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* TheMask and TheMole: The "real" Quan Li is killed in the beginning of the journey and her sim is used by Dulcinea Anwin and Dread.
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* TheMask and TheMole: The "real" Quan Li is killed in the beginning of the journey and her sim is used by Dulcinea Anwin and Dread.
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* CoolOldLady: She successfully infiltrates a highly fortified building and manages to do what she came for, all while keeping her cool even when the plan seems to go sour.
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* NailedToTheWagon: At the decommissioned military base.
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* {{Sidekick}}: To Jonas, through a great many virtual worlds.
!!!Azador
A "gypsy" adventurer that the protagonists encounter throughout Otherland; he seems to be a devil-may-care opportunist strolling at will through the network thanks to an access device he stole from Yacoubian.
* CloningBlues: He's an "imperfect" virtual copy of Jongleur, but doesn't realize it.
* JerkAss
* TheMole: It's eventually revealed that Kunohara manipulated him into spying on the protagonists.
!!!Azador
A "gypsy" adventurer that the protagonists encounter throughout Otherland; he seems to be a devil-may-care opportunist strolling at will through the network thanks to an access device he stole from Yacoubian.
* CloningBlues: He's an "imperfect" virtual copy of Jongleur, but doesn't realize it.
* JerkAss
* TheMole: It's eventually revealed that Kunohara manipulated him into spying on the protagonists.
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!!!Kunohara
A wealthy entomologist who supports the Brotherhood but is not a part of their inner circle; he runs a simulation in Otherland where researchers can pay to study insects in a very up-close and personal way. He ends up playing a minor supporting role to the protagonists and is one of the few Grail-related characters to survive to the end.
* TrueNeutral: He remains resolutely neutral in the conflict between the heroes and the Brotherhood, reasoning that he sees no value in helping them considering how easily it could jeopardize his position...
** NeutralNoLonger: ...At least until Dread takes over, when the escalating confrontation forces his hand.
A wealthy entomologist who supports the Brotherhood but is not a part of their inner circle; he runs a simulation in Otherland where researchers can pay to study insects in a very up-close and personal way. He ends up playing a minor supporting role to the protagonists and is one of the few Grail-related characters to survive to the end.
* TrueNeutral: He remains resolutely neutral in the conflict between the heroes and the Brotherhood, reasoning that he sees no value in helping them considering how easily it could jeopardize his position...
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A wealthy entomologist who supports the Brotherhood but is not a part of their inner circle; he runs a simulation in Otherland where researchers can pay to study insects in a very up-close and personal way. He ends up playing a minor supporting role to the protagonists and is one of the few Grail-related characters to survive to the end.
* TrueNeutral: He remains resolutely neutral in the conflict between the heroes and the Brotherhood, reasoning that he sees no value in helping them considering how easily it could jeopardize his position.
** NeutralNoLonger: At least until Dread takes over, when the impending confrontation forces his hand.
A wealthy entomologist who supports the Brotherhood but is not a part of their inner circle; he runs a simulation in Otherland where researchers can pay to study insects in a very up-close and personal way. He ends up playing a minor supporting role to the protagonists and is one of the few Grail-related characters to survive to the end.
* TrueNeutral: He remains resolutely neutral in the conflict between the heroes and the Brotherhood, reasoning that he sees no value in helping them considering how easily it could jeopardize his position.
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* TheObiWan: A lucky subversion, since although his physical body dies, he survives thanks to BrainUploading.
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* TheObiWan: A lucky subversion, Getting cut off from Sellars' guidance is an important plot point for the Otherland party at the end of the first novel, forcing them to decipher its mysteries on their own. Sellars goes on to subvert part of the trope later, since although his physical body dies, he survives thanks to BrainUploading.
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* TheHeroTheHero: It is her quest to rescue Stephen that focuses the motivations of the Otherland group and drives them to make most of their progress.
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A French researcher who is blind and lives in an underground facility. She is recruited by Renie to aid in her search for Otherland and becomes trapped along with the rest of the party. Frequently the viewpoint character when focus shifts from Renie.
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A blind French researcher who is blind and lives in an underground facility. She is recruited by Renie to aid in her the search for Otherland and becomes trapped along with the rest of the party. Frequently the viewpoint character when focus shifts from Renie.
* ChekhovsGun: The odd circumstances of her childhood blindness are key to the revelations about the Other's nature.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Her {{backstory}} details an upbringing at the hands of drugged-out, social-phobic parents whose ennui enables the events leading up to her blinding.
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* HotBloodedHotBlooded: This frequently drives her into conflict with the equally HotBlooded Renie.
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A street kid who was recruited by the Circle to enter Otherland and be an agent among Sellars' recruits.
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A born-again street kid who was recruited by the Circle to enter Otherland and be an agent among Sellars' recruits.
* TheAtoner: For his perceived sin of associating with an underage girl.
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A teenage boy who suffers from progeria, a rapid aging disease, and spends most of his time online as a result. He enters Otherland in the search for Sellars' "golden city", unaware of the risks involved.
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A teenage boy who suffers from progeria, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/progeria progeria]], a rapid aging disease, and spends most of his time online as a result. He enters Otherland in the search for Sellars' "golden city", unaware of the risks involved. He is frequently accompanied by an AI companion named Beezle that acts as an ExpositionFairy.
* TheChick: Despite her efforts to avoid being treated this way, she fulfills the role rather well, with a few notable exceptions.
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* TheLancer: She tries this in the Trojan War when Orlando is too ill to fight. It goes about as well as one might expect.
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A kindergarten-age girl who lives on the same military base as Mr. Sellars, and is recruited by him to help him escape. Her parents end up finding out about the relationship and, coming to the logical (but incorrect) conclusion, force Sellars to take them into his confidence.
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A kindergarten-age kindergarden-age girl who lives on the same military base as Mr. Sellars, and is recruited by him whom he recruits to help him escape. Her parents end up finding out about the relationship and, coming to the logical (but incorrect) conclusion, force Sellars to take them into his confidence.
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A street urchin who accidentally stumbles across Christabel's secret meetings with Sellars and joins his party.party under duress.
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: He grew up in one, causing psychological scars that drive him all his life.
* TheBully
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Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]. A sociopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster. In Jongleur's Egypt simulation, he goes by "Anubis".
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Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, "More Dread", aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]. A sociopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster. In Jongleur's Egypt simulation, he goes by "Anubis".
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* CompleteMonster: Deliberately.
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* CompleteMonster: Deliberately.InvokedTrope by his mother.
