List of Gears of War characters

This article provides a list of characters and organizations encountered in the video game series Gears of War by Epic Games.

Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG)

Long before the Pendulum Wars, the Coalition of Ordered Governments existed only as an obscure world-government philosophy, created by socialist politician Alexiy Desipich and based on eight guiding principle values: Order, Diligence, Purity, Labor, Honor, Loyalty, Faith, and Humanity. During the 79-year long Pendulum Wars, the COG grew into a legitimate political party and one of the two superpowers.

The Pendulum Wars began soon after the discovery of Imulsion, a substance exploited for its energy applications. Nations with little Imulsion available waged war with those that had a surplus of it. The wars ended 6 weeks before "Emergence Day," when the Locust Horde began their attack. COG leaders were the only ones who took the steps needed to help humanity to survive, instituting martial law and taking charge of the effort against the Locust. Fourteen years later, the COG is the only form of government left on Sera, the world where Gears of War takes place.^[1]

Delta squad

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Throughout the Gears of War, Gears of War 2 and Gears of War 3 campaign, the game experience is centered around the members of a COG unit known as Delta squad. During the first act of the game, several characters rotate in and out of Delta squad. The squad's line is augmented throughout the game's chapters due to casualties, and the inclusion of the remnants of other squads.

Marcus Fenix

Marcus Fenix (voiced by John DiMaggio) is the main protagonist of the series. He is first introduced as an inmate, serving a prison sentence for abandoning his military post in order to make a vain attempt to save his father, Adam Fenix. Fenix is noted for having a famed military career, during which he played a notable part in the Pendulum Wars. Despite this, Fenix is left for dead in a dilapidated penitentiary, until Dominic rescues him at the beginning of Gears of War. When Lieutenant Kim is killed in battle by General RAAM, Marcus takes up the leadership of the group under the rank of "Sergeant".

In Gears of War 3, Marcus loses all of his family. His father Adam, and his best friend Dom. It is revealed at the end of Gears of War 3 that Marcus and Anya had some form of a relationship when she expresses her feelings to Marcus by holding his hand.

Augustus Cole

Augustus "Cole Train" Cole (voiced by Lester Speight) is a COG soldier that serves under Marcus Fenix. He is recognized by characters in the game for his previous career as a "thrashball" (a sport sharing many similarities - especially in aesthetics - with American Football) defensive lineman. Cole possesses a vibrant and often outspoken character, and is extremely enthusiastic in combat. Cole, along with Baird, is a member of Alpha squad, but joins Delta squad during the events of Gears of War, and later during the events of Gears of War 2, after saving Marcus, Dom and Carmine from an ambush attack. Cole is briefly a playable character in Act One of Gears of War 3, where he revisits his hometown in search of supplies.

In Gears of War 3, Cole Train (Cole in his thrashball uniform) is a playable character but is only unlocked in the Beta.

Damon Baird

Damon Baird (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is a cynical, smart-mouthed and skeptical soldier, whose main strengths lie in his intelligence. In Gears of War, he often makes sarcastic remarks and frequently undermines Fenix's authority. Baird is initially a member of Alpha squad, but is folded into Delta squad along with Augustus Cole. Baird possesses extensive knowledge about the Locust Horde, and is a capable mechanic and hacker. Early in Gears of War, Baird expresses disdain for Fenix, and indicates that he thinks he should have been promoted to lead Delta squad. However, Fenix quickly earns his respect through his battlefield leadership. In Gears of War 2 he and his jumpmate Tanner are taken prisoner by the Locust and Tanner is killed; Baird is rescued by Delta Squad.

In "Gears of War 3" Baird is needed to fix the Hammer of Dawn for Hoffman and succeeds in doing so. In the second half of Act III and in Act IV, his whereabouts with Cole remain unknown till the final act when they both arrive with backup in the final battle with the Locust and Lambent.

Anya Stroud

Anya Stroud (voiced by Nan McNamara) is in the operations center that dispatches Delta Squad and is also hinted at being Marcus Fenix's love interest. Anya is the daughter of Major Helena Stroud, a war hero of Aspho Fields, the same place Fenix made his name. She is usually detailing location information through radio for Marcus, Dom, or Kim — particularly where to go next, if the Hammer of Dawn is online or whether hostiles are en route, and during the middle portion of Gears of War, directs mine carts used by Delta squad for transportation. She is only visible once throughout the first game, onboard a King Raven helicopter, but appears more frequently in Gears of War 2. When she appears to have drowned in the sinking of Jacinto, Marcus is clearly devastated and is relieved when she reveals herself on a nearby King Raven with Hoffman, Cole and Prescott.

