But Doom 64 is meant to be canon.)įollowing this, the Marine was decommissioned. (It is somewhat unclear if The Lost Episodes of Doom and Final Doom are the Doom Marine himself or involve the concurrent adventures of various other Marines, as the Doom 3 game and expansions, and Quake II game and expansions, explicitly do. He continued fighting the horde on Earth, before taking the fight to Hell once more. After having fought demonic hordes through Phobos, Deimos and Hell, he returned home to find Earth overrun by demons and his wife, child, and pet rabbit Daisy, among the billions of people killed, giving him further reason to pursue hunting the demons. The Marine soon found himself trying to prevent the demons of Hell from invading Earth.
The Doom Marine was originally a human from Earth who served in the Marines and was dishonorably discharged due to assaulting his commanding officer after refusing to fire upon a crowd of unarmed civilians, and was later transferred to the UAC Phobos base as security. When asked directly on Twitter, John Romero replied humorously that his name is really Doom Guy (with a space, in two words - first word for name and second for surname).īackground Classic Doom (Doom, Doom II, and Doom 64) The developers have originally stated that the protagonist has no canon name because he is a representation of the player. The Doom Slayer's Blazkowicz ancestry may or may not be canonical for the modern iteration. According to Tom Hall and John Romero (who worked on the original Doom), the original iteration of the DOOM Marine was the grandson of Commander Keen and the great-great-grandson of William J. He is intended to be the latest iteration and continuation of the classic DOOM Marine who is the protagonist for most of the series. This nickname is mentioned in Doom Eternal and used in his dialogue subtitles. The UAC refers to him as DOOM Marine, or The Slayer.īefore the character had any epithets in the story, he was most commonly called Doomguy in the fan community. The demons first gave him the appellation "Doom Slayer" and also refer to him as the Unchained Predator, the Beast, and the Hellwalker. 9.2.2 DOOM II/No Rest for the Living/Final Doom.9.2 Doom Slayer Timeline (Quake Champions).
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