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!For characters in the "Delsin Rowe Saga", see ''[[Characters/InFamousSecondSon InFAMOUS Second Son]]''.

'''Warning: In accordance with spoiler policy, all trope names will be visible, and there are''' '''''many''''' '''spoilers ahead. Beware.'''

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!Introduced in ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS|1}}''

[[folder:Cole [=MacGrath=]]]
!!Cole [=MacGrath=] (AKA "The Electric Man", "The Demon of Empire City")
->'''Voiced by:''' Jason Cottle (''[=inFAMOUS=]''), Eric Ladin (''[=inFAMOUS 2=]'')
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Do I want them to love me? Or fear me?"'']]

-->'''Cole:''' ''"Karma's a bitch. I get it."''
-->'''Zeke:''' ''"What'cha gonna do?"''
-->'''Cole:''' ''"I'm gonna send a message."''

The protagonist of ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS}}'' and ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS 2}}''. Cole was an ordinary bike courier in Empire City who accidentally activated the [[ArtifactOfDoom Ray Sphere]], which resulted in thousands of people around him dying, and also gave him the ability to [[ShockAndAwe control electricity]]. Cole then spends the aftermath of the catastrophe just trying to survive the ensuing chaos and violence, while learning how and why all of this happened to him. Whether Cole uses his powers for good or evil [[KarmaMeter is dependent on the player]].
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!!!'''Cole in general'''
* BadassNormal: Starts as a regular joe with serious RoofHopping abilities.
* BlessedWithSuck: While he gets awesome powers, he suffers from PowerIncontinence.
* BlowYouAway: Can use his powers to create a miniature tornado.
* BookDumb: He dropped out of college to spite his parents, hence why he was working as a mailman until the Blast.
* BriefAccentImitation: In the second game, he briefly mimics Bertrand's broad Southern accent during their final showdown.
-->'''Cole:''' Oh, do you really think that I'm the Demon? ''"The Demon of Empiah Citay!"''
* ChainLightning: Cole's upgraded basic electric attack and Evil Cole's Arc Lightning can jump to multiple targets when used.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Cole's RoofHopping skills are ''not'' the product of his powers, but of time spent at his hobby of urban exploration, with his powers just making it hurt less if he falls.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:In a strange variation of this trope, Cole was chosen by ''himself''; another version of Cole [=MacGrath=] from a BadFuture (going by the alias "Kessler") personally selected his younger self to gain superpowers and [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne make his life]] [[YouCantFightFate a living hell]], so that one day he may be able to defeat the Beast.]]
* CivvieSpandex: His superhero uniform consists of a biking jacket, t-shirt, and a pair of union jack jeans.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Good Cole's lightning is blue, Evil Cole's lightning is red.
* CombatParkour: He's very proficient at acrobatics, and he'll be [[RoofHopping leaping across the whole city]], kicking a lot of ass along the way.
* {{Courier}}: Before the Ray Sphere blast, Cole was a bike courier who delivered packages around Empire City.
* DeadpanSnarker: Comes with being a bit of a ManChild, Cole will often crack jokes at inappropriate times, causing double takes from everyone. It's when he's not snarking that you know it's getting [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness serious]].
* {{Determinator}}: He's determined to defeat the bad guys no matter the cost.
* DisappointedByTheMotive: His reaction when he finds out Bertrand's motives for starting a Conduit arms race and the reasons for his {{Boomerang Bigot}}ry in ''2''. While Cole doesn't outright say he's disappointed, his tone of voice does it for him:
-->'''Cole''': Oh, I finally get it. You thought the Ray Sphere was gonna turn you into some sort of shiny superhuman... but instead it turned you into a [[Attackofthe50FootWhatever fifty-foot maggot]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: More by necessity -- his electrical powers cook the ammunition inside a gun 'till the whole thing explodes.
* EatsBabies: Invoked. A couple of New Marais Rebels will mention they heard rumors you're so evil that you literally eat babies.
* ElectricSlide: Cole's Induction Grind. As a mode of transportation, one has to wonder how they support Cole's weight
* TheEgo: To Kuo's Superego and Nix's Id. Somewhere along the way in the sequel, he makes himself the peace maker and riot shield between his female counterparts, if only to move things along.
* ElectricSlide: Cole can grind along train tracks or power lines to get around the city.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After the Ray Sphere blast, he gains [[ShockAndAwe lightning superpowers]].
* FingerlessGloves: His outfit in the first game features a pair of black fingerless gloves.
* FireIceLightning: Can add [[AnIcePerson ice]] or [[PlayingWithFire napalm]] to his [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers]] in ''VideoGame/Infamous2''.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Good or evil, he goes from a simple bike courier to one of the most powerful Conduits alive.
* GrapplingHookPistol: Lightening Tether.
* GuestFighter: He's a playable character in the [=PS3=] version of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken''.
* GutturalGrowler: Cole's voice is extremely gritty sounding in the first game, especially when Evil. Cut back a little in the second game, where Cole's new voice actor doesn't sound nearly as much like a heavy smoker.
* HealingFactor: To the point where Cole can withstand toxic gas and [[MadeOfIron hails of gunfire]] with just a little time to catch his breath.
** AllThereInTheManual explains that Cole is more of an EnergyBeing than a real human after the Ray Sphere incident, and his natural electrical charge heals his body over time. If he's able to suck up some electricity from a nearby source, he heals ''much'' faster, to the point that he is almost impossible to kill if he has access to a constant source of electricity.
* HealingHands: Cole can perform some [[MagicalDefibrillator bioelectric trick]] that heals anything and everything from poisonings to gunshot wounds. In the sequel, Good Cole can learn how to heal groups with a single use of this power, which is very handy.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Sits alone in his ruined apartment for a week after finding out Kessler is a future version of him.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[KarmaMeter Potentially.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Partially because of the bleakness of the ruined Empire City, partially because he's got all sorts of expectations heaped on him, and partially because even with superpowers, he's still "everyone's errand boy". However, while Cole hates the responsibility that comes with his abilities, he enjoys ''using'' his powers, and is often excited when he gets a new one.
* InnerMonologue: Tends toward these, talking about what his actions do and his thoughts on the current situation, and sometimes changes [[KarmaMeter depending on his actions]]. In the first game, it was also in gameplay, detailing Cole's major choices and what he should do, save for one. While the monologues still appear in ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS 2}}'', [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness it was dropped near-completely when there's gameplay involving major choices]].
* KillItWithWater: Cole's body isn't completely immune to his powers, so he can be electrocuted by being submerged in too much water.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Cole gets a two-pronged Amplifier as his weapon in the sequel.
* LightningCanDoAnything: He can use electricity to form shields, missiles, grenades, [[SelectiveMagnetism magnetic fields]], [[PowerOfTheStorm control the weather]], and dozens of other things.
* MadeOfIron: Cole takes so many bullets on the average mission that he probably sneezes bits of shrapnel. Perhaps the most explicit example is invoked by Zeke in the interquel comic, when Zeke explains to Trish that Cole was once hit head-on and subsequently run over by a truck. Cole left the hospital shortly thereafter with just a few bruises. Oh, and ''[[BadassNormal this was all pre-blast]]''. Yeah.
* MagnetismManipulation: Kinda. Cole's electric powers also translate to mild magnetic powers. He can life objects with Electric lift and create a shield that protects him from bullets. The wiki explains this as a combination of electromagnetism and electrokinesis (as he can lift non magnetic objects as well)
* ManChild: He's definitely immature to a degree. He isn't very fond of the responsibilities that come with his new powers, despite enjoying the hell out of using them, and acting like a kid with a new toy whenever he gains a new power. And even when he's a good guy, he tends to be pretty self-centered and short-sighted in his duties. And of course, authority figures tend to take advantage of him, even while he openly resents them.
* NotQuiteFlight: For all his power, Cole is one of the few Conduits that can't fly. A power up gives him Static Thrusters which allow him to glide, and in ''inFamous 2'' a Good Karma power-up boosts his jump.
* OneManArmy: Cole zaps his way through hundreds of enemies in both games.
** Taken UpToEleven in the Evil ending of the second game, [[spoiler:as he can now destroy whole armies ''with a single thought'' as the new Beast.]]
* ParKourier: Cole's old job, if he wasn't on the bike.
* PowerIncontinence: He can't use guns because the ammunition will explode if he touches them, and he can't drive because his powers ignite fossil fuels. Thankfully, it's shown that he can at least touch other people without killing them. Standing on wet ground with him is an instant death, however.
* PowerOfTheStorm: He can control storm clouds and lightning strikes.
* PrimalStance: Cole is the latest in a long line of (potentially) morally questionable protagonists who do this. The severity of the pose after standing still for a moment actually varies depending on Cole's alignment in the second game: while neutral is general enough, Infamous!Cole will enter a skulking pose that [[AllMenArePerverts enhances his morally questionable nature]], whilst Hero!Cole will use a heroic pose [[TheCape befitting of a role model of the people]].
* PrivateEyeMonologue: Narrates his own story through the first two games.
* PsychoactivePowers: His powers can change vastly depending on his general mental state.
* RedBaron: Was nicknamed "the Electric Man" and "the Demon of Empire City".
* RegeneratingHealth: Cole's HealingFactor allows him to recover from ''gunshot wounds'' by walking around for about ten to fifteen seconds or absorbing a nearby source of electricity.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Subverted; against expectations, he's still vulnerable to electrocution, either from enemies or by his own attacks.
** Although also played straight as one must assume that Cole has some degree of control over magnetism, especially regarding his abilities to hover and drop from heights without getting hurt.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: What Cole was before the whole thing started, by WordOfGod, and a few mentions in the game.
-->'''Kessler:''' Your mother is ashamed of you, she lies, tells people you're a teacher. No one respects a ''bike messenger.''
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: As soon as he discovers that [[spoiler:Moya was lying to and playing him from the start]], he promptly declares their deal off.
* ShockAndAwe: Has electrical superpowers.
* StandardFPSGuns: Oddly enough, most of Cole's fantastic electrical powers mimic standard conventional firearms:
** Melee: The "Knife". The Amp is more a Sword.
** Gigawatt Blades: The "Chainsaw".
** Lightning Bolt: The Pistol.
*** Precision: The Sniper Rifle.
** Shockwave: The Shotgun.
** Overload Burst: The other Sniper Rifle (albeit with splash damage).
** Arc Lightning: The Automatic Weapon (Lightning Gun variation, naturally).
*** Good Cole upgrades his lightning bolt to fire continuous shots and restore electricity, approximating an Automatic Weapon.
** Shock Grenades: Grenades (obviously).
** Megawatt Hammer: The Rocket Launcher.
** Lightning Storm: {{BFG}} KillSat.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Cole's powers cause him to short circuit if he's submerged in too much water, to the point where it can kill him.
* TattooAsCharacterType: In the second game, Cole's tattoos will change as he becomes more evil or good. Good Cole gets star and wing motifs. Evil Cole gets flames and down arrows.
* UnwittingPawn:
** In the first game, [[spoiler:Moya]] uses him to [[spoiler:try and get her hands on the Ray Sphere, and cover up her connections to the First Sons.]]
** It's implied by the last dead drop in 2 that [[spoiler:Wolfe knows what the RFI will do but doesn't warn anyone, especially the guy who is supposed to make it work. Hint: You're playing him.]]
* WalkingTechbane: His powers can easily blow up generators, cars, and so on if he's not careful.
-->'''Zeke:''' Hell, they haven't invented a machine you can't break.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Water.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Subverted; Cole freely admits that he dropped out of college and became a bike messenger simply to "piss off his parents."
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!!!'''Good Cole'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The people around here, they love me. How long will that last?"'']]
* AntiHero: Sort of, he's a ClassicalAntiHero. While not a bad person like Evil Cole, even Good Cole has a fairly cynical personality, and he seems to enjoy combat.
* TheAtoner: At least part of Cole's heroism and good deeds stems from a desire to redeem himself in the eyes of Empire City's people, due to being put to blame for causing the Blast (even though in all fairness, he was completely unaware that he was about to detonate a bomb). Especially because he accidentally caused his girlfriend's sister's death, which opened a huge rift in his relationship with Trish.
* BeingGoodSucks: Choosing the good road means you have to take hits for the team. ''A lot'' of ''hard'' hits for the team.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Though he's generally a friendly and laid back guy, if you harm innocents or the ones he loves, ''he will kill you if it's the last thing he does''.
* BoringButPractical: His attacks aren't as flashy or powerful as Evil Cole's, but many of them can defeat enemies fairly quickly, and for the most won't hurt a civilian with the right approach.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: At the end of the first game, he finally accepts that it's his responsibility to protect Empire City and its people with his powers.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Can choose to abandon his morality for power and activate the Ray Sphere a second time at the expense of even more innocent lives at the end of the first game, permanently locking him in the Infamous evil ranking.]]
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Wears light gold and white clothing in ''inFAMOUS'' and ''inFAMOUS 2''.
* GoodIsNotNice: Especially in the first game. He's in a very grumpy and sour mood most of the time, but is still willing to protect innocent people, and also to sacrifice himself for their sake.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He is more than willing to thoroughly pulverize the bad guys, and will even use lethal force when necessary.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: In Infamous 2, Cole starts off with a scar on his face. Choosing good causes the scar to fade and skin to tan, demphasizing the scar more. By the end of the game, the scar is pretty much completely healed.
* TheFettered: A lot of the Karma choices have Cole choose the less convenient option like forgoing easy shots at getting a shard or getting hit with hallucinogenic tar.
* HealingHands: He can heal wounded civilians and cops, which increases his Good Karma level.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the second game, Cole sacrifices himself and thousands of other Conduits to save millions of normal humans.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Subverted in the first game. While he suffers from this for a good while after the Voice of Survival exposes him as the source of the Ray Sphere blast, the people of Empire City eventually start to notice his numerous good deeds and they begin to seriously doubt the Voice of Survival's claims and instead start viewing Cole as their champion and defender, and will even join his side in fights with gang members if his heroic reputation is high enough.
** Throughout Infamous 2, quite a few people know him as the "Demon of Empire City." [[spoiler: In ''Infamous: Second Son'', the Department of Unified Protection have ensured that Cole went down in history as a villain to cement their SuperRegistrationAct.]]
* HurtingHero: In the good ending.
* AnIcePerson: When he uses the Power Transfer Device with Kuo in the second game, he gets ice powers.
* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Talks about how he'll never be able to save everyone, no matter how hard he tries, at the end of the first game.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rather easily irritated, and is very cynical about the problems around him. But he's still genuinely selfless to all innocent people.
* TheLastDance: In the Hero ending of ''inFamous 2'', [[spoiler:Cole decides to kick the crap out of the Beast before he dies activating the RFI.]]
* MessianicArchetype: Cole is given an option by [[SatanicArchetype the Beast]] to join him to help save the rest of their kind (Conduits) at the expense of the rest of mankind. Cole resists this temptation, saving mankind and undoing the influence of the Beast at the cost of his own life, his death remembered by the people of New Marais and given Sainthood by the people there.
* TheParagon: If Cole's karma is high enough, he will, whenever he gets involved in a fight, inspire the citizens in the area to help him by throwing rocks at the gang members.
* PhysicalGod: The power from blast cores make him near invincible ''and'' massively powerful in the final fight of the second game.
* TakingTheBullet: Allows himself to be shot and hit by explosions on numerous occasions to protect civilians.
* TookALevelInKindness: Even while he was good, Cole often came across as a really grumpy and humorless {{Jerkass}} in the first game who always made it clear he was NotInThisForYourRevolution. He's a much nicer guy in the sequel.
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!!!'''Evil Cole'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"These powers are only good for one thing: Letting me take what I want, when I want!"'']]
* AGodAmI: In the Evil ending of the first game.
-->'''Cole:''' In a place with no law, the strong take what they want, and the weak are their slaves, their playthings. And no one is stronger than me...
** Ironically, [[spoiler:he literally gains godlike powers by the end of ''inFAMOUS 2'' if you stick with the Evil alignment till the end.]]
* TheAntiChrist: While Good!Cole takes on the characteristics of a MessianicArchetype, Evil!Cole inverts this when he agrees to take the side of [[SatanicArchetype The Beast]] and destroy mankind for the sake of himself, eventually taking his place and his power as DarkMessiah to the conduits.
* AntiHero: He's definitely a NominalHero. Evil Cole is willing to do horrible things and endanger the lives of innocents, if it brings him closer to defeating his enemies.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: At the end of the second game, Cole [[spoiler:becomes the new Beast in an attempt to save the Conduits from the plague, sacrificing the rest of humanity in the process.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Cole:''' The Plague just sped up the inevitable: an evolutionary jump, humanity giving way to Conduits. I had been given powers to save the world from this change. But now I stand at its center. '''I have become the Beast.''']]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:At the end of both the first and second games. Especially the latter, as you {{take over the world}} and start exterminating any humans who don't have superpowers.]]
* BeingEvilSucks: While Evil Cole doesn't see what's wrong with his actions, his relationship with Trish basically goes FromBadToWorse, [[spoiler:and eventually he ends up having to kill Zeke]].
* BottomlessMagazines: Gains temporary infinite energy when using a fully upgraded Drain skill in ''inFAMOUS 2''.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first game, Evil Cole was an actively malicious {{Jerkass}} who thrived on causing pain and suffering for those around him, though he was shown to genuinely care about Trish and Zeke. In the second game, he's simply unconcerned with the consequences of his actions.
* DarkMessiah: In the second game, Cole's going to save the world from the Beast whether they like it or not. [[spoiler:And in the end, he becomes the new Beast in order to save fellow Conduits from the Plague.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cole's friends Zeke, Trish, Kuo, and Nix are about the only people he seems to give a single damn about. [[spoiler:He ends up losing all of them except for Kuo, who joins his side after he becomes the new Beast.]]
** And possibly his family might count too, as he mentions having parents and a younger brother (all of them unseen), though he says that he's become estranged from them, because they're ashamed of the horrible person he turned into.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: As Cole gains negative karma:
** In the first game, his clothes get dirtier, his skin becomes pale and covered in black smudges, and eventually, his eyes turn white.
** In the second game, his skin turns pale and veiny, his clothes get ripped up, and his tattoos become more demonic.
* FightingYourFriend: The final boss fights in ''inFAMOUS 2'' for Evil Cole involve [[spoiler:killing Nix and then your best friend Zeke.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts out as an average joe bike messenger, only to slowly transform into a dangerous monster.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: If you take evil actions, dark patches resembling electrical burns start creeping up the back of Cole's neck to cover the rear of his head. Additionally, burn marks will appear on Cole's clothes as well. Zeke will comment that Cole is beginning to look more intimidating and dangerous.
** In ''Infamous 2'', Cole starts off with a scar on his face. Choosing evil causes the scar to worsen. It doesn't help that he also gets paler making his scars and tattoos and evil veins stand out more.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He sometimes tries to justify his self-serving actions to his friends. Such as when he took a whole shipment of food from other starving citizens, saying that he and his friends needed more of it.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His worldview is simply selfishness taken to extremes. Every atrocity he commits is done solely for his own self-interest, and maybe to help out the very few people he actually likes (which can be counted on one hand).
* {{Jerkass}}: Mainly in the first game; in the second game, he seems more generally unconcerned with the consequences of his actions, rather than actively malicious.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Evil!Cole is forced to [[spoiler:kill Nix and Zeke in order to destroy the RFI]] at the end of ''inFAMOUS 2''.
* LackOfEmpathy: He has this attitude towards most civilians. He'll harm them if they get in his way, or if doing so will benefit himself.
* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, the game considers Cole irredeemably evil if he decides to [[spoiler:use the second Ray Sphere to obtain more power]]. This choice is so heinous that if you take it, you'll be kicked down to the Infamous rank, and locked there permanently.
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler:Gains the power to reshape the world and destroy entire armies with a thought after becoming the new Beast.]]
* PsychoElectro: He has the power of lightning at his fingertips, frequently used in a malevolent way.
* PsychopathicManchild: He sees the whole city as his own personal play pen to do whatever the hell he wants, regardless of the innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: When evil, Cole wears dark red and black clothes. It can be taken further in ''Infamous 1''. If you chose to [[spoiler:activate the Ray Sphere a second time, Cole's lightning becomes black with a red outline]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:His eyes glow red after becoming the new Beast at the end of ''inFamous 2''.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: He believes his superpowers should be used to get whatever he needs or wants, laws and morals be damned.
-->'''Cole:''' The point is, I have powers. And I will use them.
* ShootTheDog: It's very clear Cole's in pain about [[spoiler:having to kill Zeke at the end]], but feels there's no other way.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Declares the weak the playthings of the strong in the evil ending of the first game.
* TaintedVeins: As Cole goes up the Evil ranks, his veins become more visible.
* TattooedCrook: In the second game, he sports some wicked tattoos.
* TheUnfettered: He has no real moral scruples beyond protecting the few loved ones he has.
* VampiricDraining: He can drain life energy from wounded people to completely heal himself, while also increasing his Evil Karma level.
* VillainProtagonist: In ''inFAMOUS 1'', Evil Cole is a selfish monster who would be perfectly happy to let Empire City be destroyed if it served his needs.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''inFAMOUS 2''. Even if he is a monster killing and maiming anyone who gets in way, his goal is still to defeat the world-destroying Beast.
** Not to mention that instead of being good or evil, Cole is either saving the {{Muggles}} or saving the Conduits (but he can't save both). [[spoiler:So he turns on the Muggles.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Constantly gets called out for his questionable actions by others.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Played with, as he's quite cold-blooded but not totally insane.
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[[folder:Zeke Dunbar]]
!!Zeke Dunbar
->'''Voiced by:''' Caleb Moody
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[[caption-width-right:198:''"Zeke Jedadiah Dunbar is his own man!"'']]

