StarCraft (video game)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Many of Raynor's friends have backstabbed him, and most of those who don't died due to the actions of the backstabbers.

** In ''Wings of Liberty'', the player gets to choose which missions Raynor and the Raiders will take. This affects his relationships with other characters and their loyalties. For the most part, his allies make it out alive: {{spoiler|Tychus}} betrays Raynor, but canonically he trusts {{spoiler|Tosh}}, who joins his crew and remains loyal, while {{spoiler|Hanson and her colonists}} were sent off to a safe life on {{spoiler|Haven}}. For all the danger that they put themselves in and however fragile the ties that bring them together, {{spoiler|Valerian and Warfield}} have managed to survive the events on {{spoiler|Char}}.

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: He tried this with {{spoiler|Kerrigan}}. It didn't work until after the events of ''Wings of Liberty''.

** He gets his own miniature version with Matt through out the campaign as he is slowly losing faith in his revolution, especially with Kerrigan back on the scene.

** : A direct quote from a certain Michael Liberty: "Arcturus Mengsk. There's a name that is synonymous with terror, betrayal and violence. A living example of the ends justifying the means. The assassin of the Confederacy of Man. The hero of the blasted world of Korhal IV. King of the universe. A savage barbarian who never let anything or anyone get in his way. And yet, he is charming, erudite and intelligent. When you're in his presence you feel that he's really listening to you, that your opinions matter, that you're someone important if you agree with him. It's amazing. I have often wondered if men like Mengsk don't carry around their own reality-warping bubbles, and all who fall in are suddenly transported to another dimension where the hellish things he says and does suddenly make sense. At least, that's the effect he always had on me."

* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: During his days as a rebel he ''was'' pretty heroic, saving colonies left for dead by the Confederacy, but they painted him as an insane terrorist to try and keep people from realizing this. After the first Terran campaign, [[He Who Fights Monsters|however]]...

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

* [[Meet the New Boss]]: A classic example.