Characters who appear in the "Full Life Consequences" series by Squirrelking.
Introduced in "Half Life: Full Life Consequences"
John Freeman
The main hero of the quadrility and brother of Gordon Freeman.Tropes associated with John Freeman:
- Adaptational Badass: Not that he was any less powerful to begin with, but the Icton adaptation of "Free Man" shows him having the abilities of Flight and Super-Strength when fighting the Combines, abilities that the original fanfiction version of John Freeman lacked. On top of that, he's shown taking out entire legions of Combines, far more than what the original fanfic ever depicted or implied.
- Animal Lover: He has a fondness for birds; he even goes out of his way to save a nest of eggs in "What Has Tobe Done".
- Badass Biker: He owns at least two bikes and can do backflips and attach wepons to them.
- Bruiser with a Soft Center: After he kills the Next Boss, he burries him and the Final Boss, "and planted pants on them so instead of messy dirt and dark there was pretty things there now to be happy." He also has a soft spot for birds and enjoys natural beauty in general.
- Berserk Button: "YOU WILL NOT LAUGH AT ME!"
- Canon Foreigner: Created specifically for this fanfiction.
- Failure Hero: He fails to save his brother Gordon Freeman during the ending of the original fanfic, and later inadvertently lets the former turn into a Zombie Goast during the ending of "What Has Tobe Done". And, in-between the events of "What Has Tobe Done" and "Free Man", John Freeman was also unable to prevent Gordon from being abducted by the Combines and turned into their top enforcer, the Dark Man. Subverted by the end of "Free Man", when he succeeds in getting Henry Freeman and the Humens out of harm's way, at the cost of his own life.
- Full-Name Basis: Everybody, even his brother and his mother, calls him "John Freeman". The story itself only calls him just "John" a couple of times.
- Good Parents: Defends Henry Freeman and tries to get him to leave instead of fight, prioritizing his safety.
- Happily Married: He loved wife like sun raise.
- The Hero Dies: He presumably dies when the Combines' Hug Tower explodes during the ending of "Free Man".
- Heroic Sacrifice: He gives his life to save his son Henry Freeman, as well as the entire Humen Resistance, time to escape the Combines city.
- Made of Iron: Survives being shot directly by a rocket. And later, getting stabbed in the back multiple times.
- One-Man Army: In "Free Man", he carves his way through groups of Combines in order to buy Henry Freeman and the Humens time to escape. Made more apparent in the Icton adaptation, where he straight up massacres entire legions of them without any issue whatsoever.
- Papa Wolf: "Combines! Leave my son alone!"
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner / Pre-Mortem One-Liner: He's fond of these:"I cant give you my lisense officer" [...] "Because you are headcrab zombie!""I have to kill fast, and bullets too slow!""I loved wife like sun raise. Dark Man you will suffar!""It's time to make evil go away from here forrest of time!"
Gordon Freeman / The Dark Man
The protagonist of the Half-Life series, and John Freeman's brother.Tropes associated with Gordon Freeman:
- Adaptational Villainy: Was always a hero in the Half Life series, but is brainwashed into being a villain in this one.
- Back from the Dead: The Combines, using their science, manage to resurrect Gordon Freeman and turn him into one of their top enforcers.
- Big "NO!": He does these a lot; though they're a lot shorter than most examples.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: His corpse is first possessed by a headcrab, then the combines "put science" in him, making him "tricked".
- Cain and Abel: Only because combine science made him tricked, though he does seem to hold contempt for John Freeman "[getting] there slow".
- Composite Character: In the Icton adaptation, he's revealed to be the Dark Man, something that the original fanfic left ambiguous as to whether they were the same person or two different characters.
- Deadpan Snarker: "You should get here earlier next time".
- Death by Adaptation: He dies for good during the events of "Free Man", whereas in the games he's still very much alive.
- Evil Costume Switch: In the Icton adaptation, following his resurrection as the Dark Man, he wears a black and red version of his iconic HEV suit. This is in stark contrast to the original bright orange one he wore during the first part.
- Evil Uncle: As the Dark Man, to Henry Freeman.
- Full-Name Basis: He's called by his first name more often than his brother or his nephew, but is still "Gordon Freeman" most of the time.
