“Jude Maccabeus” – A young man with a unique bone-marrow condition. He is a night watchman for Black Crow Security. Though his psyche is in flux, a “liberator” persona always surfaces. Throughout the game he believes his name is “Jude Maccabeus,” “Marcus Brutus,” “Simon Bolivar” and “John Galt” among others. Swordsman.
Star Peterson – a young girl that Jude meets at the Academy at Cyrene. She is hot-headed and pedantic, but falls in short bursts for Jude’s idealism. Eventually she comes around to Jude’s idea of the Academy being a “Spartan School,” one that encourages its students to break the rules, but will punish them if caught. She seems to hate privatized police companies, so her reasons for being enrolled in the Academy are strange if not backwards. She rises to prominence using throwing weapons.
Zus Brandenburg – Brusque, but intellectual soldier who owns Black Crow Security. He is obsessed with money and seems to only care about himself. He is simply smart enough to know he needs others to survive. Uses firearms.
Wyatt King – A reputed gunslinger and infiltration specialist who spearheads a coup d’état against the Poleis government. His interests often coincide with those of Black Crow Security. Wyatt has the unique ability to become nothing but a shadow—a technique that some accredit to dark magic, others to stolen government technology, and still others to a technique learned in the “Far East.”
Lola Pearce – A girl Jude’s age, subscriber to Black Crow Security and nominal supporter of Wyatt’s revolution. Though usually quiet and reserved, when desperate she will use her charm for her benefit. Jude feels unreciprocated infatuation towards her. At the game’s opening we only know she has made some sacrifice for his sake. She is an archer and a psychonaut.
Doctor Rodya – Lead Scientist in the People’s Republic of Poleis. Heads the study of Jude Maccabeus alongside Doctor Scuddard. Begins forming a theory based on heretical Jungian psychology.
Doctor Scuddard – Lead Scientist alongside Doctor Rodya. Genius, but lazy. He is never willing to go above and beyond if it means the same amount of cash flow.
The Economist – Keeper of heterodox and heretical works for the People’s Republic of Poleis. Locked away in his underground library writing equations most hours of the day. Rodya’s resource for his great study on Jude.
Francis Victor – Charming, prominent member of Securitas, a rival Security Company. He has a playboy nature but probably has a heart hidden within him. He is genetically modified to the peak of his abilities with his prototype weaponry and old-school rapiers.
Jimmy Klein – Head of Securitas, underhanded and greedy. His love for money seems different than Zus’s in some strange way. Looks to the People’s Republic for subsidies often.
Other characters will arise and fall in subsequent chapters of the game. Of them, Mr. Domhnall will be the most prominent. He is the leader of the People’s Republic of Poleis. He loves the ordered aspects of life: math, taxonomy, crystalline structures, etc. His aim is to “give people what they deserve from life” and to create a “global community.”