Characters that appear in the 2014 video game Watch_Dogs. Be aware of unmarked spoilers.

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Aiden Pearce

Aiden Pearce / The Vigilante / The Fox

Voiced by: Noam Jenkins (English), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese), Denis Bespaly (Russian)

"They think I'm a man out of control. But I've never had so much control."

The player character. Aiden Pearce was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on May 2, 1974 at the height of the Troubles. He is no stranger to violence and is more than willing to use it against his enemies. However, his actions have had an untoward effect on his family, and now he monitors them in secret in order to keep them safe.

Anti-Hero: Depending on how you play. While he's not a monster like Lucky Quinn, Aiden's no saint. Most of the time, he's an Unscrupulous Hero who's willing to steal, kill and cause wanton destruction to achieve his ends. But depending on player actions, he can easily sink down to a Nominal Hero.
The Atoner: Aiden became the Vigilante to try to make up for his niece's death. Also, because it makes him feel good. Subverted in the fact he still does criminal activities for money.
Badass Biker: He can ride motorcycles, with choppers and crotch rockets to choose from.
Badass Driver: His skills behind the wheel, along with a penchant for stealth driving brings the Driver to mind. In fact, some of the contracts Aiden can take are transporter and getaway jobs.
Badass in Distress: One Side Mission in 2 has him captured by the Bratvas. After Marcus distracts a guard so Aiden can get his phone, he gets himself out of trouble.
Badass Longcoat: Wears an impressive leather trench-coat in his default outfit, and every one of the other unlockable outfits features a long coat as well.
Becoming the Mask: Good Playthrough all Aiden cared about was revenge and was just helping people along the way. But when he finally kills Quinn, he states that he's The Vigilante.
Best Served Cold:
Pearce: "I wasn't always this guy. They crossed the line, and now I'll make them pay."
Pearce: "... That's when they came for me. But killed her. Now, I'm coming for them."
Big Brother Instinct: After what happened to Lena, he's gotten very protective towards Nicky.
The Bus Came Back: He returns in Watch Dogs: Legion as a DLC character with his own storyline after being a simple cameo character in 2.
Bullet Time: The game use this to represent Aiden's reflexes.
Coat, Hat, Mask: Mostly. Aiden looks normal enough when pretending to just be going about his business, but when he's about to do something overtly illegal, he pulls his neck gaiter up to cover his face.
The Cracker: His primary tools of waging war.
Combat Pragmatist: He pulls out guns in close-quarters, among other nasty tricks.
Cunning Like a Fox: His alias is "the Fox" to the media, possibly due to the overlaid WV symbol he uses for his hacks (also the logo of the game), and he's extremely smart.
Cynicism Catalyst: The murder of his six-year old niece.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: Word of God has confirmed Aiden is a deconstuction of a Vigilante Man^note; as noble as his goals are, his actions are depicted as being only barely better than those of the criminals he hunts. His family doesn't approve of his antics, most of his allies are criminals like him, and he enjoys his "job" a bit too much.
Double Consciousness: He's a former Fixer who has become 'The Vigilante' to cope with his guilt over his niece's death. The thing is that Aiden still makes the majority of his money through crime and most of his solutions are coming at problems from a criminal mindset. It gets worse when his desire for revenge results in moving from non-lethal methods to lethal ones. Aiden's desire to a hero is constantly contrasted against the reality that he's still, and fundamentally, a criminal.
Evil Versus Evil: If Aiden's reputation is low enough to be considered a criminal, he'll invoke this trope against Lucky Quinn, who was already evil from the get-go.
Fighting Irish: Aiden is a Irish immigrant as well as a badass.
Good Is Not Nice: If you play as a Vigilante instead of a total homicidal lunatic, this is Aiden.
Guilt Complex: When his niece is accidentally killed because of his actions, this motivates Aiden to embark on his mission.
He Who Fights Monsters: Several characters repeatedly bring up the many innocent lives Aiden's hurting in the name of making the guilty few responsible for Lena's death pay. That said, no matter how bad you play him, you'd have to go out of your way to be a monster to truly be the worst entity in Chicago.
Hero of Another Story: In 2, he's continuing his crusade against human trafficking with Marcus mostly just following him and helping him distract a guard so he can break out of imprisonment.
Hero with Bad Publicity: Unless you take a heroic route.
Hyper-Awareness: Aiden is quick to notice details of the environments he finds himself in and the other persons in them.
Hypocrite: An in-universe acknowledged one. Aiden's the Vigilante fighting career criminals, but he commits mass-computer theft and does "Fixer" work for money. Aiden even comments there's really not much difference between him and Jordi at the end of the day. On the other hand, the worst he's willing to do is help petty criminals make getaways, and the data theft is usually necessary.
Irony: Aiden is a violent vigilante, but his signature weapon (besides his phone) is a baton. Like a cop. Though he owns it illegally. This may symbolise how he wants to be a good person, but just can't walk away from crime.
Knight in Sour Armor: A deluded version. He believes that the work he does in the pursuit of his niece's murder will bring him solace and restore his family's faith in him, pushing onwards at all costs to deal with his guilt. However the reality is that he's causing lots of damage across Chicago that is getting innocent citizens caught in the crossfire, killed a lot of people who weren't even deeply connected to Lena's death, and his "heroism" is driving a massive wedge between what family he has left.
A Lighter Shade of Grey: Aiden was a career criminal before his niece's death, and he still is; most of his money comes from theft. However, the player can choose to steal only from wealthy targets and avoid killing people or causing too much damage, and unless you play him as an absolute Ax-Crazy maniac, he's still miles ahead of Quinn and the human traffickers. At the end of the day, Aiden is, at best, a petty thief. Some of his enemies run into utterly evil territory. Make of that what you will.
Le Parkour: Among Aiden's skills, though his skills are not as pronounced as the other protagonists of Ubisoft's games.
Lightning Bruiser: Aiden's a big guy, and his street fighting skills show him to be quick and brutal. This is what sets him apart from the other main hackers of the game. Unlike Defalt and Damien and to a lesser extent T-Bone, Aiden's very good at both hacking computers and hacking people.
Legendary in the Sequel: Marcus is wearing his logo. Furthermore, during a side mission where you help Aiden escape from a sticky situation, Marcus and everyone back home are geeking out at the fact that they're helping Aiden Pearce.
Magical Computer: Uses it in a very versatile manner. You can hack most things, including physical steam valves.
Mangst: Caused by the death of his niece, this is his main drive for revenge.
Meaningful Name: His last name is possibly a reference to Irish revolutionary Patrick Pearse.
My Nayme Is: His surname is spelt Pearce, instead of the more common Pierce, as he was born in Ireland.
Not in This for Your Revolution: Near the end of the game, Aiden is contacted by DedSec to help put a backdoor into the ctOS satellite he is hacking but Aiden rejects them, seeing their quest for justice makes them no different to Blume.
Papa Wolf: He's this to his nephew Jackson. Subverted by the fact he refuses to stop his quest for revenge despite the fact this is endangering both his sister and her surviving child.
Parental Substitute: Aiden is confirmed by Word of God to have lived with his sister before the events of the game and helped raise her children after she divorced her husband. In effect, they're closer to his daughter and son than niece and nephew.
Player Character: He's the only playable character in the game. Even when someone else has to be guided by proxy, it's all under control of Aiden telling them where to go.
Pet the Dog: He spares Clara even though she aided in Lena's murder, and she's the only one of them who he spares.
Ship Tease: He and Clara have a couple moments of Held Gaze throughout the game. However, the Ship Tease is much heavier on her side, and considering the fact she's Killed Off for Real, the game never really expands on this.
The Social Expert: Aiden's ctOS profile states that he is a "street smart social engineer."
Sociopathic Hero: He had a Morality Pet in his niece Lena. Now? She's dead. His Roaring Rampage of Revenge will not stop until he kills everyone involved with the death. And everyone who worked with those responsible. And anyone who gets in his way of killing #1 and #2.
The Stoic: Aiden almost never loses his cool beyond a vague anger. Though he does have a few Not So Stoic moments, such as when he learns that Damien had targeted his family.
Super-Reflexes: Bullet-time is one of his special abilities.
The Unfettered: You can choose to be this, shooting your way to the objective. But not without repercussions.
Vigilante Man: Aiden's primary means of dealing with his niece's death. Gets deconstructed over the course of the game as the fact he can't give up on his mission to destroy those who destroyed his family result in him doing much of that destruction on his own when his sister and nephew suffer the consequences of his irrationality.
Walking Armory: He can definitely become this if you got out your way to deck him out as a one-man assault team.
Tehsnakerer: By the end of the first act, I have three assault rifles, four shotguns, two sniper rifles, one anti-material rifle, two grenade launchers with loads of ammo, six handguns, and a sub-machine gun for when I feel like being subtle...which is never because I can carry all of this at the same time!
You Can't Go Home Again: By the end of the game, Aiden has made so many enemies in Chicago, he has to leave the city. It is implied his absence in the Bad Blood DLC is because he has already left due to Blume issuing a huge bounty on him. The sequels show that Aiden has been taking down crime syndicates across the world.

