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NPC DIRECTORY
The game features a number of non-player characters that are nevertheless important to the plot. As they appear, they will be added to this list. Each one has a link to a post on their journal with some limited information. This will be updated as play continues.
Groups
Location: Their area of influence, where they are based, etc.
Significant NPCs: What significant NPCs are part of/affiliated with this group?
History/Status: Their current status and any must-know history.
Other:
Thunder Corp
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs: Jimmy Won
History/Status: Responsible for the excavation of Wise Snake, their schemes have been thwarted many times by the Numbered. They've been quiet since the teleportation system, Project Jump was stolen - perhaps too quiet?
Other:
The Locke City Police
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs:
History/Status:
Other: The police will offer protection to anyone who approaches them with concern about being a target of death threats/persecution/discrimination/etc (as long as they provide details etc), but they won't actively pursue the source of danger/discrimination/etc or go out of their way to help; if questioned about it, they will cite capacity issues.
Blood Keys
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status:
Other:
The US military and the FBI
Location: Based in the USA, though they can also be found abroad when there is need for it, when they are stationed there or as a part of NATO/UN peace corps troops.
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status:
Other:
The media
Location: Everywhere
Significant NPCs:
History/Status: Generally, radio/tv stations in America will be less hostile the further one gets away from Locke, and worldwide it's roughly America-> rest of NA->Europe/Latin America/Africa->Asia on a scale from negative to positive treatment, though that of course is only a rule of the thumb. The interest in Africa and South America is not terribly high, but especially Europe and the Arabic-speaking countries as well as some parts of Asia (especially India, Indonesia, Japan/Taiwan/Korea) are pretty interested and largely friendly towards the numbered. German and Austrian outlets will be very interested in numbered interviews/etc and mostly friendly, at the worst neutral.
Other: There is a media digest on the OOC comm.
Mafia
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs: Albero
History/Status:
Other: Those mafia goons that can be met in the streets are equipped with guns, generally, with the night-time gangs carrying harder-hitting and more expensive ones. The gangs no longer necessarily contain a fully-human leader - some do, but most teams are now comprised solely of animal-spliced members.
An increasing number of their goons are genetically altered and spliced with animals, and come in several types:
٭ Dog-people - tend to be used as trackers and feature heavily in groups that actively hunt the Numbered. A little more durable than the average human,but nothing spectacular. Typically look fairly ordinary, but can be identified by long tongues, canine teeth and a great line in puppydog eyes.
٭ Cat-people - actually based on big cats, mainly jaguars. The same type that have been used a lot by Albero before - they're very fast and stronger than normal humans and come complete with night vision.
٭ Bear-people - tanks. Extremely durable, tend to favour beating victims to a pulp over using firearms. Also tend to have bear claws and excessive body hair.
٭ Snake-people - less common than any of the above, tend to hang back during fights and only move in to attack a downed victim. They have forked tongues and fangs that inject poisonous venom. NASTY AS HELL.
Cult of the Refined Shell
Location: They are all based in Las Vegas, but it is a USA-wide movement.
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status:
Other:
German and Austrian police and military
Location: Germany and Austria, though they can also be found abroad when there is need for it, when they are stationed there or as a part of NATO/UN peace corps troops.
Significant NPCs: Monika Hallbach, David Graibiger
History/Status:
Other: There is a joint venture of both police forces called Numbered Special Commission Group, which works roughly like this: The police can commission "civilians" for single actions when there's immediate danger that someone else can combat better (ask a lorry driver to block a highway to stop someone driving the wrong way) or with certain tasks that are better performed by others (towing). The numbered special commissioned group is a mix of both, a bit alike to the voluntary part of the rescue dog unit.
It is a steady group with formal sign-up (though constantly open to new members and open to people dropping out of it, as well as a possibility to not sign up with one's own name if the person absolutely doesn't want to (formally it's a personal safety thing, if someone's life and well-being would be endangered by the reveal...)) and offering expense allowances, but people that sign up with it won't be a formal *part* of the German or Austrian police, only commissioned by it. This means that citizens of other countries/non-residents of the two countries can also be members. The sign-up can be found here.
