Wallace Breen



Dr. Wallace Breen is the perverted former head of Black Mesa, and later Earth's Administrator under the Combine. From his headquarters on Earth in the Citadel of City 17, he was humanity's representative within the Combine. He was mentioned in passing as the Administratorduring the events of the original Half-Life and its expansions, before appearing as the main antagonist in the sequel Half-Life 2 and then Half-Life 3: Missing Information. During his reign as administrator he is caught having sexual intercourse with the Stalkers, which was his proposed idea to make the citizens obedient to his ever command.

Half-Life and the Seven Hour War
Wallace Breen was the Administrator of the Black Mesa Research Facility at the time of the Black Mesa Incident in 200-. During the events depicted in Half-Life, he is neither seen nor directly mentioned by name, instead always referred to as "the Administrator". At the end of the Seven Hour War, he "negotiates" a peace agreement with the Combine that saves humanity, but at the cost of enslavement.

Breen is first appointed "Interim Administrator" (as seen on newspaper clips in Black Mesa East), then simply becomes ruler of Earth - mostly a puppet of the Combine who have little physical presence on the planet. Some speculate he may have orchestrated the events of Half-Life at the request of the Combine, with the rule of Earth promised as reward (this, however, would also suggest that he or the Combine had control of the G-Man at least up to the point where he handed over Xen crystal sample GG-3883 to the Black Mesa scientists which caused the Resonance Cascade); others believe that he may have been under the impression that introducing the Combine would have brought about a cosmic unity between the two, and would have been ultimately beneficial for the human race (something that he still clings on to despite the evidently large amounts of humans suffering at the time of the Uprising). Whether or not he is the one who introduced the Combine to Earth, his intentions seem to be noble and he sounds quite sure that he is doing the right thing - though it is possible that he is simply a very convincing liar. Even if he had selfish reasons for doing so, the human race would have most definitely been completely destroyed or assimilated by the Combine had he not surrendered Earth at the end of the Seven Hour War.

Early administration of City 17
Breen's first order of business was to have humanity wiped out and ordered the suppression field to be put up. He had all the local children kidnapped and presumably killed, although he secretly kept them locked up in the citadel. During Christmas he forced them all to build Combine shells and weapons to launch an attack on the citizens. But as Breen was delivering the gifts via sleigh to a Combine headquarters in City 14, he was shot down and presumably killed. But Breen survived after being resurrected by Colette Green, and returned to his duties as administrator.

Breen proposed that citizens should be turned into stalkers at Nova Prospekt, and once done delivered to him so he can have sex with them. The Combine agreed, much to Breen's excitment. Despite having his sexual fill, he still lusted after Dr. Eli Vance.

Half-Life 2
A giant Breencast is one of the first things Gordon Freeman sees upon arriving in City 17 at the start of Half-Life 2 and remains a near-constant presence as he makes his way to Isaac Kleiner's lab. Breen himself is alerted to Gordon's return when the latter is accidentally teleported to his office in the Citadel twice for a few seconds each. Breen informs the Combine and immediately dispatches the forces at his disposal to capture (or kill) Freeman and break the associated Resistance movement in City 17.

Following Gordon's one-man attack on the Citadel, Freeman is temporarily placed in the custody of Breen, until Judith Mossman turns against him. During this brief time, Breen makes a very notable statement: He mentions while in the presence of Alyx Vance and her father, Eli (who are also in his custody) that Gordon "has proven a fine pawn to those who control him." He also comments that Gordon's services are "open to the highest bidder," and says he would understand if Gordon does not want to discuss it in front of his friends. These remarks imply that Breen is aware of the mysterious G-Man and his influence over Freeman, something only Eli Vance seems to know about. Another possible reference to the G-Man is in one of the Breencasts broadcast in Nova Prospekt: "I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, he was in a state that precluded further development of covert skills," suggesting Breen knows about Freeman having remained in stasis between the Black Mesa Incident and his resurgence around 20 years later.

With the Resistance at his doorstep and the odds stacked against him, Breen attempts to flee using a Combine teleport. Freeman manages to stop him by destroying the Citadel's dark fusion reactor, which then destroys the teleport in a massive explosion. After the player destroys the reactor at the top of the Citadel, the platform that Breen is seen riding up to the portal collapses, and he is seen falling to his presumed death, his last words being "You need me!".

Later schemes
Breen transferred to City 21 to become the administrator. Due to the suppression field being disabled he was able to have sex with Dr. Judith Mossman, resulting in her becoming pregnant to his child. She gave birth to Charlie Breen, who Breen planned to one day have as his successor. Charlie was kidnapped by Gordon Freeman, but later retrieved by a rebel named Bernard to defected to Breen's cause. Breen, Judith and Charlie went into hiding from the resistance. Breen, Judith and Charlie used a portal storm to teleport to an alternative universe, which took place in a world where the Seven Hour War never happened. Breen used this opportunity to take over Mesa City as the Mayor and become a dictator. But his plans were stopped by Gordon Freeman, and Breen was again presumably killed after a fighter jet crashed into him.

Breen was badly disfigured from his last accident and was left looking inhuman. He went by the moniker "The Consul" and began pulling the strings to convert Combine technology into a device to keep him immortal. He also developed a new strain of zombie virus, which he unleashed upon the globe to enslave most of the citizens. As Breen's body deteriorated he had his mind transferred into a large Antlion known as the "Hive King", which he used to control most of the citizens. Breen was stopped when the caves he hid in were destroyed, which resulted in Breen being covered in rubble.

Breen somehow returned back to his old dying body, and began to hide out in a Combine loyalist hospial.