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* The Phantom Talon Corp. are this to the Helghast Military in ''Killzone: Mercenary''. The Helghast Military is the military branch of the Helghast Empire, who oftentimes incite wars against the Vektans in the name of the Helghast banner for their own cause. The Phantom Talon Corp. is a mercenary organisation, with its members being seasoned mercenaries hailing from former military organisations, and have no actual allegiance to both sides of the war. Whereas the Helghast fight their wars for the cause of the Helghan and Visari, the Phantom Talon Corp's members are a WildCard and are politically apathetic to the conflict, fighting on whatever side they are in and only care more for the money and paycheck than anything else. Their commanders, Anders Benoit and Armin Metrac, one of the Helghast commanders and the General of the Helghast Military, also embody this contrast. General Metrac is a ruthless [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who is openly sadistic and brutal, causing carnage for the fun of it in his twisted Helghast morals. Benoit is a ruthless, greedy schemer, serving as a WildCard where he has no affiliation to both sides (Helghast or ISA) and is a high-ranking money-driven mercenary commander, only using the war for monetary gains and purposes regardless of casualties, while "allying" with them to get what he wants in the intent of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing]] them at the end. Benoit's also a boss in ''Mercenary'' and is comparably closely similar to Metrac, being adept in combat and also lead a group of men on their side. Metrac is the ClimaxBoss of ''Liberation'', while Benoit is the FinalBoss of ''Mercenary''. Both use [[{{BFG}} heavy weaponry]] and are long-range attackers who attack from a distance. Metrac uses a Frankenstein heavy machine gun/grenade launcher, whereas Benoit uses a [=VC39=] Accelerator Rifle as his signature primary weapon.

* Mael Radec from ''Killzone 2'' heavily contrasts to Stuart Adams, one of the villains in ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}''. Both have similar views towards Scolar Visari and are also the enemies of the protagonists, but their goals and intentions are different. Adams is an ISA [[TheMole traitor]] who sees Visari as an inspiration to betray his own allies and is responsible for shutting down the Orbital Defenses with Dwight Stratson, allowing the Helghast Army to launch an attack. Radec is a born Helghast, who is TheDragon to Visari, serving as his personal second-in-command and is a [[ItsPersonal more personal antagonist]] to Rico, being the known killer of Jan Templar. Adams rarely uses combat but his gun against the protagonists, while Radec is a full-blown CombatPragmatist, who is adept in firearms, knives and actual close-quarters combat. Adams is a SmugSnake who openly gloated into siding with the Helghast, revealing to be a DirtyCoward at the end as he went through a massive VillainousBreakdown after he failed to kill Templar, before dying from a very unceremonious death at the hands of Templar. Radec is a combat-hardened, honourable Helghast who never backs away on combat, successfully [[HeroKiller killing Templar single-handedly]] before squaring off against Rico in a one-on-one fight inside the Visari Palace, before Radec killed himself at the end after his defeat as a sign of honour. They are also killed by the different main protagonists, with Adams from Templar and Radec from Rico.
* Anders Benoit from ''Mercenary'' is this to the antagonists of the previous ''Killzone'' games. Most villains from the previous games like Radec, Visari, Stahl and Metrac are Helghasts, or at least affiliated to the Helghast like Stuart Adams and Dwight Stratson who acted as ISA [[TheMole moles]] for them. Benoit is the complete opposite to them, who is a high-ranking mercenary commander and a WildCard where he has no affiliation to both sides, only using the war for monetary gains and purposes, while "allying" with them to get what he wants in the intent of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing]] them at the end.
* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the main antagonist of ''Killzone'' and ''Killzone 2''. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock and caused Helghan's end via the Terracide. Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature, whereas Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of soldiers from his company in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, claiming that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak. While Visari was killed by the main protagonist Rico in ''Killzone 2'', Stahl was killed by Sinclair, one of the main antagonists of ''Shadow Fall''.