Cole's lifelong best friend, who is eager to join Cole on his adventures in Empire City. Mixed results follow however.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: The heavy-set Zeke can run down flights of stairs in about the same time it takes ''Cole to free fall from the roof'', and beats Cole to the mainland by swimming after both are stranded out on a bridge. The second game [[JustifiedTrope shows in a flashback]] that Zeke actually gave LeParkour a shot with Cole in New Marais after the hurricane.
* AscendedFanboy: In the first game, Zeke wanted to be special and have superpowers. He never becomes a Conduit but [[spoiler: becomes a leading member of the D.U.P. resistance and [[BadassNormal a hero in his own right.]]]]
* TheAtoner: As suggested in the ending of the first game and later explained in the interquel comics, [[spoiler:Zeke is trying to make up for his betrayal of Cole, if only so his friend will speak to him again]]. By the second game, Cole has chosen to throw him bones every now and again. [[spoiler:Near the end, Cole and Zeke have made up, and are buddies once again. Though Cole is first to mention it when Zeke goes undercover as a double agent.]]
* BadassNormal: Grows into this in the second game when he sharpens his inventing, hacking and planning skills in an effort to regain Cole's trust.
* CharacterDevelopment: Becomes a more righteous and helpful character in ''VideoGame/{{inFamous}} 2''.
* ClassicalAntihero: In the first game, he constantly screws things up for Cole in his attempts to be badass and is predominantly selfish in pursuits. In the second game, he evolves into more of a genuine hero.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: In ''Cole's Legacy'', he gives Delsin a speech about how he should control his powers and direct them at the right people.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Zeke believes the US government is trying to get their hands on the Ray Sphere to create an army of Conduit SuperSoldiers for the military. [[spoiler:[[TheCuckoolanderWasRight He's completely right]], though he's never told so.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: In ''inFAMOUS 1'', Zeke [[spoiler:joins Kessler after he promises to give him powers. It doesn't work out for him, and Cole is still holding him at arms length for the majority of the sequel.]]
* DeepSouth: Implied to be from there by his accent. Though after he and Cole move to New Marais, he cracks a few redneck jokes.
* FaceHeelTurn: In the first game, Zeke [[spoiler:temporarily joins Kessler in exchange for powers. Kessler turns out to have been lying, and Zeke shows signs of being TheAtoner in the sequel.]]
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. Even though he follows Cole in the sequel, he hasn't exactly been forgiven. Even when he went undercover as a spy for the Militia, Cole clearly voices suspicions that he will wake up in a cage when he is knocked out.
* FatBestFriend: Zeke is Cole's chubby companion. His stout physique is also the target of jokes and insults by other characters.
* FatComicRelief: He's overweight and cracks a lot of jokes. Becomes deconstructed when Zeke voices displeasure at being solely seen as this, and his desire to prove otherwise ends up causing problems.
* FightingYourFriend: If Cole decides to [[spoiler:join forces with the Beast, Zeke will hold Cole at gunpoint to protect the RFI. He is as much a threat as a dying man is to the super powered being you should be, though you as a player have to zap him]].
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: While Cole still spoke to him in the second game, Cole still doesn't trust him until near the end.
* GadgeteerGenius: In the first game he'll hook up a gadget here or there with varying results. In ''VideoGame/{{inFamous}} 2'', he becomes more skilled in engineering and inventing. He created Cole's new weapon, the Amp. Also, the [[BrickJoke Dunbar Beam]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Zeke has been best friends with Cole since childhood. Cole even describes Zeke as being like a brother to him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Even though he expresses his worries over the federal government wanting to use the Ray Sphere for nefarious purposes, [[spoiler:this doesn't stop Zeke from attempting to use the Ray Sphere for himself anyways. If it weren't for his lack of Conduit genes, then Zeke would've killed another few thousand people just to satisfy his lust for power.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Zeke ''never shuts up'' about how he wants to have superpowers just like Cole in the first game, [[spoiler:eventually causing him to [[FaceHeelTurn give Kessler the Ray Sphere for the promise of power]].]] Mainly caused by his FreudianExcuse of being seen as a loser with no money or family before the Empire City Blast, and wanting to reinvent himself into someone important; doubled with his extreme jealousy over Cole getting superpowers and becoming (in)famous around town. Dropped in the second game, where he only cares about going back to being a good friend for Cole again.
* TheLancer: Especially in the second game, where he's Cole's ally and primary contact from beginning to end. [[spoiler:Except in the Evil ending.]]
* TheMillstone: In the first game. Though he's Cole's best friend, Zeke only proves to be a hindrance for him at every turn. First by sending Cole on selfish missions, then getting himself captured by the Dustmen, next by abandoning his post to guard Alden, and finally [[spoiler:taking the Ray Sphere and nearly killing thousands by activating it to give himself powers before joining with Kessler]].
* TheMole: Joins the Militia early on as a spy, and provides intel on them for Cole.
** In Second Son, he mentions being undercover in the DUP.
* MuggleBestFriend: A bit of a deconstruction especially in the first game. Zeke gets a bit of a complex from constantly being overshadowed by Cole and his powers. It leads him to pull dumb moves and pimp Cole out for various jobs.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Shows regret after [[spoiler: betraying Cole and tried his best to atone on what he did.]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: He occasionally drops his Southern accent.
* PostFinalBoss: In the second game, if Cole chooses to [[spoiler:join forces with the Beast, Zeke is the last enemy he will kill.]]
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:From the Ray Sphere Plague in the second game. He tries to hide it until Cole uses his new plague sense to see it.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: Justified. [[spoiler: He's wearing them to hide the fact that he's secretly dying]]
* TookALevelInBadass: In the second game, he becomes a consistently reliable asset for Cole. He spies on the Militia, provides useful intel, rigs all sorts of useful gadgets up for Cole, gets a successful BigDamnHeroes moment, and [[spoiler:even manages to steal and ''fire'' a nuclear missile, ''all while suffering from the Plague''.]]
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Never appears in person during the Cole's Legacy missions, stating that he's trying to keep himself hidden from the D.U.P.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Cole chews him out for [[spoiler:giving the Ray Sphere to Kessler.]]
** Gives a few small ones during Infamous 2 for a few evil actions.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trish Dailey]]
!!Trish Dailey
->'''Voiced by:''' October Moore
[[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-Trish-001_8488.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:175:''"They don't let dumbasses into med school, Cole!"'']]

