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Viktor Marchenko is the main antagonist of the dystopian sci-fi shooter Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. He is a high-ranking official of the Augmented Rights Coalition and leads a splinter-cell terrorist faction within the organization and has been responsible for multiple terrorist attacks across Europe, including the Ruzica Station bombing in Prague, Czech Republic. He is secretly an agent of the Illuminati, and the primary target for Adam Jensen and Task Force 29.
He was voiced by James A. Woods, who also played Tom Reed in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Little is known about Marchenko's past. He is known to be Ukranian, and was born in 1991 near Zaporizhia; his parents were both illiterate railway workers. He dropped out of school at the age of 10 to work as a shift worker with a drilling gang for shale-gas deposits in Eastern Ukraine. In 2011, Marchenko was involved and injured in a brawl with Pro-Russian speratists, resulting in his hospitalization. He also served time at Lukyanivska prison during this period. Marchenko then disappeared from public records, resurfacing 12 years later in 2023 in Belgorod, Russia with a wife (Alisa Maratovna - a suspected Russian Intelligence Agent he married in 2021) and newborn daughter (Raisa Viktorichna); by this point, he was still unaugmented. Marchenko and his family disappeared again in 2027, shortly prior to the Aug Incident.
Marchenko entered the Czech Republic's Útulek Complex in 2027, using the name Viktor Melnik (possibly as a tribute to his wife, whose maiden name was Melnika); his wife and daughter did not accompany him, and their whereabouts are unknown. During his time at Útulek, State Police reported that Marchenko instigated several incidents in which he 'stood up' to them whilst they were performing their duties. It is unknown when he started using the surname Marchenko again.
Mankind Divided[]
In Mankind Divided, Viktor is the leader of a terrorist faction within ARC and is responsible for multiple terrorist attacks across Europe including the bombing the Ruzica Station which killed dozens of civilians. In the reveal trailer he's seen making a message to the world on how augmented people will not sit back and be killed off and will continue his insurrection until Jensen comes in and interrupts the message. In the E3 Trailer, he's seen at the end where he overlooks Jensen's escape next to a small team of ARC Insurgents. His actions have led to ARC being labeled a terrorist organization by many governments and for having Talos Rucker, ARC's Leader, being labeled as a terrorist despite Rucker's abhorrence for violence.
Appearance[]
Viktor is immensly tall and is pyshically strong and well-built. He's very tall and buff having a brute-like appearance. Both arms are augmented and most most likely from a tragic incident in the past and his right eye is also patched up from an accident before. He wears all black clothing with military armor and gear all over him and a large cape as well.
Personality[]
Marchenko is an outspoken and unique member of ARC primarily for his radical views. He's become cold and ruthless in the bleak Post-Aug Incident world and has become a rather cold and vengeful individual. He's very smart and intelligent as he knows about previous revolutions that occured in the past. His violent and militaristic ideology and call for rebellion to save augmented people has caused him to be responsible for mutliple terrorist attacks all across Europe including one in Prague at the Ruzica Train Station. His goal to further the cause of ARC has led him to be at odds with Talos Rucker, ARC's Leader, because of the two opposing and conflicting beliefs.
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Trivia[]
- Viktor appears to be one of the most augmented characters in Mankind Divided next to that of Adam Jensen.
- Marchenko bears simulatiries to Jaron Namir on how one of his eyes is the only remaining organic parts of his body left and how so much of his body is augmented, there's barely any organic material on it.
- Marchenko was originally the game's secondary antagonist, serving as the right hand man of Hiroshi Saito, who would have served as the main antagonist. However, Saito was cut early in development, leading to Marchenko taking his role in the game.
