Garrett

From Thief Wiki

“	What is locked... can be opened... What is hidden... can be found... What is yours... ...can be mine.	”
	— Garrett, Thief: Deadly Shadows Official Trailer

Garrett is the protagonist of the Thief games - a cynical master thief who wishes nothing more than to be left alone to steal in peace, but who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a series of epic events.

Orphaned as a child, Garrett spent his youth on the streets surviving as a sneak-thief and pickpocket. After exhibiting a surprising degree of perception by noticing one of their agents he was recruited into a secret organization dedicated to observing and maintaining stability in the City, The Keepers. He was given initial training in the arts of stealth and subterfuge practiced by the Keepers, but found that it was much more profitable to make use of these skills as a thief than to continue working for the Keepers as an agent.

Garrett exhibits a strong sense of survival and self-interest. While on the surface Garrett is callous, cynical and sarcastic, with loyalty only to himself, he does seem to have deeper feelings for a few of his contacts: Artemus, the Keeper that recruited and trained him; Basso the Boxman, a fellow thief; Cutty, his fence. In extreme cases this seems to extend to past antagonists such as Viktoria, although that may just be a result of Garrett's own self-interest. Garrett also exhibits a strong sense of professional pride as a thief: he usually refuses to kill while on the job, saying that he's a thief, not a murderer^[1][2][3]. Constantine, Karras, and The Hag were killed by Garrett, only because he was able to sabotage thier evil plans. Lotus was a mercy kill, due to the inhumane conditions that Garrett found him in. Other than that, Garrett has not killed anyone in the Thief Canon^[4].

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Relationships 2.1 Factions 2.2 Romantic 3 Abilities 4 Gallery 5 See Also 6 References 7 External Links 8 Notes

[edit] Early Life

Not much is known about Garrett before his time with The Keepers, or during his education with The Keepers. He had lost both his parents (or they had abandoned him), was living on the streets, picking pockets and running messages to, 'keep [his] ribs from meeting [his] spine'. He saw Artemus walking on the street as people, 'just passed him by like he wasn't there'. Thinking the man had some valuables he decided to make a grab. He was caught, and Aretmus, impressed with his ability to see a Keeper, offered young Garrett a new life.

Garrett was called "the most promising acolyte ^[5]", but left around the age of 20 due to his "unbalance". It was brought before the council to deal with him using the Enforcers, but Caduca informed the council that Garrett would be needed in the future ^[6].

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Factions

Garrett's alliances with the Hammers and Pagans occur near the end of Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age, respectively, providing information and useful objects to aid him in his tasks. In Thief: Deadly Shadows, the Hammers and Pagans are at first hostile towards Garrett, but he can change his allegiance with either group by undertaking certain tasks for them. Also note that faction alliance is null when in a mission. Outside of missions, alliances are not mandatory, they just help with certain difficult situations.

[edit] Romantic

Garrett never shows romantic interest in any character, with exceptions being:

• Sister of Basso, whom Garrett had a purely physical interest in^[7], for which he did Basso two favors.
• Viktoria, a wood nymph who Garrett displayed an unusual amount of concern for^[8], when allied to her during The Metal Age incident.

[edit] Abilities

Garrett has a scar around his right eye, the result of having the eye plucked from it's socket during The Dark Project incident. The eye has since been replaced by an experimental mechanical prosthetic given to him by the Hammerites in the aftermath of the Dark Project.

Garrett has a wide array of Weapons to assist him in his thievery, some expendable weapons that must be purchased or found, and some always available weapons like the Blackjack, Sword and Bow.

Enriching the overall gameplay are Abilities and tools that Garrett gathers along the way.

[edit] Gallery

Garrett, in Thief 3

A rare look at Garrett's face, in a Thief 3 movie sequence

Garrett barely visible, on a promotional picture of Thief 1

Garrett wearing a full-body suit, John P's Textures, for Thief 3

[edit] See Also

• Storyline
  • T1, The Dark Project
  • T2, The Metal Age
  • TDS, The Final Glyph

• The City
  • Garrett's Building
  • Characters

• Game Design
  • Weapons
    • Blackjack, Bow, Dagger
  • Tools
    • Mechanical Eye, Lock Picks

Beyond the games

• Garrett Fan Fiction
• Garrett Fan Art

[edit] References

1. ↑ TG resources in game objectives Expert et al
2. ↑ T2 resources in game objectives Same
3. ↑ TDS resources in game objectives Same
4. ↑ Of course, it depends on the player. But if a person plays all of the games on expert like they were Garrett, killing would be completely unnessessary.
5. ↑ Keeper annals
6. ↑ The Matter of Garrett
7. ↑ TG_resources_in_game_objectives#Break From Cragscleft Prison fiction_2: "You've had your eye on Basso the Boxman's sister for a while now. If you break him out of Cragscleft, she'll probably be VERY grateful."
8. ↑ T2 B16, Garrett: "No!"

[edit] External Links

• Garrett amongst the Ten Best Heroes in Gaming, GameSpot
• John P's Texture Pack for T3 gives Garrett a lightly armored full-body suit instead of his patchy rag-like clothing, although it does not increase Garrett's defense or visibility.

[edit] Notes