Line #18 Characters/CauseOfDeathAntagonistsFirstHalf


1	Antagonists who ''debuted'' in the first 8 volumes of [[VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath Cause of Death]]. See [[Characters/CauseOfDeathAntagonistsSecondHalf this page]] for characters who debuted in the last 8 volumes. Note that these pages refer to characters actions' across the series (for instance, The Connosieur's folder will contain information for her activities throughout the series, not just the first 8).
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3	Major Criminals refer to characters who are the main antagonist of a volume. Minor Criminals refer to characters who are minor or recurring antagonists.
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5	'''[[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned SPOILERS ABOUND UNMARKED]]!'''
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7	All or most of these people fall under the following tropes (they won't be listed in their entry unless they are accentuated, downplayed, uniquely averted or otherwise PlayedWith):
8	* ArcVillain / BigBad: To save time:
9	** Maskmaker for V1.
10	** Connoisseur for V2.
11	** Hunters for V3.
12	** Zero for V4.
13	** Hand of Justice for V5.
14	** Mad Stranger for V6.
15	** Ladykiller for V7.
16	** Kraken for V8.
17	* DarkAndTroubledPast
18	* SerialKiller: Predictably.
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20	[[foldercontrol]]
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22	!!Major Criminals
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24	[[folder:The Maskmaker]]
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26	Real name: Brian Resler. When growing up, he was the constant subject of [[SpartanSibling abuse from his elder sister]] [[BigSisterBully Rebecca]], who thought he was nothing but an unsightly stain. When he was 12, he finally snapped during an excursion to Álcatraz and drowned her, in the process masking her face with sand. Although he was never connected with Rebecca's death (then), he'd already been assigned to the Millbrook Mental Institute on account of his obviously disturbed psyche.
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28	The bad news: He caught Genevieve's eye. Under her tutelage, he gulled the Institute into thinking his psychosis and sociopathy had been quelled, and exited into San Francisco as Eric Mills. With Genevieve's connections, he circumvented the [=SFPD=]'s background checks and became a forensic scientist--allowing him to auto-preclude himself from [=DNA=] checks on murders. With a secure screen in place, he began trying to recreate the glory of killing Rebecca and "purifying" her from her viciousness with other redheads. After Mal and Natara discovered his past, he took Amy hostage to Alcatraz but was killed by Natara with a flare gun to the face that sent him falling into the bay.
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30	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Even if he was intentionally quiet to avoid drawing extra attention.
31	* BlackCloak: Even when he's taking care of Rose, he likes to dawn a black robe and a white plaster mask when he's out on his kills.
32	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He kills his victims by asphyxiation. And then he was killed with a flare gun.
33	* DeathByIrony: Natara's flare fuses his mask to his face, and his actual death comes from ''drowning in the waters around Álcatraz.''
34	* FlareGun: Natara shoots him with a flare gun, fusing his plaster mask to his face and knocking him back into the water.
35	* {{Frameup}}: He, and it temporarily worked, framed Christian Rose for his crime.
36	* HeKnowsTooMuch / Flatline: Although (almost certainly) unintended, Eric failed to kill Christian Rose when he tried to frame him by making him commit suicide while he was dressed with Eric's outfit. So, he infiltrated the hospital and flatlined him.
37	* KillerCop / CopKiller: He's a forensic scientist who is also the serial killer. When he escaped the SFPD, he killed an officer.
38	* NeverFoundTheBody: As Mal reaffirms in V8C1 (when Eric is the subject of a copycat killing), Eric's body was never found. It's actually quite likely that the writers wanted to bring him back sometime, but if they did then the game ended beforehand.
39	* ParentalNeglect: It's hard to gauge how responsible his parents are for his sister's bullying (since how oblivious they are to it isn't quite shown), but it's pretty messed up that they couldn't save him from her.
40	* StarterVillain
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42	[[/folder]]
43	[[folder:The Connoisseur]]
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45	Real name...Well, [[NoNameGiven we don't have it yet]]. She currently goes by the name Genevieve Marsden Collins, but the only part that can be said to be genuine is the "Collins", on account of it being the name of her late husband. Even from her teens, she was hungry for death, [[spoiler: allying herself with Zero as his adoptive daughter,]] and constantly on the lookout for instinctive killers to groom, succor, and unleash upon the public. All she asks (usually) is that they bring a few trophies back for her collection. Ironically, despite her bloodlust, Genevieve can't actually kill someone with her own hands. No matter how much she'd like to, ''something'' within holds her back, and she is ''deeply'' unhappy about it. That leaves her the next option: kill vicariously through her agents.
