Hugh Darrow

"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Sarif here has asked me to show the world how human enhancement technology can change it, after careful deliberation I've decided I must do exactly that. Forgive me."

- Hugh Darrow

Hugh Darrow is a major character and one of the main antagonists of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Darrow is the inventor of mechanical augmentation, a feat which literally changed the world and brought out a new variety of companies, medical treatments and ethical debates and caused Darrow to win a Nobel prize and be considered equal to the brightest minds in history.

Darrow also has a debilitated leg, one of the reasons he invented augmentations in the first place was to find a way to improve the quality of life for himself and those with similar limitations, although he was mostly successful in this it turns out that Darrow is ironically one of the minority of people who's genetic makeup prevents them from being augmented causing Darrow to become jealous of those who have benefited from is creations. This jealousy eventually lead him forming similar (although likely more radical) views as groups like Humanity Front who oppose augmentation due to various reasons such as the fact it's unnatural or the possible negative effects on the mind of the augmented individual.

In 2027 Darrow was informed of a plan by the Illuminati to install chips on all augmented individuals so that they could shut down the augments whenever they wanted, Darrow became involved and secretly modified the chips so that they also included a way to make the augmented people go insane.

Darrow later held press conference being held at a Panchea station which was apparently made as a way to combat global warming, When it was his turn to speak he executed his plan causing most of the augmented people in the world to go insane and begin killing everyone around them which led to the deaths of millions.

Afterwards he is confronted by Adam Jensen, the two proceed to engage in a verbal debate that Jensen may or may not win, after this Jensen has the opportunity to kill him immediately afterwards or after the signal is shut off, if Jensen leaves him alive it's not clear what happens to Darrow.

Darrow's plan was ultimately successful as it led to augmented people becoming segregated and legal augmentation was severely reduced if not completely stopped.