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(click here to learn more)| Karl Blaine | |
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| Character in Just Cause 2 | |
| First appearance | Casino Bust |
| Faction | The Agency |
| Job | Agent |
| Last known status | Deceased |
Karl Blaine is a character in Just Cause 2.
Personal info[]
Karl was born in Motala, Sweden on 16th December 1960.
He's a Swedish ex-charity worker (Mothers for Fruit for Life) turned professional gambler, drunkard and criminal. His usual gambling spot was the Panau Falls Casino until it was raided by Baby Panay's troops.
His fondness for alcoholic beverages is such that he even holds a bottle while fighting the Panau Military and drinks while driving.
His house in Panau is "Karl Blaine's Residence."
Karl's personal car is an orange Saas PP12 Hogg, which he admits is old, but he still loves his car.
Career[]
- "Our last asset to the Agency here on Panau; Karl Blaine. Now a professional gambler and alcoholic" - Maria Kane talking about Karl Blaine just before Casino Bust.
Blaine is one of the Agency's contacts on Panau, leaking information about the activities on the island. He is registered as a foreign millionaire, so he gets more rights than the average civilian. He has been in contact with Sloth Demon for Black Market utilities. The Panau Military has been tracking him and found him at Panau Falls. He was protesting its planned demolishment, so he started shooting. (For more information look up the mission: Casino Bust).
Quote from the PDA:
Karl, as he appeared in the pre-release version. This may be on the test island.
- "An Agency sleeper asset, Karl Blaine has been on the island of Panau, longer than most. He is undercover as a field worker for a Swedish agricultural development organization known as Mothers for Fruit for Life. While posted on Panau, Blaine has only rarely been activated and has taken to gambling and drinking heavily."
Jade Tan, another Agency operative, who was at Karl Blaine's Residence because of her cover as Blaine's girlfriend, tells Rico about the situation. Rico then rescues him.
Karl introduces Rico to Sloth Demon, also giving him information on the paramilitary factions who could help him get to Tom Sheldon. Before Rico finds Sheldon during the events of The White Tiger, he is informed that Blaine has gone missing. Later on, Rico finds Tom, who reveals himself as the "White Tiger" sought by Rico and "Sloth Demon". The two are ambushed by the military but survive. Afterwards, Tom speculates Karl, the only person who knew about his activities, bugged Rico's PDA and then leaked this information to the government when he was captured. At the end of the mission, it's revealed that Baby Panay is torturing Blaine to get intel.
In Mountain Rescue, after Jade was also captured, Rico and Sheldon hypothesize that Blaine exposed her to save himself. Rico rescues her before she is taken to a nuclear submarine for further interrogation.
When Rico and a faction of his choice attacks the Wajah Ramah Fortress and corners Baby Panay, Karl presumably escapes capture and confronts Panay right after Rico. Unaware that Jade had been rescued and believing Panay had killed her, Karl tries to kill himself and Panay by detonating a Fragmentation Grenade, but only kills himself.
Trivia[]
- Activating the Mr. Snowman easter egg will cause Rico to say "Looks like Blaine, got the same face."
- Karl's physical appearance resembles that of Lars "Lasse" Åberg, a Swedish artist/actor/comedian, famed for his renditions of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
- Despite it being green-marked, Rico will get pre-heat upon entering stunt position on Karl's car, as he is wanted by the Panau military.
- Presumably, his weapon of choice is the Pistol, as he is seen using it during Casino Bust.
- Karl is not the only drunk in the Just Cause Universe. There are drunk Guerrillas in a JC1 side-mission. There are also a number of drunks among the civilians at San Esperito. Alcoholism is actually widely present at the San Esperitian cuisine and Panauan cuisine.