Ezekiel Sanders

Ezekiel "Zeke" Sanders, born Ezekiel Sandoval, is a character in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Background
Born Ezekiel Sandoval in 1990 in El Gato, Mexico, he moved with is family to Los Angeles, CA and changed his name to Zeke Sanders. Later, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in the War on Terror where he served two tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. The latter cost him his eye and a medical discharge.

Ezekiel reenlisted under the Recycle Military Bill, receiving a cybernetic eye and an assignment in Afganistan. Details of his tour of duty are classified. He was discharged under the Cessation Act. At home, he suffered from post-traumatic acute dissociation, leading him to take hostages at the Glenndale Shopping Complex in Los Angeles. No civilians were killed during the standoff, but thirteen people were injured before Zeke was taken into custody.

He was remanded into Camp Topaz, the Neuroprosthetic Rehabilitation Center for therapy. Six months later he was released as 'cured'. He swiftly joined the purist organization know as Purity First to end all forms of human augmentation after ripping out his prosthesis. He became embroiled in terrorist activities, taking credit for multiple acts of breaking and entering, vandalism, theft and arson, all carried out against aug-related locales. The MO is consistent: Zeke picks empty buildings with no fatalities to ensure no civilian casialties.

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. If 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, Zeke he meets with Jensen later, where he gives Jensen a pocket secretary with several access codes and other information, which proves useful in upcoming mission in Highland Park.

Trivia

 * He has an USMC sigil tattoed on his body.


 * He has 3 siblings 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.