Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance/Characters

Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov
"Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (JP), J.B. Blanc (EN)"

""Kept you waiting, eh?""

The head of Maverick Security Consulting. A former special forces officer for the Soviet Union, he did some "gray-area mercenary jobs he regretted afterwards and Meverick was started as an attempt to make up for that.


 * The Atoner: Maverick is his attempt to atone for his shady mercenary past by refocusing those talents in a more upright/above board operation.
 * Benevolent Boss: To the extent that is practical. He tries to take care of his employees as much as possible and provide the best that he can afford with Maverick's budget.
 * Badass: We did mention his spec ops background, didn't we?
 * Badass Normal: Just an ordinary human, but used a .50 caliber machine gun and later a rocket launcher to save Raiden's ass during the prologue.
 * Retired Badass: Mostly, at least from the active duty stuff, the above trope moment being the exception.
 * Da Chief: Is a little pissed when Raiden tenders an abrupt resignation notice (though he understands why), but decides to unofficially support him anyway.
 * Gratuitous Russian: Is fluent in English, but his speech drops a few articles and he lapses into Russian at a few intervals.
 * Mission Control: Officially during the first half of the game.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Run a PMC, but does so as Honest Corporate Executive that looks out for his employees best interests, mostly as a conscious contrast to the less scrupulous PMCs
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: Officially, he has to condemn Raiden's action as unlawful and unsanctioned by his company. Unofficially, he decides to help Raiden anyway because it's the right thing to do, even increase the security on their communications to make sure Maverick can continue to provide covert support.

Kevin Washington
"Yuuichi Nakamura (JP), Phil La Marr (EN)"

""Time to increase the peace.""

A former member of the DDR NGO affliated with the UN, he was convinced to join Maverick after seeing how Boris was trying to run a PMC in as benevolent and above board manner as possible. Does a lot of the research and arms procurement for Maverick and serves as Raiden's main intel support.


 * Black and Nerdy: Not as much of a geek as the trope would imply, but he provides a lot of geographic and cultural intel.

Courtney Collins
"Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (JP), Kari Wahlgren (EN)"

""Energy consumption, check. Damage levels, check. Blood pressure, brain waves, blood sugar - check, check, check. All this monitoring equipment, I got a better view than if I was standing next to you.""

A data analyst for Maverick. Was a university student studying for an MBA at the same place as Kevin, but was convinced by him to join Maverick instead. Her reason for sticking around is basically experiencing a PMC from a civilian perspective.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Big Eater: Makes a lot of comments about the food in the regions Raiden visits and complains about she's has considered cyborgification so she can eat whatever she wants without attendant weight gain.
 * Expy: Fulfills most of the same roles as Mei Ling and Paramedic.
 * Dojikko: The Running Gag involving her coffee cup.

Wilhelm Voigt ("Doktor")
"Voiced by: Mugihito (JP), Jim Ward (EN)"

""Ich liebe Kapitalismus! Had the wall come down a few years earlier, I would have a Nobel Prize on my shelf.""

A former GDR (East Germany) scientist who has contracted with Maverick as their cybernetics specialist.


 * Bloodier and Gorier: Remarks on how Americans seem to enjoy that sort of thing.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Herr Doktor
 * Insufferable Genius: Unintentionally, due to his tendency to monologue, which tends to annoy Raiden.
 * Mad Scientist: Tends to invoke some of the tropes, but he's actually fairly sane and surprisingly ethical, even showing disgust at the breaches of morality Desperado will resort to.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is almost never used. In fact, he prefers to be called "Doktor" anyway.

Samuel Rodrigues ("Jetstream Sam")

 * Badass: No question about it.
 * Badass Normal: All the awesome of Raiden, minus almost all the enhancements Raiden had.
 * Master Swordsman: So good, he basically does most to all of the awesome stuff Raiden does with almost no enhancement aside from his own skill. {{spoiler|except for the arm he had replaced after the Jetstream DLC]].
 * Nice Guy: Provided you aren't on his shit list, he's a pretty nice guy.
 * Troll: Seems to enjoy screwing with his foes' heads, as evidenced in the beginning of the game where he makes most of Maverick's troops his bitch and gives them the mother of all Trollfaces. Tends to do this in most fights with his taunting skill {{spoiler|when playable in the Jetstream DLC, meaning he invokes this on purpose, not to mention in the opening cutscene where he trolled one of the World Marshal goons into getting brained by his sword hilt For The Lulz}}. Hell, he manages to epically troll Armstrong {{spoiler|via Bladewolf towards the end of the game with his last recorded conversation, with Bladewolf adding the perfect punchline at the end where he asserts his sapience, a seed Sam encouraged since the Jetstream DLC as a means of defying Desperado.}}

IF Prototype LQ-84i ("Bladewolf")

 * Badass
 * Badass Automaton
 * Cultured Badass: Tends to find lowbrow humor and crude people unfunny and repulsive.