- Go Out with a Smile: "John Freeman had Gordon Freeman and saw eyes shut and the breath stoped but Gordon Freeman had smiles on face."
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner / Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Before killing the Final Boss, he shouts "It's time to end this ones and for all!"
- The Quisling: After the Combines resurrect him via their Science, he becomes their top enforcer on Earth under the moniker of "The Dark Man". Unlike most examples, Gordon is actually an unwilling case, as he was Brainwashed and Crazy by the Combines.
- Reforged into a Minion: Following the events of the second part, Gordon, as a headcrab zombie, is found by the Combines, turned into a cyborg through their "science", and is made into one of their highest-ranking enforcers.
- We Can Rebuild Him: The Combines manage to resurrect him from the dead by turning him into a Cyborg via Combine Science.
Headcrab Officer
- Brainwashed and Crazy: A police officer being possessed by a headcrab.
- Starter Villain: The first enemy John Freeman encounters.
- Villainy-Free Villain: Actually just wanted to give John Freeman a speeding ticket, though he could have been leading him into a trap.
Zombie Goasts
- Alas, Poor Villain: "John Freeman felt sorry for them because they could not live there anymore because they were zombie goasts."
- Hybrid Monster: They're zombies that have somehow been resurrected as ghosts. Although what's meant by this is ambiguous, because "What Has Tobe Done" ends with a resurrected-via-headcrab Gordon Freeman claiming to be one.
- Mercy Kill: Their ultimate fate; John Freeman blows up their house and kills them so they'll be at piece.
The Final Boss
- Disc-One Final Boss: A textbook example.
- Due to the Dead: Even though he's shown to be nothing but a villain, John Freeman still grants him a proper burial and puts pants on his grave.
- Eye Scream: John Freeman shoots him in the eye before delivering the killing blow.
Next Boss
- Due to the Dead: Like the Final Boss; he was a complete monster who killed Gordon then mocked his brother, but John Freeman still gives him a proper burial and puts pants on his grave so that there are "pretty things there now to be happy".
- Hero Killer: He manages to take out Gordon Freeman in a single stomp.
- Kaiju: Implied; he kills Gordon by stepping on him.
- Laughably Evil: Laughs at John Freeman.
- Nigh-Invulnerable: So powerful that Gordon Freeman demands his brother leave instead of try to fight him. John Freeman has to scour the internet to find his weakness, a rocket launcher.
- Villainous Legacy: His killing of Gordon Freeman helps set up the events of "Free Man", where it's revealed that the Combines found and later resurrected Gordon Freeman for their own purposes. John Freeman even tells the brainwashed Gordon that he personally killed the Next Boss and avenged his death.
- True Final Boss: The brothers kill the so-called "final boss"... only for Gordon to be stepped on by "Next Boss".
Birds and Plants/Pants
- Death by Adaptation: Implied in the Icton version, where after John Freeman puts a nest of bird eggs back in the tree the nest falls back again and some brief text appears on the screen to inform us they're, "not safe".
- Scenery Porn: Descriptions of them try to invoke this.
Introduced in "What Has Tobe Done"
Mrs. Freeman
John Freeman and Gordon Freeman's mom.
- Full-Name Basis: Calls both her sons by their full names.
- The Ghost: Never appears, we only hear about an email from her.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Played for Drama; after Gordon's death, John reads an email where she says to "Come home soon with Gordon Freeman for Thanksgiving dinner".
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Isn't mentioned in Free Man; she may have died in the time skip, or possibly lived outside the Combines' jurisdiction.
Other Zombie Goasts
A different group of zombie goasts John Freeman encounters on his quest for vengeance.
- Defiant to the End: Even after John Freeman wipes them out once again, the Zombie Goasts continue to taunt him one last time. This earns them a rocket courtesy of the former.
- Hybrid Monster: Much like their predecessors, they're zombies that have somehow been resurrected as ghosts.
- Revenge: These monsters are bent on killing John Freeman for him killing their brethren in the previous story.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Compared to their friends at the house, their response to John Freeman asking them to leave is "WE WILL KILL YOU"
Introduced in "Hero Begginning"
Henry Freeman
The protagonist of "Hero Beggining", and the son of John Freeman.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He started the rebellion, lead the humens against the Combines, and at the end is made President of their new government.
