Harris


 * For information about the Columbine shooting participant who made Doom levels, see Eric Harris.

Harris is a character that appears in the first level of Strife, both in the shareware and registered versions respectively. Depending on the version of the game, his role in the game slightly differs.

Shareware version
In the shareware version, Harris appears in the room where Rowan is met in the registered version. Harris tells about an offering chalice in the Order's Sanctuary and offers great riches if it is retrieved. If the player accepts his offer (rejecting causes a flood of Acolytes to appear and kill the player), he tells the player to meet him at the tavern.

Near the back entrance of the Sanctuary, the prison cell holds someone who claims Harris took advantage of him and got him into trouble on false accusations. Returning with the chalice to the tavern makes the alarm inside go off, so the player will confront Harris. Harris claims he was not trying to set the player up and continues to offer riches. Upon agreeing, the player is given the key to Governor Mourel's mansion, which is a dead end as the Governor summons Acolytes to kill the player for stealing the chalice. Rejecting Harris' offer at the moment gives the chance to reveal a hidden button, leading to a stash of items, including a Front comlink that allows the player to hear Blackbird for the first time.

Registered version
In the registered version, Harris' task is optional. Basically the job is the same, to get the offering chalice. However, if Governor Mourel's chore for the prison pass is not accomplished, it does not matter how the player chooses to handle Harris after confronting him later. The player becomes stuck anyway, since the Governor will know of the theft of the chalice, resulting in the player's death by a flood of Acolytes. It is possible to wait until getting the prison pass to take Harris' task. Killing him in the registered version allows a similar hidden button to appear, leading to a stash of poison bolts, a hundred pieces of gold, a Surgery Kit and a Targeter.

There is an easy way to get Harris' little treasure early in the game, without making the Governor a dead-end character. The player simply needs to talk to Harris, accept his task but not do it. If the player kills him in a stealthy manner after acceptance, the switch will appear instead of the alarms being activated. It only works in the registered version of the game.