Line #121 Characters/TheGuildOfSpecialists


1	This is a list of characters who appear in the ''[[Literature/TheGuildOfSpecialists Guild of Specialists]]'' trilogy.
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6	!![=MacKenzie=] Family
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8	[[folder:Becca [=MacKenzie=]]]
9	!!Rebecca [=MacKenzie=]
10	!!!Becca
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12	The 15-year-old daughter of Hamish and Elena [=MacKenzie=] and elder sister of Doug.
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14	* ActionGirl: Highly trained in swordsmanship.
15	* ForceAndFinesse: Between her and Doug, she's the Finesse, preferring using a rapier.
16	* RedOniBlueOni: The withdrawn, studious Blue Oni to Doug's Red.
17	* RoyalRapier: Her favored weapon is a rapier.
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20	[[folder:Doug [=MacKenzie=]]]
21	!!Douglas [=MacKenzie=]
22	!!!Doug
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24	Becca's younger brother, 13 years old.
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26	* BadassDriver: Winds up at the helm of the ''Expedient'' in the Captain's sea duel with Sheng-Fat and acquits himself well despite working with damaged steering.
27	* ForceAndFinesse: He's the Force, preferring a broadsword or saber instead of a rapier.
28	* RedOniBlueOni: The outgoing Red to Becca's Blue.
29	* SherlockScan: [[spoiler:Identifies that Russian soldiers raided the Western Chapter's temple from a shell casing left behind.]]
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32	[[folder:Captain Fitzroy [=MacKenzie=]]]
33	!!Captain Fitzroy [=MacKenzie=]
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35	Becca and Doug's uncle and captain of the ''Expedient''.
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37	* HandicappedBadass: Having a game leg does nothing to impede him in battle.
38	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: It's mentioned in ''Operation Typhoon Shore'' that he and his deceased wife had a stillborn child.
39	* SwordCane: Has been known to carry one on occasion, most notably in ''Operation Typhoon Shore''.
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42	[[folder:Hamish and Elena [=MacKenzie=]]]
43	!!Hamish and Elena [=MacKenzie=]
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45	Fitzroy's brother and sister-in-law and parents of Becca and Doug. Went missing on an expedition to the Sinkiang desert.
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47	* LivingMacGuffin: Their disappearance is the reason why Becca and Doug got caught up in the Guild of Specialists and the secrets of zoridium.
48	[[/folder]]
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50	!!Crew of the ''Expedient''
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52	[[folder:Ives]]
53	!!Erasmus Ives
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55	Coxswain of the ''Expedient''. Married to the ship's cook Mrs. Ives.
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57	* CharacterTics: Whenever danger approaches, his nose tends to twitch.
58	* NumberTwo: As coxswain, he serves as second-in-command to Captain [=MacKenzie=].
59	* TokenMinority: The only black man on the crew.
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62	[[folder:Charlie]]
63	!!Charles [[spoiler:Pembleton-Crozier]]
64	!!!Posh Charlie
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66	A crewman with a speech impediment.
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68	* {{Angrish}}: Inverted since his stutter disappears in times of anger.
69	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:With Julius Pembleton-Crozier, with Charlie as the Abel. Charlie vowed to protect the Tembla's secrets, while Julius wishes to exploit them for profit.]]
70	* GivenNameReveal: In a roster of the crew of the ''Expedient'' in the appendices for the first book, Posh Charlie is not listed with a last name, simply as Charles. In the second book it's revealed that his surname is [[spoiler:Pembleton-Crozier, making him Julius Pembleton-Crozier's brother.]]
71	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:To atone for his work being used to find more zoridium, Charlie goes to the core of the Cotiere's gravitational machine to free the others from its pull. He survives, but is badly injured from the increased pressure.]]
72	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:He assisted Mrs. [=MacKenzie=] in her translations of Tembla text, allowing the Cotiere of St. Petersburg to find the zoridium mines.]]
73	* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:He doesn't appear in ''Operation Storm City'' because he's still recovering from the gravitational injuries received in ''Operation Typhoon Shore''.]]
74	* ShellShockedVeteran: Charlie's experiences at the Somme severely colored his view of humans being able to use technology wisely.
75	* SpeechImpediment: Charlie primarily speaks with a stutter.
