Minor Characters

Areon
A doll in The White Lotus.

Baros Baron
(aka THE LICKETTY) A miserable careerist management class worker at IS. Forced to serve as assistant to DEA after the latter’s ascension to elite status. Hates Dea and carries a grudge against anyone from the IS klatch.

Bhradain McDawish
A CivSec detective undercover inside UCPD, tracking The Pan Sibs. Unbeknownst to him, his security has been compromised by a microtransmitter in the neck-pendant of Venus.

Brooke Young
Born rich but rejected her parent's consumerist philosophies and ran to the slums of Bosing. Killed by her brother TENNET.

Cade Overbrook
A scrumblie who was legally klatchnapped, raised by IS, and then escaped to reside with Rebel and Danett in the wilderlands. Trained in hardware and software engineering. Six foot tall albino, her parents were both math professors. Known for her direct honesty, often saying what perhaps shouldn't be said.

Cal
Day manager at The White Lotus, Cal is a large man with a black beard and mustache.

Danett
A cybernetics researcher, scientist and robotics expert, Danett created a line of AIs that suffered when they didn’t perform their assigned functions (this includes MALINDA). Disgusted with his former activities, now lives with Malinda, Rebel and Cade in the wilderlands. When in the city, he can often be found at The Arcade.

Dr Frank Hilsop
Biotechnician who does off-record contract work for Crabb Protection Services.

Dreed Clemons
CFO of Nutrex.

Eena
Poor but good-natured grandmother living in The Little Maldives.

Gant Weiland
A skilled programmer whose talents go to pay for his drug addictions, Gant is the father of Sy Weiland and often worked for JERREL PATEL. Lives in Sunridge.

Ikkon
A loan shark in Whitehill.

J D Brainhammer
A popular “trip artist” whose virtual music compositions induce radical moodswings and psychedelic states of mind.

Jacob Lancaster-Smith –
An ex-psycog from Whitehill, recently disappeared without trace.

Jerrel Patel
Killed by his son Wessex.

Jess Morgan
teenage girl who hangs out at The Arcade.

Jhero
a highly-sought-after programmer/hacker who dabbles in grey-hat jobs when not busy with his own company. Identifying sometimes as male, sometimes as female, Jhero has plenty of money and high end skills, but likes to play at the edge. Jhero knows how to access the Shadow Souk, and often hangs out at the J-Exchange.

Jojo Loner
A darknet hacker who lives in the basement of the White Lotus Pleasure Palace in Sunridge. Jojo is well-connected and can usually provide anything from custom hardware to false IDs – for a price.

Juniper
One of the Dork Knights of Harohbakh; a college student from Midoru who can often be found playing AR games at the Triple Pines Mall.

Keith
One of the bartenders at Three Blind Mice.

Keras Fop
An information broker and fixer who is known to hire mercenaries and Tube Rats for acquisition missions.

Leefield Quisby
Once an executive for Dearly Departed Reclaimers, now manager of the aviary at the Little Maldives Cultural Center.

Lel
Biological mother of Rebel. She has high technical capabilities and an intense, unappeasable desire for status within the corporate ladder of IS. Underneath her brazen exterior she is miserable, and often suicidal.

Lucio Rubino
Owner of “Lucio's,” an upscale nightclub in Whitehill. He's a dark-haired and stoic businessman who plays very close to the chest. Lucio wears cybernetic eye implants.

Mack MacMack
The public handle of an avatar hacker, rumored to be one of the best in the city.

Madden Stig
An independent reporter for the UbiFree Network.

Markus XXX
A masterful hacker and waketracer who avoids public life, but sometimes teams up with ADANYA BLAIR.

Meeps
One of the Dork Knights of Harohbakh; a college student from Midoru who can often be found playing AR games at the Triple Pines Mall. Presents as an avatar of an anthropomorphic zebra.

Mich Bodega
Veteran food vat truck driver for Swoosh Corp. Secret alter-ego of MANU BARAKAT, Swoosh CEO.

Morgan
A shadowy character linked to The Black Glove. Her lover was killed in a botched raid on Ashvin.

Mr Waddle
A mysterious citizen who is often seen riding the tubes and walking about the city. His moniker is derived from his avatar, which presents as a bipedal walrus with a well-groomed bushy mustache, wearing a 3-piece suit accessorized with a monocle, pocket watch and cane.

Nadim Farusat
Food truck technician for Swoosh Corp, and head of the Little Maldives Community Center project.

Nakira
A doll in the White Lotus.

Nerita Thompson
A worker on the NBP algae farm who lived in the NBP complex in Midoru district, western projects. She chose to end her life in virtual space.

Nikau
Bartender at The Bottleneck in Whitehill. Has a heavily-tattooed face and a tribal smart-tat on his wrist, used for transactions and inventory.

Patere Howards
CEO of Crabb Protection Services. Rumored to be associated with the various crime syndicates around town.

Quinn Wolfe
“The Wolf of Derova,” cunning and merciless leader of a violent gang from the squats.

Rem –
Bosing kid who hangs out at The Arcade.

Reynolds
Rida Reynolds is a security specialist for Calibration Logistics. Stocky and sporting a crew-cut, she is skilled in torture and interrogation.

Rhett
One of the Dork Knights of Harohbakh; a college student from Midoru who can often be found playing AR games at the Triple Pines Mall.

Rogel Ansom
CSO of Crabb Protection Services, Sterlwynn Meadows office. A withered man inside a glass cylinder, he is kept alive by plugs and tubes feeding him nutrients and data.

Rollo
A bartender at the Three Blind Mice.

Rom Romero
Chief Security Officer for Nutrex.

Rowan
One of the Dork Knights of Harohbakh; a young cubie and fanfic writer who can often be found playing AR games at the Triple Pines Mall. Rowan is small and shy; she hides her face under a shock of long hair, and usually uses an IdentiPro kit that obscures her face from recognition systems.

Salvadore
A misshapen giant of great height and strength, Salvadore is one of the veteran bodyguards at the Three Blind Mice. He is usually positioned just outside the hushrooms.

Stefan Karibdis
Head of security for Calibration Logistics, one-time employer of Temperley. Bears the rank of Captain.

Steven
A teenaged wheelchair-bound member of the Neon Dragons gang in Bosing. Along with JAZZ, Steven is one of the only Dragons who can read.

Stump
A loyal Tube Rat whose specialties include driving, piloting and acquisition.

Tennet Young
(aka “Ten”) – Younger brother of BROOKE, who he murdered in a Cornucopia-inspired breakdown before going on the run. Due to his addiction, he can often be found at the local Church of Plutus.

Velyx Dasco
Leader of the Black Glove gang. A paramilitary mercenary organization specializing in corporate espionage and blackmail, the Black Glove is protected by PARNAS HARN, who directs security investigations away from them in exchange for the use of data they obtain. Dasco is said to never leave hir Fresco estate, appearing via vcon as a black-robed figure with long gloves and a veil.