* Mael Radec from ''Killzone 2'' heavily contrasts to Stuart Adams, one of the villains in ''Killzone''. Both have similar views towards Scolar Visari and are also the enemies of the protagonists, but their goals and intentions are different. Adams is an ISA [[TheMole traitor]] who sees Visari as an inspiration to betray his own allies and is responsible for shutting down the Orbital Defenses with Dwight Stratson, allowing the Helghast Army to launch an attack. Radec is a born Helghast, who is TheDragon to Visari, serving as his personal second-in-command and is a [[ItsPersonal more personal antagonist]] to Rico, being the known killer of Jan Templar. Adams rarely uses combat but his gun against the protagonists, while Radec is a full-blown CombatPragmatist, who is adept in firearms, knives and actual close-quarters combat. Adams is a SmugSnake who openly gloated into siding with the Helghast, revealing to be a DirtyCoward at the end as he went through a massive VillainousBreakdown after he failed to kill Templar, before dying from a very unceremonious death at the hands of Templar. Radec is a combat-hardened, honourable Helghast who never backs away on combat, successfully [[HeroKiller killing Templar single-handedly]] before squaring off against Rico in a one-on-one fight inside the Visari Palace, before Radec killed himself at the end after his defeat as a sign of honour. They are also killed by the different main protagonists, with Adams from Templar and Radec from Rico.

* Anders Benoit from ''Mercenary'' is this to the antagonists of the previous ''Killzone'' games. Most villains from the previous games like Radec, Visari and Metrac who are born Helghasts, or at least affiliated to the Helghast like Stuart Adams and Dwight Stratson who acted as ISA [[TheMole moles]] for them. Benoit is the complete opposite to them, who is a high-ranking mercenary commander and a WildCard where he has no affiliation to both sides, only using the war for monetary gains and purposes, while "allying" with them to get what he wants in the intent of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing]] them at the end.

* Mael Radec from ''Killzone 2'' heavily contrasts to Stuart Adams, one of the villains in the first game. Both have similar views towards Scolar Visari and are also the enemies of the protagonists, but their goals and intentions are different. Adams is an ISA [[TheMole traitor]] who sees Visari as an inspiration to betray his own allies and is responsible for shutting down the Orbital Defenses with Dwight Stratson, allowing the Helghast Army to launch an attack. Radec is a born Helghast, who is TheDragon to Visari, serving as his personal second-in-command and is a [[ItsPersonal more personal antagonist]] to Rico, being the known killer of Jan Templar. Adams rarely uses combat but his gun against the protagonists, while Radec is a full-blown CombatPragmatist, who is adept in firearms, knives and actual close-quarters combat. Adams is a SmugSnake who openly gloated into siding with the Helghast, revealing to be a DirtyCoward at the end as he went through a massive VillainousBreakdown after he failed to kill Templar, before dying from a very unceremonious death at the hands of Templar. Radec is a combat-hardened, honourable Helghast who never backs away on combat, successfully [[HeroKiller killing Templar single-handedly]] before squaring off against Rico in a one-on-one fight inside the Visari Palace, before Radec killed himself at the end after his defeat as a sign of honour. They are also killed by the different main protagonists, with Adams from Templar and Radec from Rico.
* Anders Benoit from ''Mercenary'' is this to the antagonists of the previous ''Killzone'' games. Most villains from the previous games are Helghasts, or at least affiliated to the Helghast like Stuart Adams and Dwight Stratson who acted as ISA [[TheMole moles]] for them. Benoit is the complete opposite to them, who is a WildCard where he has no affiliation to both sides and is a high-ranking mercenary commander, only using the war for monetary gains and purposes, while "allying" with them to get what he wants in the intent of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing]] them at the end.
* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the previous antagonist of the first ''Killzone'' games. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock and caused Helghan's end via the Terracide. Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature, whereas Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of soldiers from his company in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, claiming that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak. While Visari was killed by the main protagonist Rico in ''Killzone 2'', Stahl was killed by Sinclair, one of the main antagonists of ''Shadow Fall''.

