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When you want to know how things


really work, study them when they’re
coming apart.
-William Gibson

Introduction
start the machinery of civilization grinding, crushing
the servants of the Wyrm beneath its treads.

Warriors of the new age, the Glass Walkers keep one


foot in two different worlds. On the one side, the realm
of spirits and magic, of tradition and history. On the
other hand, they embrace the wonders of achievement,
the genius of invention, and the inherent spark of
dangerous brilliance that exists within humanity.
Combining fangs and claws with guns, gears, and
motherboards, this tribe attempts to take the best of
their worlds and merge them into a seamless solution
to fight the Wyrm and prevent the Apocalypse.

The tribe’s kinfolk are the ones on the front lines


of discovering these latest tools and challenging
the barriers that keep their thoughts prisoner. From
activists and social philosophers, to scientists and
inventors, to digital spies and corporate soldiers, these
kinfolk are everywhere. Buried in the very systems
humanity has erected, all it takes is a single word to

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Glass Walker Kinfolk connections to bounce his signal and stage digital
assaults on corporate big wigs. Anonymous with a
1. Martina Gonzalez: A YouTube fashion star who conscience is how he styles himself, and while he’s
started her career doing online makeup tutorials for made the occasional mistake, his actions usually result
people of color, she’s since expanded her platform to in some kind of positive change. Usually.
call out companies who reinforce the idea that white
skin is the standard, while everyone else is a deviation. 4. Ladasha “Geek Squad” Brown: A young black
She’s even taken some of her social currency (as well woman with nimble fingers, Ladasha earned her
as her own earnings), and helped start-ups manufacture nickname thanks to the corporate computer repair and
everything from hose to bandages aimed at a non- troubleshooting gig she used to work. While the job
white customer base. wasn’t the greatest, it let her pick up all kinds of spare
parts and a la carte software on the cheap. These days
2. Charlie: Officer Charlie, as the mottled mutt she builds custom sound equipment and turntables for
is referred to when he and his partner go into the performers and recording studios in and around St.
community to do school presentations, has been a K-9 Louis, Missouri.
officer his entire adult life. While his sense of right
and wrong is pretty vague at the best of times, he and
Officer Greg Petrakis have both had encounters with
several minions of the Wyrm on Gary’s mean streets
and lived to tell the tale.

3. No-Rad: Norman Radarius, alias No-Rad, is a next-


gen phreaker. A skater punk who runs with a crew
mostly drawn from dispossessed children of the Gold
Coast in Chicago, No-Rad uses the city’s free Wi-Fi

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5. Daniel Phan: A California native and second- done the best he can with the cards he’s been dealt.
generation immigrant, Daniel first made waves with A structural engineer whose unique, forested building
a series of articles examining racism in America from designs have attracted a great deal of praise, he’s never
the perspective of someone of Vietnamese descent. seen a good reason not to marry nature and technology
Tracking down how stereotypes had gotten planted to achieve a cleaner, greener result.
in the cultural psyche and examining why it was that
predominantly white culture simply lumped dozens of 10. Carina Romano: An educator from Florence,
different heritages and cultures together under a single Italy, the dark-haired Carina strives to ensure her
Asian label, the project made him a minor celebrity classroom is never left behind when it comes to the
while he was in college. A citizen journalist now latest developments in teaching tools. A proponent of
that he’s graduated, he still hasn’t managed to land a the free exchange of information and ideas, she’s used
position with a major publication. everything from real-time video conferences to wireless
note-taking and recorded lectures to help her students
6. Anton “Yugo” Ivanov: Anton’s grandparents achieve their full potential.
fled Russia just as the iron curtain was beginning to
fall, making a home for themselves in Vancouver, 11. Killian Drake: Lieutenant Drake always said he
Canada. His father was a mechanic and a machinist wanted to play video games for a living back when he
who passed on his love of tinkering and personal was at technical school, but he never expected that
curiosity to his son. While many of Anton’s school being a drone pilot would hit him as hard as it has.
friends called him Yugo, a reference to how one of Especially when he was switched from an observation
their teachers kept insisting Anton’s family had come pilot to a combat one. While he hasn’t let go of
from the former Yugoslavia instead of St. Petersburg. his joystick yet, so to speak, he isn’t certain that a
Though a graduate student by day, Anton spends his therapist, a bottle, or some combination of the two of
nights jail breaking and modding tablets, phones, and them are going to cut it much longer.
other devices as his way of personally fighting the
surveillance state and corporate exclusivity. 12. Mandy Black: A financial wizard who started
off running numbers and books for Diego “Trapjaw”
7. Marion “Tron” McCaskill: Marion’s birth Fulcci, the Wise Guys decided it was in their best
in Glasgow, Scotland came with rather severe interests to put Mandy through college at Long Island
complications, and as a result Marion’s left arm had University. Coming out even smarter than when
to be amputated just below the elbow when they were she went in, which earns her a lot of respect from
born. Rather than allowing that to define who they Trapjaw’s crew, her expertise in cryptocurrency has
were, though, Marion achieved high marks in school, paid serious dividends on her kin’s investment in her
and even started a robotics club. Building themselves degree.
a fully-functioning prosthetic as a final project earned
13. John Nixon: Tall, black, and bald, John’s name
them their nickname, and with the advent of 3-D
is the platinum standard when it comes to the
printing, Tron has opened a business expressly to
underground racing scene in South London. While
explore the cheap, life-enhancing potential this tool
some of his clients are children of privilege looking
offers people.
to pay cold cash for upping their street cred, John’s
custom mods have been used by quarter-mile warriors,
8. Barack Papoola: Born and raised in Nairobi,
heisters, and of course plenty of his kin who need a
Kenya, Barack is a geneticist who works in the
serious set of wheels to get the job done.
animal breeding programs maintained by the Kenyan
government. A serious man with a shaved head and
a thick beard, Barack sees preserving the Wyld, and
undoing at least some of the damage man has wrought
across the wilderness, as something of a personal quest.

