Characters

Atlanta

Celestia “Memphis” Loris

Part of an Atlanta-area shadowrunner group that gave the runners their first job together. The team's rigger.

Chloe “Tricky” Dale

Part of an Atlanta-area shadowrunner group that gave the runners their first job together. The team’s decker, a waifish teenager.

Hayley “Musk” Giovanni

Part of an Atlanta-area shadowrunner group that gave the runners their first job together. A deer shaman, dressed in leather, human.

Hezekiah “Blaze” Blaise

Part of an Atlanta-area shadowrunner group that gave the runners their first job together. A pyrokinetic flame shaman, flame tattoo on face, flowing top and bottoms decorated with flames, human.

Natalia “Kane” Mauricio

Part of an Atlanta-area shadowrunner group that gave the runners their first job together. A cyber-axe street samurai, troll.

Astral Space

Mauren the Caretaker

A Tanid, a turtle-like metahuman type that has not expressed itself in the Sixth World, Mauren is the Caretaker of the Dragon Enclave, a self-contained astral space housing the astral forms of dragons and draconic memory stones awaiting their awakening. She took full control of the enclave following the defeat of the Frog Sorcerer by the runners in response to his attempt to prematurely merge the enclave into the material metaplane.

Aztlán

Katherine Sitsu

One of Dunkelzahn's Six. A xenobiology PhD student at the University of Chicago who performed research in the CZ on insect spirit manifestations. Now works for Aztechnology at one of its main research campuses in Tenochtitlan, Aztlán.

California

Bay Area

Jürgen Nadel

Jürgen "Vaternacht / Father Night" Nadel is an older decker and a long-time teacher with the People's University in Berkeley, where he mentored both Shiba and Mark Mays. A very conservative decker, he never approved of Shiba's shadowrunning and they had rarely spoken in the years leading up to their mutual reencounter with Mark Mays.

Mark Mays

Mark "Mayhem" Mays was a fellow decking student with Shiba of Jürgen Nadel. Recruited into the Black Mercury project at Mitsuhama Computer Technologies researching psychic manipulation of the Matrix, he was ultimately transformed into a cyberzombie. Freed by the shadowrunners from his crypt he is currently on the run from MCT with the help of Jürgen.

Northern Crescent

Hestaby

A great dragon operating out of the Mount Shasta spiritual retreat. Has made contact with Maniac and encouraged him to reach out if he can be of assistance to her.

Teena Turner

Head of an elf go-gang The Ravens with associations with Tír Tairngire and the Harvest Home elf settlement.

Chicago

Buglands (CZ)

Genevieve Wong

Deceased, an elf summoner and pharma researcher experimenting with horror-inspired time travel.

Paul and Ernetta McFarlane

Pod people. He's a meat cutter. She's a special ed teacher.

Frankie Quick

Pod person, ritualist, black, female, late 40s/early 50s.

Tony and Jo Davila

Pod people.

Truman Shank

An early-30s orc scavenger.

Ward Brown

A teenage orc adventurer trained by Gregory Armtwister.

Ghoul Enclave (CZ)

Aaron Moore

Guardian acolyte to William Lamothe and voluntary convert to ghouldom.

Dennis Barge

Building leader of the Holiday Inn Express, it's former manager. In his early 50s, balding, large guy, friendly, troll.

Jerry B. Berry

A mid-ranking ghoul guardian with dominion over the Holiday Inn Express.

John Weeks

A low-ranking ghoul guardian patrolling undesirable territory. Guardian for Protacio Corcoran's former packmembers.

Melinda Hinman

One of the founding trinity of the ghoul enclave, focused on the internal politics of the ghoul enclave.

Robin Hughes

One of the founding trinity of the ghoul enclave, a popular figure who works to inspire and recruit human members of the community.

Sara Shrewsbury

A dissatisfied occupant of the Holiday Inn Express. Her daughter Lidia was killed by an insect spirit, and she's concerned that her son Barton, 16, may join the ghouls.

Thresa Beckman

Melinda's scribe. Taken from the ghoul enclave with the shadowrunners.

Viola Smith

A practical, hard-working member of the Holiday Inn Express community. Mid 40s.

William Lamothe

One of the founding trinity of the ghoul enclave, focused on the exploration of their transformation into ghouls and the training and expansion of his pack. The first to discover the guardian relationship. Last seen attempting a coup over Melinda and Robin.

Harris Building Neighborhood (CZ)

Eddie Mata

A network engineer at Truman Technologies, dating Nancy Cisno, with whom he periodically shares gossip.

Elbert Bratch

Head of the anarcho-capitalist Harris Building Commune.