Nicole Pearce

Nicole Anne "Nicky" Pearce

Voiced by: Anna Hopkins (English), Anastasia Lapina (Russian)

The younger sister of Aiden and single mother of Jackson and Lena.

Big Brother Worship: She grew up idolizing Aiden.
Broken Pedestal: While she idolized her brother when she was younger, she is appalled with Aiden's over-protectiveness over her and Jackson following Lena's death. Later in the game, Nicky is horrified when she discovers her brother is the Vigilante. Despite this, she still trusts him enough to take them to safety. At the end however, it is clear that the relationship between the siblings has been strained.
Nicky: Remember when we were kids and I would follow you? And you'd try and get away from me and me, and, stupid me, I kept trying. I didn't like your cars or hockey, and your friends were gross.
Aiden: Yeah.
Nicky: I followed because I idolized you. Like Jackson does. And I kept hoping you'd want me around. But eventually I just hoped that you would look back.
Aiden: All I can say is I'm sorry.
Nicky: I'm not following you anymore.
Aiden: I know.
Damsel in Distress: She was kidnapped by Damien Brenks in order to get Aiden to work for him.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Takes out one of her kidnappers with a lucky shot.
Struggling Single Mother: Things are not well for Nicky ever since her divorce. After her daughter's death, her son suffered from PTSD and she had a harasser prank calling her every now and then.
These Hands Have Killed: Mere minutes after witnessing her brother telefrag one of her kidnappers, Nicky picks up his gun, and shoots a second kidnapper. She is then treated to the sight of him painfully bleeding out for several minutes before he finally dies. Horrified, she tells Aiden that this guy was actually nice to her (as far as kidnappers go), and asks how Aiden can take lives so easily.
Tomboyish Name: Aiden calls her Nik.
Tomboy Ponytail: Wears one.
What the Hell, Hero?: She doesn't handle Aiden's overprotectiveness towards her and Jackson. When she realizes Aiden is going after a prank caller that has been harassing her for some time, she is rather frustrated about it.
You Can't Go Home Again: Because Aiden has made too many enemies, he has to send Nikki away from Chicago in order to protect her. Nikki reluctantly complies.

Jackson Pearce

Jackson Kent "Jacks" Pearce

Voiced by: Nicholas Bode (English), Larisa Brokhman (Russian)

Nicole's eldest child and Aiden's nephew. As of Watch Dogs: Legion, Jackson was last heard to be living in the UK.

Broken Pedestal: While he loves his uncle, Jackson was horrified to see him killing a group of Fixers. Averted in the end however as he still decides to trust his uncle.
Disappeared Dad: His biological father has been out of the picture since his parents' divorce, so Aiden has become a Parental Substitute.
The Quiet One: Jackson rarely speaks ever since the death of his sister. It appears that he suffers from PTSD, as well as social anxiety, speaking very little in the game, even with family members.

Lena Pearce

Lena Violet Pearce

Voiced by: Teale Bishopric (English), Elena Chebaturkina (Russian)

Nicole's daughter and Aiden's niece. She died 11 months before the events of the game during an assassination attempt of Aiden.

Death by Origin Story: Her death is what pushed Aiden to become a vigilante.
Death of a Child: She died during the prologue of the game.
Morality Chain: Zig-zagged. Aiden was a criminal before her death (even in the intro he's stealing money) but her death turns him from a low-level criminal to a violent vigilante with no remorse for anyone he can tie to her murder.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Lena died during the prologue and the player didn't get to explore about her much.

Allies

Clara Lille

Clara Lille / BadBoy17

Voiced by: Isabelle Blais (English), Eri Miyajima (Japanese), Elena Shulman (Russian)

"Clara is seductive. She’s dangerous. She’s the trapdoor spider you never saw living right under you. She can weave her way through any system and she can expose every secret you hide."

One of Pearce's allies, using her tattoo artist occupation as her front. She is a DedSec activist with ties to its council.

