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3. Sharon “Styles” Villanueva: Broad-shouldered
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and wide-hipped, Sharon is a backroom fashionista
1. Mary Jane Marsden: Born to relatively affluent
parents in the Midwest, Mary took a bus to New who can give anyone a five-dollar makeover using
York City to hit it big on TV. She never realized whatever happens to be in their kitchen cabinets.
her dreams, sadly, but “Mama” Marsden does run With some instant juice powder packets, a little
the Shakespeare in the Park program every year. white vinegar, some safety scissors, and a set of
She brings in a lot of lost ducklings, as she calls dollar store makeup, this south side L.A. local can
them, and teaches them useful skills to get by in get anyone ready for a full-on glamour shoot.
the vagabond performance scene.
4. Spacker “Sparks” Davidson: Straw-haired and
2. Michael Drake: With a head full of neat rows, watery-eyed, Sparks has been on the streets ever
and a strong, friendly smile that contrasts his deep, since he came out to his parents when he was
almost blue black skin, Mike is a regular in every a young man. He lost his job at the local utility
bar in and around Gary, Indiana. Always sharply company soon after his preference became known
dressed, and smelling of fresh (if cheap) cologne, in his small town, but he found a new life in the
he’s a veteran couch surfer who’s got friends from tunnels beneath Las Vegas. Taken in by Charlie
dancers at the club to shift managers at the steel “Streets of Rage” Harris, Sparks keeps the lights
mill. Adroit at managing his ever-growing social on in their little subterranean community of storm
network, he can always call in a few favors when drain squatters.
his kin need some help from everyday folk.
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11. Rory Boone: Long, lanky, black, and 14. Dana Brankovich: A scene insider in Belgrade,
beleaguered, “Professor” Boone’s glasses are taped Serbia, Dana always knows where something is
on one arm, and his thrift store jacket is frayed at going down. Whether it’s an underground club,
the sleeves. While he has more degrees than most the latest place to score a few hits of your dope of
would believe, student loan debt destroyed his choice, or getting an inside line on the latest street
credit score, got his home repossessed, and took rumors, she always seems to know somebody.
most of what he had. Rather than tie himself down With her hand-spiked blonde hair, patchwork punk
to a sinking ship, though, Rory decided to walk jacket, and self-done piercings, Dana is always up
away from the anchor that was holding him down. for a good time. Those who push her, though, find
A regular in the New York Public Library, he that she always keeps a blade on her, and that her
teaches anyone who comes to him with questions. network of friends don’t take kindly to any sort of
Over the years he’s become an expert in the hassle.
city’s history, 17th century literature, introductory
astrophysics, and the spiritualism movement of the 15. Ambrose Montombo: A native of Brazzeville
late 19th century. in the Republic of Congo, Ambrose is named for
his grandfather; a French resistance fighter who
12. Rudy “Train Man” Woodfield: A tall figure in a came to the country during World War II. His
ratty old coat and fingerless gloves, Rudy’s blonde name isn’t his grandather’s only legacy, either. Tall
hair and soft features make him look like an and thin, Ambrose was taught from a young age
overgrown boy. While he often talks to beings no how to fight against those who would abuse their
one else can see, that’s typically because Rudy has strength and position. An off-the-books rough boy
trouble telling the difference between the material with pale scars across his dark hands, he does his
world, and the world of spirits. A good friend of best to keep bullies, thugs, fascists, and mercs out
Stourbridge Lion, Rudy is a freight bagger, a red- of his neighborhood, and away from his people.
