Ips ("The Undead Bookmaker")

CONNECTION: Non-networked neural implant

AI ASSISTANT: Weak AI “Mr Mercury”

DIGITAL APPEARANCE: No avatar A mysterious figure and ex-gangster who lives atop the Fairfax Fabstacks in Derova, Ips and his AI assistant Mr Mercury laboriously create handmade copies of ancient hardbooks, which they distribute covertly through the city in an attempt to expand people's minds.

Book 2: “Memoirs of an Undead Book Printer” (Jens Durke)