History Characters / FarCry2

* AdaptationalNationality: In the Chinese version, instead of Chinese in the original version. Xianyong Bai's nationality is Vietnamese .

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Unlike other merc companions, no matter what happens, what choices you make, or missions you do, at some point she will become part of a mission that ''will'' result in her death. You can pump her full of morphine to try and save her, but all it will do is ease her passing.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: She's introduced early on, [[spoiler:and her death comes not long after and is completely unavoidable.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: He has brown skin, but his ethnicity is never mentioned.

* CutsceneIncompetence: The Jackal ''always'' gets the drop on you. In addition, the player character manages to contract malaria during the opening cinematic. And after you get malaria, the Jackal nurses you back to health. Yes. It is just as embarrassing as it sounds. Bonus points for the fact that several player characters come from the regions where malaria is a problem and would either be resistant to it or knew better than to not take any precautions.
** It gets better; you actually pass out from malaria at the end of the five-minute taxi ride from the airport to the hotel in the opening cinematic. Your character somehow managed to contract malaria before his plane even landed in-country.

* {{Mascot}}: Sort of. He's the default player character and (supposedly) the guy on the cover and promotional material, although his character design was changed so much between the concept art and the final release that [[CoversAlwaysLie he really looks nothing like the cover guy]].

** GoodIsNotNice: Her character description notes she has no problem being ruthless in dispensing justice.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Unlike other merc companions, no matter what happens, what choices you make, or missions you do, at some point she will become part of a mission that ''will'' result in her death. You can pump her full of morphine to try and save her, but all it will do is ease her passing.]]

* IJustWantToBeBadass[=/=]GlorySeeker: Clyde's ambition is to be a badass mercenary working for an elite PrivateMilitaryContractor. This is further emphasized by his eager attitude and lack of actual military or combat experience.

* NoTrueScotsman: Clyde has an idealized image of PMC work, and dismisses companies like [=MacGruder=]-Powell (the guys working for the APR) and Bastion UK (the guys working for the UFLL) as amateurs and not a ''real'' PMC. Though somewhat justified as the quality of a PMC and its soldiers can indeed vary considerably.

** ResignationsNotAccepted: He's rightly fearful the CIA is looking to [[YouHaveFailedMe eliminate him for his failure]] as well as the fact HeKnowsTooMuch, and the motivation behind many of his subversion missions is to eliminate any evidence that could potentially lead the CIA to him.

** DragonAscendant: Greaves ends up taking over the APR after Major Tambossa gets killed, either by the Jackal or by you.

** He shares a remarkable number of similarities with the ''Far Cry Instincts'' version of Jack Carver, the protagonist of the first game, being a former Navy S.E.A.L. turned black market arms dealer and mercenary operating in the third world. They even look alike and have a similar red shirt. A popular fan theory is that the Jackal is Jack Carver. [[labelnote:Note]] A theory which would ultimately be confirmed over a decade after the game's release[[/labelnote]]

* BadassMustache: Has an impressive mustache and kicks as much ass as any ''Far Cry'' protagonist if you play as him, and is no slouch as an NPC buddy either.

** He shares a remarkable number of similarities with the ''Far Cry Instincts'' version of Jack Carver, the protagonist of the first game, being a former Navy S.E.A.L. turned black market arms dealer and mercenary operating in the third world. They even look alike and have a similar red shirt. A popular fan theory is that the Jackal is Jack Carver.

* NotSoDifferent: The Jackal, of all people, tells Reuben that he's this to himself, being organized, motivated, and intelligent. The Jackal notes the only difference between them is Reuben hasn't been forced by circumstances to realize what he's capable of yet.

* NotSoDifferent: When you first meet him, the Jackal tells you he used to be just like you, a mercenary motivated only by a paycheck.

* ButNotTooForeign: Andre, the only Black player character, is actually from Haiti and in fact was formerly in league with the CIA, so his word usage is actually quite American. In fact Hakim, an Algerian Arab, is the only native Africa among the player characters.

* CoDragons: Voorhees is the leader of the UFLL's mercenary forces and seems to have authority roughly on par with Gakumba.
** DragonAscendant: He ends up taking over the UFLL after his boss Mbantuwe gets killed, either by the Jackal or by you.

* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]SourSupporter: Unlike Greaves, Voorhees is a very openly angry man, often backtalking his own boss Mbantuwe. If he recruits you to assassinate Tambossa, he'll note that he doesn't like you and you probably don't like him, but the two of you need to work together.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Voorhees seems to be universally hated among the merc community, with multiple characters speaking disparagingly about him, including Carbonell, his own lieutenant. Xianyong Bai in particular seems to have a personal grudge against him, and Frank Bilders also calls Voorhees a bastard and tells you about his plans to eventually kill him and Mbantuwe when the opportunity arises.

! Alliance for Popular Resistance (APR)

! United Front for Liberation and Labour (UFLL)