History Characters / XCOM2ADVENT

* AmbiguousSituation: Prior to her defeat, she will call the Commander a "betrayer". This could be because the Commander is destroying them using one of their own Avatars, or because the event of [[VideoGame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified The Bureau]] is still canon and the heroic Ethereal [[DefectorFromDecadent Asaru]] is aiding the Commander in some way, if not being the Commander himself.

* BadBoss: Has absolutely no issue with psionically torturing the Chosen to put them in their place or punish them for failure or minor slights.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Whether intentionally or not, the radiation aliens' probes mutated vast swathes of the human population into [[ZombieApocalypse the Lost]], which overran much of Earth during the invasion. Now that ADVENT RUNS Earth, the Lost are a major thorn in their side since they're just as hostile to them as humanity. They've been trying to get rid of them for twenty years and have barely made a dent in their numbers. Ironically. the Reapers frequently set up in these cities, since they're much better at avoiding and combatting the Lost, meaning ADVENT accidentally created a refuge for one of its most troublesome resistance factions.

* KentBrockmanNews: Every news show is dedicated to upholding the ADVENT regime, and portrays XCOM and other rebels as terrorists. [[spoiler: This backfires on ADVENT at the end of the campaign, when XCOM hacks the global news feed to show what ADVENT was ''actually'' doing when they said they were taking out hostile terrorists, by showing the Retaliation raids on non-hostile, unarmed civilians.]]

* NoSell: The Chosen immune to all mental impairment status (Disoriented, Panicked, Stunned, Mind Controlled, etc), so don't bother trying to Flashbang them. They can still be inflicted with physical ailments (burn, freeze, poison, and acid burn).

* RedBaron: She has several nicknames, such as "Butcher of Free ADVENT", "The Unrelenting One", and "The Elders' Assassin".

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfyK8iK71Pg&t=1633s "Shadow Domain"]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfyK8iK71Pg&t=2366s "Deadeye"]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfyK8iK71Pg&t=2044s "Warlock,"]] a track as bombastic as its namesake.

* AffablyEvil: He seems to be the most polite and sympathetic of the Chosen towards humans. The Ethereal calls out the Hunter as being "corrupted" by interaction with humans.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: The Hunter is a brilliant tactician and expert marksman, make no mistake, but he's also loopier than a rollercoaster. The intel available in the Skyranger suggests he's prone to talking to himself even when nobody is listening, and he took to hunting some of the lesser Aliens because he was ''bored''. The Ethereals were displeased, when they found out.

** On the other hand, once of his taunts is "The most dangerous game? ''Hardly."''

* {{BFG}}: He carries the unique Disruptor rifle, a heavy assault rifle equivalent in power to XCOM's Plasma rifle that always inflicts critical hits on psionic targets and comes pre-equipped with four superior weapon mods (Scope, Hair Trigger, Stock and Expanded Magazine). Like the Assassin's shotgun, he very rarely uses it, but it makes a powerful addition to XCOM's armory if you can take him down for good.

* MageKiller: His Disruptor rifle always deals critical damage to psionic targets. While this can be bad if he happens to shoot your Psi Op (which tends to result in a OneHitKill), it's much more powerful once the weapon ends up in XCOM's arsenal because unlike the Warlock, they actually make heavy use of it against Priests, Sectoids, Gatekeepers and especially [[spoiler:Avatars]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: ADVENT officers have more health, do more damage, and are more accurate than line soldiers, and have a variety of support abilities as well. Bradford and Tygan specifically note that their helmets are more complex because of the extra equipment built into it, and speculate they may be the focus of alien remote mind control when the aliens oversee ADVENT forces directly.