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[[folder:Nishant]]
An older, respected telepath who died the year before Olivia came out of Lottery.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Blake]]
A troublesome telepath who died unexpectedly young, leading to part of the Hive's current issues.
[[/folder]]
An older, respected telepath who died the year before Olivia came out of Lottery.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Blake]]
A troublesome telepath who died unexpectedly young, leading to part of the Hive's current issues.
[[/folder]]
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!Teen Level
[[folder:Shanna]]
Amber’s best friend and Forge’s Teen-Level girlfriend. Becomes a Level 9 Media Presenter.
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Amber and Gregas's maternal grandparents, a pair of young-at-heart older people who love to do things like crashing teen parties. They live on Level
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!!Provides examples of:
* AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but once Lottery happens she's clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until she realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
* TheBeautifulElite: She's beautiful, from high up in the Hive, and ends up on Level 9 covering parties and fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to the park during the blackout as an essential.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of her mindset. When told that the power outage may last for days, her primary concern is that it will set back her Carnival decorating.
* LifeOfTheParty: When their section of Teen Level is stuck in the area park due to the power outage, Shanna's the one who shows up with music and starts a party. She even has a special song lined up for when power comes back.
* AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but once Lottery happens she's clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until she realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
* TheBeautifulElite: She's beautiful, from high up in the Hive, and ends up on Level 9 covering parties and fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to the park during the blackout as an essential.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of her mindset. When told that the power outage may last for days, her primary concern is that it will set back her Carnival decorating.
* LifeOfTheParty: When their section of Teen Level is stuck in the area park due to the power outage, Shanna's the one who shows up with music and starts a party. She even has a special song lined up for when power comes back.
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* WackyParentSeriousChild: They're the parents of Amber's very serious mother, and
* TheBeautifulElite: She's beautiful, from high up
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of her mindset. When told that the power outage may last for days, her primary concern is that it will set back her Carnival decorating.
* LifeOfTheParty: When their section of Teen Level is stuck in the area park due
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[[folder:Atticus]]
Amber’s friend and Carnival date who grew up on Level 80. Lottery makes him a Level 3 Physician Surgical, and he is chosen by Morton to perform the surgery he needs because Morton considers him being on Teen Level with Amber to be good luck. Because he knows the truth about telepaths, he becomes the preferred surgeon for any cases involving Amber's unit as well.
Amber’s friend and Carnival date who grew up on Level 80. Lottery makes him a Level 3 Physician Surgical, and he is chosen by Morton to perform the surgery he needs because Morton considers him being on Teen Level with Amber to be good luck. Because he knows the truth about telepaths, he becomes the preferred surgeon for any cases involving Amber's unit as well.
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[[folder:Shanna]]
Amber’s best friend and
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* DeterminedDoctor: He will do everything he can to save his patient's life, even if they're from another Hive and he has to put himself in danger to do it.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas, but he makes it clear that if she's interested, so is he.
* RagsToRiches: His parents are level 80, almost as low as you can get. He ends up on level 3 and is the surgeon of choice for the telepaths and their teams.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas, but he makes it clear that if she's interested, so is he.
* RagsToRiches: His parents are level 80, almost as low as you can get. He ends up on level 3 and is the surgeon of choice for the telepaths and their teams.
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* DeterminedDoctor: He will do everything he can to save his patient's life, even if they're from another Hive and he has to put himself in danger to do it.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival,AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas, but he makes it clear that if once Lottery happens she's interested, so is he.
clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until she realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
*RagsToRiches: His parents are level 80, almost as low as you can get. He TheBeautifulElite: She's beautiful, from high up in the Hive, and ends up on level 3 Level 9 covering parties and is fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to thesurgeon park during the blackout as an essential.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much ofchoice her mindset. When told that the power outage may last for the telepaths and days, her primary concern is that it will set back her Carnival decorating.
* LifeOfTheParty: When theirteams.section of Teen Level is stuck in the area park due to the power outage, Shanna's the one who shows up with music and starts a party. She even has a special song lined up for when power comes back.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival,
*
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to the
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of
* LifeOfTheParty: When their
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[[folder:Reece]]
The corridor's bully. Becomes a Level 93 pipe technician.
The corridor's bully. Becomes a Level 93 pipe technician.
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The corridor's bully. Becomes
Amber’s friend and Carnival date who grew up on Level 80. Lottery makes him a Level
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* TheBully: He picks on teens who came from lower levels, teases Casper, tells people's secrets, breaks into Amber's room, glues Forge into the ventilation system, and tries to scare people during the power outage.
* CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his parents are from high up in the hive, but Atticus figured out that he’s from no higher than level 40.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: They're stuck with him on the corridor, but nobody likes him.
* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Hunter of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
* CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his parents are from high up in the hive, but Atticus figured out that he’s from no higher than level 40.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: They're stuck with him on the corridor, but nobody likes him.
* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Hunter of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
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* TheBully: DeterminedDoctor: He picks on teens who came will do everything he can to save his patient's life, even if they're from lower levels, teases Casper, tells people's secrets, breaks into Amber's room, glues Forge into the ventilation system, another Hive and tries he has to scare people put himself in danger to do it.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly duringthe power outage.
Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas, but he makes it clear that if she's interested, so is he.
*CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims hisRagsToRiches: His parents are from high up in the hive, but Atticus figured out that he’s from no higher than level 40.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: They're stuck with him80, almost as low as you can get. He ends up on level 3 and is the corridor, but nobody likes him.
* JerkAss: Duringsurgeon of choice for the power outage, he pulled out an Hunter of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs telepaths and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.teams.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during
*
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: They're stuck with him
* JerkAss: During
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[[folder:Margot]]
A friend from Amber’s corridor. Becomes a Level 30 Protein Enhancement Specialist.
A friend from Amber’s corridor. Becomes a Level 30 Protein Enhancement Specialist.
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A friend from Amber’s corridor.
The corridor's bully. Becomes a Level
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* IHaveNoSon: Her older sister came out of Lottery twenty levels below their parents, and was disowned. Margot refused to drop contact with her sister, and was disowned by her parents as well.
* PickyEater: Amber finds it amusing that she's a Protein Enhancement Specialist, because she was so fussy about her food.
* PickyEater: Amber finds it amusing that she's a Protein Enhancement Specialist, because she was so fussy about her food.
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* IHaveNoSon: Her older sister TheBully: He picks on teens who came out of Lottery twenty levels below their parents, from lower levels, teases Casper, tells people's secrets, breaks into Amber's room, glues Forge into the ventilation system, and was disowned. Margot refused tries to drop contact with her sister, and was disowned by her scare people during the power outage.
* CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his parentsas well.
* PickyEater: Amber finds it amusingare from high up in the hive, but Atticus figured out that she's a Protein Enhancement Specialist, because she was so fussy about her food.he’s from no higher than level 40.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: They're stuck with him on the corridor, but nobody likes him.
* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Hunter of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
* CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his parents
* PickyEater: Amber finds it amusing
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: They're stuck with him on the corridor, but nobody likes him.
* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Hunter of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
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!Other Hive people
[[folder:Melisande]]
The Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of the defense of the Hive against both internal and external enemies.
[[folder:Melisande]]
The Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of the defense of the Hive against both internal and external enemies.
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[[folder:Melisande]]
The Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of the defense of the Hive against both internal and external enemies.
A friend from Amber’s corridor. Becomes a Level 30 Protein Enhancement Specialist.
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* AcePilot: In addition to commanding the Hive's defenses, she's imprinted as a fighter pilot.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive to protect the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: She was born with a health condition that should have killed her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries and treatments needed to survive.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive to protect the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: She was born with a health condition that should have killed her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries and treatments needed to survive.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
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* AcePilot: In addition IHaveNoSon: Her older sister came out of Lottery twenty levels below their parents, and was disowned. Margot refused to commanding the Hive's defenses, drop contact with her sister, and was disowned by her parents as well.
* PickyEater: Amber finds it amusing that she'simprinted as a fighter pilot.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive to protect the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: SheProtein Enhancement Specialist, because she was born with a health condition that should have killed so fussy about her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries and treatments needed to survive.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.food.
* PickyEater: Amber finds it amusing that she's
* TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive to protect the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: She
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
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[[folder:Elliott]]
Head of Hive Politics, a Level 1 Senior Ambassador. He is the oldest of six Duty Children, and was an avid surfer on Teen Level.
Head of Hive Politics, a Level 1 Senior Ambassador. He is the oldest of six Duty Children, and was an avid surfer on Teen Level.
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Head of
[[folder:Melisande]]
The Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of the
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* ChekhovsGunman: He shows up (indirectly) early in ''Borderline'' when Amber and her team use his apartment as a base; he later plays a much larger role and is a key part in helping Lucas figure out what's really going on.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head of Hive Politics, completely dedicated to the Hive, and willing to work with Amber as soon as she finds a way to protect knowledge of events from Keith and disable Bruce.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head of Hive Politics, completely dedicated to the Hive, and willing to work with Amber as soon as she finds a way to protect knowledge of events from Keith and disable Bruce.
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* ChekhovsGunman: He shows up (indirectly) early in ''Borderline'' when Amber and her team use his apartment AcePilot: In addition to commanding the Hive's defenses, she's imprinted as a base; he later plays a much larger role and is a key part in helping Lucas figure out what's really going on.
fighter pilot.
*ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive Politics, completely dedicated to the Hive, and willing to work with Amber as soon as she finds a way to protect knowledge of events from Keith the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: She was born with a health condition that should have killed her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries anddisable Bruce.treatments needed to survive.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
* YoungAndInCharge: Promoted to Gold Commander at age 21 after Ryne retired and Ryne's chosen successor melted down under the stress, as did the only other person imprinted as Gold Commander.
*
* {{Determinator}}: She was born with a health condition that should have killed her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries and
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
* YoungAndInCharge: Promoted to Gold Commander at age 21 after Ryne retired and Ryne's chosen successor melted down under the stress, as did the only other person imprinted as Gold Commander.
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[[folder:Michaela]]
A newly-imprinted Level 1 Senior Ambassador, Elliott's youngest sibling. An avid surfer as well, until Bruce attempted to use her to get an unwarranted promotion.
A newly-imprinted Level 1 Senior Ambassador, Elliott's youngest sibling. An avid surfer as well, until Bruce attempted to use her to get an unwarranted promotion.
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A newly-imprinted
Head of Hive Politics, a Level 1 Senior
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* {{Claustrophobia}}: A crippling fear of lifts, after being stuck in one for forty-seven hours during the Blue Zone power cut. She worked through it eventually, but it took months of therapy.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway as a way to keep herself entertained while stuck in her room.
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to Hive Genex as part of the delegation investigating the attempt to kidnap Amber. She is forced to register a claim immediately, the day after receiving her imprint.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway as a way to keep herself entertained while stuck in her room.
