{{Quote|A cold and cunning woman, Ophelia is the hand at work behind every situation. Those that join her find themselves curiously doing what she wants whether they planned to or not, and those that oppose her have a tendency to disappear. In a fight she is fast, quiet, and versatile. Unable to take large amounts of punishment or carry the more powerful weapons, she offsets this by using conventional firearms in conjunction with dark magic to maximize her offensive and defensive capabilities. No need to face dead-on what you can take out at 300 yards with a sniper rifle.|The Blood 2 Website}}
{{Quote|A cold and cunning woman, Ophelia is the hand at work behind every situation. Those that join her find themselves curiously doing what she wants whether they planned to or not, and those that oppose her have a tendency to disappear. In a fight she is fast, quiet, and versatile. Unable to take large amounts of punishment or carry the more powerful weapons, she offsets this by using conventional firearms in conjunction with dark magic to maximize her offensive and defensive capabilities. No need to face dead-on what you can take out at 300 yards with a sniper rifle.|The Blood 2 Website}}
==Background==
==Background==
'''Ophelia Price''' is a playable character in '''Blood 2''' and is one of the main protagonists who was brought back from the dead
The following is the full background of Ophelia
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Credit: [https://blood-wiki.org/index.php/Ophelia_Price The Blood Wiki]
===Early Years===
Much of Ophelia's early life is unknown. Her British accent hints that she is a descendant of English immigrants, or that she was born in England and migrated to America later. She was probably brought up in a family of some wealth as she was able to enrol in college and join a sorority (Iota Eta Pi).
Ophelia's entrance into the Cabal came during her college years when a genius student created a reanimation serum. The Cabal sent zombies into the campus to secure him and the serum, but as zombies are apparently wont to do, they wandered instead to the "largest collection of defenceless and scantily clad women" - Ophelia's sorority house.
Observing the power that the Cabal wielded, Ophelia had an evil inspiration: ditch her education, family, and associates and join the cult. After destroying all of the incriminating evidence against her, as she knew they would never take a perky bleached blonde sorority girl, she presented herself to the cult and was accepted.
===The Cabal===
Ophelia was eventually married, either before or after joining the Cabal, and gave birth to a child (given tradition, it can be assumed that she took on his surname of Price). Her husband was also a member of the cult, but for reasons that remain unstated he rescinded his membership. In response, the Cabal torched their homestead, killing him and their young son. Ophelia was left insane and babbling incoherently about the cult in the remains of her burnt up home, though she did not blame them for her plight but instead was left with a deep abiding hatred of her late husband.
Caleb found Ophelia in the remains of her homestead, during his criminal wanderings. He was struck by her beauty but also the words in her mad ramblings. As he rehabilitated her, Caleb learned about the Cabal and their master Tchernobog and joined the cult as well seeking power. It is also implied that he and Ophelia became lovers. Eventually, the two rose through the ranks and, along with Ishmael and Gabriel, became members of the Chosen, Tchernobog's elite generals. The four Chosen served the dark god well, preparing for the day when He would throw open the doors between the dimensions and take over the Earth, although earning the ire of others high in the cult like Cheogh.
===Betrayal and Death===
Sometime between 1871 and 1928, Tchernobog summoned the four Chosen to the Hall of the Epiphany, His main chamber. Instead of giving orders, as the Chosen had thought, Tchernobog told them that they had failed Him, and proceeded to disavow them. The four were stunned as Tchernobog sent His lieutenants in to take the Chosen out one by one. Cheogh swoops down from the darkness and kidnaps Ophelia, causing Caleb to jump to her aid but in the end fail to grab hold of her.
Cheogh takes off and drags her to the Altar of Stone, where he crucifies her on a large stone monolith. After Caleb was resurrected his first action was to find Ophelia and defeat Cheogh. Upon arriving at the place where Ophelia was hung he screams in anguish as the temple begins to rumble, and a wall collapses. Cheogh emerges and Caleb slays him. He then takes Ophelia down off the altar and places her on a funeral pyre to cremate her body. Afterwards, he approaches the body of Cheogh, points his Sawed-Off Shotgun at the creature's head, and pulls the trigger one final time.