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47	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: She considers helping psychopaths escape their dark inner pulses to be monstrous; right and wrong are not mapped to happiness and misery, but to accepting one's true nature (no matter how dark) and hypocrisy. Keeping an incipient killer from killing makes no more sense than condemning ospreys for killing fish.
48	* EvenEvilHasStandards: It's only ''instinctive'', "artistic" killing that she approves of. Only killing for [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame sport and excitement]], like the Hunter in Season 3, is hopelessly vulgar. [[spoiler: This may be because of how horrified she first was at Alex's inability and unwillingness to keep his bloodlust in check.]]
49	* FauxAffablyEvil: She does a great job of keeping herself calm and collected, but after TheReveal in 2-8, her inner darkness is ''always'' seeping through.
50	* GenderConcealingWriting: The [=SFPD=] characters refer to the Connoisseur unsub throughout vol. 2 as male, seeing how that's what the profiling suggests. Thus, up until the end of the volume, everyone was probably thinking either Senator Collins or Dr. Tanaka was the Connoisseur. Of course, if you look carefully, you'll notice that Volk ''never'' uses a gendered pronoun for the Connoisseur in that time...
51	* IHaveManyNames: 4-7 reveals that she's gone through ''many'' names in her lifetime, although they all have the j and n sounds close together.
52	* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Alex kills her at the end of 14-7.]]
53	* ManipulativeBastard: If you pay serious attention to her wishes even a little, there's a near-certainty she'll have you wrapped around her finger in a ''very'' short span of time. It doesn't matter who you are, she'll quickly ferret out what you hold highest, and manipulate you into serving her wishes while (at least thinking you're) achieving your own objectives.
54	* SerialKillerKiller: After Natara killed the Maskmaker, Genevieve became enthralled with the idea of creating one of these, as such a one would be [[TheSocialDarwinist the supreme predator, the perfect pinnacle of the food chain]]. [[spoiler: She didn't succeed with Natara, but she did a ''lot'' better with turning Shawn into this.]]
55	* [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Woman of Wealth and Taste]]: Even before meeting Jake Collins, the house she held under the Marsden name is very high-status, and she never suffers herself to enjoy anything less. Although her trophy collection calls the "taste" part into question.
56	* YouCantFightFate: She doesn't believe in the existence of free will.
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58	[[/folder]]
59	[[folder:The Hunter]]
60	[[/folder]]
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62	[[folder:Zero]]
63	* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: He is based off of the real-life Zodiac Killer.
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66	[[folder:Shawn Mallory]]
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68	* BackForTheDead: He's resuscitated by someone in 12-8-P...only to get killed [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness by them after he gives them information about a couple of people.]]
69	* {{Cult}}: He becomes the leader of one in Season 8.
70	* DisneyDeath / BackFromTheDead: In 8-8, it's revealed that the survived the fall he took at the end of Season 5.
71	* FaceHeelTurn: At the conclusion of Volume 4, after getting a MindScrew from Genevieve.
72	* FakingTheDead: Not at first. He really did die after falling from Alcatraz. But after he was resuscitated, he hid from the public eye, letting them think he was dead.
73	* MindScrew: In 4-8, courtesy of Genevieve.
74	* StalkerWithACrush: Even ''before'' [[spoiler: getting manipulated by Genevieve]], his view towards Natara, ''already'' his lover, was getting worryingly obsessive.
75	* UnwittingPawn: In Genevieve's plan.
76	* VigilanteMan: Throughout Season 5 as The Hand of Justice.
77	* VillainousBreakdown: :He's driven completely insane after being resuscitated by Genevieve and the Salazars after his death in Season 5. Where he was once a by the book law enforcer, he becomes not only a criminal, but also a criminal cult leader by Volume 8.
