Anya Toslova:
- white female in her 20's
- located in eastern europe (but travels everywhere)
- bounty hunter and assasin
- often hired by the power and the raiders

Kari Mortikai:
- asian female in her 30's
- leader and founder of the largest raider faction order of the free republic
- first in command of the brotherhood
- located in menominee, wisconsin
- runs the largest manufacturing center in the world
for the raiders

Ian Holmes:
- black male in his 30's
- location unknown
- vigilante
- rumored to have beheaded a man with a stop sign
- has no sense for balance of justice. would just as soon kill
someone for stealing a few $tandards as murder

Insil Banes:
- south africa (but almost no one knows that)
- white male in his 30's
- on the run from the power
- brilliant geneticist
- mr. nice guy
- very young for the depth of his knowledge

Victoria Mercules:
- latin female in her 20's
- located in venesuala (but not commonly known)
- holds the key to cold fusion
- on the run from the power and the raiders

Anita Rjker:
- secretly works for the raiders
- latin/black female in her 40's
- location unknown
- working on a planetary reconstrution project (terraforming)
- hopes to unite the world by restoring it to its former glory

Solomon:
- white male in his 30's
- one-legged ex-adventurer who helps outfit new adventurers
- lives in pittsburgh
- expert metal refiner/metalsmith

Ughtecke:
- located somewhere in russia
- white/asian male in his 40's
- is said to make the finest armor available
- rumored to have constructed a polymer/titanium armor weave

Beleh Mogue (beh-lay moh-geh):
- black male in his 20's
- lives in a hidden valley on the west coast of africa, near the ivory coast
- draws on the life energy of the people there via psionics
- holds everyone there in a prison of bliss