This is an interesting question! Well, they have backgrounds that are heavily dependent on their society’s structure. If there is anyone in particular you wanna know about lemme know but Ill give you a general rundown of the first three. i don’t wanna write too much so if u wanna know everyone else lmk!

gordon: raised by a vortigaunt lusus, he was raised in such a way that the rules of society kind of bind him or hold him back. he’s heavily reliant on the rules and structure of society (at first) so he doesnt associate with too many “highbloods” (they really freak him out.) and stays in his own lane. he may or may not have a little seadweller grub he took in a sweep or so back…but idk.

benrey: ??? who knows where theyre from. they’re a mutant little hybrid. they’re never really seen out of black mesa. though gordon swears he’s seen them hanging around the ocean on his commute to work. their lusus is [REDACTED.]

tommy: has a lusus who’s a giant dog… you already KNOW. being a yellowblooded seadweller means he is technically a highblood but he doesnt hold himself like one because for the first half of his life he was raised on land and on land yellowbloods are lowbloods! but then the g-man took him in as an…apprentice? son? and he was then raised under water. he comes back to land to work at black mesa.

speaking of gman

yeah.