* Mael Radec from ''Killzone 2'' heavily contrasts to Stuart Adams, one of the villains in the first game. Both have similar views towards Scolar Visari and are also the enemies of Rico Velasquez, but their goals and intentions are different. Adams is an ISA [[TheMole traitor]] who sees Visari as an inspiration to betray his own allies and is responsible for shutting down the Orbital Defenses with Dwight Stratson, allowing the Helghast Army to launch an attack. Radec is a born Helghast, who is TheDragon to Visari, serving as his personal second-in-command and is a [[ItsPersonal more personal antagonist]] to Rico, being the known killer of Jan Templar. Adams rarely uses combat but his gun against the protagonists, while Radec is a full-blown CombatPragmatist, who is adept in firearms, knives and actual close-quarters combat. Adams is a SmugSnake who openly gloated into siding with the Helghast, revealing to be a DirtyCoward at the end as he went through a massive VillainousBreakdown after he failed to kill Templar, before dying from a very unceremonious death at the hands of Templar. Radec is a combat-hardened, honourable Helghast who never backs away on combat, successfully [[HeroKiller killing Templar single-handedly]] before squaring off against Rico in a one-on-one fight inside the Visari Palace, before Radec killed himself at the end after his defeat as a sign of honour. They are also killed by the different main protagonists, with Adams from Templar and Radec from Rico.

* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the previous antagonist of the first ''Killzone'' games. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock and causing Helghan's end via the Terracide. Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature, whereas Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of soldiers from his company in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, claiming that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak. While Visari was killed by the main protagonist Rico in ''Killzone 2'', Stahl was killed by Sinclair, one of the main antagonists of ''Shadow Fall''.

* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the previous antagonist of the first ''Killzone'' games. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock and the cause of the Helghan's end via the Terracide. Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature, whereas Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of soldiers from his company in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, claiming that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak. While Visari was killed by the main protagonist Rico in ''Killzone 2'', Stahl was killed by Sinclair, one of the main antagonists of ''Shadow Fall''.

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey, one of the main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshal Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. While both are born as Vektans, Grey is a Caucasian, pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Both share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] but for different reasons. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace to Vekta at the cost of the innocents on the other side. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Both act as former allies to the main protagonists. Grey is only an ally to the protagonist, Arran Danner, with no relation to him, whereas Sinclair also served as a mentor and a father figure to Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before killing him at the end]]. While Grey failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the previous antagonist of the first ''Killzone'' games. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock. Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons, whereas Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of mercenaries in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, claiming that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak. While Visari was killed by the main protagonist Rico in ''Killzone 2'', Stahl was killed by Sinclair, one of the main antagonists of ''Shadow Fall''.

