Karl Blaine
Character in Just Cause 2
First appearance	Casino Bust
Faction	The Agency
Job	Spy
Last known status	Dead

Karl Blaine is a character in Just Cause 2.

Personal infoEdit

Karl was born in Motala, Sweden on 16th December 1960.

He's a Swedish ex-charity worker (Mothers for Fruit for Life) turned professional gambler, drunkard and criminal. His usual gambling spot was the Panau Falls Casino, until it was raided by Baby Panay's troops.

His house in Panau is the Karl Blaine's Residence.

CareerEdit

"Our last asset to the Agency here on Panau; Karl Blaine. Now a professional gambler and alcoholic" - Maria Kane talking about Karl Blaine just before Casino Bust.

Blaine is one of the Agency's contacts on Panau, leaking information about the activities on the island. He is registered as a foreign millionaire, so he gets more rights than the average civilian. He has been in contact with Sloth Demon for Black Market goods. The Panau Military have been tracking him and found him at Panau Falls. He was protesting its planned demolishment, so he started shooting. (For more information look up mission: Casino Bust).

Quote from the PDA:

"An Agency sleeper asset, Karl Blaine has been on the Island of Panau, longer than most. He is undercover as a field worker for a swedish agricultural development organisation known as Mothers for Fruit for Life. While posted on Panau, Blaine has only rarely been activated and has taken to gambling and drinking heavily."

Jade Tan, another Agency operative, who was at Karl Blaine's Residence because of her cover as Blaine's girlfriend, tells Rico about the situation. Rico then rescues him.

Karl introduces Rico to his Black Market dealer, also giving him information on the paramilitary factions who could help him get to Tom Sheldon. Before Rico finds Sheldon, he is informed that Blaine has gone missing. Karl was captured by the Panau Military for his connections with the Agency. While he was being interrogated, Rico finds Sheldon and learns the truth behind his mission. Blaine had also bugged Rico's PDA in order to give the Panauan military a chance to ambush him, but the military never managed to use it. Sheldon also reveals that Jade Tan is a loyal asset to the Agency and like him, is on the island to discover what Panay is up to.

Afterwards, Rico and Sheldon hypothesize that Blaine exposed Jade to save himself. Rico rescues her before she is taken to a nuclear submarine for further interrogation. Blaine takes advantage of the chaos and escapes Panay's clutches.

He turns up again, during the mission Into the Den, when Rico corners Panay at the Wajah Ramah Fortress. Unaware that Jade had been rescued and believing Panay had killed her, Karl tries to kill himself and Panay by detonating a Fragmentation Grenade, but only kills himself.

TriviaEdit

• If you activate the snowman easter egg, Rico says: "Looks like Blaine, got the same face."
• His house in Panau is the Karl Blaine's Residence.