Gary

Gary's personality is vastly different from other Vortigaunts encountered in the series, likely due to his prolonged isolation and severed communication with the rest of his species, as explained to Alyx that he is "alone in [his] head." He has difficulty distinguishing future events from present events, claiming it is "a matter of perspective." He is quite eccentric and speaks in broken english.

Gary has some difficulty with human communication, which can make conversations with him a little awkward. However, he clearly has an affection for Eli and Alyx, presumably because he knows that Alyx will free the Vortigaunts from the Combine Power Stations over the course of Half-Life: Alyx, and possibly even that they will help take down the Combine

Appearance: While sharing a basic appearance with other Vortigaunts in the series, (mottled green-brown skin, which is common to all members of the species. Their short but sharp teeth and clawed hands Vortigaunts have a hunched posture with their heads at shoulder level, and their faces have three smaller eyes surrounding a dominant large eye with a maroon sclera, a heterochromic red-yellow irisc pupil; They have prominent funnel-shaped ears, and a mouth facing downwards from the chin.)Gary is a former prisoner of the Combine, bearing numerous scars and has the Combine insignia "CP" stamped on his chest, along with remnants of restraints on his arms and head from his captivity. He was freed or escaped under unclear circumstances. During his enslavement, he sustained a "brain injury" when the Combine drilled into his brain, severing his connection to the Vortessence, isolating him from other Vortigaunts, and impairing his perception of time.

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