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey, one of the main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshal Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. While both are born as Vektans, Grey is a Caucasian, pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Both share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] but for different reasons. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Both act as former allies to the main protagonists. Grey is only an ally to the protagonist, Arran Danner, with no relation to him, whereas Sinclair also served as a mentor and a father figure to Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before killing him at the end]]. While Grey failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey, one of the main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshal Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. While both are born as Vektans, Grey is a Caucasian, pale-skinned, 46-year-old female, woman, while Sinclair is an African-American, a dark-skinned, 51-year-old male.man. Both share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] but for different reasons. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Both act as former allies to the main protagonists, but while Grey is only an ally to the protagonist, Arran Danner, with no relation to him, Sinclair also served as a mentor and a father figure to Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before killing him at the end]]. While Grey failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey, one of the main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as a former the Director of the Shadow Marshal Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. While both are born as Vektans, Grey is a Caucasian, pale-skinned, 46-year-old female, woman, while Sinclair is an African-American, a dark-skinned, 51-year-old male.man. Both share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] but for different reasons. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Both act as former allies to the main protagonists, but while Grey is only an ally to the protagonist, Arran Danner, with no relation to him, Sinclair also served as a mentor and a father figure to Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before killing him at the end]]. While Grey failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey, Vyktor Kratek and Anders Benoit, the main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both Grey and Sinclair are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. Benoit, on the other hand, is a seasoned mercenary and the head of the Phantom Talon Corp., a private military company from Earth. Kratek is the Colonel of the Helghast Military who was appointed by General Metrac, but he is also a MadDoctor. While both Grey and Sinclair are born as Vektans, Grey is a pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Benoit was born from Earth and is a 44-year-old Caucasian man. Kratek is a Helghast who was a 42-year-old man. While both Grey and Sinclair share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] with bioweapons but for different reasons, Kratek is a sadistic, racist official who wanted to mass-murder the Vektans with his bioweapon in an act of ForTheEvulz, while Benoit is more apathetic to the Helghast hatred due to his nature as a mercenary, but that won't stop him from enacting his plan by pretending to be allies with the ISA and being pragmatically bigoted to the Helghast. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall with Stahl's bioweapon out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Kratek is a sadistic official who took over Diortem and tortured three ISA agents to make Grey talk, while subsequently using Danner as his "ally" to retrieve both his bioweapon and Justus to enact his plan of genocide. Benoit is a greedy, ruthless schemer and a WildCard who never sides to anyone, where his plans of taking Kratek's bioweapon and the plasmid trigger, Justus, are OnlyInItForTheMoney, not caring for the Helghast-Vektan war and the many casualties within it, as he only plans it to sell both of them to the black market as part of his "get rich and get out" plan. They are also the former allies of the protagonist. Grey and Kratek are only nominal allies in separate situations to Arran Danner with no relation to him, while Benoit was one of Danner's members in his mercenary organisation and a former friend of Damian Ivanov [[spoiler:where he also betrays Danner during the attack on the Petrusite refinery]], whereas Sinclair is the father figure and the mentor of Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before he betrays him]]. While Grey, Kratek and Benoit failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the previous antagonist of the first ''Killzone'' games. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock. Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons, whereas Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of mercenaries in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, claiming that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak.

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey and Anders Benoit, two of the three main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both Grey and Sinclair are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. Benoit, on the other hand, is a seasoned mercenary and the head of the Phantom Talon Corp., a private military company from Earth. While both Grey and Sinclair are born as Vektans, Grey is a pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Benoit was born from Earth and is a 44-year-old Caucasian man. While both Grey and Sinclair share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] with bioweapons but for different reasons, Benoit is more apathetic to the Helghast hatred due to his nature as a mercenary, but that won't stop him from enacting his plan by pretending to be allies with the ISA and being pragmatically bigoted to the Helghast. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall with Stahl's bioweapon out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Benoit is a greedy, ruthless schemer and a WildCard who never sides to anyone, where his plans of taking Kratek's bioweapon and the plasmid trigger, Justus, are OnlyInItForTheMoney, not caring for the Helghast-Vektan war and the many casualties within it, as he only plans it to sell both of them to the black market as part of his "get rich and get out" plan. They are also the former allies of the protagonist. Grey is only a nominal ally to Arran Danner with no relation to him and Benoit was one of Danner's members in his mercenary organisation and a former friend of Damian Ivanov [[spoiler:where he also betrays Danner during the attack on the Petrusite refinery]], whereas Sinclair is the father figure and the mentor of Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before he betrays him]]. While both Grey and Benoit failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey and Anders Benoit, two of the three main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both Grey and Sinclair are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. Benoit, on the other hand, is a seasoned mercenary and the head of the Phantom Talon Corp., a private military company. While both Grey and Sinclair are born as Vektans, Grey is a pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Benoit was born from Earth and is a 44-year-old Caucasian man. While both Grey and Sinclair share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] with bioweapons but for different reasons, Benoit is more apathetic to the Helghast, but that won't stop him from enacting his plan by pretending to be allies with the ISA and being pragmatically bigoted to the Helghast. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall with Stahl's bioweapon out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Benoit is a greedy, ruthless schemer and a WildCard who never sides to anyone, where his plans of taking Kratek's bioweapon and the plasmid trigger, Justus, are OnlyInItForTheMoney, not caring for the Helghast-Vektan war and the many casualties within it, as he only plans it to sell both of them to the black market as part of his "get rich and get out" plan. They are also the former allies of the protagonist. Grey is only a nominal ally to Arran Danner with no relation to him and Benoit was one of Danner's members in his mercenary organisation and a former friend of Damian Ivanov [[spoiler:where he also betrays Danner during the attack on the Petrusite refinery]], whereas Sinclair is the father figure and the mentor of Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before he betrays him]]. While both Grey and Benoit failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey and Anders Benoit, two of the three main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both Grey and Sinclair are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. Benoit, on the other hand, is a seasoned mercenary and the head of the Phantom Talon Corp., a private military company. While both Grey and Sinclair are born as Vektans, Grey is a pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Benoit was born from Earth and is a 44-year-old Caucasian man. While both Grey and Sinclair share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] with bioweapons but for different reasons, Benoit is more apathetic to the Helghast, but that won't stop him from enacting his plan by pretending to be allies with the ISA. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall with Stahl's bioweapon out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Benoit is a greedy, ruthless schemer and a WildCard who never sides to anyone, where his plans of taking Kratek's bioweapon and the plasmid trigger, Justus, are OnlyInItForTheMoney, not caring for the Helghast-Vektan war and the many casualties within it, as he only plans it to sell both of them to the black market as part of his "get rich and get out" plan. They are also the former allies of the protagonist. Grey is only a nominal ally to Arran Danner with no relation to him and Benoit was one of Danner's members in his mercenary organisation and a former friend of Damian Ivanov [[spoiler:where he also betrays Danner during the attack on the Petrusite refinery]], whereas Sinclair is the father figure and the mentor of Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before he betrays him]]. While both Grey and Benoit failed to kill Danner, Sinclair is a HeroKiller [[spoiler:who murdered Kellan for attempting to stop the reignition of the Helghast-Vektan War and for siding with Echo]].

