History Characters / DaysGone

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Pre-Apocalypse, a sweet, smart scientist lady who was terrified of even holding a gun. Post-Apocalypse, joined the Deschutes County Milita, learned how to use a rifle, and has gone on a number of supply runs herself]].

* SuperDrowningSkills: Deacon can only swim for a few seconds before death ([[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes presumably via panicking and drowning]]) is triggered.

A former U.S. military leader, Garret founded the Deschutes County Militia in the early days the apocalypse to eradicate the Freakers. However, his fanatical religious views gradually warped his mind, resulting in him becoming dangerously unstable.

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He's got twice as much health as a normal enemy and a much more wilder and aggressive moveset. If you've fully upgraded your melee skill tree you can still slice him to pieces fairly effortlessly, but he can be a decent fight if you haven't.

* PsychoSerum: They do a lot of drugs including the above mentioned Bath Salts, and the more advanced ones ''literally cover'' themselves in PCP. Despite not wearing any armor, they've got nearly twice as much health as Marauders do, and Deacon notes that the more psycho ones FeelsNoPain.

* PsychoSerum: They do a lot of drugs including the above mentioned Bath Salts, and the more advanced ones ''literally cover'' themselves in PCP.

* WeHaveReserves: Rippers don't have the best self-preservation instincts; some of the most fervent members will actually set themselves on fire before trying to tackle you, and when faced with Freakers they'll often submit willingly to their fate instead of trying to fight. They can do this and still remain a credible threat as a faction due to their sheer numbers. Deacon notes that the Rippers number in the hundreds and possibly even in the thousands; meanwhile the total population of Copeland's Camp, the Hot Springs, and Lost Lake ''combined'' probably doesn't even add up to 100.

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He's got twice as much health as a normal enemy and a much more wilder and aggressive moveset.

* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:Shows up at the end with his men from the encampment as reinforcements for Deacon's assault on the Militia base.]]

* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:Shows up at the end with fighters from the Hot Springs as reinforcements for Deacon's assault on the Militia base.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Skizzo is very skeptical of Lost Lake's peace treaty with the Rippers and believes it wouldn't last long to prevent a cult of self-mutilating psychopaths to massacre Lost Lake. He makes the astute observation that the real reason Rippers don't attack Lost Lake is that Copeland's camp and the Hot Springs are much closer.

* ExtremeOmnivore: They eat any meat they can get and a researcher notes that they're adapting to not only eat plants, but a wider variety of plants than humans are capable of.

* NoZombieCannibals: Swamers and Bleachers don't harm each other, and no one seems to harm Screamers. That about it, actually, as different types of Freakers will happily kill each other. That is, ''furiously'' kill each other. Newts will dogpile Swarmers, Ragers will battle Breakers and you can sit back and see how it all plays out, provided you're in a concealed spot.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: "Freakers" are TechnicallyLivingZombie and are very fast and agile. Also they have a social order and ecosystem based on physical maturity. Newts, the adolescencents and teenagers, are attacked and eaten by adult Freakers; in response they stick to roofs and high places for protection as it appears most adult Freakers can not climb or atleast not as well as Newts or Deacon. It’s found out later that the Freakers also are suffering from almost-constant mutations inflicted by TheVirus.

* WasOnceAMan: Freakers are human being who have contracted a virus which transforms their bodies into creatures who are outwardly human but have been altered in sometimes particularly drastic ways.

* TheRemnant: The Rippers are [[spoiler: rendered leaderless and scattered after Deacon killed Carlos and flooded their main camp.]] However, the Rippers are still remain a threat in which Deacon is savvy enough to realize that someone else will [[spoiler:take Carlos's place.]]

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: [[spoiler:As ''Days Gone'' is a StealthSequel to ''Syphon Filter'', Bend's previous game series, Deacon is this to Gabriel Logan, the hero of the ''Syphon Filter'' games. Both are ex-U.S. Army soldiers who served in Afghanistan and are the AntiHero main protagonist of their games, though Logan served in the SovietAfghanWar while Deacon served at an unknown U.S. campaign in Afghanistan akin to TheWarOnTerror. But unlike Logan who actively works with the IPCA, a governmental organization, and is actively operating in stopping {{Synthetic Plague}}s including the titular Syphon Filter virus, Deacon is extremely antagonistic against government agencies like NERO and instead affiliates mostly with survivors from survivor camps across Oregon and he instead shows disgust towards NERO for being ignorant of the Freaker outbreak. While Logan is a CelibateHero and is unmarried, Deacon is married to Sarah Whitaker. Logan emphasizes lethal stealth in combat while Deacon is forefront in attacking enemies front and center, preferring MoreDakka.]]

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: [[spoiler:As ''Days Gone'' is a StealthSequel to ''Syphon Filter'', Bend's previous game series, Deacon is this to Gabriel Logan, the hero of the ''Syphon Filter'' games. Both are ex-U.S. Army soldiers who served in Afghanistan and are the AntiHero main protagonist of their games, though Logan served in the SovietAfghanWar while Deacon served as an unknown U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. But unlike Logan who actively works with the Agency, a governmental organization, and is actively operating in stopping {{Synthetic Plague}}s including the titular Syphon Filter virus, Deacon is extremely antagonistic against government agencies like NERO and instead affiliates mostly with survivors from survivor camps across Oregon and he instead shows disgust towards NERO for being ignorant of the Freaker outbreak. While Logan is a CelibateHero and is unmarried, Deacon is married to Sarah Whitaker. Logan emphasizes lethal stealth while Deacon is forefront in attacking enemies front and center.]]

