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“ | ATTENTION, stupid pacifist monks! This is Oppressor Traunt. It's not just a title, oppression is my PROFESSION! | „ |
~ Traunt |
“ | TRAAAAAAUNT! | „ |
~ Traunt's battlecry. |
Captain Samuel "Sammy" Traunt is a supporting antagonist in Borderlands 3. A highly arrogant yet insecure Captain within Maliwan's army, he was sent to Athenas to acquire the Vault Key Fragment hidden there by any means necessary. Traunt then employs an ultra violent shock and awe tactic to quickly overwhelm the peaceful monks who called the world home, causing mass death and destruction until he us ultimately killed by the Vault Hunters. His villainy then continues on as he rises up in undeath, becoming Captain Haunt.
Biography[]
Samuel Traunt was born somewhere within The Six Galaxies to a family with history of service in the Maliwan Corporation's military faction. His older brother enlisted and rose to the rank of General, and Samuel makes it a point to try and impress him. Over time he would make it to the rank of Captain, and after Maliwan's internal hostile take over by Katagawa Jr. and his alliance with The Calypso Twins, Samuel would be sent to the planet Athenas, which has a history with Sirens. His task was to find the Vault Key Fragment, and he embarked on a planet wide invasion of destruction to do so. After his men repeatedly failed to stop the Vault Hunters, Traunt himself personally engaged them in combat, during which he was killed.
Death would not be the end for Samuel however. His soul would find its way to Heck, a nightmarish, hellish realm, and within The Heck Hole, he would be transformed into the vengeful undead Captain Haunt. He would then unleash his seemingly endless horde of ghosts upon the cosmos every year during The Bloody Harvest, ultimately getting struck down once more, only to keep rising up again.
Personality[]
Captain Traunt has a few very distinctive attributes to his personality. Firstly, he loves his job, openly happily stating that Oppressor is more than just a title, it is his profession. He enjoys causing chaos and unleashing destruction upon his foes, especially if they are weak and unable to fight back. Secondly there is nothing he will not do in order to try and please his older brother General Traunt and to make him proud of him, as he himself puts it, he has a "huge" inferiority complex, and is wholly willing to commit war crimes in his pursuit of acknowledgement. Lastly, Traunt endlessly mocks and insults his victims, calling the monks stupid pacifists, ridiculing their feeble attempts to fight back, and gloating about the destruction he will unleash upon their world.
Powers and Abilities[]
Captain Traunt is a combination of a Badass Pyrotech and Badass Icebreaker Heavy, allowing him to unleash incendiary and cryogenic devastation simultaneously. His Heavy armor grants him exceptional damage resistance as well as a heavy duty shield to prevent all incoming damage for an extended period of time.
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