* Jorhan Stahl from ''Killzone 3'' and ''Shadow Fall'' serves as this to Scolar Visari, the previous antagonist of the first ''Killzone'' games. Both are rivalling {{Arms Dealer}}s and the CEO of their respective weapon comapanies: Stahl Arms and Visari Corporation, as well as the Autarch of Helghan. Whereas Visari was the first Autarch and the founder of Helghan, who was elected fairly by the majority, Stahl became the last Autarch [[TheUsurper through usurpation]] by killing Orlock. Stahl's weapons from his company focuses on high fire rate that is reminiscent to 21st-Century weapons, whereas Visari's weapons in his company are all high-tech and futuristic in nature. Visari is commanding but also formal and loyal to his men and his cause during the Helghast-Vektan War, while Stahl is arrogant and abrasive, caring little for the Helghast and his own unit of mercenaries in an attempt to destroy not only the Vektans but also Earth in a nihilistic act of revenge. Visari is shown to have some form of care to the Helghasts, his own people, albeit in a twisted cause to fight their own war against the Vektans. Stahl is a BoomerangBigot, noting his hatred for the Vektans, but he is also an overt racist against his own race, citing that the billion people (Helghasts) who died during the Terracide in his home planet are considered weak.
* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey and Anders Benoit, two of the three main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both Grey and Sinclair are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. Benoit, on the other hand, is a seasoned mercenary and the head of the Phantom Talon Corp., a private military company. While both Grey and Sinclair are born as Vektans, Grey is a pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Benoit was born from Earth and is a 44-year-old Caucasian man. All share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] with bioweapons but for different reasons. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall with Stahl's bioweapon out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Benoit is a greedy, ruthless schemer and a WildCard who never sides to anyone, where his plans of taking Kratek's bioweapon and the plasmid trigger, Justus, are OnlyInItForTheMoney, not caring for the Helghast-Vektan war and the many casualties within it, as he only plans it to sell both of them to the black market as part of his "get rich and get out" plan. They are also the former allies of the protagonist. Grey is only a nominal ally to Arran Danner with no relation to him and Benoit was one of Danner's members in his mercenary organisation and a former friend of Damian Ivanov [[spoiler:who also betrays Danner during the attack on the Petrusite refinery]], whereas Sinclair is the father figure and the mentor of Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before he betrays him]].