The UN and NATO
Location: Worldwide
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status: N/A
Other: N/A
Groups
Location: Their area of influence, where they are based, etc.
Significant NPCs: What significant NPCs are part of/affiliated with this group?
History/Status: Their current status and any must-know history.
Other:
Thunder Corp
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs: Jimmy Won
History/Status: Responsible for the excavation of Wise Snake, their schemes have been thwarted many times by the Numbered. They've been quiet since the teleportation system, Project Jump was stolen - perhaps too quiet?
Other:
The Locke City Police
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs:
History/Status:
Other: The police will offer protection to anyone who approaches them with concern about being a target of death threats/persecution/discrimination/etc (as long as they provide details etc), but they won't actively pursue the source of danger/discrimination/etc or go out of their way to help; if questioned about it, they will cite capacity issues.
Blood Keys
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status:
Other:
The US military and the FBI
Location: Based in the USA, though they can also be found abroad when there is need for it, when they are stationed there or as a part of NATO/UN peace corps troops.
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status:
Other:
The media
Location: Everywhere
Significant NPCs:
History/Status: Generally, radio/tv stations in America will be less hostile the further one gets away from Locke, and worldwide it's roughly America-> rest of NA->Europe/Latin America/Africa->Asia on a scale from negative to positive treatment, though that of course is only a rule of the thumb. The interest in Africa and South America is not terribly high, but especially Europe and the Arabic-speaking countries as well as some parts of Asia (especially India, Indonesia, Japan/Taiwan/Korea) are pretty interested and largely friendly towards the numbered. German and Austrian outlets will be very interested in numbered interviews/etc and mostly friendly, at the worst neutral.
Other: There is a media digest on the OOC comm.
Mafia
Location: Locke City
Significant NPCs: Albero
History/Status:
Other: Those mafia goons that can be met in the streets are equipped with guns, generally, with the night-time gangs carrying harder-hitting and more expensive ones. The gangs no longer necessarily contain a fully-human leader - some do, but most teams are now comprised solely of animal-spliced members.
An increasing number of their goons are genetically altered and spliced with animals, and come in several types:
٭ Dog-people - tend to be used as trackers and feature heavily in groups that actively hunt the Numbered. A little more durable than the average human,but nothing spectacular. Typically look fairly ordinary, but can be identified by long tongues, canine teeth and a great line in puppydog eyes.
٭ Cat-people - actually based on big cats, mainly jaguars. The same type that have been used a lot by Albero before - they're very fast and stronger than normal humans and come complete with night vision.
٭ Bear-people - tanks. Extremely durable, tend to favour beating victims to a pulp over using firearms. Also tend to have bear claws and excessive body hair.
٭ Snake-people - less common than any of the above, tend to hang back during fights and only move in to attack a downed victim. They have forked tongues and fangs that inject poisonous venom. NASTY AS HELL.
Cult of the Refined Shell
Location: They are all based in Las Vegas, but it is a USA-wide movement.
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status:
Other:
German and Austrian police and military
Location: Germany and Austria, though they can also be found abroad when there is need for it, when they are stationed there or as a part of NATO/UN peace corps troops.
Significant NPCs: Monika Hallbach, David Graibiger
History/Status:
Other: There is a joint venture of both police forces called Numbered Special Commission Group, which works roughly like this: The police can commission "civilians" for single actions when there's immediate danger that someone else can combat better (ask a lorry driver to block a highway to stop someone driving the wrong way) or with certain tasks that are better performed by others (towing). The numbered special commissioned group is a mix of both, a bit alike to the voluntary part of the rescue dog unit.
It is a steady group with formal sign-up (though constantly open to new members and open to people dropping out of it, as well as a possibility to not sign up with one's own name if the person absolutely doesn't want to (formally it's a personal safety thing, if someone's life and well-being would be endangered by the reveal...)) and offering expense allowances, but people that sign up with it won't be a formal *part* of the German or Austrian police, only commissioned by it. This means that citizens of other countries/non-residents of the two countries can also be members. The sign-up can be found here.
The UN and NATO
Location: Worldwide
Significant NPCs: N/A
History/Status: N/A
Other: N/A