She appears as a frontline Gear in Gears of War 3, where she fights locust and Lambent alike along with Marcus and the rest of Delta Squad in battle. During the events of Jacinto's Remnant and Anvil Gate, Anya proves herself to be a capable frontline soldier and is a consistent squad-mate of Marcus. At the end of Gears of War 3 she holds hands with Marcus, who is devastated over the death of Dom and Adam Fenix, expressing her feelings for him.

Clayton Carmine

Clayton Carmine (voiced by Michael Gough) is the eldest of the four Carmine brothers. He is more muscular than his brothers and is an experienced soldier. Clayton bears tattoos on his arm to honor Anthony and Benjamin. Clay made his first appearance in Gears of War 3. Before the game's release, Epic created a fan voting contest, which would determine whether Clayton would survive or die at the end of the game.^[2] Clayton manages to avoid death multiple times throughout the game and ultimately lives after surviving a helicopter crash.

Jace Stratton

Jayson 'Jace' Stratton appeared unseen in Gears of War 2, voiced by Nolan North. He made his first visual appearance in Gears of War 3, Originally, he was going to be voiced by Drake in Gears of War 3, but a scheduling conflict prevented him from working with Epic Games.^[3] He was replaced by Michael B. Jordan.^[4] Initially a non-playable squad member, in co-operative mode the second player assumes control of Jace from Chapter IV onwards.

Samantha Byrne

Samantha "Sam" Byrne (voiced by Claudia Black), Sam's father, Sgt. Samuel Byrne, fell in battle at the siege of Anvil Gate in Anvegad, Kashkur before the birth of his daughter. Sam has followed in his footsteps ever since. She first became acquainted with Delta at Vectes Naval Base, and later served alongside Marcus and company against the rise of the Stranded insurgency at New Jacinto. Sam is headstrong, aggressive, and has a knack for tattooing—she was responsible for the angelic depiction of Maria on Dom's arm.

Former members of Delta squad

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Dominic Santiago

Dominic Santiago (voiced by Carlos Ferro) is the deuteragonist, he is a veteran soldier, first introduced in the original Gears of War as a second playable character. He has a close friendship with Marcus, his longtime comrade. Like Marcus, he is a seasoned veteran with a strong sense for family, and often thinks of his wife Maria, whom he attempts to locate in Gears of War 2. They lost their two children, Sylvia and Benedicto, on E-day, and, four years later, when that day's trauma became too much, Maria disappeared. He finds his wife eleven years later, imprisoned by the Locust, and is forced to make the hard decision to euthanize her because she has been tortured beyond recovery. Before Emergence Day, he lost his brother, Carlos Santiago during the battle of Aspho Fields.^[5]

Dom makes his final appearance in Gears of War 3. As Delta Squad is outnumbered by Lambent forces, Dom rams a truck into a tanker causing it to explode, killing Dom and allowing Marcus, Anya, Sam, Jace and Dizzy to escape.

Minh Young Kim

Minh Kim (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) is a strictly by-the-book soldier, who closely follows the COG's rules and code of conduct. Early in Gears of War, Hoffman entrusts Kim to lead Fenix and the rest of Delta squad to locate Alpha squad. They succeed in finding Alpha squad, but fail to acquire extraction. Kim is separated from his comrades during an intense fire-fight with the Locust when awaiting retrieval and is killed by General RAAM.

Kim will return for the new downloadable content for Gears of War 3, RAAM's Shadow DLC. He will be a playable character for multiplayer.

Anthony Carmine

Anthony Carmine (voiced by Michael Gough) is one of the original members of Delta squad. He possesses a bright and gung-ho attitude. He serves with Delta squad through earlier segments of Gears of War, but is shot in the head and killed by a Locust sniper while dealing with a weapons malfunction.

