| “ | Test subject is abnormally stubborn. She never gives up. Ever. | „ |
| ~ The Proctor's Note on Chell's test subject file |
Summary
Chell is the silent protagonist of Portal and the single-player campaign in Portal 2. Very little is known of her past, beyond her possible abandonment at birth and her stubborn will to live.
Throughout the series, Chell is antagonized by the AI and facility overseer GLaDOS during her testing courses. Wielding only the Handheld Portal Device, she eventually utilizes this device as a means of avoiding hazards and bypassing various sections of the Facility in order to escape. Eventually, she directly confronts and destroys GLaDOS.
Unfortunately, her escape attempts failed (as seen in Portal 2) where she ends up inside a coma for many, many years until she is awoken by a Personality Core known as Wheatley. While trying to escape with his help, they accidentally re-awaken GLaDOS, who wasn't completely destroyed. Chell is forced back into the same brutal testing as before.
Eventually, she swaps GLaDOS for Wheatley and puts him in control of the facility. However, Wheatley goes corrupt with power, turns GLaDOS into a potato battery and sends them both down a shaft. The two put their grudges aside and climb back up to defeat the corrupt Wheatley. This also saves Aperture Science, as he was failing miserably at maintaining it, which would've resulted in its explosion.
GLaDOS, now back in charge, knowing Chell is far too stubborn for her to control, gives her the win, and sends her to the surface, finally granting Chell freedom from the facility.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-B, Unknown with Portal Gun
Name: Chell, documented as Test Subect #1 (Formerly Test Subject #1498)
Origin: Portal
Gender: Female
Age: Likely 20's physically
Classification: Human, Test Subject
Powers and Abilities: Portal Creation, Expert Markswoman (With the Portal Gun), Immune to fall damage (due to her Long Fall Boots), Supernatural Willpower
Attack Potency: Human level, Unknown with Portal Gun (The Portal Gun doesn't damage enemies directly, but seems to be able to temporarily displace any matter in the vicinity of the portal's creation, which can lead to phenomenon like the destruction of wall-mounted cameras when fired close to their position)
Speed: Average Human, Relativistic attack speed with the Portal Gun (Shot a Portal to the moon in a matter of seconds)
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Wall level (Can survive bullets for a short period of time and can take any fall damage. Managed to survive being temporarily exposed to the vacuum of space. Survived an explosion and a fall from several kilometers)
Stamina: Superhuman (Has solved several tests without needing a break)
Range: Planetary with Portal Gun (The Portal Gun's projectiles can reach space in a matter of seconds and only stopped when it reached into the Moon)
Standard Equipment: Portal Gun, Long Fall Boots
Intelligence: Gifted (Chell is unbelievably tenacious and has a knack for puzzle solving, being able to quickly come to solutions even when faced with brand-new technology such as portals and gels. She remains a master puzzle solver even when said puzzles threaten her life outright, and has outwitted even the likes of GLaDOS, who runs the entirety of Aperture Science)
Weaknesses: Seems to be mute. The Portal Gun's projectiles will not open portals when used on certain surfaces, merely bursting into harmless sparks on impact.
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