Logan Carter, the Jack of All Trades, is one of the four playable Heroes in Dead Island and one of the five Heroes in Dead Island: Riptide. He is a former American football star and the jack of all trades of the Heroes.
Background
Logan was born in 1978 and grew up in Texas. He attended Dallas High School, where he was a 3 sport athlete, earning a football scholarship to college. He was an NFL first draft pick, becoming a quarterback and football star who led a spoiled life and became successful in every possible way. He was voted sexiest Texan in 2004, surpassing Dennis Quaid and Matthew McConaughey and spent his money on the fastest cars he could find. 4 years into his football career, his ego and alcohol addiction finally put an end to his bright future after taking part in a reckless street race with tragic consequences. Logan not only killed a young woman — his unfortunate passenger; he also fractured his knee and sent himself to prison, putting an end to his sports career. After leaving prison, he was forced to play semi-pro in Canada. His fall from stardom inevitably followed and he plunged swiftly into a life of bitterness and despair. Logan was later hired to promote a blood drive on Banoi to see that the world still cared about him.
Events of Dead Island
After concert the night before, Logan woke with his fellow heroes (Sam B, Xian Mei, Purna Jackson), only to discover that a zombie outbreak had taken over all of Banoi. Guided by a man on a radio, Logan and the others escape the hotel, only to be attacked and discover they are immune to the virus infecting Banoi. The group is later rescued by a life guard named John Sinamoi, who was contacted by the man on the radio. Sinamoi explains that the man on the radio, supposedly Colonel Ryder White, says that he can contact the army for evacuation, but the connection is weak due to an incoming monsoon and a weak setup that he has currently. Logan and the others assist Sinamoi's group by helping them get into the Lifeguard Tower, burn the zombies' remains, fix the tower's radio, and find more food. Sinamoi realizes that their isn't enough food in the resort to feed everyone, so he asks the heroes to grab an armored truck and bring it to a mechanic to reach the city of Moresby. Logan takes the truck to the mechanic, Earl, in exchange for taking his daughter, Jin, off the island.
When the group reaches the city, they head to the church and discover it being attacked by a Ram and several zombies. They stop the threat and help the church by turning its water back on at a pump station. Mother Helen, leader of the church, reveals that there isn't any food left in the town, as it was stolen during the looting, but the rich district should still have some after the army blew up the bridges leading to it. She tells a man named Joseph to guide them to the sewers to reach the other side. This leads Logan to the town hall where the Mayor tells them they can't take any of their food. This leads to an argument between the immune, with Logan arguing that they should play for themselves now as no one is willing to help them; this changes when they learn of an untouched supermarket filled with food. They travel through the sewers again and run into several thugs that took over the market. Logan and the others load a container with the food and head back into the sewers when the infected begin to attack, they stop by the now infected town hall, before heading back into the main part of the city. Talking to Mother Helen again reveals that Jin and Joseph took food to the Raskol controlled police station and need to be rescued; upon leaving the church they find a dying Joseph who explains that the Raskols were drunk and nearly killed him but left his key to the sewers with him, allowing the group to fight their way in. They kill the gang's leader and find Jin; Sam and Logan both get angry at her for going to the police station willingly, while Purna and Xian realize what they did to her. The group then leaves Moresby, not looking back.