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80	[[folder:Mad Stranger]]
81	[[/folder]]
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83	[[folder:The Ladykiller]]
84	[[/folder]]
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86	!!Minor Criminals
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88	[[folder:Mikhail Volk]]
89	Genevieve's loyal lead bodyguard and assistant. Shot to death by Mal in 2-8.
90	* TheDragon: To Genevieve.
91	[[/folder]]
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93	[[folder:Jacob Fallon]]
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95	Originally a highly proficient police officer, Jacob began despairing of ever utterly eradicating crime in San Francisco. So, he decided to set his sights on the best ''possible'' thing--personally get involved in crime in order to keep it under control, with the help of the Floreses. However, Yeong was ''not'' happy with her discovery of Jacob's hypocrisy, and so began a crusade to ''finally'' get him behind bars. In the end, though, between Yeong's constant harrying and the kinds of things [[HeWhoFightsMonsters his alliance with the Floreses required]], he finally turned himself in after Mal was nearly killed in an attempt to extinguish an anti-Flores witness.
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97	On the other hand, with the assistance of [[spoiler: Anna Willis]], he was able to [[MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll personally keep a large chunk of his empire running properly anyway]]. For all this, his ultimate desire in everything was to keep his family safe. [[CallingTheOldManOut Alienation from his children was an acceptable price.]] In Volume 6, [[spoiler:he actually ''escapes'' during a riot instigated by Mad Stranger, and joins forces with the Sálazars, only to double-cross them]]. That leads to the events of Volume 11, where [[spoiler:Pablo Sálazar [[IHaveYourWife holds Mal hostage]] in order to draw Jacob to his execution. In the end, Jacob is mortally wounded in a helicopter crash, but still manages [[TakingYouWithMe to kill Pablo before he expires]].]]
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99	* AffablyEvil: Jacob may be a criminal, but he's a charismatic and friendly one.
100	* DirtyCop: And a Dirty ''Police Captain'', no less!
101	* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Saving Mal from the corrupt dictator of San Trobida and then becoming TheCavalry to help in Mal's raid on the compound]] in Season 11.
102	* [[spoiler: DeathEqualsRedemption]]
103	* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler:He not only prepares to make a LastStand as he's mortally injured after a helicopter crash, he makes it worth it by taking out General Sálazar by blowing himself, Sálazar, and many of Sálazar's henchmen up together.]]
104	* HeWhoFightsMonsters
105	* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: He doesn't have a LuxuryPrisonSuite, but given that his priority is keeping the San Francisco area safe in general, especially for his children, he doesn't mind. [[spoiler: Until he escapes in Season 6.]]
106	* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]]: [[spoiler:To Salazar in his DyingMomentOfAwesome]] in 11-8.
107	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Yes, Jacob was extremely corrupt and did a lot of bad things, but a lot of it resulted in dangerous, violent criminals being taken off the streets and made sure people that knew how to "play by the rules" like Esteban Flores kept the criminal element in check.
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111	[[folder:Jonah Graves/Ramsey Brand]]
112	[[/folder]]
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114	[[folder:Kara Yan]]
115	[[/folder]]
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117	[[folder:Kolo Zargoza]]
118	An ''absolutely colossal'' cartel thug enlisted by Genevieve who later defected to Shawn Mallory's Kraken cult. He's notable for being the first baddie to kill a major protagonist -- he killed [[spoiler: Ken Greene.]]
119	* DestinationDefenestration: How he [[spoiler: kills Ken.]]
120	* TheDragon: To Shawn Mallory, The Kraken.
121	* HeroKiller: He killed [[spoiler: Ken.]]
122	* LanguageFluencyDenial: Although his activities in other scenes show he is capable of understanding Shawn and Genevieve's words, he tries to state that he does not speak English when he is confronted by Blaise. That didn't stop her from killing him.
123	* LookBothWays: Killed by 18-wheeler.