Ben Carmine

Benjamin Carmine (also voiced by Michael Gough) is a rookie soldier that joins Delta squad at the beginning of Gears of War 2. He is the youngest in the Carmine family and the younger brother of Anthony and Clayton Carmine. He receives training from Marcus and Dom in the game's tutorial, during which he reveals that he was Anthony Carmine's brother; this may be missed if player chooses to skip the tutorial and head into the game straight away. He is reluctant to fight in combat due to his inexperience, but eventually earns praise from Marcus. Once Benjamin and his squad arrive in the Hollow, he is the sole survivor and tags along with Marcus and Dom. As Delta squad is escaping from the Hollow, Benjamin is shot and wounded while defending Delta Squad from the Locust. He manages to make it back to the squad's extraction helicopter, but falls out of it once the Riftworm emerges. He and the helicopter are both swallowed by the worm. Benjamin is mortally wounded and dies inside the worm.

Tai Kaliso

Tai Kaliso (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is a spiritual and meditative warrior from a tradition of honor-bound fighters, who fought with Fenix during the Pendulum Wars. He views the war from a spiritual standpoint, which often confuses the other soldiers. Nonetheless, he is still well liked by his fellow squad members. Tai is introduced in the beginning of Gears of War 2. Throughout the game, Tai is a resilient and well-disciplined soldier, prompting Marcus to claim that he is "as tough as a Brumak." Early in the game, Tai separates from Delta squad to defend them from Skorge. Delta squad later discovers Tai inside of a Beast Barge, where he has been severely tortured and traumatized. Marcus, unaware of the extent of the psychological damage Tai has suffered, hands Tai a shotgun to help fight the Locust, but he uses it to commit suicide. Technically, Tai is not an actual member of Delta Squad, he only joins Delta when his squad is killed by a ticker swarm.

Tai will return for RAAM's Shadow DLC for Gears of War 3 and a new multiplayer character.

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Other Gears

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Richard Prescott

Richard Prescott (voiced by Charles Cioffi) ^[8] is the chairman and dictatorial military leader of the COG. Prescott mandates several sweeping authoritarian powers to the government to control the remaining human population and fight off the Locust Horde. These actions have made him unpopular with those who feel the COG has overstepped its bounds in the name of security. Shortly after the sinking of Jacinto, Prescott abandons the COG forces for 18 months during which the government quickly falls apart and the remaining COG forces are left to fend for themselves. He returns to the COG remnant at the beginning of Gears of War 3 with news that Adam Fenix has discovered a way to destroy all the Lambent and Locust forces. The Lambent shortly assault their position, and Prescott is mortally wounded in the ensuing battle. Before dying, he discloses Adam's location to Marcus.

Victor Hoffman

Victor Hoffman (voiced by Jamie Alcroft) commands Fenix and Delta squad. He frequently communicated with Delta squad throughout Gears of War. Early in Gears of War, Hoffman is reluctant to reinstate Fenix into the military. However, given the COG's dwindling number of armed forces, he allows Fenix to fight. Hoffman eventually grows to trust Fenix; Hoffman allows him to lead Delta squad, and ultimately helps save him from falling from a King Raven in the game's end sequence. He receives a slightly larger role in Gears of War 2's plot, and even assists Delta squad during the game's final act. He has a much larger role in the novels, where he is responsible for the defense of Anvil Gate during the Pendulum Wars, and assists Chairman Prescott in leading the COG throughout the years since E-Day. Hoffman returns to command Anvil Gate in Gears of War 3. Marcus and Delta squad seek Hoffman to decipher an encrypted data disk, which contains information on Adam Fenix's whereabouts and plan to destroy the Lambent and Locust forces.

Dizzy Wallin

Dizzy Wallin (voiced by Peter Jason) is from a family of Stranded rescued by Operation Lifeboat, a COG program which evacuated Stranded families to COG-controlled safe zones in exchange for the able-bodied men of the family serving in the military.^[6] Dizzy operates an Assault Derrick he named Betty, which is used as part of a COG assault on Landown. Before the grindlifts activate after arriving at the town of Landown, where the assault began, Dizzy and Delta squad are attacked by Skorge. Along with Tai Kaliso, Dizzy remains behind to hold Skorge off while Dom and Marcus tunnel underground in the grindlifts. In Issue #7 of the Gears of War Comic, it is revealed that Dizzy ran away from the battle after Tai insisted that he escape. He is found alive and well in the novel Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant, where he rejoins the COG after the destruction of Jacinto. In Anvil Gate he remains a Gear, but people (except for other Gears, particularly Delta Squad) look down on him for being a former Stranded. However, he's trusted by Delta Squad and even Colonel Hoffman and participates in the battle to protect Vectes in the book and presumably survives. Dizzy does survive the battle in Gears of War 2 and appears in Gears of War 3. He helps the squad by fixing and operating various key vehicles, such as a fuel tanker, and submarine.

