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Alyx Vance
From HalfLife 2 Knowledge Base
First Seen: Chapter 1, Point Insertion
- Located in chapter(s): 1, 2, 5, 6, 9-11, 14
Family
Alyx is the daughter of Dr. Eli Vance, former colleague of Gordon Freeman at the Black Mesa Research Facility. Her mother, Azian, can be seen in a family photograph in Black Mesa East, although the circumstances of her death are not explained. (She may have died during the Black Mesa Incident, but this is conjecture; Eli simply says that the picture and Alyx are the only two things he carried out of Black Mesa.)
Personality and skills
From her appearances early in the game, Alyx quickly emerges as a very sympathetic, likeable character. She is obviously quite intelligent, working alongside three doctors in advanced physics (her father, Dr. Judith Mossman and Dr. Isaac Kleiner) as an equal. She also displays a fiery, independent spirit; not only does she choose to oppose the Combine, but she refuses to be intimidated by Dr. Mossman's intimations that she is to blame for a failed experiment. Alyx also retains a youthful enthusiasm and sense of humor, referring to the "Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator" by the more memorable name "Gravity Gun" and using it to play fetch with a robot.
Alyx is very skilled at hacking into Combine computer systems, frequently subverting security to open locked doors. She is also very proficient with a pistol and in unarmed combat.
Appearances
Alyx helps Freeman more frequently and directly than any other character in Half-Life 2. In the first episode (Point Insertion), Alyx saves Gordon from Civil Protection forces when he is unarmed and not yet wearing his protective HEV suit. Later, in Black Mesa East, she gives Gordon a Gravity Gun and demonstrates its use. During the chapter titled Entanglement, she helps search Nova Prospekt for her captured father. Finally, she fights alongside Gordon in the final areas of the Citadel in Dark Energy.