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* SerialKiller: Of young women.
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* DirtyCoward: He willingly sells out the Brotherhood to Dread after the latter's takeover.
* KarmicDeath: Finds out [[YouHaveFailedMe the hard way]] that Dread is even more of a BadBoss than Jongleur.
* MrExposition:He Initially serves this purpose for the Grail Brotherhood.
* KarmicDeath: Finds out [[YouHaveFailedMe the hard way]] that Dread is even more of a BadBoss than Jongleur.
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* TheStarscream: He plots against Jongleur to usurp leadership of the Brotherhood.
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* TheStarscream: He With Yacoubian, he plots against Jongleur to usurp leadership of the Brotherhood.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The rest of the Brotherhood seem to despise Klement for dealing in drugs, but they need his money.
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* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes a deal with him for a privileged position in the Grail Project.
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* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes He plays a deal deeper game with him Jongleur than Wells and Yacoubian, taking advantage of Jongleur's apparent weakness to negotiate for a privileged position in the Grail Project.
* TheChessmaster: Carefully plots a way up in command of The Grail Brotherhood.
Brotherhood. It doesn't do him any good, though, as he dies shortly after Dread takes over the system.
* TheChessmaster: Carefully plots a way up in command of The Grail Brotherhood.
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A wealthy entomologist who supports the Brotherhood but is not a part of their inner circle; he runs a simulation in Otherland where researchers can pay to study insects in a very up-close and personal way. He ends up playing a minor supporting role to the protagonists and is one of the few Grail-related characters to survive to the end.
* TrueNeutral: He remains resolutely neutral in the conflict between the heroes and the Brotherhood, reasoning that he sees no value in helping them considering how easily it could jeopardize his position.
** NeutralNoLonger: At least until Dread takes over, when the impending confrontation forces his hand.
A wealthy entomologist who supports the Brotherhood but is not a part of their inner circle; he runs a simulation in Otherland where researchers can pay to study insects in a very up-close and personal way. He ends up playing a minor supporting role to the protagonists and is one of the few Grail-related characters to survive to the end.
* TrueNeutral: He remains resolutely neutral in the conflict between the heroes and the Brotherhood, reasoning that he sees no value in helping them considering how easily it could jeopardize his position.
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* FetusTerrible: Quite literally. His initial telepathic burst at his birth ''kills'' several attending doctors and nurses.
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted very sadly. He ''likes'' children, but ends up "breaking" them when he plays.
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted very sadly. He ''likes'' children, but ends up "breaking" them when he plays.
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* DrivenToSuicide:
* FetusTerrible: Quite literally.His Its initial telepathic burst at his its birth ''kills'' several attending doctors and nurses.
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted very sadly.He It ''likes'' children, but ends up "breaking" them when he it plays.
* FetusTerrible: Quite literally.
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted very sadly.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Her last message to Renie while dying in the hospital leads her to contact Martine Desroubins.
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!!!Susan van Bleeck
A white South African woman and Renie's college mentor; she helps Renie and !Xabbu in the search for Otherland but is beaten to death by Jongleur's goons.
* MentorOccupationalHazard
A white South African woman and Renie's college mentor; she helps Renie and !Xabbu in the search for Otherland but is beaten to death by Jongleur's goons.
* MentorOccupationalHazard
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* {{Irony}}: Christabel's father is the man charged with ensuring Sellars remains imprisoned, incommunicado with the rest of the world. Naturally, it's his daughter Sellars recruits to aid him, which ultimately results in his defection to Sellars' side.
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* StreetUrchin
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He "just wanted to see his son." Yeah, well, you just blew your daughter's cover.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He "just "I just wanted to see his my son." Yeah, well, you just blew your daughter's cover.
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The head of the Brotherhood, and the oldest living man on Earth, more so than most people realize. He lives a reclusive life inside a custom-built life support tank atop J Corp's tower, but spends his time as a fearsome online executive.
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The head of the Brotherhood, and the oldest living man on Earth, even more so than most people realize. He lives a reclusive life inside a custom-built life support tank atop J Corp's tower, but spends his time as a fearsome online executive.executive. Goes by "Osiris" in Otherland.
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Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]. A sociopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster.
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Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]. A sociopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster. In Jongleur's Egypt simulation, he goes by "Anubis".
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* BastardUnderstudy: trained to be perfect assassin by Jongleur's people, he proves to be even less loyal than Jongleur thought.
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* BastardUnderstudy: trained Trained to be a perfect assassin by Jongleur's people, he proves to be even less loyal than Jongleur thought.anticipated.
* MeaningfulName: "Dread", of course, but it's a double pun. "More Dread" = Mordred, which ties in with Jongleur's "Grail" project via the legend of KingArthur, and is Dread's way of poking fun at his boss. Further, "Wulgaru" is a shortened name of a monster found in Australian aboriginal mythology, and was given to him by his mother to reflect her desire to turn him into a monster.
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American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering. Goes as "Horus" in Otherland.
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American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering. Goes as by "Horus" in Otherland.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His portrayal rather unsubtly evokes a Bill Gates who turns to evil.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His portrayal rather unsubtly evokes a Bill Gates who turns who's turned to evil.
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* CombatSadomasochist
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* SpikesOfVillainy: In his PoweredArmor sim. Inverted and lampshaded several times.
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* SpikesOfVillainy: In his PoweredArmor sim. Inverted Inverted, since he's a protagonist, and lampshaded {{lampshaded}} several times.
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* SpikesOfVillainy: In his PoweredArmor sim. Inverted and lampshaded severaL several times.
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Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]. A psychopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster.
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Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]. A psychopathic sociopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His portrayal rather unsubtly evokes a Bill Gates who turns to evil.
* TheStarscream: He plots against Jongleur toget to usurp leadership of the top.
Brotherhood.
* TheStarscream: He plots against Jongleur to
* CommanderContrarian: An evil version.
* GeneralRipper: His "brash American" mannerisms and gung-ho military mentality are exaggerated almost to the point of satire.
* GeneralRipper: His "brash American" mannerisms and gung-ho military mentality are exaggerated almost to the point of satire.
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* TheWatson: Her ignorance prompts Jongleur to re-explain the Grail Project for the readers, despite having participated it it for years.
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Chinese industrialist.
* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes a deal with him.
* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes a deal with him.
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Chinese industrialist.
industrialist and major financial backer of the Brotherhood.
* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes a deal withhim.him for a privileged position in the Grail Project.
* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes a deal with
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* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Many of the Circle wouldn't tolerate each other for more than a second if it weren't for their higher cause.
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* ApronMatron: She incessantly "mothers" everyone she meets, even the adults.
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* TheFundamentalist: He's a true believer in one of the most extreme Hindu sects and barely tolerates the rest of the Circle.
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* SpikesOfVillainy: Inverted and lampshaded severaL times.
* PimpedOutDress: Described as somehow goth clown.
* HaveImentionedIAmGay
* BigBad
* BastardUnderstudy: trained to be perfect assassin by Jongleur's people, he proves to be even less loyal than Jongleur thought.
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American corporate executive and Yacoubian's companion outside the Brotherhood. He's second in command to Jongleur thanks to supplying of the majority of the technology behind Otherland. Creator of the Nemesis program.
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American corporate executive and Yacoubian's companion outside the Brotherhood. He's second in command to Jongleur thanks to supplying of the majority of the technology behind Otherland. Creator of the Nemesis program. Goes by "Ptah" in Otherland.
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* TheStarscream: plots against Jongleur to get to the top.
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* TheStarscream: Not that it does him much good.
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American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering. Goes by "Ptah" as "Horus" in Otherland.
* TheStarscream: Not that it does him much good.Otherland.
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South American drug lord; the Nemesis program winds up inhabiting his virtual clone.
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South American drug lord; the Nemesis program winds up inhabiting his virtual clone.
clone. Goes by "Kephera" in Otherland.
* YesMan: To Jongleur.
* YesMan: To Jongleur.
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* EnigmaticMinion: Tries to get ahead of Jongleur, but then makes a deal with him.
* TheChessmaster: Carefully plots a way up in command of The Grail Brotherhood.
* TheChessmaster: Carefully plots a way up in command of The Grail Brotherhood.
* FatAndSkinny: In all their forms.
Detectives who investigate one of Dread's murders and play an important role in his defeat.
* GoodCopBadCop: Lampshaded - they take turns.
* GoodCopBadCop: Lampshaded - they take turns.
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* ButchLesbian
* BuryYourGays: Averted.
*GutFeeling: She is good at it.
* BuryYourGays: Averted.
*GutFeeling: She is good at it.
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* ApocalypticLog: Played with. She has a habit of recording subvocalized journals, and in Otherland, these tidbits of information provide valuable exposition. Subverted, though, in that they end up being insignificant to the plot otherwise.
* BlindSeer: Lampshaded by herself.
* TheFaceless: Initially; until Otherland, all her sims are featureless blocks. This is because she is blind, so she doesn't feel the need to provide visual feedback to others.
* BlindSeer: Lampshaded by herself.
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* ApocalypticLog: Played with. She has a habit Her viewpoint segments are all narrated retrospectively in the form of recording her subvocalized journals, and in Otherland, these tidbits of information provide valuable exposition. Subverted, though, in that they end up being insignificant to the plot otherwise.
which she later recovers from Otherland with Sellars' help.
* BlindSeer:Lampshaded {{Lampshaded}} by herself.
* TheFaceless:Initially; until Until entering Otherland, all her sims are featureless blocks. This is because she is blind, so she doesn't feel the need to provide visual feedback to others.
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A teenage boy who suffers from progeria, a rapid aging disease. He enters Otherland in the search for Sellars' "golden city", unaware of the risks involved.
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* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to BrainUploading, and doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to BrainUploading, and doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.[[{{Awesome/Otherland}} Crowning Moment Of Awesome]].
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* TheAlcoholic
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* LeeroyJenkins: Tends to this sort of behavior in real life, resulting in the badguys discovering their hideout.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He "just wanted to see his son." Yeah, well, you just blew your daughter's cover.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He "just wanted to see his son." Yeah, well, you just blew your daughter's cover.
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* PsychoForHire: Working for JongleurJongleur.
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* MrExposition: He serves this purpose for the Grail Brotherhood.
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American corporate executive and Wells' friend outside the Brotherhood. He's second in command to Jongleur thanks to supplying of the majority of the technology behind Otherland. Creator of the Nemesis program.
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* AttendingYourOwnFuneral
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* GrandTheftMe
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral
* NightmareFetishist: Because he knows he's going to die, he has a macabre attraction to death simulations.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Spends much of his time in Otherland in this state.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Spends much of his time in Otherland in this state.
* BadBoss: He tortures two of his employees into gibbering insanity in front of the Brotherhood.
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* SoYouWantToLiveForever
* TortureTechnician
* TortureTechnician
* CatchPhrase: "Confident, cocky, lazy, dead."
* EvilerThanThou
* MisanthropeSupreme
* OmnicidalManiac
* SendInTheClones: Of himself, in Otherland, once he gains control of the system.
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* TortureTechnician
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American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering.
!!!Daniel Yacoubian
!!!Daniel Yacoubian
!!!Daniel Yacoubian
American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering. Goes by "Ptah" in Otherland.
* TheStarscream: Not that it does him much good.
American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering. Goes by "Ptah" in Otherland.
* TheStarscream: Not that it does him much good.
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African dictator.
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African dictator.
dictator. Goes by "Sekhmet" in Otherland.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoysAllGirlsWantBadBoys: It backfires horribly.
* AntiVillain: Complete with HeelFaceTurn at the end.
* TheCracker
* AntiVillain: Complete with HeelFaceTurn at the end.
* TheCracker
* FetusTerrible: Quite literally. His initial telepathic burst at his birth ''kills'' several attending doctors and nurses.
* PsychicPowers: It has such strong telepathic power that it has to be isolated on a satellite in orbit and deep-frozen to keep it from ''killing'' anyone it touches.
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm
!!!Paul Jonas
Amnesiac resident of Otherland, who discovers his connection to the plot through his gradually recovered memories. He was hired by Jongleur as a tutor to Avialle but fell in love with her and tried to "rescue" her, resulting indirectly in her accidental death. Jongleur imprisoned him in Otherland as punishment.
* BrainUploading: It turns out to have happened to him retroactively.
* CloningBlues: As he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Inflicted as part of his imprisonment.
* HeroicSacrifice
* ThePunishment: Reliving WWI in the trenches of France, again and again and again...
!!!Paul Jonas
Amnesiac resident of Otherland, who discovers his connection to the plot through his gradually recovered memories. He was hired by Jongleur as a tutor to Avialle but fell in love with her and tried to "rescue" her, resulting indirectly in her accidental death. Jongleur imprisoned him in Otherland as punishment.
