List of characters

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*Watch\_Dogs* features a large variety of characters, supporting characters, and antagonists. This list includes storyline and investigations-related characters only, and not very minor persons seen in some side missions.

## Protagonist

**Aiden Pearce**
Aiden Pearce, also known as The Vigilante and The Fox. Formerly a hacker working on par with Damien Brenks, his former mistakes costed the life of his young niece, Lena Pearce. After that, he became the Vigilante, and vowed to protect his sister Nicole and his nephew Jackson and discover who ordered the hit that costed Lena's life. Aiden is then forced to work for Damien in order to discover the authors of the hit. His closest friend is Clara Lille, a DedSec hacker who helps him to discover the truth.
Voiced by Noam Jenkins

## Antagonists

Damien Brenks is a hacker and Aiden's former partner, and the main antagonist of the game. He and his partner were involved in digital heists that allowed both men to steal loads of money using ctOS exploits. Both men attempted to hack in the Merlaut Hotel, but failed. A hit ordered by the hotel owner Dermot "Lucky" Quinn caused him to lose his left leg and Aiden's niece Lena to die. After Lena's death, Damien paid a man to make a prank call to Nicole Pearce, Aiden's sister, in order to attract his attention. Damien then offered Aiden to work with him again in order to uncover the turh about the Merlaut Job, but Aiden refused. Instead, Damien had Nicole getting kidnapped and blackmailed his former partner into working for him. After Aiden killed Lucky Quinn, author of the hit, Damien hacked in the ctOS to attempt to take his partner down, but failed when Aiden, helped by former ctOS worker Raymond Kenney, disabled the ctOS. Aiden later found him in an isolated lighthouse and, after taking Jordi Chin down, shoots Damien in the head.
Voiced by Daniel Kash

Dermot Quinn, aka "Lucky", is a 75-years old businessman, disguised philantrophist and mob boss who runs the Chicago South Club, the most powerful crime syndicate in the city of Chicago. Expanding his empire on Chicago thanks to the ctOS, Quinn has a footage of mayor Rushmore murdering former Blume employee Rose Washington, providing him blackmail and giving him total control of the city. When Aiden Pearce and Damien Brenks attempted to hack in his hotel, the Merlaut, he thought that they were looking for the footage and ordered a hit on them, which caused Aiden's niece Lena to die, setting Aiden for revenge. When Raymond Kenney uncovered that Quinn was the one who ordered the hit, Aiden went to the Merlaut and hacked his pacemaker. On his last moments, Quinn showed Aiden the footage before dying when Aiden hacked his pacemaker again.
Voiced by Myron Natwick

Delford Wade, aka "Iraq", is a former U.S. Army veteran who retired after fighting on the Iraq soil during the Iraq War. Iraq is the leader of the Black Viceroys, a powerful african-american gang, which was turned to a major crime syndicate thanks to Iraq's strategy. Iraq is a close associate of Quinn, despite Iraq seeing Quinn as an *"old fuck"* and planning to replace him as the new leader of Chicago using a weapon he's been gathering for years : blackmail. He attempted to hack in the Merlaut Job in order to get the footage of Rushmore murdering Rose Washington, but failed when he encountered Aiden Pearce and Damien Brenks in the system. Aiden, forced by Damien Brenks, raided his compound Rossi-Fremont and stole his data before killing him in a firefight on the rooftop.
Voiced by Jerod Hayes

## Major characters

Clara Lille, aka "BadBoy17", is a canadian member of the DedSec collective. Clara was hired by Chicago South Club leader Dermot "Lucky" Quinn to identify Aiden Pearce and Damien Brenks after the Merlaut Job. She was later hired by Aiden in person to find Lena's killers. Feeling remorseful for what she had done to Aiden, Clara tried to help him to find the killers and help him to *"heal"*. A hacker known as Defalt later revealed her involvement in Lena's death, causing Aiden to cease being friends with her. She later told Aiden that she is going to *"fix things"*. After killing Quinn, Aiden learned from Damien that she revealed her involvement to Damien Brenks, hoping he would free Nicole Pearce. Aiden then raced to her to Lena's grave in Parker Squar e, where he witnessed her getting assassinated by Quinn's thugs.
Voiced by Isabelle Blais

Raymond Kenney, aka "T-Bone Grady", is a software engineer who previously worked for the Blume Corporation along with Rose Washington and Tobias Frewer, and was one of the "fathers" of the ctOS project. Because of his distrust regarding Blume and the ctOS, he was fired from Blume and became a whistleblower, hiding in Pawnee (near Blume's HQ) as "T-Bone Grady". Aiden, looking for him because he was the only man capable of decrypting Iraq's blackmail data, offered him to work for him, but he refused, because of the ctOS being programmed to identify him anywhere in Chicago. Aiden, to make him work, removed his data from Blume's servers, and helped him survive when Damien Brenks gave to Blume Kenney's whereabouts. Kenney then helped Aiden to take the data back from Defalt, find Nicole and found out that Quinn was the author of the hit on Aiden. When Aiden uploaded Iraq's blackmail, he left Chicago, and helped Aiden for the last time by using a virus to disable the ctOS, which was totally controlled by Damien. T-Bone Will also be featured as the main protagonist in the upcoming Bad Blood DLC Pack.
Voiced by John Tench