9. Chao Cheng: Born in Hong Kong as the middle


child in a family of overachievers, it was hard to really
stand out. When Cheng never had his first change like
his older sister and younger brother eventually did, he’s
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14. Svetlana Larsen: A librarian in Oslo, Norway,
Svetlana spear-headed the efforts to digitize her
system’s archives, and to use wireless technology to
make as much of their material free to the reading
public as possible. A sharp wit, and the determination
of a hunting hound when she’s put on an information
trail, have made her an invaluable resource to the tribe
when it comes to locating obscure texts and hard-to-
track facts.

15. Phillip Fogerty: An NSA analyst, Phillip spends


most of his time in a nondescript building outside of
Atlanta, Georgia. While his round, rimless glasses
and side-parted hair make him impossible to pick out
of a crowd of younger Caucasian men in plain black
suits, it’s that very invisibility (paired with a nearly
eidetic memory) that allows him to sift for tidbits of
information that his kin can use to their advantage.
19. Madhavi Tahan: A slender woman whose hair is
16. Otis “Full Auto” Briggs: On the autism spectrum, just starting to show the first threads of gray beneath
Otis has trouble with eye contact, changes to his her hijab, Madhavi has been fighting to head solar
routine, and in making himself understood with the and green energy efforts in and around Albara, Sudan
spoken word. His mother, Peggy “Breacher” Briggs for years. With a pet interest in city-based projects
brought him up with guns, though, and it was in the that can be scaled to fit locations without such a
backyard workshop that Otis found his true calling. convenient latitude, her energy expertise has been
A skilled metalworker and gunsmith, he’s become adopted by many Glass Walker strongholds who want
something of a favored child among the Dies Ultimae to be sure they aren’t reliant on the grid to keep their
based in Dallas, Texas. lines humming.

17. Guinevere “Twitch” Richards: With a head full 20. Frank Jericho: A man who firmly believes in better
of dark, kinky hair, deep brown skin, and a smile living through chemistry, Frank’s concoctions can help
that always has a hint of mischief lurking around the anyone transform themselves into a fit, battle-ready
corners, Guinevere is the owner and proprietor of Red form by providing all the necessary materials a body
Eye. Located in Olympia, Washington, the cyber cafe needs. In addition to health and fitness supplements,
guarantees coffee stronger than anything you can find though, he’s been known to brew battlefield-grade
in Seattle. Those who’ve tried the caffeine queen’s stimulants in his basement laboratory. When
brew of choice often gag on how cold and bitter her awakened, these cocktails hit like a truck, and the
nitro brew is, but there’s no denying that if you get it Wyrm’s minions are often unprepared for the sheer,
down that you’ll be wired like a server and running hot unbridled fury that descends upon the Garou running
for days. on these bursts of terrifying energy.

18. Nicolai Kuznetsov: A Troll farmer who runs a 21. Raindrops: A long, lanky beast with thick fur that
double-decker operation out of Novgorod, Russia, takes dye well, Raindrops was adopted at a young age
Nicolai deals in digital disinformation. While his bread by Krista “Kool Aid” Dimarco. A fashion-forward
and butter come from running hatchet jobs on political dog groomer and animal rights activist, in addition to
figures and pop culture releases, he’s been known to being a noted galliard in the San Francisco Bay Area,
direct his teams to down vote articles and videos into Krista made Raindrops her star model, and the kin has
oblivion on behalf of the tribe; a useful skill for making been her companion for years. The two of them have
evidence of veil breaches vanish from the public eye. won several competitions and raised the visibility of
their platform significantly since they started working
together.

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22. Derek Hills: An animal rehabilitation professional, installing key loggers, and stealing design secrets.
Derek runs a no-kill shelter in Omaha, Nebraska. He Sometimes she sells them to the highest bidder,
trains neglected and unwanted animals to be therapy but every now and again she passes the information
dogs, service animals, and even guard beasts. He firmly she finds on to certain contacts within the tribe.
believes that even the best tools of the modern age Her diligence has led to several strike teams being
can’t make up for a loyal friend by your side. dispatched to a dozen labs in service of the Wyrm,
torching everything they found inside.
23. Nola Watts: A specialist in water preservation
and environmental engineering, Nola graduated from 26. Wade “Keyboard” Loggins: A third-generation tech
Southern University in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a head with teak wood skin and his hair in neat rows,
light-skinned Black woman from Georgia, she’s thus Wade uses his programming skills to create solutions
far found the deserts of Nevada and New Mexico for society’s problems. One of his biggest successes
far harsher than she likes. But the work is far too to-date has been a members-only site simply called
important, so she makes sure she has her SPF and Dreamsicle. Despite the rather bland name, it’s a safe
chem strips ready to go whenever she must be in the place for sex workers to congregate in safety, share
field. information, make dates, and watch each other’s backs.
A proponent of both legalization and de-stigmatization
24. George Banker: Though he had an unremarkable of sex work, Wade knows he has a target on his back,
childhood in Burbank, California, George’s love even in his neighborhood in Corona Heights in
(some might say his obsession) with electronica music Queens, New York.
eventually turned him into a celebrity DJ. His ability
to find the hidden rhythm in even the most discordant 27. Melissa Chen: Melissa has had to deal with a
elements has made him a hot ticket at underground never-ending stream of crises of identity as she’s grown
clubs and festivals, but there are some among the tribe up. Torn between the traditional upbringing of her
who worry that his unique gift might actually be an parents, and the unique culture of Malibu where they
attempt to recreate the Weaver’s Song. raised her, the stereotypes of what it means to be
Chinese in America, and of course the problem that
she was assigned male at birth. Getting a scholarship
for her interest in electrical engineering and materials
manufacturing at the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu helped, giving her time and space to breathe
a little bit. One thing she’s always appreciated was
Cockroach’s support, though only those with the
ability to use gnosis can see her gaffling companion.