* BrainUploading: It turns out to have happened to him retroactively.
* CloningBlues: As he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Inflicted as part of his imprisonment.
* HeroicSacrifice
* ThePunishment: Reliving WWI in the trenches of France, again and again and again...
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There are two Avialles. One is Jongleur's OppositeSexClone, designed to be a part of one of his immortality schemes (before the Other started to show promise), but tragically killed due to the bungling of his assistants. The other is the avatars of Avialle created by the Other and captured within the system, living out a shadow life but all strangely attracted to Paul Jonas, whom the real Avialle fell in love with.
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There are two Avialles. One is Jongleur's OppositeSexClone, "daughter", designed to be a part of one of his immortality schemes (before the Other started to show promise), but tragically killed due to the bungling of his assistants. The other is the avatars of Avialle created by the Other and captured within the system, living out a shadow life but all strangely attracted to Paul Jonas, whom the real Avialle fell in love with.
* OppositeSexClone: Of Jongleur.
* OppositeSexClone: Of Jongleur.
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!!!Paul Jonas
Amnesiac resident of Otherland, who discovers his connection to the plot through his gradually recovered memories. He was hired by Jongleur as a tutor to Avialle but fell in love with her and tried to "rescue" her, resulting indirectly in her accidental death. Jongleur imprisoned him in Otherland as punishment.
* BrainUploading: It turns out to have happened to him retroactively.
* CloningBlues: As he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Inflicted as part of his imprisonment.
* HeroicSacrifice
* ThePunishment: Reliving WWI in the trenches of France, again and again and again...
Amnesiac resident of Otherland, who discovers his connection to the plot through his gradually recovered memories. He was hired by Jongleur as a tutor to Avialle but fell in love with her and tried to "rescue" her, resulting indirectly in her accidental death. Jongleur imprisoned him in Otherland as punishment.
* BrainUploading: It turns out to have happened to him retroactively.
* CloningBlues: As he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Inflicted as part of his imprisonment.
* HeroicSacrifice
* ThePunishment: Reliving WWI in the trenches of France, again and again and again...
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Amnesiac resident of Otherland, who discovers his connection to the plot through his gradually recovered memories. He was hired by Jongleur as a tutor to Avialle but fell in love with her and tried to "rescue" her, resulting indirectly in her accidental death. Jongleur imprisoned him in
An advanced AI search program deployed into Otherland
* BrainUploading: It turns out
* CloningBlues: As he finally realizes
*
* HeroicSacrifice
* ThePunishment: Reliving WWI in the trenches of France, again and again and again...
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A reclusive doctor who was born inside a cult, she goes to Otherland to rescue her daughter from a coma.
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A reclusive German doctor who was born inside a cult, she goes to Otherland to rescue her daughter from a coma.
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A man who, in his waning years, started an online relationship with a girl whom he later discovered to be underage. He enters Otherland out of guilt when she enters a coma, feeling responsible for her.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His motivation for entering Otherland.
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* ChekhovsGunman: She's the Other's mother.
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* ChekhovsGunman: She's the Other's mother.
ChekhovsGunman
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!!!Wells
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American four-star general who provides military resources "under the table" to the Brotherhood. He acts as a foil to Jongleur and is a constant irritant because of his bickering.
American corporate executive and Wells' friend outside the Brotherhood. He's second in command to Jongleur thanks to supplying of the majority of the technology behind Otherland. Creator of the Nemesis program.
African dictator.
South American drug lord; the Nemesis program winds up inhabiting his virtual clone.
Chinese industrialist.
!!!Finney and Mudd
Jongleur's chief minions; they supervised the Avialle project but messed it up so badly that he had them imprisoned in Otherland.
* SendInTheClones: The Other makes virtual copies of them that show up in every simulation, as the personification of its nightmares.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
!!!Finney and Mudd
Jongleur's chief minions; they supervised the Avialle project but messed it up so badly that he had them imprisoned in Otherland.
* SendInTheClones: The Other makes virtual copies of them that show up in every simulation, as the personification of its nightmares.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
A black-hat hacker who is recruited by Dread and falls into his charismatic web, until she discovers his dark secret.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
* PlayfulHacker
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
* PlayfulHacker
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[[folder: The Circle ]]
multireligious group whose goal is to stop The Grail Brotherhood from interfering with God's will.
multireligious group whose goal is to stop The Grail Brotherhood from interfering with God's will.
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!!The Circle
A multireligious group whose goal is to stop The Grail Brotherhood from interfering with God's
American Baptist who befriends Orlando and Sam.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Other, puppets and else]]
!!The Other
[[folder: The Other, puppets and else]]
!!The Other
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[[folder: The Other, puppets and else]]
!!The
!!Online Characters
!!!The Other
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* AIIsACrapshoot, subverted ''hard''.
* BrainInAJar. On an orbit. [[NightmareFuel Deep frozen]].
* PsychopathicManchild - The Other is at least thirty years old.
* FriendToAllChildren, subverted very sadly. He likes children, he just harms them when he wants to communicate ad sends them into the coma.
* [[LongLostRelative Lost son]] of Olga Pirofsky.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation - you can either see him as a scary and deadly monster, or just {{Woobie}} who doesn't know what he is doing.
!!Avialle
actually a [[Understatement bit more difficult]] - Avialle Jongleur is Felix Jongleur's OtherSexClone, intended as a mother of his clone/copy/heir. She befriends The Other and after she dies in an accident, her inexact copies are prompting Paul Jonas on his journey through the Otherland.
!!Beezle
* BrainInAJar. On an orbit. [[NightmareFuel Deep frozen]].
* PsychopathicManchild - The Other is at least thirty years old.
* FriendToAllChildren, subverted very sadly. He likes children, he just harms them when he wants to communicate ad sends them into the coma.
* [[LongLostRelative Lost son]] of Olga Pirofsky.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation - you can either see him as a scary and deadly monster, or just {{Woobie}} who doesn't know what he is doing.
!!Avialle
actually a [[Understatement bit more difficult]] - Avialle Jongleur is Felix Jongleur's OtherSexClone, intended as a mother of his clone/copy/heir. She befriends The Other and after she dies in an accident, her inexact copies are prompting Paul Jonas on his journey through the Otherland.
!!Beezle
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* AIIsACrapshoot, subverted AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted ''hard''.
*BrainInAJar. On an orbit. [[NightmareFuel Deep frozen]].
AndCallHimGeorge: The Other's attempts to "play with" children online send them into comas. Ouch.
