Barbara Kwashi She was born into a large, low-income family, with her parents, grandparents, and five siblings huddled together in a small apartment. Unfortunately, her father had a gambling problem. With his violent temper, the rest of the family feared confronting him. Her older siblings moved out as soon as they could, her grandparents eventually passed away, and her mother--now tired of her father-- found someone else and moved out, leaving a young Hatty behind. Her father eventually lost the house, taking his remaining daugher with him to live on the streets on the outskirts of Night City. She spent much of her childhood roaming aimlessly without supervision, living in a long since abandoned camper van, and learnt to fight fiercely for everything she had. At some point, she managed to get her hands on a Cyberdeck, and that Cyberdeck became her world. Unfortunately, feelings of abandonment and resentment left a mark on Hatty, eventually bearing a young woman that withdrew from society and indulged in Virtuality. Although she often dealt with Nomads and Fixers for work, she never truly connected with anyone. Despite her ornery and somewhat violent disposition, she hadn't offended anyone enough to make any enemies. Her straightforwardness and blunt honesty, however, made her a reliable Netrunner, giving her value as a freelancer.

Haruko's Cyberdog found in the Combat Zone squat little dog-shaped drone, gun folded into back near the 'shoulder-blades' Spraypainted up

Sakamoto Haruko 5'5, a little chubby. Thick-rimmed circle glasses cover most of her round face. Her brown hair is cut to level with her chin, and usually kept partially back in a high ponytail. Prefers simple make-up since it requires less effort -- she usually rushes it so she can get back to working on her latest project. The only tattoo she has is on her left arm, the kanji for her mum's name with the day of her death (Haru's date of birth). There's a streak of blue in her hair that Miyuki convinced her to get. Her entire right arm has been replaced with an obvious mechanical one that has been thoroughly customised. Spray-painted with mundane and UV paint, the arm is a bright, colourful mess. Different designs make it look like a sleeve tattoo. When under a UV light, such as in a club, new designs appear across the entire thing in glowing colours.

Mikey, M, was born to a family of Corpos. At the age of 16, M made the decision to sell the family's confidential data, and so caused his family to turn on him and put a target on his back. Since then he has lived on the streets and among local Nomads, all whilst avoiding the threat of his family catching up with him. As soon as he turned 18 he started picking up local jobs from Fixers across the city in attempts to gain fame, recognition, and money

Sian Murray Born in Night City to two Scottish immigrants, but growing up without a father. Lost to the [[Arasaka]] Bombing, Sian's father, Andy, never got to see her truly grow and in his place, her mother [[Tammy]] took the reins and brought Sian up in a terrifying world by herself. Granting her freedom whilst being incredibly protective, Sian grew up to be quite like her mother, fun loving, a people enjoyer, always on the look for thrills, frequenting whatever clubs and events there are, crashes on the couches (or beds) of any man or woman she swoons that night, takes whatever drugs are offered to her for the thrill of the high. Living with her mother until she was 21, she kept herself as tame as she could despite wanting to experience scarier and more exotic thrills. After leaving to live on her own, she got in to creating brain dances of her various experiences, the drugs she'd take, the fights she'd get in to, the highs and lows of her nights out. Eventually even taking on requests for those who didn't want to experience something personally she'd take it on for them for a price, being stabbed, shot, a variety of drugs. Not much was beyond what she'd be happy to do. She's taken quite the liking to creating these brain dances, and is always looking for an excuse to do more, the more thrilling the better.

Zeph never knew her real parents. The system raised her, or at least claimed it did. By the time she was old enough to understand the game, she had already learned that being shuffled from house to house was less about care and more about convenience. That was when she met [[Roxie]], a wide-eyed six-year-old dropped into the same foster system, drowning in the same bureaucratic neglect. Zeph was twelve, already hardened, already skeptical. She decided then and there that Roxie wouldn’t go through what she had. For a few years, that bond was all that mattered. But the system doesn’t care about bonds. By the time Zeph was fifteen, both sisters were back on the street. Dumpster dinners, cold pavement nights, and endless close calls with predators who circled the weak were all too frequent. Eventually, reputation reached the ears of a **fixer**, who saw more than a back-alley doctor who saw potential. Now Zeph works jobs in the underworld, her scalpel just as dangerous as any gun, her drugs as valuable as bullets. But beneath every gig, every patch-job, every deal, there’s a constant hum of rage. A promise unfulfilled.