Adam Fenix

Adam Fenix (voiced by Peter Renaday) is Marcus Fenix's father. He was considered one of Sera's greatest geniuses, and his radically advanced research figured prominently in the plots of both games. The novel Gears of War: Aspho Fields reveals that Adam had joined the COG army during the Pendulum Wars, rising to the rank of major and gaining a considerable reputation. Even after retiring and becoming a military-sponsored scientist, he was still referred to by others as "Major Fenix." When Marcus joined the COG army himself, Adam tried to use his influence to enroll Marcus in an officer's academy, but Marcus refused; Adam's disappointment in Marcus' career was a point of tension in their relationship. Ten years after E-Day, Adam was supposedly killed during a Locust offensive on the COG capital, Ephyra. In a flashback in Gears of War 3, its shown that he's apparently crushed by falling debris at the Fenix Estate as Marcus and Dom try to rescue him. It's later revealed in a message he sends Marcus that he survived and was abducted by Prescott to work at Azura Island.

During the fourth act of Gears of War 2, Delta squad discovers recordings of Adam detailing a plan to kill the Locusts by deliberately sinking Jacinto to flood Nexus with water. At the conclusion of the game, after the COG have sunk Jacinto, a transmission from Adam Fenix is played at the end of the credits asking, "This is Adam Fenix, is anyone out there...? Can you hear me...? This is Adam Fenix, can you hear me...? What have you done...?"

Adam Fenix is a main part of Gears of War 3 as the game focuses on Marcus trying to find his dad. His dad, however was kidnapped by Prescott and was aware that the Locust attack was bound to happen. He was kept on Azura to find a way to kill the Lambent under Myrrah's orders.

In Gears of War 3, he attempts to find out how the Imulsion developed. To test this, he injected himself with the Imulsion and lost his life while doing so.

Epic Games announced on May 16, 2011 that players who purchase the Limited or Epic Edition will receive a code on Adam Fenix's medal to unlock Adam Fenix as a playable character in multiplayer.

Bernadette Mataki

Sergeant Bernadette "Bernie" Mataki, or Boomer Lady by Cole and Granny by Baird, was a Gear soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Governments armed forces. Bernie was born on the island of Galangi in the South Islands during the 33rd year of the Pendulum Wars. She was the daughter of a farmer, who came from an Northerner family, and was the sister of Mick Mataki. After joining the COG at eighteen years of age, she became one of the best snipers in the army. She spent most of her career in the 26th Royal Tyran infantry, serving in several different companies. She fought in several of the most important battles of the Pendulum Wars, including the Battle of Shavad and the Battle of Aspho Fields. After Emergence Day, she was stranded on her home island until she heard about the recall to Ephyra, and decided to go on a several year trek across the world to rejoin the COG, eventually reaching the Jacinto Plateau. She reunited with her oldest friend Col.Victor Hoffman, restarting a relationship with him, and served in Delta-One briefly after the Lightmass Offensive and again after Operation: Hollow Storm, as well as during the Stranded Insurgency and the beginning of the Lambent Invasion. When the COG collapsed, Bernie traveled with Hoffman, several hundred Gears, and thousands of civilians to Anvil Gate.^[9] She helps defend Anvil Gate from Locust and Lambent attack, but decides to remain behind with Hoffman to defend the place when Delta and Dizzy Wallin travel to Azura, citing her age.

Locust Horde

The Locust Horde is a collection of various species. Most of them are humanoid, while others are distinctly bestial, varying in size and shape. The Horde inhabited the subterranean regions of Sera, until Emergence Day, when they emerged across the surface in a massive, overwhelming attack against the human population. The Locust Horde inhabits extensive underground tunnel networks that honeycomb the crust of the planet Sera, known collectively as "the Hollow."^[10] It was revealed in Gears of War 2 that the Locust consume worms. According to a Locust transcript found in the bowels of the Locust's subterranean capital city, Nexus, the explosion of the lightmass bomb that occurred in Gears of War caused the giant Riftworm to "awaken." The Locust were able to communicate with the awakened worm, and eventually convinced it to aid them in their war efforts against humanity. The Locust's only known objective was the complete and total annihilation of the human population of Sera, until Gears of War 2, when it is discovered that the Locust are also trying to annihilate an infected form of Locust. The subset of infected Locust are known as the Lambent Locust, and have been mutated by extensive contact with Imulsion. The Lambent Locust and the unaffected Locust factions (called Savage Locust in Gears of War 3) are engaged in a civil war, in which the Lambent Locust appear to be successful in driving the Locust out of the Hollow. This leads to the desperate Locust attacks on the COG at Jacinto and the Locust plot to sink COG cities, as they are trying to re-take the surface of Sera to ensure survival, and kill the Lambent Locust. The whole reason for the war is to take the surface of Sera in order to survive being pushed out of their homes by the Lambent. After Gears of War 2, the Locust home is flooded by the COG and most are killed with the survivors turning feral on the surface and building their own version of the home in the Deadlands. The Locust are all killed along with the Lambent by Adam Fenix's Imulsion destroying weapon.

