In inFamous 2, John's subconscious was reborn as 'The Beast' years ahead of schedule, but his true agenda was revealed: saving the conduits from the inccurable plague the his rebirth released, as awakened conduits are immune, using the Ray Sphere powers he'd inherited to activate their powers, requiring him to sacrifice humanity itself. John aligns with Cole MacGrath to successfully destroy the Ray Sphere, but is seemingly killed in the proccess. After securing the Ray Sphere, John goes into hiding and is hunted by Kessler and the game's other antagonists, Alden Tate and Moya Jones, who seek the Ray Sphere for their own agendas. In inFamous, John is an NSA agent who'd been tracking Kessler's schemes (unaware of his future role in causing them) but fails to prevent him activating the Ray Sphere, a device capable of activating conduits, leading to the quarantine. After John successfully killing Kessler's family and destroyed most of the world, a vengeful and traumatized Kessler travelled back in time to rewrite history and prevent John's genocide. In an alternate future John became the 'Beast', a conduit with immense power capable of transforming into a giant humanoid magma-monster seemingly intent on exterminating humanity and killed his only rival, Kessler.

John is a conduit, a subspecies of human capable of exhibiting powers after their gene is activated but the process kills any humans so their neuroelectric energy can fuel the conduit's powers, although John's powers are initially dormant. The Beast (real name John White) is the central antagonist of the inFamous video game franchise.

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