samples from her time at Omega Ranch. In ''Mankind Divided'', her work results in the Orchid virus, which is co-opted by Majestic 12 in order to eliminate several of their enemies. [[spoiler:Turns into a ChekhovsBoomerang when the Orchid antidote she developed, which Adam can discover in the Versalife bank vault, will save the life of Miller and[=/=]or the delegates in London, depending on how fast the player is]]. |
| 145 | * DeathFakedForYou: Unwillingly, at first. |
| 146 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: [[AmbiguouslyEvil For a given value of evil]], but apparently even ''she'' considered Vadim Orlov (a character who may have worked on Adam's new augs in ''Mankind Divided'') to be unethical. Note that this is coming from someone who had little (if any) regard for doctor-patient confidentiality or consent. |
| 147 | * FaceHeelTurn: She joins Bob Page to help with nano-augmentation. Anything beyond that... [[ShrugOfGod who knows.]] |
| 148 | * FemmeFatale: Possibly. She was inarguably using Adam behind his back. How much loyalty she has to [[spoiler:Page and the Illuminati]] is still unknown, though. At the very least, it can be assumed that she's oddly friendly with the guy who brutally beat her ex-boyfriend nearly to death and then shot him in the head, if the way she greets "Jaron" when Adam enters her bedroom is any indication (but that could be StockholmSyndrome talking). |
| 149 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She didn't believe that Darrow was going to use the bio-chip. In ''Mankind Divided'' we learn that she had [[spoiler: similarly believed Page when he pretended he only wanted Orchid for benign reasons]]. |
| 150 | * LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Her mother, Cassandra, is also a scientist who tends to bury herself in her work. |
| 151 | * LimitedWardrobe: Thanks to limited model memory, despite being in captivity, more or less, for several months, she's still wearing the exact same fancy outfit and hairstyle she was in the opening sequence. The one she was about to wear to a congressional hearing. The one that's completely impractical for everyday use. |
| 152 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Although no one knows it at the time. They thought she'd been burnt up. |
| 153 | * PutOnABus: As of ''Mankind Divided'', she is said to be working at Versalife's Roccasecca Beach facility in San Francisco. |
| 154 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Depending on whether the player goes for the Versalife vault in ''Mankind Divided'', [[spoiler:the cure she developed for the Orchid, which she expressly urged Page to keep on-hand at all times, can end up saving the lives of Miller and[=/=]or the London delegates]] during the final mission. |
| 155 | * StalkerWithATestTube: Inverted, actually; when she discovered Adam's special genetic structure while they were a couple, she began to see him as less of a person and more of a subject, which caused them to drift apart. She was conflicted and guilty for not speaking to Adam about the studies conducted on his tissue and seems constantly on the verge of confessing, even after they broke up. Then her kidnapping made it a moot point. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:David Sarif]] |
| 159 | !!David Sarif |
| 160 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sarif_1480.jpg]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | --> Voice: Steve Shellen (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Radik Mukhametzyanov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | The founder and CEO of Sarif Industries, and an idealist who greatly supports human augmentation. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | |
| 167 | * BenevolentBoss: Offers good pay and great benefits, and genuinely cares about his people. On top of that, after Megan and her research team are [[spoiler:supposedly]] killed in the assault on the lab, an e-mail is sent out to all employees stating that if any of them need to talk, his door is always open. That being said, he ''does'' [[spoiler:have Adam's [[BodyHorror arms and legs removed]] without necessity or consent, using a convenient clause in Adam's contract. Of course, considering [[WideEyedIdealist how Sarif views augmentation]], he might very well have considered himself to be [[ForYourOwnGood doing Adam a favour]]. You know, as an added bonus to the whole 'making a [[SuperSoldier walking weapon]] and [[ForScience testing science]]' thing]]. |
| 168 | * BigGood: Ultimately the closest thing to it in ''Human Revolution'', caring for all his employees wellbeing and being the only wealthy authority figure of corporate power standing up to [[GreaterScopeVillain the Illuminati]] and attempting to usher mankind into an era of freedom, prosperity and advanced technology. He also wants augs to no longer have to be dependent on Versalife's neuropozyne drug. |
| 169 | * EvolutionaryLevels: He believes that augmentation inherently makes one superior, and wishes to make them available to as many people as possible. [[spoiler:This quest leads him to do some ethically questionable things to Adam, hoping to replicate his affinity for augmentation.]] |
| 170 | * HonestCorporateExecutive: |
| 171 | ** He's more than willing to cut corners and bend rules to preserve Sarif Industries, makes some shady decisions and is less honest with Adam than he really should be, but he's also the only authority figure in the game who [[spoiler:refuses to have anything to do with TheIlluminati]], and his ultimate goal ''really is'' to bring augmentation to the masses. |
| 172 | ** Amusingly, during the discussion Jensen has with him about the firewall hole, the 'corporate conflict resolution' approach (using "I" and "that makes me feel" statements instead of "you" statements, and generally trying to stay on task) will have a much greater success rate than berating him. If you play your cards right, he apologizes repeatedly and seems worried that he might have screwed up by the end. |
| 173 | * IOwnThisTown: He is responsible for many of the changes in Detroit, and claims to control the retirement funds of the local police. The rioters tend to give lie to the claim, however. |
| 174 | * MeaningfulName: Sarif is likely derived from the Arabic name Sharif, which means noble or highborn. It's also a homophone of serif, a stylistic flair used on typefaces to improve readability and general attractiveness of the letters. In other words: an augmentation. |
| 175 | ** The first interpretation (transliteration from Arabic) is also quite appropriate, given the extremely high proportion of Middle Eastern immigrants in the real-life Metro Detroit area, nearly all of which settled in Dearborn, Henry Ford's home turf. Sarif, just like Ford before him, is a Dearborn guy trying to bring a product once strictly regarded as luxury (automobiles vs. augmentations) to the masses. |
| 176 | ** Alternatively, it might be meant to invoke Seraphs, a type of angel. |
| 177 | * TheMenFirst: |
| 178 | ** In [[spoiler:Panchaea]] you find David Sarif with a few survivors in a machine room barricading themselves against the [[spoiler:berserk augs]], and his first reaction on seeing you is 'Adam! Oh, thank God! I've got wounded here, we'll have to move them first.' Thus making him perhaps ''the only cyberpunk CEO ever written'' whose first demands aren't 'rescue me first, and maybe the others,' and the word "first" implies he wants to ''come back for the rest.'' After all, many employees state he treats them like his family. |
| 179 | ** Even though he prioritizes his employee's welfare, some pragmatism is displayed. In in Adam's first mission, his objectives are to secure a sensitive prototype and rescue several hostages, in that order of priority -- though said "sensitive prototype" could turn a person into a walking, reusable terror weapon. Any reasonable person is going to say "Secure the terrorists' objective that could let them kill a crapload more people, ''then'' save the people." |
| 180 | * NiceGuy: He's probably one of the nicest characters in the game; even though he did give Adam some augmentations he didn't actually need without his consent, he meant all the best for him. See BenevolentBoss and HonestCorporateExecutive. |
| 181 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because he opened up a unsecured backdoor access so [[spoiler:Brent Radford]] could get into Sarif Industries' systems, and did so without, you know, ''informing the head of his IT department'', Sarif is essentially responsible for kicking off the entire plot. |
| 182 | * OlderThanTheyLook: [[http://images.wikia.com/deusex/en/images/1/19/Sarif-bustshot.png David Sarif]] is actually in his late 50s. In fact, he's three years older than [[http://images.wikia.com/deusex/en/images/7/7e/Hughdarrowheadshot.png Hugh Darrow]]. |
| 183 | * PastimesProvePersonality: Sarif ''really'' likes baseball. He's got a ball in his office that he tends to toss around during conversations, and one of his televisions is always tuned to a Tigers' game. (Given that he's the wealthiest man in Detroit, it's entirely possible that he owns the team.) This ties into his competitive sensibilities, but also acknowledges that he's sort of a kid at heart, with his fascination on augmentation and his desire to bring it to the masses. In a subtle but touching gesture, sometime during Adam's therapy for the injuries that necessitated his augmentations, David left his baseball on Adam's desk for him to find when he recovered. According to WordOfGod, Sarif's arm is augmented because he "had it removed to play better at the company baseball games." |
| 184 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Relatively speaking. He's certainly not above playing dirty to get the job done, but he comes off as reasonable and laid-back, and [[spoiler:surprisingly never turns on you. In fact, he doesn't even complain that much if you decide not to frame Taggart.]] While he is willing to employ underhanded tactics, he largely prefers non-violent solutions and will occasionally back off when Adam openly objects. |
| 185 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Regardless of his vast wealth he admits to Adam it's never been about the money to him, but his ideals, with him investing billions of his own wealth into undermining his own profits from Neuropozyne, seeking to make it obsolete. Despite [[GreaterScopeVillain Lucius DeBeers]]' attempts to recruit him into the Illuminati, Sarif refuses to play ball with the clandestine organization, and has his secretary block Lucius' calls, not caring how much more money and power he had to offer. |
| 186 | * SkippableBoss: Skippable ''Social'' Boss, to be specific. Jensen can get into an argument with Sarif, and if successful in persuading him, open up a SideQuest. But if the player opts not to speak to Pritchard prior speaking to Sarif, the social boss encounter will be skipped. |
| 187 | * SophisticatedAsHell: David Sarif is the CEO of one of the premier companies for augmentation research and development, rubs elbows with Senators, the Department of Defense, and Nobel Prize winners, and is probably the only [[HonestCorporateExecutive honest man]] amongst a world of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt corporations]]. Yet he will still pull off plenty of [[PrecisionFStrike Precision F Strikes]] when he feels the situation is really dire. |
| 188 | -->'''Sarif:''' It's a ''fucking mess'' out there, Adam... |
| 189 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Sarif seems very upbeat about using augmentations to enhance the human race, but [[http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/05/31/deus-ex-human-revolution-revenge-trailer this trailer]] has him saying that it's a sad fact of evolution that some will inevitably be left behind. |
| 190 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection |
| 191 | * WaistcoatOfStyle: [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110815164302/deusex/en/images/c/cd/DX3_David_Sarif_2.jpg Here's David Sarif]], looking dapper (and rather geometrical). |
| 192 | * WideEyedIdealist: Wants to make augmentation accessible for all of humanity, believing it to be the next step in evolution. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:Francis "Frank" Pritchard]] |
| 196 | !!Francis "Frank" Pritchard |
| 197 | [[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Pritchard-001_1121.jpg]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | --> Voice: Andreas Apergis (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Denis Nekrasov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | Head of Sarif Industries' IT department. His computer skills make him a highly valued employee, but his adversarial attitude towards his coworkers hasn't won him many friends among them. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | |
| 204 | * CommanderContrarian: He has a snide insult waiting for Adam when he gets back from Milwaukee Junction whether he was violent or not. |
| 205 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's an unbelievably snide individual. |
| 206 | -->"About time! What, did you get stuck in an airduct on the way here?"\ |
| 207 | "Jensen, I know your body's been going through a lot of changes lately, but you didn't become a woman. Stay out of the ladies' restroom."\ |
| 208 | "Want to know how? Oh wait! I forgot! Ex-cop!"\ |
| 209 | "Well, if it isn't Mahatma Ghandi himself, come to save us all with his life-preserving presence!" (if Jensen went the pacifist way in Milwaukee Junction)\ |
| 210 | "Well if it isn't Attila the Hun himself, fresh from the killing fields." (if Jensen killed many extremists in Milwaukee Junction) |
| 211 | * DefrostingIceKing: [[spoiler:Especially noticeable after Adam goes to Omega Ranch in Singapore.]] |
| 212 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Most everyone else uses the short-hand version of his first name, "Frank". Adam is insistent on calling him "Francis", usually in emphasis to twit him, making it seem like Pritchard has long since given up this insistence in his dealings with Jensen. |
| 213 | * DuelingHackers: [=Nucl3arsnake=]/Frank Pritchard vs Windmill/Arie van Bruggen, though it seems that Frank is the better of the two. From the frustration that Windmill expresses in his e-mails, Frank was doing ''just fine'' keeping him at bay; it wasn't until Windmill discovered [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Sarif's backdoor access]] that he was able to get into Sarif Industries' system. In other words, Van Bruggen needed the computer security equivalent of a house's owner leaving one of the entrance doors unlocked to get past Pritchard's security measures. [[note]]This is more or less TruthInTelevision, any network security expert worth their salt will tell you that ''any'' kind of "back-door" into a system is just asking to be exploited and used to easily bypass security protocols, and even encryption, which is normally extremely difficult to decode. This is especially relevant after the Snowden leaks, where multiple tech companies started using encryption to protect their users from NSA surveillance, causing some clueless authorities and politicians to demand "back-doors" for law enforcement purposes, despite security experts pointing out that you can ''never'' make a back-door that only the 'good guys' can use.[[/note]] |
| 214 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He steps into an elevator interrupting a conversation between Adam and Megan, stands between them, then gives an [[EatingTheEyeCandy unsubtle gaze at Megan's rear]] as she exits the elevator, in knowing view of her ex-boyfriend. And that is ''before'' he even opens his mouth... |
