JC Denton

JC Denton is a character in the Deus Ex series of games. He and his brother, Paul, begin the game as anti-terrorist agents working for UNATCO.

Name
As 'JC Denton' is just a codename, it is unknown what his real name is. It is also unknown what the initials 'JC' stand for, as it was originally meant to be a unisex name so players could select the character's gender. During the development of the game, an idea was put forward that JC was a descendent of Jesus Christ, however this was never implemented into the final game.

Events of Deus Ex (2052)
JC starts the game as a new anti-terrorist agent working for the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition, based on Liberty Island. His first mission is to investigate an NSF terrorist attack on the island itself, and find the leader in the Statue of Liberty. After this he is sent to follow the terrorists' trail to recover stolen Ambrosia, a cure for the Gray Death virus that is plaguing the planet. Once he has found the final stolen barrel of Ambrosia, he is given the choice of killing the terrorist leader, Juan Lebedev, allowing his partner Anna Navarre to kill Lebedev, or to kill agent Navarre himself. Regardless of his decision, he returns to UNATCO headquarters and is sent on a mission to Hong Kong. Before leaving, he rebels against UNATCO and is captured and imprisoned in an MJ12 base beneath UNATCO headquarters. He escapes to Hong Kong to meet Tracer Tong, whom he is told can deactivate his Killswitch.

After uncovering a conspiracy in Hong Kong and uniting the warring triads, JC goes to a naval shipyard to investigate ties the Illuminati may have to the global conspiracy. Stanton Dowd, owner of the ship and high-ranking Illuminatus, sends JC to Paris to meet the leader of the Illuminati, Morgan Everett. Everett sends JC to Vandenberg, where he meets and helps a group of scientists who are trying to make their own cure for the virus.

JC finally goes to Area 51, and is given three choices: Kill Bob Page, leader of Majestic-12, allowing the Illuminati to come to power; Merge with Helios, an artificial intelligence and rule the world; or destroy Area 51, plunging the world into a new dark age.