History Characters / LongGoneDays

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is a superior sniper to Rourke in every way. Had it not been for his injury at the start of the game, there wouldn't have been a need for Rourke to enter the field.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Halfway his boss fight, if your morale is high enough, Rourke can convince him to turn against Eugene with the right dialogue options.]]

* AffablyEvil: While she does have a slight mean streak thanks to considering Rourke an inadequate substitute for Coyle, she can show a softer side if he picks the right dialogue options when interacting with her. [[spoiler:This holds true even after his desertion, as she makes an earnest attempt to understand why Rourke defected to begin with, and tries to convince him and Adair of The Core's righteousness despite their atrocities. Her fanatical loyalty still makes it impossible to reason with her, but her affability does serve to make her VillainousBreakdown and death more tragic, as bout Rourke and Adair acknowledge they could've easily ended up like her.]]

* MoreThanMindControl: While pretty much all soldiers of The Core have been indoctrinated in some fashion, Rourke's mental conditioning is shown to be particularly insidious, as he goes into his first mission ''not even knowing'' that he's targeting civilians, outright dissociating himself from his targets when he shoots them. When he suddenly recognizes that he was hunting down civilians, he's shocked and undergoes a HeroicBSOD unlike anything the rest of his squad (who ''do'' have full awareness of their mission) undergo; even Adair, who comes to agree that what they were doing was wrong. [[spoiler:[[NiceJobFixingItVillain This also ends up being The Core's undoing]], as Rourke's crisis of conscience spurs him to desert and ultimately take their leadership down, while the other squad members who hadn't been so intensely manipulated mostly stay loyal.]]

* MoreThanMindControl: While pretty much all soldiers of The Core have been indoctrinated in some fashion, Rourke's mental conditioning is shown to be particularly insidious, as he goes into his first mission ''not even knowing'' that he's targeting civilians, outright dissociating himself from his targets when he shoots them. When he suddenly recognizes that he was hunting down civilians, he's shocked and undergoes a HeroicBSOD unlike anything the rest of his squad (who ''do'' have full awareness of their mission) undergo; even Adair, who comes to agree that what they were doing was wrong. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain This also ends up being The Core's undoing]], as Rourke's crisis of conscience spurs him to desert and ultimately take their leadership down, while the other squad members who hadn't been so intensely manipulated mostly stay loyal.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Branna is eluded by why Rourke would throw away a chance other recruits would kill for, not understanding why killing innocents would make him turn away. She doesn't understand why would Lynn, Ivan, Cygnus and Atiye even be with Rourke aside from using him for their survival.

* TheFundamentalist: Easily the most fanatically loyal member of Raven Squad, in contrast to Sgt. Faye, who got sick of The Core's atrocities and deserted of her own volition, and even Sgt. Coyle who has major reservations about what General Eugene is doing [[spoiler:and can be convinced to turn on him.]] Branna however is both aware of what The Core is really like, and fully buys into the hype, to the point that Faye states that the reason she initially hesitated in defecting was because she didn't want to leave Brana in charge of the "Mothers".

* TheFanatic: Easily the most fanatically loyal member of Raven Squad, in contrast to Sgt. Faye, who got sick of The Core's atrocities and deserted of her own volition, and even Sgt. Coyle who has major reservations about what General Eugene is doing [[spoiler:and can be convinced to turn on him.]] Branna however is both aware of what The Core is really like, and fully buys into the hype, to the point that Faye states that the reason she initially hesitated in defecting was because she didn't want to leave Brana in charge of the "Mothers".

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:When Branna is dying, the main characters, especially Rourke, take some pity on her breaking down in her last moments, though she rebukes them in the name of her dignity.]]

* DissonantSerenity: The sole instance where her character portrait is shown smiling is when she tells Rourke and Adair that she's taking them back to The Core's home base.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: Both her uniform and her civilian garb are predominantly black, and she is unquestioningly loyal to The Core.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He shows nothing but disdain towards The Core, mostly because The Core treats him as nothing more than a disposable asset and refuses to properly compensate him for his continue service. [[spoiler:His lines before he gets arrested implies he also hated having to traffic women for them.]]