Action Girl: As seen when she and Aiden get into a shootout with the Fixers that raid the latter's hotel.
The Atoner: For her involvement in the hit on Aiden.
The Cracker: Just like Aiden.
Chekhov's Gunman: The flowers Aiden and Nicky keep seeing on Lena's grave are from Clara.
Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: She resembles adult film star Christy Mack, though she also resembles Lizbeth Salander.
Heel–Face Turn: She used to provide information to the Chicago South Club, even locating the names of people they wanted dead, until the hit on Aiden killed Lena. She cut ties with them after this and worked with Aiden to make up for her past.
The Illegal: Her immigration visa has expired, but she (obviously) has stayed in the United States illegally.
The Knights Who Say "Squee!": She is very excited about meeting T-Bone AKA Raymond Kenney.
Marked to Die: The double Valknut on her chest. In modern Germanic Neopaganism, tattooing a Valknut onto your chest basically amounts to telling Odin "When it's time for me to die, tell my killers to stab here." It's also Faux Symbolism because, while ironic, getting killed clearly wasn't part of her plan—and it's highly unlikely anyone at Ubisoft Montreal did any research into the subject.
Mission Control: While she's this a bit in the start as Badboy17, she really becomes it after you find the Bunker.
Ms. Fanservice: It's already been mentioned that her appearance is based off an adult film star, and she wears a low-cut top with a leather jacket, although that may not be fanservice as much as revealing her tattoo. In fact, the first thing said in the above description is that she's seductive, which is accurate.
Redemption Equals Death: She's shot by fixers while leaving flowers at Lena Pearce's grave.
Samus Is a Girl: Her hacker alias (Badboy17) fools Aiden into thinking that she's a guy.
Ship Tease: She and Aiden have a couple moments of Held Gaze through the game. It's heavier on her side, with her changing from staying anonymous and in fear of him to one of his closest associates, and she does show that there's a chance. On the other hand, she couldn't have picked a worse guy.
Tattooed Crook: Has a rather prominent tattoo of the All-Seeing Eye on her chest.

Jordi Chin

Voiced by: Aaron Douglas (English), Jin Yamanoi (Japanese), Mikhail Belyakovich (Russian)

"When you’re screwed beyond belief, you call in a fixer. And that’s Jordi. He gets things done and gets paid good money for his services. You need a body to disappear? You gotta find a missing adversary? Someone pissed you off? You call Jordi."

A man who does dirty work for money. He has no recorded profile on ctOS.

Anti-Hero: Appears to fall squarely into this trope.
But Not Too Foreign: He's Chinese-American.
Casual Danger Dialogue: Frequently spouts this.
Jordi: Okay, we've got a bunch of dead bodies, right? We've got 40,000 people above us— We need a distraction. I called the cops.
Consummate Professional: Laughably Evil traits aside, he takes his work overall seriously & dedicated to his professional reputation as well as seeing jobs through perfectly, no matter who his client is or who it puts him against. The only exception is going into Rossi-Fremont, which he refuses to do for Aiden (though sniping from outside is okay), but he only says it's because he doesn't pay him enough to do so.
Deadpan Snarker: Quite a bit.
Aiden: A survivor? How did that happen?
Jordi: I'm guessing he didn't die?
The Fixer: If there's a shady deed that Aiden needs doing, such as cleaning up bodies, supplying info or just getting him a car, Jordi can get it done.
Jerkass Has a Point: With all the barbs Jordi exchanges with Aiden on a regular basis, he does bring up some sound logic when he tells the latter that his dedication to protect his family can be used against him. At the end of the game's first act, Jordi's words ring true as Aiden's sister is kidnapped by his former mentor/partner Damien, who uses his drive to blackmail him into finding out the truth behind the failed job at the Merlaut.
Karma Houdini: After betraying Aiden, he gets thrown off a lighthouse by him but survives and escapes. He also gets no punishment for anything he does in the second game.
Lack of Empathy: Doesn't care about what Aiden is doing at all as long as he gets paid enough for the jobs, and makes it readily apparent, but Aiden doesn't really care so long as he does his job.
Aiden: You're not really big on empathy, are you?
Jordi: Not particularly.
Laughably Evil: He might be on Aiden's side for the most part, but he's still very amoral, even immoral. However, the way he acts about his immoral acts is so entertaining that its sometimes hard to think badly of him.
Aiden: Could you try enjoying this a little less?
Mysterious Past: Even in the ctOS, everything about him is unknown.
Nominal Hero: At most. He makes it clear that he only does everything because he's paid to and is involved in plenty of Off Screen Villainy.
Only in It for the Money: At one point he reminds Aiden that he's not promptly paying him for his services.
Pet the Dog:
- A mild example. Late in the game, Jordi calls Aiden to warn him about the unusual size of the bounty on his head, telling him to drop what he's doing and leave the city (despite knowing Aiden won't). As this occurs shortly before Jordi attempts to claim said bounty, it's not hard to interpret that as Jordi trying to give Aiden a heads-up, out of professional courtesy if nothing else.
- He tells Aiden specifically about the fixer contract in London at the beginning of Bloodline because Aiden's nephew Jackson lives there.
Token Evil Teammate: Aiden considers him "the devil I know" and even notes that under other circumstances, the two would likely be against one another. And they do wind up against one another for short time near the end.
Vitriolic Best Buds: Appears to be this with Aiden.
Wild Card: Perfectly willing to go up against Aiden near the end since the contract called upon it. Once their short exchange is over and he fails, he contacts Aiden, checks on his status, and goes back to immediately settling his remaining work with Aiden at that point.

T-Bone Grady

Theodore "T-Bone" Grady / Raymond Kenney

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Voiced by: John Tench (English), Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese), Nikita Prozorovsky (Russian)

"T-Bone grew up a tinkerer and a basement hacker before the Internet was barely a byte. He can’t help challenging his mind to unlock areas forbidden to him. And it hasn’t gone without punishment. But he’ll take his jabs. And he’ll give his share in return."

A hacker hiding out in Pawnee whom Aiden meets while looking for Raymond Kenney. He is really Raymond Kenney, the creator of ctOS and the one who caused the Northeast Blackout of 2003.

Breakout Character: He's one of the most popular characters in the game, being the star of his own DLC, as well as one of the few characters from this game to carry over to the sequel.
The Dreaded: He has something of a reputation within Blume which causes guards and staff to wet their pants when they hear T-Bone's name.
Expy: His accent and status as a Breakout Character who appears Once an Episode, helping to tie the universe together is fairly similar to Hurk Drubman Jr. of Far Cry. The fact that both are Promoted to Playable (Bad Blood, Far Cry 4) and become supporting characters in their sequels also helps draw the similarities.
Hero of Another Story: He's the protagonist of the Bad Blood DLC.
My God, What Have I Done?: T-Bone's reaction when he sees Defalt's display of all the victims of the 2003 blackout he caused, and thus learning why Defalt wants him dead so badly in Bad Blood.
Shout-Out: T-Bone's appearance and speaking voice bear more than a passing resemblance to the frontman of a certain industrial metal band that licensed music for the game, that T-Bone so happens to play on his stereo during a firefight. His DLC is even named after one of their popular songs from 90s.
Southern-Fried Genius: Well, for starters, he's pretty clever to have built all those contraptions. Including ctOS.
The Stool Pigeon: Of the whistleblower variety. He tried warning people about what Blume was up to, but was discredited and dismissed as mentally ill and paranoid.
Stuff Blowing Up: He has a quite a few explosive traps around his junkyard. Later, he blows the whole thing up after Blume discovered his location — but not before taking a picture "for [his] portfolio".
Un-person: He has Aiden break into a Blume station in Pawnee to plant a virus that will wipe his biometrics off of the ctOS servers, otherwise he'd be spotted soon as he set foot in Chicago.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In his backstory. He's the hacker in the game's plot who caused the Northeast Blackout of 2003, which prompted the creation of ctOS's mainframe and further development in the first place.
Wrench Whack: In his DLC, he uses a wrench as his melee weapon.