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78	[[folder:Schmidt]]
79	!!Wolfgang Schmidt
80	!!!The Chief
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82	The chief engineer onboard the ''Expedient''.
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84	* TheEngineer: The chief engineer on the ''Expedient'', and the one person Captain [=MacKenzie=] insists on having onboard if he needs to pick a limited crew.
85	* GermanicEfficiency: He's a German man who keeps the ''Expedient'''s engines in tip-top shape.
86	* PutOnABus: Doesn't appear in the third volume since the ''Expedient'' is destroyed.
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89	[[folder:Sparky]]
90	!!Stephen Watts
91	!!!Sparky
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93	The wireless telegraph operator onboard the ''Expedient''.
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95	* CommunicationsOfficer: Operates the telegraph system for the ''Expedient''.
96	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Initially believed dead when the wireless office is bombed during the battle at Wenzi Island, but shows up alive for the sea duel between Captain [=MacKenzie=] and Sheng-Fat.]]
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99	[[folder:Chambois]]
100	!!Luc Chambois
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102	A young French inventor who was rescued by Captain [=MacKenzie=] and winds up as an unofficial science officer aboard the ''Expedient''.
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104	* BunglingInventor: Chambois' inventions are a bit hit-and-miss. The molecule invigorator and fog generator work fine, but sometimes the former works when it doesn't need to, which nearly got the divers killed twice while trying to retrieve the torpedo fragments (first by flying torpedo fragments and later by the bends when the submersible is drawn towards the water surface). Worse still, he's relied upon to guide the Sujing Quantou and the ''Expedient'''s crew through the tunnels of Sheng-Fat's fortress, and winds up getting the party captured because he gets lost in the tunnels and walks the crew straight into a trap without realizing it.
105	* DistressedDude: During ''Operation Red Jericho'', he is chained to the hull of the ''Expedient'' where Sheng-Fat tries to use him for target practice.
106	* {{Fingore}}: Lost the pinky finger of his right hand to Sheng-Fat.
107	* FrameUp: He was framed for the death of Professor Zorid, presumably by Pugachev, the man [[spoiler:who had Zorid kidnapped.]]
108	* GuileHero: His escape from Sheng-Fat was conceived via sabotaging the guidance system of a torpedo so that it would loop around and destroy the vessel which fired it.
109	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Chambois was apparently unaware of the Dragon's Teeth, the spikes used to trap ships in the bay.
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112	!!Allies
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114	[[folder:Liberty [=DaVine=]]]
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116	!!Liberty [=DaVine=]
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118	The daughter of oil baron Theodore [=DaVine=] who gets caught up in the Guild's exploits.
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120	* AcePilot: A very good pilot and often called on to fly.
121	* AffectionateNickname: Calls the [=MacKenzie=] siblings "Cuz" because they pretended to be her cousins when they first met.
122	* {{Fingore}}: When Liberty is first seen, Sheng Fat has just severed her right pinky finger. [[HandicappedBadass Not that it impedes her much]].
123	* ICallItVera: Nicknames her blunderbuss equipped with zoridium-laced gunpowder the "Liberator".
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126	!!The Sujing Quantou
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128	An ancient order of warriors dating back to the days of Alexander the Great who have sworn to protect the secrets of zoridium.
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130	[[folder:In General]]
131	* AncientOrderOfProtectors: All the branches date from 326 B.C.E., when Alexander the Great reached India, and have vowed to protect the secrets of zoridium.
132	* ArmyScout: All four branches are descended from the best reconnaissance troops in the armies of Alexander the Great.
133	* BattleCry: The Eastern Chapter often shout "Sujing Cha!" before entering combat, which is translated to "This is a very dangerous enterprise!"
134	* BornInTheSaddle: The Western Chapter are well known for their skill as horsemen.
135	* CultureChopSuey: Justified; the Sujing Quantou orders spent centuries traveling and picked up aspects of various cultures along the way before settling down. Furthermore the Eastern Chapter settled in a major trading hub like Shanghai.
136	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:The lost Southern Chapter; their ship ran aground and was buried in a mudslide shortly after scattering with their gyrolabe and portion of the 99 Elements.]]
137	* DeadlyDisc: The Eastern Chapter use discuses as their main ranged weapons with a variety of effects.