Takeru Akagi, aka Burai, serves as the captain of KimenGumi, the “police” arm of the Tyger Claws. Burai wears a red mask and each of his lieutenants wears a unique mask of a different color, which has led some of the glibber residents of Kabuki to refer to the Kimen-Gumi leadership as the “Kabuki Rangers.” Each leader in the Kimen-Gumi controls a squad of Hanmen (Half-masks). Given his position as captain of the Kimen-Gumi, it should come as no surprise to know Burai is one of Shinobu the Second’s most trusted companions. Unlike the Tyger Claws leader, Burai is not a showy performer, but a steady and reliable combatant and commander. His parents were high-ranking members in the original Tyger’s Claw and some older members, unsatisfied with the lack of a payday after the gang took over the Nakagawa Foundation, pushed for him to take control of the gang. Thus far, Burai has ignored those calls and remained loyal to his boss. Burai is married, and he and his wife have two children. Because the couple is busy, childcare is often left to his retired parents. Unlike their son, Burai’s parents have not abandoned their loyalty to Arasaka and secretly infuse those ideas into their grandchildren. If Burai does not realize his parents’ treachery, the Claws will have a big problem in the future. I’ve noted them down for assassination, just in case

Dr. George Carver is the owner of the apartment complex and the one that has a direct line of contact with Rex. Living here and being closer to the “action” also allowed Dr. Carver to set up a second source of income for himself, an unlicensed surgery ward for illegal cyberware, colloquially referred to as a [[Ripperdoc]]. George isn’t a medical doctor, but he knows his way around machines, which lets him get by, as most of his patients are more machine than human. He spends most of the day sleeping, as every night he works in a high–stress environment and he needs to stay fresh. To drown out the ambient sounds of gunfire, Rico’s guitar, and Rico the cockatoo’s squawking, Dr. Carver lined his walls with sound–dampening foam, which has helped him get a lot more sleep. The foam also keeps the screaming of his patients to a minimum, which helps the rest of the apartment get more sleep. It’s a win–win.

Gina has been living alone in her apartment since before the Characters moved in. She’s an animal lover. Sounds of squawking and mimicked human speech can be heard coming from her apartment. When asked which of her three pets, Rico, her salmon–crested cockatoo, Puddles, her aldabra tortoise, or Spooky, her veiled chameleon is her favorite, she refuses to answer on principal, because she refuses to use the word “pet” to describe them. According to her, she has three roommates. Strangely, all three of these animals are totally natural, and not, like most animals in the dark future, created by Biotechnica. Gina doesn’t like to talk about where she got them, but she sometimes refers to them as “rescues”. If she doesn’t trust you, she won’t let you anywhere near Rico, Puddles, or Spooky.

Grant is a Solo who works primarily for the local Fixer, Rex. Professionally, he goes by the handle Royal. Grant’s room is paid for as part of the building’s yearly payment to Rex that keeps the building safe from the area’s many boostergangs who would love to terrorize it. Rex has made it known far and wide that Royal lives in the apartment building, and that information alone is a great deterrent. Despite his reputation, Grant isn’t a bad neighbor to have. When he isn’t running jobs for Rex, Grant loves to unwind by playing cards. Every month, he organizes a community poker night on the roof of the building. Bets are made exclusively in mini liquor bottles. Nobody cheats. Grant doesn’t like people standing behind him, and his eyes reflexively scan any room he enters. Even when relaxing, he doesn’t like to take his armor off, except behind his apartment’s specially installed reinforced door. He won’t talk about it with anyone who wouldn’t understand.

A money-obsessed fixer that goes wherever the money goes. Although money-hungry, he chooses to still trust those closest to him and aid them if they are in need of help, although often at a price.

Rico is another long–term tenant of the building. Everybody seems to know Rico, his music, or his old band. Each morning on the fourth floor of the building is accompanied by Rico’s music, which begins with several scales and evolves seamlessly into experimental melodies. Though he typically begins in the morning with the trumpet, Rico switches between several instruments before the afternoon, recording as he goes. During lunch, he mixes his recordings together, adding guitar and drums. He doesn’t stop playing when asked, but nobody has asked in a long time. When Rico was younger, he was part of a band called The Night Children, who broke up almost as fast as they got famous. Nowadays, Rico is semi–retired, and occasionally plays the clubs around the Combat Zone as a solo act, accompanying himself with his own recordings. He is good friends with Gina, and they often share meals. Her salmon–crested cockatoo isn’t named after him—that’s merely a coincidence. Rico is good friends with the bird that shares his name; whenever he comes over to visit, it always greets him, “Hello Rico!–squawk– Hello Rico!”

Sian's Mother