Scar (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)

Scar (Rus.: Шрам; Shram) is the main protagonist of Ukrainian FPS Survival Horror video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the overarching antagonist of its sequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and will appear in the upcoming S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart Of Chornobyl
Scar is a highly skilled freelance Mercenary, initially doesn't affiliate with any other fraction, working for people who would pay more. Upon surviving a emission was send o hunt down Strelok for his actions
== Personality ==
Scar doesn't speak vocally throughout the game thus, it is hard to determine his personality. It seems that Scar has a dry sense of humor which Lebedev points out in the beginning of the game. It is known that he doesn't thrust the Military and he outright refuses to give in to temptation from Khaletskiy's offer to help(Although it still possibly to help him). He also would not hesitate to kick Mitay's ass for his rude behavior and doesn't do it because the rest of Duty would retaliate
In Heart Of Chornobyl he is shown to have a rather flamboyant and energetic personality and possibly some sort of leadership and charisma since he is the leader of Spark
== Appearance ==
Scar is a bald middle-aged man with striking grey-white eyes, short, white stubble, and a long face. He have a scar across his face, which is most likely where his alias came from. In the the first cut-scene of Clear Sky, Scar wears a green trench coat. His appearance later is fully on player's choice
In Heart Of Chornobyl, Scar has more full gray beard and wears a regular stalker's coat
== Biography ==
It's unknown how and when Scar entered the Zone, but he most likely entered for self-interests. Originally, nor affiliated with any fraction, Scar remained a freelance mercenary.
Sometime before the events of Clear Sky he was hired by the Ecologists to escort a research group through the swamp, but his mission end up failing due to the unexpected emission. The whole group died, except for Scar who survived by pure luck. He was saved by Clear Sky members from being eaten alive. Clear Sky's leader, Lebedev, explains that a stalker nicknamed Strelok, is responsible for the emissions and that he must be stopped, Lebedev hires Scar to work for them for his own sake. Scar survives the second emission, which Lebedev explains as "miracle" and that Scar is "protected by Zone itself".
Lebedev explains that not only the Zone changed but also the people, the emission resulted in heavy territorial changes, which sparkled a war between fractions, one of the them, the Renegades are fighting with Clear Sky. Scar, in exchange of further help, aids Clear Sky in their war with the Renegades. After wiping the Renegades off the swamps, Scar continues his hunt for Strelok. Apparently, an unknown stalker was interested in strange items sold by Sidoravich. 
Arriving at the Cordon, and doing Sidoravich's dirty work, Scar receives the name of the stalker, Klyk, one of Strelok's teammates. At the Cordon, Scar may or may not enter the war between the Loners and the Bandits. From the Cordon, Scar began his hunt for Klyk, from the digger, Vasyan, Scar finds out that Klyk went to the Dark Valley.
At the Dark Valley, because of the constant attacks from unknown forces on Freedom, the whole place was put under quarantine. The Freedom members on the outpost advices Scar to go to their base if he seeks for Klyk. Scar may or may not participate in the war between Freedom and Duty. After dealing with their problem, which turns out to be Merceneries and a traitor among them, Scar finds out that Klyk in deed was on their base, but Chekhov, Freedom's leader, find him suspicious and hacked his PDA just to make sure. Using the Klyk's PDA, Scar goes by the trace back to Garbage where he gets ambushed by two bandits, that previously ambushed Klyk and stole his PDA, from Klyk's PDA, Scar find out about their further plans, and the location of their secret base, which is located in the underground of Agraprom. Scar heads there.
In Agraprom, Scar encounters Duty members and from their leader, General Krylov, discovers that the underground is full of mutants, Krylov offers Scar a deal, Krylov let him enter the underground and Scar sinks them to prevent mutants from coming. Scar accepts the deal and goes to the underground. In the Strelok's base, Scar discovers that three stalkers entered the central, Strelok, Klyk and Prizrak and they're planning on going again. According to Lebedev, it may result in a super-emission and they needed to be stopped at all costs. Strelok went to Yantar to the Scientists to get a protection from the psy-fields for him and the whole group. Scar goes after him. At the Yantar, Scar helps the Scientists finish their research that was stolen by Strelok and helps them along with Levsha's Group to stabilize the psy-fields. After all this, Sakharov, informs Scar that Strelok is near him, at the Red Forest.