They return to the Lifeguard Tower where Sinamoi thanks them for their sacrifice and explains that Dominic went to the resort to use their equipment and managed to reach the man on the radio. White reveals that he is stuck on the prison island and they need to find a smuggler named Mowen in the Jungle to get past the defenses surrounding the island. The group along with Jin fight their way through the jungle, reaching a village that Mowen would normally be at. They find the entire village nearly wiped out by the virus after a war lord named Afran took their guns; he also stole Mowen's boat, leaving them unable to reach Mowen in the deeper regions of the jungle. The village leader, Matutero, sends the heroes on a mission to regain their arms and kill Afran for the boat. After a long battle, Afran dies and they take the boat the Mowen. Mowen says that the man on the radio is lying to them about a way to the prison, but says he knows of a place where "the dead come from". They travel to this place and discover that it is a hidden laboratory owned by GeoPharm. The group encounters the lead scientist, Robert West, who explains that they are studying the virus and the local natives seem to be immune the infection so they could be a source of a cure. The group finds the tribe leader, Koritoia Ope, who makes them part take in a ritual for his blood and later takes them to his village to gain an ancient sample of Kuru. Reaching the tribe's burial site, Ope tries to kill a girl named Yerema, but Purna kills Ope; Yerema reveals that Ope told the natives to eat the zombies as they were "immortal" and they could be immortal by eating their flesh. The group takes Yerema with them and save Mowen from zombies along the way. Yerema is left at the laboratory, and as thanks for saving him, Mowen reveals that he does know the path to the prison, but it is dangerous and they need supplies and modifications to get the boat past the mines. After getting gas and "supplies", Logan and the rest return to the mechanics shop, with Jin putting an end to her zombified father. Ryder than contacts the heroes as he heard screaming from the laboratory, and the heroes find the scientists dead and zombies everywhere. Yerema explains that Doctor West was going to kill her through blood loss and accidently released all the zombies trying to get her. Ryder then realizes that West make a vaccine and demands that the immune bring it with them.
Mowen and the heroes leave for the prison, with White saying that he won't be able to contact them but they need to head to C Block to reach him. Mowen introduces the heroes to Titus Kabui, the current leader of the prison, and convinces him to let them stay with cigars and the fact that the heroes are immune and as such are advantageous to have. Titus will allow them to reach C Block if they do favors for him like rescuing his friend and bringing food back for the inmates. During an attempt to gather weapons, the group encounters Kevin, a hacker. Titus says he will let them reach C Block if they get him guns from B Block, a dangerous section of the prison. Upon reaching said weapons, Ryder contacts Logan and says that they can't let the prisoners gain weapons and should instead use B Block to get to C. Reaching an elevator in C Block, the heroes encounter Jin and Yerema; the girls reveal that the prisoners started a riot against Titus and the place became overrun by the zombies. Mowen traded his boat for a way to reach the Block from a prisoner and brought Jin and Yerema to safety, sacrificing himself in the process. Upon entering the elevator, the group is gassed and are awoken by Kevin, who reveals that White stole the vaccine and is taking his infected wife with him and firebombing the island when he escapes. Kevin says that he's taking the long way so the heroes can reach him through taking the dangerous and short path through the hospital. The group corners White, who says that evacuation will happen and the vaccine will be mast produced, but it seems to be all lies as Jin approaches Emily White and releases her, infecting White. White then shoots and kills Jin and takes the vaccine himself and mutates into a deadly monster and attacks the group. After a long battle, the heroes and Yerema leave Banoi forever.
Dead Island: Riptide
Running low on fuel, the group sees a military vessel, the HMAS Avenger, and lands on it; they are detained and meet Lt. Colonel Samuel Hardy and Frank Serpo. Hardy wants the heroes detained, but Frank, his superior, has them tested and experimented on. Logan and the other immune meet John Morgan, a fellow immune who was also experimented on. The immune pass out from the experiments and wake up to discover that the soldiers have turned into zombies. Upon reaching the deck, they discover that they are in the middle of the monsoon that Sinamoi was worried about with nobody in control of the ship. Hardy stays to help out the heroes but Serpo abandons them. They try to get to the controls, only for the ship to hit several large rocks and sink.
Waking up on a beach, Logan and the other immune are discovered by Harlow Jordan, who explains that they are on Palanai and that the zombie infection is on the island as well. She points Logan in the direction of the Paradise Survival Camp, only to discover it under attack by infected; the heroes fight off the infected and destroy the bridge that was letting the infected walk right in. Harlow returns with Samuel Hardy, who explains that they are not safe as the island will be nuked unless they make it all the way to Henderson on the other side of the island. The newly formed group of survivors look for a boat in Halai Village, only to find that those who owned boats had already left, they attempt to take the only boat left to reach a road to Henderson, only to discover it destroyed by the storm. With no other options, the group asks the people of Halai what to do and find out about a man named Marcus Villa, who might know another way to Henderson. They find him in a Dead Zone trapped by a butcher named Ogre. Once the zombies are all dead, Marcus reveals that there are several military tunnels that were used to house weapons that could be used to get to Henderson; he says that he has a map to them but it is located in his house in Mataka Village. Reaching the home, the heroes encounter a native named Batram who explains that Marcus was shunned for doing dark practices and couldn't be trusted. Realizing that the Paradise Survival Camp is in danger, the immune arrive and Marcus rants that they need to set the immune on fire and eat them to become immune; he then sets the place on fire with the building slowly being overrun until Harlow comes to rescue them.
