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===Niles Samson===
===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 [[Letter (message)|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.
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 [[Letter (message)|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.

===Griffin==
Griffin(voiced by [[Ice T]]) is a former entrepreneur who maintains his wealth and influence post E-Day by a running fuel empire. He is very rude toward the COG and despite being a "hero" character in Beast Mode is kind of a villain in the story at least from the player's prospective since he could be viewed as a survivalist. He's last seen cursing out the Gears for bringing trouble to his tower, thus ruining his empire and killing his people. He then enters an air boat gives the Cogs [[the finger]] and flies off stating yelling "This ain't over bitch".


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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

Throughout the Gears of War and Gears of War 2 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

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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".

Dominic Santiago

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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. [2]

By the events of Gears of War 3, Dom had slipped into depression. During the climax of Act 3, Dom sacrifices himself by ramming a commandeered vehicle to a fuel pipe in order to ensure the escape of Marcus, Anya, Sam, Jace, and Dizzy.

Augustus Cole

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Augustus "Cole Train" Cole (voiced by Lester Speight) is a COG soldier that serves under Marcus Fenix. He is often recognized by characters in the game for his previous career as a "thrashball" 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.

In Gears of war 3 Cole is a playable character with his squad of him, Damon Baird, Samantha Byrne and Clayton Carmine and in the first act is able to return to his hometown and his stadium. The events in Act 1 show him as a super star at the end of his reign, this is shown by the fact that he clearly misses his days as a thrashball player.

Damon Baird

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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 loucust and tanner is killed,Baird is rescued by Delta Squad.

Former members of Delta squad


Minh Young Kim

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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. While attempting to hold off the Locust ambush from the rest of Delta squad, Kim is picked up and stabbed in the torso by General RAAM close to the end of the first act.

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 complaining about a weapon 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 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 in Gears of War 2, 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. Delta squad later finds him just before he dies, mauled by creatures living inside the Riftworm.

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 undergone severe torture. 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.[3][4]

Other Gears

Richard Prescott

Richard Prescott (voiced by Charles Cioffi) [5] is the chairman and dictatorial military leader of the COG who has mandated several sweeping authoritarian powers to the government to control the remaining human population and fight off the Locust Horde in the wake of E-Day. These actions have made him unpopular with those who feel the COG has overstepped its bounds in the name of security, but Prescott has dedicated himself to the survival of humanity, whatever the cost may be. Shortly after the sinking of Jacinto, Prescott abandons the COG forces for 18 months during with the government quickly falls apart and the remaining COG forces are left to fend for themselves. As Gears 3 begins, Prescott returns to the COG remnant and gives Marcus a disc with a message from his father on it. However the disc is still partially encoded and is only unencoded enough to reveal that Adam is alive and has a way to defeat the Lambent. Delta soon finds themselves under attack from the Lambent. Prescott, mortally wounded, explains that Adam is at a place called Azura and that he was captured by the Locust Queen two days before. Prescott dies, but not before giving the group the key to unlocking the data disk that Hoffman stole from him.

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 it is detailed that he was responsible for the defense of Anvil Gate during the Pendulum Wars, and has assisted Chairman Prescott in leading the COG throughout the years since E-Day. Hoffman is seen again in "Gears of War 3" as the leader of Anvil Gate, which has been converted into a fortified shelter.

Anya Stroud

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Anya Stroud (voiced by Nan McNamara) is the LT 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, the emotionaly closed off Marcus is clearly devestated and is relieved when she reveals herself on a nearby King Raven with Hoffman, Cole and Prescott. She will be in Gears of War 3, although instead of operating the radio, she will fight 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.

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.[3] 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 will appear in Gears of War 3.

Adam Fenix

Adam Fenix 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.

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...?"

It has been revealed that Adam Fenix is still alive and will be a major part in Gears of War 3. He has contacted his son, telling him that there is a way to save the planet, leading Marcus and his squad to try to save him.[6] He is revealed to have built a weapon that will destroy all Imulsion on Sera and all infected by it. In order to test it, he infects himself with Imulsion. His weapon works and destroys the Lambent and the Locust, but it kills him as well.

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.

Clayton Carmine

Clayton Carmine is the oldest of the three Carmine brothers.(voiced by Michael Gough) He is first mentioned in Gears of War 2, in a letter Ben Carmine intended to send him. Clay is much larger in size than his brothers and an experienced soldier. He bears tattoos of Anthony and Benjamin on his arm.