Greasy Gail

A network engineer with the Chrome Traders gang.

John Rikard

A guy on the street who gave Saturn static about just being in the Zone to make money.

Josie West

Leader of the Chrome Traders. Rarely leaves the Chrome Hut.

Maggie Walls

Leader of the Chicago Free Matrix network group.

Nancy Cisno

A data clerk-turned-seamstress living in the Kessel building, dating Eddie Mata of Truman Technologies. A bit of a gossip.

Pat Sayre

An elder in the Harris Building, he helped the runners find a temporary home there.

Santana

A fighter in the Harris building, under Elbert Bratch.

Theda Miller

Scout leader with a Green 4800 inspired group of sewer-dwelling children.

Lakeside (CZ)

Dr. Caleb Hollowell (Illusion)

Managing Therapist of the Lakeshore Center for Behavioral Health. Well dressed, well mannered, and well liked by his staff, the doctor has kept the Center running through extraordinarily difficult times.

Kathy Griffith

Personal assistant to Kory Leo, and part-time co-manager of the Omni Lakeview Hotel.

Kory Leo

An independent financier residing in a life-support tank in the Chief Executive Suite of the Omni Lakeview Hotel.

Layla Cole (Illusion)

Receptionist at the Lakeshore Center for Behavioral Health.

Sartin Marino

Leader of the Chi-Town Go Boys, who're showing a new enthusiasm in their stewardship of the Omni Lakeview Hotel, with the help of Kathy Griffin.

University Area (CZ)

Cody Anderson

Street illusionist that sold Urni scam shrinking lessons.

Savage Anna

A decker the gang met at the Pink Pit Tavern.

Outside the Wall

Agathon

A Chicago street dealer near the warehouse district, he helped the runners track down the warehouse that Hawe would be using for their deal.

Hawe

A Chicago-area drug manufacturer and wanna-be distributor.

JuicyA

Hawe's bodyguard, a well-dressed combat juicer in Chicago.

Protacio Corcoran

One of Dunkelzahn's Six. He was once known as Basilisk, a Chicago-area holo-vandal of whom the great dragon was a fan. He's now a sapient ghoul, astral artist, and advocate for ghoul rights.

Red Sonja

A Chicago-area black market smuggler and distributor.

Denver

Brent Fuller

A troubleshooter with DocWagon Denver.

Dean Costello

A decker for the Casquilho family.

Duke

Operates Duke's, the premier independent body shop in Denver.

Lin Yao

Deceased. Former ranking member of the White Lotus Tried and manager of Klub Karma. Executed by one of her senior enforcers after her failure to secure the Dragon Stone in a successful attempt to save his own life.

Omar Chavez

Sottocapo for the Chavez Mafia family in Denver, reporting directly to the head of the Chavez family in Dallas-Ft. Worth.

Matty Zorn

Bartender at the Five By Five, a literally-underground smuggler bar.

Micheal J. Rosenberry

An internal affairs investigator with DocWagon Denver.

Zhang Wong

A talismonger operating Mystic Curiosities out of the international district of Denver's CAS Sector.

Detroit

Sissel McCarthy

One of Dunkelzahn's Six. A journalist who rose to fame reporting on Bug City. She now has a steady contract with NBS News, the news arm of Ares Global Entertainment. While she's based out of Detroit, Michigan, she spends much of her time travelling the world to report on conflict zones.

New York City

Gregory Armtwister

One of Dunkelzahn's Six. A shadowrunner and once an influential member of the Ork Underground in Seattle. He's now running under the street name Razorback doing jobs up and down the Northeastern Metroplex Axis.

Randall Thurston III

An old school chum of Nine's, an investment adviser at Goldman Chase. Randall advised Urni that her miniaturization ray development idea was an absurd pipe dream.

Newfoundland

Edward Oden

One of Dunkelzahn's Six. An aspected hermetic mage and metaplane researcher. Formerly with the University of Chicago, Bug City Campus, now with the Draco Foundation Metaplane Research Facility in Newfoundland. Edward Oden is a reliable contact for information about the metaplanes and the deep history of the many worlds.

Gilbert I. Williams

Husband to Edward Oden. An aspected hermetic research technician specializing in astral signature analysis. He also works at the Draco Foundation.

Seattle

Awakened Animals

Air Jordan

A flying squirrel imported to be a rich kid's pet, this actual bombardier ran away after not being well taken care of. Recruited into the raccoon gang as a sneaker by Iggy.

Barley

A bandit at the head of a raccoon gang, tinkerer Barley is the Plastic Jungle's unofficial town mayor, attempting to be an advocate for the creatures that live within.