* Thomas Sinclair, [[BigBadEnsemble one of the main antagonists in Shadow Fall]], is this to Alex Grey and Anders Benoit, two of the three main antagonists in ''Mercenary''. Both Grey and Sinclair are high-ranking officials of the ISA, but Grey was the Admiral of the ISA Navy, while Sinclair served as the Director of the Shadow Marshals and now the director of the Vektan Security Agency, the espionage arm of the ISA. Benoit, on the other hand, is a seasoned mercenary and the head of the Phantom Talon Corp., a private military company. While both Grey and Sinclair are born as Vektans, Grey is a pale-skinned, 46-year-old woman, while Sinclair is a dark-skinned, 51-year-old man. Benoit was born from Earth and is a 44-year-old Caucasian man. All share the same FantasticRacism ideology towards the Helghast and [[OmnicidalManiac are willing to exterminate the other race]] with bioweapons but for different reasons. Grey is a WellIntentionedExtremist wanting to use Kratek's bioweapon to ensure peace with the Vektans at the cost of the innocents. Sinclair is Grey's polar opposite, who is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and a GeneralRipper, willing to kill the remaining living Helghast on the other side of the Wall with Stahl's bioweapon out of his paranoid racist views towards them, regardless of the ensuing collateral damage to the Vektans. Benoit is a greedy, ruthless schemer and a WildCard who never sides to anyone, where his plans of taking Kratek's bioweapon and the plasmid trigger, Justus, are OnlyInItForTheMoney, not caring for the Helghast-Vektan war and the many casualties within it, as he only plans it to sell both of them to the black market as part of his "get rich and get out" plan. They are also the former allies of the protagonist. Grey is only a nominal ally to Arran Danner with no relation to him, whereas Sinclair is the father figure of Lucas Kellan [[spoiler:before he betrays him]] and Benoit was one of Danner's members in his mercenary organisation and a former friend of Damian Ivanov [[spoiler:who also betrays Danner during the attack on the Petrusite refinery]].

** Gerard Bieri contrasts this to Bahavas, one of the ''de facto'' leaders of the Shadow Carja tribe. Both are HateSink SocialDarwinists with little regard for humanity, seeing anything they oppose as weak. But while Bahavas seems to be interested in weeding out the sick and old for the Shadow Carja's elite, even holding Itamen and Nasadi hostage, Gerard has an extreme disdain for new humanity, regardless of their status and social standing, often seeing them as "insects" and "bugs" and is actively open in exterminating them, exemplified when he and his Zeniths massacred a group of tribals mercilessly from an unknown tribe, as well as ordering Erik to kill Aloy's companion [[spoiler:Varl]]. With Bahavas, despite his despicable nature, even fanatically worshipped by a group of like-minded Shadow Carja elite and his co-High Priests, Gerard is virtually respected by ''absolutely no one'', even by his AxCrazy right-hand Erik.

** Gerard Bieri contrasts this to Bahavas, one of the ''de facto'' leaders of the Shadow Carja tribe. While Bahavas, a SocialDarwinist who seems to be interested in weeding out the sick and old for the Shadow Carja's elite, even holding Itamen and Nasadi hostage, Gerard has an extreme disdain for new humanity, regardless of their status and social standing, often seeing them as "insects" and "bugs" and is actively open in exterminating them, exemplified when he and his Zeniths massacred a group of tribals mercilessly from an unknown tribe, as well as ordering Erik to kill Aloy's companion [[spoiler:Varl]]. With Bahavas, despite his despicable nature, even fanatically worshipped by a group of like-minded Shadow Carja elite and his co-High Priests, Gerard is virtually respected by ''absolutely no one'', even by his AxCrazy right-hand Erik.