28. Aaron “Gig” Creedy: An early diver into the gig


economy (or “the economy” as it was called in his
corner of the Emerald Isle, where almost all work came
piecemeal), Aaron’s passion for bringing people with
the right skills together with the right tasks led him to
create an app he calls Beer Money. While the app bills
itself as ideal for those who need to make a few extra
euros a week using their open hours, there are rumors
of secret channels and hard-to-get beta passwords that
open up entirely hidden sections of the app. These
rumors claim you can hire illicit services through these
25. Trisha “Black Books” Wagner: Tall, blonde, and back channels, from buying guns, to hiring hitmen.
stunning, Trish knows that a pretty face is all people Creedy maintains, publicly at least, that these are just
typically see when they look at her. It’s one of her rumors, but there’s no denying the popularity of his
greatest assets as an expert in corporate espionage. app.
She’s been a secretary and assistant to dozens of high-
ranking personnel in huge corporations, all the while
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29. Maria Moser: With her thick black hair and corporate wolf chooses his soldiers with care, and there
athletic figure, no one ever turns a hair when Maria is no one more vicious or cunning on the trading room
says she’s a model. What she doesn’t often include, floor than Hunter. No one is sure how many victories
though, is the tidbit that she’s a cam model, amassing he’s stolen from the Wyrm’s allies on the stock market,
a small fortune from hundreds of clients all around the or how many megacorporations he’s undercut at the
globe. The Internet has provided a new leap forward last moment of the trading day, but as far as Hunter is
in the world’s oldest profession, and Maria is always concerned the number is not high enough.
happy to help men and women alike set up their own
profiles so they can participate in the market safely. 35. Penelope “Diamondback” Black: A modern-day
pirate, Penelope and her crew of bootleggers make
30. Muhammad Ahuja: Born in Jaipur, India, it a point to torrent information, sell knock-off
Muhammad wears the traditional beard and turban software, and ensure that digital tools are available to
of a sikh. A former engineer with the Indian army, anyone who wants them. However, painfully aware
Muhammad is currently focused on the practicalities of of the hardships this can cause artists and creators,
green construction, both at home and abroad. One of she also diverts some of the proceeds, putting them
his major tasks is reclaiming the huge amounts of waste back into the hands of people instead of the pockets
plastic polluting the wilds, attempting to recycle it as a of corporations. Robin Hood in leather pants, her
resource for building sustainable roads and structures. operation seems to get bigger every year.
While his successes have been small so far, momentum
is growing thanks to investments made by the Glass 36. Rick Holmes: The man behind Sabotage, a unique
Walkers. series of escape rooms in Denver, Colorado, Rick also
designs courses for use in training fellow kin and Garou
31. Cherry Mason: A lover of fire and flash ever alike. His partner, Abraham “Rock and Roll” Barker,
since she was a little girl, Hollywood was a natural helps Rick add some teeth to the courses by enlisting
destination for Cherry’s talents. With her peach fuzz the aid of Weaver spirits to help make sure there are a
buzz cut and body horror tattoos, no one who sees her few surprises scattered throughout.
in a tank top is surprised to learn she’s an SFX artist.
Explosions are her specialty, but she’s done her share of 37. Anita Cooper: Raised in Cardiff, Anita has always
gore and wound makeup when there’s a time crunch, had a passion for languages. While she speaks half a
and someone has to step in to dress the scene properly. dozen of them fluidly, she’s also designed a unique
programming language all her own. It’s difficult for
most people to work with, but the young programmer
32. Chris Coil: A former SAS soldier, Chris has
is sure that once it’s undergone a bit of refining it could
successfully completed a dozen different tours or war
be used to interface directly with the latent spirits
zones both before and after his official retirement. An
inside machines themselves… with a little gnosis, that
occasional instructor, and an off-the-grid operator who
is.
leaves as much evidence as a ghost, he’s always willing
to help his kin when they need an extra triggerman
on the scene. At present he’s personally accounted
for putting down seventeen Garou who’ve danced the
spiral.

33. Jackie Carter: Dr. Carter’s steady hands were always


one of her most valuable assets as a neurosurgeon,
but she’s also been the design force behind the latest
in surgical robotics. While these tools are not yet
ready for deployment on public operating tables, she’s
hoping the advances that she and her team make
using dummies and donated cadavers will one day save
countless lives.

