Characters

Player Characters

The Humboldt Nation's new "C" team of troubleshooters; intended as a flexible floater support team.

• Juan Ernesto Inglesias de Silva: Dwarf male, mage on the run
• Diana Maliki: Ork female, intrusion specialist
• Merribeth "Torque" Sharpe: Human female, tomboy rigger
• Suchitra Venkatasubramanian: Human female, suave hacker
• Conner "Tatch" or "Tącharan" (Ghost) McBain: Male ork, physical adept.

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Non-Player Characters

Humboldt Nation

• Captain Driscoll: Male Elf, captain of a Humboldt militia rescue boat.
• Linda Evers: Human female; recruited Torque.  (Killed during an attack on Arcata by Aztechnology-controlled spirits.)
• Major Mathers: Dwarf male, officer in the Humboldt militia.
• Darlene Miller: Social worker.
• Subankhar Samitran: Elf male; recruited Suchitra.
• Starshine: Young human female, rescued (along with her father) by Torque and her Humboldt militia group from shipwreck and kraken attack.

The Kill Team

The Humboldt Nation's "A" team of specialists; they handle terminations.

• Colonel Doris Severs: Vampire female; combat mage and team leader.
• Paul Hiller: Human male ghoul; rigger.
• Irma Kinman: Dwarf female ghoul; technomancer.
• "Long Tusk": Ork female ghoul; covert ops specialist.
• John Robbins: Human male ghoul; weapon specialist, heavily cybered.  Tina's husband.
• Tina Robbins: Human female ghoul; combat mage.  John's wife.

The Toothpullers

The Humboldt Nation's "B" team of specialists; they specialize in extraction missions.

• Alex Johnston: Dwarf male, call sign "Grumpy" – escape and evasion.
• Mike Steward: Human male, call sign "Stick" – Rigger.
• "Hammond": Yeti male, call sign "Hammond" – shaman.
• Ellen Kiley: Human female, call sign "Target" – magician.
• Francisco Benitez: Elf male – party "Face".  Recruited Juan.
• Janice Sumitomo: Ork female – decker.

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California Free State

• Winthrop: Greater air elemental who makes his home at the Presidio.

Shiawase

• Mr. Saito: Nineteen-year old Human male who hired Torque for contract transport work.  Son of General Keiji Saito (who was until recently dictator of the California Protectorate.)
• Sumiko Nakamura: Human female; secretary and member of the Shiawase glee club.
• Tsuyoshi Shinma: Human male, security guard at the archival processing warehouse in Oakland.

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Elsewhere

• Artur Maliki: Human male; Zanzibar warlord, and Diana's brother.
• Takehiko Asawo: Human male, former research coordinator for Shiawase Agrotech.  Location currently unknown.

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