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| “ | Good day, my fellow Helghans. I am Jorhan Stahl. This is something of a rarity for me because speeches are not my forte. But honesty is. I believe what I have to say today you will find very refreshing. My father and Visari, both great leaders. They built this country from nothing. Using sharp minds committed to our future. Together they built a nation. Visari gave us purpose and hope. My father's factory gave us the most powerful army... ...the universe has ever known! But our army has failed us! They have allowed themselves to grow fat, lazy and careless. But that... changes today. A time has come for some new fucking management. And I know what this nation needs. And I will cut out this disease of compliance and subjugation. So to honor Visari, tomorrow we launch the greatest military campaign in our history. And to celebrate that I will give you justice... revenge... and the death of his killers! | „ |
| ~ Stahl's most famous speech. |
| “ | The Terracide happened for a reason, the weak perished. Those of us that survived, were meant to. Now it is time for you to suffer that same fate. History demands it. The Helghast cannot live in Vekta's shadow any longer. | „ |
| ~ Stahl stating his Darwinistic beliefs regarding the Terracide, and his last words before his death. |
Jorhan Brimve Stahl, also known as Chairman Stahl, is the secondary antagonist of the Killzone franchise. He serves as the main antagonist of the 2011 video game Killzone 3 and its novelization Killzone: Ascendancy and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Thomas Sinclair) of the 2013 video game Killzone Shadow Fall.
He is the Chairman/CEO of Stahl Arms as well as one of Visari's closest advisors. Following the death of the Autarch, Stahl plotted to seize control of the Empire but found himself at odds with the Senate, who favoured Admiral Orlock to succeed Scolar Visari. Refusing to swear allegeance to his archenemy, Stahl secretly built a high-tech fleet equipped with incredibly lethal weaponry to launch a coup and subdue the military.
Sadistic and cruel, Jorhan Stahl demonstrated his taste for genocide when he planned to wipe out all life on Earth thanks to the latest weaponry developped by his company. His fellow Helghasts would taste them beforehand, when Stahl moved against Orlock and successfully took on the Helghast fleet.
His plans were ultimately twarted in extremis by the remaining ISA Forces, who managed to destroy Stahl's flagship, causing the Terracide over Helghan and annihilating the Helghast Empire. But a small matter of one billion dead wasn't enough to finish Jorhan Stahl off, who spent the rest of his life plotting in the shadows to overthrow New Helghan and eradicate Vekta once and for all.
He is voiced by Malcolm McDowell in Killzone 3, who also portrayed Mad Mod in Teen Titans, Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Monty in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Sinclair in Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, Tolian Soran in Star Trek: Generations, Andrej Evilenko in Evilenko, James Moriarty in Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes, Daniel Linderman in Heroes, Dr. Calico in Bolt, Shaman in the Aladdin TV series, Tower in Phineas and Ferb, Merlyn the Archer in DC Showcase: Green Arrow, John Henry Eden in Fallout 3, Mayor Scamboli in Pinocchio 3000, Marcus Kane in Doomsday, Gangster in Gangster No.1, John Rainbird in Firestarter 2: Rekindled, Metallo in Superman: The Animated Series, Colonel F. E. Cochrane in Blue Thunder, Lord Fathom in Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Molag Bal in The Elder Scrolls Online, Captain Von Berkow in The Passage, Veris Hydan in Star Wars: Rebels, Leonard Wolf in Silent Hill: Revelation, Ogthar in Dinotopia: The Quest for the Ruby Sunstone, Geoffrey Tolwyn in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, Kesslee in Tank Girl, Arnold Gundars in I Spy, Jonas Slaughter in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Arkady Duvall in Batman: The Animated Series.
In Killzone: Shadow Fall, he is voiced by Gideon Emery, who also voiced Poseidon in God of War III and God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Orca in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Brûz the Chopper and Suladan in Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and portrayed Deucalion in Teen Wolf.
Biography[]
Jorhan Stahl is the son of Khage Stahl, the founder of Stahl Arms which has been arming and supplying weapons to the Helghast Military for many years. Khage had soon found a source of irradiated Petrusite and years later Stahl would use it as a source of power for advanced weapons. Autarch Scolar Visari had soon found the energy source and used it to his advantage and soon Khage went into politics as both Visari and Stahl Arms profited from the suffering and hardships of the Helghast people and simply blamed the Vektans and Humans for their suffering.
Khage had a strong contempt of Visari's hypocrisy and had attempted to seize control of the Helghast state himself but were stopped by Orlock and his associates who were Visari's elites. As a result, Khage died in disgrace leaving his son Jorhan to attempt to seize control for itself and became CEO of his father's company. Despite being a massive collaborator towards Visari, Jorhan had his father's ambitions, and his views were even less noble than his father's.
