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Aloy

Aloy (/ˈeɪlɔɪ/ AY-loy) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Horizon video game franchise, developed by Guerrilla Games. She first appears in Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) and returns in its sequel Horizon Forbidden West (2022). The narrative of the games takes place in a post-apocalyptic 31st-century United States. Aloy is a skilled huntress…

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Family
Rost (guardian, deceased) · Beta (sister / genetic twin)
First game
Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
Tribe
Nora
Voiced by
Ashly Burch · Laura Van Tol (infant) · Ava Potter (child)

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Aloy

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Edges112
Triples306
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
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related to Video games · 41
Aloy → After, AI, Aratak, As, Banuk, Because, Cut, CYAN, Daemon, Dr, Earth, Eclipse, Elisabet Sobeck, Focus, GAIA, HADES, Helis, HEPHAESTUS, Hunters Lodge, In The Frozen Wilds
has impact · 40
Aloy → Both, Clawstrider, Coast, Coinciding, Collector's, Collector's Edition, Dark Horse, Deakin University, Drop, E3, Farseek, Following Aloy's, Forbidden West, Funko, Gentle Giant, Good Smile Company, Guerrilla, In, Into, Lego
related to Critical response · 40
Aloy → Aloy's, Beta, Beta's, Conversely, Critics, Eurogamer, Eurogamer's Victoria Phillips Kennedy, Game Informer, GameSpot's Phil Hornshaw, GamesRadar, Gaming, GLAAD, Hirun Cryer, In, In Burning Shores, Javy Gwaltney, Katniss Everdeen, Keith Stuart, Kotaku, Lara Croft
related to Characterisation and casting · 29
Aloy → According, Actress Peggy Vrijens, Aloy's, American, Ashly Burch, Ava Potter, Burch, De Jonge, Disney Princess, Dutch, Guerrilla, Guerrilla's, Hannah Hoekstra, Her, Hermen Hulst, Hulst, John Gonzalez, Laura Van Tol, Lucas, Narrative
related to Musical theme · 27
Aloy → Aloy's, Aloy's Theme, Ariana Gillis, At, Composers, Elven, Elven's, Flood, For Forbidden West, Ian Livingstone, In, Joris, Julie Elven, Kaplan, Leest, Livingstone's, Lovisa Bergdahl, Man, Melissa, Niels
related to Accolades · 24
Aloy → Ashly Burch, Awards, Best Acting, Best Gaming Performance, Best Performance, Best Voice Performance, Breakout Performance, British Academy Games Awards, Burch, Character, For, Forbidden West, Game, Game Audio Network Guild, Golden Joystick Awards, Interactive Arts, New York Game Awards, Outstanding Achievement, Performer, Sciences
related to Evolution in Forbidden West · 23
Aloy → Aloy's, Annie Kitain, Bastien Ramisse, Ben McCaw, Beta, Burning Shores, Dennis Zopfi, Elisabet Sobeck's, Equipping Seyka, Focus, Horizon Forbidden West, In, Kitain, Lead, McCaw, Narrative, New, PlayStation, Quen, Senior
related to Comics · 18
Aloy → After Aloy, Amadis, Clawstrider, Erend, Erend's, Ersa, Horizon Zero Dawn, In, Korl, Liberation, Mad Sun-King Jiran, Meridian, Oseram, She, Talanah, The Sunhawk, Titan Comics, While
related to Concept and design · 18
Aloy → Alien, Beek, De Jonge, Ellen Ripley, Game, Guerrilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Initial, Jan-Bart, Jonge, Killzone, Mathijs, Sarah Connor, Sony, Terminator, The, Thrones, Ygritte
related to Thematic analysis · 14
Aloy → Aloy's, Andrei Nae, Ashley Lanni, Earth, Eirini Bourontzi, Far Zeniths, Jesús Fernández-Caro, Lauren Woolbright, Natalie, Posthumanist, Scholars, She, Swain, Woolbright

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AloyFamilyRost (guardian, deceased)1.00infobox
AloyFamilyBeta (sister / genetic twin)1.00infobox
AloyFirst gameHorizon Zero Dawn (2017)1.00infobox
AloyTribeNora1.00infobox
AloyVoiced byAshly Burch1.00infobox
AloyVoiced byLaura Van Tol (infant)1.00infobox
AloyVoiced byAva Potter (child)1.00infobox
Aloyis askilled huntress who uses tactical intelligence and tribal weaponry to survive in a world that has been reclaimed by nature and overrun by hostile machines0.90text
Aloyis aoutcast of the Nora tribe and is raised in the wilderness by her surrogate father0.90text
Aloyis aNPC in Call of the Mountain and the primary playable character in the Zero Dawn retelling Lego Horizon Adventures0.90text
Aloyhas impactFollowing Aloy's0.60section
Aloyhas impactE30.60section

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