Jordi Chin is a Fixer, a mercenary that can be hired by any person to do some jobs. He was hired by Aiden Pearce to find who killed Lena Pearce, his niece. Jordi helped Aiden by meeting Maurice Vega, the gun man that was hired to kill Aiden, and helped Aiden to escape the stadium by creating a fake gang shootout. Jordi then helps Aiden to find the Stadium Survivor by breaching in the prison where he was incarcerated. He later provides IEDs to Aiden, who was looking for good stuff to arrange an ambush to gunmen sent by Iraq, and sniper support to Aiden when he was breaching inside Rossi-Fremont. Jordi then shows up at the lighthouse where Aiden found Damien, informing him of a new contract then asked Aiden to drop both his phone and his gun. Aiden, however, used his phone to blow up the lighthouse, attacked Jordi and threw him over the ledge. After killing Damien, Aiden receives a final call from Jordi who leaves Aiden with the decision of killing Maurice or sparing him.
Voiced by Aaron Douglas

Maurice Vega was a hitman hired by the Chicago South Club to kill Aiden Pearce after the Merlaut Job. Because he killed Aiden's niece Lena instead of Aiden himself, Maurice's wife Abigail was abducted and put in the human trafficking ring. Feeling remoresful for what happened to Lena and Abigail, Maurice tried to stay away from crime, but ended up abducted himself by Jordi Chin and Aiden Pearce, interrogated so Aiden could know about the killers, despite Maurice claiming he doesn't know anything. Maurice was then kept in a garage in northern Mad Mile. At the end of the story, after killing Damien, Aiden arrives at the garage, and is left the choice to either kill him or let him be.
Voiced by Christopher Jacot

Lena Pearce
Lena Violet Pearce was Aiden Pearce's niece and Nicole's daughter. She died at the age of 6 on October 6, 2012, when Aiden drove her to Pawnee and a car tire was shot by Maurice on Quinn's order. Her death had a deep effect on the family, and Aiden vowed to make sure everybody involved in her death is punished.
Voiced by Teale Bishopric

## Supporting characters

Nicole Pearce, aka Nicky, is Aiden's younger sister and mother of Jackson and Lena Pearce. She emigrated as a kid to United States along with her brother and her mother. When her daughter Lena died, she tried to convince her brother to not try to find the killers. She was later abducted by Robert Racine under Damien's order in order to force Aiden to work for him and steal the blackmail from Iraq. Aiden later rescued her in a water treatment plant and took her out the city with her son, so they could hide while Aiden go after Damien and Quinn.
Voiced by Anna Hopkins

Jackson Pearce, aka "Jacks", is Nicole Pearce's first child, born in 2003. When his sister Lena died, he developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and was unable to speank to anyone except his mother. When his mother was abducted, he was saved by his uncle from incoming Fixers, and was taken care of by his therapist Yolanda Mendez. Later, Jackson tried to find his mother, but ended up locked up in a building full of fixers, only to be saved by his uncle. Jackson, when his mother was found, then escaped Chicago with Nicky.
Voiced by Nicholas Bode

Tyrone Hayes, aka "Bedbug", is a young gangbanger working for the street division of the Viceroys, and Iraq's cousin. When Aiden witnessed Iraq's comments regarding his cousin, he decided to blackmail him to force him to sneak inside Rossi-Fremont and steal Iraq's data. Aiden hacked inside his house and uploaded a tracker to his cellphone, and recorded many elements showing that Bedbug is disloyal to Iraq. Thanks to Rabbit, a Viceroys member, Aiden learned that Bedbug was the target of a shootout in an abandoned factory. When Aiden went there by himself and killed all the thugs, he revealed his blackmail to Bedbug, forcing him to work for him. Iraq, thinking that all the thugs were killed by Bedbug, spared him. Bedbug, guided by Aiden, sneaked in the top floor of Rossi-Fremont and started a partial download before being discovered by Iraq. Convinced that Bedbug couldn't have got there by himself, Iraq spared him. Aiden then agreeded to cut him loose.
Voiced by R. Charles Wilkerson

JB Marcowicz, aka "Defalt", works as a DJ in the Dot ConneXion night club. When Aiden raided Rossi-Femont and stole the blackmail Iraq had, Defalt hacked in the Bunker and stole the blackmail, before leaving an audio log exposing Clara's past with the Chicago South Club. Aiden and T-Bone searched his apartment, but didn't find anything and were forced to lose the Fixers he sent. Ai den then found him at Dot ConneXion in the Ambrose Theater. Defalt, to escape, triggered a blackout and sent Fixers, but Aiden managed to follow him and download the data back (which was stored on himself). Aiden can after let him run, kill him or take him down.

