Metro 2033 / Characters and factions

Metro 2033 Characters and factions

Identify Artyom's guides, the Rangers and major groups.

Edition covered

Original 2010 Metro 2033 on PC and Xbox 360, with original PC publisher images. Metro 2033 Redux changes to stealth, takedowns, controls and weapon customization are excluded.

6 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Characters and factions

Playable survivor

Artyom

Leaves Exhibition to seek help for his home station.

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Ranger

Hunter

His warning sets Artyom's journey in motion.

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Traveler

Bourbon

Guides an early stage of the route.

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Mysterious guide

Khan

Explains the Metro's supernatural dangers.

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Ranger commander

Miller

Coordinates the later military effort.

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Ranger

Ulman

Assists Artyom during the journey.

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Quick notes

Character directory. Artyom leaves his home station after Hunter's warning and encounters several guides, including Bourbon and Khan.
Organizations and relationships. The Metro contains separate station communities and hostile political factions.
Who the player controls. The campaign controls Artyom.
Listen at the stations. Station conversations explain how communities survive and how rival factions affect travel.

Organizations and relationships

Setting and relationship reference
Name	Connection	Useful distinction
Exhibition / VDNKh	Artyom's home station	The starting community.
Rangers	Elite fighters	Hunter and Miller are associated with them.
Red Line and Reich	Rival human factions	Their conflict threatens travelers.
Dark Ones	Mysterious beings	Central to the story's moral uncertainty.

References

Guide references
Reference	Website
Publisher game description and pictures	store.steampowered.com
Original publisher manual	store.steampowered.com