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to Hive Genex as part of the delegation investigating the attempt to kidnap Amber. She is forced to register a claim immediately, the day after receiving her imprint.
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* {{Claustrophobia}}: A crippling fear ChekhovsGunman: He shows up (indirectly) early in ''Borderline'' when Amber and her team use his apartment as a base; he later plays a much larger role and is a key part in helping Lucas figure out what's really going on.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head oflifts, after being stuck in one for forty-seven hours during Hive Politics, completely dedicated to the Blue Zone power cut. She worked through it eventually, but it took months of therapy.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue UpwayHive, and willing to work with Amber as soon as she finds a way to keep herself entertained while stuck in her room.
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to Hive Genex as partprotect knowledge of the delegation investigating the attempt to kidnap Amber. She is forced to register a claim immediately, the day after receiving her imprint.events from Keith and disable Bruce.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head of
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to Hive Genex as part
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! The Sea Farm
The Sea Farm is a separate installation from the main Hive; all Hives are required by treaty to maintain a Sea Farm with certain population numbers. It's almost entirely self-sufficient, and most people there don't go through Lottery, instead learning through apprenticeships.
The Sea Farm is a separate installation from the main Hive; all Hives are required by treaty to maintain a Sea Farm with certain population numbers. It's almost entirely self-sufficient, and most people there don't go through Lottery, instead learning through apprenticeships.
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The Sea Farm is a separate installation from the main Hive; all Hives are required by treaty
A newly-imprinted Level 1 Senior Ambassador, Elliott's youngest sibling. An avid surfer as well, until Bruce attempted to
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!!Tropes applying to the Sea Farm as a whole:
* BornUnderTheSail: While the Sea Farm is about much more than fishing - it's intended to be entirely self-sufficient, with mining, farming, and herding - its culture is centered around the sea, with the leader bearing the title Admiral.
* CrazyPrepared: It's not widely known among the people there, but this is the whole purpose of the Sea Farms. They're meant to be places that can survive if the Hives collapse, so they keep alive knowledge of how to do things without all the Hive's technology.
[[folder:Admiral Tregarth]]
The leader of the Sea Farm. He's a bulky, sun-worn man in his 60s with a bushy grey beard, worried about the murders, the upcoming census, and whether the Hive will find him a successor in time.
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* BornUnderTheSail: While the Sea Farm is about much more than fishing - it's intended to be entirely self-sufficient, with mining, farming, and herding - its culture is centered around the sea, with the leader bearing the title Admiral.
* CrazyPrepared: It's not widely known among the people there, but this is the whole purpose of the Sea Farms. They're meant to be places that can survive if the Hives collapse, so they keep alive knowledge of how to do things without all the Hive's technology.
[[folder:Admiral Tregarth]]
The leader of the Sea Farm. He's a bulky, sun-worn man in his 60s with a bushy grey beard, worried about the murders, the upcoming census, and whether the Hive will find him a successor in time.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's devoted to the Sea Farm and its people, and willing to do whatever he needs to find the murderer in their midst.
* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally clean-shaven Hive citizens.
* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally clean-shaven Hive citizens.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's devoted to {{Claustrophobia}}: A crippling fear of lifts, after being stuck in one for forty-seven hours during the Sea Farm and its people, and willing Blue Zone power cut. She worked through it eventually, but it took months of therapy.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway as a way todo whatever he needs keep herself entertained while stuck in her room.
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent tofind the murderer in their midst.
* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally clean-shavenHive citizens.Genex as part of the delegation investigating the attempt to kidnap Amber. She is forced to register a claim immediately, the day after receiving her imprint.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway as a way to
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to
* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally clean-shaven
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[[folder:Tressa]]
Admiral Tregarth's wife, who came in as driftwood from a French-speaking Hive's Sea Farm. She acts as a general troubleshooter for the Sea Farm, as well as working on the ships sometimes to help out. [[spoiler:Formerly known as Celandine, the woman that Morton kidnapped and tried to force to love him.]]
Admiral Tregarth's wife, who came in as driftwood from a French-speaking Hive's Sea Farm. She acts as a general troubleshooter for the Sea Farm, as well as working on the ships sometimes to help out. [[spoiler:Formerly known as Celandine, the woman that Morton kidnapped and tried to force to love him.]]
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Admiral Tregarth's wife, who came in as driftwood
The Sea Farm is a separate installation from the main Hive; all Hives are required by treaty to maintain a
!!Tropes applying to the Sea Farm as a whole:
* BornUnderTheSail: While the Sea Farm is about much more than fishing - it's intended to be entirely self-sufficient, with mining, farming, and herding - its culture is centered around the sea, with the leader bearing the title Admiral.
* CrazyPrepared: It's not widely known among the people there, but this is the whole purpose of the Sea Farms. They're meant to be places that can survive if the Hives collapse, so they keep alive knowledge of how to do things without all the Hive's technology.
[[folder:Admiral Tregarth]]
The leader of the Sea Farm. He's a bulky, sun-worn man in his 60s with a bushy grey beard, worried about the murders, the upcoming census, and whether the Hive will find him a successor in time.
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* BornUnderTheSail: While the Sea Farm is about much more than fishing - it's intended to be entirely self-sufficient, with mining, farming, and herding - its culture is centered around the sea, with the leader bearing the title Admiral.
* CrazyPrepared: It's not widely known among the people there, but this is the whole purpose of the Sea Farms. They're meant to be places that can survive if the Hives collapse, so they keep alive knowledge of how to do things without all the Hive's technology.
[[folder:Admiral Tregarth]]
The leader of the Sea Farm. He's a bulky, sun-worn man in his 60s with a bushy grey beard, worried about the murders, the upcoming census, and whether the Hive will find him a successor in time.
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* TheGhost: She's only available by voice communication until the end because she's out on a fishing boat. [[spoiler:She wanted to be away from Amber to make sure that Amber didn't see her past.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He believes Celandine is dead, and that it's his fault; he has become TheAtoner in response.]]
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:When she came back from the Hive, Celandine took the name Tressa, meaning 'third', to indicate that this is the third part of her life.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He believes Celandine is dead, and that it's his fault; he has become TheAtoner in response.]]
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:When she came back from the Hive, Celandine took the name Tressa, meaning 'third', to indicate that this is the third part of her life.]]
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* TheGhost: She's only available by voice communication until ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's devoted to the end because she's out on a fishing boat. [[spoiler:She wanted to be away from Amber to make sure that Amber didn't see her past.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He believes Celandine is dead,Sea Farm and that it's his fault; its people, and willing to do whatever he has become TheAtoner needs to find the murderer in response.]]
their midst.
*MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:When she came back SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the Hive, Celandine took the name Tressa, meaning 'third', to indicate that this is the third part of her life.]]normally clean-shaven Hive citizens.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He believes Celandine is dead,
*
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[[folder:Juniper]]
A young woman whose hand was mangled in an accident; Perran put her arm in a switched-off machine as a Halloween joke because he knew the machine was off, only to find that the switch had been tampered with.
A young woman whose hand was mangled in an accident; Perran put her arm in a switched-off machine as a Halloween joke because he knew the machine was off, only to find that the switch had been tampered with.
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A young
Admiral Tregarth's wife, who came in as driftwood from a French-speaking Hive's Sea Farm. She acts as a general troubleshooter for the Sea Farm, as well as working on the ships sometimes to help out. [[spoiler:Formerly known as Celandine, the woman
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* ArtificialLimbs: She has an artificial hand to replace the one that had to be amputated.
* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of being a sea captain are destroyed by the loss of her hand.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew up on the Sea Farm, and being in the Hive makes her feel closed-in and trapped.
* YoungAndInCharge: [[spoiler:She ends up imprinted as Sea Farm Admiral, Tregarth's long-awaited successor, and takes over as his deputy at the end of the book.]]
* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of being a sea captain are destroyed by the loss of her hand.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew up on the Sea Farm, and being in the Hive makes her feel closed-in and trapped.
* YoungAndInCharge: [[spoiler:She ends up imprinted as Sea Farm Admiral, Tregarth's long-awaited successor, and takes over as his deputy at the end of the book.]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: She has an artificial hand to replace TheGhost: She's only available by voice communication until the one that had to be amputated.
* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of being a sea captain are destroyed by the loss of her hand.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew upend because she's out on the Sea Farm, and being in the Hive makes her feel closed-in and trapped.
* YoungAndInCharge:a fishing boat. [[spoiler:She ends up imprinted as Sea Farm Admiral, Tregarth's long-awaited successor, wanted to be away from Amber to make sure that Amber didn't see her past.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He believes Celandine is dead, andtakes over as that it's his deputy at fault; he has become TheAtoner in response.]]
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:When she came back from theend of Hive, Celandine took the book.name Tressa, meaning 'third', to indicate that this is the third part of her life.]]
* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of being a sea captain are destroyed by the loss of her hand.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew up
* YoungAndInCharge:
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He believes Celandine is dead, and
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:When she came back from the
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The head of Sea Farm Security, and down on himself because his team can't solve the ongoing crimes. He's overimpulsive and jumps to conclusions, causing problems.
The head of Sea Farm Security, and down on himself because his team can't solve the ongoing crimes. He's overimpulsive and jumps to conclusions, causing problems.
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The head of Sea Farm Security, and down on himself
A young woman whose hand was mangled in an accident; Perran put her arm in a switched-off machine as a Halloween joke because
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* LoweredRecruitingStandards: When the head of Sea Farm Security was killed, the best available candidate in the next Lottery was imprinted for the job, despite not being the ideal candidate.
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* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of being a sea captain are destroyed by the loss of her hand.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew up on the SeaFarm Security was killed, the best available candidate Farm, and being in the next Lottery was Hive makes her feel closed-in and trapped.
* YoungAndInCharge: [[spoiler:She ends up imprintedfor as Sea Farm Admiral, Tregarth's long-awaited successor, and takes over as his deputy at the job, despite not being end of the ideal candidate.book.]]
* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of being a sea captain are destroyed by the loss of her hand.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew up on the Sea
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A young man who caused Juniper's accident, not knowing the safeties had been disengaged.
A young man who caused Juniper's accident, not knowing the safeties had been disengaged.
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A young man who caused Juniper's accident, not knowing
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* TheAtoner: He realizes he can never make up for what he's taken away from Juniper, and goes out as 'driftwood' so that they can both rebuild.
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* TheAtoner: He realizes he can never make up LoweredRecruitingStandards: When the head of Sea Farm Security was killed, the best available candidate in the next Lottery was imprinted for what he's taken away from Juniper, and goes out as 'driftwood' so that they can both rebuild.the job, despite not being the ideal candidate.
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[[folder:Treeve]]
A technician responsible for repairing the Sea Farm's drones. His murder with a hammer triggers Amber's unit going out to the Sea Farm.