Cole's girlfriend, a doctor working hard to help the citizens of Empire City to recover from the aftermath of the Blast. She leaves him early in the game, as she believes him to be responsible for causing the death of her sister Amy during the catastrophe.
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* BrokenPedestal: She ditches Cole when the Voice of Survival's MaliciousSlander leads her to believe that he caused the Blast which killed her sister. Good players can slowly repair the pedestal, whereas Evil players can break it further and further until Trish [[spoiler:dies cursing Cole's name]].
* DefrostingIceQueen: ONLY if you choose the heroic path.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She dies even if you try to save her instead of the doctors.]]
* TheMedic: Spends all her time treating citizens sick with plague when not interacting with Cole.
* MoralityChain: For Good Cole.
* MoralityPet: Averted with Evil Cole.
* NiceGirl: Aside from her resentment against Cole for Amy's death, Trish is very kind and altruistic, and cares greatly about helping her patients in the hospital. And if Cole chooses to be a Hero, she will eventually forgive him and acknowledge all the good deeds he's done.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: In the Good path, she dies telling Cole how proud she is of all the good he's done for the city.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a ton of these if you choose the Evil path, and you absolutely deserve it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Moya Jones]]
!!Agent Moya Jones
->'''Voiced by:''' Kymberli Colbourne
[[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-Moya-001_4897.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:197:''"Don't forget who's holding your leash, Cole."'']]

An FBI agent whom Cole works for as an informant, promising to help him escape from Empire City if he finds John White and recovers the Ray Sphere. But it soon turns out that she is actually a DARPA agent seeking to get the Ray Sphere for the government to use, and Cole is nothing more than a pawn in her plans.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Pretends to just be an unfortunate government agent who wanted to save her "husband" John, but it was all a lie to manipulate Cole into getting the Ray Sphere and other valuable information for her.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her justification for lying to Cole.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She drowns on a military ship]] in the Interquel comics that take place between ''1'' and ''2''.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:She is NOT nice in the comics. As in ''vivisection of Conduits''.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Moya is not above threatening Cole with either his death or the destruction of Empire City. Cole gets increasingly annoyed with her over the course of the game. [[spoiler:Also, she only told you John White was her husband to appear sympathetic.]]
* MissionControl: Directs Cole to missions and new objectives for the first two-thirds of the game.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:She was used by Kessler to his own ends. She doesn't take kindly to this fact.]]
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: We never truly see Moya, other than one comic-book cutscene. Her only presence throughout the game is as a voice in Cole's ear.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She claims she serves the greater good. Cole doubts this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:John White]]
!!Agent John White
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_white_6992.png]]

An undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the First Sons and the husband of Moya, who has recently gone silent. Cole is ordered by Moya to search for him. He later contacts Cole, and reveals that he is actually an NSA agent, and that he has never been married nor met any woman named Moya. He then recruits Cole to help him locate and destroy the Ray Sphere.
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:After spending the first game trying to stop anyone from using the Ray Sphere, he more or less becomes a living one in the sequel. Though given the TimeyWimeyBall aspects of the story, John becoming the Beast also qualifies as a bit of a TomatoInTheMirror.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Was subjected to this while trying to infiltrate the First Sons
* {{Foil}}: To Moya. Both are federal agents serving as MissionControl. John is more hands-on and active in the field, while Moya has Cole do all her work; John cares for Cole's well-being, while Moya isn't above threatening Cole; [[spoiler:John wants to destroy the Ray Sphere to stop anyone from using it again, while Moya wants to take it for the US government to exploit as they please; and John is much more honest with Cole than Moya. They're even from different agencies. Moya is John's EvilCounterpart.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:One of the dead drops hints that for John to join the First Sons, he had to display powers to Kessler. John passes out and when he wakes up, Kessler accepts him, implying that he is indeed a Conduit.]]
* MissionControl: He serves this role to Cole after Moya's dishonesty has been revealed.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:He was able to recreate his body after it was destroyed by the Ray Sphere in the first game. He went temporarily, violently insane from the agony, which is why he attacks Cole at the start of the sequel]].
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Subverted]] in one of the dead drops. One of the first Missions with John has you destroy a First Sons helicopter sent to retrieve him. [[spoiler: The dead drop reveals that the helicopter was the NSA sent to end his mission and bring him home]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In contrast to Moya who often threatens and sidetracks Cole (who gets increasingly irritated with her over the course of the game), John while still ordering Cole around, actually cares for his well being and actively helps him. He expresses sympathy for Trish's death and is concerned for Cole's life, pointing out that he needs a way to avoid the Feds who will want to a living weapon.
* RogueAgent: Was spying on the First Sons for the NSA, only to disappear after the first Ray Sphere blast in Empire City.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Takes this role from Moya near the end of the game, though we do see him in the flesh a couple of times.
* WalkingSpoiler: As both NSA agent John White and as [[spoiler:the Beast.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Voice of Survival]]
!!"The Voice of Survival" (AKA Dallas)
->'''Voiced by:''' Derrick Forget

-->''"Voice of Survival, out!"''

A government-critical DJ who regularly hacks the TV broadcast in order to give news updates and survival tips to the citizens of Empire City. He blames Cole for the disaster, and tries to make all his actions look like crimes.
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* AssholeVictim: Very few players feel sorry when [[spoiler:the First Sons blow him away]].
* ConspiracyTheorist: Much like Zeke, he's very skeptical and distrusting of every claim that the federal government makes. Although it becomes increasingly evident that he is ProperlyParanoid during most of his rants. Unfortunately, he leans heavily on blaming Cole for everything, which damages his credibility a lot.
%%* CoolShades
* {{Jerkass}}: He takes every opportunity to publicly slander Cole, even if Cole is taking the Good path.
* JerkassHasAPoint: If the player is choosing an Evil path, then the Voice of Survival technically isn't wrong when he claims that Cole is an evil psychopath only motivated by his selfishness. But then again, he'll say the exact same things even if one chooses to play Cole as a good guy.
* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:As he's about to be killed by the First Sons, he pleads with them that "[he] did everything [they] said!", implying that the First Sons were making the Voice slander Cole's name.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: When [[spoiler:Kessler's men storm his studio and take him out]], Cole doesn't seem that upset.
* MaliciousSlander: His non-stop trash-talking of Cole.
* PetTheDog: When he's not badmouthing Cole, he offers advice to people on how to survive, weather the storm, and help out.
* SigningOffCatchphrase: "Voice of Survival, out!"
* StrawCharacter: He gives off vibes of being a radical anarchist or libertarian.
* UngratefulBastard: Even if Cole is a Hero doing good deeds for the people of Empire City, the Voice of Survival will never acknowledge this.
* VoiceOfTheResistance: He claims to represent the denizens of Empire City who have been neglected and oppressed by the federal quarantine.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Near the endgame he is killed on-air by the First Sons. His desperate plead of "I did everything you said!" as this happens implies that he was only allowed to broadcast on their sufferance on the condition of following their orders.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sasha]]
!!Sasha
->'''Voiced by:''' Jessica Straus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sasha_2467.png]]