34. Hunter Grant: A rangy Filipino man, Hunter is


an enforcer for Marcus “Iron Wolf” Braddock. The
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38. Lon Franklins: The host of a popular self- than his arm. A true white collar case, as he often
improvement podcast, as well as a voice actor and refers to himself, Paul managed to duck a lengthy
occasional animator, Lon is always trying to better prison sentence by agreeing to use his skills for good.
both himself and those around him. Though he lost He found that he liked the work, too, taking pride
his legs in a car accident when he was still a child, he’s in the collection of human traffickers, child abusers,
made it abundantly clear that he has no weakness his hitmen, and the odd corporate insiders that he’s been
people need to tend. Those who’ve suggested otherwise instrumental in bringing down. An unofficial little
find that, even if he spends his average day in a brother to Ace “Cracker” Martins, Paul has been
wheelchair, Lon can still kick his share of ass. known to call on Random Interrupt members on the
rare occasions when he is truly out of his league.
39. Teal Irons: With blue hair and a thick, red beard,
Teal is always bellowing into a headset, or shouting at 44. Diego Cortez: A resident of Mexico City, Diego
someone who’s trying to tell him that he’s wrong. An has the long, graying braid of an aging hippie, and the
organizer for counter-protests, Teal specifically targets smiling eyes of a favorite uncle. Years ago, he started
rallies held by fascist groups, religious extremists, and a small company dedicated to recycling unwanted
bigots of all sorts. He’s particularly driven when it materials and growing local produce in urban
comes to trans rights, since he was assigned female greenhouses. His “underground fruits” are all the rage,
at birth, and he knows not everyone has the sort and demand for them is increasing just as fast as he
of forward-thinking parents he did to turn to for and his teams can provide them. While Diego himself
understanding and support. sports no ink, almost everyone on his payroll has cartel
and prison tattoos. Part of his goal is to offer young
40. Desdemona Flowers: A no-nonsense woman with a people with the skills he needs an alternative to going
black bob cut and an unyielding drive, Desdemona is a back to the gangs and given the sheer number of drug
food redistributor. Taking “ugly” food from farms, and farmers and compound soldiers out there on the streets,
perfectly edible viands from supermarkets who have he’s never had a shortage of people. Though he keeps
declared them past a sell-by date, she and her people in contact with the City Farmers, he has made it clear
transport it, and make it available at a cut-rate price. that his people are to be kept away from the front lines
When it isn’t given away for free, that is. No one goes of the war. That’s the Garou’s war, and he won’t allow
hungry on her watch, and the sheer amount of food anyone to take away the life he’s given to what he
waste that exists in the world is something she takes as thinks of as his children.
a personal insult.

41. Trixie: With a bushy tail and a sly, lolling grin,


Trixie was born in the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago,
Illinois. Though she’s changed homes a few times,
moving from one habitat to another, she’s never found
the road between to be a scary place. On the contrary,
the wider world is full of sights, smells, and possibilities
that she’s eager to experience, even if she only gets to
see them from within a sealed cage.

42. Rachel Maddox: An urban runner who knows


Atlantic City, New Jersey like the back of her hand,
Rachel’s parkour stunts put even a speed run of
Assassin’s Creed to shame. With tutorials, Go Pro
remixes, and brand deals all over her personal channel,
Rachel is one part underground athlete, and one part
adrenaline junkie who never misses so much as a step.

43. Paul Horwitz: A forensic technician with a


specialty in cracking open files on confiscated
computers, Paul has a juvenile record that’s longer
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45. Christine Goldman: A video game designer, it’s a dangerous pastime. Fortunately, despite Anna’s
Christine has often found herself hip deep in the toxic slender build and innocent smile, she has her share of
sludge that seeks out women in her chosen medium. tricks up her sleeve. The first is the Colonel, her high-
She gives as good as she gets, though, refusing to be caliber solution to any problems of a mortal nature.
intimidated or threatened by the nameless, faceless The other is in her gnostic powers, and her connection
army of trolls who seem hell bent on shouting people to the gifts of the Garou.
like her into silence. She runs classes for women on the
side, and she tries to do her part to recruit young girls 50. Patrick McMasters: A bomb-maker in his youth,
into STEM and tech fields. If people are in your way, Patrick has since left that life behind him. Mostly deaf
then you’re probably heading in the right direction, in one ear, and missing two fingers on his left hand,
she’s fond of saying. even he admits he got off quite lucky. These days he
works on disposal details in the forgotten war zones
46. Raymond Kessler: Growing up in Berlin, Germany, of the world, defusing generations-old landmines and
Raymond was enamored with the Indiana Jones films. disassembling lost bombs leftover and buried from
While most boys eventually grew out of their obsession countless wars.
with archaeology once they got a taste of how boring
the profession truly was, Raymond’s desire to emulate 51. Benjamin Halverston: An IRS investigator,
the famous fictional professor never waned. These days Benjamin has all the tenacity of a bulldog despite his
he’s easy enough to find on any dig site thanks to the soft-spoken nature and rimless glasses. A former private
fedora he sports, but unlike Dr. Jones, Raymond prefers CPA, he still uses his knowledge of the tax system to
to use the latest in technological tools to uncover help ensure his kin stay far below the radar when it
the past. Everything from sound scans, to laser prints, comes to official attention regarding the movements of
to aerial drones for site surveying are in his arsenal. the Glass Walkers, and the money they tend to throw
To date, though, he hasn’t had to deal with a single around.
ancient death trap… much to his disappointment.
52. Amy Saito: A third-generation American, and a
47. Brianna Green: A 911 dispatcher on Long Island second-generation resident in Nashville, Tennessee,
in New York City, Brianna is used to working long Amy is a gifted private detective. While most people
hours and dealing with people in every possible state imagine she spends her time on tense stakeouts or
of hysterics. While she considers herself a level-headed trying to catch witnesses in compromising lies, she
professional who’s just trying to do her job, even she freely admits that in today’s day and age social media
admits that this job can be caustic, and those nights does the bulk of the heavy lifting for her. Reverse
take a toll on you. She’s often been instrumental, image lookup programs handle almost everything
though, by acting as an inside agent for the tribe when else. She still keeps a bottle in her desk drawer and a
they need a signal scrambled, or a record to be pulled magnum under her jacket, though… just in case.
on the sly.