eye rider, and he can always tell you how to get
somewhere by train. Because it might take a while, 16. “Aunt” Gemma May: The West is full of old,
but there’s nothing more reliable out there. deserted mining camps and played-out boom
towns abandoned to the dust storms and the
13. Rachel Caufeld: Busting her hump for just tumbleweeds. One little dot on the map that was
a few pennies over the minimum wage, Rachel once called Rush Creek was one of them, but these
works for a mercenary janitorial outfit that handles days it’s known as Gemma’s Place. Surrounded
everything from office buildings to industrial by rolling hills, and still boasting a small main
warehouses. While the work is sweaty, often street where sheep and chickens wander, Gemma
dangerous, and always exhausting, the brown- moved into the ramshackle little ghost town over
haired Rat Fink has gotten several valuable 50 years ago. Back when her hair was just as
tidbits of information about everything from top- black as her skin, and she thought love was all
secret lab experiments to shady, under-the-radar she’d ever need. While her hair is gray now, and
operations. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to her eyes sit in webs of crow’s feet, her little place
do it. has been a refuge both for Hill Folk, and for kin
who need a place to go. It’s rough living, and feels
like something from the last century, but there’s
community, food, and even a little love to spare.
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75. Sharon Greene: The owner and proprietor of edged on the outside, a faded tattoo of a crown
Greene Gold and Pawn in Skokie, Illinois, Sharon in blue ink is the only key to her past that most
has more than a little gray in her thick, curly hair. people can tell at a glance. Able to strip a weapon
While she drives a hard bargain, she follows the and re-assemble it blind-folded (a party trick that’s
same rules her father laid down about giving kept her in drinking money more than once),
help and aid to those in need. No one deserves to there’s rumors that she’s been everything from
be kicked while they’re down, especially when a soldier, to a gang girl, to one of those cult kids
you could just as easily give them a hand up. raised by anti-government militias.
While cash poor, the tribe often helps keep the
shop running by acquiring unusual (and often 79. Thato Pretorius: A transplant to Cape Town,
valuable) items to bring in the treasure hunters. South Africa, Thato is tall, dark, and rugged in
This helps keep the doors open, and it allows the a world-weary sort of way. Able to talk about
Bone Gnawers to stash powerful items and tribal everything from books and film to politics and
treasures in the obscenely heavy vault in the back sports, he’s a Renaissance man in the eyes of many
room. who make his acquaintance. Though never blessed
with bulging pockets, he hears plenty, and he
76. “Father” Darren Blast: A good-hearted shyster knows how to spread a rumor. Given a little time
with a devious streak, Darren actually put through to work, and to let the falsehood take on a life of
the paperwork to have himself recognized as a its own, he can create shadows that send the tribe’s
Priest of the Streets. With a little place in Jackson, enemies jumping.
Mississippi, Darren has a regular congregation
of folks who need religious exemptions for 80. Max: A towering figure with a sweet smile
everything from birth control and abortion, to and slow, measured speech, Max is hard to miss.
marriage certificates and work exemptions. The Able to easily unload a truck by himself, and
“church” is partially supported by local members according to one rumor able to flip a small car
of the Hood, but Sarah “Dark Money” Bollivar onto the sidewalk when enraged, no one’s sure
convinced several other corporate wolves to use where this giant came from. Adele “Smoothie”
the facility as a tax haven. What the average Grand tells people that doesn’t matter, though. As
people who come through the front doors don’t far as the philodox is concerned, Max is family.
know, though, is that the church isn’t just for show. And a helpful sort of family to have around, when
The altar Darren preaches from, and where people formori are prowling, or gangs with sick ideas of
come to ask for advice and guidance, is dedicated fun are roaming in the dark looking to prey on the
to the spirit of the City Father. vulnerable.
85. Melissa “Guardian” Graves: With a Nigerian 88. Billie “Blinker” Gunderson: A Tampa Bay,
accent and a Birmingham attitude, Melissa earned Florida regular, no one’s really sure where the
her name for the pictures and videos she shoots of heavily-pierced beach bum got her nickname.
life on the street, from the street. An advocate for Often dressed in an over-sized shirt that looks like
dignity and justice for all, she also records abuses a piece of tourist bait from a gift shop, and a pair
of authority by the police, and she’s caught more of paint-stained cutoffs, Billie has an unusual skill
than one politician on a live mic via her phone set that keeps her in-demand. A basement chemist
saying something they would rather the public not who can make anything from vegan soap, to
have heard. crystal meth, to off-grid gas, or even dynamite, her
knowledge and experience has come in handy to
the tribe several times.
