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* TheLoad: He's useless to the team as he is, and he knows it. There's no way you can make it back to base camp with his missing leg. [[spoiler: So he commits suicide so that everyone else can get on without him wasting their water and slowing them down.]]
* MeaningfulName: He's [[spoiler: the original Abraham Burden. He lives up to his name.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeroOfAnotherStory: He will be the main character of a DLC campaign where he attempts to prevent the Constellar Federation's birth through time travel... [[EnemyMine with Burden's old team]].]]

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* [[spoiler: HeroOfAnotherStory: He [[spoiler:He will be the main character of a DLC campaign where he attempts to prevent the Constellar Federation's birth through time travel... [[EnemyMine with Burden's old team]].]]
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* {{Irony}}: She has the lowest maximum morale rating in both the original version and the full game's fourth Chapter, despite her gameplay role being boosting of morale.
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* TheSocialDarwinist: Supports the Empire because they don't believe in equality or human rights, thus allowing the strong to earn what they deserve on their own merits.
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* [[spoiler: HeroOfAnotherStory: He will be the main character of a DLC campaign where he attempts to prevent the Constellar Federation's birth through time travel... [[EnemyMine with Burden's old team]].]]

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The main character. Sergeant Burden is member of an infiltration unit that is currently investigating the Xenolifers at the behest of the Constellar federation.

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The main character. Sergeant Burden is member of an infiltration unit that is currently investigating the Xenolifers at the behest of the Constellar federation.Everdusk Company.


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* AmbiguouslyHuman: While he can die of injuries, he apparently doesn't need to eat or drink, has a completely unbreakable morale, his medical profile at Everdusk is confidential, the Medusea Virus has inexplicably no effects on him and while he gets tired by intense effort (such as digging out the rubble in Chapter 3), he can walk through the entire desert in Chapter 5 without ever needing to rest. [[spoiler:[[TheUnreveal We never discover what he is exactly]], it could be a side-effect his his numerous time loops.]]


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* GallowsHumor: Jack notes that he tends to make a lot of jokes about cannibalism. [[spoiler:It could be lingering memories from his time-loops of his time in the frozen world where he could had had to kill some of the survivor so the rest of the team could have food.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself in Chapter 4 if all his crewmen die. [[spoiler:He also throws himself off into space in Chapter Seven, claiming that he's sick of being forced to make the hard decisions over and over. [[GroundhogDayLoop It doesn't work]].]]



* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself in Chapter 4 if all his crewmen die. [[spoiler:He also throws himself off into space in Chapter Seven, claiming that he's sick of being forced to make the hard decisions over and over. [[GroundhogDayLoop It doesn't work]].]]



* TheLeader: His leadership (and survival) skills are said to be legendary. Let's see if you can live up to that.



* [[PerpetualMotionMonster Perpetual Motion Man]]: Never gives himself anything when dividing food and water between his companions and never gets tired or exhausted from going without.

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* [[PerpetualMotionMonster Perpetual Motion Man]]: Never gives himself anything when dividing food and water between his companions and never gets tired or exhausted from going without. He can suffer from fatigue in Chapter 3, though.



* TheLeader: His leadership (and survival) skills are said to be legendary. Let's see if you can live up to that.
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Wow, killing her son infront of her causes her to break down! What an amazing plot revelation that musn\'t be sullied!


* VillainousBreakdown: Whether you believe she's a villain or not, shooting [[spoiler: Eddie]] will cause her to break down and refuse to even interact with you.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Whether you believe she's a villain or not, shooting [[spoiler: Eddie]] Eddie will cause her to break down and refuse to even interact with you.
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Moral Event Horizon is, first, subjective, and second, has a narrative role as establishing a character as an irredeemable villain. No.


* MoralEventHorizon: There are some seriously horrific things you can do, and characters will not hesitate to call you out on it.

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These aren\'t dead for real. If Jack is killed in one chapter he\'ll be back in the next.


* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chapter, if you don't play your cards right.


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* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chapter, if you don't play your cards right.





* KilledOffForReal: She can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.

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* KilledOffForReal: She can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.



* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.

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* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.



* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.

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* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.



* KilledOffForReal: He can short-circuit if hooked up to the machines to long in the 3rd chapter, and can be destroyed for ammo in the 4th chapter.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Whether you believe she's a villain or not, shooting spoiler: Eddi] will cause her to break down and refuse to even interact with you.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Whether you believe she's a villain or not, shooting spoiler: Eddi] [[spoiler: Eddie]] will cause her to break down and refuse to even interact with you.

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* TheMedic: Of a sort. He does not heal wounds, but rather is the only member who can quickly whip up antidotes out of local herbs as well as the second person who can use the defibrillator.



* TheMedic: Of a sort. He does not heal wounds, but rather is the only member who can quickly whip up antidotes out of local herbs as well as the second person who can use the defibrillator.

