Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict/Characters
The following characters are located in other pages:
- Malcolm, Brock and Lauren in the UT Character Sheet
- Gorge, Arclite and Sapphire in the UT2004 Character Sheet
Anubis
Anubis: The only thing I ever feared was what I saw in your heart. I tested you. And you failed.
Anubis: Your power-mad family arranged our marriage. But I didn't cared about that. I loved you. I left the Tournament to see what you wanted more: an emperor, or a husband.
Selket: I failed? You were the one who turned tail and ran.—To Selket near the end of the Ascension Rites.
Voiced by: Dameon Clarke
The main character of Unreal Championship 2, Anubis is a prince of the illustrios Reydi family, whose ancestors include 14 former Nakhti Emperors. Favored to win the tournament ten years ago, Anubis left on the eve of the competition. Some say he was a coward; others speculate that political scheming forced him from the tournament. He has served in the Desert Legion for over a decade, honing his combat skills and revealing none of his secrets.
In the game, he signs up for the Ascension Rites (now sponsored by the Liandri Corporation) with his friend Sobek, in order to stop Selket from becoming the Empress and thus condemning the Nakhti citizens to slavery in the hands of the Liandri Corporation.
Tropes related to him:
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Subverted. In the finals' aftermath, a Liandri officer convinces him to both resurrect Selket via the highly expendable Necrification process and to fight in the main Tournament.
Liandri officer: It needn't end this way. She needn't end this way. Not even the Nakhti emperor can afford the Necris process.
Anubis: But you could... is that what you mean?
Liandri officer: Exactly. You keep winning, we keep paying.
Anubis: A Deal with the Devil.
- Anti-Hero: Averted. Unlike the series' standard, he follows the rules all the time and his ways aren't so much out of what the Rites are composed of, even when facing Selket.
- Arranged Marriage: Was about to get one with Selket before the events of the game, but refused.
- Bald of Awesome
- Bash Brothers: With Sobek.
- Collision Damage: His "Energy Burst" adrenaline combo summons an energy eruption which damages nearby enemies.
- Defector From Decadence: His reason to leave both his Arranged Marriage with Selket and the Ascension Rites in the past.
"Your power-mad family arranged our marriage. But I didn't cared about that. I loved you. I left the Tournament to see what you wanted more: an emperor, or a husband."
- Deflector Shields: Activated using his "Repulse" adrenaline combo.
- Mr. Fanservice
- Heal Thyself: His "Heal" adrenaline combo.
- The Hero
- My Greatest Failure:
"I've failed you once before, forefathers. Forgive me. But do not forgive their sacrilege. I will make you proud."
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Nice job killing your beloved for the sake of the Rites.
"I was here to stop her, not to win. And now I've lost everything."
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules: A variant. Before the quarterfinals, he's offered to join Thunder Crash, thus avoiding all the posterior drama, something he rejects because of his own mission. He ends subverting this in the end.
- Secret Character: Beat the Ascension Rites to unlock both him and his Ladder.
- Status Buff: His "Warrior Spirit" adrenaline combo, combined with X-Ray Vision.
Selket
"The crown isn't meant for cowards, and neither am I."
Voiced by: Stephanie Young
Tropes related to her:
- Battle Couple: With Apophis, though we never fight with or against both of them at the same time.
Robot commentator: Of course, all eyes are on the central arena, where Selket and her partner Apophis are punishing their opponents. Let's get back to the action.
- Blofeld Ploy: After berating a Liandri official for letting Anubis enter the ascension rites, she turns round and bitchslaps a random Nahkti warrior.
- Back from the Dead
- Dark Action Girl
- Deflector Shields: Activated using his "Repulse" adrenaline combo.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight
- Femme Fatale
- Heal Thyself: Her "Heal" adrenaline combo.
- Ms. Fanservice
- Red Baron: "The Princess of Pain".
- Secret Character
- Defeat Means Playable: To unlock her, beat the Ascension Rites.
- Status Buff: Her "Warrior Spirit" adrenaline combo, combined with X-Ray Vision.
- Stripperiffic: Just look at her!
- Temporary Blindness: Her "Flash" adrenaline combo.
- Trash Talk: Before the final match, she tries to make Anubis uncomfortable.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Sobek
Sobek: Another crap patrol for the best of the Imperial Legion.
Sobek: Yeah, the kind of friends who put scorpions in your boots.
Anubis: I have friends in higher places.—Intro cutscene of the Ascension Rites
Voiced by: Brazos Mac Donald
Tropes related to him:
- Badass Beard: He seems to be the Nakhti version of Bishop.
- Bash Brothers: With Anubis.
- Deadpan Snarker: After running from an ambush:
Sobek: That was fun. Bots make for good target practice.
Anubis: I look forward to thanking the Liandri personally.
