Kurtis Trent
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Biography
Kurtis was born on June 26 1972 in Utah Salt Flats, USA.
He is an ex-Legionnaire and also an experienced warrior with limited occult abilities. From the age of three, he was trained as an initiate in an ancient order called the Lux Veritatis by his father, Konstantin. At the age of 19, however, he disappeared to join the Foreign Legion, and changed his surname to Trent. Here, he adopted the nickname 'Demon Hunter' after being constantly assaulted by bizarre events linked to the occult.
He left the Foreign Legion in 1996, and began freelancing with a variety of mercenary and semi-legal agencies under the direction of Marten Gunderson.
In 2001, just before the events of Angel of Darkness, his father is murdered by Eckhardt. It is here that Kurtis takes on his father's role as the last surviving member of the Order. He is now on a quest for revenge against those that wiped out the Order and killed his father.
In the game
Lara's first contact with Kurtis in the game will be in the Cafe Metro, where he is sitting at a table in a corner. He won't speak to her. Their next encounter will be in front of the Serpent Rouge, he is fleeing with his bike. Then Lara will see him again after the explosion in the Pawn Shop. He is sitting on a jetty, smoking a cigarette. Again, she won't be able to talk to him. Then she will meet him in the Louvre where he steals Lara's weapons and then both flee. Lara is knocked unconscious by Bouchard's guard and Kurtis disappears. The next meeting with Kurtis will be in the Strahov in Prague. He will complain that Lara has made a mess and that he has to correct her mistake by turning the power back on.
The player will then be playing Kurtis in two levels (The Sanitarium and Maximum Containment Area) After that Lara and he go seperate ways in an attempt to stop Eckhardt. Coming from the Vault of Trophies you will find that Eckhardt has captured Kurtis. You will both be thrown into a pit with a spider creature. Kurtis helps Lara to flee and then you have to fight against the mutant creature Boaz as Kurtis in Boaz Returns. Kurtis is then stabbed by the Boaz creature, and left to die. However, in the final cutscene, Lara only discovers his Chirugai blade on the floor, and a suspiciously big pool of blood, which can be guessed being blood of Boaz or Kurtis'.
Fate
There has been much speculation about the apparent 'death' of Kurtis. According to an official interview with Adrian Smith, a part had already been written for his character in the planned second and third games of the Angel of Darkness trilogy. A cliffhanger was introduced regarding Kurtis' ultimate fate at the end of the first game as an insurance policy, depending on fan reaction towards his character.
Theories about his fate are varied. However, as Eidos initially planned to continue the Angel of Darkness story into two more games, it is a safe bet that he survived.
Fanfiction
Although receiving generally poor reviews from the gaming media, Angel of Darkness inspired quite a lot of fanfiction focused around Kurtis Trent. Again, most interest attracted to him is from the female sex.