Joseph DeMarco is the owner of the Dot ConneXion night club and art gallery and also a close associate of Quinn, being responsible of the local human trafficking ring. DeMarco was the first one to warn Quinn about Clara Lille. When Aiden found all the briefcases containing the information of the auctioneers, Aiden proceeded to take DeMarco down.
Voiced by Trevor Hayes

Donovan Rushmore
Donovan Rushmore is the corrupt mayor of Chicago, re-elected circa 2012. Blackmailed by Quinn when he was recorded murdering Rose Washington, Rushmore allowed the Chicago South Club to operate in his city. Rushmore has been the mayor that allowed the Blume Corporation to introduce the ctOS project in Chicago, and was re-elected thanks to the ctOS code Bellwether. He was found dead after Aiden revealed Quinn's footage to the public.
Voiced by Michel Perron

## Minor characters

Tobias Frewer
Tobias Frewer is a former Blume employee who worked for the ctOS project along with Rose Washington and Raymond Kenney. He was fired for some reason, and became paranoid and homeless. Tobias was approached by Aiden in order to get access to the Bunker island, as Tobias owned a self-made remote control device that he use to hack the bridges leading to the island. He then gives Aiden a tip about the Weapons Trade investigation.
Voiced by Billy MacLellan

Gary "Rabbit" Diggs
Gary Diggs, aka "Rabbit", is a Viceroys man, part of Bedbug's street section. He tried to warn Bedbug about Iraq's plan to kill him, but Bedbug, suspicious, held him at gunpoint, only to be interrupted by Aiden, who hacked a nearby gas valve to interrupt the execution, giving Rabbit time to hide, while Bedbug sends all his men after him. Aiden then guides him outside safely, and Rabbit then tells Aiden about Iraq's plans to have Bedbug killed. If he is spotted on his way out, he can either safely run out of the area, or get gunned down on his way out, forcing in both cases Aiden to hack is phone to know about Iraq's plans.
Voiced by Brian J. Smith

Donna "Poppy" Dean
Donna Dean, aka Poppy, was a young woman abducted and put into the Chicago South Club human trafficking ring between 2012 and 2013. She was intended to be Nicholas Crispin's sex slave, but when Aiden killed him and stole his identity, Aiden allowed Donna to survive and saved her by calling the 911 to report the auction events, freeing her from the Club.
Voiced by Oluniké Adeliyi

Nicholas Crispin
Nicholas Crispin is an expatriated American man who lives in Europe. He has the reputation of brutalizing and torturing any woman he was sexually involved with. He returned to Chicago in 2013 to assist Quinn's auction. He was killed by Aiden so he could steal his identity and assist to the auction instead of him.
Voiced by Julian Casey

Rose Washington
Rose Washington is a former Blume employee who worked on the ctOS project with Raymond Kenney and Tobias Frewer. When she was fired, the team of Blume employee Malcolm Deodato arranged a meeting between her and Rushmore, and recorded her murder in Rushmore's hands. This then allowed Quinn to have blackmail on the mayor, stored on the Merlaut Hotel systems. When Aiden and Damien Brenks attempted to hack in the system of the Merlaut, Quinn thought that they were looking for the video and ordered a hit on them, while only Iraq was interested in the video. The footage was later released by Aiden to the public.
Voiced by Mylène Dinh-Robic

Yolanda Mendez
Yolanda Mendez is Jackson Pearce's therapist, who helps him "fighting" against his PTSD. She took care of him when his mother was abducted. Realizing that something was wrong, Mendez reported Aiden to the 911. At the end of the story, she reveals that she is writing a book about Aiden Pearce and The Vigilante.
Voiced by Ellen David

Joshua Kramer
Joshua Kramer is a married man and a guest to Quinn's auction. He can be seen in the auction room, texting his wife Jenn that he is "stuck at work". Aiden later found him and found a briefcase from his cellphone.

Robert Racine is a Chicago South Club associate who was hired by Damien Brenks to abduct Nicole Pearce. However, he also attempted to abduct Jackson, but the Fixers he sent were killed by Aiden on their way. Damien then warns Robert about Aiden coming after him, saying that he never asked for Jackson. As he attempts to escape, Aiden, who witnessed the conversation, destroyed his car and either knocked him out or killed him.

Charlotte Gardner
Charlotte Gardner is the VP of Public Relations at Blume, and was trying to make people trust Blume about the ctOS project, despite recurring DedSec attacks. She was then given Kenney's whereabouts by Damien Brenks. She later became interim mayor when Rushmore was found dead.
Voiced by Holly O'Brien