124	* MadeOfIron / MajorInjuryUnderreaction / OnlyAFleshWound: He's also super-resistant; being stabbed in the shoulder with a knife? Okay, kinda realistic that he was okay from a bandage. Being [[SelfDefenseless unaffected]] ("he doesn't even blink") by Amy's homemade [[StaticStunGun taser]]? ...Suspension of disbelief stretched. Being able to immediately carjack and flee in a stolen taxi right after shoving Ken out of a 9th-story window (admittedly Ken was on the bottom when this happened)? Reminded that there's a reason this was a game. ''[[ImmuneToBullets Only being knocked out for a moment]]'' and being able to get up and keep fighting unfazed after being shot in the head (admittedly by a glancing blow? ...ContrivedConvenience. ''[[AnArmAndALeg Not being incapacitated after]] having your hand cut off and then being able to get up right after being kicked off a roof'' (only to be killed by an 18-wheeler)? Probably one of the series' biggest realism deviations.
125	* VigilanteExecution: Although the writers tried to make it more sympathetic by having Blaise comment on her concern that he would be extradited to a foreign prison where he might be freed (something that had happened with The Ghost), the fact is Blaise still killed Kolo Zargoza when he was defenseless and after he had surrendered.
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	!!Organized Crime
129	[[folder:Miguel Flores]]
130	In 1-3, Mal and Natara, while investigating Christian Rose, came across this guy and Mal was forced to kill him in self-defense.
131	* CuttingOffTheBranches: You, if you don't make the right choices, can make Natara be the one who kills him -- but future episodes ''always'' treat Mal as the killer. (To be fair, if you shoot for 100/100 detective points and make all the "best" choices, then it is only possible that Mal is the killer.)
132	* SmallRoleBigImpact: He appears in one episodes, and kicked off the eleven-volume PlotArc that involved Mal's time with the cartel.
133	[[/folder]]
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135	[[folder:Ésteban Flores]]
136	Father of Carlito and Miguel. The head of the Flores Cartel until it's usurping/absorbing into Salazar's following his death in V4. In the past, he was allied with Jacob Fallon -- with the biggest crime lord and the chief of police, the town was run by these two.
137	* TheCartel
138	* HonorAmongThieves: He, despite Jacob's imprisonment, was loyal to keeping his word on deals.
139	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice / ImprovisedWeapon: Esme stabs and kills him with a fireplace poker in 4-3.
140	** {{FrameUp}}: And then she, in what overloads rage onto him, framed Mal for the crime. It wasn't until 11-8 that Carlito learned the truth which led to...
141	** ...YouKilledMyFather: In retaliation for his father's death, Carlito shot his own fiance.
142	* InTheBlood: He, obtaining a legal degree, tried to stay out of the drug cartel business, but he succumbed to it.
143	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although he can act aggressive, his contrast with Carlito paints him in this light quite a bit (how he did not handle the matter of revenge against Mal/Natara so brazenly).
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146	[[folder:Carlito Flores]]
147	[[/folder]]
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149	[[folder:Esmeralda Sálazar]]
150	[[/folder]]
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152	[[folder:Alejandro Pérez/The Ghost]]
153	A [[RecurringBoss recurring antagonist]] who often causes problems, The Ghost is an extremely experienced knife expert who first appears as an assassin on Carlito's behalf in 2-3. He's arrested at the end. Then he, by 8-7, was removed from prison and began [[TheDragon serving]] Genevieve Collins; in 8-7 he acted as her bodyguard, and in Volume 13 Genevieve used him to tie up loose ends. The Ghost is also deeply religious, believing he is serving God's will, but apparently glosses over the "Thou Shall Not Kill" part.
154	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled / DrivenToSuicide/ ProperlyParanoid: He, not trusting that Mal and the SFPD could protect him, chose to commit suicide rather than come face-to-face with The Firstborn when The Firstborn approached him and Mal during 13-6. The rest of the series basically proved that The Ghost's fear was ''far'' from unjustified.
155	* {{Foreshadowing}}: After The Ghost is arrested in 2-3, Mal states "I'd feel better if we were trying him here"...
156	* HealItWithFire: He cauterizes a ''gunshot wound to the neck'' in the bonus scene of 13-5.
157	* HonorBeforeReason: The Ghost is quite loyal, he refuses Marquez's offer to pay more money than Genevieve in 13-5.
158	* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: As we learn in his very opening scene, The Ghost's knife skills are no match for your typical armed guy.
159	* OffWithHisHead / MadeOfPlastcine: He decapitates his targets. It kinda stretches suspension of disbelief that he can off the head in ''one stroke'' (he's more efficient than guillotines!)
160	* ProfessionalKiller

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