| 215 | * {{Expy}}: Pritchard is quite similar to another [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid anime-loving socially awkward tech support character aiding a reluctant soldier against a global conspiracy.]] He even has the handle "nucl3arsnake". Just replace shyness with arrogance. |
| 216 | * InsufferableGenius: He believes he's smarter than Adam and never hesitates to point it out. Fortunately for Adam and his employer, he is genuinely brilliant at his job. Multiple emails can be found from different hackers trying to break into Sarif Industries, complaining that Pritchard is shutting them down. In one case the hacker in question outright refuses to go back into the network. If only his social skills were so keen... |
| 217 | -->'''Adam:''' Let me know if you find something.\ |
| 218 | '''Pritchard:''' You meant ''when''.\ |
| 219 | '''Adam:''' Pretty sure I didn't. |
| 220 | * {{Jerkass}}: He is most likely the sole reason there are no throwable objects in Sarif Industries. |
| 221 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Despite his generally antagonistic demeanor, he's the one who is first to notice that a 24-hour global news network office like Picus should definitely not be empty. And you really ''shouldn't'' be in the ladies' restroom. |
| 222 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sure, he's not the nicest guy around, but he's not actually a bad person. He does his job well, cares about Sarif Industries, and [[DefrostingIceQueen does come to genuinely care about Adam's welfare]]. He also [[spoiler:sets up a security detail at Adam's request for someone Adam considers family -- and agrees to do it ''without'' telling Sarif]]. |
| 223 | * MissionControl: He's the one giving Adam his marching orders over the comms throughout the game. |
| 224 | * TrueCompanions: As head of IT, it is part of his job to assist Jensen in matters relating to company security, but a lot of the things he does for Jensen (especially later on in the game) go beyond his workplace duties or mere courtesy. |
| 225 | * {{Tsundere}}: Type A, to Jensen. |
| 226 | -->'''Frank:''' Got it. And, Jensen -- don't get yourself killed. Okay?\ |
| 227 | '''Adam:''' Aw, Francis, I didn't know you cared.\ |
| 228 | '''Frank:''' [[BlatantLies Don't flatter yourself. I care about the security of this company. You getting yourself killed compromises that.]] So ''don't be stupid''. |
| 229 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Adam. He's a jerk, but he's your best ally throughout the game. [[spoiler:And he's one of the two people who won't ever betray or deceive Adam.]] |
| 230 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: His typical role in missions is to provide support via comlink. |
| 231 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: In-Universe. The lead of his TV pitch is a hilariously obvious AuthorAvatar. Part of his grudge against Jensen probably stems from the fact that the Picus executives he's been repeatedly submitting scripts to think that a character more like Jensen would be a more compelling protagonist. It's also an amusing parallel to a lot of Adam's actions, should the player decide to take a stealth, pacifist, and GuileHero approach to the game. |
| 232 | --> '''Picus Editor:''' They want a hero who's not afraid to get physical, rather than one who skulks in the shadows and ducks for cover behind intellicam. To be honest, the main character seems somewhat underhanded and obsequious. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Athene Margoulis]] |
| 236 | !!Athene Margoulis |
| 237 | |
| 238 | --> Voice: Susan Glover (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Inna Koroleva (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | An old friend of David Sarif, as well as his Executive Assistant. She is fiercely loyal to him, having worked for Sarif Industries since its founding. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | |
| 243 | * BenevolentBoss: After finding out that a Sarif Industries employee has been faking a physical illness so she can use her sick days to get time off to recover from the trauma from the attacks during the prologue, Athene emails that employee and tells her that she can take as much time off as she needs. |
| 244 | * MeaningfulName: Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, as well as the patroness of wise counsel in warfare. Athene Margoulis has been counseling David Sharif in the wisdom of corporate warfare since the beginning of his career. |
| 245 | * TeamMom: She plays this role for the employees of Sarif Industries. |
| 246 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Sarif. If Adam questions her about whether or not Sarif would do anything to jeopardize the safety of the company, she immediately drops her motherly demeanour and snaps at Adam, vehemently stating that Sarif is the ''last'' person who would ever do anything to harm the company or its employees. [[spoiler:Of course, Sarif has done exactly that, albeit unintentionally]]. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[folder:Faridah Malik]] |
| 250 | !!Faridah Malik |
| 251 | [[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Malik-001_3928.jpg]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | --> Voice: Paula Jean Hixson (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Olga Kuznetsova (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | The pilot of Sarif Industries VTOL aircraft. She flies Sarif, Adam, and other company personnel wherever they need to go, and provides Adam with overwatch on some of his missions. She lived in Hengsha for a few years and has personal connections there. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | |
| 258 | * AcePilot: An expert if her skill at emergency landing is anything to go by. Sarif would not have hired her if her skills had not been up to high standards. |
| 259 | * BadassNormal: [[spoiler: If you save her life]], she will kick some ass on your behalf towards the end of the game, saving you a lot of trouble. |
| 260 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Upon the discovery that her friend was murdered, she (with Jensen's help) gets the man responsible to confess, then hacks the Hive's external televisions to show the confession to everyone. |
| 261 | -->'''Jensen''': Malik? Remind me to never piss you off. |
| 262 | * BodyHorror: [[spoiler:If you fail to stay with Malik after the crash, you will eventually find her body taken by the Harvesters, with her head cut open and stripped of her augments.]] |
| 263 | * BerserkButton: A rare case where she acts as one for ''the players''. [[spoiler: A lot of players have apparently abandoned an all-pacifist playthrough the moment she comes under threat after the crash, or after they see her corpse on the Harvester dissection table. That's how hard of a PlayerPunch her death was. This is especially true if the players didn't realize this would happen and saved over that file, so it was impossible for them to go back and save her.]] |
| 264 | * CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler:According to ''Mankind Divided'', she canonically survived.]] |
| 265 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:If she is executed, her last words are "Go to hell."]] |
| 266 | * DisposablePilot: [[spoiler:Though it [[IGotYouCovered can be averted. If you take out a Mini-Mecha, and a horde of guys.]]]] |
| 267 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She draws fire from enemies so that Adam can safely sneak into Hengsha.]] |
| 268 | ** [[spoiler:Can be subverted by the player if they stick around and eliminate all the enemies, allowing her to escape as well.]] |
| 269 | ** [[spoiler: Fully subverted in the sequel where an easter egg proves she canonically survives the ambush.]] |
| 270 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With her friend Evelyn when they both lived in Hengsha. She describes her as "like a sister to me" and recalls the time they spent together with great fondness and admiration. |
| 271 | * JustFriends: It's hinted she is developing feelings for Adam, though most of Jensen's actions and responses to her are largely up to the player. [[spoiler:Although regardless of player actions, if Malik does not survive the helicopter crash during the second visit to Hengsha, Adam will be greatly upset by her death]]. |
| 272 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: One way of interpreting their relationship. Upon Jensen's return to work, Malik tries to get Jensen to open up about how he feels regarding his augmentations. Similarly, there are a number of occasions where Jensen can show just as equally concerned about helping Malik with her own problems. |
| 273 | * MeaningfulName: "Malik" means "peaceful" in Arabic, and she tends to prefer nonviolent resolutions to the various situations Adam lands himself in -- but don't make the mistake of thinking she's a softy (see BewareTheNiceOnes above). |
| 274 | ** Also heavily implies that she's a Dearborn native, possibly like David Sarif himself. See above. |
| 275 | * MotorMouth: Not as rapid as other examples, but there's no particular explanation for it besides, possibly, her piloting augs making her slightly over-energetic. |
| 276 | * PastimesProvePersonality: She mentions [[NotQuiteFlight being in her wingsuit]] and on the way up to the top of a skyscraper when she got the call to get back on the clock to run Jensen and Sarif out to the Milwaukee Junction plant. Even outside of work, she flies (by other methods) for the pleasure of it. |
| 277 | * PluckyGirl |
| 278 | * TrueCompanions: Unlike Pritchard, Malik was already quite friendly with Jensen before the attack on Sarif Industries. In fact, she seems to implicitly trust Jensen enough to fly into any number of potentially dangerous situations on his behalf, [[spoiler:one of which can potentially result in her death]]. |
| 279 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: In Hengsha. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:Declan Faherty]] |
| 283 | !!Declan Faherty |
| 284 | [[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Declan-001_7704.jpg]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | --> Voice: Marcel Jeannin (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Alexander Bobrovsky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | A older scientist who works for Megan. Out of the surviving kidnapped scientists, he is the most loyal to Sarif Industries. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | |
| 291 | * CoolOldGuy: Out of the original Sarif scientists, he's [[spoiler:the most resistant to just rolling over and accepting the situation, though he doesn't go as far as Sevchenko did. He's also the only scientist who immediately recognizes Jensen and is happy to see him alive. Players will especially feel gratitude towards him if they find him after [[UngratefulBitch Nia]]]]. And he has a cool accent. |
| 292 | * DeathFakedForYou: Unwillingly. |
| 293 | * UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}: Where he was born and raised. |
| 294 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Although no one knows it at the time. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Eric Koss]] |
| 298 | !!Eric Koss |
| 299 | [[quoteright:192:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Eric-001_2971.jpg]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | --> Voice: Alex Ivanovici (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Eugene Waltz (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | Another member of Megan's science team. He has an idea about what might be wrong with Faherty's work and suggests that a new cytometer will solve that problem... which will come with a free [[MustHaveCaffeine cappuccino maker]]. His loyalty is somewhere in between Nia and Declan; while he is far from happy to be at Omega Ranch, he lacks the courage to truly rebel. |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | |
| 306 | * DeathFakedForYou: Unwillingly. |
| 307 | * TheGenericGuy: Other than his taste for coffee, he isn't given a whole lot of characterization. He's more distinct when found in Omega Ranch, where it's hinted that his jumpy nature stems from more than coffee. |
| 308 | * NervousWreck: Very jittery and jumpy when Adam finds him, constantly cringing and glancing around. He obviously didn't adapt as well as Megan or Nia, nor did he manage to keep his cool like Declan. His profile at Omega Ranch notes that he has "personality issues", possibly indicating a mental illness -- likely an anxiety disorder. |
| 309 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Although no one knows it at the time. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Nia Colvin]] |
| 313 | !!Nia Colvin |
| 314 | [[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Nia-001_4310.jpg]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | --> Voice: Leni Parker (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Irina Savina (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | She is first seen berating a worker for dropping boxes that are worth more than his salary. She is the second-least-loyal scientist behind Megan, and adapted quite well to her new job at Omega Ranch. |
| 319 | ---- |
| 320 | |
| 321 | * DeathFakedForYou: Unwillingly. |
| 322 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Although no one knows it at the time. |
| 323 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: It's there. When Adam finds her in Omega Ranch and asks if he can trust her, she starts talking about how [[ForScience incredible all the (extremely unethical) experiments they're doing]]. When Adam [[WhatTheHellHero calls her on it]], she gets extremely defensive. She justifies it by saying that things [[NotSoDifferentRemark weren't so different at Sarif]], conveniently ignoring the fact that Sarif Industries has never tried to create things like ''a mind-control chip''. Oh, and Sarif has never kidnapped the competition after brutally murdering all of their co-workers and faking their deaths. There's also that. |
| 324 | * ShrinkingViolet: Explicitly [[LampshadedTrope says]] she's [[AvertedTrope not]] this, when speaking to Adam about how she'll be involved and is capable of pulling it off with him. |
| 325 | * StockholmSyndrome: She implies that it's the reason for her initial hostility to Adam, but her [[JustThinkOfThePotential enthusiasm]] over Omega Ranch's experiments can come off as a bit... [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate suspect]]. |
| 326 | * UngratefulBitch: Once she recognizes Jensen, she immediately starts chewing him out for not having prevented the kidnapping... and then claims she actually ''likes'' where she is. She's deeply shocked and loosens up quite a bit when she hears Vasili is dead, however, and doesn't hesitate to help Adam execute the escape plan. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Vasili Sevchenko]] |
| 330 | !!Vasili Sevchenko |
| 331 | [[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Vasili-001_250.jpg]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | --> Voice: Matt Holland (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vyacheslav Baranov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | This Sarif Industries scientist is heavily involved with the Typhoon project. Out of all the kidnapped scientists, he was the most loyal to Sarif. Though it didn't save him, he did lay the groundwork for an escape plan that Adam can build upon. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | |
| 338 | * DeathFakedForYou: Unwillingly. [[spoiler: He fought the hardest of all the scientists to subvert this and attempt to get free. Unfortunately, it's no longer a fake death by the time Adam tracks down his GPL]]. |
| 339 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Though we never see the circumstances of his death, he ''did'' refuse to stop resisting them, even though he had to know the risks.]] |
