Paul Denton

Paul Denton is a fictional character in the PC and video game, Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War. Deus Ex and Invisible War were produced by Ion Storm Inc. and published by Eidos Interactive in 2000 and 2003 respectively.

Paul Denton was voiced by Jay Anthony Franke in both games.

Overview


Paul Denton is the older brother of JC Denton and a UNATCO employee in the beginning. He was the first agent (thus he is referred to as the "Primary Unit" by Bob Page and Walton Simons) to successfully have nano-augmentations implanted into his body. He was a UNATCO agent, and as Deus Ex begins, he is returning from Hong Kong. Since both brothers are clones, Paul Denton looks very much like JC minus the sun-glasses, yet he is of a wholly different stock of character. Where JC is stolid and perfunctory, Paul is passionate and dedicated. Where JC is cold, Paul is empathetic and favors knocking out and incapacitating enemies rather than killing them. It is discovered later on in the game that Paul had switched allegiances working for the NSF instead of UNATCO. It is possible for him to die, depending on your actions in the game. On a side note Gunther Hermann requested the assassination of Paul Denton.

In the sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, he along with Tracer Tong co-founded ApostleCorp. Its purpose was to develop improved nanotech technology so that JC could work better with the Helios AI (After their imperfect merger as hinted in the sequel). It also had to develop a universal nanite strain acceptable to all humans. Paul, however was knocked into a coma after he subjected himself to experiments regarding nanites, and it is up to the player whether he/she will save Paul, and still later (if Paul survives) -whether or not he/she shall join him.

Paul Denton