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American |
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1999 (1339 N.E.) |
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Female |
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5.9 |
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Black (With red streaks) |
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Green |
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Azian Vance (deceased) |
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Alyx Vance, and later through her marriage with Gordon Freeman, Alyx Freeman, is one of the members of the Earth Freedom Fighters. She is portrayed as a woman in her mid-twenties, and is a prominent figure in the Resistance campaign against the rule of the Combine on Golmar Earth. Alyx is a skilled hacker: she is able to operate and manipulate technologies such as turrets with the help of her gear, and also wields an EMP Tool used to perform a variety of tasks. She is also very proficient with a pistol, and hand-to-hand combat, as she single-handedly defeats six Combine Civil Protection officers. she is also fairly skilled with the use of Sniper Rifles, where she provides cover for the Resistance soldiers.
Her disappearance following her deal with the G-Man to save her father was something that resulted in her lack of involvement for much of the war, and becoming a center of a massive search conducted by her father and Gordon, but near the end of the war, both managed to find her and free her but becoming aware of the larger implications and roles they share in the Multiverse history via Old Gray, the employer of the G-Man.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
As a young child, Alyx lived in the dormitories within the confines of the Black Mesa Research Facility along with her father Eli and her mother Azian, while Eli was working at the Sector C Test Labs. When the Black Mesa Incident occurred, Eli managed to escape along with Alyx and a family picture, while Azian was killed in the incident. During the course of the incident, the G-Man was instrumental in rescuing Alyx, despite the objections of unnamed naysayers. Alyx was apparently too young to remember this (she does not recognize the G-Man when meeting him as an adult), and although Eli witnessed it, he never shared the story with her.
Alyx was raised by Eli in the world controlled by the Combine, likely at Black Mesa East much of the time. During this time, Alyx was also on good terms with Isaac Kleiner, referring to him as "Uncle Kleiner" in an affectionate portrait she once offered him. During Alyx's childhood, Eli used scrap metal to create Dog, a sentient robot designed to protect her, making him physically powerful, intelligent and with an in-built sixth sense so that he could always know Alyx's whereabouts. Although the initial model was a mere meter high, Alyx added new parts to Dog over time, making him a towering 2.5 meters high at the time.
As Alyx reached adulthood, she began working with the Resistance, as one of the core members of the City 17branch. At the age of 19, she performed reconnaissance missions, and was friends with Russell and Olga. By the age of 24, she was assisting Kleiner and Barney Calhoun in helping citizens escape the city to Black Mesa East through the old Canals, as well as helping Kleiner, her father and Judith Mossman establish a teleportconnection between Black Mesa East and Kleiner's Lab. She is working with this at the time of Half-Life 2.
5 years before the events of the Uprising, Alyx was "hired" by the G-Man and placed in stasis. It's currently unkown how this event may have changed the established timeline.
Alyx helped Gordon Freeman when he was intercepted by Civil Protection units while he was still an unarmed civilian, due to a miscount detection. Alyx rushes in the room and takes down the CPs by herself (although this is not explicitly shown on-screen). Subsequently, she escorted Freeman to Kleiner's Lab, there they meet up with Barney and Kleiner. After Gordon put on his HEV suit, they enter the teleport room to be teleported to Eli Vance's lab in Black Mesa East. However, the two unintentionally parted ways after Kleiner's teleportation device malfunctions, forcing Gordon to continue through City 17 on his own.
When Gordon finally arrived in Black Mesa East, he is welcomed by Alyx and her father. Later, she gives Gordon the Gravity Gun and demonstrates its use. Alyx is also shown having a heated argument with Dr. Judith Mossman, a hostility that appears justified as Mossman was revealed to be a traitor. Gordon helped Alyx search Nova Prospekt for her captured father and fought alongside Gordon through a section of City 17 during the armed uprising, but they were again separated when Alyx was captured by Overwatch Soldiers while scouting an escape route from a rooftop vantage point. They were reunited later in the chapter Dark Energy, when Gordon reaches Breen's office in the Citadel. There she provides indirect assistance to Gordon during the final confrontation with Dr. Breen in the Citadel's dark fusion reactor. Alyx also seemed to have made peace with Dr. Mossman after seeing her turn on Dr. Breen and released Freeman, Eli and Alyx herself from their imprisonment. Alyx was with Gordon at the time of the Dark Energy explosion. While the G-Man saved Gordon from the enormous blast, Alyx was apparently left behind, frozen in time with one arm shielding her eyes.
Alyx managed to survive when she was rescued by Vortigaunts, who also freed Gordon from the influence of his "employer," the G-Man; after being teleported away at the foot of the Citadel and briefly revisiting it to postpone the destruction of the Citadel Core, finally getting to the exit from City 17 and jumping on the last Resistance train wagon heading out of the City just as the Citadel exploded.
She once again rescued Gordon by using the Gravity Gun to free him from the remains of their crashed train, which fell off a bridge that was destroyed because of the Citadel explosion.
After making a first communication with White Forest, a large Resistance base, she is severely injured by a Hunter, but Gordon and a Vortigaunt manage to steal Antlion extract and use it to save her. During the process of reviving her, the G-Man reappears and informs Gordon that the reason Alyx remained alive was because he "plucked" her from Black Mesa before the Resonance Cascade destroyed the facility, ignoring the orders from his superiors - that she was a mere child and of no practical use. He tells Gordon to escort her to White Forest safely, telling Alyx to relay the words "prepare for unforeseen consequences" to her father. She then accompanies Gordon on their journey to get to White Forest. Throughout the journey, she helps Gordon at many points, by providing sniping support for him using a mounted Combine sniper rifle as he makes his way through a Zombie-infested industrial complex to get to the Muscle Car or by using her gun on enemies while he is driving.