===Resurrection===
At some point in the year 2028, Ophelia is resurrected by unknown means although Ishmael says that "she was the first to come through". It is likely however that the tears between the realities had something to do with her and the other Chosen's return to the land of the living. She is held by the Cabal in the Temple of Poon in CabalCo headquarters. Once Caleb arrives and finds Ophelia tied to the altar (something rather reminiscent of their previous encounter), she attempts to seduce Caleb into assisting her, before Gideon arrives and spirits her away through another rift.
After Caleb catches up with Gideon, Ophelia appears on the rooftop, inexplicably free, and calls Caleb a "dumb bastard" for following Gideon in. While there, Caleb battles another version of Ophelia as part of the Undead Chosen. They eventually reunite in Reality Beta after the defeat of The Ancient One.
===The Nightmare Levels===
During their long walk home through the other world, the four Chosen stop at a campfire and tell scary stories. Ophelia, nonplussed by Caleb's sudden disappearance, tells of her time in Iota Eta Pi during the Cabal attack.
===Relationship with Caleb===
Ophelia's affection for Caleb is debatable to say the least. Very little of the relationship from her side is explored in the canon media; the only acknowledgement of them as lovers is in the Blood manual and accompanying bloodhlp.txt file. In fact, some textual sources relating to Blood II even go so far as to say she has outright rejected Caleb as well as herself following her unexplained resurrection.
"Resurrected into a world with no future and full of disgust over the undead creature that she has become, Ophelia is desperately searching for a way out. She'll do whatever it takes to escape from a world gone mad, a body she no longer knows, and the love of a man she's grown to despise."--Blood II instruction manual
Other background material also hints that one of Caleb's motivations in Blood II was supposed to be winning Ophelia back, although none of this ever really appears in the final product, likely due the game's rushed development causing last minute cuts and story changes.
"Can he hold the Chosen together long enough to retake the Cabal? Or will his actions destroy them all? But the most important question is what he will do when he discovers that the love he has kept alive for nearly a century is nothing but an illusion?"--Blood II instruction manual
When Caleb does finally meet her in-game they engage in some friendly sexually charged banter, none of which can be considered as being strongly suggestive of a relationship in doubt, although the fact that she was tied up at the time may have had something to do with her conducive attitude. She does also seem to share the other Chosen's frustration over Caleb's stubbornness with regards to accepting his responsibility to seal the rifts, but this does not equal hatred.
She is also annoyed when he follows Gideon through the rifts, although once it is all over her annoyance with him seems to have become moot, though what of it remains after the fact remains unclear.
"He wants you to follow him, you dumb bastard."--Ophelia Price, C3L10: Cabal CO Rooftops
She does not seem to mind being trapped with him in the other world, and in The Nightmare Levels during her story she warns the others against revealing her secret, indicating that she still felt rather strongly about Caleb's good opinion of her.
"Actually, I have to let you two in on a little secret to tell this story. Don't tell Caleb though. He'd never forgive me."--Ophelia Price, C5L2: Iota Eta Pi
When she does eventually meet up with him later at the end of her story, she goes on to address him in a very familiar fashion, hinting at some secret affections, or at the very least a fear of Caleb turning against her.
"Umm... you're having a bad dream... Caleb, dear. Just a nightmare.--Ophelia Price, C5L2: Iota Eta Pi
Likely, their relationship is based on a tenuous bond of the hardships they went through - Ophelia's insanity, her involvement with the Cabal and subsequent disavowment, and being resurrected over a century later. It is known that the two were lovers back when they where serving Tchernobog, however it is unknown how this has survived through death, time, and battle.