Second Extrasolar War[]
During the Second Extrasolar War Stahl used his company's influence to his advantage as Stahl Arms had its very own private army with the technology and resources to back it up and had been creating and supplying the same weapons the Helghast Forces have used since its establishment. During the ISA invasion Stahl was involved in a plot to detonate the stolen ISA nuke known as the Red Sun and use it on the capitol city of Pyrrhus to assist the Helghast Forces led by Colonel Radec. The bomb was detonated killing many ISA and Helghast troops alike but Visari was soon killed and thus Stahl battled Orlock for control over the Helghast state. As the remaining ISA Forces began to evacuate Helghan, Stahl had hoped that the ISA troops would leave so Orlock would look incompetent and become Autarch. Stahl soon rounded up many ISA Prisoners of War (POWs) and began to bring them to his Arctic facility to have Jason Narville, who was the commanding officer of the ISA invasion fleet be executed around 2360 as revenge for Visari's death and announce the plan to invade Earth by saying that it was "the greatest military campaign in our history" when all of a sudden RIco and Sev prevented the execution and rescue all of the POWs.
This disaster soon caused Stahl to find out that the Helghan Senate had just declared Orlock Autarch and was horrified at the news. In response, he arrived at the Space Station orbiting Helghan where he and Orlock were to be commanding their forces for the Helghast invasion of earth when Stahl's cruiser began to open fire on the Senate's forces in an effort to convince the senate to make him Autarch and have them beg for mercy. Following a duel between Stahl and Orlock, Stahl soon announced that he would use his weapons to completely obliterate the population of earth killing off most of the human race which horrified Orlock. At that moment Stahl had completely shocked Orlock as Stahl had no remorse or guilt of his decision to destroy his own fleet and obliterates an entire species. Stahl's cruiser soon crash landed on Helghan leading to the collapse of the Helghan Empire and the death of over 1 billion people.
Killzone: Shadow Fall[]
30 years later in the year 2390, Stahl survived and lives on the ruins of Helghan where he manufactures MAWLRs and other weapons for the Black Hand to use against the Vektan government. Stahl then gave Tyran a biological weapon made by Massar, an ISA scientist to use to obliterate the Vektan population when VSA Shadow marshal Lucas Kellen discovered the plot. Stahl was soon found by Lucas and killed by Thomas Sinclair and Lucas was soon killed next.
Personality[]
Jorhan Stahl was a prime Helghast being very warmongering and power-hungry. He has a strong hatred of Vektans and wanted to have full control over the Helghast government. Stahl was shown to have little to no morals as he destroyed the invasion fleet leaving Helghan defenseless and wanted to exterminate the entire Earth population and control all of the human colonies.
Years later he believed that the Helghasts who died in the Petrusite were meant to and that all who survived were the strongest of the race showing a stronger fascist/nazi type of behavior over the years than Visari ever did. He also kept his genocidal behavior as he was willing to give Black Hand leader, Vladko Tyran a biological weapon powerful enough to exterminate all of the human colonists on Vekta, though he never truly respected Tyran as he considered him a disgrace to the Helghan people for being a Vekten Born Helghast and saw the Black Hand (and the people of New Helghan) as mere pretenders to the Helghast of old. He also shares this distaste with hybrids, which is Visari's Daughter is implied to be and Grandaughter is.
Quotes[]
| “ | Orlock: Wait! Stahl, think about what you're doing. You're going to leave Helghan defenseless. Stahl: That's it? That's the best you've got? Hahaha! Orlock: Listen! Even if you win. Do you really think Helghan's enemies will give you time to rebuild? Look around you, Stahl. You're destroying our people. Stahl: Unless... What if I had no enemies left to fight? What if I used my weapons and killed everyone on Earth? The colonies would be terrified. They'd fall into line. And I wouldn't need your help. |
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| ~ Stahl, moments before betraying Orlock. |
| “ | Like I said. You're predictable. | „ |
| ~ Stahl mocking a helpless Orlock before killing him and his famous quote. |
| “ | Stahl: You couldn't even get that right. Utterly useless. Go! The moment we're off the station... destroy it. HAZMAT Trooper: But sir, the men... Stahl: Fuck 'em. |
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| ~ Sthal leaving his soldiers to their fate. |
| “ | Jason Narville: We are prisoners of war! We have rights! You just violated the Stockholm Treaty! Stahl: Stockholm? What planet do you think you're on? |
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| ~ Stahl as he mocks Narville's attempt to avoid his execution. |
| “ | I can see you are determined to kill me. I understand. You want to protect your home. It is admirable. You show something a great many of your kind lack. Vektans are selfish, they care only about themselves. They look at their fellow man and resent him. Each one seeking more than the other. There is no loves in your hearts, only greed. It is because of this weakness that you can endure like we can. We have something much stronger than you. We have belief. A belief that cannot be shaken no matter how hard you try. Know that killing me changes nothing. It only prolongs the inevitable. It is simply a matter of biology. You were born on the wrong side, Marshal. Others will rise up behind me and take my place. Eventually, we will win. | „ |
| ~ Stahl to Lucas Kellan. |
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External Links[]
- Jorhan Stahl on the Killzone Wiki
- Jorhan Stahl on the Pure Evil Wiki
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