Tobias Frewer

Tobias Lee Frewer

Voiced by: Billy MacLellan (English), Alexander Gavrilin (Russian)

A homeless man who sells crafted items to Aiden. He is also a former associate of Raymond Kenny.

Ascended Extra: He is only involved in one mission in the main game before becoming the deuteragonist of Bad Blood.
Butt-Monkey: Not many people respect Frewer since his day back at Blume where his co-workers love to pick on him. When compared to his two associates who were fired by Blume, Frewer had the worst since he became homeless. T-Bone even forgotten about him when they were at the desert in between this game and the sequel.
Cloudcuckoolander: After being fired from Blume he becomes rather paranoid and afraid that his former company will assassinate him. In the DLC, they actually do try it, but are defeated by T-Bone.
Conspiracy Theorist: Not only does he not trust the government, he also believes in a few government conspiracies such as
Crazy-Prepared: The guy has mounted turrets on the security cameras around his hut, in case of any gangsters or government agents try to kill him.
Friend in the Black Market: DedSec regularly visit him to buy items. After his first appearance, he offers to sell items to Aiden as well.
MacGyvering: Aiden can buy fully crafted items from Tobias.
Noodle Incident: During the three years in between games, T-Bone somehow left Frewer in a desert. What were they doing in the desert in the first place is anyone's guess.
Trademark Favorite Food: Quinkie's burger.
Vitriolic Best Buds: He and T-Bone argue a lot but ultimately get along in order to defeat whoever is hunting them. At the end of the DLC, the two share a drink while watching the sunrise.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He was mentioned by T-Bone in the sequel that he accidentally left him at a desert, leaving his fate unknown.
What the Hell, Hero?: He hasn't forgive T-Bone for his actions that got him fired in addition to the 2003 Chicago blackout.

Yolanda Mendez

Voiced by: Ellen David (English), Olga Zvereva (Russian)

A renowned child psychologist treating Jackson after the death of his sister. Following Nicky's abduction, Aiden puts Jackson under her care.

Confess in Confidence: Subverted since Aiden is not her patient but his nephew is. During an interview with WKZ TV, Yolanda tells the interviewer that she will not talk anything about Nicky or Jackson due to doctor-patient confidentiality.
I Should Write a Book About This: Being one of the neutral characters who know about Aiden Pearce personally, Yolanda wrote a book about the Vigilante.
There Are No Therapists: Averted. She serves as one for Jackson after the death of his sister.
What the Hell, Hero?: Not knowing the full story, Yolanda threatens Aiden that she will call the police if she doesn't hear anything from Nicky. She keeps her promise after Nicky is rescued.

Sheila Billings

A character exclusive to the Bad Blood DLC. She is a detective who affiliated with T-Bone.

The Commissioner Gordon: She had T-Bone help her in wiping out the Chicago South Club, the Fixers, and the Pawnee Militia as part of the DLC's sidequests.
The Ghost: She is never seen at all in the game. A portrait of her can be seen whenever T-Bone contacted her.
Quest Giver: Sheila tasks T-Bone to help her in fighting in taking down three criminal groups in exchange for payment.
Ship Tease: Some of the conversation between her and T-Bone are rather flirtatious.

Targets

Delford "Iraq" Wade

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Voiced by: Jerod Haynes (English), Manabu Muraji (Japanese), Alexander Gavrilin (Russian)

Former army signal specialist turned gang leader. He knows the future will be won with technology.

Ax-Crazy: Caves one of his men's skull in with a heavy briefcase over Quinn calling him a weasel on the phone. Aiden can also overhear some gangbangers discussing how Iraq chased other gangs out of the Rossi-Fremont projects. Apparently, he stripped naked and charged at them with an automatic weapon, screaming maniacally the whole time. The other gangs, spooked by his utter insanity and their own casualties, took a hint and got the hell out.
Berserk Button: Implied to be when other people think he's stupid or easy to manipulate (as this is a deliberate act of Obfuscating Stupidity on his part), as one of his mooks finds out shortly after he's introduced.
Big Bad Wannabe: Though he's legitimately threatening and is half of the reason why Quinn put out the hit, the real top dogs in the criminal world keep him in line. Lampshaded by Aiden during their confrontation.
Iraq: Do you know who I am? Do you?!
Aiden: A wannabe king in a tiny castle!
Iraq: You're wrong!
Aiden: And Lucky Quinn's lapdog!
Iraq: (Evil Laugh) Fuck you! Fuck you!
Boss in Mook's Clothing: He's classified by the enemy-tagging system as an Enforcer, but he's immune to melee takedowns.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When confronted by Aiden, he says he doesn't even know him. A Justified Trope, given their first encounter was a game of Dueling Hackers with him against Damien.
Climax Boss: Fought at the very middle of the game, atop his HQ. Also serves as the only direct Boss Battle in the game.
Disc-One Final Boss: He's the major threat for the first half of the game, and the quest to hijack his server drives half the plot.
Disproportionate Retribution: Beats one of his own men to death because they accidentally called him a weasel. The guy didn't even actually call him that: Quinn called Iraq a "stoat" in an argument over the phone, and when Iraq rhetorically asked what a stoat was, the poor guy made the mistake of answering.
The Dragon: To Lucky Quinn, providing him extra muscle and security.
Evil Laugh: He has a particular high-pitched laugh that he only uses when he's terribly, murderously angry.
Family-Values Villain: He refers to the Viceroys as his "family", and the gang often refers to each other as "cousins/cuz". It helps that his actual cousin, Bedbug, is one of his trusted liutenants. He even mockingly offers to send Aiden back to his family in pieces.
From Camouflage to Criminal: He's a military veteran who applied the skills he learned in the army to crime.
Iraq: Don't bring war to a soldier, boy!
Genius Bruiser: Given his status as a gang leader & physical elements, you'd generally take him as just being a bruiser. Beneath that, however, is an intelligent foe who values technology, introduced all sorts of military training techniques into his men, and is a skilled hacker.
Hidden Depths: Despite all he is, his personal information reveals he was discharged from the army with honors.
Lame Comeback: His only reaction to being told he's Lucky Quinn's lapdog is "Fuck you".
Mole in Charge: Quinn puts him on finding out who was the hacker trying to steal his blackmail material. He was said hacker, but used this to pin the blame on Aiden who was there just to steal money from the Merlaut.
Only Known by Their Nickname: No one in the game calls him anything other than Iraq. Not even his own cousin calls him by his real name.
Pet the Dog: Despite his threats, he doesn't execute Bedbug after finding him in his server room while wearing a wire.
The Starscream: He doesn't plan on staying second to Quinn for long, and has been gathering extensive blackmail materials on everyone important in the city to use when he's ready to make his move.
Villainous Breakdown: After Aiden storms his compound, steals his blackmail, and practically cuts through his gang like a hot knife through butter, he starts ranting and raving about how he's gonna to destroy everything Aiden has.
Iraq: Yeah, yeah, I seen your type before, man! Self-righteous motherfuckers. I dragged your kinda people off the battlefield. I’ll make sure you get back to your family, maybe one piece at a time, huh? And when I’m done — they’re next on my list. You got a wife and kids? Brothers and sisters? You hurt mine, I’ll hurt yours! Bitch!
Visionary Villain: You have to hand it to Iraq: he's transformed a street gang into what's essentially a highly trained private army, and has spread his influence throughout Chicago and could legitimately be able to take over if given the opportunity. Even Jordi is terrified of his gang.