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{{Quote|Gabriella is the warrior in the truest sense of the word. Born out of vengeance with a past steeped in war, ritual, and tradition, Gabriella has been groomed for battle since she was a child. She is the ultimate walking weapon. She lives for death, and thirsts for power. Easily the strongest of the Chosen, she towers above even Caleb in size. She has forsaken her practice in the dark arts due to the defensive nature that magic sometimes takes. She relies on her incredible strength, endurance, and heavy weaponry to get the job done. Her thick battle armor and heavy weapons slow her down significantly, but she is invaluable to the Chosen as the anchor in any heavy firefight.|The Blood 2 Website}}
{{Quote|Gabriella is the warrior in the truest sense of the word. Born out of vengeance with a past steeped in war, ritual, and tradition, Gabriella has been groomed for battle since she was a child. She is the ultimate walking weapon. She lives for death, and thirsts for power. Easily the strongest of the Chosen, she towers above even Caleb in size. She has forsaken her practice in the dark arts due to the defensive nature that magic sometimes takes. She relies on her incredible strength, endurance, and heavy weaponry to get the job done. Her thick battle armor and heavy weapons slow her down significantly, but she is invaluable to the Chosen as the anchor in any heavy firefight.|The Blood 2 Website}}
==Background==
==Background==
'''Gabriel''' is a playable character in '''Blood 2''' and is one of the main protagonists who was brought back from the dead
The following is the full background of Gabriel
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Credit: [https://blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=Gabriel/Gabriella The Blood wiki]
===Early Years===
Gabriella was born out of vengeance and groomed to be a warrior since birth. Her life was steeped in ritual, tradition, and war, something which made her bloodlust insatiable. This made her a perfect fit for the Cabal, though how she joined is unknown. Her early life was not completely violent though, as "papa" would always take her to the freak show every year to see JoJo. Eventually her prowess, skill, and service to the Cabal would lead her to be proclaimed as one of Tchernobog's elite Chosen, alongside three others, Caleb, Ophelia, and Ishmael.
===Betrayal and Death===
Sometime between 1871 through 1928, Tchernobog summoned the four Chosen to the Hall of the Epiphany, His main chamber. Instead of giving them orders as they had thought, Tchernobog told them that they had failed Him, and proceeded to disavow them. The four were stunned as Tchernobog sent in His lieutenants to take the Chosen out one by one.
Shial descended from a thread of silk and took Gabriel off into the darkness. At some point Shial wrapped Gabriel in a cocoon and placed Gabriel in her lair under the arctic circle. Later, Caleb found her, killed Shial, and removed Gabriel's heart from the cocoon, which he drank the life blood from (his back is turned to the camera) in order to increase his powers to face Tchernobog. Caleb does however apologize to her for this before he begins.
===Resurrection===
Gabriella is first seen when she is summoned out of the portal by the Singularity Generator in the Lafayette Museum of Antiquities, in 2028 (from here on her gender and name change are offical). Her coming seems to be a surprise to Gideon and the Mad Scientist, even though they know the Chosen can be resurrected by this means, since he already has Ophelia in his temple. It is possible some of the surprise was from receiving this altered version of Gabriella.
Caleb acts cold towards Gabriella, who says that she needs to go with him to find out what is going on. Caleb refuses, stating angrily that she is not his type. Gabriella later returns to face Caleb in the Cathedral after he defeats the Naga, and challenges Caleb's authority and ability to deal with the problem of the widening rifts and the appearance of the otherworldly creatures. Caleb responds in a low gravely tone, promising that he will "solve it". She and the other Chosen eventually reunite on the other side of the rift after Caleb finally defeats the Ancient One.
===The Nightmare===
During their journey back home, the four Chosen stop at a campfire and tell ghost stories. Gabriella tells of the time she had to stay in a "spooky mansion" overnight.