The leader of the Reapers street gang, formerly a First Sons researcher who once dated Kessler himself. She is also a Conduit with the power to produce a mind-controlling black tar from her body, which she uses to enslave people and force them to join her gang.
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* AxCrazy: She's completely and certifiably insane, and wants to turn the citizens of Empire City into her mind-controlled slaves.
* BaldOfEvil: Very bald and very evil.
* BaldWoman: A close-up reveals a hairless scalp under her jacket hood.
%%* BettyAndVeronica
* BodyHorror: She's bald, with gray skin and sharp claw-like hands, in addition to having a tongue that can split into several tendrils.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Much of what she says indicates she's rather detached from reality. When she fights Cole, she casually talks to him about making dinner plans for the evening. She also confuses Cole for Kessler, referring to them interchangeably when expressing her love-hate feelings for them [[spoiler:(though considering that [[TimeTravel Cole and "Kessler" are actually the same person]], she might be onto something)]].
* LargeHam: She's very open about whatever emotions she's feeling at the moment.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Has the ability to produce a [[PsychoSerum black tar-like substance]] to {{mind control}} people. Also, her tongue can split into several tendrils.
* MadScientist: She used to work for the First Sons, researching MindControl methods for them. And even before her Conduit powers activated, she was pretty clearly mentally unstable, as John's description of her dysfunctional romance with Kessler would imply.
* MindControl / MindRape: She excels at doing this, via her black tar.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: She isn't the ''protagonist's'' ex, but this fact hardly helps. Also causes a mild but notable aversion of DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale, as she spends the first third of the game telling Cole how much she wants to get in his pants, despite his immediate and vocal disinterest. Goes right back into Psycho territory when it becomes apparent that, during her more insane moments, she [[spoiler:can't always tell the difference between Cole and her ex]]. The fact that there's a good reason for this just makes it worse.
* StalkerWithACrush: Sasha lives this trope.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: During her boss fight, Sasha is dressed only in a jacket and a layer of her own tar over the rest.
* {{Telepathy}}: Intermittently throughout the game, she mentally communicates to Cole about how much she desires him.
* TheVamp: She's certainly rather promiscuous, and tries (unsuccessfully) to seduce Cole in hopes of having him replace Kessler as her boyfriend. John White even calls her a "[[HoneyTrap honeypot]]".
* VillainousRescue: In the comic miniseries, [[spoiler:she breaks Cole out of the military's bonds and holds off Moya's men to allow his escape.]]
* WarmUpBoss: She's the first of the three gang leaders (before Alden and Kessler) that Cole has to defeat.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: While narrating a cutscene, Cole wonders if his powers might make him become as crazy as Sasha.
* {{Yandere}}: Fantasizes out loud about an imaginary dinner party [[PlayingHouse she's attending with Kessler]], where she's made [[ImAHumanitarian soup from the neighbors' bones]], along with other obsessive, creepy things.
-->'''Sasha:''' "Why, Kessler? Why do you love her? I'll kill her, I swear it! I'll wear her skin like a '''robe'''!" [[note]]She's referring to [[spoiler:Trish]].[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alden Tate]]
!!Alden Tate
->'''Voiced by:''' Jason Cottle
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alden_tate_1862.png]]

The leader of the Dustmen street gang. He was the son of Richard Tate, the former leader of the First Sons until he was overthrown by Kessler, forcing Alden to spend the rest of his childhood living homeless. After the Blast enhanced his preexisting powers of telekinesis, Alden formed an army of homeless criminals to help him on his quest to reclaim his lost "birthright" from Kessler.
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* BadassGrandpa: He's almost as old as Kessler, but he has powerful telekinesis skills, and leads a major street gang.
%%* BadassLongcoat
* BaldOfEvil: Not surprising given how old he is.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Tate and the Dustmen are homeless people, and quite spectacularly crazy.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Once a homeless man with just enough psychic powers to survive the streets of Empire City, now one of the top three gang-leaders in the area and capable of lifting a bus with his mind.
* HandicappedBadass: Blind in one eye, can only walk with the aid of a crutch, and able to throw buses with his mind and survive a fall of several hundred feet.
* HumongousMecha: Assembles one with his telekinetic powers to fight Cole.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He has a rather single-minded obsession with getting revenge on Kessler and taking whatever he feels entitled to, like the Ray Sphere or control over Empire City, believing it will make up for all the hardship that ''he'' has suffered, other people be damned.
* KingOfTheHomeless: He united most of the homeless people around the Warren into a massive criminal gang.
* KilledOffForReal: Vivisected in the tie-in comic.
* LargeHam: Alden would like to take a minute of your time to remind you how much he hates you, Kessler, and pretty much anyone else who wants to get their hands on the Ray Sphere. As a matter of fact, [[NoIndoorVoice there isn't a single moment in his dialogue where he isn't yelling at you]].
* MindOverMatter: Enough to fling cars and buses around at will and make gigantic suits of armour out of scrap metal.
* PsychicChildren: According to his introductory cutscene, Alden's mental powers had been unlocked at a very early age, hence why he was being groomed for leadership of the First Sons.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He's planning one against Kessler.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Even though he's a very old man whose father is most likely dead by the time the game begins.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After being exiled from the First Sons by Kessler, Alden was forced to spend the rest of his life homeless and paranoid on the streets of Empire City, only surviving thanks to the powers he'd possessed at the time. This happened when Alden was a ''child'', so it's no wonder why he became so crazy and ruthless.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kessler '''(SPOILERS)''']]
!!"Kessler" (AKA Cole [=MacGrath=])
->'''Voiced by:''' Sam A. Mowry
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kessler_5605.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've always been there, Cole. Every step of your life!"'']]

The main antagonist of the first game, and leader of the First Sons. He was responsible for planning all the events leading up to Cole activating the Ray Sphere. His powers resemble Cole's, but are much more powerful. This is because he is actually Cole from a post-apocalyptic future, who has gone back in time as part of his plan to save the world from a destructive monster known as "The Beast".
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* AnIcePerson: Hits Cole with a blast of ice in one cinematic.
* ArtificialLimbs: His right arm is clearly robotic.
* TheAlcoholic: Implied in the comics; Zeke mentions that Kessler would often visit him in his cell while "drunk off his ass."
* AllForNothing: A rather ironic example if you get the Evil ending in the sequel. [[spoiler:Kessler went back in time to make Cole ready to stop the Beast. But if he goes down the Evil path in ''Infamous 2'', Cole not only [[FaceHeelTurn joins forces with the Beast]], but at the very end of the story, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie he BECOMES the Beast]].]]
* TheAtoner: Inverted in the worst way possible. [[spoiler:Kessler went from being a loving husband and father, to a supervillain mastermind to make up for the failures of his past.]]
* BadassGrandpa: Even older than Alden. [[spoiler:But he's chronologically younger than Alden, technically having been born after him.]]
%%* BecomingTheMask
* BigBad: Leader of the First Sons, creator of the Ray Sphere weapon, and responsible for just about all the events that happened in the game's past and present, most importantly tricking Cole into blowing up half the city.
* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:All of his actions are done out of [[WellIntentionedExtremist a (twisted) belief of forcing the greater good]] upon Cole. He's not actually proud of what he's done, most especially having his own (alternate-timeline) lover Trish get killed.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He spent ''decades'' planning out Cole's transformation into a super-hero/villain, so that he can become strong enough (both physically and mentally) to fight the Beast in the future.]]
* DeathSeeker: Nothing in his plan ''requires'' him to battle Cole, certainly not one-on-one in a MirrorMatch when he's got basically an army at his command. Indeed, one might think his plan [[spoiler:to stop the Beast]] has a much better chance of success if he ''doesn't'' fight Cole [[spoiler:to the death. Given this, it becomes obvious in hindsight that Kessler ''deliberately'' set up the DuelToTheDeath so he could die knowing Cole was ready to save the world.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As it turns out, [[spoiler:due to being another version of Cole [=MacGrath=], he once had the (exact) same set of family and friends, and he too loved them dearly. Though this doesn't stop him from endangering Zeke and later killing Trish.]]
* EvilGenius / MadScientist: He spearheaded the Ray Sphere project from conception to completion, doing all the research and experimentation necessary to make his goals happen. And as brilliant and [[WellIntentionedExtremist semi-excusable]] as his plans for Cole are, there's no doubt that his entire scheming also sounds very crazy and convoluted.
* FinalBoss: Kessler's radial groundpound attack can take off half your life points if you don't hover over it (and due to the dust it kicks up, it's not always easy to judge when it's safe to drop down), he [[FlashStep flash-steps everywhere]] to dodge your fire, he spawns grenade-launching robot drones and land mines to harass you, and can create a wall of giant spectral versions of himself at the same time he performs the groundpound. Most of this is justified since he's spent decades researching superpowers and super-technology, and is the final boss, but still, he's annoying.
* FlashStep: To a ridiculous extent.
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler:Being Cole from the future after all, he has many of the same powers, along with some new ones.]]
* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler:He is Cole from the future. In fact, Cole hates him so vehemently, even after learning of his tragic past, that he only ever refers to him as "Kessler". [[FridgeBrilliance Conveniently enough, this also serves to preserve that particular twist for those who play the second game, but not the first]].]]
* GeniusBruiser: An extremely powerful Conduit fighter who also studied science for his plans to create and activate the Ray Sphere.
%%* InTheHood
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Kessler traveled back to the past and spent decades trying to figure out a way of stopping the Beast in the future. However, Kessler's actions only served to accelerate the impending apocalypse he feared would happen, when the Ray Sphere that he had created eventually somehow ''turns John White into '''the Beast'''''. Though of course, Kessler's main goal was forcing Cole to become TheChosenOne that would eventually defeat the Beast... However, if Cole decides to go down the Evil Karma route, then not only does Cole end up siding ''with'' the Beast instead, [[AllForNothing he soon BECOMES the new Beast]].]]
* LightIsNotGood: His powers are mostly made up of searing white light.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:The death of Trish and their kids in the original timeline made him evil enough to kill Trish himself in the next one.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Being TheChessmaster extraordinaire that he is, he really knows how to get under Cole's skin and anger him into motivation. All JustAsPlanned of course.
* MirrorBoss: He has far more powerful versions of many of the same powers Cole does. [[spoiler: Because he ''is'' Cole.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Kessler was clearly strong enough to stop the Beast, but chose his family over fighting, refusing to put Trish or his daughters in danger, and went on the run with them for years as the Beast continued to hunt them, laying waste to the world in the process, which eventually resulted in their deaths and the planet becoming an uninhabitable wasteland. Going back in time and orchestrating the first game's entire plot was all so he could shape his past self into the hero he wasn't.]]
* OccultBlueEyes: And they glow.
%%* TeleportSpam
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: The one remaining link to his former life is a wedding photo of him and Trish, with Zeke as the best man. This reveal ''turns the first game's entire plot on his head.'']]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:As evil as his deeds are, they really look to be necessary for what's to come.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Beast '''(SPOILERS)''']]
!!"The Beast" (AKA John White)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr (''[=inFAMOUS 2=]'')
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_beast_7602.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Humanity is dead. Help me save what I can."'']]