At the Red Forest, Scar encounters and pursuits Strelok, but Strelok outsmarts him with the help of other stalkers, hired by him and blow ups the tunnel that leads to Prypiat so Scar couldn't catch him. The only way to get to Prypiat, except for the blowen tunnel is only through Limansk, another city that was long hidden until the emission opened the path to the city, but the bridge was closed and guard by a Renegades group. Lebedev informs Scar about Forester, who can help him.
Forester informs Scar that he sometimes hears voices of people from Limansk who are screaming for help from his radio, and advice him to go to the Military Warehouses to catch a better signal. In the Military Warehouses, Scar encounters a group of mercenaries who can't contact their missing friends, Scar helps them and discovers the mercenaries to be trapped in a space bubble. Forester says that he himself was once trapped there but he was able to get out with the help of a artifact called the Compass. However, the Renegades stole it from him. Scar destroys the Renegades in the nearby cave and helps the trapped mercenaries to escape the bubble and after that the mercenaries repay Scar by helping him and Clear Sky enter Limansk.
After successfully opening the way to the LImansk, Scar and Clear Sky are fighting through Limansk against Bandits, the Army and fanatics. After finally reaching ChNPP, Scar using a Gauss Gun engages in a fight against Strelok and successfully beats him. However, just after beating Strelok a huge super-emission breaks, which wipes out Clear Sky and changes the Zone forever.
Scar finds himself alongside Strelok being brainwashed by the C-Consciousness to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R program. Strelok finds himself brainwashed with no memories and renamed to Mechenyj, the Marked One, while Scar's faith remains unknown.
=== Heart Of Chornobyl ===
What happened and where was Scar during the events of Shadow Of Chernobyl and Call Of Pripyat is unknown. However, in Heart Of Chornobyl, Scar is confirmed to come back. He is the leader of Spark that actively engages in the conflict with Wrad and SIRCAA. Scar believes in two sides of the Zone - the dark, and the shining. His faction’s goal is to reveal the shining Zone.
== Powers & Skills ==
# Leadership: Scar is the leader of Spark. More information is currently unknown. 
# Charisma: In the trailer Scar was shown to have a rather charismatic personality compared to himself in Clear Sky
# Peak Human Endurance: Scar endured, bullets, emissions and mutants' attacks throughout the game.
# High-Superhuman Durability: According to Lebedev, the fact that Scar survived after two(Now, when it's confirmed that he is alive, three) emissions and still was able to walk straight and recover quickly is an anomaly on itself.
# Pain Tolerance: Scar is a cold, skilled and experienced mercenary who throughout the game showed no reaction to the injures he received.
# Firearms: In Clear Sky, Scar can use any firearm in the game and even modify them. 
# Knifemanship: In Clear Sky, Scar can use a knife.
=== Artifatcs ===
# Superhuman Endurance: By using Artifacts, Scar can increase the amount of weight he can wear on himself and even quicker recover his strength.
# Regeneration: By using artifacts, such Firefly or Flame, Scar is able to heal his wounds much faster than an average human.
# Fire Resistance: By using Fireball or Meat Chunk, Scar can resist fire and endure chemical wounds. 
# Electricity Resistance: By using Sparkler or Flash, Scar can endure electro waves and electro-based anomalies. 
# Radiation Resistance: Artifacts, such as Jellyfish, Wrenched and Bubble give Scar abilities to last in radiation much longer then an average human.
== Trivia ==
* Before it was confirmed that Scar is alive, fans theorized that Charon, the leader of the Monolith, might be the brainwashed Scar.
== External Links ==
* Scar on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Wiki
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