* NonActionGuy: Largely, yes. At one point he feels that he's not doing enough for the camp and decides to tag along on a supply run--only to get captured by marauders. Deacon tells him that anyone can shoot a gun, but people with Manny's skills are a rarity. [[spoiler:Nevertheless, he's at the final battle--and survives]].

[[folder:Deacon St. John]]

[[folder:Sarah Whitaker]]

[[folder:Mark Copeland]]

[[folder:Manny Mendez]]

[[folder:Ada Tucker]]

[[folder:Alkai Turner]]

[[folder:Rikki Patil]]

[[folder:Addy Walker]]

[[folder:James O'Brian]]

[[folder:Wade Taylor]]

[[folder:Lisa Jackson]]

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:After Deacon kills Carlos/Jesse and Taylor's murder of Dr. Jiminez, Colonel Garret becomes the BigBad for the rest of the game's third and final act and the last enemy Deacon has to deal with. However, on the other side of the conflict there's Skizzo who later willingly joined Garret in order to further his cause of mass-murdering rival human camps including Lost Lake and his inhabitants, as well as killing his nemesis Deacon.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: The worst kind, as he goes from a well-intentioned ideal leader to a genocidal fanatic after Jimenez's death and becomes the final antagonist as a result.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:He's the cause of Deacon and Boozer's troubles in the game, who is responsible for sending the Rippers to blowtorch Boozer's MC tattoo. Carlos is revealed to be the former member of the Mongrels MC and Deacon and Boozer's nemesis. [[DiscOneFinalBoss But killing him only ends his own villain arc and Garret is still the final villain Deacon has to face]].]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Killing him ends only the second part of the game, leading to the final, third part with the Militia, who are a much bigger threat than the Rippers. Colonel Matthew Garret later becomes the BigBad from that point onwards.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:He's the cause of Deacon and Boozer's troubles in the game, who is responsible for sending the Rippers to blowtorch Boozer's MC tattoo in the first act. Carlos is revealed to be the former member of the Mongrels MC and Deacon and Boozer's nemesis. [[DiscOneFinalBoss But killing him only ends his own villain arc and Garret is still the final villain Deacon has to face]].]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:He's the cause of Deacon and Boozer's troubles in the game, who is responsible for sending the Rippers to blowtorch Boozer's MC tattoo in the first game. Carlos is revealed to be the former member of the Mongrels MC and Deacon and Boozer's nemesis. But killing him only ends his own villain arc and Garret is still the final villain Deacon has to face.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:After killing Carlos and the murder of Dr. Jiminez, Colonel Garret becomes the BigBad for the rest of the game's third and final act and the last enemy Deacon has to deal with. However, on the other side of the conflict there's Skizzo who later willingly joined Garret in order to further his cause of mass-murdering rival human camps including Lost Lake and his inhabitants, as well as killing his nemesis Deacon.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:After killing Carlos, Colonel Garret becomes the BigBad for the rest of the game's third and final act and the last enemy Deacon has to deal with. However, on the other side of the conflict there's Skizzo who later willingly joined Garret in order to further his cause of mass-murdering rival human camps including Lost Lake and his inhabitants, as well as killing his nemesis Deacon.]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope:After [[spoiler:his MoralityPet Dr. Jimenez is murdered]], the Colonel decides that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and decides to [[spoiler:wipe out all survivors who aren't part of the Militia]] rather than wiping out the Freakers like he originally planned.

%%* AssholeVictim

* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Worms his way into becoming Col. Garret's number two by the end of the game.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:After killing Carlos, Colonel Garret becomes the BigBad for the rest of the game's third and final act and the last enemy Deacon has to deal with. However, on the other side of the conflict there's Skizzo who later willingly joined Garret in order to further his agenda of mass-murdering Lost Lake's inhabitants and killing his nemesis Deacon.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Killing him ends only the second part of the game, leading to the final, third part with the Militia, who are a much bigger threat than the Rippers.]]

--> Voiced by: [=DeeDee=] Rescher (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Olga Kuznetsova (Russian)[[/note]]

!!Colonel Matthew Garret

!!Captain Derrick Kouri

!!Liutenant James Weaver

[[folder:William "Boozer" Grey]]

[[folder:"Iron" Mike Wilcox]]

[[folder:Raymond "Skizzo" Sarkozi]]

[[folder:Addison "Addy" Walker]]

[[folder:Colonel Matthew Garret]]

[[folder:Captain Derrick Kouri]]

[[folder:Doctor Arturo Jiminez]]

[[folder:Lieutenant James Weaver]]

* TheLostLenore: Boozer is a widower. Late in the game, you can find a photo of his wife Joany in his house in Lost Lake. It's not mentioned in the main game what happens to her, but if you go to the storylines section and read some of the descriptions for the missions, it's mentioned that Joany [[spoiler:died after a bike crash as a result of Boozer riding while drunk, which made him extremely guilt-ridden]].