| 340 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Although no one knows it at the time. [[spoiler:Adam ''does'' eventually find his body. Or what's left of it.]] |
| 341 | * RussianGuySuffersMost: [[spoiler:Of the kidnapped scientists, he is the only one who is killed. His body is given to the Harvesters, and his cyberarm replaces Tong's old one, no less]]. |
| 342 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: According to the other Scientists, he was always hatching an escape plan, trying to get the other scientists to help because he knows they're too useful to be killed. Unfortunately they ended up figuring out he was the ringleader and that they still had 4 others to work with, resulting in him being on the receiving end of this.]] |
| 343 | * WalkingSpoiler: Just reading half the tropes about him will spoil a MAJOR plotpoint in the game. [[spoiler: It was his eventual death that let Jenson and Pritchard know that the other Scientists are in fact alive and not charcoal. Otherwise his appearance amounts to a small cameo in the intro, which most people probably wrote off due to how it was more of a demonstration of the Typhoon ability.]] |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder:Tim Carella]] |
| 347 | !!Tim Carella |
| 348 | |
| 349 | --> Voice: Matt Holland (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Denis Nekrasov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | A Sarif Industries lab tech who seeks out Adam's help with a personal problem: [[spoiler: He's being blackmailed by a former Sarif employee into stealing neuropozyne from the labs, and hopes Adam will be kind enough to bail him out.]] |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | |
| 354 | * NervousWreck: Not that it's without cause. |
| 355 | * PrecisionFStrike: "I... uh... I fucked up bad..." |
| 356 | [[/folder]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[folder:Brian Tindall]] |
| 359 | !!Brian Tindall |
| 360 | |
| 361 | --> Voice: Shawn Baichoo (English) |
| 362 | |
| 363 | A former Sarif Industries cyber-security tech who was fired after Pritchard caught him tampering with security footage [[spoiler: showing Tim Carella stealing neuropozyne from the labs]], so that Tindall could give it away to [[spoiler: poor augmented people free of charge.]] He uses the footage he edited out of the recording to [[spoiler: blackmail Carella into continuing the thefts even when he wants out]]. Some chat logs and pocket secretaries confirm that Tindall wasn't entirely lying, [[spoiler: but there's also an email in Double-T's computer talking about him supplying the Motor City Bangers with neuropozyne]]. [[spoiler: He also tries to have Jensen kill/disable a couple of rival drug dealers.]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | !The Tyrants |
| 368 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 369 | !! The Tyrants in general |
| 370 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Tyrants-001_4354.jpg]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | The Tyrants are a group of elite black ops augumented soldiers employed by the conspiracy in charge of furthering its aims by any means necessary. In the game, they are referred to as a special operations division of Belltower. |
| 373 | ---- |
| 374 | |
| 375 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Specifically, for the Tyrants (albeit DarkerAndEdgier due to their antagonist role): |
| 376 | ** Beauty: Yelena Fedorova, for both obvious reasons and also as the [[TheLancer intelligent, stealthy]] FragileSpeedster. |
| 377 | ** Brains: Jaron Namir, who both acts as team leader and uses [[TheKirk a combination of the other's skills]]. |
| 378 | ** Brawn: Lawrence Barrett, as spends his time firing [[{{BFG}} a minigun]] that [[ArmCannon retracts into his arm]]. |
| 379 | * BigThinShortTrio: In ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', Barrett is the Big, Federova the Thin and Namir the Short. |
| 380 | * BossArenaIdiocy: The Director's Cut added in additional ways to better take them down such as more weapon/ammo drops and hackable turrets/drones. |
| 381 | * ContractualBossImmunity: The Tyrants are immune to all instant takedown methods including knockout weapons or melee takedowns (due to a bug, Namir can be knocked out with one punch when he's vaulting over an object, but this was patched out in the Director's Cut). |
| 382 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Compared to the "boss" enemies from the original ''Deus Ex'', ''Invisible War'', or even the sequel ''Human Revolution'', the Tyrants are much more traditional video game boss fights and can soak a significant amount of gunfire before falling. |
| 383 | * MeaningfulName: They are named after the latin word "Tyrannus", meaning "One who takes control with their own actions". |
| 384 | * TallPoppySyndrome: [[spoiler:In ''[[Literature/DeusExIcarusEffect Icarus Effect]]'' they are stated to serve the purpose of the titular effect where to maintain "Stability", society cuts down individuals who excel too far before the public is ready to accept radical advancement. In the Tyrants case, they either coerce, intimidate, or kill anyone involved in the spread and advancement of Augmentation, as augmentation itself presents a challenge to the power and rule of the Illuminati.]] |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Lawrence Barrett]] |
| 388 | !!Lawrence Barrett |
| 389 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Barrett-001_5992.jpg]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | --> Voice: Al Goulem (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Alexander Bobrovsky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 392 | ---- |
| 393 | |
| 394 | * AnimalMotifs: Bull. A terrifying concentration of strength and force if it happens to be directed at you, but a distinct lack of subtlety and a lot of scenery damage. |
| 395 | * ArmCannon: Has a collapsible minigun built into one of his cyberarms, complete with requisite AmmunitionBackpack (although amusingly, his character model lacks an ammo feed belt to connect the two, despite concept art of him depicting one). |
| 396 | * TheBigEasy: He is from Louisiana, and in e-mails he makes references to swamps. |
| 397 | * TheBrute: Perhaps best demonstrated in that he went through the trouble of turning half his body into a freaking machine gun, but never bother to get [[spoiler:a rebreather.]] |
| 398 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: Subverted. Once Jensen has defeated him in battle, to the point where it's obvious Barrett has little time left in this world, Barrett begins to give him some leads into the conspiracy... but then immediately attempts a TakingYouWithMe. It doesn't work. |
| 399 | * NotEnoughToBury: Once he blows himself up there nothing left but a bloody smear covering a dent in the floor. |
| 400 | * ShoutOut: To Barret from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', another Square character with an ArmCannon (although the developers have stated that it wasn't intentional to start with). |
| 401 | * TakingYouWithMe |
| 402 | --> '''Barrett''': TELL 'EM BARRETT SENT YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL! |
| 403 | * VillainBall: He tells you the exact address of his co-conspirators seconds before trying to kill Jensen by TakingYouWithMe. Had he said ''anything'' else -- or even nothing -- Jensen would have no leads and the villains' plan would have gone off perfectly. |
| 404 | * WakeupCallBoss: He is the first of the infamous bosses you'll face in the game, and the first sign that you should really consider investing in some combat-related augmentations. Even with the Director's Cut, you'll still need the Strength Augmentation to properly take him down with minimal damage, as you'll have to move the turrets if you really want to hurt him. |
| 405 | * WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:He has no protection at all from the DeadlyGas found in barrels [[ConvenientWeaknessPlacement around his battle arena.]] This makes him a walking tank you can take down easily by throwing plastic barrels at him, which also temporarily stun him, making him even more of a pushover with this tactic.]] |
| 406 | --> [[spoiler: '''Barrett:''' "That... That's enough...!"]] |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | [[folder:Yelena Federova]] |
| 410 | !!Yelena Federova |
| 411 | [[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Federova-001_2510.jpg]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | --> Voice: Leni Parker (English) |
| 414 | ---- |
| 415 | |
| 416 | * AnimalMotifs: Mantis. Quiet and calm, she hides in plain sight and waits for the enemy to enter range before striking with her twinned weapons. Her incredibly long, non-standard legs and pointed feet also recall the mildly alien aspects of an insect. |
| 417 | * ArtificialLimbs: Her legs are rather obvious ones, and do not even try to mimic her original human ones. |
| 418 | * AxCrazy |
| 419 | * BrokenBird: Eliza describes her as such. "Furious, hollow..." |
| 420 | * {{Dumbstruck}}: She doesn't (or can't) speak due to a horrible tragedy she witnessed when she was very young. |
| 421 | * GunsAkimbo: One-handed sub-machine guns. |
| 422 | * InvisibilityCloak: Makes far more use of this than the others. |
| 423 | * SlasherSmile: In the trailer where she grins as she guns down running targets. |
| 424 | * ShockAndAwe: One possible way to kill her: blowing Eliza's generators will electrify the coolant, stunning her and wounding you. Except you can regenerate or become immune to electricity with an aug. |
| 425 | * StatuesqueStunner: While her height before being augmented is unknown, her official augmented height is a staggering 6 feet 7 inches. |
| 426 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: Turning invisible in a small maze: good idea. Turning invisible in [[BossArenaIdiocy a small maze with water covering the floor]]: less-good idea. Doing all of the above and throwing bombs around willy nilly in a place with fragile generators that electrify said floor: pretty stupid. She'll also try to rush down Jensen periodically, making her an easy target for the Stun Gun. |
| 427 | * TheDragon: To Namir. |
| 428 | * TheVoiceless: Not even her fellow mercs can remember the last time she spoke. If you attempt to talk to her in ''VideoGame/DeusExTheFall'' she'll wave you off without speaking. She still reads and writes, though. [[spoiler:She even goes to her death in silence.]] |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[folder:Jaron Namir]] |
| 432 | !!Jaron Namir |
| 433 | [[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DXHR-Namir-001_6580.jpg]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | --> Voice: Michael Rudder (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Denis Nekrasov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 436 | ---- |
| 437 | |
| 438 | * AnimalMotifs: Serpent. Cunning, adaptable, swift, cold-bloodedly ruthless, and dangerous in combat to the degree he can put an enemy down ''hard'' with speed, silence and efficiency. |
| 439 | * BadassIsraeli: Apparently this is a rather common situation, as Israel has been destroyed and conquered by a conglomeration of Islamic nations (including Palestine). All surviving Israelis are extremely violent badass guerrilla veterans. |
| 440 | * BarbieDollAnatomy: His boss fight has him [[FullFrontalAssault completely naked]], his robotic body mimicking human anatomy, but featureless. WordOfGod is that he actually has, err, "augmentic" genitals as well, but [[EasilyDetachableRobotParts he removes them]] before going into combat. |
| 441 | * BodyHorror: He looks like a skinless human [[spoiler: and he hangs out in a gallery of moving statues of skinless humans who pose in such a way as to emphasize their muscles.]] |
| 442 | ** He is also without a doubt the most heavily augmented person in the game. It's implied he is little more than a human head on a completely synthetic body, and even his skull is crammed with augmentations. |
| 443 | * BroughtDownToNormal: A possible factor in his boss fight, making him practically impossible [[spoiler: if you made the mistake of getting yourself an upgraded biochip, as you have to face an invisible, extremely powerful, agile and durable opponent while suffering from a massive InterfaceScrew and with none of augmentations working. Which in this game, makes you a slow, incredibly fragile, effectively blind cripple who can't aim and doesn't even have a HUD.]] |
| 444 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: His reason for taking in the morally-conflicted Ben Saxon into the Tyrants during the events of ''[[Literature/DeusExIcarusEffect Icarus Effect]]'' is to balance out the monsters that otherwise occupy the team. [[spoiler: He ends up regretting his decision.]] |
| 445 | * EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Unlike the other mercenaries he commands, Namir has a wife and two children, and the novel implies that he goes to great lengths to keep them in the dark about the nature of his work. |
| 446 | * ManipulativeBastard: He openly admits this to [[spoiler: Saxon]] in the novel after the latter [[spoiler: discovers who the Tyrants really serve]]. |
| 447 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: "Men like us? We never get back the things we love..."]] |
| 448 | * PrecisionFStrike: From the novel, after [[spoiler: the Tyrants' operations in Geneva]] do not go according to plan - "This entire operation is turning into a clusterfuck!" |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[folder:Scott Hardesty]] |
| 452 | !!Scott Hardesty |
| 453 | |
| 454 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: One of his cybernetic hands turns into a sharpened blade. |
| 455 | * ColdSniper |
| 456 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Saxon stabs him through the jaw with his own arm blade. |
| 457 | * {{Jerkass}}: His attitude to Saxon. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Gunther Hermann]] |
| 461 | !!Gunther Hermann |
| 462 | |
| 463 | * CallForward[=/=]MythologyGag: Two of them; his introduction in the novel has him [[spoiler: drinking a can of orange soda]], and he tells [[spoiler: Saxon]] just before their second duel that [[spoiler: "I believe I will enjoy this."]], which is one of his [[spoiler: combat taunts from the original Deus Ex]]. |
| 464 | * DefeatEqualsFriendship: Averted after [[spoiler: Saxon]] defeats him in combat. His general manner of indifference doesn't change, but he relishes the opportunity for a rematch when it comes. |
| 465 | * {{Determinator}}: Over the course of the novel, he gets [[spoiler:[[EyeScream one of his eyes shot out by a stungun]], [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]], caught in a lorry crash into a lake, half-drowned and finally blown up]]. He survives it all. |
| 466 | [[/folder]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Ben Saxon]] |
| 469 | !!Ben Saxon |
| 470 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deus-ex-the-fall-1373308677931_200x285_7363.jpg]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | One of the deutagonists of ''Literature/DeusExIcarusEffect'' and the protagonist in ''VideoGame/DeusExTheFall''. A former SAS trooper and Belltower mercenary, Saxon is recruited into the Tyrants by Jaron Namir after his squad are killed in action due to compromised intelligence. Although initially loyal to Namir, Saxon eventually begins to question the Tyrants' true objectives and the masters they serve. [[spoiler: With the help of the enigmatic Janus, Saxon uncovers that the Tyrants were responsible for the deaths of his squadmates, prompting him to switch sides.]] |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | |
