Dramatis Personae

Randall Cranston - a junior field agent for the Cybercrime Emergency Response Team, formerly of the New York Police Department.

Holly Trudeau - Vice President of Security at Avatars LLC.

Jason Edwards - Proprietor of Reality Check, a computer security firm operating in North Bend, New Jersey.

Akiko Summers - currently employed at Arcadia Enterprises. A missing person who reappeared at the Avatars Park during the Fracture terrorist attack.

Inari - a golden vixen biosculpt, star vocalist for the band Fracture around the Greater Los Angeles area - no relation to the legendary terrorist group.

Marge Polowski - senior shift superintendent for the NYPD.

Penny Arcadia - daughter of John Arcadia. She owns what remains of Arcadia Enterprises, a controlling share and estate in Arcadia Tower and an investment in the other Towers.

Adam Dexter - a 14 year old teenager who plays Aldestre in Avatars. (he was 10 at the time of the Shutdown) A founding member of the 'VR is Real' megablog, a quasi-news organization that spreads the meme that in some way, virtual reality worlds are actually real and have crossed over into our world in the past. He and many others were present at the Fracture attack, but he managed to escape unharmed.

Katerina Roberts - an agent of the Internet Consumer Protection agency, who plays Josephine l'Arsenne in Avatars. Credited with having saved Adam Dexter among others from the Fracture attack.