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{{Quote|A man of few words and violent, decisive action, Ishmael's keen mind and emotionless personality make him a dangerous man to cross. His command of the dark arts is greater than any of the other Chosen, and he uses that power and knowledge to decimate anyone who opposes him. His enemies die suddenly, and horrifically, usually having little or no chance to fight back. Those that do find that Ishmael has the distinct ability to counter almost any attack. If he has a weakness it is on his dependence on his magic, which has caused many of his other skills to atrophy.|The Blood 2 Website}}
{{Quote|A man of few words and violent, decisive action, Ishmael's keen mind and emotionless personality make him a dangerous man to cross. His command of the dark arts is greater than any of the other Chosen, and he uses that power and knowledge to decimate anyone who opposes him. His enemies die suddenly, and horrifically, usually having little or no chance to fight back. Those that do find that Ishmael has the distinct ability to counter almost any attack. If he has a weakness it is on his dependence on his magic, which has caused many of his other skills to atrophy.|The Blood 2 Website}}
==Background==
==Background==
'''Ishmeal''' is a playable character in '''Blood 2''' and is one of the main protagonists who was brought back from the dead
The following is the full background of Ishmeal
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Credit: [https://blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=Ishmael The Blood wiki]
===Early Years===
Little is known of Ishmael's early life, except that he at one time played "Jo-Jo, the Idiot Circus Boy". He mentions at one point that he had engaged in cult work beforehand, though for which cult was left unsaid. We do know that it was after he lost such employment that he was forced into joining the circus. He originally took pride in his job, until the abuse and general humiliation of being a circus freak slowly turned him into an emotional wreck, a prisoner to his own low self-esteem.
During this time he received a message from Tchernobog through a picture in his dressing room, commanding him to kill the circus staff and come to His side, telling him that there was "much work to do". Ishmael escaped the circus, killing many of its workers and other inhabitants. Through devoted service he soon rose to become one of the Chosen, the elite generals of the dark god Tchernobog and His evil cult the Cabal.
===Betrayal and Death===
Sometime between 1871 and 1928, Tchernobog summoned the four Chosen to the Hall of Epiphany, His main chamber. Instead of giving them orders as the Chosen had expected, Tchernobog told them that they had failed Him, and proceeded to disavow them. The four were stunned as Tchernobog sent in His lieutenants to take the Chosen out one by one. Ishmael was set on fire and then eaten by Cerberus. After his resurrection, Caleb would later avenge his friend's death by slaying Cerberus, subsequently blowing his carcass into pieces through the use of carefully placed Remote Detonators.
===Resurrection and the Ancient One Invasion===
More than a hundred years after his death, in 2028 Ishmael is resurrected through a faulty attempt to kill Caleb using the Singularity Generator by Gideon and his companions. Ishmael seems to be the only one that understands what is truly going on, being the only one properly knowledgeable of the responsibilities of The One that Binds and of the growing rifts between the worlds.
He tells Caleb that another reality is forcing its way into our own, and informs him that he is the only one that can stop it, since he inherited the dimensional binding power after he killed Tchernobog. Ishmael appears numerous times throughout Caleb's quest to kill Gideon, relentlessly warning him that it is his responsibility to seal the rifts. He also tells Caleb that an also resurrected Ophelia is being held at Gideon's Temple. He and the other Chosen eventually reunite on the other side of the rift following Caleb's defeat of the the Ancient One, with him eventually convincing Caleb to do the right thing and rebind the fabric of reality.
===The Nightmare===
During their journey back home, the four Chosen stop at a campfire and tell scary stories. Ishmael tells of the time he escaped from the circus, as well as revealing that he also likes weenies and marshmallows.
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A cold and cunning woman, Ophelia is the hand at work behind every situation. Those that join her find themselves curiously doing what she wants whether they planned to or not, and those that oppose her have a tendency to disappear. In a fight she is fast, quiet, and versatile. Unable to take large amounts of punishment or carry the more powerful weapons, she offsets this by using conventional firearms in conjunction with dark magic to maximize her offensive and defensive capabilities. No need to face dead-on what you can take out at 300 yards with a sniper rifle.
Much of Ophelia's early life is unknown. Her British accent hints that she is a descendant of English immigrants, or that she was born in England and migrated to America later. She was probably brought up in a family of some wealth as she was able to enrol in college and join a sorority (Iota Eta Pi).
Ophelia's entrance into the Cabal came during her college years when a genius student created a reanimation serum. The Cabal sent zombies into the campus to secure him and the serum, but as zombies are apparently wont to do, they wandered instead to the "largest collection of defenceless and scantily clad women" - Ophelia's sorority house.