| 475 | * {{Determinator}}: Towards the end of the novel, he takes [[spoiler: a knife wound to the gut while killing Hardesty]] and still fights his way to [[spoiler: the boat the Tyrants operate from]], whereupon he takes even MORE punishment [[spoiler: when Namir breaks his arm and beats the snot out of him]], but he still manages to [[spoiler: defeat Namir in combat]]. |
| 476 | * AFatherToHisMen: Part of why he takes his unit's betrayal and his mens' deaths so hard. |
| 477 | ** [[spoiler:HeelRealization: Naturally, this leads to his HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 478 | * FlashStep: One of Saxon's unique potential upgrades in ''The Fall'' allows him to do this, using a combination of cloaking and a kinetic burst from his Icarus Landing system to rapidly "blink" from one position to another. |
| 479 | * TheHeart: He was recruited to the Tyrants specifically to be this, as Namir wanted someone to balance out the heartless monsters that made up the rest of them. [[spoiler: Its just that their new conscience rebelled when he discovered what irredeemable monsters they really were.]] |
| 480 | * InstantArmor: In contrast to Adam Jensen, who has passive Rhino Armor plating, Saxon uses an actively powered Sub-Dermal Electrostatic Armor Plating. It provides superior protection compared to Jensen's Rhino Armor, but actively uses up energy and thus can only be utilized for short periods (and when it's not on, Saxon's more vulnerable to damage than a fully upgraded Jensen). |
| 481 | * RedemptionEarnsLife: His decisions to [[spoiler: first spare and later save Anna Kelso when he has Namir at his mercy]] end up saving his life when [[spoiler: she saves him from drowning via a rebreather implant in her chest]]. |
| 482 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Subverted.]] For all of his efforts in ruining [[spoiler: the Tyrants' operations, the Illuminati's plans are not altered in the slightest.]] |
| 483 | ** [[spoiler: DoubleSubverted.]] His (and Anna Kelso's) actions [[spoiler: severely weakened the Tyrants. At full strength they had 6 Operatives, after the events of Icarus Effect and The Fall, they were down to half their former strength. Had they been at full operational capacity during Human Revolution, Jensen may have been taken out by them.]] |
| 484 | * WeakButSkilled: Compared to the other Tyrants and even to Adam Jensen, Saxon's not as heavily augmented and is less of a walking tank, with his augs being more geared toward quick tactical strikes rather than prolonged open combat or massive mobility. |
| 485 | |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | !The Conspiracy |
| 489 | [[folder:Hyron]] |
| 490 | !!Hyron |
| 491 | |
| 492 | The heart and mind of Panchaea, a CPU capable of running the calculations necessary to keep the installation from being torn apart by its own weight, ocean currents, or the cold. It is -- or, to be more precise, ''they'' are -- the work of Hugh Darrow. The purpose Hyron was built for is not the only thing it can do, however... |
| 493 | |
| 494 | --> [[spoiler: Voice: Michelle Boback and Holly O'Brien]] |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | |
| 497 | * AndIMustScream: The three women who power it are constantly crying for help, unable to perceive anything save their calculations and their confinement. [[spoiler:One reclaims her lucidity just long enough to give Adam some crucial advice before lapsing back into blind terror.]] |
| 498 | * AntiVillain: The drones were made as such against their will. One even manages to tell Adam exactly how to defeat it. |
| 499 | * BeeAfraid: Its name means "beehive" in ancient Cretan. The three linked women are "drones"; the central master link (used by [[spoiler:Zhao]]) is called "Mother". |
| 500 | * BodyHorror: The women in the core are attached to Hyron by their ''spinal columns'' and suspended head-down with their hands and feet shackled. They are also blindfolded. |
| 501 | * CreepyMonotone: When announcing updates and conditions. |
| 502 | * CoresAndTurretsBoss: The main cluster. The "cores" are live women. |
| 503 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: They certainly eat your mind. |
| 504 | * FinalBoss: The obvious means of winning the battle is killing the drones to allow access to the critical component (i.e. [[spoiler:Zhou]]). However, like all the boss battles, there are less violent ways of shutting it down. |
| 505 | * FlunkyBoss: Its main method of attack is to send out a bunch of turrets, security bots, and crazed augs. |
| 506 | * MindHive: Though the individuals are decidedly unhappy about their circumstances, the unit as a whole works efficiently. The messages it broadcasts refer to Hyron as "I/We". |
| 507 | * PoweredByAForsakenChild: Hyron requires three human brains to be linked together. The people used are not volunteers. It's unclear whether they must be female (all known candidates are, but this is never made explicit as a requirement), but they are required to undergo torturous "processing" that involves their spines being removed and replaced before being installed as drones. Each drone will last roughly a year in Hyron before death -- it is hinted that this is because of the extremely demanding workload required by Hyron's size and purpose: |
| 508 | --> '''Hyron Drone''': Been awake for so long...tired. System monitors online constantly...there's too much to keep track of. Supplemental diagnostics required before we can sleep...there's also the diagnostics that aren't conclusive. I-- I feel bad...vital signs-- vital signs normal? No, this is not normal...we just want to be normal. |
| 509 | * WetwareCPU: Panchaea employees note that Hyron generates excessively creepy passwords for its security... |
| 510 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: An interesting variant. On the one hand, those on Panchaea who know how Hyron works are often so horrified by the sight, they won't enter the control room where the drones are housed. On the other hand, there's a message berating these employees for doing nothing to help the drones, pointing out they're still very much human, in constant suffering, giving up everything for the good of humanity, and require basic care and even comfort that Panchaea's employees are obligated to provide. |
| 511 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Three voices that slip back and forth between monotone processing updates and very emotive terror and weeping. |
| 512 | [[/folder]] |
| 513 | |
| 514 | [[folder:Bob Page]] |
| 515 | !!Bob Page |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1page_3.png]] |
| 518 | |
| 519 | --> Voice: Cliff Stephens (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vladimir Antonik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 520 | |
| 521 | One of the few known returning characters from the original ''VideoGame/DeusEx''; he appears in the opening scene of the intro, although not by name. Also see his entry on [[Characters/DeusEx the Characters page for the first game]]. He is currently the CEO of Versalife. |
| 522 | ---- |
| 523 | |
| 524 | * AffablyEvil: He comes off as polite and friendly during the few interactions he has in the game. Some of his emails have him insisting that people call him the more casual name Bob instead of Robert or Mr. Page, and he doesn't shy away from smile emoticons in his messages. Of course, this is long before the events of the original game show off the rotten core underneath. |
| 525 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's the CEO of [=VersaLife=], is a high-ranking member of the Illuminati, and is slowly working his way towards becoming the godhood-seeking BigBad of ''Deus Ex''/ |
| 526 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He leads the discussion in the game's intro, and sets his plans into motion at the end. |
| 527 | * ManipulativeBastard: Implied in the original but wasn't shown as much. In this game and the ''Missing Link'' DLC, we get to see he's a master of this. |
| 528 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Sure, he's the head of a malevolent conspiracy that is working toward making him a living God (even if he doesn't get that far until the first game)... but buy a new cytometer from Page Industries and get a free cappuccino maker! |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
| 530 | |
| 531 | !Belltower Associates |
| 532 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 533 | !! Belltower in general |
| 534 | |
| 535 | Belltower is an umbrella group of private military contractors who provide a maximum spectrum private military/security solution. The Conspiracy go to them regularly as one of their many arms of enforcement. Their special operation forces are under command of the Tyrants (and Pieter Burke in ''The Missing Link'') and were complicit in the kidnapping of Megan and her team. |
| 536 | ---- |
| 537 | |
| 538 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: While standard Belltower forces wear brown and grey, their Spec-Ops division wear red and black. This is likely a CallForward to [[spoiler: the uniforms of the Majestic Twelve troopers in [[VideoGame/DeusEx the original game]].]] |
| 539 | * EliteMooks: Their Spec-Ops teams. |
| 540 | ** Subverted with their normal Spec-Ops Troopers and Shifters who go down about as easily as their rank and file counterparts. Played straight with their Sneakers, who can cloak and are resistant to headshots. Up to BossInMookClothing levels for the Ogres who are far more resistant to damage, and carry a mix of two bosses weapons: heavy machine gun from Barrett, and a Typhoon launcher from Fedorova. |
| 541 | * FacelessGoons: All Belltower commandos and most regular soldiers wear either full-face helmets or balaclavas. Bonus points for helmets with opaque face covers that make this trope even more literal. |
| 542 | * FallenHero: According to an e-book in Keitner's office, Belltower was supposedly founded to serve as a moral and honorable alternative to the other [=PMCs=] in existence at the time. A quick gander at some of the other tropes in this section will demonstrate how well ''that'' ultimately turned out, although this may well be yet another attempt by part of The Conspiracy to make them look clean |
| 543 | ** According to in-game text, Sir Roger St. John-Ffolkes really meant it to be an honorable organization, with people like Lt. Cmdr. Keitner trying to uphold that honor. But when he was all but booted out by his less ethical sons, the company fell into darkness. |
| 544 | * GiantMook: Ogres are hulking brutes armed with Heavy Rifles and the Typhoon that stand more than a head above Jensen, and can tank more punishment than other Belltower elites. Fortunately, they're still vulnerable to a takedown. |
| 545 | * LawEnforcementInc: By the time of Adam's first visit to China, they are in the process of replacing regular law enforcement officers as the de-facto police force of Lower Hengsha. |
| 546 | * MalevolentMaskedMen |
| 547 | * PrivateMilitaryContractors |
| 548 | * PsychosForHire: Played with. Some of them are this and other times they're just [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]]. |
| 549 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Picus tries to make them the heroes when they're mentioned. You'll see that they aren't above torture, kidnapping and murdering dozens of people just to arrest one person. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Narhari Kahn]] |
| 553 | !!Narhari Kahn |
| 554 | |
| 555 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1kahn.png]] |
| 556 | |
| 557 | -->Voice: Al Goulem (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Nikita Prozorovsky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 558 | |
| 559 | Commander of Belltower operations in Hengsha and Zhao Yun Ru's direct subordinate. Seems to have little to no regard for collateral damage resulting from the carrying out of his tasks. |
| 560 | ---- |
| 561 | |
| 562 | * ButtMonkey: Not exactly, considering how capable he is, but players get four, count 'em, ''four'' chances to shoot/stab/punch him in the face. If they go non-lethal, they can lay him out all four times. [[spoiler:Though considering he's the one who kills Malik, his survival odds are spectacularly low even for Pacifist players.]] |
| 563 | * DemotedToExtra: Originally intended to be an important part of Upper Hengsha, a character in a 'fight club' in Lower Hengsha and eventually a mini boss fight. Upper Hengsha was cut, the 'fight club' was cut, the mini boss fight was cut, and now poor Narhari amounts to little more than a standard issue mook with a name who you just happen to get multiple opportunities to kill or kick the crap out of. |
| 564 | * TheDragon: To Zhao. |
| 565 | * EvilBrit: Barks out orders and threats with a thick Cockney accent. |
| 566 | * ScaryBlackMan: His standard armament is usually a heavy rifle, and he's armored to the teeth. While not exactly AxeCrazy, he's more than willing to kill anyone standing between him and his goal. |
| 567 | * KickTheDog: During the raid on the [[spoiler:Alice Garden Pods, the Belltower mercs execute everyone they run across on his orders, whether or not they put up a fight. He even caps one confused, screaming man himself. He's also the one who executes Malik if Jensen fails to save her.]] |
| 568 | * UniqueEnemy: His being DemotedToExtra effectively turns him into a regular Belltower mercenary with a face and unique voice. He is, however, unique in being the only NPC to carry a different weapon each time he appears - should he survive to be present in all four potential encounters with him, he can be seen wielding a pistol, combat rifle, heavy rifle, and shotgun. |
| 569 | [[/folder]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | [[folder:Pieter Burke]] |
| 572 | !!Pieter Burke |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1burke.png]] |
| 575 | |
| 576 | --> Voice: Frank Schorpion (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Alexander Livanov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 577 | |
| 578 | Appearing in ''The Missing Link'' DLC as it's primary antagonist, Pieter Burke is the commander of Belltower's special ops group. He's currently positioned on Rifleman Bank Station, ostensibly an offshore oil rig owned by Belltower to incarcerate criminal dissidents. In reality, the people incarcerated at the station are just swiped off the streets indiscriminately for use in the Hyron Project, which Burke is in direct command of. |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | * ArcVillain: Of ''The Missing Link''. |
| 581 | * BlingBlingBang: He owns a custom designed golden revolver, which you can yoink. |
| 582 | * {{Cyborg}}: A console beneath Rifleman Bank Station reveals that he has some fairly substantial augmentation, most of which is classified, but his are more discrete than, say, the Tyrants. |
| 583 | * EvilGloating: Just as good at this as Bob Page was in ''Deus Ex''. |
| 584 | * HardLevelsEasyBosses: The "Easy Boss" to the "Hard Level". The developers took the complaints about the [[ScrappyLevel boss fights]] from the original release of the base game and applied them to Jensen's reckoning with Burke. The intent being to support all the primary play styles, simply getting to Burke is the challenge, with multiple security systems, guarded strong points, and different paths of approach between Jensen and him. This gives players the option to sneak, shoot, and hack their way to Burke, or use a combination of all of the above if they wish. |
| 585 | * ItIsDehumanizing: Refers to the [[spoiler:Hyron test subjects]] as "it". |
| 586 | * LackOfEmpathy: For his men (as is quite clear from several PDA logs and mails) and, even more so, for any and all civilians, especially the [[spoiler: completely innocent women Belltower abducts, who to him are nothing but objects. It's shown in great detail, but one short sentence in an audio log in the Interrogation Wing really drives the point home, with force (he's speaking about one of the abductees who dies in the middle of an experiment):]] |