Tyrone "Bedbug" Hayes

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Voiced by: Randall Charles Wilkerson (English), Alexander Kovrizhnykh (Russian)

Iraq's portly cousin with big ambitions.

Comically Missing the Point: His definition of what being a bedbug means.
Bedbug: It's cause I'm a player! A bedbug can get into any lady's bed...
Disney Death: After breaking into Iraq's server room a cutscene heavily implied he was killed for his betrayal, but he ultimately survived his cousin's wrath and gives Aiden a call shortly afterwards.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He genuinely loves his grandmother, and the only reason he doesn't flee Chicago after Aiden blackmails him is because he doesn't want to leave her alone.
Fat Idiot: Aside from not being book smart (see Comically Missing the Point for instance), he also talks about his tendencies toward The Starscream in broad daylight without even bothering to hide it unless directly in front of Iraq. Also despite the fact he is probably the closest to Iraq, he doesn't seem to realize the "gang" is a front for Iraq to hide the fact he is building a private army. It's a wonder he wasn't caught out on blackmail before Aiden comes along.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He may be a gang banger with some pretty shaky morals, but he still helps Aiden out even after his plan almost got him killed. He also takes the time to tell his grandmother that he loves her.
The Mole: Aiden uses him to get into Iraq's server room. Of course, he gets found out.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After surviving Iraq's wrath, he figures it's time for him to get the hell out of Chicago.
The Starscream: He wants to be this by taking out Iraq. Aiden uses that as blackmail against him.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Aiden encourages him to reform. It's unclear if he actually does.
Younger Than They Look: He looks way older than 19.

Dermot "Lucky" Quinn

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Voiced by: Myron Natwick (English), Hiroshi Naka (Japanese), Valery Storozhik (Russian)

"Experience has taught me not to be manipulated, not to back down."

The powerful kingpin of the Chicago South Club, who rules Chicago's criminal network.

Big Bad Ensemble: Along with Damien, Quinn is the one who ordered the hit on Aiden, leading to the death of his niece.
Bluff the Impostor: Downplayed, but pulls this on Aiden when he infiltrates the Human Trafficking auction.
Quinn: I don't detect an accent, Mr. Crispin.^note
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When he finds out his hit on Pierce resulted in the death of Pierce's niece, we get this.
Quinn: Is this what all the fuss was about? You must forgive me; so many people come to me with their little problems, it's hard to keep track sometimes.
Defiant to the End: When Aiden hacks his pacemaker to give Quinn a heart attack, Quinn proudly says he will not beg and that after his passing, Chicago will build a statue to his glory while forgetting Aiden ever existed. As his fatal heart attack comes closer, this lets up and begins offering Aiden anything he wants to let him live.
The Don: A ruthless crime lord and leader of The Irish Mob, who controls Chicago's underground by killing anyone who stands in the way of his business.
Quinn: Bigger men than you have tried to destroy me. I've ripped them apart, one by one.
Ear Notch: He's missing a chunk of his left ear due to a shootout from his youth. See Sole Survivor.
Establishing Character Moment: Shows up the first time with basically no warning, fanfare or explanation to brutally kill the guy you just delivered to him, and only gets worse from there.
Evil Old Folks: He's 75, but he's the head of Chicago through his crime network. A key example is in his very first scene, which has him stabbing an unfortunate lackey in the throat with a knife hidden in his cane.
Faux Affably Evil: Acts like a genial grandfatherly figure who's all too happy to knife you in the throat if you've inconvenienced him in any way.
Fiction 500: His net worth is estimated at $40 billion.
Fighting Irish: In his youth, anyway, back when he was just a lowly thug. Though his first scene shows that he's still got some fight in him.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Don't let his aspect (an old, visually-impaired man with old-fashioned glasses and health issues) fool you. He's a cold and calculating mastermind who serves as the primary root for many of the evils that are eating Chicago alive.
Have You Told Anyone Else?: He asks Neil if he had the chance to tell anyone they would be meeting in Backseat Driver and upon receiving a negative answer, promptly kills him.
Hollywood Heart Attack: He dies this way after Aiden hacks his pacemaker.
The Irish Mob: He's the boss of the Chicago South Club.
Lack of Empathy: Notes that he hears tons of people raise complaints about the various actions he undertakes and it all ultimately is just yet another voice complaining to him.
Non-Action Big Bad: While he has no problems stabbing someone to death, being a decrepit old man he's not an actual physical threat to anyone who can put up a fight. The final encounter with Quinn just has him taunting Aiden behind bulletproof glass, only to have his pacemaker hacked.
Overlord Jr.: Niall Quinn becomes the new leader of the Chicago South Club after his father's death. He proves to be just as bad as his old man.
Pragmatic Villainy: Audio logs reveal that his latest slave auction was "American product", and that he felt pressured to make such a decision despite the risk because he felt his customers demanded it.
Red Right Hand: The milky white right eye and missing chunk of his left ear should let you know that this feeble old man has some dark secrets.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Never raises his voice. This might be because he has heart problems and can't risk the stress.
Sole Survivor: He earned his nickname, "Lucky", by being one of these, following a massive shootout between the South Club and the Chicago Outfit.
Sword Cane: He has a knife hidden in the handle of his cane.
Too Dumb to Live: Quinn, why in the world would you connect your pacemaker to ctOS?
Villain with Good Publicity: His occupation is listed as Business Investor to mask his criminal deeds. It's also because he has the mayor of Chicago under his thumb.
Quinn: When I die, they'll build a statue. And you? The city didn't stop for your grieving family. Because you don't matter.
Villains Want Mercy: Despite originally refusing to beg for his life, Quinn spends his last moments offering Aiden to make any deal he wants in return for not killing him.
We Have Reserves: Or in Quinn's case, Iraq's gang has reserves.
Quinn: Your men are expendable, Mr. Iraq. Business must proceed. In the meantime, find out who killed my men.
You Have Failed Me: The reason why he killed Neil. But to be fair, Neil screwed up very badly^note.
Quinn: This is how the world turns. Not much room for fuck-ups.

Damien Brenks

Voiced by: Daniel Kash (English), Satoshi Mikami (Japanese), Maxim Pinsker (Russian)

Aiden's former partner in crime and mentor.

