Important Character Profiles

**Ransom Bishop**

*"Imma need an Upgrade for this"*

 Ransom Bishop is a private detective currently operating in the upper city of New Orleans. He honed his skills working corporate security and espionage but grew to dislike the selfish nature of his work. He now works missing person cases usually finding a runaway teen at a hyper train station trying to find a new life.

**Sariah Essenes**

"*Peace, there can be no peace until the temple is restored"*

Sariah is a cyborg twin from Synthesia. As a member of the order of Essenes, she's been trained in martial arts, weaponry and speaks every language in the known universe. At the age of 8, Sariah's parents made a deal with Haster that led to their murder and gave her the ability to see into the past. Leaning into her religion Sariah grew to hate the over-dependence on technology and has vowed to reconnect humanity to true spirituality.

**Hiroshi Essenes**

"*He must be stopped!!! when speaking of Khuthul"*

Hiroshi is the other half of the Essenes twins, although he has the same skill set as his sister what sets them apart is his Autism. Due to his autistic nature, he communicates minimally and often chooses to communicate with his sister telepathically. After the deal made with Haster Hiroshi was given the ability to see into the future. Hiroshi is obsessed with order and feels that the overdependence on technology has led to the current disorder present in the world. With Sariah by his side he's vowed to add order to an otherwise chaotic world.

**Boost,**

"Get them on the table now!"

a recent college graduate with her doctorate as a surgeon, she practices at a hospital. She is in the operating room in 2055 when the explosion of the machine that splits the veils between the world. She at the same time is treating a child that is in open heart surgery. Her assistant is distracted and accidentally puts the wrong solution in the IV, causing the young boy to convulse. She starts to pray to whoever is listening. The king in yellow answers her prayer and gives her the answer to save the boy. She swears to follow his simple request to install the hardware to assist her during the surgery so she can be completely alone and suseptitical to his influence. She installs a hard drive and two auxiliary mechanical arms She hears the voice of Haster in her head while performing surgery. She spends years in isolation with hester learning and becoming more distant from humans, but never turning down a chance to perform surgery.

**Faes,**

“Hmm, missed me!”

When she was very young, she was in a terrible accident killing her parents, and severely injured her. A surgeon named Boost was near the scene of the accident at the time and saved her life. Her injuries were so severe she needed amputation of both legs and half of her left arm. She was equipped with prototype prosthetics that run on Mana. She has the ability to control the solidarity of her prosthetic limbs that glow because of the mana.
Boost the surgeon took her in and cared for her after her parents passed away. She develops an additional feature to the back of Faes, that has projections of  fairy wings.

**Ruby Delavigne**

"Rebels never lose!" Rebel cell leader

Ruby is a strong, resourceful, and intelligent young adult who can command a group of people with only a few sentences. She is a High ranking captain of the Freethinkers and the trusted second hand of Lance Gilroy (leader of the Freethinkers.) Her most notable attributes include hand to hand combat and superhuman athleticism. When she was a child, The Amazon corporation used her as a test subject for “Mana,” forever altering her body and abilities. This has created a vendetta inside of Ruby to destroy the Amazon corporation.

**Vincent Grey**

"Believe me, I couldn’t be more thankful for the position I’m in.”

loyal and obedient white-collar worker serving as an accountant in Congo. After his best friend and a colleague, Jason got fired from the company Vincent was motivated to learn about corruption in the corporation. As he dug deeper he learned about the Corperations plan to take over the Rifts and expand the technological influence. Thus from a cowardly and unmotivated underdog, Vincent evolves into a courageous and strategic spy. Avoiding being noticed by the officials and work partners Vincent used to send information to the Free Thinkers to make sure they stop the expanse and drainage of the Rifts. After a certain period of time, Vincent became more and more creative in his ways of acquiring information and sending it to the Free Thinkers, becoming their main informant and a spy, while simultaneously moving up the ladder and promoting to the vice president.