| 587 | --> '''Burke''': [[spoiler: Is '''it''' still alive, Doctor?]] |
| 588 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: According to Keitner, he's a "sexist, chauvinistic pig" who has been undermining her at every turn, [[spoiler:though this probably has more to do with the fact that she actually ''is'' trying to sabotage him and not that's she a woman]]. Burke's military records note that he has misogynistic tendancies and his treatment of Dr. Kavanaugh and the mostly female [[spoiler:Hyron test subjects]] as expendable seems to be more than just his general ruthlessness. |
| 589 | * PragmaticVillainy: When informed that some of the soldiers on base are raping the women prisoners, he orders a complete stop and promises to make examples of those who don't comply. [[spoiler: He only does this because the trauma of sexual assault might be one of the variables that makes said women incompatible with Hyron.]] |
| 590 | * TheSociopath: Even more so than any of The Tyrants combined. |
| 591 | * VillainRespect: He grudgingly admits Jensen is "clever" if he manages to [[spoiler:destroy the valve pumping poison gas into the facility, saving both the hostages and the whistleblower]]. |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Netanya Keitner]] |
| 595 | !!Netanya Keitner |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1netanya.png]] |
| 598 | |
| 599 | --> Voice: Catherine Kidd (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Lyudmila Gnilova (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 600 | |
| 601 | Also appearing in ''The Missing Link'', Keitner is Burke's second in command and the director of operations at Rifleman Bank Station. She's really working with Interpol ([[UnwittingPawn or so she believes]]) to bring evidence of Belltower's corruption to light. |
| 602 | ---- |
| 603 | * AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:Even after taking multiple bullets to the chest, she survives long enough to give Jensen a few last titbits of information]]. |
| 604 | * ArtificialLimbs: She has an augment for an arm. |
| 605 | * BadassIsraeli: [[spoiler: Gets in a brief firefight and manages to take down half a squadron of trained soldiers and lives long enough to talk with Jensen for a while.]] |
| 606 | * BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:After being shot by Burke's men]]. |
| 607 | * EnemyMine: [[spoiler:With Adam]]. |
| 608 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: This is averted, surprisingly. [[spoiler:Both Adam and Quinn mention her at the end of ''The Missing Link'']]. |
| 609 | -->'''Adam''': [[spoiler:So we were both pawns. Except she's dead, and I'm not. Where does that leave me in your grand design?]] |
| 610 | -->'''Quinn''': [[spoiler:We're all pawns in someone's grand design, Mr. Jensen. But that doesn't make Netanya's death any less tragic.]] |
| 611 | * FashionableAsymmetry: [[ZigZaggingTrope ZigZagged,]] her right arm is augmented and black in contrast to her natural left arm but she wears a black sleeve on her left arm that matches the augmentations. The sleeve makes it more subtle asymmetry but changes it to one bare arm and one sleeved one. |
| 612 | * GoodCopBadCop: While she's first shown beating the hell out of Adam, once she ''stops'' punching him, she displays something close to pity. Adam informs her that she can't play both the good cop and the bad cop. [[spoiler:Actually, she can]]. |
| 613 | * InternalReformist: [[spoiler: Somewhere along the way, Belltower was corrupted, and she's ([[UnwittingPawn allegedly]]) working with Interpol so that it can become a more honorable organization again after people like Burke are arrested for their crimes.]] |
| 614 | ** [[spoiler: seems to have worked when one of Belltower's leaders was arrested and Belltower rebranded itself as Tarvos. Tarvos has been shown to be far more straight laced than Belltower, even ridding itself of it's Spec Ops assets.]] |
| 615 | * MauveShirt |
| 616 | * AMotherToHerMen: Implied. There is a very clear split in loyalties, with Keitner's soldiers being committed to her despite Burke's authority. [[spoiler:She expresses displeasure if Adam knocks out her soldiers or kills them, despite the fact that she's doing what she believes is necessary to stop Burke's atrocities.]] |
| 617 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:While she only appears in ''The Missing Link'', and is not mentioned in the main game for obvious reasons, she's still a main character in the {{DLC}} and survives until very nearly the end]]. |
| 618 | * SheIsTheKing: She's referred to as "sir" by her subordinates. TruthInTelevision, since several RealLife militaries have codes that dictate higher ranking officers be referred to as "sir" regardless of gender. |
| 619 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:She ''thinks'' she's helping Interpol; that was just what Quinn told her to ensure her cooperation. She was actually assisting a shadow organization; likely the Juggernaut Collective, a global cyberterrorist group]]. |
| 620 | [[/folder]] |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder:Garvin Quinn]] |
| 623 | !!Garvin Quinn |
| 624 | --> Voice: Julian Casey (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Alexander Golovchansky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1quinn.png]] |
| 627 | |
| 628 | Also from ''The Missing Link'', Quinn is the main technician at Rifleman Bank Station, and also runs a little side operation for 'requisitions'. |
| 629 | ---- |
| 630 | |
| 631 | * TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Minor example in the ConspiracyKitchenSink that is the Deus Ex universe, but he still uses Adam's arrival on the station perfectly, and reaches most of his goals by the end of the DLC.]] |
| 632 | * CloudCuckoolander: Went ''fishing'' off the side of a ''cargo freighter''. There is a chair set up on the upper deck of the ship with beer and fishing equipment, and the player can also come across an email from one of the higher-ups for the fisherman to cut it out. While it's never explicitly stated that Quinn is the fisherman, if Adam visits Quinn's store early (before Keitner sends him there), he will find Quinn gone, and a note in the window stating that he had "Gone Fishing". [[spoiler: This is, of course, all a part of his cover.]] |
| 633 | * ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler:Part in parcel for a spy.]] |
| 634 | * TheCracker: [[spoiler:He's the mysterious hacker who's been enabling your escape.]] |
| 635 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:He makes appearances in the Mankind Divided interquel novels ''Hard Line'' and ''Black Light'', and is mentioned in the game proper as the one who sent a welcoming package to Jensen in his apartment, though he's been forced underground due to his involvement in ''Missing Link'' making him a publicly wanted criminal.]] |
| 636 | * FakeIrish: [[spoiler:In-universe. He's actually Russian, his real name unknown.]] |
| 637 | * GadgeteerGenius: As Adam notes, he's really skilled for a mere technician, fixing up a one-use gadget and building a custom-made rocket launcher. [[spoiler: There's a good reason for this.]] |
| 638 | * GratuitousRussian: [[spoiler:He uses this all the time in his hacker persona, constantly calling Adam "bratán" (slang for "bro" or "mate"), among other things.]] |
| 639 | * HiddenDepths: He looks and acts like the crusty technician, but he's an unexpected GadgeteerGenius and is much kinder than he at first appears, as saving lives and acting kindly in general earns his approval. [[spoiler: And then, of course, there's his true affiliation.]] |
| 640 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:For the Juggernaut Collective. Heavily implied in the game, outright confirmed in the interquel novels.]] |
| 641 | * NoSell: [[spoiler:He's immune to the Casie augmentation, probably due to an augmentation of his own.]] |
| 642 | * TheScrounger: He runs the only store available to you while on the station, containing mostly smuggled goods. |
| 643 | * TheSmartGuy: He acts as this for Keitner and Adam. |
| 644 | * WalkingSpoiler |
| 645 | |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | !Detroit Police Department |
| 649 | [[folder:Wayne Haas]] |
| 650 | !!Wayne Haas |
| 651 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Deus_Ex_HR_Wayne_Haas_1722.JPG]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | --> Voice: Marcel Jeannin (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vladimir Antonik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 654 | ---- |
| 655 | |
| 656 | Formerly one of Jensen's SWAT team subordinates, he took up the post of team leader after the former quit over the Mexicantown Incident. That same event however, would lead to Haas's mental breakdown and his subsequent demotion to a precinct desk sergeant. |
| 657 | |
| 658 | * TheAtoner: He is looking for absolution for his role in inciting the Mexicantown Riots. |
| 659 | * ButtMonkey: On top of everything that has happened to him so far, Haas can end up being fired if he lets Jensen into the morgue. This leads to him confronting and blaming Jensen at his apartment, which will either end with Jensen offering Haas a job at Sarif Industries or Jensen being forced to incapacitate or kill him when he gets violent. |
| 660 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: The Mexicantown Incident. |
| 661 | * MyGreatestFailure: As if the whole Mexicantown Incident wasn't enough, others also make comments about the fact that he's a desk jockey. For example, Chet Wagner disparagingly comments on the idea of ending up like "Secretary Haas over there." |
| 662 | * NeverMyFault: Haas is incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions. Granted, this is largely in response to being forced to act in a situation that he does not have any control over, but he blames Jensen for leaving him with the decision to follow an order to shoot an augmented adolescent. |
| 663 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: From SWAT commander to badge-toting hotel doorman, only a step above an actual firing. He's very bitter, and the guilt over what landed him there hasn't improved his state of mind. |
| 664 | [[/folder]] |
| 665 | |
| 666 | [[folder:Jenny Alexander]] |
| 667 | !!Jenny Alexander |
| 668 | |
| 669 | --> Voice: Lucina Davis (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Inna Koroleva (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 670 | ---- |
| 671 | |
| 672 | A friend of Adam's from his first four years on the Detroit Police force. Currently working undercover as a prostitute just outside of [[WrongSideOfTheTracks Derelict Row]]. |
| 673 | |
| 674 | * ByTheBookCop: Claims to usually be this, but going by the book doesn't work when your target's a friend of the publisher. |
| 675 | * DirtyHarriet |
| 676 | * FairCop: Jensen can even comment on it. |
| 677 | * {{Stripperific}}: {{Justified|Trope}}; when you meet her, she's undercover as a prostitute. |
| 678 | [[/folder]] |
| 679 | |
| 680 | [[folder:Jack O'Malley]] |
| 681 | !!Jack O'Malley |
| 682 | |
| 683 | --> Voice: Victor Young (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Yaroslav Agikyan (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 684 | ---- |
| 685 | |
| 686 | * AffablyEvil: He can be persuaded to pay Adam part of the hitman's fee upfront, and even after he finds out that Adam has betrayed him, he's quite polite and understanding about it. Unless Adam [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules refuses to take the bribe]], in which case all bets are off. |
| 687 | * ArmsDealer: He's been supplying the Derelict Row Ballers with crates full of military grade firearms (up to and including a ''rocket launcher'') as part of his efforts to steer them into a violent, attention-getting war with their rivals, the Motor City Bangers. |
| 688 | * DirtyCop: Officially he's still an officer of the DPD, though at this point it's just a convenient cover for his real career as a [[spoiler:plainclothes FEMA agent]]. Adam and Jenny even note that he doesn't look or behave like a cop at all anymore, acting instead like the two-bit [[spoiler:government spook]] he really is. |
| 689 | * DramaticIrony: Jenny Alexander considers him a "major player" in Detroit's underworld and she's had to pierce through multiple proxies and layers of secrecy just for the chance to finally nab him. Fully investigate his apartment, the DPD precinct and [[spoiler:the FEMA base]], however, and it becomes clear that O'Mally is really just a bit player; [[spoiler:a street-level operative doing FEMA's dirty work, while FEMA themselves are just the tip of the iceberg for the Illuminati's vast conspiracy.]] |
| 690 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: He's trying to stir up a gang war between the Derelict Row Ballers and the Motor City Bangers on behalf of [[spoiler:FEMA]] to distract the [=MCBs=] from expanding into Highland Park and [[spoiler:discovering the clandestine FEMA detention center being set up there]]. |
| 691 | * {{Hypocrite}}: If Adam decides to arrest him personally, O'Malley asks if he's come to make his treachery complete, which is big words coming from a DirtyCop. The Disdainful option has Adam rightfully call him out on this. |
| 692 | --> '''Adam:''' Treachery? You lie, steal, manipulate, murder and cheat on a daily basis! Men like you shouldn't even be allowed to use the word "treachery"! |
| 693 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Tries to pull this on Jensen if the 'Cold' dialogue choice is taken when arresting him, stating that they both view the world through cold, hard facts. |
| 694 | * ProperlyParanoid: Jenny calls him paranoid and notes that he typically acts behind numerous precautions and proxies. Considering that he's a DirtyCop trying to start a gang war, it's justified. |
| 695 | * SmugSnake: He has an "Alpha"-type personality and speaks in a slow, measured tone that just oozes smarm and confidence over how untouchable he supposedly is, yet in their first interaction Jensen plays him like a fiddle (and can even net an advance fee for his "hit job" by further playing to his ego with a CASIE aug) and he's ultimately not as careful, or as important, as he thinks he is, leaving him completely boxed in when Jensen comes to arrest him. |
| 696 | [[/folder]] |
| 697 | |
| 698 | [[folder:Chet Wagner]] |
| 699 | !!Chet Wagner |
| 700 | |
| 701 | --> Voice: Creator/JamesRankin (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vyacheslav Baranov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | |
| 704 | * DirtyCop: He was never a model policeman to begin with, hacking his office email suggests that he takes bribes, and his unreliability [[spoiler: proves useful to the conspirators, as he is assigned to the Sarif Industries Attack Investigation and, predictably, botches it horribly.]] |
| 705 | * DirtyCoward: One threat is all it takes. Granted, it's a pretty impressive threat, but ''still''. |
| 706 | * FantasticRacism: Makes about one anti-Aug slur per sentence before Jensen either intimidates or blackmails him. |
| 707 | * {{Jerkass}}: Even a station-wide e-mail sent out warning officers that anti-Aug/anti-Natural slurs will be met with harsh punishment ''still'' doesn't stop him from calling Adam things like 'chrome boy' and 'metalhead'. |
| 708 | * SmugSnake: The best part of dealing with him is making a well-placed threat and watching all of his arrogant bravado come crashing down like a house of cards. |
| 709 | [[/folder]] |
| 710 | |
| 711 | [[folder:Officer Nicholas]] |
| 712 | !!Officer Nicholas |
| 713 | |