** Erik Visser, Gerard's right-hand, is this to Helis, the right-hand of HADES. Both are [[AxCrazy vicious]] military commanders of their respective organisation, with Helis to the Eclipse and Erik to the Zeniths. Helis is a PsychoSupporter to Jiran willingly carries out atrocities in the name of his devotion to the Mad Sun-King, but he has some tiny semblance of standards. Erik is a pure-and-simple BloodKnight and a textbook PsychoForHire who takes pleasure in fighting and mass-murdering innocents often with sadism and glee, regardless of who he faces for his entertainment, while showing no remorse for his kills. Their weapons also vastly contrast to one another. With Helis, he uses a sword and a blast sling, while Erik uses advanced weapons including a nanomachine-infused golden blade and a golden hand cannon, as well as him being capable of dishing out various attacks.

** Tilda van der Meer is a more unique contrast to the ''Zero Dawn'' villains. Where most of the prequel's villains were some variation of "ignorant, politically conservative male", Tilda is the opposite of all these things. She upholds more liberal values, [[LGBTRepresentationInMedia including being a lesbian]] due to her past relationship with [[spoiler:Elisabet Sobeck]]. While Helis, one of the villains that contrasts her, is deeply loyal to Jiran, albeit on the levels of fanaticism, Tilda is portrayed as a defector [[spoiler:who hatches a plan to backstab them, betray Gerard, its current leader, and the rest of its members, so that she would intend to use Aloy for the same goal as the Zeniths: leave Earth to Nemesis. Helis serves as ''Zero Dawn's'' ClimaxBoss before HADES, but Tilda serves as the FinalBoss after Erik, ''Forbidden West's'' ClimaxBoss.]] Both Helis and Tilda have some connections to Aloy, but on a differing scale. Helis serves as Aloy's ArchNemesis and the main killer of Rost, who knows her because of her thwarting many of the Eclipse's machine-digging operations. Tilda knows Aloy due to being the genetic clone of Elisabet Sobeck, a "superior" version of her former love, where she is less being Aloy's nemesis but her refusal of her questionable offer ultimately made her the primary threat to Aloy at the end.
** Erik Visser, Gerard's right-hand, is this to Helis, the right-hand of HADES. While both are AxCrazy military commanders of their respective organisation, with Helis to the Eclipse and Erik to the Zeniths, Erik is a pure-and-simple BloodKnight who takes pleasure in fighting and mass-murdering innocents often with sadism and glee, regardless of who he faces for his entertainment, while Helis willingly carries out atrocities in the name of his devotion to Jiran and has some tiny semblance of standards. Their weapons also vastly contrast to one another. With Helis, he uses a sword and a blast sling, while Erik uses advanced weapons including a nanomachine-infused golden blade and a golden hand cannon, as well as him being capable of dishing out various attacks.

** Tilda van der Meer is a more unique contrast to the ''Zero Dawn'' villains. Where most of the prequel's villains were some variation of "ignorant, politically conservative male", Tilda is the opposite of all these things. She upholds more liberal values, [[LGBTRepresentationInMedia including being a lesbian]] due to her past relationship with [[spoiler:Elisabet Sobeck]]. While Helis, one of the villains that contrasts her, is deeply loyal to Jiran, albeit on the levels of fanaticism, Tilda is portrayed as a defector [[spoiler:who hatches a plan to backstab them, betray Gerard, its current leader, and the rest of its members, so that she would intend to use Aloy for the same goal as the Zeniths: leave Earth to Nemesis. Helis serves as ''Zero Dawn's'' ClimaxBoss before HADES, but Tilda serves as the FinalBoss after Erik, ''Forbidden West's'' ClimaxBoss.]] Both Helis and Tilda have some connections to Aloy, but on a differing scale. Helis serves as Aloy's ArchNemesis and the main killer of Rost, who knows her because of thwarting many of the Eclipse's operations. Tilda knows Aloy due to being the genetic clone of Elisabet Sobeck, a "superior" version of her former love, where she is less being Aloy's nemesis but her refusal of her questionable offer ultimately made her the primary threat to Aloy at the end.

