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| title = Aiden Pearce
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| fullname = Aiden Pearce
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| status = Alive
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| age = 39
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| birthdate = May 2nd, 1974
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| nationality = Northern Irish American
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| residence = Chicago, IL
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| alias = The Vigilante<br>The Fox<br>Joe Smith
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| profession = Grey hat hacker, Vigilante, Fixer
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| actor = [[Noam Jenkins]]
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| game = ''[[Watch Dogs]]''
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'''Aiden Pearce ('''also known as '''The Vigilante '''and''' The Fox '''by the media''')''' is the protagonist of ''[[Watch Dogs]]''. He is a highly skilled [[Wikipedia:Grey hat|grey hat]] hacker who has access to the [[ctOS]] of [[Chicago]] using a highly specialized device given to him by [[Clara Lille]], the [[Profiler]]. Because of the danger put to those in his past whom he loved, he has taken to a personal crusade against the powers that be. His obsession with security, surveillance, and control borders on the paranoid and dangerous, extending to monitoring his own family (unbeknownst to them).
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== History ==
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=== Background ===
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Aiden Pearce was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on May 2nd, 1974.<ref>@watchdogsgame (May 02, 2013). [https://twitter.com/watchdogsgame/status/330072003618934786 Tweet]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved on December 12, 2013.</ref> It is implied that his mother took both him and his sister, [[Nicole Pearce]], to the US in order to escape their father. After leaving Northern Ireland and becoming a nationalized citizen of the United States of America. Pearce built up an extensive criminal record in the States, and with his knowledge of hacking and social engineering skills, he's made the acquaintance of various underworld figures and built up a respectable reputation as a hacker and a thief. Although he spent 11 months in Cook County Correctional Facility for his crimes, he is known to many as being "The best at what he did."<ref name="story trailer" />
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However, his actions had serious repercussions for himself and for his family, leading to the death of his niece [[Lena Pearce]] at the hands of Aiden's enemies.<ref name="story trailer">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcdgbzZe_A Watch_Dogs - Story Trailer]. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.</ref>
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After the death of Lena, Pearce is now out for revenge against forces that are still bent on his destruction. Driven by guilt and a primal need for survival, Pearce sets about tracking down those who have spread misery and pain into his life.
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Becoming a vigilante has added a number of crimes to his already standing list of felonies, of which now include computer fraud, possession of firearms, and grand larceny. Along with resisting arrest and firing at police, Pearce now has a bench warrant for his immediate arrest.
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== Personality and traits ==
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Aiden apparently grew up learning about computers<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_dpJYjxhA&feature=youtu.be&t=1m49s Watch Dogs Exclusive Series - Part 1: Telling a Story] ''Youtube''. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.</ref>, and in his adult life, utilized his knowledge to commit a multitude of clandestine activities and scams. Pearce's background as a criminal has given him a level of street-cred in the shadier areas of the city and access to various underworld contacts.
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Aiden is very protective of his family and will go to extreme lengths to ensure their safety. His regard for loved ones is strong enough to seek retribution against any who have hurt them.
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Aiden's behavior comes across as quite relaxed in the face of pressure. When in a tricky situation, his high level of composure can be seen, even making light of a situation that could potentially lead him to prison or death.
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Aiden is also fairly athletic, possessing good muscular strength, good sprint speed, and agility. His physical strength can often be seen when he is chasing down criminals and when using his telescopic baton for melee combat.
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Aiden is not afraid to take a human life if someone gets in the way of his goals. Aiden could be seen as ruthless and cold, but he does this to help bring the corruption in the city to a stop by doing the things the cops can't, or won't, do.
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Despite his ruthlessness and borderline paranoia, Aiden does have a strong sense of justice and compassion, as he will often subdue and fight criminals. Despite this, he is not above hurting former friends, such as his former mentor Damien Brenks, for going after his family.
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Players' actions determines Aiden's [[reputation]] throughout the game as evident in many news dialogues triggered throughout the campaign. Actively partaking in crime fighting yields positive reputation with people singing praises and refusing to leak information of him to the cops when an arrest warrant was issued for him.
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== Appearance ==
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Aiden is a Caucasian male with green eyes, brown mid-length hair, and light facial hair. While having his mugshot taken, it is shown that he is 6 feet 2 inches tall and appears to be of [[wikipedia:Somatotype and constitutional psychology#The three types|mesomorphic]] build. Aiden normally wears a grey, long-sleeve, zip-neck sweater, usually un-tucked. On top of the sweater, Aiden wears a modern, brown, knee-length [[wikipedia:Trench coat|trench coat]]. Aiden wears dark grey trousers and brown boots. He also has a deep, gravelly voice.
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Aiden also keeps a neckwarmer scarf tucked into the neck of his sweater, which he may pull up so that it covers his face up to the bridge of his nose. Aiden also wears a dark brown cap with the stylized "Nexus" logo on the front of it.
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== Abilities and skills ==
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Pearce is highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat, lethal and non-lethal tactics, offensive and defensive driving, gunplay, hacking, and freerunning. He can chain together actions in rapid succession such as vaulting over a fence while hacking an electrical relay box to neutralize a criminal.
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His hand-to-hand combat skills are shown to be a variety of both martial arts and street fighting techniques, probably learned through his career as a thief and former Fixer. He is also skilled in countersurveillance, often shown when he is escaping various thugs, Fixers, and police officers. Consequentially, he is often required to escape from pursuers due to him being a wanted man.