A technician responsible for repairing the Sea Farm's drones. His murder with a hammer triggers Amber's unit going out to the Sea Farm.
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* AssholeVictim: He wasn't liked very much, so when he's murdered, he's only missed because of his technical skills.
* EvilNerd: The best tech at the Sea Farm, but nobody liked him because he tended to say cruel things for fun. [[spoiler:He started setting traps for revenge.]]
* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're being taken too seriously when people get offended.
* EvilNerd: The best tech at the Sea Farm, but nobody liked him because he tended to say cruel things for fun. [[spoiler:He started setting traps for revenge.]]
* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're being taken too seriously when people get offended.
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* AssholeVictim: TheAtoner: He wasn't liked very much, so when realizes he can never make up for what he's murdered, he's only missed because of his technical skills.
* EvilNerd: The best tech at the Sea Farm, but nobody liked him because he tended to say cruel things for fun. [[spoiler:He started setting traps for revenge.]]
* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're beingtaken too seriously when people get offended.away from Juniper, and goes out as 'driftwood' so that they can both rebuild.
* EvilNerd: The best tech at the Sea Farm, but nobody liked him because he tended to say cruel things for fun. [[spoiler:He started setting traps for revenge.]]
* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're being
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[[folder:Massen]]
A friend of Treeve's who used to work with him until he was caught stealing.
A friend of Treeve's who used to work with him until he was caught stealing.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Even more of an asshole than Treeve, and killed because he knew too much.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Even more He wasn't liked very much, so when he's murdered, he's only missed because of an asshole than Treeve, and killed his technical skills.
* EvilNerd: The best tech at the Sea Farm, but nobody liked him because heknew tended to say cruel things for fun. [[spoiler:He started setting traps for revenge.]]
* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're being taken toomuch.]]seriously when people get offended.
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* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're being taken too
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A friend of Treeve's who used to work with him until he was caught stealing.
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[[/folder]]
A friend of Treeve's who used to work with him until he was caught stealing.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Even more of an asshole than Treeve, and killed because he knew too much.]]
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is always watching and observing patterns. At a young age he figured out that the water jets in a play area fired in a sequence such that if you ran through at a certain point of the cycle, you could get all the way through without getting wet.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Don't get between Amber and her chocolate crunch cakes.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: In-universe. She's fond of wearing tight, revealing clothing and showing herself off.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: In-universe. She's fond of wearing tight, revealing clothing and showing herself off.
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* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Megan presents herself strongly as feminine, but she was a Colonel in two different Teen Games.
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* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Megan presents herself strongly as extremely feminine, but she was a Colonel in two different Teen Games.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He’s been working on strike teams for seventeen years, ten on Mira’s squad and then seven as deputy strike team commander for Morton.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He’s been working on strike teams for seventeen years, ten on Mira’s squad and then seven as deputy strike team commander for Morton.
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* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: He and Amber pretend not to have known each other on Teen Level so that people don't feel he got the job due to their friendship. By the time it comes out, he's proven that he belongs there.
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* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Sofia on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
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* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Sofia on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a resume their relationship shortly thereafter.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When even Eli isn't joking around, things are very serious - for example, after the deadly fire in ''Defender''.
* PluckyComicRelief: Eli is the comedian of the strike team, lightening the mood with jokes.
* PluckyComicRelief: Eli is the comedian of the strike team, lightening the mood with jokes.
[[folder:Kaden]]
A member of the Strike Team, and imprinted as a team leader but not serving as one now. He panicked on the unit's first trip Outside when an animal ran over his foot unexpectedly, which eliminated him from contention and almost got him transferred out of the unit entirely.
[[/folder]]
A member of the Strike Team, and imprinted as a team leader but not serving as one now. He panicked on the unit's first trip Outside when an animal ran over his foot unexpectedly, which eliminated him from contention and almost got him transferred out of the unit entirely.
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* EccentricArtist: Hates having people watch her paint, and threatens them until they leave. Even the telepath.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Matias on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Matias on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
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* EccentricArtist: Hates having people watch her paint, and threatens to throw paint at them until they leave. Even the telepath.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Matias on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofiabegin a resume their relationship shortly thereafter.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Matias on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia
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* HighSchoolSweethearts: Geo was her boyfriend on teen level, and they've been together ever since.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Amber has a fear of heights. She also has a fear of Outside, especially the ‘truesun’, [[spoiler:until the implant from Genex is removed]]. She, of course, has to deal with both of those.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Amber has a fear of heights.heights, and a fear of nosies. She also has a fear of Outside, especially the ‘truesun’, [[spoiler:until the implant from Genex is removed]]. She, of course, has to deal with both all of those.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: He’s certain that Amber’s going to trade up from him at any moment. He refused to get into a relationship with her at Hive Futura because he was certain that as soon as she met her Strike Team, she'd lose all interest in him. Meeting [[spoiler:Atticus and finding out that Amber dated him a couple times]] had him fully convinced she was going to dump him.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: He’s certain that Amber’s going to trade up from him at any moment. He refused to get into a relationship with her at Hive Futura because he was certain that as soon as she met her Strike Team, she'd lose all interest in him. Meeting [[spoiler:Atticus and finding out that Amber dated him a couple times]] had him fully convinced she was going to dump him.him, and he almost had a panic attack at New Years out of fear that Amber would reject him the way his father had.
* ParentalNeglect: He was a duty child of his high-level parents, and was supposed to be adopted out, but one of his parents cancelled the adoption out of spite and they were required to raise him. His father left when he was six, and his mother disowned him as soon as he left for teen level.
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Amber’s friend and Carnival date. Grew up on Level 80. Becomes a Level 3 Physician Surgical.
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Amber’s friend and Carnival date. Grew date who grew up on Level 80. Becomes Lottery makes him a Level 3 Physician Surgical.Surgical, and he is chosen by Morton to perform the surgery he needs because Morton considers him being on Teen Level with Amber to be good luck. Because he knows the truth about telepaths, he becomes the preferred surgeon for any cases involving Amber's unit as well.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head of Hive Politics, completely dedicated to the Hive, and willing to work with Amber as soon as she finds a way to disable Bruce.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Head of Hive Politics, completely dedicated to the Hive, and willing to work with Amber as soon as she finds a way to protect knowledge of events from Keith and disable Bruce.
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* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally-cleanshaven Hive citizens.
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* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally-cleanshaven normally clean-shaven Hive citizens.
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Replacing updated trope.
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* ShesGotLegs: Amber's first experience reading the mind of an aroused male is when Adika is ogling Megan's legs. They factor into his thoughts frequently afterwards as well.
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* ShesGotLegs: LegFocus: Amber's first experience reading the mind of an aroused male is when Adika is ogling Megan's legs. They factor into his thoughts frequently afterwards as well.
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Amber’s liaison team commander. She has an unstated disorder that means she needs to use a powered chair about half the time.
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Amber’s liaison team commander.leader. She has an unstated disorder that means she needs to use a powered chair about half the time.
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* YoungAndInCharge: Just nineteen years old, and promoted to team leader of Amber's liaison team.
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!Antagonists
'''This section contains unmarked spoilers for all books!'''
[[folder:Telepath]]
!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
'''This section contains unmarked spoilers for all books!'''
[[folder:Telepath]]
!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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'''This section contains unmarked spoilers for all books!'''
[[folder:Telepath]]
!!Elden
An agent
The Sea Farm is a separate installation from
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!!!Provides examples of:
* AirVentPassageway: Uses the air vents and structural pillars to get around the Hive secretly.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
* AirVentPassageway: Uses the air vents and structural pillars to get around the Hive secretly.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
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* BornUnderTheSail: While the Sea Farm is about much more than fishing - it's intended to be entirely self-sufficient, with mining, farming, and herding - its culture is centered around the sea, with the leader bearing the title Admiral.
* CrazyPrepared: It's not widely known among the people there, but this is the whole purpose of the Sea Farms. They're meant to be places that can survive if the Hives collapse, so they keep alive knowledge of how to do things without all the Hive's technology.
[[folder:Admiral Tregarth]]
The leader of the Sea Farm. He's a bulky, sun-worn man in his 60s with a bushy grey beard, worried about the murders, the upcoming census, and whether the Hive will find him a successor in time.
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!!Provides examples of:
*
* SeadogBeard: A distinct contrast from the normally-cleanshaven Hive
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
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[[folder:Defender]]
!!Mars
Real name Martin. A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
!!Mars
Real name Martin. A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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!!Mars
Real name Martin. A pyromaniac
Admiral Tregarth's wife, who came in as driftwood from
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!!!Provides examples of:
* PyroManiac: He really loves fire, and really loves burning people.
* PyroManiac: He really loves fire, and really loves burning people.
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*
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Morton. He
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:When she came back from the Hive, Celandine took the name Tressa, meaning 'third', to indicate that this is the third part of her life.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Juniper]]
A young woman whose hand was mangled in an accident; Perran put her arm in a switched-off machine as a Halloween joke because he knew the machine was off, only to find that the switch had been tampered with.
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!!Mercury
Real name Gareth. An uncle adjusted his Lottery results, putting him in a position that he wasn't capable of filling. He ended up shifted down from Level 4 to Level 37 due to his imprint restricting where else they could put him. He joined Jupiter's group of saboteurs to blow up the power system in Green Zone.
Real name Gareth. An uncle adjusted his Lottery results, putting him in a position that he wasn't capable of filling. He ended up shifted down from Level 4 to Level 37 due to his imprint restricting where else they could put him. He joined Jupiter's group of saboteurs to blow up the power system in Green Zone.
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Real name Gareth. An uncle adjusted his Lottery results, putting him in a position
* ArtificialLimbs: She has an artificial hand to replace the one that
* CareerEndingInjury: Her dreams of
* {{Claustrophobia}}: She grew up
* YoungAndInCharge: [[spoiler:She ends up imprinted as Sea Farm Admiral, Tregarth's long-awaited successor, and takes over as his deputy at the end of the book.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cador]]
The head of Sea Farm Security, and down
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* CargoShip: [[invoked]]In love with the power nexus.
* HairTriggerTemper: He snaps and kills Fran.
* {{Nepotism}}: Deconstructed. He was given a role beyond his capabilities, and ended up getting people hurt, leading to him getting demoted to a job well below his capabilities.
* CargoShip: [[invoked]]In love with the power nexus.
* HairTriggerTemper: He snaps and kills Fran.
* {{Nepotism}}: Deconstructed. He was given a role beyond his capabilities, and ended up getting people hurt, leading to him getting demoted to a job well below his capabilities.
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*
* HairTriggerTemper: He snaps and kills Fran.
* {{Nepotism}}: Deconstructed. He
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[[folder:Perran]]
A young man who caused Juniper's accident, not knowing the safeties had been disengaged.
