Mordecai

Mordecai came to Pandora in search of a man from his past named Yujinny. Upon learning that Yujinny has died, Mordecai sets off to learn how he died and what he was carrying.

Gameplay
Mordecai's play style as that of an archer in a tradational rpg or as a sharpshooter in most first person shooters. He is best suited for ranged combat, dealing a lot of damage but being the second weakest character in the game for receiving damage (the weakest being the Siren). He also is suited to high damage guns and prefers sniper rifles and revolvers to SMGs or assault rifles. His melee weapon is a sword, but it is only effective as a secondary weapon. Mordecai is active ability is his bloodwing which is a red bird that can be upgraded to do much damage to his enemies. (see below) His three skill trees are Sniper, which increases his skills with sniper rifles as well as group experience bonuses and accuracy; Rogue, which mainly focuses on increasing the potency of his Bloodwing as well as gaining loot; and Gunslinger, which improves his usage of pistols (which includes handguns, machine pistols and revolvers).

Some people think that playing as Mordecai can be irritating when a chest is found as he is usually the farthest from it and the loot is distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

Active Ability

 * See Article: Active Abilities for info.

Mordecai has a Bloodwing as a pet, which Pitchford describes as "a hundred times more deadly than even the best trained falcon."

The Bloodwing can be commanded to attack your enemies and can also improve its damage, speed, and skill as you progress through the game. IGN recently released a video of Mordecai using his Bloodwing, showing it killing several enemies quickly.

Skill Tree Calculator
Check out the skill calculator at the official Borderlands site