*PsychopathicManchild - BrainInAJar: In a satellite in geosynchronous orbit.
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted very sadly. He ''likes'' children, but ends up "breaking" them when he plays.
* LongLostRelative: The lost son of Olga Pirofsky.
* NightmareFuel: The entirety of the Other's existence.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Other is at least thirty yearsold.
* FriendToAllChildren, subverted very sadly. He likes children, he just harms them when he wants to communicate ad sends them intoold, but has never "grown up" mentally. It's never had the coma.
chance.
*[[LongLostRelative Lost son]] of Olga Pirofsky.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation - you can either see him as a scary and deadly monster, or just {{Woobie}} who doesn't know what heWoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
!!!Avialle
There are two Avialles. One isdoing.
!!Avialle
actually a [[Understatement bit more difficult]] - Avialle Jongleur is FelixJongleur's OtherSexClone, intended as OppositeSexClone, designed to be a mother part of one of his clone/copy/heir. She befriends immortality schemes (before the Other started to show promise), but tragically killed due to the bungling of his assistants. The other is the avatars of Avialle created by the Other and after she dies in an accident, her inexact copies are prompting captured within the system, living out a shadow life but all strangely attracted to Paul Jonas on his journey through Jonas, whom the Otherland.
!!Beezlereal Avialle fell in love with.
!!!Beezle
*
*
* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted very sadly. He ''likes'' children, but ends up "breaking" them when he plays.
* LongLostRelative: The lost son of Olga Pirofsky.
* NightmareFuel: The entirety of the Other's existence.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Other is at least thirty years
* FriendToAllChildren, subverted very sadly. He likes children, he just harms them when he wants to communicate ad sends them into
*
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation - you can either see him as a scary and deadly monster, or just {{Woobie}} who doesn't know what he
!!!Avialle
There are two Avialles. One is
!!Avialle
actually a [[Understatement bit more difficult]] - Avialle Jongleur is Felix
!!Beezle
!!!Beezle
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!!Gally
!!Paul Jonas
* LaserGuidedAmnesia inflicted by Felix Jongleur after the death of Avialle.
* ThePunishment, reliving WWI in trenches of France, again and again and again...
* CloningBlues - as he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The police duo ]]
!!Paul Jonas
* LaserGuidedAmnesia inflicted by Felix Jongleur after the death of Avialle.
* ThePunishment, reliving WWI in trenches of France, again and again and again...
* CloningBlues - as he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
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[[folder: The police duo ]]
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!!Paul
A virtual orphan whom Paul Jonas befriends.
!!!Paul Jonas
* ThePunishment, reliving WWI
* CloningBlues -
* BrainUploading: It turns out to have happened to him retroactively.
* CloningBlues: As he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
[[folder: The police duo ]]
* HeroicSacrifice
* ThePunishment: Reliving WWI in the trenches of France, again and again and again...
!!Australian Police
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* MissionControl: For the entire Otherland expedition.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
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!!!Martine Desrubins
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!!!Martine DesrubinsDesroubins
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* DeadpanSnarker - snarking about his "deadness", no less.
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* DeadpanSnarker - snarking DeadpanSnarker: Snarking about his "deadness", no less.
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!!!Sam "Salome" Fredericks
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* {{GIRL}}: Inverted. She plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
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* {{GIRL}}: Inverted. She plays as a man in Middle Kingdom Her online game persona is male, to avoid being picked on, and she "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
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* TomboyishName: She intentionally chose "Sam" as her nickname for the gender ambiguity.
A lawyer who is hired by Orlando's parents to solve the mystery of his coma. He ends up being recruited by Sellars to help rescue the latter from captivity.
* MissionControl: For Olga Pirovsky when she infiltrates J Corp.
* MissionControl: For Olga Pirovsky when she infiltrates J Corp.
A grandmotherly lady who works as an actor for Uncle Jingle's Jungle, a popular online kids' program. Her mysterious headaches lead her on a path of discovery that takes her all the way to J Corp's headquarters.
* ChekhovsGunman: She's the Other's mother.
* ChekhovsGunman: She's the Other's mother.
A kindergarten-age girl who lives on the same military base as Mr. Sellars, and is recruited by him to help him escape. Her parents end up finding out about the relationship and, coming to the logical (but incorrect) conclusion, force Sellars to take them into his confidence.
A street urchin who accidentally trips over Christabel's secret and joins Sellars' party.
* SlapSlapKiss: Well, clearly not the "kiss" part, but his relationship with Christabel fits the trope remarkably well in other ways.
* SlapSlapKiss: Well, clearly not the "kiss" part, but his relationship with Christabel fits the trope remarkably well in other ways.
Susan's butler, he joins Long Joseph in watching over Renie and !Xabbu while they're immersed in VR within the decommissioned military base.
* StraightGay
!!!Long Joseph Sulaweyo
Renie and Stephen's father. Emotionally crippled by the death of his wife in a fire, he copes by drinking.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's forced to come to terms with his problems when he's isolated from the world without alcohol.
* StraightGay
!!!Long Joseph Sulaweyo
Renie and Stephen's father. Emotionally crippled by the death of his wife in a fire, he copes by drinking.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's forced to come to terms with his problems when he's isolated from the world without alcohol.
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the head of the Brotherhood
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and would do ''anything'' to trick death. Some of his schemes are actually pretty zany.
!!!John Wulgaru "Dread"
ka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]
* PsychoForHire working for Jongleur
* SerialKiller of young women
!!!John Wulgaru "Dread"
ka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]
* PsychoForHire working for Jongleur
* SerialKiller of young women
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: And would do ''anything'' to trick death. Some of his schemes are actually pretty zany.
zany.
!!!JohnWulgaru "Dread"
ka"Dread" Wulgaru
Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFastDread]]
Dread]]. A psychopathic killer hired by Jongleur for his unique psychic power. His ambition goes beyond even what his boss is capable of predicting, resulting in near-total disaster.
*PsychoForHire working AGodAmI: Once he takes over Otherland.
* CompleteMonster: Deliberately.
* DragonWithAnAgenda
* ForTheEvulz
* MommyIssues: His mother deliberately turned him into what he now is.
* PsychoForHire: Working for Jongleur
*SerialKiller of SerialKiller: Of young womenwomen.
* {{Technopath}}: His psychic power, which allows him to take over computer systems.
!!!John
ka
Aka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
*
* CompleteMonster: Deliberately.