The Beast is an immensely powerful Conduit that the First Son's leader, Kessler, believed would come to destroy the world. While only mentioned as a SequelHook at the end of the first game, he appears as one of the main antagonists in the second game. It eventually turns out that the Beast (or at least the version we see in this timeline) is John White, who was resurrected and transformed after the Ray Sphere destroyed his original body. John believes that the only way to save the world from the deadly Plague is to activate the powers of any remaining Conduits to help them survive, at the cost of dooming the rest of the human species.
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* AffablyEvil: Makes it clear that he bears humanity no ill will, and even apologizes for attacking Cole once he's coherent enough to speak.
* AntiVillain: He's a WellIntentionedExtremist. Yes, he needs to be stopped, but he [[BeingEvilSucks doesn't even want to do what he's doing]]. He just feels [[DirtyBusiness that he has to]].
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In battle, he transforms into a 10 story tall lava monster.
* BaldOfEvil: [[spoiler:In both his human and monstrous forms.]]
* BeingEvilSucks: He admits that [[spoiler:he cannot live with the atrocities he is forced to commit for the greater good]].
* BigBadEnsemble: With Joseph Bertrand III in ''inFAMOUS 2''. Though most of your time is spent fighting Bertrand and his various creations, your main goal is still trying to stop the Beast.
* CoveredWithScars: In human form. [[spoiler:Probably a symptom of having had to pull himself together on multiple occasions, including being torn apart by a Ray Sphere, having half of his head blown apart by a lightning strike, and being hit with a nuclear missile.]]
* DarkMessiah: He's actually attempting to [[spoiler:save the Conduits from The Plague.]]
* FinalBoss: Of the second game. [[spoiler: But only in the Good Ending.]]
* FinalBossPreview: You first fight him at the beginning of the second game. Of course, you can't beat him then, only escape from him.
* FromASingleCell: Regenerates in a few hours after being leveled [[spoiler:by a nuclear missile]]. Also did this [[spoiler:after being absorbed into the Ray Sphere in the first place]].
-->'''The Beast:''' I had to pull myself back together. Do you have any idea how hard that is?
* GreaterScopeVillain: Everything Kessler does in the first game all links back to him.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:It turns out he used to be a normal man though.]]
* ImplacableMan: Tracks you all the way from Empire City to New Marais, despite the entire US army being thrown at him along the way.
%%* TheJuggernaut
* KnightOfCerebus: While he doesn't appear again until the end of the game, [[spoiler:TheReveal that occurs regarding him, and the true purpose of the RFI show the game will not be ending on the same high note regardless of Cole's choices.]]
* MagmaMan: Uses his flame powers to create a volcanic body for himself.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Can change himself from a human sized form into a massive golem made of lava and fire.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: In the Evil Ending, [[spoiler:the Beast admits to being deeply tired of killing, and that he would have preferred to remain dead if he hadn't had a mission to complete -- hence the reason he transfers his power to Cole.]]
* MindOverMatter: Can suspend Cole in midair and suck targets into a ball of fire using his powers.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He's named after The Beast that appears in the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Revelation]]. However, he personally rejects this as an unwanted nickname.
* NighInvulnerable: Can take massive amounts of punishment from gun and rocket fire before showing any signs of damage. [[spoiler:Even a nuclear missile can only temporarily destroy his body, and the only known way of killing him for good is the Ray Field Inhibitor.]]
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Gives Cole all his powers in order to save the rest of the world's Conduits before allowing himself to die in the evil ending.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Destroys most of the East Coast before the end of ''inFAMOUS 2''. Looking at the map shows his path has cut a scar into North America that makes the Grand Canyon look like a paper cut.
* PhysicalGod: He is perhaps the single most powerful Conduit or superhuman being seen in the series so far.
* PlayingWithFire: The Beast's main powers are based on manipulating flames and heat.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Can simply rebuild his volcanic body when damaged. When he does rebuild his body, a black holes forms and sucks in everything until The Beast has reincarnated. [[spoiler:This is also how John brought himself BackFromTheDead after being disintegrated by the Ray Sphere.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Both his "armored" and "human" form have glowing red eyes.
* SatanicArchetype: The Beast is presented as the strongest of his kind (conduits) unbeatable in his level of power. [[spoiler: He was even the incorruptible agent for good John White, who wished to ensure humanity's safety before he "fell"]]. He is associated with the color red and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] (possibly as a fire conduit if the faulty ray sphere had not vaporized him), and he even tries to "tempt" Cole with a future where mankind can be survive through activated conduits at the expense of the rest of humanity. Good!Cole fulfills the role of MessianicArchetype by sacrificing himself to slay the Beast, while Evil!Cole takes on the role as TheAntiChrist when the Beast leaves his powers and his mission to transform the world to him. [[MeaningfulName Even his name can be seen as a reference to the "Beast of Revelation"]], a name some have attributed to {{Satan}} or something adjacent to him.
* SuperEmpowering: Can awaken, enhance, or transfer his abilities to any Conduits in his immediate vicinity. Cole uses this to gain infinite energy and the ability to fly in the evil ending of ''inFAMOUS 2''.
* SuperpowerLottery: He's easily one of the most powerful and versatile Conduits alive.
%%* StealthHiBye
%%* {{Telepathy}}
* {{Teleportation}}: Can appear and disappear into thin air at will.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:He went from being an ordinary federal agent who was just trying to stop a terrorist bombing, to a reluctantly apocalyptic supervillain trying to save humanity the only way he knew how.]]
* WalkingWasteland: [[spoiler:He's actually a living Ray-Sphere; the wastelands he leaves behind are the results of awakening Conduits, leaving destruction similar to the original Ray-Sphere detonation.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's actually creating Conduits who can survive ThePlague, but has to kill the dying, "normal" humans to do so. He even admits to Cole that he wishes there was another way.
* WalkingSpoiler: Just knowing about him is a major spoiler for the first game, since his very existence is only revealed at the end. And his identity and motivation in the sequel is such a huge game-changer that he qualifies for that as well.
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:He's John White, the person who got torn apart by a Ray Sphere in the first game. It also [[CameBackStrong turned him]] into [[HumanoidAbomination the]] [[PhysicalGod Beast]].]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Reapers]]
!!The Reapers
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-Reapers-001_9448.jpg]]

Prior to the Ray Sphere detonation, the Reapers were a very loose collection of drug dealers and petty criminals; however, after the quarantine was declared in Empire City and Sasha became their leader, the gang quickly took over much of the Neon District. Their numbers were bolstered by kidnapping innocent citizens and enslaving them with Sasha's mind-control fluid.
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* BadassLongcoat: The Conduits among the gang wear this.
* BadBlackBarf: They occasionally vomit Sasha's black tar, which in no way impedes their ability to shoot you.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It turns out that many (if not most) of the Reapers are kidnapped citizens who were force-fed MindControl tar produced by Sasha, turning them into her SlaveMooks.
* EliteMooks: The Reaper Conduits, who have the ability to teleport and fire shockwaves of energy in combat.
* TheFaceless: Since their faces are covered in tar.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The original members of the gang, at least, were, according to Cole, nothing but a bunch of petty crooks and drug dealers. After the blast, they pretty much control a good portion of the city.
* GangOfHats: All of them are dressed in red hoodies. Reaper Conduits, however, dress in white longcoats -- with the traditional hoods, of course.
* InTheHood: They all wear hooded sweatshirts, which obscure their faces.
* PsychoElectro: Reaper Conduits have lower-grade versions of Cole's own powers, in addition to a FlashStep.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The first gang Cole runs into, and outside its Conduits, its enemies are the least powerful
* VomitIndiscretionShot: They occasionally puke out some black tar.
* WaterSourceTampering: One of the bigger plot points in the Neon District is that the Reapers are pumping Sasha's tar into the water supply.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Dustmen]]
!!The Dustmen
[[quoteright:223:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-DustMen-001_9608.jpg]]

A gang largely comprised of homeless men, the Dustmen rule the Warren District in the wake of the disaster in Empire City. As a cult of personality devoted to their mentalist leader, Alden Tate, they have begun abducting engineers and construction workers to build a monument in his honor; and searching for the Ray Sphere to boost his powers to even more extraordinary levels.
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* BossInMookClothing: The Golem Conduits, who wear giant suits made of trash held together by telekinesis, and fire various projectiles in combat.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Tate and the Dustmen are homeless people, and quite spectacularly crazy.
* EliteMooks: Most of the Dustmen Conduits (another type not to be confused with the aforementioned Golem Conduits) are covered in tough armor, use rocket launchers, and can telekinetically create spider-like creatures made from trash.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: They've been conscripting slave laborers to build a giant tower of garbage for Alden. It's where he plans to activate the Ray Sphere if he gets the chance to take and use it.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Before the Blast, they were just a bunch of unarmed hobos. Now, they're one of the three most powerful criminal gangs in Empire City.
* GangOfHats: They've taken to wearing masks and coats out of garbage bags (hence their other nickname: "Trashbaggers").
* GiantSpider[=/=]ScaryScorpions: Lower-tier Dustmen Conduits build telekinetically-animated spider/scorpion-mechs the size of dogs for use in combat.
* {{Golem}}: Invoked, given that both in-game hints and characters refer to the armor-clad BossInMookClothing as a "golem".
* InstantArmour: The signature weapon of high-level Dustmen Conduits, made out of any trash or scrap metal in the area and quickly assembled around the Conduit's body.
* KidnappedScientist: They enslave skilled engineers and construction workers to build their tower of garbage.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They wear masks made from pieces of trash.
* MindOverMatter: Much like Alden, the Conduits employed by the Dustmen specialize in telekinesis, using it to create monsters and suits of armor out of trash and scrap metal.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Under Tate's rule, a lot of the Warren has degenerated into this -- even moreso than any other district in Empire City.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The professionals kidnapped to build the tower are either worked to death or executed when they've completed the job.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The First Sons]]
!!The First Sons
[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-FirstSons-001_6532.jpg]]

Not exactly a gang per se, the First Sons are actually a secret society of Conduits with a private army that's taken over Empire City's Historic District. With a history that can be traced all the way back to colonial America (or even medieval Europe), branches and cells all over America, and a heavy emphasis on the propagation and mastery of Conduit powers, they are also under Kessler's control, and directly responsible for causing the Blast.
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* AncientConspiracy: They claim to date all the way back to colonial America or even medieval Europe, though White says their origin stories are [[UnreliableNarrator probably apocryphal]].
* AttackDrone: They use flying mini-drones to aid their troops in battle.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: According to John's dead drops, they were partially responsible for the [[SalemIsWitchCountry Salem witch trials]]. Also, the organization fled Europe in the first place, [[WitchHunt because their superpowers were mistaken for witchcraft]].
* EliteMooks: When compared to the Reapers and Dust Men. They're more accurate with their weapons, carry modern assault rifles, and have more health.
** Within the First Sons themselves, they have two different types of Conduits, one that can create giant HardLight suits to fight with, and the other can turn {{invisib|ility}}le.
* GasMaskMooks: All of the First Sons soldiers are seen wearing gas masks, presumably due to the Plague.
* HardLight: Some of the First Sons Conduits can project giant energy-composed duplicates of themselves, both for attack and defense.
* TheIlluminati: They've had major influence supposedly as far back as at least Colonial times, shaping human history along the way, survey and manipulate the events at Empire City, and their symbol is rather similar to the Eye of Providence.
* {{Invisibility}}: Some of their Conduits have mastered this ability, sneaking up on Cole to blast him with their shotguns.
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: In sharp comparison to the Reapers and the Dustmen, the First Sons wear clean uniforms and use highly-polished weaponry and tech. Result their regular {{Mooks}} are the most powerful.
* SurveillanceDrone: These are actually encountered outside the Historic District, being used by Kessler to spy on other parts of the city.
[[/folder]]

!Introduced in ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS 2}}''

[[folder:Lucy Kuo]]
!!Agent Lucy Kuo
->'''Voiced by:''' Dawn Olivieri
[[quoteright:188:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-Kuo-001_3336.jpg]]

An NSA agent who infiltrated the First Sons in New Marais, and was in contact with John White during his own undercover mission in Empire City. She later meets Cole and Zeke to take them to New Marais to prepare for Cole's eventual rematch with the Beast. She is later kidnapped by the Militia and forced to be a test subject in lab experiments that activate her Conduit powers, giving her the ability to [[AnIcePerson control ice]].
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%%* {{Adorkable}}
* AnIcePerson: Becomes an ice conduit [[spoiler:(but ''not'' through a pleasant procedure)]].
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Invoked; after getting ice powers, she changes her clothes and makeup to a cooler tone to look the part. Cole even gives this a LampshadeHanging at how she's taking the whole "ice powers" thing a bit far.
%%* BettyAndVeronica
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not at first, but when she finds out that [[spoiler:either the Conduits or '''''all non-Conduits''''' are going to be killed due to the plague and what must be done to stop it, she doesn't take it well. Especially apparent in the Good Karma path, wherein she actively tries to derail Cole's efforts to stop the Beast.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:She betrays humanity to side with the Beast in order to save her own life.]]
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:Cole]] and the Beast in the evil ending.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:It turns out that she would rather join the Beast, letting millions die, than sacrifice herself. You either side with her and end up becoming the Beast ''yourself'', or fight her in the middle of the final boss battle, following which she'll pull a last-minute HeelFaceTurn before you destroy the Beast once and for all.]]
* {{Flight}}: One of her secondary powers.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Perhaps unintentional, but [[spoiler:in the first mission of the game, she says something along the lines of "People do strange things when they're scared." The entire reason she pulls a FaceHeelTurn is because she's terrified]].
* HeelRealization: In the Good Karma route. Before the end, [[spoiler:she admits to her wrongdoing and urges Cole to do what he must to save the world, [[DyingAsYourself even if it costs her life]]. In the Evil Karma route, no such realization occurs as you've actually taken her side and become the Beast yourself.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Choosing Nix over her in the [[spoiler:Power Exchange decision]] results in a particularly venomous rant about this, partly because her conversion to a Conduit was prolonged and ''extremely'' painful. She really does not like being a freak, and simply having powers now causes her to declare that she's "not an agent anymore", which upsets her.
* LastNameBasis: Of every single character in the game, only Wolfe refers to her first name, and that's only in the Dead Drops, where he'd be more or less required to.
* LikesOlderMen: Played for laughs when Cole asks her about Wolfe, and averted; it's not what he thinks:
--> '''Cole''': So, he's ''not'' your [[MayDecemberRomance significantly older boyfriend]]?\\
'''Kuo''': I believe the term you're looking for is 'father figure'.\\
'''Cole''': Hey, it's cool. I'm not gonna judge you.
* NotSoStoic: She loses her cool if you [[spoiler:make Cole decide to sacrifice all the Conduits. She doesn't take this lightly]].
* PainfulTransformation: Among other things, Bertrand activated her powers by draining her blood and replacing it with an unknown substance.
* PersonalityPowers: Before and after gaining her powers, Kuo values cold, hard logic with [[LightIsGood intentions as light as the snow she creates]], many of her plans appealing to Cole's (and everyone else's) better nature by assisting the resistance and avoiding casualties. Her power of flight can even be read as her surveying a plan from on high like a guardian angel. [[spoiler: Of course, over time ice can be harmful and can cause frost-bite, her utilitarian mindset [[FaceHeelTurn leading to her siding with the Beast]].]]
* PowerIncontinence: Early on, Kuo had difficulty restraining her powers -- at one point accidentally freezing Cole's cheek with a touch.
* PunnyName: Her last name is pronounced "quo", setting up jokes such as "status kuo" and the like.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Averted. She has an awkward, clipped way of speaking.
* TheSpock: To Cole's TheKirk and Nix's TheMcCoy. As stated in the trailer and the game itself, Kuo is the voice of order among the three and provides arguments to do good deeds, many of her plans involving the assistance and endearment of allies and generally avoiding causalties. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end, when ''she's'' the one advocating the ruthless option of allying with the Beast and sacrificing all the Muggles, albeit framing it in utilitarian terms.]]
%%* TheStoic
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nix]]
!!Nix
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman
[[quoteright:201:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-Nix-001_9943.jpg]]