Fangs

An imported Blackberry Cat kept unknowingly as a pet by a human family. Known to humans as Theseus, Fangs serves as a stalker for the raccoons.

Ignatius

A littermate of Barley's and a fellow bandit, cutie Ignatius is the charismatic face of the family.

Tawny the Talis Cat

A talis cat in the Glow City area.

Business Contacts

Janus Koskey

The proprietor of Crusher 495 and a Barrens-area fixer. A middle-aged ork, hair greying at the temples, still fit, the left side of his jaw and neck scarred from his days as a shadowrunner.

Jerry Stout

A member of the Wizards of the Coast hermetic circle on an organic farm in Snohomish, an important contact for Mac.

Ryan Schwartz

A hermetic scholar, albeit one without any actual magical ability, who does side business in magical advising out of a Seattle downtown antiquities import/export business. An insufferable japanophile.

“Shaky” Sheila

A Barrens cyberdoc with a flaky cyberarm controller.

Creatures

The Piper

A creature escaped from another metaplane that controls the minds of others with its song.

Friends and Family

The Duke of Muscles

A monument to the power of a natural physique and Maniac's former nemesis in the Redmond Barrens.

Mickey

Nine's boyfriend, an ork. Lives with Reggie the Cyberdog in Redmond.

Reggie the Cyberdog

Urni took Reggie from another resident of Ape House. Reggie has been cybernetically enhanced for combat, whether as a guard dog or for cyberanimal fighting is unknown. Reggie is currently living with Mickey.

"Stinky" Joe

A street person in the Redmond Barrens, Urni's friend, rumored to be infected with a relatively mild variant of the HMMV virus.

Gangers

"Big Sack" Johnson

A Crimson Blazer and fan of the Seattle Screamers.

Gary the Ork

Nine hired Gary to watch the door during a drug deal in Redmond, but he bolted without a word when some gangers crashed the exchange.

JLee

A Brain Eater specializing in intrusion software. A regular contact for the runners, whether in the Sprawl or the Matrix. JLee organized the Renraku Arcology Holiday Heist.

RaverD

A Brain Eater specializing in live decking and data extraction. Maniac's contact for building profiles for people of interest.

Humanis Policlub

Harold Falk

A Bellevue minister, running a Humanis Policlub chapter out of his church. Late 40s, slightly greying hair.

Karl Brackhaven

Head of the Seattle chapter of the Humanis Policlub. Uncle of Kenneth Brackhaven, 7th president of the UCAS.

Lone Star

Hampton Lee

A young patrolman with the Sprawl Lone Star bay patrol, formerly working a foot post in the Redmond Barrens. Connected to Humanis Policlub.

Irene Turnbull

The lieutenant of the Seattle Lone Star Crime Suppression Division, with a suspected connection to Humanis Policlub. A powerfully-built woman in her thirties, and a heavy drinker.

John Mendoza

Now deceased, a former Lone Star Corporal overseeing deployments in Redmond.

Kenneth Ferber

Now deceased, a former Lone Star Corporal overseeing deployments in Puyallup.

Rochus Braun

The captain of the Seattle Lone Star Crime Suppression Division. Short and pudgy.

Talia Kingston

Spokesperson for Lone Star SSAR (the Sprawl).

Normals

Abigail Eden

Maniac's acquaintance, a Native American dwarf woman, medical doctor, and bear shaman who belongs to the Bear Doctor Society.

Georgia Davis

A graduate student in Thaumaturgy at the University of Washington, Georgia was rescued by the runners from a research base in Puyallup overtaken by a creature from another metaplane.

Zachary Conklin

The receptionist at the Bellevue art and antiquity showroom Gallery S. Outfitted with a data filter.

The Plastic Jungle

Annabella Linley

Runs the Plastic Jungle water plant. A recent graduate of UC Berkeley in environmental science.

Grady the Troll

A lethargic troll in the Plastic Jungle, serving on the citizens' board for its trust.

Isabella Palazzo

Mama Palazzo's daughter, who helped the runners find her son Rich.

Karl the Monkey

An awakened monkey living in the Plastic Jungle. Dresses in flannel, carries a pistol at all times.

"Mama" Palazzo

A bucolic dwarf in the Plastic Jungle.

Rich Palazzo

Mama Palazzo's son, rescued from some wendigos in the Plastic Jungle by the runners.

Organized Crime

Caesar "Chrome" Ciarniello

The eldest son and heir of Don Vince Ciarniello. The twenty-eight year old is used to the privileges of his position, much to the irritation of his father. For his part, the son is angry and concerned over his father's new wife, Ivy, an elf and former dancer a little younger than Caesar himself is. Caesar has a taste for the best, which extends to his cyberware. Little of it is obvious, but with muscle and reflex augmentation, top-of-the-line cybereyes, and retractable razors in each hand, he's a formidable combatant.

