Ezekiel Sanders

Ezekiel "Zeke" Sanders, born Ezekiel Sandoval, is a character in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. He is a former marine turned anti-augmentation extremist and leader of the radical organization Purity First.

Background
Born Ezekiel Sandoval in 1990 in El Gato, Mexico, to Paulo and Conception Sandoval. He had three siblings. Sanders moved with his family to America and changed his name to Zeke Sanders. Later, Sanders joined the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in the Persian Gulf Conflicts where he served two tours. In the first, he lost his left eye.

He re-enlisted under the Recycle Military Bill, and the government replaced his eye with a Retinal Prosthesis. His activities during his second tour were highly classified and he was eventually discharged under the Cessation Act. After being released from service he attacked the Glendale Shopping Center in Los Angeles, resulting in a siege and hostage situation. There were 13 injuries but no deaths, and Sanders was diagnosed on-site with post-traumatic acute dissociation. He was taken into medical custody at the Neuroprosthetic Rehabilitation Center near Camp Topaz, Utah. Six months later Sanders was declared cured and released.

However, Sanders felt that the augmented eye was responsible for the traumatic acts he experienced in the war and removed it, hence the eyepatch. He founded the radical purist organization know as Purity First to end all forms of human augmentation.

Gameplay
Within the game the player, Adam, will be given a variety of choices upon confronting Zeke in the main office. The player can choose to let Zeke free or shoot Zeke, both of which will result in a dead hostage. The third option is to attempt to talk to Zeke to prevent his murder of the hostage. The player is given the options of using a "humble" option, which berates Zeke, a "reason" option, where the player tries to reason with Zeke, and a "empathize" option, where the player compliments Zeke. There are only two ways to free the hostage, through complete empathy or reason. Any other combination will lead to Zeke killing the hostage. The video in the bottom "videos" section displays all options talked about above.

There is a second way to save the hostage and kill Zeke at the same time. If you choose to fight Zeke and then immediately shoot him before he shoots the hostage then the Hostage doesn't die, and you get the reward for saving her. You can also take him down with a stun blow, or lethal if you wish, but can only be done after he kills the hostage as the take-down moves don't show up before after he pulls the trigger on the hostage.

Is is possible to not to kill Zeke and keep the hostage alive. Simply by choosing to fight him and quickly shooting him in the torso or leg, then running up to him to knock him with a stun blow.

Zeke can also be killed after the standoff, if the player talks him into freeing the hostage; later, when he offers the player a pocket secretary, he can be killed with no negative repercussions.

Human Revolution
Zeke and his men stage a hostile takeover of a Sarif Industries plant in Milwaukee, possessing an abnormally strong knowledge of the building and its security systems. Adam Jensen is sent in by David Sarif to resolve the situation, though Sarif's priority is to secure the prototype Typhoon Explosive System augmentation. Jensen however manages to rescue the hostages on the manufacturing level, and later faces Sanders in the admin building. Zeke takes Josie Thorpe hostage, but Adam is able to convince him to let her go, and informs Sanders that the hacker in his group, who tried to steal the Typhoon data, was augmented, and allows Zeke to leave. Later on, he meets with Jensen in secret near Sarif HQ in Detroit, where he gives Jensen a pocket secretary with several access codes and other information, which proves useful in upcoming mission in Highland Park. If the player let Zeke live, he will be an enemy that Adam can kill or knock out while trying to find Isaias Sandoval.

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Trivia

 * He has tattooed the logo of the USMC somewhere on his body.
 * He has 3 sibilings and one of them is a Pro-Human purist like him.
 * There are several ways to go through the social fight with Zeke. The players may simply shoot him with a lethal or non-lethal weapon, let him go right away, or attempt to talk their way into freeing Josie. If the conversation is failed, she is killed and Zeke escapes.