Callaghan

Callaghan is the overall antagonist of Mirror's Edge.

Biography[]

Callaghan is the current mayor of The City. The name varies between "Mirror's Edge PC game" and "Mirror's Edge iOS game".

Callaghan is one of the antagonists in Mirror's Edge. They are the mayor of the city and the CEO of Callaghan City Construction.

Mirror's Edge[]

Callaghan is never seen in game nor in any cutscenes, though they are mentioned infrequently. Callaghan was not initially conceived a threat to the Runners, however, Mirror's Edge (mobile) provides more background information on Callaghan and the mayoral conspiracy.

After Robert Pope's murder, Faith's sister Kate Connors instructed her to contact Miller, Kate's superior, with any new information. Faith deems him trustworthy. However, she then sees him meeting with PK's CEO Travis Burfield. Miller was, in fact, looking for information about Pope's murder. He learns that Ropeburn had hired an assassin to kill Pope. Meeting up with the assassin, Faith learns that Callaghan forced Celeste to kill Pope through blackmail.

On top of the Shard, Jacknife, holding Kate hostage, makes a remark about the "bigger fish" (The entity behind Robert Pope's assassination) and it is implied by Faith that it was Callaghan.

Mirror's Edge Mobile[]

Prior to the events portrayed in the game, Callaghan started employing questionable methods to win votes over Robert Pope, one of which was collaborating with Pirandello Kruger security firm to train a rogue gang of rooftop runners to go out and make a bad image of and smear the true Runners. This gang also caused the City Protection Force to be embarrassed in the public eye as they fail to apprehend the rogues. In turn, Callaghan used this as a valid excuse for hiring the private security firm to replace the CPF.

Callaghan is also depicted asking someone to make reservations for a lunch with PK's CEO, and to confirm all the arrangements for C's (Celeste Wilson) meeting with Pope. She states "Everyone's priority should now be on executing Project Icarus."

Catalyst[]

The Callaghan Construction logo can be seen in Mirror's Edge Catalyst.

Politics[]

Many election advertisements for Callaghan can be found in the City. These bear slogans such as "Progress has a name, vote Callaghan", "Let's make things even better!" and "Finis coronat opus" (Latin, translation: "The end crowns the work").

Trivia[]

The Latin phrase found displayed throughout; Finis Coronat Opus; literally means “the end crowns the work”, often translated as “the end justifies the means”. A related Latin phrase is “exitus acta probat”, which translates to “the outcome proves the deeds” or “the outcome is the test of the method”.
In the first game, Callaghan is referred to as male. The gender was changed to female in the IOS game. This is due to the mobile game having a slightly different story to the first game, and different writers.