Myrrah

Myrrah is the queen of the Locusts and the series' main antagonist. In the credits sequence of Gears of War a character called "Myrrah" (voiced by Carolyn Seymour) is listed; however, such a character was never seen during the course of the game. At various times throughout the game, narration is provided by an unknown female character, somehow affiliated with the Locust Horde. Her voice is heard during the opening cinematic, the death of Lt. Kim, and the end-game sequence, as well as during split-screen or online multiplayer when playing as the Locust.

At the beginning of Gears of War 2, Myrrah (referred only as "the Locust queen" by other characters) provides a voice-over introduction discussing humanity's violent nature, adding that, though she feels pity for the humans, they brought the war with the Locust upon themselves. Far through the game, Delta squad manages to penetrate Nexus, the Locust capital, where the Locust queen is issuing a series of propaganda broadcasts ordering the Locust to fight against the "Lambent Locust." Later on, Delta squad finally tracks down the queen in her palace, accompanied by Skorge, and discovers that she either is, or appears to be, at least partially human. She orders Skorge to kill Delta, and escapes on a Reaver during the subsequent battle. Myrrah appears to have known Marcus' father, Adam Fenix.

In Gears of War 3 she battles Delta Squad atop the Tempest to stop Adam from unleashing his weapon that will destroy the Lambent as she believes it will also kill the Locust. Delta defeats the Tempest with the Hammer of Dawn, but Myrrah survives and crawls out from the remains after Adam is killed by his own weapon. She mocks him and is then killed by Marcus Fenix who stabs her with Dom's knife, saying that it was from Dom and everyone else she killed.

She is also a playable character in Gears of War 3 as the Locust leader in Capture the Leader and a playable multiplayer persona.

General RAAM

General RAAM (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is the primary antagonist and final boss of Gears of War. He is a savage, cunning, and mostly silent Locust general with a dark cinematic presence. RAAM is the tallest character in the game, standing well above the height of COG and Locust soldiers at a height of 8 feet. He is also extremely strong, being able to carry and operate a Troika machine gun with his bare hands. RAAM is also unique among other Locust for his ability to control the Kryll, even creating a Kryll shield around himself during combat. RAAM is first seen in the beginning chapters of Gears of War killing Lieutenant Kim. He is seen again after the detonation of the sonic resonator, apparently listening to a captured COG soldier's radio in order to discover Delta squad's plans. At the end of Gears of War General RAAM faces Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago in a desperate battle during which the duo kill RAAM, trigger the lightmass bomb, and escape via helicopter. Cliff Bleszinski announced that RAAM will be available in Gears of War 3's multiplayer in future downloadable content.^[11]

Skorge

Skorge is the primary antagonist of Gears of War 2, and serves as the leader of the Kantus monks within the Locust Horde. He wields a double-bladed chainsaw staff, and wears an elaborate headdress. Martin Robinson, a columnist for IGN.com, noted that the character possessed a physical resemblance to the eponymous creature from the 1987 film, Predator.^[12] During the course of Gears of War 2 he is shown assaulting COG troops, leading the massive Riftworm, and battling Delta squad. Towards the end of the game, Skorge pursues the escaping members of Delta squad on his Hydra. Delta defeat Skorge by destroying his Hydra whilst pursuing him in midair, sending him plummeting to his death. Skorge will be a future multiplayer DLC character along with other past Gears characters for Gears of War 3.