Clay scheduled to make his first appearance in Gears of War 3. A vote was set up to decide if he should live or die.[7]

At one point in the middle of the game, when moving towards one of the refugee camps, he's shot in the head by a stranded sniper, who mistakes him as an enemy, in which case he swears and finally thought outloud that luckily he wears a helmet. A homage to his brother Anthony in the original Gears of War.

As Marcus, and the rest of Alpha Squad are attacked by the Locust Queen Myrrah, Clayton show's up in a King Raven helicopter, with only him and his pilot. He uses the turret of the helicopter and shoots relentlesly at the queen. He curses loudly, and help's Alpha out quite a bit. When Myrrah finally got annoyed with him, she shot him down, and he isnt heard of until the closing cutscene of that level.

At the start of the ending cutscene, the camera moves to a crashed helicopter, with a body in the background, and scroll's down to show a helmet (Claytons) in the foreground. Seconds later, he shows up, picks up his helmet, and the camera scrolls up, showing his tatooed arm, and his detailed chestpiece, with his brother's(Anthony and Ben)and the reasons they died such as (Keep in cover!) and (Practice Reloading!), and on his chestpiece the words (GrubKiller) and (Die grub Fuckers!). He waves to a King Raven helicopter to come and pick them up, as his pilot was injured in the fall.(His pilot is the body in the begining of the cutscene)

It is thought that he loves bacon, due to his constant yerning for it, such as when a stranded offered a side of bacon, to trade for his squadmate, Sam, Baird replied "Sure! Take her! I haven't had bacon in years!" and Clayton moaning the word "Ohhh Bacon.." but when Cole stop's the two, he say's Sam isnt up for Grabs.

Clayton survives a few close incounters which is made to make the player think he is going to die, like the Carmine tradition. Such as a level when a lambent stalk shoots a car at his squad, and Cole yell's "Yo Carmine Watch out!" as Carmine ducks at the last second, and replies "God that was close"

Jace Stratton

Jayson 'Jace' Stratton appeared unseen in Gears of War 2, voiced by Nolan North. He is scheduled to make 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. [8] He was replaced by Michael B. Jordan.[9]

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, eventully 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. [10]

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."[11] 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.

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 to death, saying that he did it for Dom and everyone else she killed.

She will appear as a playable character in Gears of War 3 as the Locust leader in Capture the Leader.

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. He is also extremely strong, being able to carry and operate a Troika machine gun by himself. RAAM is also unique among other Locust for his ability to control the Kryll. RAAM is first seen in the beginning of Gears of War killing 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 by 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.[12]

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-edged 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.[13] 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 defeats Skorge and destroys his Hydra whilst pursuing them in midair, causing him to plummet to the ground below which ends with him being killed. Skorge will be a playable multiplayer character in 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 worshiped 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 four 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.

=Griffin

Griffin(voiced by Ice T) is a former entrepreneur who maintains his wealth and influence post E-Day by a running fuel empire. He is very rude toward the COG and despite being a "hero" character in Beast Mode is kind of a villain in the story at least from the player's prospective since he could be viewed as a survivalist. He's last seen cursing out the Gears for bringing trouble to his tower, thus ruining his empire and killing his people. He then enters an air boat gives the Cogs the finger and flies off stating yelling "This ain't over bitch".

References

  1. ^ Gears of War Destroyed Beauty artbook
  2. ^ Gears of War 3 Cog Codes page FAQ http://www.xboxcogcodes.com
  3. ^ a b "Gears of War 2: Great Expectations". Game Informer. May 2008 (Issue 181). pp. 46–57. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Gears of War Official Site Character Profile: Tai Kaliso
  5. ^ Gears of War Official Site Character Profile: Chairman Richard Prescott
  6. ^ Game Informer Issue 205 Gears of War 3 Cover
  7. ^ Epic Puts Gears 3 Story In Your Hands
  8. ^ Hip-Hop Artist 'Drake' Joins Gears of War 3 Voice Cast (date=2010-06-11 accessdate=2010-06-11)
  9. ^ http://twitter.com/rluckin
  10. ^ [1] (date=2010-06-11 accessdate=2010-06-11)
  11. ^ Cliff Bleszinski (2006-08-08). "Torque Bow question to EPIC". Epic Games Forums. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  12. ^ http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gears-of-gt-tv-extended/719557
  13. ^ Robinson, Martin (2008-09-28). "Gears of War 2 Opening Act Hands-on". IGN. Retrieved 2009-03-01. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)