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!!Jupiter
See 'Olivia' under Other Telepaths.
!!Venus
See 'Fran' under Other Members of Amber's Team.
See 'Olivia' under Other Telepaths.
!!Venus
See 'Fran' under Other Members of Amber's Team.
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See 'Olivia' under Other Telepaths.
!!Venus
See 'Fran' under Other Members of Amber's Team.
* TheAtoner: He realizes he can never make up for what he's taken away from Juniper, and goes out as 'driftwood' so that they can both rebuild.
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[[folder:Hurricane]]
!!Rose
Treeve's daughter, and his murderer. A ten-year-old sociopath who murders her teacher, her father, and her father's friend without remorse.
!!Rose
Treeve's daughter, and his murderer. A ten-year-old sociopath who murders her teacher, her father, and her father's friend without remorse.
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!!Rose
Treeve's daughter, and his murderer.
[[folder:Treeve]]
A
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!!!Provides examples of:
* TheBully: She was having fun hurting the other kids until Hazel caught her.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Exploited by her to conceal her murders.
* {{Patricide}}: Rose murders her father to prevent him from reporting her.
* TheSociopath: Amber declares her unredeemable.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She poisons her teacher, who is threatening to send her to the Hive for therapy.
* TheBully: She was having fun hurting the other kids until Hazel caught her.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Exploited by her to conceal her murders.
* {{Patricide}}: Rose murders her father to prevent him from reporting her.
* TheSociopath: Amber declares her unredeemable.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She poisons her teacher, who is threatening to send her to the Hive for therapy.
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*
* EvilNerd: The best tech at the
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Exploited by her to conceal her murders.
* {{Patricide}}: Rose murders her father to prevent
* TheSociopath: Amber declares her unredeemable.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She poisons her teacher, who is threatening
* JustJokingJustification: The sort of person who'll say borderline-nasty things, then claim that they're being taken too seriously when people get offended.
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[[folder:Borderline]]
!!Bruce
Blue Zone teen surf coach. Stalked and harassed Michaela on Teen Level, even having her ambushed on her way to Lottery. Once she got through Lottery, he stole the Blue Upway gamemaster stack and added increasingly-dangerous challenges to it, blackmailing Michaela's family to prevent them from interfering.
!!Bruce
Blue Zone teen surf coach. Stalked and harassed Michaela on Teen Level, even having her ambushed on her way to Lottery. Once she got through Lottery, he stole the Blue Upway gamemaster stack and added increasingly-dangerous challenges to it, blackmailing Michaela's family to prevent them from interfering.
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!!Bruce
Blue Zone teen surf coach. Stalked and harassed Michaela on Teen Level, even having her ambushed on her way
A friend of Treeve's who used to
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* {{Blackmail}}: He blackmails Michaela's family to let him stay in her (Level 1) room and keep running Blue Upway, threatening to turn her in. It works, but not for the reason he thinks.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After he knocks out Forge with the sedatives, he kicks him in the ribs.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Stalked Michaela to punish her for not going along with his desire to get promoted to the Level 1 beach.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Attempted after Michaela quits the team, but her family backs her against him.
* {{Blackmail}}: He blackmails Michaela's family to let him stay in her (Level 1) room and keep running Blue Upway, threatening to turn her in. It works, but not for the reason he thinks.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After he knocks out Forge with the sedatives, he kicks him in the ribs.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Stalked Michaela to punish her for not going along with his desire to get promoted to the Level 1 beach.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Attempted after Michaela quits the team, but her family backs her against him.
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*
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After he knocks out Forge with the sedatives, he kicks him in the ribs.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Stalked Michaela to punish her for not going along with his desire to get promoted to the Level 1 beach.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Attempted after Michaela quits the team, but her family backs her against him.
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!Antagonists
'''This section contains unmarked spoilers for all books!'''
[[folder:Telepath]]
!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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!!!Provides examples of:
* AirVentPassageway: Uses the air vents and structural pillars to get around the Hive secretly.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Defender]]
!!Mars
Real name Martin. A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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!!!Provides examples of:
* PyroManiac: He really loves fire, and really loves burning people.
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!!Mercury
Real name Gareth. An uncle adjusted his Lottery results, putting him in a position that he wasn't capable of filling. He ended up shifted down from Level 4 to Level 37 due to his imprint restricting where else they could put him. He joined Jupiter's group of saboteurs to blow up the power system in Green Zone.
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!!!Provides examples of:
* CargoShip: [[invoked]]In love with the power nexus.
* HairTriggerTemper: He snaps and kills Fran.
* {{Nepotism}}: Deconstructed. He was given a role beyond his capabilities, and ended up getting people hurt, leading to him getting demoted to a job well below his capabilities.
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!!Jupiter
See 'Olivia' under Other Telepaths.
!!Venus
See 'Fran' under Other Members of Amber's Team.
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!!Rose
Treeve's daughter, and his murderer. A ten-year-old sociopath who murders her teacher, her father, and her father's friend without remorse.
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* TheBully: She was having fun hurting the other kids until Hazel caught her.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Exploited by her to conceal her murders.
* {{Patricide}}: Rose murders her father to prevent him from reporting her.
* TheSociopath: Amber declares her unredeemable.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She poisons her teacher, who is threatening to send her to the Hive for therapy.
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!!Bruce
Blue Zone teen surf coach. Stalked and harassed Michaela on Teen Level, even having her ambushed on her way to Lottery. Once she got through Lottery, he stole the Blue Upway gamemaster stack and added increasingly-dangerous challenges to it, blackmailing Michaela's family to prevent them from interfering.
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* {{Blackmail}}: He blackmails Michaela's family to let him stay in her (Level 1) room and keep running Blue Upway, threatening to turn her in. It works, but not for the reason he thinks.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After he knocks out Forge with the sedatives, he kicks him in the ribs.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Stalked Michaela to punish her for not going along with his desire to get promoted to the Level 1 beach.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Attempted after Michaela quits the team, but her family backs her against him.
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* BeautyMark: Had a birthmark on his cheek, which he had removed after he got a cut in that area during a training exercise. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a DistinguishingMark that made him look like Elden, which caused Amber to have a crush on him.]]
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* BeautyMark: DistinguishingMark: Had a birthmark on his cheek, which he had removed after he got a cut in that area during a training exercise. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a DistinguishingMark mark that made him look like Elden, which caused Amber to have a crush on him.]]
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Head of Hive Politics, a Level 1 Senior Ambassador. He is the oldest of five Duty Children, and was an avid surfer on Teen Level.
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* ChekhovsGunman: He shows up (indirectly) early in ''Borderline'' when Amber and her team use his apartment as a base; he later plays a much larger role and is a key part in helping Lucas figure out what's really going on.
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* HatedByAll: Thirteen years as a JerkAss who can't be punished because his telepathy is that important to the Hive can do this to a person. It's clear that none of the other telepaths like him, and many members of his unit can't stand him either.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Downplayed; Amber's mess never gets that bad, but not due to her efforts. Amber has a tendency to just drop things on the floor when she's done with them. Hannah was brought in as one of the first people in the unit so that she could clean up after Amber, and is the primary reason Amber's apartment isn't a complete mess.
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* TheBeautifulElite: She's beautiful, from high up in the Hive, and ends up on Level 9 covering parties and fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to the park during the blackout as an essential.
* TheFashionista: She's always dressed stylishly, and brought her Carnival dress to the park during the blackout as an essential.
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* LifeOfTheParty: When their section of Teen Level is stuck in the area park due to the power outage, Shanna's the one who shows up with music and starts a party. She even has a special song lined up for when power comes back.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of her mindset. When told that the power outage may last for days, her primary concern is that it will set back her Carnival decorating.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After he knocks out Forge with the sedatives, he kicks him in the ribs.
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* LivingLieDetector: Downplayed. Part of his imprint involves being able to read a person's reactions, so he can generally tell when somebody is lying. This is more of a problem than an advantage, as Amber can more-easily tell if somebody is lying by reading their thoughts, but Lucas can use this on Amber when she knows something that he shouldn't.
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* HasAType: In the discussion about teen games, Lucas realizes that she is irresistably attracted to dominant, risk-taking men. Her teen level boyfriend was so involved with teen games that she reached Colonel in two of them, she was married to a member of Keith's strike team within two months of her Lottery, and after her husband's death, her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika starts up almost immediately after Amber's Lottery.
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* HasAType: In the discussion about teen games, Lucas realizes that she is irresistably attracted to dominant, risk-taking men. Her teen level boyfriend was so involved with teen games that she reached Colonel in two of them, she was married to a member of Keith's strike team within two months of her Lottery, and after her husband's death, her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika starts up almost immediately after Amber's Lottery.he arrives at Hive Futura.
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The Strike Team's job is twofold: first and foremost, protect Amber. Second, run down and capture whatever 'wild bee' Amber is tracking, ideally without anyone getting hurt. There are typically forty forty-three members of the a Strike Team, divided into Team: the team leader (Adika), two smaller deputy leaders (Rothan and Forge), and two twenty-person teams, Alpha and Beta.
Beta. However, as of ''Borderline'' some extra members are added to the Alpha team from Claire's unit to help cover shortfalls due to injury as the load picks up after Morton's unit is shut down for his surgery.
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* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Eater of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
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* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Eater Hunter of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
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* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team. Morton holds her up as an example Amber should emulate, as opposed to Sapphire or Keith.
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* FlowersOfFemininity: Her unit is filled with flowers, and when Amber sees her she's wearing a flower-print dress, standing next to a vase of flowers, with the wall behind her covered in flower images.
* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team. Morton holds her up as an example Amber should emulate, as opposed to Sapphire or Keith. When we meet her, she is full of self-confidence and joy.
* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team. Morton holds her up as an example Amber should emulate, as opposed to Sapphire or Keith. When we meet her, she is full of self-confidence and joy.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Thirteen years as a JerkAss who can't be punished because his telepathy is that important to the Hive can do this to a person.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Thirteen years as a JerkAss who can't be punished because his telepathy is that important to the Hive can do this to a person.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Helps [[spoiler:Celandine get away from Morton]] because it's the right thing to do, even though interfering in another telepath's life is the worst of bad manners.
* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Made sure Amber knew that, no matter what level she came out of Lottery, he would love her and she would still be welcome to visit. After what [[IHaveNoSon his parents did to him]] this was something he took very personally.
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Amber’s best friend and Forge’s girlfriend. Becomes a Level 9 Media Presenter.
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* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas.