Riftworm

The Riftworm is a giant, miles long, worm that is apparently one of three such worms that dug most of the Hollow before entering hibernation. The Riftworm is worshipped by the Locust Horde as a god and is awakened by the Lightmass Bomb. The Horde contacted it and began using it, under the control of Skorge, to sink the cities of Tollen, Montevado and Ilima as part of a plan to sink Jacinto Plateau. During Operation: Hollow Storm the Riftworm can be seen several times, once being controlled by Skorge and sinking Ilima. Eventually the Riftworm swallowes the King Raven carrying Delta Squad and they decide to kill the worm from the inside before escaping. The squad cuts the arteries to the Riftworm's three hearts, causing it to surface and crash to the ground and die. Delta Squad were then able to cut their way out with their chainsaw bayonets before they drowned in its blood.

The Stranded

The Stranded are the human survivors of E-Day living outside of Jacinto. They live in poor conditions, ravaged by war and suffering from malnutrition. Their former way of life was destroyed when the COG enacted a scorched earth strategy to stop the Locust assaults. This course of action led the Stranded to refer to COGs as fascist pigs. The Gears and the Stranded do not get along well, but will occasionally fight together against their common enemy, the Locust Horde. After the Locust started sinking cities in Gears of War 2, groups of stranded started hiding underground thinking it was safe as long as they stayed away from Nexus and the Locust highway.

Franklin

Franklin (voiced by John DiMaggio) is a Stranded that has come into possession of a Junker APC critical to the Gears. Dom acquires the Junker from Franklin by "calling in a favor." He spends most of the Nightfall act in Gears of War guiding Dom and Fenix through the ruined city and two checkpoints to Chaps' Aspho Gas Station. He is also the one helping Dom find a mysterious "lady" (Santiago's missing wife, Maria Santiago). Franklin makes an appearance in Gears of War 2 multiplayer, acting as the Meatflag in Submission mode. He also appears in "Road to Ruin" downloadable deleted scene where Dom gives Franklin a shotgun and helps Fenix and Dom into Nexus.

Hanley

Hanley (voiced by Peter Jason) is a drunken Stranded who is situated at Checkpoint Two, on the way to Chaps' Gas Station. Marcus and Dom make their way to Checkpoint Two where they give Jack to Hanley, in order to help them traverse the darkness. Hanley guides Marcus and Dom through various buildings and streets whilst they make their way to the gas station. Hanley makes an appearance in Gears of War 2 multiplayer, acting as the Meatflag in Submission mode.

Chaps

Chaps (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) is the elderly, foul-mouthed Stranded who runs the gas station where Franklin's Junker is parked. He supplies ammo and cover at the arrival of Fenix and Dom. When the Locust Horde ambush the gas station, he fights alongside Fenix and Dom. He also accompanies Fenix and Dom on the highway as they drive the Junker back to the Stranded base camp, giving notices as to which directions Kryll attack from during their run. Chaps later appears in Gears of War 2, as part of a Stranded camp hiding under Mount Kadar. He provides Dom with information about the possible whereabouts of his wife. Chaps makes an appearance in Gears of War 2 multiplayer, acting as the Meatflag in Submission mode

Other characters

Niles Samson

Niles Samson was the lead researcher and programmer of security at the New Hope Research Facility, years before Delta Squad's investigation of the abandoned outpost. When Marcus and Dom enter the Facility, Niles's system, programmed with his personality, rambles and talks about the importance of security and cleanliness. Later, it is revealed that Niles was creating creatures called "Sires" along with other subjects, and he had done something on Mount Kadar involving a group of his subjects and left the Sires in stasis before leaving. In letters from different New Hope researchers, it seems that Niles did not realize how dangerous his test subjects were and that he called them "children." Driving the project was his obsession of creating a better future. The Sires at some point may have evolved into the different breeds of Locust throughout the years, though this could be left to speculation. A note found in the Illma sinkhole notes a Juila Samson looking for help at a mansion in the city. Any relation to Niles is not specified, but he may be from a wealthy background.

Aaron Griffin

Aaron Griffin (voiced by Ice T) is a former entrepreneur who maintains his wealth and influence post E-Day by a running imulsion/fuel empire. He is very rude toward the COG and despite being a "hero" character in Beast Mode he is kind of a villain in the story at least from the player's perspective since he could be viewed as a survivalist. He was last seen cursing the Gears for bringing trouble to his tower, thus ruining his empire and killing his people. This pushed Marcus over the edge, and he began yelling at Griffin that he had just lost Dom and that Griffin, his tower and all the Imulsion can go to hell. Griffin leaves on his cable car, flipping off Marcus on the way.

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External links

• Gears of War official website