* DragonWithAnAgenda
* ForTheEvulz
* MommyIssues: His mother deliberately turned him into what he now is.
* PsychoForHire: Working for Jongleur
*
* {{Technopath}}: His psychic power, which allows him to take over computer systems.
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!!!The Other
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!!!Birdwoman - Avialle
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!!Avialle
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!!!Gally
!!!Paul Jonas
!!!Paul Jonas
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!!!Paul
!!Beezle
Orlando's AI companion, originally a kids' toy but upgraded many times until it's almost as sentient as a real person. It ends up locating Catur Ramsey and acting as a vital surrogate MissionControl when Sellars goes incommunicado.
* ExpositionFairy: In-story, Beezle's voice in Orlando's ear reminds him of many things he'd rather avoid or forget.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Except there's just the voice; there's no actual "person".
!!Gally
!!Paul Jonas
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* PromotedToParent: To Stephen, thanks to her mother's death and her father's descent into ennui.
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* PromotedToParent: To PromotionToParent: For Stephen, thanks to her mother's death and her father's descent into ennui.
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'''Spoiler alert!''' Major plot points spoilers ahead, reading at your own risk.
Work in progress, feel free too help as much as you can.
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...from the lack of other title for the RagtagBunchOfMisfits Sellars puts together. Some of them actually never meet.
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* {{Cyborg}} adapted to connect with his starship. Too bad the project got blown up, making him a cripple with burn scars all over his body.
* TheChessmaster - he has ''lots'' of free time now. Another of his hobbies is CreatingLife out of his top-notch internal antivirus software.
* MysteriousInformant - keeps poking his "volunteers" around and provides the much-needed clues about the Otherland network.
* TheObiWan, with the lucky subversion, since he survives.
* TheChessmaster - he has ''lots'' of free time now. Another of his hobbies is CreatingLife out of his top-notch internal antivirus software.
* MysteriousInformant - keeps poking his "volunteers" around and provides the much-needed clues about the Otherland network.
* TheObiWan, with the lucky subversion, since he survives.
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Ex-military test pilot and participant in a secret government project to outfit subjects for near-light speed interstellar travel, which was later turned into a SuperSoldier project and destroyed by a PsychoPrototype.
*{{Cyborg}} adapted {{Cyborg}}: Adapted to connect with his starship. Too bad the project got blown up, making him a cripple with burn scars all over his body.
*TheChessmaster - he TheChessmaster: He has ''lots'' of free time now. Another of his hobbies is CreatingLife out of his top-notch internal antivirus software.
*MysteriousInformant IDidWhatIHadToDo: His justification for all his actions, except the CreatingLife bit - keeps poking that was from boredom.
* MysteriousInformant: His recruitment scheme for his "volunteers"around and provides is designed to preserve his anonymity as much as possible; justified given the much-needed clues about people he's working against. He's the Otherland network.
* TheObiWan, withthread that ends up connecting all the other protagonists, many of whom don't even know it.
* TheObiWan: A lucky subversion, since although his physical body dies, hesurvives.survives thanks to BrainUploading.
* WhatTheHellHero: His recruitment of the six-year old Christabel to aid his schemes gets this reaction from her parents.
*
*
*
* MysteriousInformant: His recruitment scheme for his "volunteers"
* TheObiWan, with
* TheObiWan: A lucky subversion, since although his physical body dies, he
* WhatTheHellHero: His recruitment of the six-year old Christabel to aid his schemes gets this reaction from her parents.
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!!!Renie Sulaweyo
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The primary viewpoint character. A college professor of network programming at Durban University in South Africa, Renie enters Otherland to search for her younger brother, Stephen, whom she believes to be trapped there. Her force of will drives the party to continue even when all hope appears lost.
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* TeamMom, albeit against wishes of several other members of the group.
* HotBlooded, which makes her life considerably more diffficult.
* HotBlooded, which makes her life considerably more diffficult.
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* TeamMom, albeit HotBlooded: It makes her life considerably more difficult.
* PromotedToParent: To Stephen, thanks to her mother's death and her father's descent into ennui.
* TeamMom: Albeit against the wishes of several other members of the group.
* HotBlooded, which makes her life considerably more diffficult.
* PromotedToParent: To Stephen, thanks to her mother's death and her father's descent into ennui.
* TeamMom: Albeit against the wishes of several other members of the group.
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* [[strike: MagicalNativeAmerican]] Magical Native African, Bushman or San, more correctly. His different world perception is a major plot point.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude in eyes of the puppets, since he spends about half of the story in a baboon sim.
* TheUnpronounceable name - it should sound something like Gabbu or Kabbu, but with a clicking sound instead of G/K.
* LoveInterest of Renie.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude in eyes of the puppets, since he spends about half of the story in a baboon sim.
* TheUnpronounceable name - it should sound something like Gabbu or Kabbu, but with a clicking sound instead of G/K.
* LoveInterest of Renie.
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An African Bushman and Renie's student, justifies much of her {{exposition}} through his ignorance (at first) of the 'Net. His unique perspective on life gives him unusual capabilities in Otherland.
*[[strike: MagicalNativeAmerican]] [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native African, African]], Bushman or San, more correctly. His different world perception is a major plot point.
*AmplifiedAnimalAptitude in AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: In the eyes of the Otherland's puppets, since he spends about half of the story in a baboon sim.
*TheUnpronounceable LastOfHisKind: He believes himself to be the last African Bushman.
* LoveInterest: For Renie.
* TheUnpronounceable: His name- it should sound something like Gabbu or Kabbu, but begins with a clicking sound instead noise that's unpronounceable to most people. Long Joseph mispronounces it "Kobbu" or "Gobbu".
* TheWatson: His ignorance ofG/K.
* LoveInterest of Renie.the 'Net allows Renie to provide a JustifiedTutorial about how it works.
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* LoveInterest: For Renie.
* TheUnpronounceable: His name
* TheWatson: His ignorance of
* LoveInterest of Renie.
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* BlindSeer - lampshaded by herself.
* IneffectualLoner - she lives in a bunker under a mountain, talking to machines.
* IneffectualLoner - she lives in a bunker under a mountain, talking to machines.
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A French researcher who is blind and lives in an underground facility. She is recruited by Renie to aid in her search for Otherland and becomes trapped along with the rest of the party. Frequently the viewpoint character when focus shifts from Renie.
*BlindSeer - lampshaded ApocalypticLog: Played with. She has a habit of recording subvocalized journals, and in Otherland, these tidbits of information provide valuable exposition. Subverted, though, in that they end up being insignificant to the plot otherwise.