48. Jermaine LaPorte: The artist and writer behind


the popular Broken Moon comic, Jermaine’s ability to
tell a story through a visual medium is awe-inspiring.
While the comic itself is largely focused on the
spectacle of blood and battle, Jermaine also uses it as
a platform to normalize under-represented peoples
who are typically relegated to supporting (or off-
screen) roles. Characters of color, queer characters,
trans characters, and native characters all have a place
in the rollicking narratives of this Montreal-based
storyteller.

49. Anna Knox: A tunnel tracer, Anna explores the


mostly ignored and abandoned foundations beneath
the cities of the world. A subset of urban explorers,
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53. Petja Eriksen: An older man with a bald head critics can never say there isn’t a benefit to Alfonse’s
and an expanding stomach, Petja is one of the most installations. When their mind turns to malice,
cutting edge fashion designers on the European art though, Alfonse’s creations are breathtaking in their
scene. Referred to as The Professor for his tendency brutality, and terrible in their purpose, as several of the
toward loud vests and scholarly suits, Petja also deals in Wyrm’s minions have learned firsthand.
the finest in personal protection. From ten-thousand
dollar suits that will stop a teflon-coated round, to 58. Joseph “Queenie” Jacobi: A culture warrior
fashionable eyeglasses that will scan, track, and feed first, and an actual warrior second, Joseph works on
information to the wearer via Bluetooth, this Helsinki breaking down gender norms, and challenging what
native is often thought of as a Scandinavian version of people think of when it comes to gender roles in
James Bond’s Q. society. It helps that he’s in a position of ease thanks
to his trust fund, and all the ad revenue he generates as
54. Atra “The Spider”: Very few Glass Walkers claim a social media influencer. Still, those who’ve thought
they’ve actually met the mysterious figure known him easy prey have found that a killer smoky eye
only as Atra. They sit in the center of a potent web of doesn’t stop you from packing heat.
information and influence, though, on that everyone
agrees. Able to tug on digital strings to tumble a 59. Sakina “Black Flag” Williams: Born in Port Royal,
stock price, start a revolution, or destroy a dynasty, Jamaica, Sakina largely grew up in the Florida Keys
those who’ve tried to hack Atra’s security have found with her uncle and cousins. A natural sea child, she
it protected by potent Weaver spirits. Worse, their took to building boats from a very young age. When
curiosity earned them the Spider’s enmity, which is a she progressed past wood and fiberglass into unique
fate few in the tribe are willing to risk. alloys and experimental designs, she caught the
eye of Mavis “Tripper” Glass. The umbral pilot was
55. Emilia Van Pelt: A big brain from old money, impressed with Sakina’s work, and from that day on
Emilia has been working for years to update America’s the young shipwright has had an exclusive contract to
slowly dying railways. High-speed track is the way of only provide vessels for Mavis and her fellow, trusted
the world, and with her designs thousands of people captains.
would be freed from the stranglehold of gasoline-based
commuting. The resistance she’s encountered has been 60. George “Light Show” Wallace III: Born and raised
nothing short of obscene, and most of the progress she on stories of the Harlem Renaissance, George always
has made is in no small part due to her kin’s assistance knew he wanted to be an artist like the painters,
in putting the right whispers into the right ears. musicians, and poets who’d come before him. The tall,
light-skinned black man’s medium wasn’t paint, sound,
56. Lucy Rivera: A junkyard prodigy, Lucy grew up or stone, though. Instead, he uses light and shadow
poor in Puerto Rico. With grit, determination, and a to create scenes that will take a viewer’s breath away.
little bit of good fortune, though, she was able to get From chiaroascuros that deal with the scars of slavery
the scholarships and grants she needed to further her and oppression, to automated laser displays that create
education. One of her major passions is the idea of living, psychedelic rooms, he’s earned quite a lot of
turning waste plastic back into a functional material digital ink in the underground art scene.
that can then be used via commercially-available 3D
printers, thus eliminating one of the world’s biggest 61. Brutus “Brute Force” Hawkins: A black hat
waste products by turning it into a new resource. Once hacker with no use for subtlety, Brutus’s methods and
she’s managed that little miracle, she says, she’ll get to programs act like digital sledgehammers, bashing away
work on building a functional replicator, so she’ll never at security protocols until he finally cracks his way into
have to cook again. his target. His lack of finesse, though, doesn’t mean
he’s stupid, as several big businesses and corporate
57. Alfonse “The Alchemist” Cartier: A gender-fluid subsidiaries have found out to their regret. Detroit
genius with boundless enthusiasm and a touch of born and bred, Brutus has been seeing a name crop up
madness, Alfonse creates what they refer to as practical more and more often in the black books he accesses…
art. From glass walking paths that generate solar Pentex. And it looks like he has a new white whale to
power, to recycling bins that compost animal waste chase.
and provide free Wi-Fi to the area while they work,
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62. Sheila Charingcross: A disgruntled engineer rather pudgy side, Adrian has a stutter, and a noted aversion
than a mad scientist, Sheila’s two doctorate degrees to making eye contact if he can avoid it. Those who
and dozens of publications still weren’t enough to can see past such superficial things, though, learn that