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* TheMedic: Of a sort. He does not heal wounds, but rather is TheStoic: A lot calmer and more soft-spoken than the only member who can quickly whip up antidotes others. Notably, on the 4th mission, while the other FreakOuts for low morale include Sarah crawling into a ball and crying and Jack dropping to the ground and shaking back and forth out of local herbs as well as the second person who can use the defibrillator.nervousness, Zenész's FreakOut is simply putting down his cigarette.


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* SecondFaceSmoke: Does this to Burden right before smashing his knees in during the days with the hammer.

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Just making some general edits. Also, Alexander is in no way an example of Gentle Giant, or a notable aversion, so I\'m just going to remove that trope.


* ShootTheShaggyDog: He actually [[spoiler: manages to remember that he's stuck in a time loop.]] The kicker? [[spoiler: It's always in the climatic final battle between him and Liam, so its too late to actually change the whole situation.]]



* ShootTheShaggyDog: He actually [[spoiler: manages to remember that he's stuck in a time loop.]] The kicker? [[spoiler: It's always in the climatic final battle between him and Liam, so its too late to actually change the whole situation.]]



* ArtificialLimbs: If he gets his arm chopped off in the 2nd mission.
* TheBigGuy: Has the second highest body mass in the squad, after Donald who's far less muscular, and has the second-highest dig power, after Br4nd-On the robot. Notably, he was born on one of the most inhospitable planets we've seen, so it makes sense he'd be in good physical condition.



* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 2nd chapter, if you don't play your cards right.
* TheBigGuy: Has the second highest body mass in the squad, after Donald who's far less muscular, and has the second-highest dig power, after Br4nd-On the robot. Notably, he was born on one of the most inhospitable planets we've seen, so it makes sense he'd be in good physical condition.

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* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 2nd 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chapter, if you don't play your cards right.
* TheBigGuy: Has the second highest body mass in the squad, after Donald who's far less muscular, and has the second-highest dig power, after Br4nd-On the robot. Notably, he was born on one of the most inhospitable planets we've seen, so it makes sense he'd be in good physical condition.
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* KilledOffForReal: She can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.



* TheEngineer: He's there to handle maintenance on the ship, the team's equipment as well as Br4nd-On. He's also the best repairman in the group and is one of the two members of the group who can handle the defibrillator.

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* TheEngineer: He's there to handle maintenance on the ship, the team's equipment as well as Br4nd-On. He's also the best repairman in the group and is one of the two members of the group who can handle the defibrillator.
defibrillator and repair the radio.
* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.




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* KilledOffForReal: He can die in the 3rd and 4th chapter.



* KilledOffForReal: He can short-circuit if hooked up to the machines to long in the 3rd chapter, and can be destroyed for ammo in the 4th chapter.



* BlondGuysAreEvil: Well, he's an antagonist, anyways.



* AxCrazy: He really seems to love his job, and doesn't seem to particularly care if he accidentally kills Burden or Jack (only giving a "the boss isn't going to like this" type of reaction.) Notably, on one of the days, he brings out a literal ax.
* CoolShades: Never seen without them.



* SunglassesAtNight: Is never seen without his sunglasses. This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one of Burden's provokes.



* GentleGiant: Averted entirely. He's quiet and doesn't seem to take the same pleasure out of torture as Irving does, but he's just as willing to beat you up if you don't give up information.
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* RobotsArePeopleToo: Br4nd-On is fully sentient and Donald talks about him as though he were alive, which gets on Burden's nerves. Whether or not Br4nd-On is more disposable than a human crewmember ultimately depends on the player.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:The real Abraham Burden dies during Chapter 5. Since the player character doesn't have an identity, Jack gives him Abraham's dogtags and identity.]]


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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Goes only by "Sergeant" in Chapter 5.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kills himself in Chapter 4 if all his crewmen die. [[spoiler:He also throws himself off into space in Chapter Seven, claiming that he's sick of being forced to make the hard decisions over and over. [[GroundhogDayLoop It doesn't work]].]]


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* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Burden is just a name given to him by Jack. We never do find out what his real identity is, or if he even has one.]]

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* TotallyRadical: His conversations have some shades of this.


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* MoralityPet: Is this to the entire group. Hitting him, while drastically raising rebellion, greatly decreases morale.
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Killing him is not advised, as the negative outcomes greatly outweighs the positives.


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* TheQuietOne
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* VillainousBreakdown: Whether you believe she's a villain or not, shooting [[spoiler: Eddie]] will cause her to break down and refuse to even interact with you.

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* MamaBear: Averted. While she is very protective of Eddie, killing him will cause her to go into a catatonic state rather than attack you.
* VillainousBreakdown: Whether you believe she's a villain or not, shooting [[spoiler: Eddie]] spoiler: Eddi] will cause her to break down and refuse to even interact with you.



* CrusadingWidower: Killing either [[spoiler: Claire]] or [[spoiler: Eddie]] will cause him to get more inclined to rebel rather than get scared.

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* CrusadingWidower: Killing either [[spoiler: Claire]] Claire or [[spoiler: Eddie]] Eddie will cause him to get more inclined to rebel rather than get scared.
* PapaWolf: Downplayed. Kill his son and he'll be incredibly likely to rebel, as opposed to getting scared which is what happens most of the time when executing the hostages.