Sundowner

 * Complete Monster: Gleefully admits he enjoys committing war crimes because he enjoys the business of committing war, morality be damned,.
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Jerkass

Mistral
"Voiced by: Romi Park (JP), Salli Saffioti (EN)"

A cyborg commander of Desperado and one of four "Winds of Destruction". Her code name comes from a cold regional winds that blow along the Mediterranean coast of France. Her weapon is "L'Étranger", a dual-bladed staff made from the arms of Dwarf Gekkos that can double as a whip.

""I butchered those fuckers!""
 * Ambiguous Cyborg: Mostly cybernetic, but her bouncy chest area has a lot of people (in and out of universe) convinced she has her own natural torso, as it wouldn't make a lot of sense for her to have an artificial torso be that.....prehensile.
 * Ax Crazy: Clearly enjoys killing, a fact she discovered when she killed the murderers of her parents and then realized she enjoyed the sheer act of killing.
 * Bad Boss: Is a total asshole to Bladewolf, and is not very nice to the Dwarf Gekkos, even sitting on some of them BDSM queen style despite the fact they are buckling under her weight.
 * Blade On A Stick / Whip It Good - The alternating modes of her Weapon of Choice
 * Batman Gambit: Realizes wants his freedom, so she uses the possibility of getting it to achieve her own objectives.
 * Blood Knight: She enjoys killing, and she's disappointed when Raiden's reasons for killing aren't the same.
 * But Not Too Foreign: French-Algerian.
 * Combat Sadomasochist: In BDSM queen style, she gets off having multiple limbs attached to her, moaning in pleasure in the process.
 * Combat Stilettos
 * Cruel and Unusual Death:
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Dark-Skinned Evil Redhead
 * Dying Declaration Of Love:
 * Everything Sounds Sexier In French: Her English VA has a pronounced low octave French accent.
 * Evil Is Petty:
 * Femme Fatale: Invokes this when she spots Raiden when he's doing recon, but facing his direction and blowing him a kiss and a visible heart symbol.
 * Flunky Boss: Her arena has a ton of Dwarf Gekkos running around, which respawn every so often to replenish her weaponry and annoy the player.
 * Go Out With A Smile / Graceful Loser: Doesn't hold any regret when she dies, telling Raiden to keep fighting for what he believes and even leaves a Dying Declaration of Love.
 * Gratuitous French: Speaks English mostly, but adds a lot of French words in her speech.
 * Grievous Harm With A Body: Throws the Dwarf Gekkos at Raiden like bombs, since each has a detonator inside them.
 * Interplay Of Sex And Violence: We did mention she regards battle with the same enjoyment as someone would hardcore BDSM, right?
 * Jiggle Physics: Her chest does this in cutscenes. Tips off Doktor it's probably her natural torso.
 * Kick The Dog: Practically everything she does in the Blade Wolf DLC is this trope incarnate. Also tends to be rather callous to the Dwarf Gekkos, ripping off their arms or destroying them if they failed to meet her needs.
 * Male Gaze: The camera does a lot of panning to her chest and leg area.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Again, the Blade Wolf DLC, this is her role.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Her dress sense is modesty, but this soundly canceled out by her figure and the form fitting bodysuit. Is definitely aware of this trope, as she openly flirts with Raiden before their fight.
 * Multi Armed And Dangerous
 * Not So Different: Shares her past with Raiden of being a child soldier. He sympathizes a little, until she admits she gleefully murdered her parents' killers. Granted, so did he, but it was her obvious bloodlust that ended any further sympathy.
 * Peek A Bangs
 * Reality Ensues: Has her health drop rapidly if you striker her, which would make a lot of sense if her torso is her real one.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: Seen in game trailers and when she attaches the Dwarf Gekko arms to her body.
 * Shout Out: Her weapon and Image Song are basically a giant shout out toward Albert Camus' novel, L'Etranger, which her creators are fans of. Her spider woman like appearance is a reference to similar beings from Japanese mythology, since her creators want to give her a degree of Japanese aesthetic as well.
 * Slipknot Ponytail: Her hair has this effect as the fight with her goes on.
 * The Smurfette Principle: The Winds of Destruction only female member.
 * Sophisticated As Hell: Her intro is pretty calm and effusive until she gets to the part about her family's killers:


 * Spin Attack: One of her special moves with L'Étranger.
 * Statuesque Stunner: 190 cm tall, around 6'3" in height.
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: We don't see her much in the main story, but she does show up more in the Blade Wolf prequel DLC.

Monsoon

 * Sai Guy
 * Villains Out Shopping: When not in combat, he can be amazingly laid back and chill, and most of his involvement in the Jetstream DLC is focused around him when he doesn't sound like a psychopath.

Desperado Scientist

 * Asshole Victim

Prime Minister N'Mani

 * Black Dude Dies First: Though not the very first, that would be a Maverick bodyguard.
 * Nice Guy