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Major Pavel Morozov (Russian: Павел Морозов) is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Lesnitsky) of the video game Metro: Last Light.
He is a Red Line soldier and the main ally of General Korbut. He and Artyom escape from captivity and go with him to the Theater. There he betrays Artyom by surrendering him to the Red Line. In Chapter 27, "Red Square" can die depending on the player's choice. The player can let him die due to poisoning by contaminated air, or save him by giving him a filter. If you believe the words of little Black, Pavel will survive.
Background[]
Metro: Last Light[]
Pavel first meets Artyom when they are both held captive by Reich soldiers. One of Pavel's comrades refuses to talk and are subsequently executed on the spot, Pavel tells the officer that he is willing to talk but not around Artyom. The officer then turns to question Artyom, Pavel uses the opportunity to fight the other guard. Artyom prevents the officer from shooting Pavel and Pavel kills the officer. Pavel and Artyom uses the opportunity to escape the Nazi concentration camp. Pavel and Artyom hides in the crowd during the Führer's speech and escape to an outpost after Pavel fires a shot in the middle of the crowd. Pavel is captured at the outpost and is sentenced to hang. Artyom narrowly saves Pavel out of the noose and the two escape to a nearby spider infested tunnel. The two battle their way through the tunnels and make for the surface to get to Theater station
Pavel and Artyom stumbles across a Ranger outpost where they take a couple of gas masks for the trek across the surface. On the surface they have to go through a crashed air plane to get to the tunnel entrance where they both experience a vision of the plane crashing in Moscow during the nuclear strike in 2013. Artyom finds Pavel siting against a wall twisting and without his gas mask, Artyom placed the mask back on him and woke him up. As they leave the plane, Artyom is attacked by a Demon who picks him up from the ground but Pavel saves him by shooting the Demon. They fight their way through a horde of Watchmen before finally making it to the tunnel entrance. Pavel saves Artyom, who has been pinned to the ground by a Watchman and holes him through the airlock before a pair of flamethrower wielding soldiers burns the Watchmen.
After entering the Theater via the airlock, Pavel explains to Artyom how he will take Artyom to Polis via Revolution Square. After leaving Artyom to collect supplies and look around the Theater, Pavel takes Artyom to the Burlesque Hall. After waving some documents and gaining entrance to the Burlesque Hall, Pavel gives Artyom the option to watch the show or go to the back. From here, Pavel leads Artyom to a bar where Pavel has ordered a round of drinks. Unbeknownst to Artyom, Pavel has laced Artyom's drink. Before Artyom passes out Artyom learns that Pavel is a high ranking officer of the Red Line, specifically a Major.
Upon coming to his senses, Artyom wakes up in the heart of the Red Line, with Pavel holding Artyom hostage and prepared to hand Artyom General Korbut. Pavel learns that comrade Moskvin is also present, and seems surprised. Regardless, Pavel takes Artyom into the station, saying that Artyom should join the Red Line. After passing Artyom to Korbut for interrogation, Pavel leaves Artyom to receive orders.
After Artyom is interrogated, and comes to his senses, Artyom overhears that Pavel is being sent to Venice. After escaping from the Reds, tracking abandon parts of the Metro on Alex the blacksmith's railcar, saving Red line refugees, and being picked up by a fishermen, Artyom fights Shrimp that Pavel and his men may or may not have pissed off. Upon reaching Venice's strip club, Artyom finds Pavel talking to some of the strippers before entering one of the rooms. Artyom ease-drops on the conversion, but his cover is almost given away by one of the strippers. Regardless, Artyom learns enough that Pavel heading to the warehouse. After accepting or declining a lap dance, Artyom heads to the warehouse to confront Pavel. After sneaking around or killing the Venice criminals, Pavel holds Artyom by gunpoint, ready to kill Artyom. Artyom acts quickly, rushing Pavel with the knife Pavel gave Artyom back in Reich. Pavel admits he knows the locations of the Dark One, and even offers to take Artyom to the Dark One free of tricks. However, Ullman busts down a door, giving Pavel enough time to throw Artyom at Ulman and escape from the two.
Much later, after Artyom sneaks into an area where the Reds have tested the Bioweapon, and Artyom has freed the Dark One, We learn from Lesnitsky's memories that Pavel was taking orders from General Korbut and is entrusted with a special mission in Red Square. With this information, Artyom heads to Red Square to confront and stop Pavel. Artyom heads to Red Square, searching for signs of Pavel. After crossing a ghost city, Artyom is surrounded by Pavel and his men. Pavel congratulates Artyom for making it this far, and orders his men to open fire on Artyom. With the Help of the Dark One, Artyom survives the encounter, and enters a grisly firefight with Pavel. Wounding Pavel, Artyom enters Pavel's memories. From these memories, Artyom learns that Pavel was ordered by General Korbut to deliver the Virus to D6, and wait for an order to release said virus. Pavel is then pulled into the Arms Graveyard. Artyom is given the choice to either save or abandon Pavel. If Pavel is saved, Artyom places a filter on Pavel's mask. The Dark One comments that it know knows forgiveness, and that Pavel will live. If Pavel is abandoned, Pavel dies.
Chronicles Pack[]
The "Pavel" level of the Chronicles Pack describes what transpired with Pavel following his escape from Artyom and Simon in Venice. It discloses that Pavel was taken prisoner by the bandit commander, who tortured and bound him. The bandit was about to give Pavel an injection that would make him run a generator until he passed out, but Pavel jumped him and injected him instead, sending his body into a sewer. Pavel retrieved a knife and flashlight and fled the robbers, emptying many of their safes in the process, until he reached a different area of Venice that the bandits had not yet visited.
In the Red Line, Pavel encountered Yanek, a contact who was pretending to be homeless, who informed him that a cart was ready to transport him there. Pavel managed to return to Korbut after permanently leaving Venice, and he was sent to Red Square right away, just like in the main campaign.
Trivia[]
- According to developer commentary in the level Taiga, Pavel was initially intended to appear in Metro Exodus but was removed from the game. He would have sought for his grandfather's grave with Artyom's assistance.
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