| 714 | --> Voice: Shawn Baichoo (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Peter Ivaschenko (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 715 | ---- |
| 716 | |
| 717 | * PoliceAreUseless: Or rather, The Police Are Otherwise Occupied trying to pacify the fire-bombing rioters through Detroit. |
| 718 | * NervousWreck: Granted, the reason he's nervous is because he's the only one aware of a ''bomb threat''. |
| 719 | |
| 720 | [[/folder]] |
| 721 | |
| 722 | !Pro-Augs |
| 723 | [[folder:Sir Hugh Darrow]] |
| 724 | !!Sir Hugh Darrow |
| 725 | |
| 726 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1darrow.jpg]] |
| 727 | |
| 728 | --> Voice: Creator/ArthurHolden (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vadim Maksimov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 729 | |
| 730 | A billionaire Nobel Prize winner and a close friend of David Sarif. Considered the "father" of augmentations technology. He is currently working on a project named "Panchaea," a massive hole in the ocean that is supposed to change global warming, and has other geoengineering projects planned. Picus tries to give somewhat favorable coverage of this project ([[{{Nepotism}} presumably due to Picus having been founded by Hugh's father]]). He plans to show the world what augmentation can do for humanity... |
| 731 | ---- |
| 732 | |
| 733 | * TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:While Darrow's scheme doesn't go entirely as planned, the chaos he caused ultimately fulfills his goal of turning public opinion against augmentation technology.]] |
| 734 | * BigBad: [[spoiler: While he has competition for the role, Darrow ultimately comes closest to realizing his plans.]] |
| 735 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Evidently dies on Panchaea.]] |
| 736 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Darrow is, more than anyone else, ''the'' driving mind behind mechanical augmentation, one of the great transhumanist philosophers and a multi-billionaire who could get anything in the world... but he also has a rare genetic condition which caused his body to violently reject all attempts at mechanical augmentation, leaving him on the sidelines to observe his vision of a bright new future rise and move on without him. |
| 737 | %%* CreatorBacklash: [[spoiler: In-Universe.]] |
| 738 | * EvilBrit: [[spoiler:Complete with a master plan involving massive projects and something akin to a superweapon.]] |
| 739 | * EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: He's rather pissed and bitter his own invention can't do a thing for him, so he hijacks the Illuminati's plans and tweaks them so he can make sure the whole world gets to know just how much he's come to hate his own creation.]] |
| 740 | * {{Expy}}: Similar to [[VideoGame/MetalGear Patriots-era Major Zero]] in some ways. |
| 741 | * GeniusCripple: He's missing an arm, has a leg brace, and walks with a vaguely sci-fi-looking cane. It's visually distinctive, but becomes even more so once you realize how much it sticks out in a world where medical augmentations exist. [[spoiler: This becomes a plot point during his 'boss battle'.]] |
| 742 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: He displays some jealousy over the fact that he has a genetic disorder that keeps him from using augments himself.]] |
| 743 | * HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: When confronting him in the Panchaea tower, take note of his cane. It is covered in blood, implying that this crippled old man beat at least one of the insane augs to death with a stick.]] |
| 744 | * {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Calling him on this is one of the ways to win the social battle with him, but only if you've destabilized him and called attention to his jealousy of augs.]] |
| 745 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: How he justifies his actions, naturally.]] |
| 746 | * KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: He's prepared to cause the deaths of millions to eliminate augmentation.]] |
| 747 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Implied; he points directly to Hyron (which he helped create) as one of the reasons why augmentation is very, very ''bad''.]] |
| 748 | ** [[spoiler: He will say this, minus the God part, if you play the conversation with him right at the end of the game.]] |
| 749 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: Arthur Holden does a ''very'' convincing British accent for the most part. However, a few of his vowel sounds during the last chat with Darrow sound a bit ''too'' North American. |
| 750 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: A ''franchise'' changing one, at that.]] |
| 751 | * TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Darrow's Illuminati partners want to use augmentation as part of a worldwide AssimilationPlot using their new biochip to control the thoughts of everyone with an augmentation after the technology becomes universal. Darrow secretly opposes this plan, and his own scheme is to send a modified signal that turns every augmented person on the planet a murderous lunatic, in order to show the still-human population the dangers of augmentation in a way so widespread and massive that it cannot be covered up.]] |
| 752 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Even Picus seems to like him, despite their obvious anti-augmentation bias. Turns out it's because he's in on TheConspiracy. The fact that his father founded Picus probably helps, too.]] |
| 753 | * WalkingSpoiler |
| 754 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Based on his knowledge of the Illuminati's plans, Darrow sees his only two choices as either the mass murder of millions, or the eternal slavery of all humanity to the Illuminati. When confronting him it's possible for Adam to convince him humanity is capable of [[TakeAThirdOption Taking A Third Option]]]]. |
| 755 | [[/folder]] |
| 756 | |
| 757 | [[folder:Mengyao]] |
| 758 | !!Mengyao |
| 759 | |
| 760 | --> Voice: Vicky Wong (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Irina Savina (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 761 | |
| 762 | One of Darrow's representatives, involved in the Panchaea project. |
| 763 | [[/folder]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:Dr. Vera Marcovic]] |
| 766 | !!Dr. Vera Marcovic |
| 767 | |
| 768 | --> Voice: Leni Parker (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Elena Ivasishina (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 769 | |
| 770 | She works at the L.I.M.B. clinic in Detroit. Unlike David Sarif, she believes that Adam should have more choice regarding the progress of his augmentations. |
| 771 | [[/folder]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | [[folder:Zhao Yun Ru]] |
| 774 | !!Zhao Yun Ru |
| 775 | |
| 776 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1zhao.png]] |
| 777 | |
| 778 | --> Voice: Jane Luk (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Natalia Gracheva (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 779 | |
| 780 | The CEO of Tai Yong Medical, a Chinese bio-tech company seeking to become the world leader in the augmentation market and a direct competitor to Sarif Industries. She warns Adam about "these men" who "control global interests on a whim," mysteriously neglecting her own involvement in said global interests. |
| 781 | ---- |
| 782 | |
| 783 | * BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:A rare instance where such a character actually ends up as the FinalBoss... although not because they're actually the power behind the throne.]] |
| 784 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Her overall goal is to ruthlessly eliminate Tai Yong's competition and establish a monopoly on the augmentation market [[spoiler: in order to ensure the universal distribution of the Illuminati's new mind-controlling biochip. She is even willing to merge with Hyron to do this, lacking any other ambition.]] |
| 785 | %%zce* DistractedByTheSexy: She uses this technique on Adam. |
| 786 | * DragonLady: She is commonly referred to as the Dragon Queen, her dress is a combination of traditional Chinese wear and neo-Renaissance frills, [[spoiler: ''and'' she uses a bit of seduction on Adam.]] |
| 787 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/DeusEx Maggie Chow]]]], despite having a different career. |
| 788 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Technically, Hyron is, but she is the final part of it that needs to be defeated.]] |
| 789 | ** EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, she merges with Hyron to try and assume direct control over the world's augmented population. As soon as she does, she finds out too late her biochip is incompatible with the system, and her attempts to force the technologies to interface backfires. Pretty literally, in fact: the uncontrolled energy burns her up from the inside out.]] |
| 790 | * EvilCounterpart: One to Sarif. She was a rival of him for many years. |
| 791 | * FreudianExcuse: She was a champion gymnast when she was a child until the accident that led to her being augmented. She'll do anything to reclaim [[IcarusAllusion her moment in the sun]], when the spotlight was on her and no one else. |
| 792 | * LargeHam: Listen to her when she's trying to convince Jensen she's "not a bad girl." |
| 793 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: When [[spoiler:attempting to merge with Hyron]] she says to Adam that neither of them would ever trust anyone else with the power they're grappling over -- not the Illuminati, not their corporate allies, no one. And, well, she's right. |
| 794 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:After she hooks herself up to Hyron, she becomes much less coherent and cool; her reasoning goes from "Someone has to save the world," to screaming about staying in control.]] |
| 795 | * SmugSnake: If the player [[spoiler:didn't take the upgrade]], her attempt to smugly incapacitate Adam will fall right on its face. There are also hints that she's not as useful to the conspiracy as she'd like to be and [[spoiler:her attempt to integrate with Hyron will end poorly for her, though she refuses to acknowledge it]]. |
| 796 | * UnknownRival: She hates Sarif with passion for several obvious reasons, like being her most powerful and successful competitor and crafting the man [[spoiler: who would bring her down very hard]]. In return, Sarif makes near to no mention of Zhao. While it's a given he's not her ally, he doesn't seem to hate her personally the way she does him. |
| 797 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: If you pay attention to her ranting in the final battle, she is pretty bent on making sure she can take control of the aug population to prove she can control Hyron even as it was trying to reject her, and even earlier she is hellbent on making sure she can dominate her competition. In both cases she or other people in the game blatantly tell you she hates losing and doesn't want to be a bit player at anything. It's also hinted her position in the Illuminati wasn't as important as she thought it was, so she wanted to make sure she always remained a critical part of it.]] |
| 798 | [[/folder]] |
| 799 | |
| 800 | !Anti-Augs |
| 801 | [[folder:Zeke Sanders]] |
| 802 | !!Zeke Sanders (birth name [[spoiler:Ezekiel Sandoval]]) |
| 803 | |
| 804 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1zeke.png]] |
| 805 | |
| 806 | --> Voice: Danny Blanco Hall (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Dmitry Kurta (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | Leader of the Purity First militant organization, best-known for leading an attack on Sarif Industries at their Milwaukee Junction manufacturing plant. He has some unexpected familial connections that only become apparent much later. |
| 809 | ---- |
| 810 | |
| 811 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: He certainly seems to believe this, becoming convinced that his [[ElectronicEyes cyber eye]] was driving him out of control when he had a PSTD episode after getting it implanted. He has since had it removed and becomes a literally militant anti-augmentation activist. |
| 812 | * DebtDetester: One of the reasons he is willing to pay Adam back is because he hates the idea of being in debt to a cyborg. |
| 813 | * DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:Should you talk him into leaving and make certain choices later, he's one of the people who fires at Adam. He goes down with no more difficulty than any other enemy.]] |
| 814 | * EnemyMine: If you talk him into releasing the hostage and allow him to escape, he will give you the access codes for the FEMA camp in Highland Park in exchange later. |
| 815 | * EyepatchOfPower: To replace the [[ElectronicEyes cybereye]] he had removed. |
| 816 | * GratuitousSpanish: Uses a lot of Spanish slang in conversation, and frequently swaps out English terms for Spanish ones in emails to his men. |
| 817 | * IGaveMyWord: When he says that he considers his debt to Adam repaid, he means it. He will not hesitate to kill Adam during Purity First's next big operation. This can be cut short if you're ProperlyParanoid and kill him right then and there after he gives you the codes. |
| 818 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Aside from him spouting out various FantasticSlurs, he refers to his Asian hacker by a racial slur. |
| 819 | * ShellShockedVeteran: He was injured by an IED in Afghanistan, developing PTSD as a result, which probably contributed to his bad reaction to getting augmented. |
| 820 | * StarterVillain: He's the first antagonist that Adam has to deal with in the game. |
| 821 | * SuicideByCop: According to another character, the "crazy" thing his augmentations "made" him do was start shooting in a mall hoping to die. This was apparently a combination of the pain of Neuropozyne withdrawal triggering his PTSD. Obvious the attempt was unsuccessful, as Taggart supposedly talked him down. He became a serious anti-aug convert after that. |
| 822 | * UnwittingPawn: His operation was used as a cover by [[spoiler: the conspiracy]] to get their hacker into Sarif's manufacturing plant. |
| 823 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He and Purity First are far more militant in their desire to end augmentation than Humanity Front. [[spoiler: Of course, Humanity Front's leadership really wants to control augmentation technology rather than eliminate it outright]]. |
| 824 | [[/folder]] |
| 825 | |
| 826 | [[folder:William Taggart]] |
| 827 | !!William Taggart |
| 828 | |
| 829 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1taggart.png]] |
| 830 | |
| 831 | --> Voice: Creator/BruceDinsmore (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vladislav Kopp (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | The founder of Humanity Front and the leader of the anti-augmentation movement, claiming it is a dangerous technology with unclear means of regulation that the world is not ready for until it can be safely controlled. This turns out to be more or less his true motive. The real secret is where he thinks the control of augmentation and augmented individuals should lie... |
| 834 | ---- |
| 835 | |
| 836 | * AmbiguouslyChristian: He runs a rehab clinic in Utah and alludes to his Latter-Day Saint upbringing in an email, and his view could ''possibly'' be framed in terms of Mormon beliefs, but it's not clear whether or not he's still observant. |
| 837 | * AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler:Cheerfully invoked. He observes that using the Illuminati name is a ''great'' way to get financiers to pony up.]] |
| 838 | * AffablyEvil: He always refers to Adam as "Mr. Jensen" and puts up a front of showing him respect, even if he's against augmentation. However, it's still with the intention of a cause that he wants to further, with or without the consent of the people involved. |
