| “ | So big. So angry. So dead. | „ |
| ~ Mordecai |
Mordecai is a major protagonist in the Borderlands series and one of the main protagonists of the first game. Originally a master sniper from the planet Artemis, Mordecai left home in order to get "everything this freaking universe owes me". He became a mercenary and eventually a Vault Hunter, and he, along with Rolan, Brick and Lilith, set out on a quest for The Vault on the planet Pandora. He and the others would ultimately save the planet from the catastrophic alien within, The Destroyer, and would go on to form the Crimson Raiders to help protect Pandora from the chaos of the ultra hostile world. Several years later after the defeat of Handsome Jack, Mordecai would form the B-Team with Brick and Tina.
Biography[]
Mordecai was born on the planet Artemis within the Six Galaxies of Borderlands. When he was 17 he entered a shooting competition with participants from multiple worlds. While everyone participated with a sniper rifle, Mordecai won with nothing but a revolver, causing the other contestants to scorn him and accuse him of cheating. This got him banned from the tournament, and gave him a chip on his shoulder.
Sometime into his adulthood, he raised a predatory bird as his pet and combat companion, Bloodwing. He would then decide to become a Vault Hunter in search of the legendary Vault on the planet Pandora and the treasure within. He would meet and befriend Brick, Roland, and Lilith, and the four began their quest for the Vault together.
Mordecai, along with Roland, Brick, and Lilith, was a founding member of the Crimson Raiders. Between the events of Borderlands and Borderlands 2, Mordecai was involved with Moxxi, whom he won as a prize from the Underdome. Their relationship went sour, and Moxxi left him for Handsome Jack. He also becomes an alchoholic, and drinks even before fighting. When Hyperion attacked New Haven, Mordecai fought Wilhelm along with Lilith and Roland, but they were easily defeated.
He learns of a Hyperion train convoy moving through the Tundra Express, supposedly carrying the Vault Key. Roland tells the Vault Hunters to meet him there, and he assists them by providing sniper fire. After Sanctuary's relocation, he heads to the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve to obtain a Claptrap software upgrade to bypass the deterrence field leading to the Bunker. Mordecai was overrun by Hyperion troops, and escaped after Bloodwing distracted them, but was taken to one of the facility's pens. The Vault Hunters manage to find her, but mutated after being subject to slag experimentation. They manage to weaken Bloodwing and retrieve the Claptrap upgrades, but Jack detonates her collar, killing her and sending Mordecai into a rage. After helping the Vault Hunter to escape the outer perimeter of the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve, Mordecai returns to Sanctuary.
Mordecai and Brick assume command of the Crimson Raiders after the loss of Roland and Lilith. When the Vault Hunters obtain the information on the Vault of the Warrior's location, he and Brick assist them in the first gauntlet of Hero's Path with a captured Hyperion drop barge, until it is targeted by a Moon Blitz. Against Mordecai's insistence, Brick jumps back onto the barge, which is then struck by the Blitz, sending them both crashing into the lava. Both of them manage to survive and make it to the Vault after Jack and the Warrior's defeat, and witness the activation of the map showing the locations of many other Vaults scattered throughout the universe. The sketches in the credits show Mordecai holding a Bloodwing hatchling. In Sir Hammerlock vs. the Son of Crawmerax, it is revealed that he named the hatchling "Talon" and quit drinking to raise him.
In Episode 3 of Tales from the Borderlands, Mordecai and Brick are hired by the gang lord Vallory to apprehend Athena, whom they learned was once allied with Handsome Jack. The two of them dueled with Athena and Fiona, and was almost defeated, had Vallory not interfered. After knocking Athena out with a rocket launcher, Vallory allowed the two Vault Hunters to take Athena back to Sanctuary.
In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Mordecai is seen in the introduction scene with Brick limping away, after Lilith noted how it took the two to capture Athena. He is seen again in the final scene along with Brick, objecting to Lilith's order to execute Athena. Despite the objections, Lilith still orders the Crimson Raider soldiers to carry out the execution anyways; only to have the bullets stopped by The Watcher, who warns them that war is imminent and they need to start recruiting vault hunters.
In Borderlands 3, during the mission Hammerlocked Brick, Mordecai, Tiny Tina, and the Vault Hunter are hired by Wainwright Jakobs to rescue Sir Hammerlock, where he resumes his role of providing cover at range. Mordecai's call sign during this mission is Birdman.
Personality[]
Mordecai comes off as a somewhat cocky man with a chip on his shoulder. He thoroughly enjoys violence and is right at home in such situations. He has the demeanor of someone like a rebel, and while he is the deadliest of the original Vault Hunters (he was the one that won Moxxi's Underdome) he does have a moral compass that points to good. Mordecai would never harm an innocent and even protects them, and while he was originally eager for loot and rewards for his deeds, in time he would mature and become a genuine defender of good, but he would still retain his sense of playful arrogance.
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