Sobek: Your funeral.
- Deflector Shields: Activated using his "Repulse" adrenaline combo.
- EMP: Name invoked by one of his attacks.
- Heal Thyself: His "Heal" adrenaline combo.
- The Mentor
- Older and Wiser: He had some experience in the Liandri Grand Tournament itself in the past.
- Retired Badass
- Status Buff: His "Warrior Spirit" adrenaline combo, combined with X-Ray Vision.
Apophis
Voiced by: Jim Foronda
Selket's new boyfriend, he's the scion of a powerful royal family. He's idolized throughout the land for his sports talents, not to mention his jawdropping beauty. His good looks are so heavily insured that the underwriting company requires him to wear a full-face helmet in the tournament.
Tropes related to him:
- An Axe to Grind
- An Ice Person
- Battle Couple: With Selket, though we never fight with or against both of them at the same time.
- Berserk Button: Don't even try to talk about how much you want Selket in his presence. And even more if your name is Anubis.
Anubis: Speaking of settling... how is Selket?
Apophis: (to the Guards) GET HIM! RIP HIM APART!
- Deflector Shields: Activated using his "Repulse" adrenaline combo.
- Downloadable Content: He only becomes playable after installing the Bonus Pack. You can unlock him as a bot by defeating him in the semifinals of the Ascension Rites.
- EMP: Name invoked by one of his attacks.
- The Faceless
- The Fighting Narcissist
- Heal Thyself: His "Heal" adrenaline combo.
Szalor and Torgr
"We subjugate all inferior races, not just humans."—To Malcolm in the pre-match intro to "Lambs To The Slaughter".
Voiced by: Ric Spiegel (Szalor)
Tropes related to them:
- Alien Blood: They bleed green.
- Badass Boast:
Malcolm: Some would say it's unwise to meet a Skaarj warrior in a game they invented.
Szalor: It is always unwise to fight a Skaarj warrior.
- Collision Damage: Szalor's "Blade Burst" adrenaline combo damages nearby enemies.
- Energy Absorption: Their "Blade Shield" adrenaline combo summons a shield made of blades which reduces explosive damage.
- Healing Factor: Their "Regeneration" adrenaline combo.
- Power Nullifier: Torgr's "Primal Scream" adrenaline combo prevents nearby enemies from using adrenaline combos.
- Proud Warrior Race Guys
"Fight with honor!"
- Retool: From Lightning Bruiser into Mighty Glacier, for game balance reasons.
- Secret Character: Torgr. To unlock him, beat Szalor's ladder.
- Unstoppable Rage and X-Ray Vision: Their "Predator" adrenaline combo combines the above trope with this.
- Wolverine Claws: (with occasional Energy Balls) The player can use the Razik and Claws with both of them. If the beams hits another Skaarj, it's a Wasted shot.
Raptor and Devastation
Voiced by: Stephanie Young (Devastation)
Tropes related to them:
- Alien Blood: They have purple blood.
- Badass Automaton
- Cast from Hit Points: Their "Cannibalize" adrenaline combo allows them to construct ammunition from their own bodies, at the cost of losing health.
- Enemy-Detecting Radar: Their "Radar" adrenaline combo activates their threat detection softwares.
- Improvised Weapon: The Liandri Hammer, their melee weapon, a former mining tool. Also, both of them, after being a mining and household robot, respectively, turned into Killer Robots.
- Mecha-Mooks
- More Dakka: Devastation's "Head Turret" adrenaline combo summons mounted automatic defenses which shoots to nearby enemies.
- Secret Character: Devastation.
- Defeat Means Playable: To unlock her, reach the 14th. match in the Ascension Rites.
- Self-Destruct Mechanism: Invoked by Raptor's "Self Destruct" adrenaline combo.
- Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids: Devastation.
Liandri advertisement announcer: She's so smart, and so durable, that we even entered her in the grand Tournament. Household chores will never be the same.
Raiden
"I seek warriors, not cowards."—One of his taunts
Voiced by: Chase Ashbaker
Come on, you know who he is.
For many other tropes, check the Mortal Kombat character sheet.
Tropes related to his presence in UC2:
- Guest Fighter: His bio on the site sets him exactly between the events of MK2 and MK3. His Coup De Grace was taken directly from the MK games.
- Heal Thyself: His "Heal" adrenaline combo.
- Me's a Crowd: One of the challenges is a Capture the Flag match against two of his avatars.
- Random Teleportation: His "Teleport" adrenaline combo.
- Ride the Lightning
- Secret Character: To unlock him, win the 15 challenges.
- Shock and Awe: Of course.
- Static Stun Gun: His "Stun Trap" adrenaline combo.
- Status Buff: His "Warrior Spirit" adrenaline combo, combined with X-Ray Vision.
- You Fight Like Johnny Cage