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* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas.Lucas, but he makes it clear that if she's interested, so is he.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: He’s certain that Amber’s going to trade up from him at any moment. Meeting [[spoiler:Atticus and finding out that Amber dated him a couple times]] had him fully convinced she was going to dump him.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: He’s certain that Amber’s going to trade up from him at any moment. He refused to get into a relationship with her at Hive Futura because he was certain that as soon as she met her Strike Team, she'd lose all interest in him. Meeting [[spoiler:Atticus and finding out that Amber dated him a couple times]] had him fully convinced she was going to dump him.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Unless Amber reads his mind, he completely trounces her.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Unless Amber reads his mind, he completely trounces her. He played competition-level chess before becoming tactical commander, but doesn't have time to any more.
* DeterminedDoctor: Faces down Adika and informs him that she ''will'' be helping Atticus perform surgery on the injured sailor from another Hive, even if it puts her at risk from the Sea Farm murderer.
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* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team.
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* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team. Morton holds her up as an example Amber should emulate, as opposed to Sapphire or Keith.
* DeterminedDoctor: He will do everything he can to save his patient's life, even if they're from another Hive and he has to put himself in danger to do it.
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A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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Real name Martin. A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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* HasAType: Her strike team members are all tall, blond, blue-eyed, fair-skinned men with determined chins. Rumor is that about half of the strike team dyes their hair.
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* GentleGiant: When he's dealing with someone who is not a threat to others, he's very calm and non-judgemental. He's seen everything and is long past being shocked by it.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's a large, powerful, imposing man with dark skin, imprinted to be the most devastating combatant the Hive has, and then continuously training and practicing for 17 years.
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Amber’s senior administrator, counselor, and physician. She was an administrator on Keith’s team until her husband, a member of the Strike Team, was killed on a mission.
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Amber’s senior administrator, initial counselor, and physician. She was an administrator on Keith’s team until her husband, a member of the Strike Team, was killed on a mission.
* ScaryBlackMan: He's large, dark-skinned, imprinted as one of the most deadly combatants the Hive can create, and trained on top of that.
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!Antagonists
'''This section contains unmarked spoilers for all books!'''
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!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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!!Elden
An agent from
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!!!Provides examples of:
* AirVentPassageway: Uses the air vents and structural pillars to get around the Hive secretly.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
* AirVentPassageway: Uses the air vents and structural pillars to get around the Hive secretly.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
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* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that
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* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl
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!!Mars
A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
!!Mars
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* {{Claustrophobia}}: A crippling fear of lifts, after being stuck in one for forty-seven hours during the Blue Zone power cut. She worked through it eventually, but it took months of therapy.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway as a way to keep herself entertained while struck in her room.
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to Hive Genex as part of the delegation investigating the attempt to kidnap Amber. She is forced to register a claim immediately, the day after receiving her imprint.
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!Antagonists
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[[folder:Telepath]]
!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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* {{Claustrophobia}}: A crippling fear of lifts, after being stuck in one for forty-seven hours during the Blue Zone power cut. She worked through it eventually, but it took months of therapy.
* FormerTeenRebel: She took over running Blue Upway as a way to keep herself entertained while struck in her room.
* YoungAndInCharge: An 18-year-old Senior Ambassador, sent to Hive Genex as part of the delegation investigating the attempt to kidnap Amber. She is forced to register a claim immediately, the day after receiving her imprint.
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!Antagonists
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An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
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!!Mars
A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
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[[folder:Defender]]
!!Mars
A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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!Antagonists
'''This section contains unmarked spoilers for all books!'''
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!!Elden
An agent from Hive Genex, sent to imprint Amber to request a transfer as soon as she completes Lottery.
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!!!Provides examples of:
* AirVentPassageway: Uses the air vents and structural pillars to get around the Hive secretly.
* DespairEventHorizon: When he realizes that Amber has broken free of his control. His imprints are already dangerously large, and the realization breaks his mind.
* TrapMaster: Sets several traps for Amber and her team, using a three-year-old girl (also named Amber) as bait for the first one.
* WouldHurtAChild: Unsafely imprints Amber at age three, and uses another three-year-old girl as bait to trap Amber after she grows up.
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[[folder:Defender]]
!!Mars
A pyromaniac from Jupiter's group of saboteurs. His job is setting a massive fire in Purple Zone, but he also burns the Security Unit that Fran had worked in, almost killing Lucas and Rothan, and killing the daughter of a member of Sapphire's strike team.
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* PyroManiac: He really loves fire, and really loves burning people.
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!!Mercury
Real name Gareth. An uncle adjusted his Lottery results, putting him in a position that he wasn't capable of filling. He ended up shifted down from Level 4 to Level 37 due to his imprint restricting where else they could put him. He joined Jupiter's group of saboteurs to blow up the power system in Green Zone.
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!!!Provides examples of:
* CargoShip: [[invoked]]In love with the power nexus.
* HairTriggerTemper: He snaps and kills Fran.
* {{Nepotism}}: Deconstructed. He was given a role beyond his capabilities, and ended up getting people hurt, leading to him getting demoted to a job well below his capabilities.
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!!Jupiter
See 'Olivia' under Other Telepaths.
!!Venus
See 'Fran' under Other Members of Amber's Team.
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[[folder:Hurricane]]
!!Rose
Treeve's daughter, and his murderer. A ten-year-old sociopath who murders her teacher, her father, and her father's friend without remorse.
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!!!Provides examples of:
* TheBully: She was having fun hurting the other kids until Hazel caught her.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Exploited by her to conceal her murders.
* {{Patricide}}: Rose murders her father to prevent him from reporting her.
* TheSociopath: Amber declares her unredeemable.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She poisons her teacher, who is threatening to send her to the Hive for therapy.
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[[folder:Borderline]]
!!Bruce
Blue Zone teen surf coach. Stalked and harassed Michaela on Teen Level, even having her ambushed on her way to Lottery. Once she got through Lottery, he stole the Blue Upway gamemaster stack and added increasingly-dangerous challenges to it, blackmailing Michaela's family to prevent them from interfering.
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* {{Blackmail}}: He blackmails Michaela's family to let him stay in her (Level 1) room and keep running Blue Upway, threatening to turn her in. It works, but not for the reason he thinks.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Stalked Michaela to punish her for not going along with his desire to get promoted to the Level 1 beach.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Attempted after Michaela quits the team, but her family backs her against him.
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* PickyEater: Downplayed, but he never wants to eat what gets cooked when the team goes Outside, sticking instead to protein bars and other normal Hive foods.
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* AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but once Lottery happens she's clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until he realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
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* AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but once Lottery happens she's clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until he she realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
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FirstPersonPerspective narrator and protagonist. She has no idea what she’ll be good at or what use the Hive will find for her as she goes into Lottery, only to discover that she is an (exceptionally rare) full telepath.
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* AllLovingHero: Amber loves the people in her unit, even beyond the point of reason. She keeps [[spoiler:Fran and Tobias]] even after it is blatantly clear they need to be removed. This appears to be an artifact of her telepathy going further into emotions than other telepaths.
* AnimalLover: Amber loves being around animals, because their minds are simple and generally happy, at least for the well-treated ones in her park. She's the only telepath who can see their minds at all.
* BigEater: Apparently telepathy takes a lot out of you.
* TheEmpath: Amber isn't just a telepath, she's the only telepath who can feel the emotions of the people she's reading. This seems to lead to her AllLovingHero tendencies.
* HatesWearingDresses: Downplayed. She doesn't hate them, but she doesn't have any she likes, because her mother always dressed her in clothes that were the right coloration and style for herself. Amber takes after her father, and her mother's colors don't work for her. Once she finds dresses that she likes, she wears them more often.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She frequently wonders what her life would have been like if she hadn’t been a telepath, and wishes she could just have a normal life in a job that Lottery would have made sure she enjoyed.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Amber goes out of her way to thank Hannah for keeping her room clean, and makes a point of saying that the unit's success is not just due to the active teams but also to all the support staff that keep them fed and maintain the facilities.
* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:She's Claire's great-granddaughter.]]
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Over Forge, and even she doesn’t understand why. [[spoiler:He strongly resembles Elden, so she subconsciously feels a need to obey any ‘command’ he gives her. Once the implant is removed, this goes away.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: Amber’s ability, and the reason she’s so vital to the Hive. Amber can go deeper into a person’s subconscious than the other telepaths, but that means she may end up finding out things she doesn’t want. She can only read what the person is currently thinking about at some level.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Amber has a fear of heights. She also has a fear of Outside, especially the ‘truesun’, [[spoiler:until the implant from Genex is removed]]. She, of course, has to deal with both of those.
* YoungAndInCharge: Eighteen years old, fresh out of Lottery...and in charge of one of the Hive’s scarce telepath units.
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[[folder:Lucas]]
Amber’s tactical commander and boyfriend. She’s drawn to him largely because of his fascinating mind, which works on more levels than anyone else she’s met.
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* IHaveNoSon: Disowned by his father at age 6, and by his mother as soon as he left for teen level.
* InsecureLoveInterest: He’s certain that Amber’s going to trade up from him at any moment. Meeting [[spoiler:Atticus and finding out that Amber dated him a couple times]] had him fully convinced she was going to dump him.
* LimitedWardrobe: Wears his old teen level clothes when hanging out, and some classic outfits in neutral colors (grey or blue) when acting as Tactical Commander.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Unless Amber reads his mind, he completely trounces her.
* XanatosSpeedChess: His specialty. His job is taking the information Amber can get by reading a target’s mind, combining it with the information provided by liaison, and using it to capture the target, ideally without anyone getting hurt.
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[[folder:Adika]]
Amber’s strike team commander. He has previously worked with Mira and Morton.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He’s been working on strike teams for seventeen years, ten on Mira’s squad and then seven as deputy strike team commander for Morton.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Megan. Even after they get their issues sorted out, arguing is a turn-on for them.
* CrazyPrepared: He gets annoyed at Elliott's bodyguards for not noticing that somebody had cut into his apartment's ventilation system within the past month. He checks the security of Amber's apartment daily, and has defensive plans that only his trusted deputies know about.
* HeroSecretService: The strike team member most likely to die is the commander, but he'd gladly sacrifice himself to protect Amber.
* RomancingTheWidow: With Megan - it caused problems when they had to work together, until they worked out a solution with Buzz’s help.
* SirSwearsALot: We never hear him swear, but Amber comments that he frequently has a mental level that is nothing but repeated swearing.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nicole]]
Amber’s liaison team commander. She has an unstated disorder that means she needs to use a powered chair about half the time.
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!!Provides examples of:
* FieldPromotion: Gets a sudden promotion to liaison commander the night before the unit’s first emergency run.
* MissionControl: Her job. The liaison team sits in the telepath unit and feeds information between the unit and the rest of the Hive.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Megan]]
Amber’s senior administrator, counselor, and physician. She was an administrator on Keith’s team until her husband, a member of the Strike Team, was killed on a mission.
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!!Provides examples of:
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Adika. She’s strongly attracted to him, but having trouble getting over Dean’s death. This tends to come out as shouting matches.