138	* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:All but two are killed throughout ''Operation: Storm City'', leaving only the twins Xi and Xu.]]
139	* TheExile:
140	** Alexander declared them exiled after they took the gyrolabes and 99 Elements. Captain [=MacKenzie=] says to Doug that theoretically they ''could'' return to Greece, but choose not to because home is where the heart is.
141	** The Northern Chapter are considered PersonaNonGrata after a failed attempt to take over the whole order 200 years before the books started.
142	* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Eastern Chapter use [[DualWielding a pair of katanas]] as their main melee weapons.
143	* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:The entire Western Chapter by the time of ''Operation Storm City''; their temple was raided by Pugachev's forces, and the rest were killed on the [=MacKenzie's=] expedition to the Sinkiang.]]
144	* MundaneUtility: The Eastern Chapter creates spectacular fireworks as a byproduct of their research into zoridium.
145	* PartyScattering: Invoked, with each branch taking a gyrolabe and a quarter of the 99 Elements and taking them as far as they could in a cardinal direction.
146	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Kalaxx served as elite paid troops in the Russian army for 140 years before splitting off from them to work as miners and mercenaries for hire.
147	* SwordAndGun: The Northern Chapter uses swords and flintlock pistols as their weapons.
148	* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The entire reason why their order was founded, as Alexander's generals believed the information in the 99 Elements too dangerous to use, particularly in war. The generals then had the artifacts split up and taken in various directions.
149	* TrickArrow: The Western Chapter of the Sujing Quantou use arrows as their ranged weapons, from arrows tipped with zoridium explosives to standard explosive arrows to regular arrows.
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152	[[folder:Master Aa]]
153	!!Master Aa
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155	The head of the Eastern Chapter of the Sujing Quantou.
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157	* BaldOfAuthority: The bald, LargeAndInCharge head of the Eastern Chapter.
158	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields a pair of katanas in combat.
159	* LargeAndInCharge: Master Aa, the head of the Eastern Chapter, towers over his hulking bodyguard.
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162	!Antagonists
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164	[[folder:Julius Pembleton-Crozier]]
165	!!Julius Pembleton-Crozier
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167	A former member of the Guild of Specialists, now interested in profiting from zoridium.
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169	* BigBad: For ''Operation Typhoon Shore'', as the man directing the zoridium excavation project. He was originally TheManBehindTheMan to Sheng-Fat in the first book.
170	* CainAndAbel: The Cain to [[spoiler:Posh Charlie's Abel.]]
171	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Teams up with Becca, Doug, and Liberty to stop Pugachev from destroying the world for the third act of ''Operation Storm City''.]]
172	* InSeriesNickname: Referred to as "Linen Suit" for part of the first book before his name is revealed.
173	* UnholyMatrimony: His wife Lucrezia is just as devoted to the cause of the Coterie.
174	* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Known for wearing a white linen suit for most of his appearances.
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177	[[folder:Sheng-Fat]]
178	!!Sheng-Fat
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180	A ruthless pirate operating in the South China Seas.
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182	* BigBad: Of ''Operation Red Jericho''; it's his acquisition of zoridium torpedoes that the Guild of Specialists and the Sujing Quantou are trying to stop, since the secrets of zoridium are too dangerous to know.
183	* CreepySouvenir: Keeps the pinky fingers of his captives on a necklace. Chambois' is one of these and Sheng-Fat is introduced just having cut off Liberty's.
184	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is very angry about the death of his youngest brother Li-Fat and attempts to avenge his death by blowing up Chambois with a zoridium torpedo.
185	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Murdered by Julius Pembleton-Crozier to keep him from divulging his plans.]]
186	* ScaryTeeth: He's filed his teeth to sharp points to add to his ferocious appearance.
187	* SiblingsInCrime: His younger brothers Chung-Fat and Li-Fat are among his lieutenants.
188	* WouldHitAGirl: When Sheng-Fat is introduced, he's just finished cutting off Liberty's finger to add to his collection. There's also a choir of old women who were kidnapped for whatever reason and also have their little fingers missing.
189	* WouldHurtAChild: Tries to take Becca's finger before being interrupted by the ''Expedient'''s attack.

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