allow her to get a position worth a damn beyond Adrian has a nimble mind with an almost uncanny
being a teacher. She had a prospect from a company ability to penetrate falsehoods. A valued member
called Better Solutions, but before she could officially of the underground Truth and Power webcast, he’s
accept it, a Glass Walker showed up at her door with the backbone of the group’s fact-checking team that
a briefcase and an offer. Petrus “Atom Smasher” Van investigates state and corporate propaganda.
Dyne needed minds like Sheila’s on his staff, and
he was willing to offer her the same salary, a better 67. Tracy Buckner: Despite growing up in a rural area
benefits package, and the gratitude of the tribe in far from either good schools or the money to attend
exchange for her work. He didn’t tell her the other them, Tracy’s father always ensured that his daughter
offer had come from a company run and managed by learned what she needed to know. When her test
fallen kin of theirs, though, and that extreme actions scores spiked in the education system, though, her aunt
would be taken to stop her from going over to them if Renee “Ban Hammer” Despartes came to her with an
the carrot wasn’t enough to persuade her. offer; keep working hard, and she’d see to it that her
niece never had to concern herself with what things
63. Gregory Mikhailov: Spending his boyhood in East would cost. Her father was less than pleased with
Berlin, Gregory got out of Germany entirely once Renee showing up in his and Tracy’s life again, after
the wall finally came down in the 1980s. Referred to the death of his mate, but Tracy leaped at the chance.
as Grandpa G by the community of kids he tutors in A top graduate from Stanford Law, she’s proven to be a
after school programs to teach computer and basic very valuable asset to the tribe already.
mechanical skills, Gregory possesses a variety of
unusual knacks and knowledges that has led to his 68. Lawrence Roundtree: A fertility specialist,
students speculating about what, exactly, he did when Lawrence is an expert on finding ways to make sure
he was a young man trying to resist soviet control. the tribes maintain their numbers. From artificial
He’s never said, but always changes the subject rather insemination, to storing and cataloging samples, his
quickly when it comes up. medical center is the place for kinfolk and garou alike
who have been having trouble conceiving. He’s even
64. Trox Tanner: Lithe and dark-skinned, Trox looks delivered several metis children in his time, which has
like a sentient rainbow when they’re in full regalia. earned him more than a few scars. He considers them a
The host for bands and burlesque acts in Miami, small price to pay, however.
Florida, Trox also provides havens and safe houses for
the tribe in and around the city. Real estate is always 69. Harriette MacInnes: With a head full of fiery red
booming, if you know which pies to dip your fingers curls, Harriette runs three 5-star restaurants on two
into, and Trox has a knack for the shell game of land different continents. Haute cuisine that’s filling and
sales and property acquisition. genuine is what helped her make a name for herself
and her business, but it’s the infamy of the big names
65. Tig Morales: Even in a world where computers can and high drama that often came to her Inferno Room
solve most of the major problems you run into, there’s that launched her reputation into the stratosphere. It
always a need for someone to pull a trigger. A former also helped her get a television show, which has given
airborne ranger, Tig has since left the land of his birth, her a lot of pull, even for a celebrity restauranteur.
and started his own company of soldiers of fortune.
Operating mostly out of South Africa, Tig finds there 70. Phil “Photoshop” Roberts: Greasy and unpleasant
are plenty of enemies to fight; from poachers, to to be around, Phil is a master of fabricating photos,
terrorist cells, to next-gen Apartheid believers with sound bites, and other digital “evidence” that his
prices on their heads, Tig and his people live in a tribe can use to smear, defame, and silence those
target-rich environment. He and his Desperados always working against their causes. Useful to his kin, Phil is
have the best intel, and they make it a point to never a mercenary who has never really been a true believer.
fight for the bad guys. That’s why the Glass Walkers keep a close eye on him,
ensuring that he doesn’t start trying to play both sides
66. Adrian “Lists” Checkers: Short, and a little on the of the field.
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71. Amelie Marchand: Agent Marchand has been with to work on a small, low-budget vampire film in her
Interpol for nearly a decade now. Though she looks hometown of Naples as a sound engineer, there was
more like an accountant with her neat bun and pressed no going back for her. With more than two dozen
suits, there’s a hardness in her eyes and around the films under her belt now, and even more series and
corners of her mouth that gives her away. An expert small dramas, Sofia is a perfect example of why Italian
on money laundering, she’s often accomplished more professionals have set the audio standard in movies
with a few keystrokes than a team of field agents could ever since the days of the spaghetti Western.
in a year when it comes to gathering information
and mining useful data. She also makes it a priority 76. Bianca Fields: A historian and teacher at New
to ensure the banks and businesses receive the same York State University, Bianca’s obsession is ancient
treatment as the warlords, drug barons, and traffickers technologies and lost secrets. Everything from how the
they deal with, leaving them all strung up to dry once Romans made better quality cement than modern-day
she’s assembled her case notes. manufacturers, to the exact chemical makeup of Greek
