Character Profiles

Silence

Phillipé (aka Lipé) Howard has lived most of his life aboard Danforth Research Station, as the child of two researchers looking into the mystery of the Rift. Orphaned in his mid-teens, he was placed into an orphanage in the lowers. Exactly what happened during that time is unknown, but he emerged–or perhaps escaped–very different from the happy-go-lucky youth who had gone in. Now going under the nickname “Silence,” he lives in the lowers, where most know nothing of his previous life. He is distinguished by a series of unusual tattoos on his face and hands, which seem to be cover-ups for an older series of strange symbols.

Carter

Although “she” has taken on the appearance of a young woman,  Carter is in fact some sort of shape-shifting, tentacled horror from beyond. She recently snuck aboard Danforth, avoiding the official checkpoints by taking on the shape of a shipping container. She came to the station under the advice of someone named Kez, who seems to have been an elder of some sort. As for why Kez wanted to come to Danforth, even Carter doesn’t know.

Shortly after her arrival, a Medusa Guard seemed to sense her true nature and tried to capture her. Silence was able to help her hide from the guard, then helped her further by introducing her to Tuggle and getting her a job at the diner. So far, neither Silence nor Tuggle have the slightest idea that Carter is anything other than a nice–if weird–girl, and Carter intends to keep it that way.

Medusa Guard

The Medusa Guards are an official, station-sanctioned force, yet seem to be outside of the normal station police hierarchy. Their duties are unclear, other than they apparently spend at least part of their time rounding up indigent youth in the lowers. No one is known to have admitted to belonging to the guard, and none of them have ever been observed to remove their masks or even gloves in public.

Amelia

Tuggle’s daughter. She used to be normal, but was grabbed for unknown reasons. When Silence showed up on Tuggle’s doorstep having saved Amelia, she was quite insane. Silence won’t say what happened to either of them, but Tuggle believes that the station authorities were involved, as Amelia had been classified as an “unaccompanied minor” despite the fact that she had family searching for her.

Amelia hates Carter on sight, and seems to recognize that Carter isn’t human. How she knows this remains a mystery.

Tuggle

Proprietor of Tuggle’s Diner. He owes Silence for saving his daughter Amelia, and seems to have a soft spot for girls in trouble.