**Dex Gilroy**

“As long as we stand together, they will stand no chance”

The leader of a small three-man free agent team. Dex had a rebellious personality early on after “losing” his older brother Lance to a power plant disaster. His distrust for the technological advancements in society grew even further after his father was contracted work in the Congo and was promised work if he agreed to upgrade through the synthasian program. Over time his father became numb to his presence and would not remember who he was due to these advancements, his only priority was to work. Eventually the father moved up enough to move The Gilroy family to the Congo, Dex hastily refused and was left behind to be raised by his grandmother who lived deep in the New Orleans Bayou. Over time his malice towards what the higher ups put forth to split his family up and the loss of his brother. Later in his life, he would form this team of free agent rebels known as “Rebels of Ace”

**Roni Amari**

 “Life can be fruitful,we must be the ones to plant those seeds.”

Big Roni aka the muscle of “Rebels of Ace” is actually the diplomatic one out of the group. His mother worked for a freight ship owned by the congo as well as his father but as a mechanic. His father was sent out on a job near the Lost City of New Orleans disappearing mysteriously while passing through waters near the bermuda. The tragic loss forced his mother to cut cost of living and move towards the Lost City of New Orleans and raise Roni. Roni would learn many things and would eventually take up the study of plant life in these modern times. He crosses paths with Kayden while looking for precious metals to use for his greenhouse.

**Kayden O’Connell**

 “I wonder if you can catch a bullet with your teeth!”  “As long as there is shit to fuck up I'm on board”

The youngest of the Rebels of Ace members. Canadian native pushed into the Divided States Of America after the Caribou Nuclear disaster in 2057. His family was separated during this incident forcing him to be placed amongst strangers to be raised. Kayden takes up speed bike racing and opens a shop to build them. An exceptional marksman and quick to fire off. Not a complete asshole but friendly enough to let you think you can beat him at something. Kayden’s odd upbringing contributes to his spontaneous chaotic behavior. He eventually crosses paths with Roni while scraping for precious metals to build a custom bike.

**Lance Gilroy**

 “You’ll see it. It will consume them, just like it consumed Dex…”

courageous and righteous leader of The Free Thinkers. After an explosion of the nuclear power plant separated Lance from his brother, Lance saw faults in governmental expanse and formed small groups of rebels that later evolved into what today is known as Free Thinkers. Though Lance is against the use of most of the technological advancements and especially Mana (he blames both for the “death” of his brother, Dex), Claire convinced him to use them for the time being so they can even the odds against the government.

**Claire Weathers**

 “Without power, you can’t protect anything, no matter how hard you try.”

brave and valiant ex-military fighter, that joined Free Thinkers after finding faults in the philosophy of war. Strongly believes that government has to be stopped and that Rifts have to be closed, but understands that without proper technology and weaponry this can’t be done. Managed to convince Lance to utilize Proto gloves to close rifts and end the technological expanse. Though Lance is the main leader of Free Thinkers, Claire gives most of the orders.

**Antoine Salazar**

 “Look at me! Who is more worthy to be HIS apostle on this earth than me?!”

During the day Antoine is a boss of a Major corporation, at night Antoine is a ruthless leader of the Cult of Cthulhu. Formerly a student in arts black magic, Salazar devoted his life trying to find The Great Old Ones and awaken them, if the opportunity presents. itselfAfter the discovery of Rifts Antoine formed a group of devoted to his cause followers that united with a mission to take over the Rifts and help the Great Cthulhu to take over. Due to his devotion to the Great Old Ones, he was granted a gift to wield Mana without any device and manipulate it on his own will.

**Lumenphon**

 “As much as I want to believe in the good, it difficult to do when the world is so corrupt.”

an idealistic android that gained sentience and now leading the New Commandment. Firmly used to believe in the potential of good in the Great Old Ones, but later understood that usurpation of Rifts and inhumane deeds of the Cult of The Great Cthulhu left little room for hope. Currently helps rogue cyborgs and lost people to realize their purpose.

**Margaret Evans**

 Leader of Panacea organization, helping people gain shelter and food. After realizing how corrupt the system has gotten and that there is little hope for the pharmacy industry, she founded her own company with the family funds. Currently, her company tries to support The Church. Despite her hatred towards the government, she doesn’t support the Free Thinkers and avoids working with them, as she believes their methods are “too barbaric”.

“Whoever needs help - we will help them. I’m only asking for consideration and understanding.”