* DeadGuyJunior: She decides to have a pair of embryos from her late husband implanted, and to have his children before marrying Adika.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Megan presents herself strongly as feminine, but she was a Colonel in two different Teen Games.
* HasAType: In the discussion about teen games, Lucas realizes that she is irresistably attracted to dominant, risk-taking men. Her teen level boyfriend was so involved with teen games that she reached Colonel in two of them, she was married to a member of Keith's strike team within two months of her Lottery, and after her husband's death, her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika starts up almost immediately after Amber's Lottery.
* ShesGotLegs: Amber's first experience reading the mind of an aroused male is when Adika is ogling Megan's legs. They factor into his thoughts frequently afterwards as well.
* TeamMom: Explicitly her job. She manages the personnel and acts as a parental figure for the telepath.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Buzz]]
Amber’s counselor. A borderline telepath who first met Amber as a teen, when she hurt her head.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AgeInappropriateDress: Shows up for her first meeting with Amber dressed like a teenager.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her given name is Simone.
* ReallyGetsAround: She has a strong libido and has been known to pursue men aggressively. Doesn't qualify as EthicalSlut because she's been known to trap cute guys in lifts with her.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: In-universe. She's fond of wearing tight, revealing clothing and showing herself off.
* SixthRanger: She doesn’t join the team until the second book.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: For her first meeting with one of the telepaths, she dresses like a casual teenager.
[[/folder]]
!Amber's Strike Team
The Strike Team's job is twofold: first and foremost, protect Amber. Second, run down and capture whatever 'wild bee' Amber is tracking, ideally without anyone getting hurt. There are forty members of the Strike Team, divided into two smaller teams, Alpha and Beta.
----
!!Tropes applying to the Strike Team members in general:
* FormerTeenRebel: Strike team members are taken from those who are willing to explore beyond the normal boundaries. Most strike team members went at least four zones away from home on their Freedom Day.
* HeroSecretService: Their job. While stopping whatever disordered individual they're chasing is important, priority number one is protecting the telepath, laying down their own lives if necessary.
[[folder:Forge]]
Amber's friend from teen level, whom she had a massive crush on. Lottery picked up on this and not only chose him for her strike team, but chose other team members based on their resemblance to him.
Deputy team leader in charge of Beta team, and in a relationship with Buzz.
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!!Provides examples of:
* BeautyMark: Had a birthmark on his cheek, which he had removed after he got a cut in that area during a training exercise. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a DistinguishingMark that made him look like Elden, which caused Amber to have a crush on him.]]
* LeParkour: He's extremely fond of climbing and getting into places he normally couldn't. Becomes important when he's teaching the strike team how to get around the power complex.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rothan]]
Adika's second in command, and deputy team leader of the Alpha team. In a relationship with Emili.
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!!Provides examples of:
* RuleAbidingRebel: His family are members of the Ramblers Association, a nonconformist group that the Hive uses as a safety valve for people who need to go Outside.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Matias]]
A member of the Strike Team, and imprinted as a team leader but not serving as one now. In a relationship with Sofia.
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!!Provides examples of:
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Sofia on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
* RupturedAppendix: Amber at first thought he'd been stabbed. He feels it's part of the reason he didn't end up as a strike team leader, as he was recovering when Adika made the decision.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eli]]
A member of the Strike Team, and imprinted as a team leader but not serving as one now. After a severe leg injury, he barely makes it through emergency surgery.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AfraidOfDoctors: After his initial surgery, the doctors need to go back in to put in a permanent fix. Eli is terrified of this, and Amber has to talk to his surgeon (Atticus) to find out why it's necessary and what the risks are.
* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: Amber has to choose - should the surgeons focus on saving Eli's life at the cost of his leg, or risk losing him by trying to save the leg? She chooses to save the leg, because he would not want to survive if he were forced to the lighter duties available to him with a missing leg.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tobias]]
A member of Amber's strike team. [[spoiler:Gets kicked out of the unit for repeated failures and goes full wild bee, planning to kill Adika and Amber.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* AlwaysSecondBest: How he feels toward his older brother, who was imprinted as a strike team leader instead of just a strike team member.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:His ego, laziness, and jealousy lead to him getting kicked out of the unit and eventually set up in an attempt to kill Amber.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: He’s jealous of Forge, who was imprinted as a strike team leader (instead of just a team member), leads the beta strike team, and is involved with Buzz.
* NeverMyFault: He makes excuses for all his mistakes, blaming them on others.
[[/folder]]
!Other members of Amber's team
[[folder:Fran]]
Initial candidate for Amber’s liaison team leader. Fired just before the unit went operational due to FantasticRacism against telepaths. [[spoiler:Venus, in Jupiter’s group of saboteurs.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* FaceHeelTurn: Was tasked by Jupiter with [[spoiler:stabbing Amber.]]
* FalseFriend: Tries to run a telepath’s liaison team while hating telepaths.
* NiceToTheWaiter: The 'Rude to the Waiter' version. Fran tells Amber not to bother being nice to a mere Level 57 Law Enforcement Office Cleaner (Hannah).
* TheResenter: Was bypassed for Sapphire’s liaison team, and spent the next twenty-five years building up a dislike of telepaths.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sofia]]
A Level 1 Mural Painter that Amber invites into the unit, partly to liven the place up but mostly so she can resume her relationship with Matias.
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!!Provides examples of:
* EccentricArtist: Hates having people watch her paint, and threatens them until they leave. Even the telepath.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Matias on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emili]]
Lucas's deputy. In a relationship with Rothan. Notably, only imprinted as a deputy tactical commander as Lottery did not feel she could handle the strain of being a lead tactical commander full-time.
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!!Provides examples of:
* MissionControl: When Lucas isn't available or is out with Amber's team, Emili takes over as tactical commander.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kareem]]
A member of the tactical team. Twenty-five years ago, he was a Tactical Commander when he called a strike wrong. Seventeen people died, and he was unable to continue as a commander.
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!!Provides examples of:
* MyGreatestFailure: Not the failed strike that killed seventeen people - quitting as tactical leader afterwards, and handing the job over to somebody who wasn't as good. He estimates that hundreds of people died because of that.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gideon]]
A member of the tactical team. He's seventy years old, and initially started in Claire's unit. Father of two of Claire's duty children. He was brought back to give long-term perspective to the team.
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!!Provides examples of:
* CoolOldGuy: Gives good advice to Amber and Lucas, and the rest of the team.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beckett]]
A Lottery-mate of Lucas, and formerly on Keith's tactical team with him. The best pattern analyst in the Hive. Moves to Amber's team after Keith fires him to hurt Lucas. Likely autistic, and has a Comfort Cat (named [=CeeCee=]) to help keep his anxieties in check.
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!!Provides examples of:
* HollywoodAutism: Subverted. While he is never formally labeled as autistic, his symptoms and abilities are much more in line with reality. He has focus issues, strong objections to people breaking rules, sensory-processing issues, and strong aversion to change.
* SensoryOverload: He has a sensory-processing disorder, causing all sensory inputs to be much stronger. When Amber reads his mind while finding him, she hears a loud thumping noise; when she reads Lucas's mind in the same location, she finds it's a quietly-dripping water tap. He normally wears special headphones and glasses when outside controlled areas.
[[/folder]]
!Other telepaths
[[folder:Morton]]
The oldest active telepath, approximately 40 years older than Amber.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheAtoner: After what happened to Celandine, he became focused on propriety and not abusing the authority he has as a telepath. He takes this to extremes, disdaining Sapphire for her informal relationships.
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: He still mourns Celandine, forty years after her death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sapphire]]
A telepath known for working hard and playing hard. She is twenty-five years older than Amber.
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!!Provides examples of:
* ReallyGetsAround: Strongly implied that she has had several lovers among her strike team. She clears echoes through "physical love", so this may be necessary for her mental health.
* TheStoic: Unclear how much of this is her actual personality and how much is her trying to not expose herself before another telepath, but she shows no emotions when she talks to Amber.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mira]]
A well-loved telepath, 17 years older than Amber. She has Down Syndrome or a similar disorder, which causes physical and mental limitations.
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!!Provides examples of:
* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team.
* HappilyMarried: She remarries Geo, her teen-level boyfriend, every Valentine, and is clearly totally in love with him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Keith]]
The youngest active telepath other than Amber. He is thirteen years older than Amber. His telepathy tends to flake out unpredictably, putting his team in danger.
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!!Provides examples of:
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Thirteen years as a JerkAss who can't be punished because his telepathy is that important to the Hive can do this to a person.
* DisabilityImmunity: Keith's telepathy randomly cutting out is absolutely awful for him and everyone he works with, but it does an excellent job of clearing echo personalities out of his head.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Keith was one of the less-liked of Claire's grandchildren. When he became a telepath, his family - including his parents - took the excuse that telepaths can't ever meet to exclude him from all family events.]]
* JerkAss: He takes out his anger at his flaky telepathy on his team. It is strongly implied that he was stabbed by a member of his own team. [[spoiler:Becomes much more so when he declares war on Amber over her role in Olivia's reset and her usage of the Light Angel codename.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:When he apologizes to Amber, most people believe he must be sincere because he never apologizes to anybody.]]
* TheUnfavorite: Among [[spoiler:Claire's descendants. Even his being a full telepath wasn't enough.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Olivia]]
A telepath eight years older than Amber. She had problems with fragmentation and was unable to resolve them, leading to her mind being taken over by an echo personality.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheOphelia: A pretty girl in a white dress with gauzy bits, wearing flowers in her hair, completely mentally shattered by her otherworldly powers. She sings [[IronicNurseryTune nursery rhymes with the words changed to be much creepier]], and calls herself a "broken doll".
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: She was unable to get the people she read out of her mind and vanished under them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:York]]
A telepath about thirty years before Amber’s Lottery.
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!!Provides examples of:
* DrivenToSuicide: Committed suicide just after his first emergency run.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Claire]]
An older telepath who died three years before Amber came out of Lottery.
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!!Provides examples of:
* CoolOldLady: Still doing emergency runs into her 90s after a near-fatal heart attack in her 80s.
* SuperBreedingProgram: Given the opportunity to have duty children, she had the maximum of 25, in hopes that at least one would become a telepath. None of her children did, but at least two of her descendants did. [[spoiler:Keith is her grandson, and Amber is her great-granddaughter.]]
[[/folder]]
!Amber's Family
[[folder:Amber's Dad]]
Amber's father. He was raised on Level 14, but ended up on Level 27, working on breeding Comfort Cats. [[spoiler:He was a duty child of Claire's oldest child, given up for adoption.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* IHaveNoSon: His parents disowned him after he came out of Lottery 13 levels below them. [[spoiler:As a duty child, they would have expected him to end up at Level 1 like his genetic parents.]]
* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:He's Claire's grandson, and apparently carries her telepathic genes, but they don't express in him for whatever reason.]]
