Major Laurence “Prophet” Barnes is the squad leader of Raptor Team during the events of Crysis on the Lingshan Islands and a major character in both Crysis and Crysis 2. A copy of his personality and memories returns as the protagonist in Crysis 3 within the Nanosuit 2.0.
A seasoned veteran of Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom during the War on Terror, he spent years in schooling before joining the US Army. At some point, he took part in a CIA-backed drug raid in which civilians were killed. Angered by the deaths of innocents, he hospitalized his CIA supervisors by beating them to a bloody mess. When he was reprimanded by his superiors, he lashed out at them too. Since he was to be put in Leavenworth federal prison, he figured he should “really earn it” and proceeded to beat up everyone in the room. At the maximum-security prison, he received some documents sent by Jacob Hargreave. Barnes was set free, but in return, he had to do a favor for Hargreave; he was the first soldier to try on the Nanosuit 1.0, where he met Nathan Gould.
Later at Lingshan, after he was temporarily MIA, Nomad, being the second-in-command, temporarily took Prophet’s role as the squad leader. However, because of Nomad’s rank, Strickland assumed complete mission control.
Appearances
- Crysis
- Crysis Warhead (Mentioned only)
- Crysis 2 (Flashbacks and as Nanosuit Consciousness)
- Crysis 3