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89. Maurie “Guerilla Radio” Gelder: The 93. Mickey Taggart: A tall, angular figure in a
decentralization of radio presented a lot of beat-up trench coat, Mickey has a lot of time, and
opportunities, but it also snuffed out a lot of an insatiable curiosity. While they don’t have any
careers. Maurie’s was one of them. Sitting at a sort of official permit or investigator’s license, they
greasy spoon and drinking his one cup of coffee do have friends who kick them work from time to
that he’d refill for the next few hours, he held forth time. Stakeouts and tail jobs help keep the lights
at length on the problems folks without a safety on, and having acquaintances who know how to
net faced. Articulate, clear, and with an undertone get unregistered guns is always a helpful resource
of righteous fury in his voice, he was mesmerizing. when the Wyrm rears its ugly head.
His server caught most of that first sermon on his
smartphone, and told Maurie that he could start a 94. Grant “Morfiend” Wright: A lifetime theater
podcast of his own if he could keep that up. Now a kid, Grant’s home life was never exactly
regular midnight recorder who does his sets from supportive of his passions. His parents eased
the back booth during the wee hours, Maurie gets up slightly when Grant brought home his first
the message out about the street-level challenges girlfriend, but they raised hell when the couple
he and others have to cope with. got a mutual boyfriend. A dancer at the Pole
Barn, Grant’s sets look expensive, but they barely
90. Roxanne Arnolds: A film buff who can talk run him anything in terms of actual cost. Most
about nearly any genre or release, Roxy is one of what makes him such a popular draw is skill,
of those theater hoppers who will spend all day sweat, solid choreography, and keeping himself in
ducking ushers and watching movies from the perfect, limber form.
comfort of a stolen seat. An endearing rogue who’s
made a dozen friends on the staff of her favorite 95. Maria “People’s Court” Lucita: An older Latin
movie house, she recently started a movie blog. woman who lives in Key West, Florida, Maria
Updated from the local coffee shop on her phone, has slowly become a leading voice in the local
or from the downtown library, the ability to give community of Bone Gnawers. The mother of
shout-outs to the theaters who give her a critic’s Vincent “Gavel” Lucita, it’s said that the philodox
pass has cut down significantly on the amount of learned everything he knows about fairness and
scrutiny she has to put up with. justice from his mother. And when Vincent’s pack
isn’t available to rule on disputes, Maria is the one
91. Lonnie Hawkins: A left-handed bassist, who sits in, cigarette in hand, to hear both parties
Lonnie’s been a fill-in player for a dozen different out.
bands over the years. He’s even been on a couple
of famous tracks. He’s mostly reliable for keeping
the beat, but he has a habit of vanishing whenever
a groupie gives him a come-hither look. He’s
responsible for adding quite a number of children
to the tribe, even if he isn’t always sure exactly
where they are. 96. Gordon Grassley: A Cleveland, Ohio native,
Gordon pounds the pavement day after day just to
92. Mandy Prescott: A juggler, sleight of hand keep an eye on what’s happening in his city. He’s
artist, and street magician, Mandy always gets on a first-name basis with every cop, server, and
a few laughs and a lot of applause when she cashier down the boulevards, and he always does
launches into her act. While she likes it when his best to brighten everyone’s day. Whenever
people offer her a tip or two, she does her act something goes down, Gordon always seems to
for charity on a fairly regular basis. Fortunately be the first one to know about it. Which means the
having a good heart in Seattle, Washington can Blacktop Stalkers, the pack who protect Gordon’s
take you pretty far in the right circles. part of the city, are always well-informed.
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