Observing the power that the Cabal wielded, Ophelia had an evil inspiration: ditch her education, family, and associates and join the cult. After destroying all of the incriminating evidence against her, as she knew they would never take a perky bleached blonde sorority girl, she presented herself to the cult and was accepted.
The Cabal
Ophelia was eventually married, either before or after joining the Cabal, and gave birth to a child (given tradition, it can be assumed that she took on his surname of Price). Her husband was also a member of the cult, but for reasons that remain unstated he rescinded his membership. In response, the Cabal torched their homestead, killing him and their young son. Ophelia was left insane and babbling incoherently about the cult in the remains of her burnt up home, though she did not blame them for her plight but instead was left with a deep abiding hatred of her late husband.
Caleb found Ophelia in the remains of her homestead, during his criminal wanderings. He was struck by her beauty but also the words in her mad ramblings. As he rehabilitated her, Caleb learned about the Cabal and their master Tchernobog and joined the cult as well seeking power. It is also implied that he and Ophelia became lovers. Eventually, the two rose through the ranks and, along with Ishmael and Gabriel, became members of the Chosen, Tchernobog's elite generals. The four Chosen served the dark god well, preparing for the day when He would throw open the doors between the dimensions and take over the Earth, although earning the ire of others high in the cult like Cheogh.
Betrayal and Death
Sometime between 1871 and 1928, Tchernobog summoned the four Chosen to the Hall of the Epiphany, His main chamber. Instead of giving orders, as the Chosen had thought, Tchernobog told them that they had failed Him, and proceeded to disavow them. The four were stunned as Tchernobog sent His lieutenants in to take the Chosen out one by one. Cheogh swoops down from the darkness and kidnaps Ophelia, causing Caleb to jump to her aid but in the end fail to grab hold of her.
Cheogh takes off and drags her to the Altar of Stone, where he crucifies her on a large stone monolith. After Caleb was resurrected his first action was to find Ophelia and defeat Cheogh. Upon arriving at the place where Ophelia was hung he screams in anguish as the temple begins to rumble, and a wall collapses. Cheogh emerges and Caleb slays him. He then takes Ophelia down off the altar and places her on a funeral pyre to cremate her body. Afterwards, he approaches the body of Cheogh, points his Sawed-Off Shotgun at the creature's head, and pulls the trigger one final time.
Resurrection
At some point in the year 2028, Ophelia is resurrected by unknown means although Ishmael says that "she was the first to come through". It is likely however that the tears between the realities had something to do with her and the other Chosen's return to the land of the living. She is held by the Cabal in the Temple of Poon in CabalCo headquarters. Once Caleb arrives and finds Ophelia tied to the altar (something rather reminiscent of their previous encounter), she attempts to seduce Caleb into assisting her, before Gideon arrives and spirits her away through another rift.
After Caleb catches up with Gideon, Ophelia appears on the rooftop, inexplicably free, and calls Caleb a "dumb bastard" for following Gideon in. While there, Caleb battles another version of Ophelia as part of the Undead Chosen. They eventually reunite in Reality Beta after the defeat of The Ancient One.
The Nightmare Levels
During their long walk home through the other world, the four Chosen stop at a campfire and tell scary stories. Ophelia, nonplussed by Caleb's sudden disappearance, tells of her time in Iota Eta Pi during the Cabal attack.
Relationship with Caleb
Ophelia's affection for Caleb is debatable to say the least. Very little of the relationship from her side is explored in the canon media; the only acknowledgement of them as lovers is in the Blood manual and accompanying bloodhlp.txt file. In fact, some textual sources relating to Blood II even go so far as to say she has outright rejected Caleb as well as herself following her unexplained resurrection.
"Resurrected into a world with no future and full of disgust over the undead creature that she has become, Ophelia is desperately searching for a way out. She'll do whatever it takes to escape from a world gone mad, a body she no longer knows, and the love of a man she's grown to despise."--Blood II instruction manual
Other background material also hints that one of Caleb's motivations in Blood II was supposed to be winning Ophelia back, although none of this ever really appears in the final product, likely due the game's rushed development causing last minute cuts and story changes.