A trouble-making [[PlayingWithFire Napalm Conduit]] who lives in the swamps at the edge of New Marais. She gained her powers after a second Ray Sphere was detonated near her home, killing her family along with hundreds of other people. She bears a grudge against Bertrand for his role in that, and also has a crush on Cole.
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* AscendedFangirl: Claims herself to be a "fan" of Cole's when they first meet.
* TheBeastmaster: She manages to [[spoiler:tame some of The Corrupted as her "babies"]]. They're marginally under control, but not by much.
%%* BettyAndVeronica
%%* BrokenBird
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Whenever someone else suggests achieving a goal by trying to help people and get them to fight by your side willingly, Nix doesn't just scoff at it, but acts like they're crazy for even thinking of it. From what she tells us of her childhood, she probably hasn't met too many nice people in her life.
%%* EvilIsBurningHot
%%* FemmeFatalons
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:If Cole chooses to join forces with the Beast.]]
%%* FlashStep
* FluffyTamer: She somehow manages to tame numerous Corrupted monsters into acting like her loyal pets.
* FreudianExcuse: She's had a ''really'' crappy life. [[spoiler:Her family was among those killed when Bertrand activated a Ray Sphere, and saw them get vaporized right in front of her.]] It didn't get any better after that.
* HeelFaceTurn: She's willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice herself to save millions, because she wants revenge on the Beast]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: One of the reasons why she [[spoiler:sides with the humans instead of the Conduits]]. She fears that [[spoiler:when everybody has powers,]] her own powers won't be special and she will just be a nobody again.
* TheMcCoy: To Cole's TheKirk and Kuo's TheSpock. While Kuo's methods involves helping and working together with others, Nix is a sadist who's ideas and decisions appeal to Cole's id, her plots effective in getting the job in a fun, easy manner at everyone else' expense. [[spoiler: Even when she winds up representing the good side in the end, advocating to activate the RFI to destroy the Beast, it is strictly for selfish reasons, i.e. wanting revenge for the Beast destroying her corrupted.]]
* NominalHero: She's on Cole's side, but only so that she can cause mayhem for giggles and get her revenge on Bertrand. [[spoiler:Even her HeelFaceTurn at the end is fueled entirely by her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Beast.]]
* PersonalityPowers: She is a conduit with powers over napalm, a highly flammable substance that clings to the things it incinerates, she herself developing an attachment to Cole over his more destructive capabilities and willing to use careless (and very destructive) plans regardless of who gets caught in the crossfire. Even her ability to teleport fits her in-and-out TricksterArchetype antics.
* PlayingWithFire: She can control fire and also manipulate a flammable oil.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: She enjoys causing random mayhem and destruction, [[ForTheEvulz mostly for her own twisted amusement]].
* PyroManiac: She enjoys setting fires and blowing things up.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Against Bertrand and the Militia, namely for [[spoiler:killing her family in a Ray Sphere blast, as well as a Corrupted that she later befriended.]]
%%* {{Teleportation}}
%%* TeleportSpam
* TokenEvilTeammate: Especially if you play as Good Cole.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She [[spoiler:watched her mother get vaporized right in front of her eyes when Bertrand used her as fuel for the Ray Sphere, and befriended a Corrupted, only to have it die protecting her escape from the bayou]]. It's a little understandable she's a PyroManiac BloodKnight when it comes to the Militia.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sebastian Wolfe]]
!!Dr. Sebastian Wolfe
->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Ensign

A First Sons scientist who had turned into an informant for NSA Agent Kuo. He helped Kessler in the creation of the Ray Sphere, much to his regret. Cole seeks to find him in New Marais for his assistance in stopping the Beast.
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* TheAtoner: As he helped invent the Ray Sphere, he feels guilty for all the death and destruction it has caused. As such, he's more than willing to give Cole his other invention the Ray Field Inhibitor (RFI), the only weapon that can stop the Beast and his rampage.
* DeadpanSnarker: Though straightforward most of the time, he gets notably sarcastic around Bertrand.
* ManipulativeBastard: He tells Cole that the RFI will simply strip the Beast of his powers and weaken him, [[spoiler:when in reality it will kill almost every other Conduit in the world as well.]]
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: In the dead drops, he mentions wanting to study the Corrupted so he can understand their biology and possibly develop some kind of repellent, but Bertrand forces him to make a [[spoiler:nuclear missile]] instead.
* ParentalSubstitute: Kuo describes him as being like her father figure, which implies they had a very close friendship.
* ReluctantMadScientist: He's not really proud of creating the Ray Sphere for Kessler and Bertrand.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He knows that the RFI may very well cause the extinction of Conduits, but he figured it was a necessary sacrifice to prevent the Beast and the Plague from destroying all normal humans in the world.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rosco Laroche]]
!!Rosco Laroche
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimMeskimen

The leader of the Rebels, a resistance movement seeking to remove Bertrand's Militia from power in New Marais.
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* DirtyOldMan: As well as spending quite a bit of time apparently distracted by Kuo's ass, he also mentions his fondness for {{cat fight}}s when Kuo and Nix start arguing.
* FatherToHisMen: Despite his faults, he is loyal to his men.
* FireForgedFriends: He's initially skeptical of Cole, due to the latter's Conduit powers. After the two work together in fighting the Militia, he becomes a much more supportive ally.
* RebelLeader: Needless to say, he's the leader of the Rebels seeking to liberate New Marais from the Militia.
%%* YouShallNotPass
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joseph Bertrand III '''(SPOILERS)''']]
!!Joseph Bertrand III (AKA "The Behemoth")
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GrahamMcTavish
[[quoteright:207:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inFamous-Bertrand-001_4030.jpg]]