fire, to why ancient Egyptian tombs had batteries
72. King: Tall, fierce-looking, and able to take buried inside them are the mysteries that keep the
directions like a true professional, King was born for wild-haired woman up at night spinning new (and
a Hollywood life. While most of his early career was ever-odder) theories.
in commercials and occasional television spots, King
was so easy to work with that he got called up for a 77. Aleksander Kowalczyk: With broad shoulders
major movie role in no time. He’s appeared in kids’ and a boyish smile, Alek is a taxi driver in Liverpool,
films as the family hound, as well as in a few fantasy England. He’s provided transport for his own kin, as
pictures that called for a wolf companion, but where well as for Garou from other tribes, without so much
the production company didn’t quite have the budget as a question. It’s meant cleaning blood out of his cab’s
to do his job with a CGI imitation. trunk and backseat more than once, too. Fortunately,
as the son of two generations of Polish house cleaners,
73. Mustafa Yildiz: Heir to a small manufacturing he knows a thing or two about removing stains.
fortune, Mustafa’s family traces their lineage back to
when Istanbul was still known as Constantinople. 78. Barbara “Barbarella” Watkins: Born and raised
Fervently embracing the inventions and changes that near Venice Beach, and growing up with idols like
came with every new generation, Mustafa has been Grace Jones to look up to, Barb spent a lot of her youth
responsible for implementing the latest in robotics molding herself into a figure of Amazonian grace and
and automation in his family’s businesses. He has also physical power. Since bodybuilding wasn’t something
fervently argued against wasteful business practices, the young African American woman wanted to make
harmful products (such as his family’s tradition of a career out of, though, she also earned dual degrees in
participating in tobacco distribution) and insisted botany and chemistry at UCLA. Her cause, if anyone
on giving all of their workers proper compensation, ever gets up the courage to ask, is to kick ass, take
training, and care so they can live with dignity. names, and to invent a plant-based meat replacement
that even she can’t tell apart from genuine beef.
74. Jason Cooper: With roots in old London, Jason’s
family split when his ancestors got themselves 79. Mariska Steel: An astronomer with candy pink
transported. Residing in Sydney, Australia, Jason is a hair and a habit of chewing a single stick of gum for
freelance marketing professional with a gift for spin the days on end, Mariska spends most nights tracking the
likes of which few people have ever seen. His growing movements of heavenly bodies. She understands better
firm is often put under contract by the tribe to help than most that patience is the real key to progress, and
smooth out public relations issues, and to put out brush constant, sustained effort is typically more effective
fires regarding public curiosity regarding Glass Walker than bursts of brilliant insight. That, and that most
activity. real scientific discoveries are actually met with the
phrase, “Well shit… wait a minute...” instead of the
75. Sofia Rizzo: Born with a perfect ear that her father legendary, “Eureka!”
always said would make her a natural musician, Sofia
found that as she grew older her true passion was
movies. When the young Italian girl got the chance
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80. Derek “Long Shot” Grint: An infantryman for a he has a bit of a nest egg when he finally hangs up his
single tour of duty that he signed up for out of high mouth guard.
school, Derek wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with
his life when he got back from deployment. All he 83. Reba Rawlins: A vet who keeps her blonde hair
knew was he was a damn good rifle shot, and he didn’t cropped into a two inch mohawk, and who pairs it
want to be in the military anymore. Through a series with cat’s eyeglasses, Reba’s on a first-name basis with
of unlikely events, and by utilizing the Glass Walker what feels like half the domesticated animals in and
grapevine, he found himself as the trigger man for around Duluth, Minnesota. She’s personally funded
scientific monitoring expeditions. Able to bring down and designed more advanced tracking units and
a dangerous predator with a dart gun at ranges no collars which act more like health watches for people,
one else has matched, Derek enjoys seeing the world allowing her to get the information she needs for hard-
and doing something constructive with the skills he’s to-answer questions about an animal’s activity, sleep
learned. patterns, etc. It also allows long-distance monitoring
for more regional clients, which is a major advantage
81. Jabbar Kateb: Of Algerian descent, Jabbar’s family for her office.
came north after Europe’s last, failed Crusade to
monitor the progress and changes taking place in the 84. Cala Das: The daughter of bankers, it was expected
heart of Rome. Since that time, Jabbar’s family have that Cala would follow in her parents’ footsteps.
all worked in the city’s maintenance and infrastructure Rather than stepping into the brick-and-mortar arenas
organizations, helping both to maintain and guard it of the last generation, though, Cala uses the power of
against corruption. Jabbar himself is a sewer worker, online financing, exchange rates, and crowdfunding to
and he has an intricate knowledge of the passages make money seemingly appear out of the ether. That
that lie beneath the ancient city. It’s a position he is no mean skill in Bangalore, India, and it’s one that
was groomed for ever since his gnostic talents were has allowed the tribe to acquire the necessary resources
discovered when he was still a boy. to combat the Wyrm’s minions in more subtle ways
throughout the region.

