Bourbon does not believe in the supernatural and dismisses ghosts and psychic phenomenon as "Bullshit". Bourbon's true motives and actual name remain unknown. The deal is simple: if Artyom helps Bourbon get to Dry Station to pay back an old friend of his, then Bourbon will give Artyom his Kalash. The advice he gave Artyom is sagacious and served him the entire game - and beyond.īourbon and Artyom form an unsteady alliance whilst Artyom ponders Bourbon's true motives, Bourbon, in a surprising turn of events, turns out to be quite on the level. Regardless, Bourbon was a character who is a major driving force for a majority of the game, and revealed himself to be good-hearted, if shady, and with a clearly gritty past.
He refers to Bourbon's death as " Sad but not unexpected" indicating that while he suspected this would be Bourbon's fate, he saw the decency in the man's final moments. He was referred to by the bandits as "Bourbon the Huckster", which implies that he was a trader of low quality, high quantity goods - a form of wholesaler for shoddy merchandise, and that he has done business with them before, which was possibly why he may have become in debt with this particular group of bandits. Even in the end, as Bourbon faced off against the bandit leader, his first instinct was to protect Artyom, indicating that he genuinely cared for him. While this may initially be dismissed as self-interest on Bourbon's part, the truth of the matter becomes more apparent as you progress through the game Bourbon was genuinely impressed with Artyom's ability to handle himself and his will to survive.īourbon did indeed, make good on his original deal to give Artyom his AK-74 at Dry Station - if you turn around in the duct, the weapon will be waiting for Artyom to collect if he wants it. In a sense, he came across as someone who ran with the brigands and tried become legitimate his supportive nature toward Artyom and his attempts to tell Artyom about the various threats they faced, seemed to stem from how Bourbon tried to show Artyom the ropes. He owed a lot of money to a lot of people, clearly having a history with a group of Bandits, and knew how to handle himself in a fight. Bourbon was the stereotypical bastard with a heart of gold. Official concept art of Bourbon for the Metro 2033 video gameĪrtyom and Bourbon first met in Riga, which was on security lockdown due to a recent anomaly and a particularly large infestation of nosalises in the tunnels nearby.
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