The charismatic leader of the Militia, and the self-appointed ruler of New Marais. He uses his army to hunt down and kill suspected Conduits, whom he has labeled as "deviants" and "monsters". But in reality, Bertrand is actually a Conduit himself, who joined the First Sons in hopes of gaining superpowers. But much to his horror, he gained the ability to (uncontrollably) transform into a hideous giant monster, who can turn other people into mutated monsters (known as the Corrupted) as well.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: Glowing spots on his monster form, hitting anywhere else does nothing.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A gigantic maggot in his case. Called as much by Cole.
* TheBadGuyWins: Played with, while his goal was to eradicate all Conduits and [[spoiler:Cole's using the RFI in the Good Karma ending achieved what he set out to do, Bertrand's goals fall flat since Conduits still exist in the future]]. Although if ''Second Son'' is anything to go by, [[spoiler:Cole's actions helped spread fear of Conduits just as Bertrand hoped, with people still viewing the former as the "Demon of Empire City"]].
** [[spoiler: Though in either case, Cole killing him wasn't part of the plan.]]
** [[spoiler:A third strike appears]] in ''Second Son''; Delsin's efforts in [[spoiler:the Good ending restore the hope of Conduits and humans living together in harmony,]] dampening Bertrand's original goals even further.
* BadPowersBadPeople: An utterly corrupt man whose Conduit powers turn him into a giant acidic bug monster.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Really, really wanted to be a powerful Conduit. [[BlessedWithSuck Wish]] [[LaserGuidedKarma granted.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: His Conduit talents manifest as turning into a [[EldritchAbomination gigantic abomination against God and man]] whenever his emotional or physical state overwhelms his will, and making people into smaller versions of said abomination. By the way, all the abominations are [[ToServeMan man-eating]] and close to completely uncontrollable.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He's so [[KnightTemplar convinced of his own moral and spiritual superiority]] in God's eyes, and is so obsessed with [[FantasticRacism his hatred of Conduits]] ([[BoomerangBigot despite being one himself]]), that he wants to [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext turn innocent people into superhuman monsters]] [[InsaneTrollLogic just so that he can spread his belief of how evil and unnatural Conduits are]] to the rest of the world. Simply put, he is just as hypocritical as he is batshit insane.
* BigBadEnsemble: With The Beast in ''[=inFAMOUS 2=]''. While the main goal is to stop the Beast, other problems can be traced to Bertrand, as he was responsible for founding the Militia gang, creating the Corrupted monsters, and giving the Vermak 88 mercenaries their ice powers.
* {{Biomanipulation}}: Aside from (unwillingly) turning into a monster himself, he can also mutate other people into monsters at will.
* BoomerangBigot: He's a Conduit who hates other Conduits.
* ClippedWingAngel: It's stated that his Behemoth form lacks the intelligence and higher reasoning of his human state, making it relatively easy for Cole and the Rebels to lure him into an ambush.
* ClimaxBoss: Cole fights Bertrand (in his Behemoth form) in two different boss battles, before his eventual confrontation with the [[FinalBoss Beast]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Of previous BigBad Kessler, as far as motivations and intentions go. Bertrand joined the First Sons for no other reason than to benefit himself, while Kessler's purpose was SavingTheWorld from the Beast. He tries to make Cole a hated villain of New Marais so he could fit the role of a hero, while Kessler purposely filled the role of a villain to mold Cole into a hero. Lastly, he wants to eradicate all conduits, while Kessler is responsible for making most of the conduits in the series.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Before and after his involvement with the First Sons and Militia, Bertrand was a successful businessman who came from an aristocratic family, and he owns most of the Gas Works industrial district in New Marais. He also plans to [[spoiler:sell off the [[SuperSoldier Vermaak 88 ice soldiers]] to various dictators and warlords around the world, not only to [[WarForFunAndProfit make some huge profits]], but also hoping that the rise of superhuman warfare will result in [[FantasticRacism global fear and hatred against Conduits]].]]
* DeepSouth: He clearly exhibits many stereotypes of ultra-conservative, Southern white men; he's an [[FantasticRacism extremely bigoted]] [[TheFundamentalist Christian crusader]], out to smite those who question his morality and values in the name of his Confederate forefathers.
* DrivenByEnvy: He thinks Conduits are abominations only because, upon taking the powers of a Conduit willingly, ''he'' became an EldritchAbomination, while many other Conduits are perfectly fine.
* EgocentricallyReligious: He's such a massive {{narcissist}}, that he's convinced himself that he was [[TheChosenOne chosen by God]] to change the world.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite ordering Dr. Wolfe to help him construct a nuclear missile (a last-resort fail-safe for fighting the Beast), you can tell he ''really'' did not want to actually use it.
* EvilIsHammy: He certainly hams it up whenever he gives speeches in public, or makes propaganda broadcasts on television.
* FantasticRacism: He wants to commit genocide on Conduits, considering them to be monsters. This is only because when he was granted the powers of a Conduit, wanting them, he was turned into the Behemoth.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He freely gives money to different charities and plants trees. At heart he's a horrible man, but has plenty of charisma.
* FlunkyBoss: He summons groups of Corrupted during his boss fights.
* TheFundamentalist: He holds a strong conviction that Conduits and other superhuman entities are an unholy abomination against God. And although he's a businessman by profession, he has the demeanor of a fiery preacher when giving speeches to his followers.
* HateSink: Murderous, self-centered, power-hungry, and hypocritical, Bertrand is hands-down the most vile character in both the first and second games, standing out as the only antagonist who is in absolutely no way a tragic figure.
* TheHeavy: For the second game. Defeating the Beast is the ultimate goal, but while Cole and company prepare for that, they have to deal with Bertrand first, as he's responsible for all the problems affecting New Marais.
* HidingBehindReligion: He boasts that everything he does, up to and including attempting a genocide of Conduits, is all part of God's plan, reasoning that Conduits don't fit into the divine plan as "creations of science". In reality, [[BoomerangBigot he himself is a Conduit]], and was more than happy to be one until it turned out that the only power he'd gained was an uncontrollable transformation into a hideous monster; in [[InsaneTrollLogic his]] [[PsychologicalProjection reasoning]], if he had become a monster by activating his powers, then all Conduits, active or otherwise, were monsters.
* HollywoodExorcism: One mission towards the end of the game shows that he apparently has a habit of performing his own brand of "exorcisms" on Conduits. However, this sham ritual is actually just his setup for transforming them into the Corrupted.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[WasOnceAMan Was a completely normal, although very power-hungry leader of New Marais before his grab at power from the Ray Sphere]]. After the Blast, he gained the ability to mutate people into biological abominations that were subservient to him and as we know, [[HulkingOut transform]] [[OneWingedAngel when]] [[UnstoppableRage very angry]] into an EldritchAbomination. When you have these as powers, odds are you're this.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite his hatred of anything that's not a regular human being, he is (both figuratively and literally) the [[BoomerangBigot biggest monster]] in the series. Oh, and the only reason he wants to destroy Conduits is due to [[EvilIsPetty extreme disappointment and disgust]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate over his own superhuman powers]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: So much so that he massacred hundreds of people, including Nix's family, to get superpowers. [[GoneHorriblyRight It worked]].
* InsaneTrollLogic: Bertrand has a very well-concealed version of this; his stated reason for setting the Conduits up for genocide is that, as "creations of science," they don't fit into the divine plan. In reality, he was more than happy to be one until it turned out that the only power he'd gained was an uncontrollable transformation into a hideous monster. So, in his reasoning, if he had become a monster by activating his powers, then all Conduits, active or otherwise, were monsters.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Extreme anger and stress can trigger his transformation into the Behemoth.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He joined the First Sons because he wanted powers, he outright admits that. When he didn't get the powers he wanted, he decides to make the world fear every other Conduit, while hiding that he's also one himself.
* KarmicTransformation: Expected to become some kind of angelic superbeing, as he viewed himself as one of the good guys; even though while he does donate to charities and plant trees, overall he does far more evil than good. It seems he failed to realize that there's only one kind of person willing to murder hundreds, or even thousands, for the sake of personal power; and the powers he receives, [[EvilMakesYouUgly and the form that he takes]], [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous reflect what kind of monster he truly is]].
* KilledOffForReal: Cole and the Rebels destroy Bertrand in his Behemoth monster form.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Both his ability to transform into an EldritchAbomination and his ability to convert other people into the Corrupted count.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Bertrand claims that he just wants to protect New Marais from the "freaks" and "monsters" that threaten his fair city; but not only is he actually a freak himself, he was responsible for creating those monsters and setting them loose in the first place, all as part of his plans to seize power over the city, along with validating both his huge ego ''and'' self-hatred.
* OneWingedAngel: But not at all in the way he wanted.
* PersonalityPowers: The corrupt, over-the-top, self-aggrandizing politician that talks like a fire-and-brimstone preacher who turns half the city into Cole's enemy has the power to transform into an EldritchAbomination and convert other people into monsters.
* PsychologicalProjection: He views all other Conduits as monsters, because his powers manifested as turning into a literal monster himself.
* RunningBothSides: As Bertrand, he is the leader of the Militia. As the Behemoth, he is the leader of the Corrupted. He sets up both groups to be opposed to each other.
* TautologicalTemplar: Boasts that everything he does is part of God's plan. Makes the argument that him becoming a Conduit would allow him to carry out God's work, and when things don't go his way he argues that Conduits are an abomination against God.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite his anti-Conduit agenda, with the onset of the Corrupted, New Marais quickly turned to Bertrand and his Militia for security and leadership. [[spoiler:At least until Cole exposes him as a Conduit and the source of the Corrupted.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: During one of Wolf's dead drops, Bertrand has a full-blown temper-tantrum when he discovers the nature of his powers, complete with furious accusations, death threats, anguished pleas to God, broken glass, and a loud and angry shout of "I AM '''NOT''' HAPPY!"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Militia]]
!!The Militia
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Established and organized by Joseph Bertrand, the Militia are a paramilitary gang that has taken control of New Marais ever since the Corrupted began attacking the city. Ostensibly in place to restore and preserve order until government assistance can arrive, the Militia are extremely repressive towards the citizens -- especially Conduits, whom Bertrand has declared war on.
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* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: They started out as hunters living in the swamps with no other purpose in life other than to hunt, get drunk, and assault the public in their free time. Bertrand organized them into a fighting force, but despite their mission of protecting the city from monsters and "deviants," they're just CorruptHick predators and criminals who do such things as mug citizens on the streets.
* CapeBusters: While originally formed to defend New Marais against Swamp Monsters, the Militia also have a particular distaste towards Conduits, putting Cole on their "shoot-to-kill" list. For obvious reasons, they also oppose the Ice Soldiers as well.
* [[CorruptHick Corrupt Hicks]]
* EliteMooks: As they don't use Conduits, the Militia employ heavily-armored men with [[GatlingGood mini-guns]] as elite infantry.
* EnemyMine: It's unknown to them at the time, but [[spoiler:the Militia helps to permanently take down their own leader, who is also the leader of the other factions, when he is in the form of the Behemoth. Furthermore, during the final confrontation with the Beast, they freely work with Cole and even ''cheer'' him on.]]
* FantasticRacism: They subscribe to Bertrand's hatred of Conduits.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Most of them wear hockey masks.
* MugglePower: They feel threatened by the existence of the [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual superhuman Conduits]].
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: They are Bertrand's private army of [[FantasticRacism racist]] rednecks.
* TooDumbToLive: When Cole and Zeke are toting a stolen nuke in an attempt to kill the Beast, the Militia repeatedly intercept them and actually ''shoot'' at said nuke. Zeke even calls them out on it.
** [[ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics Though it is worth noting that shooting the nuke does ''not'' actually carry a risk of it detonating. The worst that could happen is the mechanism being damaged, hence making it a dud]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Corrupted]]
!!The Corrupted
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A race of mutant monsters that suddenly emerged from the swamps of New Marais, the Corrupted periodically attack the city in large packs. They are actually the transformed victims of Bertrand's Conduit powers, used to fool the public into supporting him.
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* AllThereInTheManual: They're only called the Corrupted in the in-game subtitles; everyone just calls them "monsters".
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The least powerful members of the Corrupted are cat-sized, spike-shooting insectoid creatures called Spikers.
* BossInMookClothing: The Ravagers, Hive Lords, and Devourers serve as [[MiniBoss mini-bosses]].
* HiveQueen: The Behemoth, AKA [[spoiler:Joseph Bertrand]].
* MadeOfExplodium: The Gasbag monsters explode in close proximity to an enemy.
* MookMaker: The Hive Lords can spawn smaller creatures called Spikers at will.
* PainfulTransformation: As [[spoiler:Bertrand]] morphs one person into a Corrupted, he screams in pain as he slowly transforms, and when the transformation is complete, he collapses on the ground, breathing heavily.
* ToServeMan: The Corrupted actively prey upon humans, and can occasionally be seen feeding on corpses. The biggest of the monsters, the Devourers, can even [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin devour people whole]] using their {{overly long tongue}}s.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Almost every single Corrupted [[WasOnceAMan was once a normal human]] turned into a monster by Bertrand to serve his own ends.]]
* TransformationHorror: [[spoiler:The transformation process into a swamp monster is not fast, pretty, or painless.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vermaak 88]]
!!Vermaak 88
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A group of mercenaries employed by a South African PMC. Hired by Bertrand to work in New Marais, they were given ice-based superpowers (extracted from Lucy Kuo), and put in stasis for later sale to dictators around the world; unfortunately, they were accidentally released by Cole, resulting in them taking over the flooded areas of New Marais.
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* AmoralAfrikaner: They're South African mercenaries. However, they didn't seem to be particularly villainous until after they got their ice powers.
* AnIcePerson: All of them have ice powers to a certain extent: some of them can propel themselves across great distances by creating explosions of ice under them, while more advanced members tower over the battlefield on pillars of ice and freeze their enemies solid. The most powerful of the Vermaak protect themselves with giant suits of armor composed of solid ice -- which eventually leads to them actually ''becoming'' ice.
* AxCrazy: Their transformation into Conduits made them very violent and prone to attacking anything they see.
* BossInMookClothing: The Crushers and Titans serve as [[MiniBoss mini-bosses]].
* DefectorFromDecadence: One shows up in the Good side missions to help Cole take out other members of Vermaak. He later shows up [[TookALevelInBadass as a Heavy, and later, a Titan]]... [[SanitySlippage as his sanity degenerates with his increasing mutations]] until [[spoiler:Cole has to MercyKill him as a Titan]].
* EliteMooks: The Heavy troops.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Deconstructed. They were already experienced war veterans before getting their superpowers. But as they weren't born with Conduit genes, their minds will degrade, while their bodies undergo terrible mutations.
* FragileSpeedster: The baseline Vermaak troopers; out of all the low-level troops across the two games, these are arguably the fastest and most agile. However, they're still just soldiers, and they fall just as easily as the others.
* KillItWithFire: They are weak against Napalm attacks from Nix [[spoiler:and Cole, if he decides to copy her powers]].
* MadnessMantra: "We will be whole!" It's suggested that this refers to their search for a Blast Core to heal their insanity.
* MightyGlacier: Appropriately, the iceberg-like Titans. Massively-built, capable of great offensive power... but very, ''very'' slow.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: They're stated to be mercenary soldiers working for a South African private military company.
* PsychoForHire: Averted -- Wolf's dead-drops show that the Vermaak were perfectly stable prior to gaining superpowers; it took their transformation into Forced Conduits to bring them into the state of Blast Core-obsessed violence they're seen in.
* SanitySlippage: At least one of the mercenaries managed to retain his sanity, and tries to aid Cole in stopping his former comrades. Sadly, as he grows more powerful, he also gets progressively more deranged, until he loses all control as a Titan and has to be put down.
* SuperpoweredMooks: They are literal {{supersoldiers}} with [[AnIcePerson ice-based superpowers]].
* TragicMonster: Much like the Corrupted, the Vermaak's powers were forced upon them by [[spoiler:Bertrand]], and they're driven by a desperate need to fix their eroding sanity by using the Blast Cores.
* TransformationHorror: They gradually transform from humans into monsters made of ice.
* VaderBreath: The Heavy infantry.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: As ordinary humans are not physiologically equipped to handle Conduit powers, the Vermaak have been driven almost completely insane by their transformation into Forced Conduits, with decreasing sanity as the transformations become more extreme.
[[/folder]]

!Introduced in ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS Festival of Blood}}'' [[note]]This game is considered to be '''[[AlternateContinuity non-canon]]'''.[[/note]]

