Hoyt Volker is the primary antagonist of the 2012 first person shooter video game Far Cry 3. He is the tyrant of the South Island of the Rook Islands, and runs the biggest slave trading system in the Southern Pacific. Compared to Vaas, Hoyt is a "demon". He is also the leader of the Privateers and the boss of Vaas Montenegro and his pirates. He is the archenemy of the Rakyat tribe.
He was voiced by Steve Cumyn.
Far Cry 3[]
He appears in the beginning of the game, telling Vaas to take care of the rejects, then walks away, then after Jason sees him with Riley in a hallucination. After Jason meets Willis Huntley, he sends Jason to burn his marijuana crops with a flamethrower, then Willis shows Jason that he's become "popular" by showing him of recording of Hoyt talking with Vaas, after Vaas tells him he doesn't care. then Hoyt, in his anger, threatens to implant Vaas's head on his car, but then immediately calms down afterwards. Hoyt then later goes to Beras Town with his Privateers and holds three men hostage, then he makes them all run through a mine field or be shot, two of them were killed and one of them survived. Hoyt also has a hit-man named Buck, who buys Jason's friend, Keith, and, after Jason saves Keith, Keith tells him that Riley has been "killed" by Hoyt.
Jason swears to avenge Riley, then after Jason killed Vaas, the alliance between Vaas's Pirates and Hoyt's Privateers is broken. Then Jason goes to the South Island to kill Hoyt, and allies with Willis's undercover agent, Sam Becker. Jason becomes a privateer recruit by stealing Foster's uniform. After doing some work, Hoyt is talking with Jason and tells him to torture the prisoner who is Riley, and Hoyt finds out that "Foster" is Jason Brody, by a video that Hoyt found of Jason, but does not speak of it until the Poker game which Jason and Sam are invited to. After Jason and Sam destroy Hoyt's Phones and Fuel Depots, they enter his compound for the Poker Game, after Jason and Sam show their cards, Hoyt stabs Sam in the throat, and then later cuts off Jason's Finger, then they engage in a knife fight and then Jason stabs Hoyt in the side chest and neck, or the neck and head (depending on the player's action) which kills him, which leaves Hoyt's organization destroyed.
Trivia[]
- As with Buck and Vaas, Hoyt is killed by Jason with a knife.
- He is the second South African antagonist in the Far Cry series, after Hector Voorhees in Far Cry 2.
- Despite the fact that he is the main antagonist, he begins to play a prominent role only in the final act of the game and has less screen time than Vaas Montenegro.
- Hoyt Volker has similarities with Dr. Krieger, the main antagonist of the first game of Far Cry series. Both had an island with an army of mercenaries at their disposal, both came to the attention of the special services and both do not live to see the end of their games.