* BlindSeer: Lampshaded by herself.
*IneffectualLoner - TheFaceless: Initially; until Otherland, all her sims are featureless blocks. This is because she is blind, so she doesn't feel the need to provide visual feedback to others.
* GenreSavvy: More so than the others, particularly in her journals.
* IneffectualLoner: She lives in a bunker under a mountain, talking tomachines.machines.
*
* BlindSeer: Lampshaded by herself.
*
* GenreSavvy: More so than the others, particularly in her journals.
* IneffectualLoner: She lives in a bunker under a mountain, talking to
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* TheLancer: To Renie.
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* MamaBear who got to the thing because her daughter fell into a coma.
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* MamaBear MamaBear: For her daughter, who got to the thing because her daughter fell into a coma.coma and is later revealed to be with her in her VR immersion getup.
A street kid who was recruited by the Circle to enter Otherland and be an agent among Sellars' recruits.
* TheMole: For the Circle, but a benevolent one, since they're technically on the same side.
* StreetUrchin
* XtremeKoolLetterz: His nickname is a street name for a variant of "charge", a common street drug that he used to deal in.
* TheMole: For the Circle, but a benevolent one, since they're technically on the same side.
* StreetUrchin
* XtremeKoolLetterz: His nickname is a street name for a variant of "charge", a common street drug that he used to deal in.
A man who, in his waning years, started an online relationship with a girl whom he later discovered to be underage. He enters Otherland out of guilt when she enters a coma, feeling responsible for her.
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A Chinese woman who's in Otherland because of her granddaughter's coma.
* TheMask andTheMole - the TheMole: The "real" Quan Li is killed in the beginning of the journey and her sim is used by Dulcinea Anwin and Dread.Dread.
* TheMask and
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* TheBigGuy in his gameplaying sim of a brawny barbarian Thargor.
* YourDaysAreNumbered played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR.
* BackFromTheDead doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Might be considered that he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, if you think living as a piece of code is something higher.
* YourDaysAreNumbered played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR.
* BackFromTheDead doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Might be considered that he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, if you think living as a piece of code is something higher.
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* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to BrainUploading, and doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* TheBigGuy: In his gameplaying sim of
* YourDaysAreNumbered played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR.
* BackFromTheDead doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Might be considered that he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, if you think living as a piece of code is something higher.
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!!!Sam "Salome" Frederics
* {{GIRL}}, inverted - she plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
* SweetPollyOliver. It's Virtual ''Reality'', after all.
* CaptainObvious, partially intentional. It drives Orlando insane.
* {{Sidekick}} to Orlando, promoted to LoveInterest by the end of the story.
* {{GIRL}}, inverted - she plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
* SweetPollyOliver. It's Virtual ''Reality'', after all.
* CaptainObvious, partially intentional. It drives Orlando insane.
* {{Sidekick}} to Orlando, promoted to LoveInterest by the end of the story.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Due to his progeria.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR because he's crippled and barely functional in real life.
!!!Sam "Salome"Frederics
Fredericks
A teenage girl, Orlando's best friend and his constant companion throughout the story.
*{{GIRL}}, inverted - she CaptainObvious: Partially intentional. It drives Orlando insane.
* {{GIRL}}: Inverted. She plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
*SweetPollyOliver. TheLancer: She tries this in the Trojan War when Orlando is too ill to fight. It goes about as well as one might expect.
* SweetPollyOliver: It'sVirtual ''Reality'', virtual reality, after all.
*CaptainObvious, partially intentional. It drives Orlando insane.
* {{Sidekick}} to{{Sidekick}}: To Orlando, promoted to LoveInterest by the end of the story.story.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR because he's crippled and barely functional in real life.
!!!Sam "Salome"
A teenage girl, Orlando's best friend and his constant companion throughout the story.
*
* {{GIRL}}: Inverted. She plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
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* SweetPollyOliver: It's
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* GIRL, {{GIRL}}, inverted - she plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
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* Cyborg adapted to connect with his starship. Too bad the project got blown up, making him a cripple with burn scars all over his body.
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* Cyborg {{Cyborg}} adapted to connect with his starship. Too bad the project got blown up, making him a cripple with burn scars all over his body.
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...from the lack of other title for the RagtagGroupOfMisfits Sellars puts together. Some of them actually never meet.
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...from the lack of other title for the RagtagGroupOfMisfits RagtagBunchOfMisfits Sellars puts together. Some of them actually never meet.meet.
!!Mr. Sellars
* Cyborg adapted to connect with his starship. Too bad the project got blown up, making him a cripple with burn scars all over his body.
* TheChessmaster - he has ''lots'' of free time now. Another of his hobbies is CreatingLife out of his top-notch internal antivirus software.
* MysteriousInformant - keeps poking his "volunteers" around and provides the much-needed clues about the Otherland network.
* TheObiWan, with the lucky subversion, since he survives.
!!Mr. Sellars
* Cyborg adapted to connect with his starship. Too bad the project got blown up, making him a cripple with burn scars all over his body.
* TheChessmaster - he has ''lots'' of free time now. Another of his hobbies is CreatingLife out of his top-notch internal antivirus software.
* MysteriousInformant - keeps poking his "volunteers" around and provides the much-needed clues about the Otherland network.
* TheObiWan, with the lucky subversion, since he survives.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude in eyes of the puppets, since he spends about half of the story in a baboon sim.
* TheUnpronounceable name - it should sound something like Gabbu or Kabbu, but with a clicking sound instead of G/K.
* LoveInterest of Renie.
* TheUnpronounceable name - it should sound something like Gabbu or Kabbu, but with a clicking sound instead of G/K.
* LoveInterest of Renie.
* BlindSeer - lampshaded by herself.
* IneffectualLoner - she lives in a bunker under a mountain, talking to machines.
* IneffectualLoner - she lives in a bunker under a mountain, talking to machines.
* TheLancer to Renie.
* HotBlooded
* MamaBear who got to the thing because her daughter fell into a coma.
* HotBlooded
* MamaBear who got to the thing because her daughter fell into a coma.
* TheMask and TheMole - the "real" Quan Li is killed in the beginning of the journey and her sim is used by Dulcinea Anwin and Dread.
* TheBigGuy in his gameplaying sim of a brawny barbarian Thargor.
* YourDaysAreNumbered played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR.
* BackFromTheDead doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Might be considered that he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, if you think living as a piece of code is something higher.