All There in the Manual: His ctOS profile indicates that he is divorced and has a 15-year-old son.
Ax-Crazy: The whole plot is because he wouldn't walk from a ATM hacking scam on account of a growing god complex. When he starts "working with" Aiden, he's unstable and unreliable enough that the latter's almost always trying to get out of the arrangement as soon as possible.
Beard of Evil: A thin goatee.
Big Bad Ensemble: With Quinn, Damian drives much of the plot by his kidnapping of Nicky and by attempting to seize control of ctOS.
The Cracker: Especially after he gets access to the ctOS like Aiden has.
Deadpan Snarker: He relies on sarcasm and harsh communication when talking to Aiden. He's not sensitive even when Nicky is speaking to Aiden.
Even Evil Has Standards: He kidnapped Nicky, but he made it clear that her son was off limits. After one of his men still try to kidnap the boy and is now begging Damien for help when Aiden is after him, he tells him tough luck.
Evil Counterpart: To Aiden. Both are very skilled hackers who aren't too bothered with matters of legality. But while Aiden operates on some semblance of a moral compass, Damien has no such qualms. They also both have questionable fashion sense.
Evil Mentor: Taught Aiden into becoming a hacker.
Evil Cripple: He was beaten to a pulp by Quinn's associates to the point he needed to learn how to walk again. He spends the entire game with a leg brace on his left leg.
Final Boss: While it's more of a Cutscene Boss battle, Damian outlives Quinn to become the final antagonizing force left to Aiden.
A God Am I: Has a pretty hefty complex regarding coding, which Aiden calls him out on more than once. Goes into overdrive when he gains control over ctOS and causes havoc all over Chicago.
I Have Your Wife: Kidnaps Aiden's sister to force Aiden along with his plans.
Jerkass: Is frequently snide and condescending towards Aiden in their interactions with each other.
Never Bareheaded: Is always seen wearing a beanie.
Never My Fault: Damien drunkenly blames Aiden for his beatdown and crippling, despite the fact that it was Damien who refused to pull out when the alarms started to go off. An action that got him crippled and Aidens niece killed.
Rummage Sale Reject: He might have been taken more seriously if he didn't dress like an aging hipster.
Smug Snake: For all his arrogance and delusions of grandeur, he has little power on his own and his master plan boils down to kidnapping Nikki and forcing Aiden to do all his work for him. Once Aiden discovers his backroom deals with Blume over the blackmail that Aiden has yet to give him, it becomes obvious that he's in over his head and he's completely outwitted not too long afterward.
Villainous Breakdown: Starts his breakdown in Act 2 when it becomes clear that Aiden refuses to follow commands. After acting like a Smug Snake for much of the game, Damien finally loses it when Aiden leaks Iraq's blackmail data to the public rather than handing it over to Damien. This prompts Damien to hijack ctOS in an attempt to kill Aiden.
Damien: After everything we've suffered, you just give it all away?! What have you done? Are you mad?
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Because he has a young son himself. When a few overzealous Fixers ignore his orders to leave Jacks alone, he practically feeds them to Aiden.

Maurice Vega

Voiced by: Christopher Jacot (English), Diomid Vinogradov (Russian)

The thug who was ordered to carry the hit on Aiden.

Death Seeker: At the end of the game during the credits, there's one last choice for Aiden to make: kill Maurice or let him live, even while he's begging Aiden to kill him.
Even Evil Has Standards: He was horrified about accidentally killing Lena.
Hitman with a Heart: Hated himself due to his Accidental Murder of Lena instead of Aiden.
I Have Your Wife: Worked for the club in fear of them hurting his wife. After failing to kill Aiden, his wife is kidnapped to be sold at the auction.
My God, What Have I Done?: He's extremely guilty for the fact that he's responsible for Lena's death.
Professional Killer: Why he tried to kill Aiden.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Why he's so distraught over killing Lena.

Nicholas Crispin

A serial rapist from Europe. He returned to the US for the first time in 12 years to visit Lucky Quinn's auction.

Asshole Victim: One of the main reasons why Aiden chooses to steal his identity. As Clare puts it, "nobody will miss this dog".
Cool Car: Just before he is killed by Aiden, Crispin bought a Luciano sports coupe, one of the best cars in the game with every general aspect but durability is four stars or above. . Completing "Stare Into the Abyss" unlocks the car in the "Car on Demand" app.
The Dreaded: There are rumors that Crispin didn't just rape his victims, but also tortured and/or cannibalized them. Poppy, who heard the stories, tries to attack him before she too becomes one of his victims. Fortunately for her, "Crispin" is actually Aiden.
I'm a Humanitarian: If the rumors about him are true, Crispin also cannibalized his victim after raping them.
Kill and Replace: Aiden specifically chooses to take Crispin's identity in order to infiltrate the auction because not only he isn't a regular (since he has been in Europe for some time), and because no one will miss him.
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: He is a notorious rapist in Europe who did more than just rape his victim.

Factions

Black Viceroys

A predominantly African-American street gang in the city, the Black Viceroys put forward an image of being typical hoods to cover their newly minted power on the people of Chicago.

Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Their color is orange, worn by all of their forces.
Expy: They're based off the real-life Chicago Vice Lords, who like the Viceroys were infamous through the city and ran their operations out of the projects that were supposed to cut down on gang violence.
Gangbangers: Only the low-level members of the gang operate like the trope, though. Most of the higher-ups have been given military training by Iraq and have equipment way beyond what a street gang should. The low-level operations are just a show to fool anyone watching from suspecting what the Black Viceroys really are.
Jordi: What the fuck? I was expecting a bunch of twitchy kids with cheap guns. These guys feel military.
Aiden: Meet the Viceroys. Iraq's got a different approach to controlling the streets.
Jordi: Well, that's slightly terrifying.
From Nobody to Nightmare: Initially the Viceroys were just another gang outfit, until Iraq returned from the military and turned them into a new army to take control of Chicago.
Obfuscating Stupidity: On an organizational level. Even a fixer like Jordi can't believe it when he realizes just how well-trained the group really is.
Scary Black Man: If the name didn't give it away, the actions of the Viceroys certainly will, especially when you find out just how powerful and capable the group is within the Chicago criminal underworld.
Visionary Villain: Under Iraq, the group sees the future of Chicago's underworld under their control rather than the decades-old grip held by the Chicago South Club.

Chicago South Club

The Chicago South Club are the dominant organized crime syndicate in Chicago. In the 1930s, the Irish Mob seized power from the Italian-American Chicago Outfit and evolved into the South Club. They now rule everything from the city government to any gangs under their aegis. Time has not softened them, as the group has continued to shift with the times.

Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Averted; many of their gunmen wear no identifying colors, though some unsurprisingly wear green.
Equal-Opportunity Evil: The Irish South Club employs members of the predominantly African-American Black Viceroys as associates.
Fighting Irish: The group's history is born in blood, since instead of buckling the Valentine's Day Massacre only convinced Chicago's Irish bosses to band together.
The Irish Mob: In case if it weren't already obvious. Though ironically, in terms of structure and influence they resemble their former rivals The Mafia.
Human Traffickers: The group holds auctions that sell off any victims to the highest bidders, starting in 2003.
Pragmatic Villainy: The group realized that the future of crime was cyber efforts, and quickly took the necessary steps to make sure that Quinn would remain in good graces with Chicago's powerful.
The Remnant: After Dermot's death, his son Niall decides that the family needs to take to harsh warfare in order to maintain their position as top dogs in Chicago.
The Syndicate: The group controls the city of Chicago from politics to local criminal activity.

Pawnee Militia

A group of militia from the nearby town of Pawnee, the Militia are brought into Chicago due to being part of the security efforts for Blume's offices in Pawnee and taking jobs from Quinn and the Chicago South Club.

From Nobody to Nightmare: It's revealed that after the final act of the game, the Militia becomes a domestic terrorist group.
Money, Dear Boy: The reason they're associated with Blume at all is because they were hired on to protect the company's headquarters in Pawnee.
Right-Wing Militia Fanatic: Though they never voice these views, their style of dress and background information plays up to this image.
Rural Gangsters: Amidst their doomsday prepping, they're more than happy to engage in drug dealing, extortion, and hiring themselves out as muscle to legitimate businesses and other gangs alike.

Others

DedSec

A group of hackers who want the city of Chicago to shut down the ctOS and put city infrastructure in a demilitarized zone.

The Cracker: A loose organization of them.
Dark Is Not Evil: They hide in the shadows, wear masks, and speak through a voice filter that makes them sound evil. But ultimately they stand against corrupt groups. Put it best by Aiden:
Aiden: You know that voice filter makes you sound like a villain.
Expy: They're one for groups like Anonymous, Lulzsec or even Erudito.
He Who Fights Monsters: In the finale of the game, an operative asks Aiden to put a ghost code inside of the system as he reboots ctOS so that DedSec will be "the watchdogs" over the system with nobody the wiser, just as Blume is beforehand. Aiden tells them he's done with secrets.
Omniscient Council of Vagueness: The QR logs you find show that the leaders are said to have the name Dave in their screen names, meaning they could be anyone not just in Chicago, but in the world.
We Wait: How they take action to Clara giving Aiden their control of ctOS.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: They are the quintessential "hacktivists" who exploit vulnerabilities in the ctOS and attack Blume for the sole purpose of exposing just how unsafe the ctOS is, and to drive home the fact that it is an egregious violation of privacy and civil liberties to Chicagoans. Basically, their message is "If we can do this, imagine who else can, or already is."

Defalt

JB "Defalt" Marcowicz

A hacker who has just as much access into the ctOS as Aiden.

Ambiguous Situation: Watch Dogs: Legion, in the form of an Easter Egg, implies he either survived Bad Blood or has a really, really dedicated copycat. A QR code quest leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to an underground Hacker Cave of his where he claims to be holding a party at 2:00 AM. When you arrive, there’s no party; just a bunch of text messages (including one declaring ‘reports of my death etc etc’ and another taunting DedSec while doxxing anti-Albion agitators) and a playable version of his trademark mask.
Ax-Crazy: Kept hidden quite well in the main game, but he's shown to be this in Bad Blood.
Back from the Dead: For Bad Blood if you were able to catch him in the main campaign: it's Hand Waved that he had a body double fill him for him at Dot Connexion anticipating that Aiden would go there looking for him. Watch Dogs: Legion implies that he might have pulled this again.
Big Bad: In Bad Blood.
Character Death: At the end of Bad Blood. Or maybe not.
Cult Classic: In-Universe example when it comes to his music. After his (supposed) death in Bad Blood, his music has become this among hackers according to in-game descriptions in Watch_Dogs 2 of outfits inspired by him, with some members of DedSec even listening to his music 'ironically.'
Cool Car: His Rosewood. It's a souped-up station wagon that has LED lights showing his insignia taking up the back windows. The fact that what is effectively a station wagon is classified as a performance vehicle^note tells you all you need to know.
Evil Counterpart: To Aiden.
Expy: DJ with a rodent-themed helmet? deadmau5, is that you?
The Faceless: We never see what's under his helmet. This incidentally makes it extremely easy for him to pull a Faking the Dead, which he does. Potentially twice.
Flipping the Bird: Does this to Aiden when Aiden hacks his webcam at DotConnexion. It was actually Defalt's body double baiting him.
Hoist by His Own Petard: At the end of Bad Blood Defalt tries to kill T-Bone using poison gas. T-Bone ends up using Frewer's phone to hack an air vent, which sends the gas flooding into the room Defalt's in instead.
It's Personal: Blume affiliates in Bad Blood noted that he was willing to go after T-Bone for free.
Jack the Ripoff: By the events of Watch_Dogs 2, he's become so notorious of a hacker that he inspired an entire group of copycats, complete with his rat head masks. You can even unlock outfits inspired by him through online matches or DLC. Watch Dogs: Legion in particular allows you to unlock a playable replica of his mask, turning an operative into a full-blown Legacy Character in a side quest that heavily implies that he either has a particularly dedicated copycat in London, or this time, it really was him that left posters for a party of his in London, and that he pulled the same trick on T-bone that he did on Aiden.
Karma Houdini Warranty: After surviving his scuffle with Aiden and getting away with his crimes in the main game, Default finally receives his comeuppance in the DLC Bad Blood after T-Bone hacks into Default's air vents and seemingly kills Default with his own gas. Downplayed, since you won't even know he survives the main game if you didn't play Bad Blood.
Kick the Dog: One of his text taunts Aiden for failing to keep Lena safe.
Killed Off for Real: He seemingly officially bites the dust in Bad Blood, courtesy of T-Bone. Watch Dogs: Legion, however, either retconned this, or he has a really, really dedicated Jack the Ripoff.
Lack of Empathy: A couple of his taunts are really below the belt.
E-mail from Defalt: Subject: "why Defalt will always win..."; Message: "because Defalt sees the future, pearce is too busy looking at the past"
Laughing Mad: In Bad Blood, he giggles like a raving lunatic when T-Bone sees his effigies of the victims of the blackout and when T-Bone is about to be gassed. His mask's voice distortions actually manage to make it sound even more insane.
Oh, Crap!: Defalt's reaction to the ease with which Aiden deals with the fixers he sends after him. See Worthy Opponent below for details on how he reacts to this.
Playful Hacker: A bit too playful. And not nearly as funny when he's doing it to you.
Practically Joker: While he is initially a Playful Hacker Troll in the main game, Bad Blood plays him up as this with respect to Raymond Kenney, from his Laughing Mad demeanor to his desire to get under Kenney's skin for allowing for the suicide of his brother during the blackout, on top of being very much a Psychopathic Manchild, making him into the hacker equivalent to the Joker.
Psycho for Hire: After being rejected by DedSec, his only loyalty is to the highest bidder.
Psychopathic Manchild: Picture a particularly annoying Troll in your online game of choice, the kind who constantly trash talks you and spews leet speak like a broken faucet, and you have a rough approximation of what dealing with Defalt is like. The "psychopathic" part gets extra emphasis in Bad Blood, where it becomes quite clear that this guy has a few screws loose, to the point where in a few scenes, he's the hacker equivalent of The Joker.
Punch-Clock Villain: Like Jordi, there's nothing indicating that Defalt has any beef with Aiden. The only reason he bothers Aiden at all is because he was hired by Quinn after Clara wanted nothing more to do with him. Averted in Bad Blood, where It's Personal.
The Resenter: Towards DedSec. He wanted to join them, and by all rights, he's more than talented enough to qualify. They rejected him because he refuses to be anonymous and seemed to care more about his own infamy than DedSec's goals. He never got over it and has held a grudge against them ever since.
Silent Bob: Only has one line in the main campaign (a heavily distorted "I am Defalt. Welcome to my party."), otherwise communicates through text messages. Subverted in the Bad Blood DLC where he is more talkative.
The Unfettered: He's willing to go to all sorts of lengths all to make T-Bone pay for ‘killing’ his brother. It helps that he's also quite unhinged.
Troll: His sole purpose in life appears to be pissing people off.
Villain Cred: Clara and T-Bone both note how good of a hacker Defalt is, to the point where he can send messages to Aiden through others' phones and mess with their ctOS profiles for the same reason, and Aiden is legitimately impressed by his firewall designs.
Villainous Breakdown: When the gas fills his room, he starts trying desperately to save himself before ultimately Flipping the Table and succumbing to the fumes giggling like a lunatic.
Worthy Opponent: Defalt is surprised at how easily Aiden deals with the Fixers and is eager to engage in a game of Dueling Hackers with him. The feeling is mutual to some degree.
You Killed My Father: His brother was interned in a psychiatric ward on suicide watch when Ray Kenney's infamous blackout hit. The blackout allowed his brother to escape, and then commit suicide. Defalt blamed Kenney for his death and wants revenge, which results in the plot for Bad Blood.