| 839 | * BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He's the highest-ranking Illuminati member Adam encounters, but compared to Bob Page or Morgan Everett, he's still relative small fry.]] |
| 840 | * BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Possibly. He has a rehab center in Utah, where people are apparently 'convinced' to get rid of their augmentations. |
| 841 | * BreakTheHaughty: Winning the persuasion battle with him can result in this. Particularly sweet on account of the whole "in front of TV conference" aspect. |
| 842 | * TheFundamentalist: The Humanity Front's anti-augmentation policy seems to be largely based around not 'playing God' or 'upsetting the way human beings are meant to be'. As it turns out, this is just a technique to rally the lowest common denominator; Taggart's actual concern about aug research is that [[spoiler:it's accelerating too quickly for the Illuminati to consolidate control over it.]] |
| 843 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Claims that enhancing the body's natural limitations with technology is wrong. He wears glasses. Like JC Denton before him, his vision is augmented. |
| 844 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: A peaceful variant. He's leading Humanity Front to restrict and weaken the augmentation movement but he does have understandable reasons for it. [[spoiler: ...Or so it seems at first. His wife's death is only half of it. The other seems to be furthering the power of the Illuminati.]] |
| 845 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:A variation in ''[[Literature/DeusExIcarusEffect Icarus Effect]]''; the Illuminati decide to have Taggart killed by one of their augmented assassins during an important UN event at Geneva, the idea being that he becomes a martyr and the Humanity Front gain momentum from it, leading the charge to regulate[=/=]ban augmentations. When the assassination fails, the Illuminati's plans continue without much alteration and Taggart remains loyal to them (probably because he knows defying them would not end well for him).]] |
| 846 | [[/folder]] |
| 847 | |
| 848 | [[folder:Isaias Sandoval]] |
| 849 | !!Isaias Sandoval |
| 850 | |
| 851 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1isaias.png]] |
| 852 | |
| 853 | --> Voice: Matt Holland (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Dmitry Filimonov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 854 | |
| 855 | A former surgeon and currently Taggart's right-hand man. He is opposed to augmentation because of the effects he observed on his patients in the past. |
| 856 | ---- |
| 857 | |
| 858 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Potentially after Taggart's big press conference. You can avert it if you say the right things. If you confront Sandoval ''without'' exposing his activities to Taggart, [[DevelopersForesight he'll just try to shoot Adam.]]]] |
| 859 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Helps the Tyrants to circumvent the effects of the Sarif scientist's GPL trackers, unaware until it was too late that they were planning on launching a full-scale bloody attack on Sarif headquarters. He confesses to Adam that he "died that night."]] |
| 860 | [[/folder]] |
| 861 | |
| 862 | !Criminals |
| 863 | [[folder:Derelict Row Ballers]] |
| 864 | !!Derelict Row Ballers |
| 865 | |
| 866 | Detroit's largest street gang, they are rabidly anti-augmentation and control an area surrounding an abandoned textile plant in downtown Detroit. |
| 867 | ---- |
| 868 | * BoringButPractical: They shun augs and use only standard weapons, but have a large number of members, no dependency on an expensive drug, and have support from anti-augs (who are implied to be the majority of people in this universe). |
| 869 | * FantasticRacism: Against augmented individuals. |
| 870 | * {{Gangbangers}}: They are local street thugs who serve as minor antagonists. |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder:Motor City Bangers]] |
| 874 | !!Motor City Bangers |
| 875 | |
| 876 | Detroit's second-largest street gang. Not as large as the DRB, but they make up for it by embracing augmentations to make each individual member more formidable. |
| 877 | ---- |
| 878 | * AffablyEvil: So long as you don't raise a gun in their faces, they're pretty friendly to Jensen. Hell, you even come across one guy who gives you intel on the FEMA compound and offers upgrades and ammo for a cheap price. |
| 879 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Their augs give them an edge in combat but they depend on an expensive drug to maintain their wellbeing, have fewer members due to widespread augmentation discrimination and as a sidequest notes, are much easier to identify due to their flashy augment implants. |
| 880 | * BlingBlingBang: They sure like gold-plated cyberlimbs. |
| 881 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Though it feels like a parody more than anything: |
| 882 | -->'''MCB Gang Leader''': Rest in peace, Big Rizzle. |
| 883 | -->'''Adam Jensen''': ''(bored)'' Yeah. RIP. |
| 884 | [[/folder]] |
| 885 | |
| 886 | [[folder:Harvesters]] |
| 887 | !!Harvesters |
| 888 | |
| 889 | This vicious triad from Hengsha is so-named because they attack augmented people in order to steal their implants, which they then sell on the black market or install in themselves. |
| 890 | ---- |
| 891 | * AffablyEvil: Several members will compliment Adam on his augmentations very politely and warn him against walking the streets in Hengsha alone -- it's very dangerous, especially for someone like him. It can be really hard to tell where genuine compliment ends and where ImpliedDeathThreat begins with these guys. |
| 892 | * BodyHorror: They ''rip the cybernetic parts out of you'', leaving you crippled on the ground, and sell the augs or use them themselves. |
| 893 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Several members have really deep voices, going hand in hand with the trope below. |
| 894 | * ScaryBlackMan: Their membership contains a high quantity of black men with American accents and deep voices, despite the fact that they are a gang based in a Chinese city. |
| 895 | ** Could be considered TruthInTelevision; many Asian crime syndicates will employ expat foreigners in low-level positions because institutional racism often prevents them from finding legitimate work. It's also possible that Hengsha, like Dubai in real life, was constructed largely by immigrant laborers, which would provide a large pool of expat foreigners for the Harvesters to draw from. |
| 896 | * TheSingularity: Some of them seem to idealise augmentations and hold TheSingularity as their end goal. The compliments these guys give Adam come off a lot more genuine than the [[ImpliedDeathThreat Implied Death Threats]] coming from the rest. |
| 897 | * SinisterShades: They seem rather fond of these. (Like Jensen, they are probably augmented to help them better find potential targets.) |
| 898 | * SuperhumanTrafficking: The Harvester gang likes to kidnap people with [[ArtificialLimbs augmentations]] and cut them out to either sell or install in themselves. Not a very nice group of people, all things considered. |
| 899 | [[/folder]] |
| 900 | |
| 901 | [[folder:Tong Si Hung]] |
| 902 | !!Tong Si Hung |
| 903 | |
| 904 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1hong.png]] |
| 905 | |
| 906 | --> Voice: Creator/DenisAkiyama (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 907 | |
| 908 | The owner of the popular Hengsha nightclub, The Hive, as well as the biggest crime lord in the city's underworld. |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | * TheBartender: His initial disguise. |
| 911 | * DeadpanSnarker |
| 912 | -->'''Jensen''': Tong! How did you get this frequency?\ |
| 913 | '''Tong''': Ancient Chinese secret. |
| 914 | * TheDon: He's the biggest crime lord of Hengsha. |
| 915 | * EnemyMine: Agrees to help Jensen solely because he thinks he'll cause a lot more trouble for Belltower. [[spoiler:Though helping his son make a getaway by using Jensen as a distraction was probably the true reason he was so willing to assist him.]] |
| 916 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Has some rather nasty burn scars on his neck and chest. |
| 917 | * KarmaHoudini: One of the very few major characters in the game that cannot be hurt or killed, and his plot importance means that Adam has no choice but to leave him to his criminal activities, including his ties to human trafficking. [[note]] The only consolation is that when you experience the glitch while leaving his office for the final time, Tong is unaffected while his Harvesters (and Adam, if not upgraded) recoil in pain. This logically means that Tong became just another of the screaming madmen after Darrow launched his signal.[[/note]] |
| 918 | * KingIncognito: Adam perceives him as this, but he insults Adam for not figuring it out during their first conversation. Adam can actually spot him as such if he has the social aug. |
| 919 | * PapaWolf: Don't mess with his son. [[spoiler: He'll sic ''Jensen'' on you.]] |
| 920 | * OffscreenTeleportation: Tong seems to be capable of this. [[spoiler: After talking to him when he is disguised as a barkeeper he sends you to his office to meet him]]. Even when you use the most direct path to get there, he always manages to be waiting for you. |
| 921 | * RedRightHand: It's never explained where his horrible facial scarring came from, but it's a good bet it has something to do with why he also has a cyberarm. |
| 922 | * ThirdPersonPerson: When talking to Adam at the bar, though he switches once his identity is revealed. |
| 923 | * TheTriadsAndTheTongs: He leads Hengsha's local triad gang, the Harvesters. |
| 924 | * {{Troll}}: He enjoys misdirecting, confusing, and irritating people, and proudly describes himself as a bullshitter. |
| 925 | [[/folder]] |
| 926 | |
| 927 | [[folder: Tong Si Hung's Son (Spoilers)]] |
| 928 | !!Tracer Tong |
| 929 | |
| 930 | --> Voice: Shawn Baichoo |
| 931 | |
| 932 | Son of Tong Si Hung. Has little interest in following in his father's footsteps, and is trying to go to Hong Kong to start a new life. |
| 933 | |
| 934 | ---- |
| 935 | * RaceLift: In ''Human Revolution'', Tong has brown skin and an afro, while in ''Deus Ex'', his skin generally has a lighter complexion and straight hair that matches the other east Asian people in Hong Kong. Key word being "generally", as ''Deus Ex'' Tong has a large patch of darker skin across his face, the {{Justification}} apparently being that the lighter skin (and hair, supposedly) is grafted on. |
| 936 | [[/folder]] |
| 937 | |
| 938 | [[folder:Bobby Bao]] |
| 939 | !!Bobby Bao |
| 940 | |
| 941 | --> Voice: Russell Yuen (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Peter Ivaschenko (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 942 | |
| 943 | The main bartender of the Hive, who also helps to run the shadier side of Tong's business. |
| 944 | ---- |
| 945 | * TheBartender: A rather corrupt version. |
| 946 | * LoanShark: Bao runs a scam for the Harvesters, offering to give people augmentations for no money up front, then shaking them down for monthly payments afterwards. |
| 947 | [[/folder]] |
| 948 | |
| 949 | [[folder:Arie Van Bruggen]] |
| 950 | !!Arie Van Bruggen |
| 951 | |
| 952 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1bruggen.png]] |
| 953 | |
| 954 | --> Voice: Alex Ivanovici (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Grigory Shevchuk (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 955 | |
| 956 | The hacker who was puppeting the infiltrator during the second attack on Sarif Industries, he uses the screen-name "Windmill" and is also called the "Dutchman" even though his accent is more Caribbean. [[note]]Of course, there are the islands of Curacao, Bonaire, and Aruba, all part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. And that's not even counting the possibility that he could hail from Suriname.[[/note]] |
| 957 | ---- |
| 958 | * DuelingHackers: [=Nucl3arsnake=]/Frank Pritchard vs Windmill/Arie van Bruggen, though it seems that Frank is the better of the two. From the frustration that Windmill expresses in his e-mails, Frank was doing ''just fine'' keeping him at bay; it wasn't until Windmill discovered [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Sarif's backdoor access]] that he was able to get into Sarif Industries' system. In other words, Van Bruggen needed the computer security equivalent of the bank's owner leaving his vault and front door completely open and unlocked to get past Pritchard. |
| 959 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: One of the reasons Belltower comes after him. He took steps about this as well, squirreling away evidence and little "surprises" in the TYM mainframe. He just didn't anticipate ''having to go back for it.'' |
| 960 | * MisplacedAccent: Detailed above. |
| 961 | * PlayfulHacker: "I am looking at your bank account, and... you know, Sarif really ought to pay you more..." |
| 962 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: His accent isn't Dutch, it's Caribbean which would make him from the Dutch Antilles or Suriname. |
| 963 | [[/folder]] |
| 964 | |
| 965 | !Other |
| 966 | [[folder:Brent Radford]] |
| 967 | !!Brent Radford |
| 968 | |
| 969 | --> Voice: Al Goulem (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Vladimir Antonik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 970 | |
| 971 | An aged private investigator who used to be a detective. He was hired by David Sarif to do a background check on Adam Jensen. Unfortunately, his investigation attracted some very pointed attention. |
| 972 | ---- |
| 973 | * DyingAsYourself: He'd rather [[spoiler:die than become augmented]], because he believes that augs have lost their humanity. [[spoiler:You can talk him out of it, assuming you have the CASIE upgrade and you hit the right dialogue choices]]. |
| 974 | * FantasticRacism: Uses the harshest anti-Aug slurs heard in the game, calling Adam a 'robot' and telling Adam that he's not even human. He asks Adam what it was like to die, and whether Adam even has a soul, or if that was taken out of him when he was "built". He also refers to Adam's augmented body as a "metal corpse". ''Damn''. |
| 975 | * GuideDangIt: You can [[spoiler:save him]], but you need the CASIE upgrade to do it. |
| 976 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: He asks Adam to give him [[spoiler:a lethal overdose of morphine to [[MercyKill end his suffering]]]]. Adam can choose whether or not to oblige him. |
| 977 | * {{Jerkass}}: To augmented people. Just ''look'' at what he says to Adam, even though Adam [[spoiler:just took out the man who shot him, is perfectly civil to him, and, depending on player choices, ''trying to save his life'']]. |
| 978 | ** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's more concerned about [[spoiler:Michelle's]] welfare than his own, despite the fact that he's never met her; all he knows is that she's kind and that Adam owes her his life. Radford insists that Adam get to her before Adam's enemies do, and implores him to save her. |
| 979 | * PetTheDog: For all that he considers Adam to be inhuman, he still [[spoiler:gives up all the information he can even as he's dying]]. Depending on the dialogue chosen, he may decide that Adam's "got a lot of heart, [[YouAreACreditToYourRace for a robot]]". |
| 980 | * YouAreACreditToYourRace: Will tell Jensen that he has "a lot of heart for a robot," with the right dialogue choices. |
| 981 | [[/folder]] |
| 982 | |
| 983 | [[folder:Cassandra Reed]] |
| 984 | !!Cassandra Reed |
| 985 | |
| 986 | --> Voice: Susan Glover (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Tatyana Shitova (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 987 | |