During the 2058 mob war, the runners delivered Aldo “Al the Squid” Burke, a member of the Bigio family, to him for torture and execution after framing the brothel-runner for the destruction of the Ciarniello family's Lucky Lounge casino in east Touristville.

Ch'ien Ling

An apprentice mage with the Octagon Triad who offered to assist Maniac in future philanthropic work in Purity, Redmond.

"Hungry" Hino

A lieutenant in the Shigeda Yakuza clan. Former debtee of Maniac's gambling losses. Missing the ring finger from his left hand for failing to collect on the debt promptly.

Kaito Shigeda

Son of Takeo Shigeda, oyabun of the Shigeda Yakuza clan. While born in Japan, flashier and more Americanized than his father. Carries a large silver and pearl revolver in a shoulder holster.

Politicians

Ivar J. Lindstrom

Governor of the Seattle Special Administrative Region.

Jeffrey Gasston

Mayor of Redmond, an independent. Young, inexperienced, and largely ineffective.

Shadowrunners

Amos "Mac" McAllister

A Scottish distiller turned assassin turned shadowrunner, now living in the Redmond Barrens.

Kambei

A rigger shadowrunner, formerly of the Salish-Shidhe Council, now living in the Redmond Barrens with Nine.

Michael "Saint Florian" Stanwick

Son of prominent (State Needed) Senator (First Name Needed) Stanwick, Saint Florian is a part-time shadowrunner, part-time chem manufacturer, full-time anarchist, and inadvertent conspirator to murder a dragon. Used to run under the name "Nine" before that identity was blown by a Renraku investigation into Dunkelzahn's assassination.

aka Louis Thumble

Sarina “Shiba” Kōmura

An orc decker and rigger originally from Berkeley, the shadowrunners rescued her from Bug City and recruited her to their team. She specializes in on-site security system manipulation and piloting aircraft.

Her mother, Erisa Kōmura, was forsaken by her father, a high-ranking member of Fuchi Industrial Electronics in San Francisco, when Shiba, their first child, was born an orc. Erisa died in 2043, when Shiba was fourteen, from a heart condition she was unable to receive treatment for in Berkeley. Her father, Eito Ishii, now married to Asako Ishii née Takeda, still works at Fuchi in San Fransisco and has had two additional children, Shiba's half-brother Norio Ishii and her half-sister Shiori Ishii.

Tyrinni "Dancer" Bluefeather

An elven physical adept that formerly worked for Duchess Ridrinril as part of her awakened animal poaching ring. She's now trying to start a new life as a shadowrunner doing jobs for Janus Koskey under the name Dancer.

Saturn "Urni"

A physical adept with an innate connection to animals, Urni has raised herself from a life on the streets to being a notable Sprawl shadowrunner.

aka Henrietta Klein

Zach "Maniac" McGee

An ex-urban brawler turned street shaman shadowrunner in the Redmond Barrens.

aka Joe Cock

Tír Tairngire

Duchess Hethfanithi Malralniell Ridrinril

A member of the middle nobility of Tír Tairngire, among many other tasks she runs an awakened animal poaching ring bringing potential familiars into the principality. An aspected hermetic mage herself, her own familiar is Starleaf, an awakened mockingbird.

Duke Ra Phanuel

Tir Tairngire royalty with significant investments in the Redmond Barrens. His condo in Touristville was robbed by the runners. Primarily lives in Portland.

Eldarian Thornsong

A full hermetic mage working for Duchess Ridrinril as part of her awakened animal poaching ring, he was chased out of Seattle by the runners.

Unknown

Erim

Probably not her real name. Tricked Nine into providing explosives used to assassinate Dunkelzahn. Discovered an attempt to kidnap her from the Berlin UltraMedical, though not the party responsible. Has gone into hiding, location unknown.

Jesus Wheems

International pop star singer-songwriter last seen touring the Native American Nations for inspiration for her songwriting.

Washington, FDC

Dunkelzahn

Deceased, a great dragon, one-time leading independent candidate for President of the UCAS. Blue and silver.

Kara Sullivan

A senior administrator with the Draco Foundation that hired the runners to deliver communications equipment to appropriate parties within the Chicago Containment Zone.

Kenneth Brackhaven

7th president of the UCAS. Nephew of Karl Brackhaven.

Nadja Daviar

Personal assistant, interpreter, and general companion to the great dragon Dunkelzahn. Now head of the Draco Foundation and executor of Dunkelzahn's estate. Elf.