[[folder:Bloody Mary]]
!!"Bloody" Mary
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AprilStewart
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The newly-resurrected leader of the New Marais vampires, Bloody Mary is the main villain of ''Festival of Blood'', and directly responsible for transforming Cole into a vampire. Taking advantage of Pyre Night to allow her coven to feed on the locals without repercussions, she's also hoping to mold Cole into her slave by the next sunrise...
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* AGodAmI: She proclaims that humans should be grateful for the "purpose" they provide whenever she drains or converts them, and directly compares herself to {{God}} at one point.
* BackFromTheDead: She was burned to death by Father Ignatius in the 19th century, however her corpse is brought back to (un)life when her fellow vampires give Mary some of Cole's potent conduit blood to consume, causing her to fully regenerate.
* BigBad: She's the main villain and FinalBoss of ''Festival of Blood''.
* BurnTheWitch: After being captured by Father Ignatius during the backstory, she was burned at the stake.
* DespairEventHorizon: Arguably the worst of her villainy began around the time Marco was killed.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She tells Cole that she actually hates being called "''Bloody'' Mary".
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Marco, the vampire who turned her and her partner in carnage. His death provoked genuine grief in Mary -- and then resulted in her ascending to new heights of villainy.
* EvilBrit: She apparently came to America only after spending a few decades traveling across Europe and killing people over there.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: She cannot understand why Cole wants to kill her, after she gave him the "[[BlessedWithSuck gift]]" of being a vampire, and soon will become her [[AFateWorseThanDeath eternal slave]].
* EvilMentor: She serves as one to Cole and other recently-transformed vampires, eagerly explaining to them how their new vampire abilities work.
* EvilRedhead: Her hair is red, which matches her great thirst for blood.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Her backstory reveals that, prior to becoming a vampire, she was a gentle governess who adored children. Unfortunately, she caught smallpox from one of them and fell fatally ill. A secretly vampiric admirer named Marco turned her into a vampire on her deathbed, and they swept across Europe like a plague together.
* FullyEmbracedFiend: She believes being a vampire is ''absolutely awesome'', and only sees humans as being food.
* KickTheDog: Her teachings reveal that she's engaged in a ''lot'' of this over her long life. Mary has absolutely no qualms about eating innocent people, and enjoys playing sadistic games with her victims (like turning people into vampires and then siccing them on their own family members).
* KickTheSonOfABitch: ''Other'' teachings reveal that she enjoyed doing this as well. She once turned a boat full of slaves into vampires, and then [[KarmicDeath set them on the slaver shipping them]]. Another time, she accepted sacrifices of ten people a day from one man [[DirtyCoward in exchange for his continued life]]; he eventually came up short by three, whereupon she killed his wife and two daughters to make up the difference, and allowed him to live one day longer to "enjoy" his part of the bargain.
* KillItWithFire: How she was killed the first time. [[spoiler:Thanks to Zeke and some white phosphorus, this is also how she dies in the ending of the game.]]
* NakedOnRevival: She transitions from shriveled corpse to womanly curves upon draining Cole's blood, and does not gain clothes during the change (but finds herself a gown some point after).
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Seemingly common to most vampires (including Cole), but hers are especially noticeable because she has few other monstrous characteristics.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: During the backstory, Mary waged one of these against Father Ignatius for killing Marco. Then after her resurrection in the present day, she plans to get revenge on New Marais [[SinsOfOurFathers for her death centuries ago]], by planting [[KillItWithFire white phosphorus firebombs to burn the whole city to the ground]], and then picking off the survivors or turning them into more vampires.
* UnholyMatrimony: Herself and Marco, before he was staked by Father Ignatius.
* VampireMonarch: She's the queen of a vampire coven in New Marais.
* VillainTeleportation: In a cloud of bats and red smoke, as a standard vampire power.
* VillainousCrush: [[{{Yandere}} She has some shades of this towards Cole]]. Then again, she could just be trying to mess with him.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Around the time Cole becomes too powerful for her to easily stop, she begins making offers along these lines; given that Cole had to spend the previous eight hours listening to her gloat over how she was going to dress him up in a pea coat once she had control over his mind, he declines.
* WouldHurtAChild: She makes no age-based distinctions for her victims, and has happily killed or turned numerous children. One of her stories even recounts how she preyed upon all the young parishioners of a priest. Rather ironic, given that taking care of children was her job as a human.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Father Ignatius]]
!!Father Ignatius

The priest responsible for killing Bloody Mary after her first rampage. Though he's only seen in flashbacks, he becomes vital to defeating the vampires -- the only weapon powerful enough to destroy Mary once and for all is his legendary Barbed Cross.
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* TheAtoner: After failing to save Mary from being transformed into a vampire on her deathbed, Ignatius dedicated himself to killing Marco and turning Mary back into a human. Unfortunately, because he failed to do so on Mary's first night as a vampire, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he only ended up turning her into an even bigger menace than before]], forcing Ignatius to atone for ''that'', too.
* BadassGrandpa: He spent most of his life trying to destroy an army of vampires. And he was (mostly) successful.
* BadassMustache: Even Zeke notices it.
* BadassNormal: He wasn't a conduit or any kind of superhuman, but he was good at slaying vampires.
* BadassPreacher: He was inspired by his faith to hunt down those demonic blood-suckers.
* MeaningfulName: "Ignatius". Ignition. [[KillItWithFire Fire]]. ''And'' he's honored on Pyre Night.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for well over a century or two.
* TiredOfRunning: On the receiving end of Mary's RoaringRampageOfRevenge for decades, Ignatius finally stopped running from her in New Marais, where he turned the tables on her with the Barbed Cross and an enormous mob of angry citizens wielding TorchesAndPitchforks.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vampires]]
!!Vampires

An army of bloodsucking monsters who secretly live in the underground catacombs beneath New Marais. They kidnap Cole in order to use him for a blood ritual to resurrect their deceased leader, Bloody Mary. Upon Mary's return from death, she leads her vampires on a killing spree across New Marais, preying upon its oblivious citizens while they celebrate Pyre Night.
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* BossInMookClothing: The Firstborn vampires are [[BatOutOfHell giant bat-like monsters]] who serve as [[MiniBoss mini-bosses]], though most of the time they won't fight Cole unless he provokes them. Also whenever an unhidden Firstborn is near a group of civilians, it will quickly bite them and [[MookMaker turn them into zombie-like vampire minions]] who will try to fistfight Cole or even bite him.
* DarkActionGirl: Harpies are female vampires who fight Cole by jumping and clinging to walls, while shooting guns at him.
* HolyBurnsEvil: They have an aversion to crosses. Father Ignatius' Barbed Cross weapon, which was blessed by the Pope, can instantly kill any normal vampire, can take down Firstborns in just a few hits, and is also one of Bloody Mary's few weaknesses.
* LooksLikeOrlok: The Fiends, Harpies, and Firstborns all look rather demonic and inhuman; though Mary, Cole, and any freshly-turned civilians simply look like humans with pale skin.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: These guys have most of the typical vampire traits you'd expect; they're undead demonic creatures who consume blood, convert humans into more of their kind, can turn into bats and fly; and have fatal weaknesses to crosses, stakes, fire, and sunlight. However, Cole and Zeke speculate that vampires may actually be a sub-type of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals conduits]] who have blood-based abilities. However, it doesn't explain their more supernatural qualities, like their aversion to holy objects.
* TranshumanTreachery: Vampires are AlwaysChaoticEvil, and almost every person whom Mary turns into one become her {{mind control}}led {{slave|Mooks}}s with no free will of their own. Cole is able to (mostly) resist Mary's control over him, and actively fights back against her forces; however if he doesn't kill her before sunrise, he will become her slave permanently. And even then, Cole is unable to resist his [[HorrorHunger thirst for blood]], so he's forced to prey on innocent people until he can remove his curse.
* VillainTeleportation: All of the vampires (except for the infected citizens who got bitten by Firstborns) can quickly move around by changing into a shadowy flock of bats and flying/teleporting from place to place. Cole himself can fly around the city as long as his blood meter is filled up.
* ViralTransformation: Obviously, the vampires increase their numbers by turning humans into more of them. However, it seems that humans will only transform if a vampire quickly bites them or only partially drains their blood (like what Mary did to Cole, or what the Firstborns do with the civilians they attack); if a person is completely drained dry, they simply drop dead (whenever Cole or most vampires feed on people, they never turn).
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Firstborns have the ability to [[HumanDisguise disguise themselves as random civilians]] to blend in on the streets. Cole can detect them with his Vampire Sense and instantly kill them by staking them in the back, however any other attack will simply cause them to revert to their true forms and start fighting him.
[[/folder]]
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* UngratefulBastard: Never said anything positive towards Cole even after when the latter performed all the heroic actions.

* PrimalStance: Cole is the latest in a long line of (potentially) morally questionable protagonists who do this. The severity of the pose after standing still for a moment actually varies depending on Cole's alignment in the second game: while neutral is general enough, Infamous!Cole will enter a skulking pose that [[AllMenArePerverts enhances his morally questionably nature]], whilst Hero!Cole will use a heroic pose [[TheCape befitting of a role model of the people]].

* AssholeVictim: Very few players feel sorry when [[spoiler:the First Sons blow him away.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: When [[spoiler:Kessler's men storm his studio and take him out,]] Cole doesn't seem that upset.

* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:As he's about to be killed by the First Sons, he pleads with them that "[he] did everything [they] said!", implying that the First Sons were making the Voice slander Cole's name]].

* BossInMooksClothing: The Firstborn vampires are [[BatOutOfHell giant bat-like monsters]] who serve as [[MiniBoss mini-bosses]], though most of the time they won't fight Cole unless he provokes them. Also whenever an unhidden Firstborn is near a group of civilians, it will quickly bite them and [[MookMaker turn them into zombie-like vampire minions]] who will try to fistfight Cole or even bite him.

* KarmicTransformation: Expected to become some kind of angelic superbeing, as he viewed himself as one of the good guys, even though while he does donate to charities and plant trees, overall he does far more evil than good. It seems he failed to realize that there's only one kind of person willing to murder hundreds, or even thousands, for the sake of personal power and the powers he receives, and the form that he takes, reflect what kind of monster he truly is.

* FatComicRelief: He's overweight and cracks a lot of jokes. Becomes deconstructed when Zeke voices displeasure at being solely seen as this and his desire to prove otherwise ends up problems.

** Though in ''Second Son'', Delsin's efforts in [[spoiler:the Good ending restore the hope of Conduits and humans living together in harmony,]] dampening Bertrand's original goals even further.

* TheBadGuyWins: Played with, while his goal was to eradicate all Conduits and [[spoiler:Cole's using the RFI in the Good Karma ending achieved what he set out to do, Bertrand's goals fall flat since Conduits still exist in the future]]. Although if ''Second Son'' is anything to go by, [[spoiler:Cole's actions helped spread fear of Conduits just as Bertrand hoped, still seeing the former as the "Demon of Empire City"]].

* TheBadGuyWins: Played with, while his goal was to eradicate all Conduits and [[spoiler:Cole's using the RFI in the Good Karma ending achieved what he set out to do, his goals fall flat since Conduits still exist in the future]]. Although if ''Second Son'' is anything to go by, [[spoiler:Cole's actions helped spread fear of Conduits just as Bertrand hoped, seeing him as the "Demon of Empire City"]].

** Even in the case of ''Second Son'', Delsin's efforts in [[spoiler:the Good ending restore the hope of Conduits and humans living together in harmony,]] dampening Bertrand's original goals even further.

* TheBadGuyWins: In the Good Karma ending. [[spoiler:Cole and the RFI kill quite a few Conduits, and if ''Second Son'' is anything to go by, Cole's actions ensured that the entire world is scared of Conduits just as Bertrand hoped, seeing him as the "Demon of Empire City".]]
** [[spoiler: Though Cole killing him wasn't part of the plan.]]

* TheAntiChrist: He's a giant, demonic looking MagmaMan out to apparently destroy the world. His human form also wears a full red suit, has glowing red eyes, and uses flame powers.

* TheSpock: To Cole's Ego and Nix's Id. As stated in the trailer and the game itself, Kuo is the voice of order among the three and provides arguments to do good deeds. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end, when ''she's'' the one advocating the ruthless option of allying with the Beast and sacrificing all the Muggles.]]

* TheMcCoy: To Cole's TheKirk and Kuo's TheSpock. She's generally a twisted sadist, but it's justified given her past and lifestyle. [[spoiler:Unlike Kuo, this is only slightly averted in the end, because her only reason for opposing the Beast is revenge for her "babies".]]

* PersonalityPowers: The corrupt, over-the-top, self-aggrandizing preacher who turns half the city into Cole's enemy has the power to transform into an EldritchAbomination and convert other people into monsters.

!Introduced in ''{{VideoGame/inFAMOUS}}''

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite ordering the construction of the nuke (fell-safe for the Beast) , you can tell he ''really'' did not want to actually use it.