The Outer Worlds 2 - Characters
Playable companions, the playable Commander, key allies, and the antagonists of the Arcadia system in The Outer Worlds 2. Six unique companions can be recruited and two travel with you at a time.
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· updated 2026-09-03
| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Commander | A seasoned Earth Directorate agent who, three years before the main events, led the first team sent to investigate Arcadia's interdimensional rifts. | Protagonist (Player Character) | Earth Directorate | Ranged & Melee Combat Dialogue & Persuasion Stealth Third & First Person Action Companion Leadership | Player Character (fully customizable) |
| Niles Abara | A young Earth Directorate agent and the only other survivor of the Horizon Point incident. | Ally / Rookie Agent | Earth Directorate | Investigation Ranged Combat Vengeance-Driven Quests | Auto-recruited at game start on Paradise Island |
| VALERIE | An Automech Support Drone in service to Niles Abara. | Ally / Automech Companion | Earth Directorate | Drone-supported Fire Scouting Technical Support | Auto-recruited at game start on Paradise Island |
| Inez Silang | A combat medic who survived one of Auntie's Choice's experimental enhancement programs, in which most subjects died. | Ally / Combat Medic | Auntie's Choice (Survivor) | Field Medicine Combat Support Auntie's Choice Insight | Recruited through dialogue and related quests as the story progresses |
| Marisol Delgado | A seasoned member of the Order of the Ascendant and a renowned deadly assassin. | Ally / Assassin | Order of the Ascendant | Stealth Assassination Melee Combat Order Connections | Recruited through dialogue and related quests |
| Aza Leitenger | A member of a cult that worships the interdimensional rifts. | Ally / Rift Cultist | Cult of the Rifts | Violent Combat Style Rift Lore Morality-Dependent Personal Quest | Recruited through dialogue and related quests |
| Tristan Rao | A Protectorate Arbiter who acts as judge, jury, and executioner and walks the colony in full heavy plate armor. | Ally / Protectorate Arbiter | Protectorate | Heavy Armor Tanking Arbiter Judgment Protectorate Authority | Recruited through dialogue and related quests |
| Augustine de Vries | A former Earth Directorate agent who infiltrated the Protectorate before the team's arrival. | Antagonist / Rogue Agent | Universal Equation Extremists | Subterfuge & Infiltration Skip-drive Sabotage Universal Equation Insight | Quest-critical antagonist encountered throughout the campaign |
| Alexandra Varick (The Matriarch) | The supposed inventor of faster-than-light travel who led humanity's first interstellar colony into Arcadia. | Lore Figure / Founder | Protectorate | Skip-Drive Invention Colonial Founding | Historical figure; honored throughout Protectorate iconography |
| Henry Varick (The Sovereign) | The Matriarch's grandson and current Sovereign ruling the Protectorate. | Lore Figure / Ruler | Protectorate | Sovereign Authority Mental Refreshment | Ruler of the Protectorate during the main story |
| Emory Thoreau | The Protectorate's Consul who engineers a bloodless coup by pushing the Sovereign into Mental Refreshment. | Major Antagonist / Consul | Protectorate | Rift Modulator Command Political Manipulation Flagship & Armada Control | Endgame antagonist confronted in the finale |
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