The group relocates the Halai Village and decide that Marcus' old friend, Dr. Kessler, might be a lead as he has a map of the tunnels and could be trusted. Upon meeting Dr. Kessler, he is hesitant to help until he is told that Marcus tried to kill them because they were immune. He offers to help, but only if they collect mutagens from his mutated assistants and tests their blood. Dr. Kessler finds out that the immune are suppressing the virus, but not destroying it, which is dangerous as the chemicals in the tunnels could cause them to lose their immunity or even worse. Not willing to give up, the heroes find out that the tunnel is at the remains of the Santa Maria Mission. The tunnel, with some resistance from smugglers, leads them to the Pinai Ferry Station, but things go bad as Wayne is revealed to have been bitten and mutates into a new kind of infected. The immune decide to lead the charge ahead and encounter a gang of escaped prisoners holding up in the station. This leads into a fight, only for the immune to become consumed by rage and murder all the prisoners and realize that the virus has mutated in their bodies from the chemicals in the tunnels. The head into the control room and discover a man named Marvin who can run the Ferry, taking them all to Henderson.
Arriving at Henderson, the heroes discover that the virus is in Henderson from dead washing ashore. With no other real plans, Marvin mentions that the Old Town Cinema can be used as a safe zone if they can get in. Heading there they find Jacqueline Phantom, who lets them stay, and move the rest of the survivors there after activating the shutters around the building. A fight between the survivors begins as the group realizes that Harlow is gone and the rest of the group blame the immune for this due to their exposure in the tunnels. Hardy then tells Logan and the immune to go to the Henderson Military Base for evacuation as it should still be safe, but they discover that the dead have taken over. Hardy then instructs the heroes to find the military's radio set up to contact the outside for help and encounter Serpo again. Serpo reveals that Hardy was lying about the nuke and says that he is sending a helicopter to rescue them if they make the cinema for a landing site. Upon doing so, a helicopter is sent; Serpo demands that the immune come up first, and Hardy responses to this by climbing up and demanding the nonimmune come up resulting in him being shot and the helicopter crashing at the Fort of Henderson. The heroes fight off a horde and Jacquline decides to stay at the cinema while the rest try to find the helicopter and Serpo for a way out. They find Serpo, who reveals that he knows that immune have changed and that he knows of the only way out of Palani. The way out is the only ship left, but it is in the quarantine zone, one of the most dangerous places on the island. They manage to break in, with use of exploding bulldozers, and discover that the outbreak on Palani was intentional and finds Harlow. Harlow explains that they were testing the mutagens on the infected and tried infecting her but discovered that she was immune. Harlow tries to kill the heroes as she believes none of them can leave the island, during the fight she takes the mutagen and becomes an insane monster trying to kill them with a chainsaw. With no other choice Logan and the immune take the mutagen and kill Harlow and find the boat. Serpo follows them and says that he can help them as he knows that they took a sample of the mutagen. Tired of him, the immune take the boat and leave Serpo to the horde of infected behind them and escape Palani forever as the few who decided to stay are overrun and killed.
Eventually the group made it to safety and went their separate ways. Apparently, Logan moved to Montana and has been trying to live a simple life with his dog.