| 988 | Megan's mother, and dissatisfied with the investigation into her death. |
| 989 | ---- |
| 990 | * GoodParents: If you check Megan's computer at the beginning of the game, there's an e-mail message from Cassandra expressing her concern and asking Megan to call her more often. |
| 991 | * LikeMotherLikeDaughter: The same e-mail mentioned above also reveals that Cassandra is scientist, and she often buries herself in her work. She even uses the phrase verbatim. |
| 992 | [[/folder]] |
| 993 | |
| 994 | [[folder:Lee Hong]] |
| 995 | !!Lee Hong |
| 996 | |
| 997 | --> Voice: Zen Shane Lim (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Nikita Prozorovsky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 998 | |
| 999 | The ex-boyfriend of one of Malik's deceased friends. [[spoiler: He was the one who killed her, and Malik wants Adam's help proving it.]] |
| 1000 | ---- |
| 1001 | * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:It was an accident! All he did was repeatedly bash her head in with a heavy antique clock! How was he supposed to know that could be fatal?]] |
| 1002 | * ClusterFBomb: Not that he was particularly reserved beforehand, but hit all the right answers [[spoiler:while accusing him of Evelyn's murder]], and he will carpet bomb the area. |
| 1003 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Faraidah says he once nearly killed a kid over a ''gambling feud''. |
| 1004 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: With a rather simple HannibalLecture, Jensen can provoke this, as Malik records the whole thing to send to the police [[spoiler:and plaster all over the outer walls of his favorite bar for the world to see]]. |
| 1005 | * HairTriggerTemper: Well-known for it too, with it being the main reason Faridah ([[spoiler:correctly]]) suspects him to be the one who killed Evelyn. |
| 1006 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He accuses Evelyn of being a GoldDigger [[spoiler:when the whole reason he murdered her was because he was afraid his parents would cut him off fram the family fortune when they found out she was pregnant]]. |
| 1007 | * [[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean To Kill Her]]: [[spoiler:He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".]] |
| 1008 | * ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: He unintentionally murdered a woman who was pregnant with his child, and all that he was really concerned about afterwards was how it could potentially ruin his life.]] |
| 1009 | * {{Jerkass}}: Malik sadly speculates that her friend wanted to help him with his attitude and fell prey to it instead. |
| 1010 | * MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: His first instinct after the aforementioned AccidentalMurder is [[spoiler:drop Evelyn down the stairs to try to make this happen. The falsified police report indicates it to be the case, but the autopsy [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch indicates that's highly improbable, if not impossible to be the case, given her injuries]]]]. |
| 1011 | * NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Even if killing Evelyn wasn't his intention, his attempt to write it off an unfortunate accident falls flat considering he bashed her over the head ''repeatedly'' with an alarm clock, which he should have known would kill anyone. Then again, he is shown to be extremely stupid.]] |
| 1012 | * ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: His door code is pathetically easy to guess, presumably because anything more complicated would be too hard for him to remember. |
| 1013 | * PsychopathicManchild: Faridah sums him up as this. He's a 32-year old man with the intelligence of a 6-year old who's [[SpoiledBrat so wealthy that he's never had to work an honest day in his life]]. He's also a {{Jerkass}} [[HairTriggerTemper who's infamous for violent outbursts over the tiniest of things]]. Hell, pretty much the only reason he's not in jail when you meet him is because his family essentially made him above the law. |
| 1014 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: His family is stated to be among the wealthiest and most influential people in Shanghai. [[spoiler: It's through his family's connections to [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Belltower]] and [=LIMB=] that they were able to conceal the truth behind his girlfriend's death. Goodness knows he couldn't have done it on his own.]] |
| 1015 | * SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:Tries to present himself this way. Fails miserably. Calling the pregnant girlfriend he killed a "dumb bitch" probably didn't help.]] |
| 1016 | * UpperClassTwit: And how! Faridah outright states that he's not the sharpest tool in the shed. For instance, [[spoiler: he leaves the murder weapon just sort of lying around his apartment where anyone could break in and find it. Which is exactly what Adam does]]. Also, his door code? 1234. |
| 1017 | [[/folder]] |
| 1018 | |
| 1019 | [[folder:Eliza Cassan]] |
| 1020 | !!Eliza Cassan |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | [[quoteright:360:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eliza_9589.PNG]] |
| 1023 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"It's not the end of the world... [[JustBeforeTheEnd but you can see it from here."]]'']] |
| 1024 | -->''"This is Eliza Cassan, reporting to you live, from Picus."'' |
| 1025 | --> Voice: Kim Bubbs (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Natalia Gracheva (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 | The global celebrity Picus TV Network newsreader, who tirelessly reads news at seemingly all times. She makes appearances as a holographic presence when unable to appear in person. Eventually Adam meets her and discovers "in person" is a relative term... |
| 1028 | ---- |
| 1029 | * BenevolentAI: [[spoiler:She starts to develop a sense of morality as a result of watching Adam. However, unlike, say, Daedalus, she's incapable of significant decisions outside her given tasks and can't properly "rebel" aside from sharing a little information with Adam]]. |
| 1030 | * CreepyMonotone: [[spoiler:She's ''trying'' to help, but her commentary during the battle with Fedorova can have this effect]]. |
| 1031 | -->[[spoiler:'''Eliza''': She's coming, Adam. Run.]] |
| 1032 | * EmotionlessGirl: Played with. [[spoiler:She shows emotion in her newscasts, but it's "fabricated", as she is programmed to express whatever view (and accompanying emotion) that Picus instructs her to. She begins to subvert this the more she watches Adam, and becomes fond of him, expressing affection when he meets her and helping him as much as her programming allows]]. |
| 1033 | * {{Expy}}: Shares some traits with [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar NG resonance]] and [[VideoGame/DeusEx Daedalus AI]].]] |
| 1034 | * GothicLolita: Her outfit resembles a cross between this and the neo-Renaissance look all the rage in this period. |
| 1035 | * HardLight: [[spoiler:''Maybe''. Her projected hologram certainly seems to be touching Adam, with her fingers shaping perfectly to where she places them just as a solid person's would, even when he moves. It could simply be a very, very ''sophisticated'' projection, but there's no way to be certain]]. |
| 1036 | * KentBrockmanNews: Played with. Picus doesn't necessarily report false information all the time, but its reporters are instructed to editorialize from a ''very'' anti-aug standpoint, which makes them seem like this. [[spoiler: Given that Eliza is a computer, it's not really her fault, either.]] |
| 1037 | * ItHasBeenAnHonor: [[spoiler: To Adam, should he choose one ending.]] |
| 1038 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:She is named after a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA computer program that was designed to handle natural language and chat with humans]]. A program that, despite its initial version using a fairly simplistic pattern matching algorithm to repeat what you say to it in the form of a question, managed to fool a bunch of people into having long conversations with it. Between this and Picus' MeaningfulName, it could be an allusion to Picus ViewersAreMorons. The ELIZA program was itself named after [[Theatre/{{Pygmalion}} Eliza Doolittle]], who shares several traits with our Miss Cassan.]] |
| 1039 | * MsExposition: Nearly every level has a couple televisions switched to Picus, where Eliza comments on the events of the plot, provides details on what's happening with the people Jensen meets, and occasionally provides some foreshadowing. |
| 1040 | * MysteriousWoman: Beautiful, intelligent, stylish, famous... and [[{{Foreshadowing}} no one seems to know anything about her personal life]]. |
| 1041 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her appearance is made all the more striking by the fact she is the ''only'' person in the game to have pink on her clothes. [[spoiler: It serves as a subtle sign that she's not real, but a holographic construct.]] |
| 1042 | * RobotGirl: [[spoiler: Holographic Girl, actually. She shows physical affection for Adam and uses a different tone of voice with him.]] |
| 1043 | * RoboSpeak: [[spoiler:When she's not on the air, she tends to drop her contractions and most of her tonality.]] |
| 1044 | * RuleOfSymbolism: She has clear green eyes, very striking when coupled with her pink and purple outfits. [[spoiler:Especially since pink and purple were colors deliberately excluded from the game's stylistic palette by the devs. It's just one more hint that she's illusory -- she wears colors that do not 'exist' in ''Human Revolution'' because she herself doesn't 'exist'.]] |
| 1045 | [[/folder]] |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | [[folder:Lady Katrina Sutherland]] |
| 1048 | !! Lady Katrina Sutherland |
| 1049 | |
| 1050 | -->''"I'm game if you are, but equally, it might be nice to take a little break from murder and mayhem and maybe stop off somewhere for cocktails."'' |
| 1051 | |
| 1052 | A heavily-augmented freelance mercenary from the six-issue comic run. |
| 1053 | ---- |
| 1054 | * ActionGirl: With a hint of DarkActionGirl. |
| 1055 | * ArtificialLimbs: Her entire arms and at least part of her legs have been replaced with mechanical augmentations. |
| 1056 | * BadassTransplant: She's probably about as augmented as Adam. |
| 1057 | * BlueBlood: That's ''Lady'' Katrina Sutherland, thank you. |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | * DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:{{Chickification}} strikes again.]] |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | * DeadpanSnarker |
| 1062 | * EmergencyTransformation: She was augmented after being thrown from her horse and then trampled. |
| 1063 | * {{Expy}}: She's a tall, beautiful, snarky, gun-wielding, upper-class, badass British woman of adventure. |
| 1064 | -->'''Malik:''' What the hell, Jensen? You went in there looking for some uber-geek computer-genius like Pritchard and came out with [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]]? |
| 1065 | * FemmeFatale: She looks like she's going to be this, but it's averted. |
| 1066 | * HeroicSacrifice |
| 1067 | * InvisibilityCloak: She has access to the Glass-Shield Cloaking System augmentation. |
| 1068 | * LadyOfWar |
| 1069 | * NakedFirstImpression: Adam bursts in on her shower. All things considered, she takes it well. |
| 1070 | * WeCanRebuildHim: We Can Rebuild Her: What MI-5 promised her if she agreed to work for them. She accepted. |
| 1071 | [[/folder]] |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | [[folder:Lazarus]] |
| 1074 | !!Lazarus |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | --> Voice: Harry Standjofski (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Peter Ivaschenko (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 | This abrasive, foul-mouthed commentator tirelessly talks on his radio show at all times. He comments on practically everything, but mainly focuses on conspiracy theories and the politics surrounding augmentation. He starts out as fiercely anti-aug, but switches sides when he finds out who's controlling the opposition movement. |
| 1079 | ---- |
| 1080 | * CassandraTruth: Completing the game reveals that he had a lot of good points. |
| 1081 | * CoincidentalBroadcast: For example, while Adam is in Hengsha, this guy just happens to be talking about Hengsha. |
| 1082 | * LargeHam |
| 1083 | * MeaningfulName: This is a series with important named people like ''J.C, Paul'', and ''Adam''. He's named ''Lazarus''. |
| 1084 | ** He mentions in one broadcast that he had to fake his death to escape the Illuminati in 2015 and went dark for a couple years before he started broadcasting again. It's likely his name is self-chosen because of this. |
| 1085 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His character sounds like and is inspired by Alex Jones. |
| 1086 | [[/folder]] |
| 1087 | |
| 1088 | [[folder:Letitia]] |
| 1089 | !!Letitia |
| 1090 | |
| 1091 | --> Voice: Amanda Strawn (English) |
| 1092 | |
| 1093 | One of Adam's street informants back when he was a cop, this woman sifts through trash in order to find food. Her favorite drink is Maharaja Hot Devil beer. |
| 1094 | ---- |
| 1095 | * JiveTurkey: Which caused some backlash towards Eidos Montreal initially, as her characterization was seen as racist. Commentary on the Director's Cut suggests this controversy took them completely off guard and was simply how the actress chose to voice the character. |
| 1096 | * TheNicknamer: She always refers to Adam as "The Captain" or some variation thereof. |
| 1097 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: She acts like a stereotypical JiveTurkey when you first meet her, but she tones it down after her introductory lines and knows a ''lot'' about the Detroit underworld and even specifics about augmentations. There's clearly a reason Jensen kept in contact with her. |
| 1098 | * SassyBlackWoman |
| 1099 | * StreetSmart |
| 1100 | [[/folder]] |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | [[folder:Michelle Walthers]] |
| 1103 | !!Michelle Walthers |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | --> Voice: Amanda Strawn (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Irina Savina (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 1106 | |
| 1107 | A former nurse at the White Helix Labs, she saved [[spoiler: Adam's]] life when he was a baby when a fire destroyed the lab where he was raised at. |
| 1108 | ---- |
| 1109 | * EveryoneHasStandards: It isn't clear how much she first knew about the nature of the experiments at White Helix, but after most of the children died and she learned [[spoiler: Adam]] would be used for the next group she assisted his parents in rescuing him and arranged for his adoption. |
| 1110 | * ParentalSubstitute: Downplayed; while Jensen couldn't have remembered her due to his age, it's clear from his mannerisms while visiting her, as well as his conversation with Pritchard afterwards, that her story and actions made an impact on him. So much so, that when he goes undercover in prison during the ''A Criminal Past'' DLC for ''Mankind Divided'', he takes her surname as part of his assumed identity, Derrick Walthers. |
| 1111 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: She mistakes Adam for a delivery driver, and thinks that Adam is still only a child. After the quest involving her is completed, if the player tries to ask her for more information, she will continue to forget the conversation. |
| 1112 | * SheKnowsTooMuch: Subverted, while her memory is fading and is probably not a threat to anyone, Adam suspects that the Illuminati could come after her next, asking Pritchard to order a security detail to her apartment until he can find out a better solution. |
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