"Can he hold the Chosen together long enough to retake the Cabal? Or will his actions destroy them all? But the most important question is what he will do when he discovers that the love he has kept alive for nearly a century is nothing but an illusion?"--Blood II instruction manual
When Caleb does finally meet her in-game they engage in some friendly sexually charged banter, none of which can be considered as being strongly suggestive of a relationship in doubt, although the fact that she was tied up at the time may have had something to do with her conducive attitude. She does also seem to share the other Chosen's frustration over Caleb's stubbornness with regards to accepting his responsibility to seal the rifts, but this does not equal hatred.
She is also annoyed when he follows Gideon through the rifts, although once it is all over her annoyance with him seems to have become moot, though what of it remains after the fact remains unclear.
"He wants you to follow him, you dumb bastard."--Ophelia Price, C3L10: Cabal CO Rooftops
She does not seem to mind being trapped with him in the other world, and in The Nightmare Levels during her story she warns the others against revealing her secret, indicating that she still felt rather strongly about Caleb's good opinion of her.
"Actually, I have to let you two in on a little secret to tell this story. Don't tell Caleb though. He'd never forgive me."--Ophelia Price, C5L2: Iota Eta Pi
When she does eventually meet up with him later at the end of her story, she goes on to address him in a very familiar fashion, hinting at some secret affections, or at the very least a fear of Caleb turning against her.
"Umm... you're having a bad dream... Caleb, dear. Just a nightmare.--Ophelia Price, C5L2: Iota Eta Pi
Likely, their relationship is based on a tenuous bond of the hardships they went through - Ophelia's insanity, her involvement with the Cabal and subsequent disavowment, and being resurrected over a century later. It is known that the two were lovers back when they where serving Tchernobog, however it is unknown how this has survived through death, time, and battle.
This character or verse has mature themes and concepts, thus those of young age are ill-advised to look through these.
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Gabriella is the warrior in the truest sense of the word. Born out of vengeance with a past steeped in war, ritual, and tradition, Gabriella has been groomed for battle since she was a child. She is the ultimate walking weapon. She lives for death, and thirsts for power. Easily the strongest of the Chosen, she towers above even Caleb in size. She has forsaken her practice in the dark arts due to the defensive nature that magic sometimes takes. She relies on her incredible strength, endurance, and heavy weaponry to get the job done. Her thick battle armor and heavy weapons slow her down significantly, but she is invaluable to the Chosen as the anchor in any heavy firefight.
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~ The Blood 2 Website
Background
Gabriel is a playable character in Blood 2 and is one of the main protagonists who was brought back from the dead
Gabriella was born out of vengeance and groomed to be a warrior since birth. Her life was steeped in ritual, tradition, and war, something which made her bloodlust insatiable. This made her a perfect fit for the Cabal, though how she joined is unknown. Her early life was not completely violent though, as "papa" would always take her to the freak show every year to see JoJo. Eventually her prowess, skill, and service to the Cabal would lead her to be proclaimed as one of Tchernobog's elite Chosen, alongside three others, Caleb, Ophelia, and Ishmael.
Betrayal and Death
Sometime between 1871 through 1928, Tchernobog summoned the four Chosen to the Hall of the Epiphany, His main chamber. Instead of giving them orders as they had thought, Tchernobog told them that they had failed Him, and proceeded to disavow them. The four were stunned as Tchernobog sent in His lieutenants to take the Chosen out one by one.
Shial descended from a thread of silk and took Gabriel off into the darkness. At some point Shial wrapped Gabriel in a cocoon and placed Gabriel in her lair under the arctic circle. Later, Caleb found her, killed Shial, and removed Gabriel's heart from the cocoon, which he drank the life blood from (his back is turned to the camera) in order to increase his powers to face Tchernobog. Caleb does however apologize to her for this before he begins.
Resurrection
Gabriella is first seen when she is summoned out of the portal by the Singularity Generator in the Lafayette Museum of Antiquities, in 2028 (from here on her gender and name change are offical). Her coming seems to be a surprise to Gideon and the Mad Scientist, even though they know the Chosen can be resurrected by this means, since he already has Ophelia in his temple. It is possible some of the surprise was from receiving this altered version of Gabriella.
