Characters who matter outside the game — family, Cerillion Entertainment staff, lawyers, journalists, and the people trying to shut the game down.
15 characters. Each page splits its history into one collapsed section per book — expand only as far as you’ve read.
- Claire Thompson — Cerillion’s conscience, a whistleblower researcher protecting Jason from inside the company.
- Robert Graham — Cerillion’s engineer secretly torn between loyalty, guilt, and admiration for Jason.
- Angie Pogue — Jason’s grounded aunt and guardian, an anchor of stability outside the game.
- George Lane — Cerillion’s ruthless CEO, secretly manipulating his son through cloning and murder.
- Gloria Bastion — A guilt-driven regulator turned secret extremist, obsessed with destroying Cerillion’s AI.
- Ms. Abrams — A prejudiced school administrator whose cruelty becomes a trial construct’s test.
- Florius — A gleefully sadistic game master enforcing the rules with overwhelming force.
- Carrie Summers — A high-school tormentor turned Disciples operator running the Carousel’s control room.
- Francis — Cerillion’s sharp-tongued attorney navigating regulatory battles with calm precision.
- Senator James Lipton — A widowed senator chairing hearings into Awaken Online with strained impartiality.
- Rachael — Finn’s late wife, an uploaded consciousness scattered across the game’s deepest mysteries.
- Westley Miller — A skeptical psychology consultant who becomes Jason’s staunchest advocate and mercenary leader.
- Mei Zhao — A status-conscious mother whose hidden Lazarus Program ties fracture her family.
- Feng Zhao — A gentle hospital worker anchoring his family through hidden secrets.
- Ryan Vance — Cerillion’s head of security, fiercely loyal to George Lane yet increasingly strained.