85. Amber Hearst: A retrofuturist of the first order,


Amber has always had a knack for marrying beauty and
function when it comes to her unusual, technological
visions. Lighter-than-air vehicles are one of her pet
projects, and while some have accused her airships of
being far too last-century in terms of practicality, there
is no arguing that her designs have unparalleled success
when it comes to reaching out-of-the-way places, or
getting to disaster zones where traditional roads, docks,
and airstrips simply are no longer an option.

86. Kianna Wu: An Antarctic researcher who tends to


bring an entire carry-on of books “just in case,” Kianna
is part of a team keeping a close eye on the ice caps,
and the effects that climate change is having on them.
Several of her kin have insisted she and the other
82. Marco “Seek and Destroy” Fitzroy: A Boston boy, members of her team take Weaver tech weapons, after
born and raised, Marco has always been a fighter. a frozen horror dug its way out of the ice and ate the
Smart, determined, and unwilling to go down no members of the last team. While the pack known as
matter what gets thrown at him, this modern-day the Slayers was sent to hunt down the monster, there
gladiator has rocked every MMA cage in the Northeast could be others just biding their time.
Corridor. Rowdy, inked, and always ready for more,
Marco also has a master’s degree in chemistry. He used
his brains to design his own signature microbrews, and
he uses his platform as a fighter to boost the signal, so
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87. Conrad “Vector” Parks: An epidemiologist, 92. Rupert Valasquez: An Arizona political
Conrad’s job at the CDC is creating strategic solutions campaigner, Rupert has been steadily turning the tide
to the problem of serious outbreaks. Old enough to in the state on everything from energy policy to human
remember the early days of AIDS, and how he and rights. A man who moves behind the curtain, rather
the rest of the gay community were left to their own than making grand speeches in front of it, he can often
devices by an uncaring government, his strategies provide meetings for kin who need their words heard
always consider the cruelty of the powerful. Few things by those sitting in the halls of power.
anger him as much as the anti-vax movement, though,
and he’s broken his share of noses when protesters try
to demand that he, “admit his lies,” to the public.

88. Parker Petrovich: With her short, dark hair, and


neutral, practical clothes, Parker has the unique
ability to completely fade into the background almost
anywhere she goes. Her inconspicuous gray sedan is the
same way. Under the hood, though, both of them have
quite a lot of surprises. It’s what makes Parker such a
reliable courier for everything from drugs, to money, to
weapons, as well as first changers and witnesses to the
Glass Walkers’ activities that the tribe needs brought
in alive.

89. Trin “War Cry” Jackson: Rescued from Hanoi


after a simple operation led to far too much collateral
damage in the late 1980s, Trin was an orphan with no
one to turn to. Until Steph “Death Growl” Jackson
brought the boy home with her. While the broad-
shouldered, black-skinned Garou looks nothing like
the son she raised, all it takes to hear the resemblance
is for Trin to step up to the mic. Only a boy raised by a
heavy metal metis could let out a snarl that would put
an Ahroun’s fur on-end.
93. Diana Karenina: A statistician for the Southern
90. Sara Beckett: Though living primarily off her Poverty Law Center, Diana has a personal theory about
inheritance and investments in a comfortable midlands why hate groups are often infiltrated by agents of the
flat, Sara has a passion for solving mysteries. She’s also Wyrm. What she doesn’t yet know, though, is whether
figured out how to crowbar the collective efforts of the the corruption of the individual breeds that hate, or if
Internet to her pet causes, helping her do everything it’s the pre-existing hate that acts as a beacon, drawing
from tracking down cold cases to analyzing unknown corruption to the individual. Either way, though, her
symbols and photographs. Because she may not know insights and statistics have uncovered several cells
the answer, but Sara is willing to bet there’s someone of waiting fomori that might otherwise have gone
online who does. unnoticed for years.

91. Jack Spenser: A specialist in affordable housing and 94. Ghost: No one has ever heard Ghost’s real voice,
sustainable construction, Jack builds homes for poor but this enigmatic figure can often procure any item
communities out of old shipping containers, plastic their kin need. Their signature pieces of merchandise
bricks, and 3D-printed concrete. Heralded as a man are 3D-printed, unnumbered firearms called Ghost
who has single-handedly fought against predatory Guns by those in the know. They can be ordered to fit
living costs, he firmly believes that technology has any size or specs and assembled on-site in a matter of
the power to turn our worst trash into our greatest minutes. A serious Silk Road player, there is a lot of
treasures. speculation about who or what Ghost may or may not
be on the other end of the screen.

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95. Bethany Smythe: An electrical engineer and 100. Kita: Long-legged and graceful, Kita is the eyes
botanist, Bethany has turned her greenhouse outside for Seanan McLowery. The old woman is still as sharp
Bangor, Maine into one, big power plant. While her as ever, filled with piss, vinegar, and wisdom, but she
experiments using sugar and photosynthesis as ways to needed a companion to help shepherd her and keep
effectively store electrical energy show promise, they her safe. A task that Kita has been more than happy to
can’t yet provide power for anything bigger than her
do.
home and lab. She’s confident she’ll be able to scale up
her achievements very soon, though.

96. Carl Kramer: An Austrian engineer with a


specialty in green energy storage operations, this
blonde Bohemian has overseen the conversion of more
than a dozen abandoned mines into hydraulic storage
facilities. Every new project he and his teams finish
bring the world one step closer to shutting off one of
the greatest sources of pollution man has ever created,
and he sees that as a worthy goal.

97. Ami Lafayette: A fervent campaigner against the


suburban lawn, one of the greatest wastes of space and
resources in the world, Ami fights for front gardens
to become the new normal. An ideal way to generate
fresh produce with minimal transportation costs, she’s
found herself up against powerful interests that are
quite vested in things staying just the way they are.
She has made some progress, though, which she finds
heartening.

98. Richard “Book” Specter: Legitimizing a market


always leads to greater profits with less risk, according
to Book. With rules changing for better on everything
from betting on sporting events to horses, to what
recreational substances can be sold in broad daylight,
Richard makes sure the Fresno, California packs of
Wise Guys have what they need to maintain their
income streams. There’s plenty of guilt-free finances to
go around these days, and his job has never been easier.

99. Mistress LaLaurie: Maria Lacroix, who performs


under the stage name Mistress LaLaurie, discovered
a passion and talent for stage magic early on in her
life. It wasn’t long after the dark-skinned girl started
pulling coins from behind her friends’ ears, though,
that she also discovered a small gnostic talent. Though
she tries to keep the two separate, there have been
one or two incidents where she’s needed to use a gift
to avoid serious harm during an “accident” at one of
her performances. It makes her wonder who has it in
for her, and if they know about her connection to the
tribe.

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