Character Selection Info
"Oh, man. I used to be on top of the world, brother. All-pro quarterback, four years running. Voted the Sexiest Texan back in 2004. Beat out Dennis Quaid and Matthew McConaughey for Christ's sake. So I drank a few beers now and then. Popped the occasional pill. That's nothing compared to what the team quacks would shoot me up with just so I could play. Sometimes I just needed to numb the pain. You know what I'm saying? My biggest vice was speed. Not meth, buddy, adrenaline. I blew every penny I had on the fastest cars I could find. Just so you know… I'm a damn good driver. If that asshole I was street racing hadn't side-swiped me, I never would have crashed. And that poor girl would still be alive. That's right. That's right, it's his goddamn fault I shattered my leg in six goddamn places. So I had a few drinks in me. So what the fuck? I drive drunk better than I do sober anyway. Of course, I couldn't play worth shit after that. After I got outta jail, they canned my ass. Said I violated the morals clause on my goddamn contract. Ended up playing semi-pro in fucking Canada. But I'm still a name. Oh yeah, I'm still a celebrity. That's why they wanted me to promote their blood drive here. That's why they fucking flew me first class halfway around the goddamn world. Because my name still means something. Logan Carter is no goddamn douchebag."
Appearance
Logan is a young man with short brown hair shaved into a small mohawk and a goatee. He wears a mostly unbuttoned brown striped button-up shirt, a red undershirt with an unknown design on it, white shorts held by a brown belt, and white sneakers. He also wears a black backpack, an orange and green wristband on his right wrist, a silver watch on his left wrist, and a red and black knee guard on his right knee mostly hidden by his shorts. He has tribal tattoos on both of his arms and his neck.
Strategy
- Logan is the throwing expert. When the right skills are upgraded, his throwing deals more damage and damages multiple foes at once. He can also retrieve his weapon right back, so it's recommended to use throwing when possible.
- Logan is the Jack of all Trades of the Group due to having skills that upgrade all kinds of weaponry — blunt weapons, bladed weapons, and firearms. It does not matter what kind of weapon the player uses at the point the player levels the sharp skill and blunt skill; instead Logan's skill actually focuses on one-handed weaponry. One-handed weapons will consume less stamina, gain more rage, and will deal more damage given the proper upgrades, so one-handed weapons will be superior over two-handed weapons.
- Logan is the only hero who benefits from consuming alcohol. Once the player has upgraded the related skills, it's recommended to keep a few bottles handy for use in combat. If the player can stand the impaired vision and the lack of ability to walk straight, then they effectively have themselves a potion that increases Logan's damage and regenerates the character's health. Keep in mind that if you're knocked over, the benefits will be temporarily cancelled.
- Logan has the least stamina to begin with, but has the most when upgraded through the skill tree. During the early stages of the game it's recommended to kick enemies down, then take a break and swing a melee weapon. If the enemy tries to stand up while the player is taking a break, they should kick them again. Once Logan's stamina is upgraded, any combat scheme will be available to the player.
- The Sticky Bomb Mod is affected by the Boomerang skill. There is a chance the player will retrieve it and still blow up the enemy, greatly increasing the lifespan of the mod. Making a few is recommended as the player will be able to blow up zombies multiple times.
- The headstomp ability drains drastic amounts of stamina. Before his stamina upgrade, the stomp will drain half his stamina, even if not counting the amount of stamina used to knock down the zombie. Use it sparingly on zombies before the stamina upgrade. After the upgrade, Logan can stomp about 3-4 times before he needs a break.
- Economic Throw should be upgraded to level 3 so his throwing deals damage to nearby enemies.
Trivia
- His blood type (along with the other Heroes) is O negative.
- Before Dead Island was released, Logan was to be a surfer instead of a Football player.
- If Logan is idle for a while he might say, "Oh, that Chinese chick's pretty smoking".
- Logan's name is written on Spiky Bat, Barbed Baseball Bat and Surge Bear light melee weapons in Dead Island: Epidemic.
- During the cutscene in the tomb when they rescue Yerema during Pure Blood, he can be seen holding a homemade machete.
- Like the other heroes, Logan gets an alternate model available for selection in the options menu if the Fashion Victim DLC has been installed, or if playing the Game of the Year Edition or the Definitive Edition of Riptide.
- Although not appearing in Dead Island 2, Logan is still mentioned by Sam B. While he talks with Curtis about naming a gun, Sam brings up Logan's name as one of the possible ones, stating on how the latter had his back during their adventures on Banoi and how Sam "would never live it down" if "redneck"'s ever to hear Sam named a gun after him - thus hinting Logan's survival after the events of Riptide.
- A gossip article can also be found in Hell-A, claiming that at an unspecified time Logan had been spotted at a gas station in Montana.
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