- Badass Biker: Is somehow able to evacuate a whole city on his dad's bike before the hug tower explods.
- Break the Cutie: Whether he's a child or a grown man, he's a sweethearted and innocent individual who ends up losing his parents and is obviously heartbroken about not being able to save them.
- Decoy Protagonist: Is the protagonist of Hero Beginning, until the line "Combines! Leave my son alone"; leading him to become The Lancer to his father in "Free Man".
- Full-Name Basis: Even his parents and uncle call him "Henry Freeman".
- Heroic BSoD: "Henry Freeman kept going and didn't say nothing".
- Hop Bringer: When he fights back against the Combines, it gives humenkind "hop".
- Hot-Blooded: Insists on staying in the city and fighting even when his father tells him to leave.
- Kid Hero: Possibly meant to be one; see Vague Age below.
- The Lancer: In "Free Man", he serves as this to John Freeman, being the one to lead the humen resistance against the Combines.
- Made of Iron: It's a family trait:"Explosions like 10 times of the sun went around Henry Freeman but Henry Freeman didnt care."
- Manchild: In the Icton adaptation, he's depicted as a grown man who not only still lives with his mother, but acts pretty immature for his age.
- Rebel Leader: Ends up establishing, and ultimately leading, a successful Humen resistance movement against the Combines.
- Totally Radical: Speaks this way in the Icton version.
- Trauma Conga Line: Loses both his parents in the same day.
- Vague Age: The story never specifies if he's a child, teenager, or grown man who still lives with his mom.
- You Killed My Mother: The Combines kill his mom and he retaliates by leading a rebellion.
Combines
- Aliens Are Bastards: They come all the way from outer space, and treat their humen subjects as toys to be messed around with.
- Alien Invasion: During the start of "Hero Beginning", they invade Earth and subjugate the Humens to brutal treatment.
- Always Chaotic Evil: They're all evil brutes who "slave people in the city and make them angry and sad".
- Cyborg: They are described as "robot things that weren't robots with ugly faces and sometimes glowing eyes".
- For the Evulz: They beat up and kill humens for no reason other than their own amusement.
- Hop Crusher: Prior to Henry Freeman leading the resistance, they kept the humens in line by breaking them emotionally.
- Laughably Evil: "Ha ha stupid humen girl with no head!"
- Science Is Bad: Their science is depicted as evil, namely being used to brainwash and convert Gordon Freeman into their top enforcer.
Henry Freeman's Mom
- Disposable Woman: Exists to give Henry Freeman a reason to fight.
- The Lost Lenore: John Freeman "loved wife like sun raise".
- Mrs. Exposition: Explains the combines to her son and the audience. "Combines are from science and outer space and hate humens." [...] "Because she is humen Henry Freeman and they are evil combines."
- Off with Her Head!: How she meets her demise.
- Satellite Character: Doesn't have much characterization outside of being John Freeman's wife and Henry Freeman's mom.
- Unnamed Parent: Only referred to as "Mom" and "Wife".
Humens
The people in the city being oppressed by combines.
- An Arm and a Leg: Subverted; it sounds like one of them is made an amputee, but it's part of the killing blow:"Then a big rocket came down and blew a guys arm off and legs and head and killed other people too."
- The Dog Bites Back: They're encouraged to fight the Combines when Henry stands up to them.
- Damsel in Distress: Witnessing a girl from the humen population being harassed by Combines is what kicks off Henry Freeman's rebellion.
- Despair Event Horizon: Had seemingly crossed it prior to the story, allowing the combines to dominate them; but it's subverted when Henry Freeman's rebellious actions give them hop.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After Henry Freeman gives them hop, they fight back in a hellish stand against the Combines. Many of them do die and they lose their original city, but after the hug tower explods the survivors are able to build a new, peaceful existence where no one is slave or sad.
- La Résistance: Most of them join one led by Henry Freeman in "Hero Begginning".
- Red Shirt Army: They are unnamed, and many of them are killed in the ensuing war.
