Viktor Marchenko

Viktor Marchenko is a heavily augmented member of the Augmented Rights Coalition, who serves as the main antagonist of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Compared to other ARC members, Marchenko is outspoken and has radical views regarding how to resist the oppression of transhumans. He is suspected of being responsible for multiple terrorist attacks, carried out in an attempt to further ARC's cause. This is in spite of the fact that Talos Rucker, the leader of ARC, is opposed to violence.

Marchenko is both charismatic and intelligent. He is also well versed in the history of past revolutionaries.

Background
Not much is known about Marchenko's life prior to him joining ARC other than that his parents were illiterate railway workers. Even he himself did not receive proper education, leaving school after 10 years to become a shift worker on a drilling gang for shale-gas deposits in eastern Ukraine.

Marchenko ran into trouble in 2011 with a group of Pro-Russian separatists and ended up with severe injuries to his body, causing him to be hospitalized. Afterwards, Marchenko disappeared from the records for 12 years, until 2023 where he suddenly resurfaces with a wife (Alisa Maratovna) and newborn daughter (Raisa Viktorichna) in Belgorod, Russia.

Augmentations
Both of Marchenko's arms as well as his right eye have been replaced with mechanical augmentations. His bigger left arm can open up into a laser cannon which he will wield against the player during the final battle.

Killswitch
As an agent of the Illuminati, Marchenko contains a killswitch inside of his body that will terminate his vitals if used, just in case he ever steps out of line. Unlike the other killswitches used in the series, Marchenko's own is, quite literally, a switch that looks almost identical to a Multi-Tool that ends his life when pressed, rather than a spoken phrase. Booby traps are put in place so that killing him with this device will cause his body to explode, potentially maiming or killing his opponent should they try to recover his remains.