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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like most of Xenolifer, but he makes it very clear that, considering what he has seen throughout his life, he's absolutely certain that there's no other way to end slavery.



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* DirtyCoward: He's usually the first one to give up his password, just hit him a few times and he'll break very quickly.

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* DoomMagnet: His history with Xenolifer often puts himself and others in dangers way.

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* DoomMagnet: His history with Xenolifer often puts himself and others in dangers way.



* PragmaticHero: Despite the actions he's made his intentions have always been morally good.

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* PragmaticHero: Despite the actions he's made taken, his intentions have always been morally good.



* TheUnfettered: Normally calm, but when something happens to put the mission at risk there's very little he won't sacrifice to uphold it.

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* TheUnfettered: Normally calm, calm and idealistic, but when something happens to put the mission at risk there's very little he won't sacrifice to uphold it.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Abraham worries that Liam's ambition could turn him into the thing they try hard to fight against and tries to drive him in the right direction.



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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Stays engaged with his handheld during a HostageSituation, unaware of the severity of the situation.
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* DoomMagnet: Burden is often in bad situations which he always survives while his companions often suffer trauma and death.

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* DoomMagnet: Burden is His history with Xenolifer often in bad situations which he always survives while his companions often suffer trauma puts himself and death.others in dangers way.



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* HeroicSpiritHeroicSpirit: Burden's spirit is always being tested by the gods, he never breaks.



* [[spoiler: NoNameGiven]]: His true identity. [[spoiler: The only thing we can be sure of is that he was formerly a Sergeant of Everdusk, but each time loop has him forget everything he's ever experienced. The identity of Abraham Burden is that of a former Sergeant that killed himself due to guilt.]]

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* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler: NoNameGiven]]: His true identity. [[spoiler: identity. The only thing we can be sure of is that he was formerly a Sergeant of Everdusk, but each time loop has him forget everything he's ever experienced. The identity of Abraham Burden is that of a former Sergeant that killed himself due to guilt.]]



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* PragmaticHeroPragmaticHero: Despite the actions he's made his intentions have always been morally good.



* TheUnfettered

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* TheUnfetteredTheUnfettered: Normally calm, but when something happens to put the mission at risk there's very little he won't sacrifice to uphold it.



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* WouldHurtAChild
WouldHurtAChild: Considers harming Eddie an option in order to break his parents willpower.
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* [[spoiler: NoNameGiven]]: His true identity. [[spoiler: The only thing we can be sure of is that he was formerly a Sergeant of Everdusk, but each time loop has him forget everything he's ever experienced. The identity of Abraham Burden is that of a former Sergeant that killed himself due to guilt.]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: He actually [[spoiler: manages to remember that he's stuck in a time loop.]] The kicker? [[spoiler: It's always in the climatic final battle between him and Liam, so its too late to actually change the whole situation.]]

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Okay, plenty of ZCE and spoiler policy violations here. Leaving a warning, will start hollering for mods if anyone ignores them.


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CodeName: Since he was raised by aliens his true name isn't a human one, and the rest of Xenolifer refers to him by Shaman rather than attempt his real name.



* [[spoiler: CrusadingWidower:]] Killing either [[spoiler: Claire]] or [[spoiler: Eddie]] will cause him to get more inclined to rebel rather than get scared.

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* [[spoiler: CrusadingWidower:]] CrusadingWidower: Killing either [[spoiler: Claire]] or [[spoiler: Eddie]] will cause him to get more inclined to rebel rather than get scared.



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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: He commits suicide after a while if you do not kill him yourself.]]

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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: He commits suicide after a while if you do not kill him yourself.]]
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This spoiler looks over-concealed according to Handling Spoilers. Anyone Can Die in this game and this example doesn\'t say exactly when it happens so it shouldn\'t be that bad to reveal it.


* [[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst: He is the first main character who can die without you being forced to redo the mission, and can, in fact, die on 4 different occasions throughout the game. In the same playthrough even. The other main characters can at most die twice, though this is partially due to them being featured in fewer missions than Jack.]]

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* [[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst: He is the first main character who can die without you being forced to redo the mission, and can, in fact, die on 4 different occasions throughout the game. In the same playthrough even. The other main characters can at most die twice, though this is partially due to them being featured in fewer missions than Jack.]]
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* [[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst: He is the first main character who can die without you being forced to redo the mission, and can, in fact, die on 4 different occasions throughout the game. In the same playthrough even. The other main characters besides can at most die twice, though is partially due to them being featured in fewer missions than Jack.]]

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* [[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst: He is the first main character who can die without you being forced to redo the mission, and can, in fact, die on 4 different occasions throughout the game. In the same playthrough even. The other main characters besides can at most die twice, though this is partially due to them being featured in fewer missions than Jack.]]
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* {{Determinator}}


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* [[PerpetualMotionMonster Perpetual Motion Man]]: Never gives himself anything when dividing food and water between his companions and never gets tired or exhausted from going without.


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