** Tilda van der Meer is a more unique contrast to the ''Zero Dawn'' villains. Where most of the prequel's villains were some variation of "ignorant, politically conservative male", Tilda is the opposite of all these things. She upholds more liberal values, [[LGBTRepresentationInMedia including being a lesbian]] due to her past relationship with [[spoiler:Elisabet Sobeck]]. While Helis, one of the villains that contrasts her, is deeply loyal to Jiran, albeit on the levels of fanaticism, Tilda is portrayed as a defector [[spoiler:who hatches a plan to backstab them, betray Gerard, its current leader, and the rest of its members, so that she would intend to use Aloy for the same goal as the Zeniths: leave Earth to Nemesis. Helis serves as ''Zero Dawn's'' ClimaxBoss before HADES, but Tilda serves as the FinalBoss after Erik, ''Forbidden West's'' ClimaxBoss.]] Tilda also has connections to Aloy, but on a differing scale. Helis serves as Aloy's ArchNemesis and the killer of Rost, who knows her because of thwarting many of the Eclipse's operations. Tilda knows Aloy due to being the genetic clone of Elisabet Sobeck and is less of her being her nemesis but Aloy's refusal of her questionable offer ultimately make her the primary threat to Aloy at the end.

** Tilda van der Meer is a more unique contrast to the ''Zero Dawn'' villains. Where most of the prequel's villains were some variation of "ignorant, politically conservative male", Tilda is the opposite of all these things. She upholds more liberal values, [[LGBTRepresentationInMedia including being a lesbian]] due to her past relationship with [[spoiler:Elisabet Sobeck]]. While Helis, one of the villains that contrasts her, is deeply loyal to Jiran, albeit on the levels of fanaticism, Tilda is portrayed as a defector [[spoiler:who hatches a plan to backstab them, betray Gerard, its current leader, and the rest of its members, so that she would intend to use Aloy for the same goal as the Zeniths: leave Earth to Nemesis. Helis serves as ''Zero Dawn's'' ClimaxBoss before HADES, but Tilda serves as the FinalBoss after Erik, ''Forbidden West's'' ClimaxBoss.]]
** Erik Visser, Gerard's right-hand, is this to Helis, the right-hand of HADES. While both are AxCrazy military commanders of their respective organisation, with Helis to the Eclipse and Erik to the Zeniths, Erik is a pure-and-simple BloodKnight who takes pleasure in fighting and killing his enemies often with sadism and glee, regardless of who he faces for his entertainment. Their weapons also vastly contrast to one another. With Helis, he uses a makeshift sword and a blast sling, while Erik uses advanced weapons including a nanomachine-infused golden blade and a golden hand cannon, as well as him being capable of dishing out various attacks.

* Mael Radec from ''Killzone 2'' heavily contrasts to Stuart Adams, one of the villains in the first game. Both have similar views towards Scolar Visari and are also the enemies of Rico Velasquez, but their goals and intentions are different. Adams is an ISA [[TheMole traitor]] who sees Visari as an inspiration to betray his own allies and is responsible for shutting down the Orbital Defenses with Dwight Stratson, allowing the Helghast Army to launch an attack. Radec is a born Helghast, who is TheDragon to Visari, serving as his personal second-in-command and is a [[ItsPersonal more personal antagonist]] to Rico, being the known killer of Jan Templar. Adams rarely uses combat but his gun against the protagonists, while Radec is a full-blown CombatPragmatist, who is adept in firearms, knives and actual close-quarters combat. Adams is a SmugSnake who openly gloated into siding with the Helghast, revealing to be a DirtyCoward at the end as he went through a massive VillainousBreakdown after he failed to kill Templar, before dying from a very unceremonious death at the hands of Templar. Radec is a combat-hardened, honourable Helghast who never backs away on combat, successfully [[HeroKiller killing Templar single-handedly]] before squaring off against Rico in a one-on-one fight inside the Visari Palace, before Radec killed himself at the end after his defeat as a sign of honour.