Kane & Lynch: Dead Men/Characters

Characters from Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and its sequel, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days.

Adam "Kane" Marcus
Main protagonist of the first game, an ex-mercenary trying to save his daughter and wife. In Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days, he comes to Shanghai to help Lynch with an arms deal.

He is the more intelligent and professional of the duo, since he was a mercenary for a long time and was in the military before that.

"Lynch: Christ, Kane, you just got your own daughter kidnapped."
 * Anti-Hero
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Deadpan Snarker: In the sequel.
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: He delivers one to
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue oni.
 * True Neutral
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Lynch gives him one of these when he kidnaps Yoko.

James Seth Lynch
Main protagonist of the second game, a paranoid schizophrenic who may or may not have killed his wife. In the first game, he is The7's watchdog, making sure that Kane doesn't try anything.

Having no military training or previous experience, he is much less professional than Kane. He is prone to blackouts and fits of Unstoppable Rage, and consequently Kane see him as a dangerous liability.

"Kane: I see you're still insane, Lynch."
 * Anti-Hero
 * Ax Crazy: In both games. Lampshaded by Kane in the sequel.


 * Blood Knight
 * Chaotic Evil, or Chaotic Neutral depending on your viewpoint
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Informed Ability: A compilation of "evidence" and police reports made specifically for use in a sweepstakes reveals that Lynch is apparently very good at cooking. Justified in that there's really nowhere where it would make sense for him to use his superior culinary ability.
 * Leeroy Jenkins
 * Moral Event Horizon: To some people, either
 * Morality Pet: Xiu in the sequel.
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red oni.
 * The Load: Kane sees him as this for the first half of Dead Men. It's unclear whether he changes his mind later in the game or in the sequel, but chances are he didn't.
 * Through the Eyes of Madness: Anyone playing Lynch on co-op will see Lynch's hallucinations.
 * Unstoppable Rage: Often. He doesn't remember them afterwards.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: He messes up so many times it's not even funny.

Jenny
Kane's daughter.


 * Fan Disservice: She spends the level she's in without pants. However, she's also the protagonist's estranged daughter. Your Mileage May Vary, of course.

Thapa
A "dead man" that Kane enlists for help.


 * Ensemble Darkhorse
 * Only in It For the Money

Shelley
A "dead man" that Kane enlists for help. While on death row, he found God. Despite this, he's still okay with shooting and killing mass amounts of people. He is opposed to working with Lynch, since he knows about how Lynch killed his wife and is averse to working with the psycho.


 * Hypocritical Humor: He's supposedly turned to God and accepted Christianity when you find him- however, he's perfectly okay with picking up a gun and going out on mercenary work again. Rific calls him out on this.

Retomoto
A prominent Japanese businessman and crime lord. Cut Kane's eye out

Yoko
Retomoto's daughter. She owns the nightclub The Mizuki in Japan, and is implied to have been...rather close with Kane at some point. Is knocked out and held hostage so that Retomoto will give Kane the briefcase he needs to save his family.


 * Too Dumb to Live: She can't be blamed for the first time she's knocked out since it was unexpected, but when she escapes she goes to the exact same room, and doesn't think to make an escape. The player then knocks her out in the exact same way, in the exact same place.

Vaultbreaker
A nameless vaultbreaker who helps Kane in Withdrawal. He is later killed with the driver in a car crash in Cracking Up.

Xiu
A woman that Lynch is romantically involved with during Dog Days. She is killed early on when the main duo end up captured.


 * Disposable Woman: Her main purpose seems to be dying just to make Lynch's life suck even worse.
 * Damsel in Distress: For the part of the game she's actually in.
 * Morality Pet: The only person that Lynch has cared about for a long time.
 * Shallow Love Interest
 * Crammed Bloodily And Messily Into The Fridge