Laszlo

"Dear God! Poor Laszlo! The finest mind of his generation, come to such an end!"

- Sandy

Laszlo is a Rebel seen briefly during the Half-Life 2 chapter Sandtraps. He was apparently considered by his friend Sandy to be "the finest mind of his generation".

Half-Life 2
While Laszlo and his friend Sandy were traveling from Lighthouse Point to the Vortigaunt Camp to get some Bugbait, they were attacked by Antlions, leaving Laszlo severely wounded. Some time later, Gordon Freeman arrives on the scene, only to see Antlions attack Laszlo a second time, and kill him, If the player steps on the sand then the antlions attack faster although if the player remains still Laszlo will eventually move, summoning antlions. Gordon helps Sandy killing the Antlions before they kill them as well, then Sandy tells Gordon to stay off the sand, as it is walking on it that brings the Antlions. He then tells Gordon that there is no point for him to continue to the Vortigaunt Camp now that Laszlo is dead. He then acknowledges Gordon tried to help, and that he will stay with Laszlo for a while, because there is "something [he] has to do" (though if one waits or comes back to the spot after leaving, it appears but that Sandy never actually does anything, or disappears entirely). He finally tells Gordon he hopes he as better luck than they had, then Gordon leaves him alone and continues his journey to the Vortigaunt Camp. During the brief encounter, Sandy never elaborates as to why he considers Laszlo to be "the finest mind of his generation".

Behind the scenes
Laszlo's model animation hints he was originally to be named "Tobias".

List of appearances

 * Half-Life 2