* UnnamedParent: We have never been told his name.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Amber's Mom]]
Amber's mother. She was raised on Level 34, and ended up on Level 27, working on breeding Comfort Cats with Amber's father.
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!!Provides examples of:
* ParentalFashionVeto: Downplayed. She suggests clothes for Amber that would be perfect for herself; unfortunately, they're not the right style or color for Amber, who resembles her father.
* UnnamedParent: We have never been told her name.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gregas]]
Amber’s younger brother by five years; he goes to teen level just after Amber’s Lottery. [[spoiler:A borderline telepath, possibly due to being Claire's great-grandson.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Couldn’t wait for Amber to leave for teen level so he could have her room.
* HeritageFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Hates nosies, until he finds out that he's a borderline telepath.]]
* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler: Claire's great-grandson, and a borderline telepath.]]
[[/folder]]
!Teen Level
[[folder:Shanna]]
Amber’s best friend and Forge’s girlfriend. Becomes a Level 9 Media Presenter.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but once Lottery happens she's clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until he realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Atticus]]
Amber’s friend and Carnival date. Grew up on Level 80. Becomes a Level 3 Physician Surgical.
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!!Provides examples of:
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas.
* RagsToRiches: His parents are level 80, almost as low as you can get. He ends up on level 3 and is the surgeon of choice for the telepaths and their teams.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Reece]]
The corridor's bully. Becomes a Level 93 pipe technician.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheBully: He picks on teens who came from lower levels, teases Casper, tells people's secrets, breaks into Amber's room, glues Forge into the ventilation system, and tries to scare people during the power outage.
* CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his parents are from high up in the hive, but Atticus figured out that he’s from no higher than level 40.
* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Eater of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Margot]]
A friend from Amber’s corridor. Becomes a Level 30 Protein Enhancement Specialist.
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!!Provides examples of:
* IHaveNoSon: Her older sister came out of Lottery twenty levels below their parents, and was disowned. Margot refused to drop contact with her sister, and was disowned by her parents as well.
[[/folder]]
!Other Hive people
[[folder:Melisande]]
The Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of the defense of the Hive against both internal and external enemies.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AcePilot: In addition to commanding the Hive's defenses, she's imprinted as a fighter pilot.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive to protect the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: She was born with a health condition that should have killed her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries and treatments needed to survive.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
[[/folder]]
[[foldercontrol]]
!Amber and her team leaders
[[folder:Amber]]
FirstPersonPerspective narrator and protagonist. She has no idea what she’ll be good at or what use the Hive will find for her as she goes into Lottery, only to discover that she is an (exceptionally rare) full telepath.
----
!!Provides examples of:
* AllLovingHero: Amber loves the people in her unit, even beyond the point of reason. She keeps [[spoiler:Fran and Tobias]] even after it is blatantly clear they need to be removed. This appears to be an artifact of her telepathy going further into emotions than other telepaths.
* AnimalLover: Amber loves being around animals, because their minds are simple and generally happy, at least for the well-treated ones in her park. She's the only telepath who can see their minds at all.
* BigEater: Apparently telepathy takes a lot out of you.
* TheEmpath: Amber isn't just a telepath, she's the only telepath who can feel the emotions of the people she's reading. This seems to lead to her AllLovingHero tendencies.
* HatesWearingDresses: Downplayed. She doesn't hate them, but she doesn't have any she likes, because her mother always dressed her in clothes that were the right coloration and style for herself. Amber takes after her father, and her mother's colors don't work for her. Once she finds dresses that she likes, she wears them more often.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She frequently wonders what her life would have been like if she hadn’t been a telepath, and wishes she could just have a normal life in a job that Lottery would have made sure she enjoyed.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Amber goes out of her way to thank Hannah for keeping her room clean, and makes a point of saying that the unit's success is not just due to the active teams but also to all the support staff that keep them fed and maintain the facilities.
* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:She's Claire's great-granddaughter.]]
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Over Forge, and even she doesn’t understand why. [[spoiler:He strongly resembles Elden, so she subconsciously feels a need to obey any ‘command’ he gives her. Once the implant is removed, this goes away.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: Amber’s ability, and the reason she’s so vital to the Hive. Amber can go deeper into a person’s subconscious than the other telepaths, but that means she may end up finding out things she doesn’t want. She can only read what the person is currently thinking about at some level.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Amber has a fear of heights. She also has a fear of Outside, especially the ‘truesun’, [[spoiler:until the implant from Genex is removed]]. She, of course, has to deal with both of those.
* YoungAndInCharge: Eighteen years old, fresh out of Lottery...and in charge of one of the Hive’s scarce telepath units.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lucas]]
Amber’s tactical commander and boyfriend. She’s drawn to him largely because of his fascinating mind, which works on more levels than anyone else she’s met.
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!!Provides examples of:
* IHaveNoSon: Disowned by his father at age 6, and by his mother as soon as he left for teen level.
* InsecureLoveInterest: He’s certain that Amber’s going to trade up from him at any moment. Meeting [[spoiler:Atticus and finding out that Amber dated him a couple times]] had him fully convinced she was going to dump him.
* LimitedWardrobe: Wears his old teen level clothes when hanging out, and some classic outfits in neutral colors (grey or blue) when acting as Tactical Commander.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Unless Amber reads his mind, he completely trounces her.
* XanatosSpeedChess: His specialty. His job is taking the information Amber can get by reading a target’s mind, combining it with the information provided by liaison, and using it to capture the target, ideally without anyone getting hurt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Adika]]
Amber’s strike team commander. He has previously worked with Mira and Morton.
----
!!Provides examples of:
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He’s been working on strike teams for seventeen years, ten on Mira’s squad and then seven as deputy strike team commander for Morton.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Megan. Even after they get their issues sorted out, arguing is a turn-on for them.
* CrazyPrepared: He gets annoyed at Elliott's bodyguards for not noticing that somebody had cut into his apartment's ventilation system within the past month. He checks the security of Amber's apartment daily, and has defensive plans that only his trusted deputies know about.
* HeroSecretService: The strike team member most likely to die is the commander, but he'd gladly sacrifice himself to protect Amber.
* RomancingTheWidow: With Megan - it caused problems when they had to work together, until they worked out a solution with Buzz’s help.
* SirSwearsALot: We never hear him swear, but Amber comments that he frequently has a mental level that is nothing but repeated swearing.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nicole]]
Amber’s liaison team commander. She has an unstated disorder that means she needs to use a powered chair about half the time.
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!!Provides examples of:
* FieldPromotion: Gets a sudden promotion to liaison commander the night before the unit’s first emergency run.
* MissionControl: Her job. The liaison team sits in the telepath unit and feeds information between the unit and the rest of the Hive.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Megan]]
Amber’s senior administrator, counselor, and physician. She was an administrator on Keith’s team until her husband, a member of the Strike Team, was killed on a mission.
----
!!Provides examples of:
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Adika. She’s strongly attracted to him, but having trouble getting over Dean’s death. This tends to come out as shouting matches.
* DeadGuyJunior: She decides to have a pair of embryos from her late husband implanted, and to have his children before marrying Adika.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Megan presents herself strongly as feminine, but she was a Colonel in two different Teen Games.
* HasAType: In the discussion about teen games, Lucas realizes that she is irresistably attracted to dominant, risk-taking men. Her teen level boyfriend was so involved with teen games that she reached Colonel in two of them, she was married to a member of Keith's strike team within two months of her Lottery, and after her husband's death, her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika starts up almost immediately after Amber's Lottery.
* ShesGotLegs: Amber's first experience reading the mind of an aroused male is when Adika is ogling Megan's legs. They factor into his thoughts frequently afterwards as well.
* TeamMom: Explicitly her job. She manages the personnel and acts as a parental figure for the telepath.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Buzz]]
Amber’s counselor. A borderline telepath who first met Amber as a teen, when she hurt her head.
----
!!Provides examples of:
* AgeInappropriateDress: Shows up for her first meeting with Amber dressed like a teenager.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her given name is Simone.
* ReallyGetsAround: She has a strong libido and has been known to pursue men aggressively. Doesn't qualify as EthicalSlut because she's been known to trap cute guys in lifts with her.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: In-universe. She's fond of wearing tight, revealing clothing and showing herself off.
* SixthRanger: She doesn’t join the team until the second book.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: For her first meeting with one of the telepaths, she dresses like a casual teenager.
[[/folder]]
!Amber's Strike Team
The Strike Team's job is twofold: first and foremost, protect Amber. Second, run down and capture whatever 'wild bee' Amber is tracking, ideally without anyone getting hurt. There are forty members of the Strike Team, divided into two smaller teams, Alpha and Beta.
----
!!Tropes applying to the Strike Team members in general:
* FormerTeenRebel: Strike team members are taken from those who are willing to explore beyond the normal boundaries. Most strike team members went at least four zones away from home on their Freedom Day.
* HeroSecretService: Their job. While stopping whatever disordered individual they're chasing is important, priority number one is protecting the telepath, laying down their own lives if necessary.
[[folder:Forge]]
Amber's friend from teen level, whom she had a massive crush on. Lottery picked up on this and not only chose him for her strike team, but chose other team members based on their resemblance to him.
Deputy team leader in charge of Beta team, and in a relationship with Buzz.
----
!!Provides examples of:
* BeautyMark: Had a birthmark on his cheek, which he had removed after he got a cut in that area during a training exercise. [[spoiler:Turns out it was a DistinguishingMark that made him look like Elden, which caused Amber to have a crush on him.]]
* LeParkour: He's extremely fond of climbing and getting into places he normally couldn't. Becomes important when he's teaching the strike team how to get around the power complex.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rothan]]
Adika's second in command, and deputy team leader of the Alpha team. In a relationship with Emili.
----
!!Provides examples of:
* RuleAbidingRebel: His family are members of the Ramblers Association, a nonconformist group that the Hive uses as a safety valve for people who need to go Outside.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Matias]]
A member of the Strike Team, and imprinted as a team leader but not serving as one now. In a relationship with Sofia.
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!!Provides examples of:
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Sofia on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
* RupturedAppendix: Amber at first thought he'd been stabbed. He feels it's part of the reason he didn't end up as a strike team leader, as he was recovering when Adika made the decision.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eli]]
A member of the Strike Team, and imprinted as a team leader but not serving as one now. After a severe leg injury, he barely makes it through emergency surgery.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AfraidOfDoctors: After his initial surgery, the doctors need to go back in to put in a permanent fix. Eli is terrified of this, and Amber has to talk to his surgeon (Atticus) to find out why it's necessary and what the risks are.
* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: Amber has to choose - should the surgeons focus on saving Eli's life at the cost of his leg, or risk losing him by trying to save the leg? She chooses to save the leg, because he would not want to survive if he were forced to the lighter duties available to him with a missing leg.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tobias]]
A member of Amber's strike team. [[spoiler:Gets kicked out of the unit for repeated failures and goes full wild bee, planning to kill Adika and Amber.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* AlwaysSecondBest: How he feels toward his older brother, who was imprinted as a strike team leader instead of just a strike team member.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:His ego, laziness, and jealousy lead to him getting kicked out of the unit and eventually set up in an attempt to kill Amber.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: He’s jealous of Forge, who was imprinted as a strike team leader (instead of just a team member), leads the beta strike team, and is involved with Buzz.
* NeverMyFault: He makes excuses for all his mistakes, blaming them on others.
[[/folder]]
!Other members of Amber's team
[[folder:Fran]]
Initial candidate for Amber’s liaison team leader. Fired just before the unit went operational due to FantasticRacism against telepaths. [[spoiler:Venus, in Jupiter’s group of saboteurs.]]
----
!!Provides examples of:
* FaceHeelTurn: Was tasked by Jupiter with [[spoiler:stabbing Amber.]]
* FalseFriend: Tries to run a telepath’s liaison team while hating telepaths.
* NiceToTheWaiter: The 'Rude to the Waiter' version. Fran tells Amber not to bother being nice to a mere Level 57 Law Enforcement Office Cleaner (Hannah).
* TheResenter: Was bypassed for Sapphire’s liaison team, and spent the next twenty-five years building up a dislike of telepaths.
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[[folder:Sofia]]
A Level 1 Mural Painter that Amber invites into the unit, partly to liven the place up but mostly so she can resume her relationship with Matias.
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!!Provides examples of:
* EccentricArtist: Hates having people watch her paint, and threatens them until they leave. Even the telepath.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Dated Matias on Teen Level, and thought they'd be separated after Lottery. Amber finds out and convinces Sofia to come join the unit, and Matias and Sofia begin a relationship shortly thereafter.
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[[folder:Emili]]
Lucas's deputy. In a relationship with Rothan. Notably, only imprinted as a deputy tactical commander as Lottery did not feel she could handle the strain of being a lead tactical commander full-time.
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!!Provides examples of:
* MissionControl: When Lucas isn't available or is out with Amber's team, Emili takes over as tactical commander.
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[[folder:Kareem]]
A member of the tactical team. Twenty-five years ago, he was a Tactical Commander when he called a strike wrong. Seventeen people died, and he was unable to continue as a commander.
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!!Provides examples of:
* MyGreatestFailure: Not the failed strike that killed seventeen people - quitting as tactical leader afterwards, and handing the job over to somebody who wasn't as good. He estimates that hundreds of people died because of that.
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[[folder:Gideon]]
A member of the tactical team. He's seventy years old, and initially started in Claire's unit. Father of two of Claire's duty children. He was brought back to give long-term perspective to the team.
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!!Provides examples of:
* CoolOldGuy: Gives good advice to Amber and Lucas, and the rest of the team.
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[[folder:Beckett]]
A Lottery-mate of Lucas, and formerly on Keith's tactical team with him. The best pattern analyst in the Hive. Moves to Amber's team after Keith fires him to hurt Lucas. Likely autistic, and has a Comfort Cat (named [=CeeCee=]) to help keep his anxieties in check.
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!!Provides examples of:
* HollywoodAutism: Subverted. While he is never formally labeled as autistic, his symptoms and abilities are much more in line with reality. He has focus issues, strong objections to people breaking rules, sensory-processing issues, and strong aversion to change.
* SensoryOverload: He has a sensory-processing disorder, causing all sensory inputs to be much stronger. When Amber reads his mind while finding him, she hears a loud thumping noise; when she reads Lucas's mind in the same location, she finds it's a quietly-dripping water tap. He normally wears special headphones and glasses when outside controlled areas.
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!Other telepaths
[[folder:Morton]]
The oldest active telepath, approximately 40 years older than Amber.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheAtoner: After what happened to Celandine, he became focused on propriety and not abusing the authority he has as a telepath. He takes this to extremes, disdaining Sapphire for her informal relationships.
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: He still mourns Celandine, forty years after her death.
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[[folder:Sapphire]]
A telepath known for working hard and playing hard. She is twenty-five years older than Amber.
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!!Provides examples of:
* ReallyGetsAround: Strongly implied that she has had several lovers among her strike team. She clears echoes through "physical love", so this may be necessary for her mental health.
* TheStoic: Unclear how much of this is her actual personality and how much is her trying to not expose herself before another telepath, but she shows no emotions when she talks to Amber.
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[[folder:Mira]]
A well-loved telepath, 17 years older than Amber. She has Down Syndrome or a similar disorder, which causes physical and mental limitations.
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!!Provides examples of:
* HandicappedBadass: A significant genetic disorder that causes both physical and mental issues, but she’s also one of the Hive’s few telepaths, and is deeply loved by her team.
* HappilyMarried: She remarries Geo, her teen-level boyfriend, every Valentine, and is clearly totally in love with him.
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[[folder:Keith]]
The youngest active telepath other than Amber. He is thirteen years older than Amber. His telepathy tends to flake out unpredictably, putting his team in danger.
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!!Provides examples of:
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Thirteen years as a JerkAss who can't be punished because his telepathy is that important to the Hive can do this to a person.
* DisabilityImmunity: Keith's telepathy randomly cutting out is absolutely awful for him and everyone he works with, but it does an excellent job of clearing echo personalities out of his head.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Keith was one of the less-liked of Claire's grandchildren. When he became a telepath, his family - including his parents - took the excuse that telepaths can't ever meet to exclude him from all family events.]]
* JerkAss: He takes out his anger at his flaky telepathy on his team. It is strongly implied that he was stabbed by a member of his own team. [[spoiler:Becomes much more so when he declares war on Amber over her role in Olivia's reset and her usage of the Light Angel codename.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:When he apologizes to Amber, most people believe he must be sincere because he never apologizes to anybody.]]
* TheUnfavorite: Among [[spoiler:Claire's descendants. Even his being a full telepath wasn't enough.]]
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[[folder:Olivia]]
A telepath eight years older than Amber. She had problems with fragmentation and was unable to resolve them, leading to her mind being taken over by an echo personality.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheOphelia: A pretty girl in a white dress with gauzy bits, wearing flowers in her hair, completely mentally shattered by her otherworldly powers. She sings [[IronicNurseryTune nursery rhymes with the words changed to be much creepier]], and calls herself a "broken doll".
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: She was unable to get the people she read out of her mind and vanished under them.
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[[folder:York]]
A telepath about thirty years before Amber’s Lottery.
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!!Provides examples of:
* DrivenToSuicide: Committed suicide just after his first emergency run.
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[[folder:Claire]]
An older telepath who died three years before Amber came out of Lottery.
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!!Provides examples of:
* CoolOldLady: Still doing emergency runs into her 90s after a near-fatal heart attack in her 80s.
* SuperBreedingProgram: Given the opportunity to have duty children, she had the maximum of 25, in hopes that at least one would become a telepath. None of her children did, but at least two of her descendants did. [[spoiler:Keith is her grandson, and Amber is her great-granddaughter.]]
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!Amber's Family
[[folder:Amber's Dad]]
Amber's father. He was raised on Level 14, but ended up on Level 27, working on breeding Comfort Cats. [[spoiler:He was a duty child of Claire's oldest child, given up for adoption.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* IHaveNoSon: His parents disowned him after he came out of Lottery 13 levels below them. [[spoiler:As a duty child, they would have expected him to end up at Level 1 like his genetic parents.]]
* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:He's Claire's grandson, and apparently carries her telepathic genes, but they don't express in him for whatever reason.]]
* UnnamedParent: We have never been told his name.
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[[folder:Amber's Mom]]
Amber's mother. She was raised on Level 34, and ended up on Level 27, working on breeding Comfort Cats with Amber's father.
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!!Provides examples of:
* ParentalFashionVeto: Downplayed. She suggests clothes for Amber that would be perfect for herself; unfortunately, they're not the right style or color for Amber, who resembles her father.
* UnnamedParent: We have never been told her name.
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[[folder:Gregas]]
Amber’s younger brother by five years; he goes to teen level just after Amber’s Lottery. [[spoiler:A borderline telepath, possibly due to being Claire's great-grandson.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Couldn’t wait for Amber to leave for teen level so he could have her room.
* HeritageFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Hates nosies, until he finds out that he's a borderline telepath.]]
* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler: Claire's great-grandson, and a borderline telepath.]]
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!Teen Level
[[folder:Shanna]]
Amber’s best friend and Forge’s girlfriend. Becomes a Level 9 Media Presenter.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AlphaBitch: She's less vicious than typical, but once Lottery happens she's clearly thrilled with her Level 9 life and wants nothing to do with Forge (Level 20, security/law enforcement)...until he realizes that he's really Level 1. She tries to make nice to him then, but it's far too late.
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[[folder:Atticus]]
Amber’s friend and Carnival date. Grew up on Level 80. Becomes a Level 3 Physician Surgical.
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!!Provides examples of:
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. He dates Amber briefly during Carnival, but they decide to just remain friends. When they meet again after Lottery, she’s already involved with Lucas.
* RagsToRiches: His parents are level 80, almost as low as you can get. He ends up on level 3 and is the surgeon of choice for the telepaths and their teams.
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[[folder:Reece]]
The corridor's bully. Becomes a Level 93 pipe technician.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheBully: He picks on teens who came from lower levels, teases Casper, tells people's secrets, breaks into Amber's room, glues Forge into the ventilation system, and tries to scare people during the power outage.
* CallItKarma: He ends up as a Level 93 pipe technician.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims his parents are from high up in the hive, but Atticus figured out that he’s from no higher than level 40.
* JerkAss: During the power outage, he pulled out an Eater of Souls costume to scare people, which led to one person falling down some stairs and breaking their leg. He gets arrested for it.
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[[folder:Margot]]
A friend from Amber’s corridor. Becomes a Level 30 Protein Enhancement Specialist.
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!!Provides examples of:
* IHaveNoSon: Her older sister came out of Lottery twenty levels below their parents, and was disowned. Margot refused to drop contact with her sister, and was disowned by her parents as well.
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!Other Hive people
[[folder:Melisande]]
The Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of the defense of the Hive against both internal and external enemies.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AcePilot: In addition to commanding the Hive's defenses, she's imprinted as a fighter pilot.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: If one or more Zones need to be cut off from the rest of the Hive to protect the rest, she's the one who has to make that call.
* {{Determinator}}: She was born with a health condition that should have killed her by age 7, but willed herself through the surgeries and treatments needed to survive.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's tiny, a head smaller than Amber, and imprinted as leader of the Hive's military.
* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: A health condition should have killed her by age 7; now she's the Hive's Gold Commander, in charge of Hive Security and Defense.
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