Charlotte Gardner

Voiced by: Holly O'Brien (English), Larisa Nekipelova (Russian)

The Chief Communications Officer (CCO) of Blume Corporation, the company responsible for implementing ctOS.

Ambiguously Mormon: Aiden's profile indicates she was raised Mormon.
The Bad Guy Wins: While her attempt to capture/kill T-Bone did fail, she gets elected Interim Mayor of Chicago, and her company starts spreading an upgraded ctOS to every major city in the world.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Is The Face of a MegaCorp involved in a lot of shady dealings, and she sends assassins after T-Bone once Brenks tells her where he is.
For Science!: Audio recordings indicate she has this attitude toward ctOS.
The predictive algorithm is a remarkable program. Yes, Sir. But this is more than a standard Bellwether model. It holds great potential. We've already seen it in action with the election. Beyond that, yes. Essentially it's able to adapt... understand... and learn. I can see by your expressions you're as excited about this as I am.
Greater-Scope Villain: Has no real stake in Aiden's Roaring Rampage of Revenge, and ultimately benefits from the results.
Karma Houdini: Note how she's the only character on this page who is in a better place than she started when the main story ends.
Mouth of Sauron: Serves as one for Blume.
Villain with Good Publicity: In the eyes of the public, Blume sought to make everyone's lives better through ctOS and nobody suspect that the system can be hacked easily. Following the events of the game, ctOS is declared a success and Blume expands the system to other cities while Gardner herself was elected as Interim Mayor of Chicago.

Donovan Rushmore

The corrupt mayor of Chicago.

Accidental Murder: During an argument with Rose Washington, Rushmore accidentally killed her by when he pushed her too hard against a shelf and a lamp fell onto her head.
Ambiguous Situation: Rushmore turned up dead during the credits but no one knows whether he committed suicide or assassinated.
Becoming the Mask: After he is reelected, Rushmore starts acting like the "man of the people" and genuinely tries to help the people of Chicago, going as far as trying to pull out of Quinn and Blume's pockets.
Corrupt Politician: He has connections to the Chicago South Club as well as Blume.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: Rushmore started to act more like the "man of the people", going against Quinn and Blume. It is most likely this puts a hit on him at the end of the game due to Quinn seeing him as a loose end.
Karma Houdini Warranty: Aiden and T-Bone release Quinn's blackmail of Rushmore to the public, ensuring all his crimes, including Rose Washington's murder is revealed.
Minor Major Character: You would think a highly corrupt mayor who helped establish ctOS in Chicago would be a major antagonist in the story. However, Aiden and he never crossed paths before though Rushmore did play a role in Lena's death.
Puppet King: Rushmore is simply a puppet with Lucky Quinn being the one pulling the strings.

Rose Washington (Unmarked Spoilers)

Rose Washington

A woman whose name came up a few times throughout the game. Washington was Raymond Kenney and Tobias Frewer's former co-worker at Blume and was either fired or forced to resign around the same time the former was.

Plot-Triggering Death: Her death was secretly recorded and used to blackmail Rushmore. Iraq's attempt to find the video ended up putting a mark on Aiden and Damien, setting up the plot of the game.
Posthumous Character: She is long dead by the time of the game. Even T-Bone is shocked to find out she is dead.
Small Role, Big Impact: Despite long dead, Washington played a big role in not only establishing ctOS but also turning Aiden into a ruthless vigilante.
Walking Spoiler: This woman plays an important role in the story but players will not know until near the end of the game.

Characters / Watch_Dogs

Pearce Family

Aiden Pearce / The Vigilante / The Fox

Nicole Anne "Nicky" Pearce

Jackson Kent "Jacks" Pearce

Lena Violet Pearce

Allies

Clara Lille / BadBoy17

Jordi Chin

Theodore "T-Bone" Grady / Raymond Kenney

Tobias Lee Frewer

Yolanda Mendez

Sheila Billings

Targets

Delford "Iraq" Wade

Tyrone "Bedbug" Hayes

Dermot "Lucky" Quinn

Damien Brenks

Maurice Vega

Nicholas Crispin

Factions

Black Viceroys

Chicago South Club

Pawnee Militia

Others

DedSec

JB "Defalt" Marcowicz

Charlotte Gardner

Donovan Rushmore

Rose Washington

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Pearce Family

Aiden Pearce / The Vigilante / The Fox

Nicole Anne "Nicky" Pearce

Jackson Kent "Jacks" Pearce

Lena Violet Pearce

Allies

Clara Lille / BadBoy17

Jordi Chin

Theodore "T-Bone" Grady / Raymond Kenney

Tobias Lee Frewer

Yolanda Mendez

Sheila Billings

Targets

Delford "Iraq" Wade

Tyrone "Bedbug" Hayes

Dermot "Lucky" Quinn

Damien Brenks

Maurice Vega

Nicholas Crispin

Factions

Black Viceroys

Chicago South Club

Pawnee Militia

Others

DedSec

JB "Defalt" Marcowicz

Charlotte Gardner

Donovan Rushmore

Rose Washington

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