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== Relationships ==
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=== Clara Lille ===
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{{Main|Clara Lille}}
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Aiden and Clara share similar interests as Aiden becomes a surveillance-obsessed hacker and Clara belongs to Aiden's enemies [[DedSec]]. Aiden notes that Clara "is a dangerous wildcard, but she is the best hacker I know," implying that he is not completely trusting Clara, but is forced to enlist her for her qualities. As the game progresses, Aiden frequently notes to himself how his actions are putting Clara out of her depth and into danger.
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=== Jordi Chin ===
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{{Main|Jordi Chin}}
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Aiden and Jordi have a love-hate relationship, though they irritate each other often, the two do somewhat understand each other and work well together.
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=== T-Bone ===
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{{Main|T-Bone Grady}}
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Aiden and T-Bone are allies. T-Bone will help out Aiden throughout the story. As seen in some trailers Aiden and T-Bone are friends.
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== Murders committed ==
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* [[Anthony "Iraq" Wade|Anthony Wade]]: Killed in firefight.
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* [[Defalt]]: Killed during a car chase. (optional)
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* [[Dermot "Lucky" Quinn|Dermot Quinn]]: Hacked pacemaker.
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* [[Damien Brenks]]: Shot in the head.
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* [[Maurice Vega]]: Shot to elimante loose ends (optional).
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* Various '''Fixers'''.
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== Behind the scenes ==
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Aiden Pearce's character first appeared in the E3 gameplay demo in 2012, where he was shown carrying out the murder of media mogul [[Joseph Demarco]]. Actor [[Noam Jenkins]] provided the voice for Aiden Pearce in the game, while [[Sébastien Rouleau]]<ref>[http://www.watchdogsforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=42&start=150#p7511 Your Questions for the Developers]. [[Nikolas Schmidt]] in a Q/A with Watch Dogs Forum.net. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.</ref> provided the motion capture for Aiden's movement.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7mwzYpM8HA Watch_Dogs - MoCap Session]. ''Youtube''. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.</ref>
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Aiden Pearce has been compared to [[wikipedia:Walter White (Breaking Bad)|Walter White]], a high school chemistry teacher turned methamphetamine kingpin, from the hit-show ''[[wikipedia:Breaking Bad|Breaking Bad]]'' by ''Watch Dogs''' creative director [[Jonathan Morin]], and he even cited White as one of the main influences for Aiden's character. "When I think about it for a second, he’s the most self-centered motherfucker on the planet, right?" he said, speaking of Heisenberg (Walter White) in terms that could, it seems, easily be applied to Pearce as well. "And then I go back and I say, 'Oh my god, he’s awesome, he needs to win.' And what’s great about that is it’s true for all the characters in the series, right? It’s the same in our game."<ref>IFC (June 11, 2012). [http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/06/e3-watch-dogs-preview E3 2012: “WATCH DOGS” COULD BE THE “BREAKING BAD” OF VIDEO GAMES]. ''IFC''. Retrieved on June 1, 2014.</ref>
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== Appearances ==
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* ''[[Watch Dogs]]'' {{1a}}
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== Trivia ==
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* Although Aiden is right-handed, he can use both his [[Profiler]] and a one-handed weapon simultaneously.
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* Aiden, as part of his hacking skills and need to monitor his family, is proficient in [[wikipedia:Social engineering (security)|social engineering.]]
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* The broken "Z" on his mask is based off the logo of the game's original developer studio title, Nexus. Further more Nexus is the license plate(spelled N3X US) of Aiden's personal car, which he eventually gives to his sister to leave Chicago.
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* Aiden Pearce has a younger sister [[Nicole Pearce]] (Age 33) and a nephew [[Jackson Kent Pearce|Jackson Pearce]] (Age 9) and had a Niece [[Lena Pearce]] (Age 6).
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* Aiden means "Fire Walker" in old Irish.
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* Aiden shares similarities to Ezio Auditore from [[Ubisoft|Ubisoft's]] Assassin's Creed series. Both have lost family that were murdered and plan revenge. They also try and protect what family they have left.
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* Aiden has no legal job in the campaign, and no CTOS record of a legal job. It is assumed he lives off money he and his partner stole as hackers before his niece died.
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* All of Aiden's outfits are virtually the same as his cover outfit, although varying shoes and boots, and different sizes and patterns on his clothes.
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* When trying to find Defalt in dotconnexion, Aiden's profile comes up as saying 'got his niece killed'. This is the only point in the game in which you see this happen- at all other times, Aiden's face does not register on the ctOS network.
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** It also says that his occupation is "Boo fucking hoo".
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==Gallery==
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Watch Dogs Aiden Pearce Close Up.jpg|
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Watch Dogs Aiden Pearce Profile.jpg|
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Watch Dogs Aiden Pearce Profile 2.jpg|
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|-|Screenshots = <gallery>
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WatchDogsHacking.jpg|Pearce without his mask.
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WatchDogsHoodSlide.jpg|Pearce sliding over the hood of a car.
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WatchDogs1.jpg|Pearce [[Traffic Lights Control|hacking the traffic lights]].
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WatchDogsMainCharacter.jpg|Pearce while wearing his face mask.
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ss vigilante takedown.jpg|Aiden Pearce taking down a criminal.
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Takedown.jpg|Aiden escaping the cops on motorbike.
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Aiden hacking a steampipe whilst riding a motorcycle, Watch_Dogs.png|Aiden evades the police.
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Aiden is being hacked, Watch_Dogs.png|"You are being hacked."
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Running across the L-Train, Watch Dogs.png|Aiden hacks a police Helicopter, while running on across a train.
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Confronting some thugs, Watch Dogs.png|Aiden confronts some thugs in an alley.
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CtOS takedown, Watch Dogs.png
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</gallery>
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</tabber>
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== References ==
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<references />
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters in Watch Dogs]]
[[Category:Characters in Watch Dogs]]