* DeadpanSnarker - snarking about his "deadness", no less.
* YourDaysAreNumbered played straight. He is dying from progeria and spends most of his time in VR.
* BackFromTheDead doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Might be considered that he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, if you think living as a piece of code is something higher.
* DeadpanSnarker - snarking about his "deadness", no less.
* GIRL, inverted - she plays as a man in Middle Kingdom online game and "forgets" to tell Orlando when they become friends. He is quite shocked when he finds out. But, considering he didn't tell her about his illness...
* SweetPollyOliver. It's Virtual ''Reality'', after all.
* CaptainObvious, partially intentional. It drives Orlando insane.
* {{Sidekick}} to Orlando, promoted to LoveInterest by the end of the story.
* SweetPollyOliver. It's Virtual ''Reality'', after all.
* CaptainObvious, partially intentional. It drives Orlando insane.
* {{Sidekick}} to Orlando, promoted to LoveInterest by the end of the story.
!!!Dulcinea Anwin
multireligious group whose goal is to stop The Grail Brotherhood from interfering with God's will.
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* CloningBlues - ashe finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUpload mind copy]] of himself.
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* CloningBlues - ashe as he finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUpload mind [[BrainUploading digital copy]] of himself.
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* [[TheUnpronounceable !Xabbu]]: MagicalNativeAmerican, a Bushman student of Renie's who evolves into her LoveInterest.
* Mr. Sellars: An interesting mix of MysteriousInformant, TheObiWan, and TheChessmaster, as he sets up clues for the protagonists to find, mentors them, and orchestrates their invasion of the Grail network.
* Orlando Gardiner: LittlestCancerPatient, a teenage video gamer with a fatal disease, ironically plays TheBigGuy in his online persona.
* Salome (Sam) Fredericks: Teenage online friend of Orlando Gardiner and his {{Sidekick}}.
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* [[TheUnpronounceable !Xabbu]]: MagicalNativeAmerican, a Bushman student of Renie's who evolves into her LoveInterest.
* Mr. Sellars: An interesting mix of MysteriousInformant, TheObiWan, and TheChessmaster, as he sets up clues for the protagonists to find, mentors them, and orchestrates their invasion of the Grail network.
* Orlando Gardiner: LittlestCancerPatient, a teenage video gamer with a fatal disease, ironically plays TheBigGuy in his online persona.
* Salome (Sam) Fredericks: Teenage online friend of Orlando Gardiner and his {{Sidekick}}.
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* [[TheUnpronounceable !Xabbu]]: MagicalNativeAmerican, a Bushman student of Renie's who evolves into her LoveInterest.
* Mr. Sellars: An interesting mix of MysteriousInformant, TheObiWan, and TheChessmaster, as he sets up clues for the protagonists to find, mentors them, and orchestrates their invasion of the Grail network.
* Orlando Gardiner: LittlestCancerPatient, a teenage video gamer with a fatal disease, ironically plays TheBigGuy in his online persona.
* Salome (Sam) Fredericks: Teenage online friend of Orlando Gardiner and his {{Sidekick}}.
!!!Stan Chan
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'''Spoiler alert!''' Major plot points spoilers ahead, reading at your own risk.
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[[folder: Sellars' "volunteers"]]
...from the
!!Inside Otherland
!!!Renie Sulaweyo
* TheHero
* TeamMom, albeit against wishes of several other members of the group.
* HotBlooded, which makes her life considerably more diffficult.
!!! !Xabu
* [[strike: MagicalNativeAmerican]] Magical Native African, Bushman or San, more correctly. His different world perception is a major plot point.
!!!Martine Desrubins
!!!Florimel Kurnemann
!!!Javier "T4b" Rogers
!!!Sweet William
!!!Quan Li
!!!Orlando Gardiner
!!!Sam "Salome" Frederics
!!Outside
!!!Decatur "Catur" Ramsey
!!!Olga Pirofsky
!!!Christabel Sorensen
!!!Carlos "Cho-Cho" Izabal
!!!Jeremiah Dako
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[[folder: The Grail Brotherhood and affiliates ]]
!!!Felix Jongleur
the head of the Brotherhood
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and would do ''anything'' to
!!!John Wulgaru "Dread"
ka Johnny Dark, aka John More Dread, aka [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dread]]
* PsychoForHire working for Jongleur
* SerialKiller of young women
!!!Wells
!!!Daniel Yacoubian
!!!Ymona Dedoblanco
!!!Ricardo Klement
!!!Jiun Bhao
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[[folder: The Circle ]]
!!!Bonnie Mae Simpkins
!!!Nandi Paradivash
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Other, puppets and else]]
!!!The Other
Mysterious and dangerous sentient operating system of Otherworld.
* AIIsACrapshoot, subverted ''hard''.
* BrainInAJar. On an orbit. [[NightmareFuel Deep frozen]].
* PsychopathicManchild - The Other is at least thirty years old.
* FriendToAllChildren, subverted very sadly. He likes children, he just harms them when he wants to communicate ad sends them into the coma.
* [[LongLostRelative Lost son]] of Olga Pirofsky.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation - you can either see him as a scary and deadly monster, or just {{Woobie}} who doesn't know what he is doing.
!!!Birdwoman - Avialle
actually a [[Understatement bit more difficult]] - Avialle Jongleur is Felix Jongleur's OtherSexClone, intended as a mother of his clone/copy/heir. She befriends The Other and after she dies in an accident, her inexact copies are prompting Paul Jonas on his journey through the Otherland.
!!!Gally
!!!Paul Jonas
prisoner od
* LaserGuidedAmnesia inflicted by Felix Jongleur after the death of Avialle.
* ThePunishment, reliving WWI in trenches of France, again and again and again...
* CloningBlues - ashe finally realizes in the end, he is just a [[BrainUpload mind copy]] of himself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The police duo ]]
!!!
[[/folder]]
* [[TheUnpronounceable !Xabbu]]: MagicalNativeAmerican, a Bushman student of Renie's who evolves into her LoveInterest.
* Mr. Sellars: An interesting mix of MysteriousInformant, TheObiWan, and TheChessmaster, as he sets up clues for the protagonists to find, mentors them, and orchestrates their invasion of the Grail network.
* Orlando Gardiner: LittlestCancerPatient, a teenage video gamer with a fatal disease, ironically plays TheBigGuy in his online persona.
* Salome (Sam) Fredericks: Teenage online friend of Orlando Gardiner and his {{Sidekick}}.
