The Fisherman

''"I, uh, hope you like the lyrics." - The Fisherman''

The Fisherman is an unnamed character who only appears in the demo Half Life: Death Edge as a minor protagonist who commissions Cicero "Chub Friedman" Fryman to destroy an enemy gun that is ravaging the small town of Olga through weaponized Headcraps.

The Fisherman is first met when the player, Cicero, wakes up near the beach where he is presumably fishing. He does not immediately recognize Cicero, and likely mistakes his name to be "Chub Friedman", and states that he is a "scientific infection". Whether or not he was insulting Cicero is unknown. The Fisherman instructs Cicero to impractically bring a Harvesting Machine (Combine) to the town in order to defeat the enemy gun. When he lets Cicero through the gate, he informs him not to use slavery, and to "get along" with the men he will presumably fight. After Cicero prevails against the enemy, he requests that he stay to celebrate the victory in the town, and requests to know his opinion on "lyrics" he has developed, which turn out to be nonsense.

The Fisherman is a mostly mysterious character with no particular personality, but is heard calling Cicero names before he defeats the enemy. The Fisherman, much like several Scientists, holds the tradition of randomly paraphrasing his speech pattern in a biblical manner during conversations. Near the end of the game, he tells Cicero to "Get rid of clutter", which according to the available options requires a trillionaire.

Quotes
"Hee!"

"Sleep!"

"Now do not wait for a minute."

"You are, you're that scientific infection, Chub Friedman, a fisherman, am I right?"

"You must get a combine harvester here, it is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post."

"To take the victory, I will shew thee the letter - or as far as you are able to insofar as you are, for him, as far as it goes."

"Here, now, unto thee, I will open the gate."

"You took the key here ... somewhere ..."

"Where are we going?"

"Get along now, kid, destroy that gun, and no slavery!"

"Well, y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y"

"Get rid of clutter!"