Caleb acts cold towards Gabriella, who says that she needs to go with him to find out what is going on. Caleb refuses, stating angrily that she is not his type. Gabriella later returns to face Caleb in the Cathedral after he defeats the Naga, and challenges Caleb's authority and ability to deal with the problem of the widening rifts and the appearance of the otherworldly creatures. Caleb responds in a low gravely tone, promising that he will "solve it". She and the other Chosen eventually reunite on the other side of the rift after Caleb finally defeats the Ancient One.
The Nightmare
During their journey back home, the four Chosen stop at a campfire and tell ghost stories. Gabriella tells of the time she had to stay in a "spooky mansion" overnight.
This character or verse has mature themes and concepts, thus those of young age are ill-advised to look through these.
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A man of few words and violent, decisive action, Ishmael's keen mind and emotionless personality make him a dangerous man to cross. His command of the dark arts is greater than any of the other Chosen, and he uses that power and knowledge to decimate anyone who opposes him. His enemies die suddenly, and horrifically, usually having little or no chance to fight back. Those that do find that Ishmael has the distinct ability to counter almost any attack. If he has a weakness it is on his dependence on his magic, which has caused many of his other skills to atrophy.
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~ The Blood 2 Website
Background
Ishmeal is a playable character in Blood 2 and is one of the main protagonists who was brought back from the dead
Little is known of Ishmael's early life, except that he at one time played "Jo-Jo, the Idiot Circus Boy". He mentions at one point that he had engaged in cult work beforehand, though for which cult was left unsaid. We do know that it was after he lost such employment that he was forced into joining the circus. He originally took pride in his job, until the abuse and general humiliation of being a circus freak slowly turned him into an emotional wreck, a prisoner to his own low self-esteem.
During this time he received a message from Tchernobog through a picture in his dressing room, commanding him to kill the circus staff and come to His side, telling him that there was "much work to do". Ishmael escaped the circus, killing many of its workers and other inhabitants. Through devoted service he soon rose to become one of the Chosen, the elite generals of the dark god Tchernobog and His evil cult the Cabal.
Betrayal and Death
Sometime between 1871 and 1928, Tchernobog summoned the four Chosen to the Hall of Epiphany, His main chamber. Instead of giving them orders as the Chosen had expected, Tchernobog told them that they had failed Him, and proceeded to disavow them. The four were stunned as Tchernobog sent in His lieutenants to take the Chosen out one by one. Ishmael was set on fire and then eaten by Cerberus. After his resurrection, Caleb would later avenge his friend's death by slaying Cerberus, subsequently blowing his carcass into pieces through the use of carefully placed Remote Detonators.
Resurrection and the Ancient One Invasion
More than a hundred years after his death, in 2028 Ishmael is resurrected through a faulty attempt to kill Caleb using the Singularity Generator by Gideon and his companions. Ishmael seems to be the only one that understands what is truly going on, being the only one properly knowledgeable of the responsibilities of The One that Binds and of the growing rifts between the worlds.
He tells Caleb that another reality is forcing its way into our own, and informs him that he is the only one that can stop it, since he inherited the dimensional binding power after he killed Tchernobog. Ishmael appears numerous times throughout Caleb's quest to kill Gideon, relentlessly warning him that it is his responsibility to seal the rifts. He also tells Caleb that an also resurrected Ophelia is being held at Gideon's Temple. He and the other Chosen eventually reunite on the other side of the rift following Caleb's defeat of the the Ancient One, with him eventually convincing Caleb to do the right thing and rebind the fabric of reality.
The Nightmare
During their journey back home, the four Chosen stop at a campfire and tell scary stories. Ishmael tells of the time he escaped from the circus, as well as revealing that he also likes weenies and marshmallows.
Intelligence:Gifted (Can fight armies of cultists and bosses with dozens of years of experience)
Standard Tactics: He uses magic, leech life, and power ups
Weaknesses: Reliant on his magic in battle to the point that his other skills are worse as a result. Using the Life Leech while it's devoid of trapped souls will cause it to drain his own soul as compensation.
