Editing NPCs of note (section)

==Hana's Gang==

While the majority of [[Steel Warrior Hana Jeong|Hana's]] past followers went their own ways after Hana and [[#Judy Nesmith|Judy]] left [[Locations of note: For The Spirit Of Creation#Bales House School|Bales House School]], a number of them have followed the unlikely pair even to Ashford, although most of them are not students of that prestigious school.  Current followers include:

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*Malika Dasti, age 15.  Malika is in a state of perpetual rebellion against her family's traditional ways, and dresses like it.  Her race made it hard for her to be as readily accepted by many of the other girls, and so she was pleasantly surprised to discover that Hana simply didn't care.  She regards Hana as a role model of a tough girl rebelling against her family, and is eager to impress her with her energy and occasional use of a blunt instrument.  Sometimes over-eager.  She doesn't quite understand why Judy doesn't reciprocate [[#The Jeong Family|Jae-Sun's]] feelings, but on some level, wouldn't mind if Hana's brother happened to notice the cute Pakistani girl who hangs out with them.

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*Sorcha Burr, age 17.  Sorcha was always a top contender for toughest of the Bales House Girls, and then Hana came.  At first, they fought.  Many times.  Sorcha was impressed by the younger girl's strength and skill, even more so by the chilling gaze she opened fights with, but what finally converted her from foe to follower was simply Hana's courage-- it quickly became clear that ''nothing'' scared Hana-- not being outnumbered, not fighting boys, not her parents, not teachers, not police... nothing.  Sorcha doesn't like to admit it, but she's a bit of a romantic at heart.  As such, she's wondering how long it's going to take for Hana to respond to Judy's crush... why can't Hana see it?  And why wouldn't she act on it?

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*Chloe Dunstan, age 15.  Chloe doesn't seem much like the kind of girl who'd hang out with Hana-- she's almost obsessively girly, dressing in frilly pink clothes, talking about cute things constantly, and even wearing cat ears in an effort to look cuter.  She affects 'cute' speech, as well, and will often behave childishly to get attention from others.  Needless to say, none of this would have gotten her any acceptance into Hana's gang.  What did the job is Chloe's unexpected vicious streak-- in a fight, she howls and laughs, flailing around with a club with a maniacal brutality that takes almost everyone off guard.  Nobody knows why Chloe wants to hang out with Hana's gang, and she never says.

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*Emma Fox, age 16?  Emma never talked much at Bales, instead staying close to whoever would tolerate her.  It became clear quickly, after she attached herself to Hana and Judy, that she'd follow them around for all hours, doing what they did, and would even fight alongside them with eerie silence.  She would often come to school with bruises and even cigarette burns, but wouldn't talk about it, and never told anyone where she lived.  In the past few months, it's become clear that Emma has actually run away from home, but she doesn't live on the streets.  Instead, she stays with various members of Hana's gang on a more or less rotating basis.  (She rarely stays with Judy, as she's uncomfortable with Judy's new wealth.)  Since Emma won't talk about it, the gang doesn't generally discuss it, but they all work together to help her out as best they can.

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*Blue Thornberg, age 16.  Blue never answers to her real name-- but then, perhaps it's just as well.  Having a "Hannah" around would probably cause problems.  On the other hand, Blue has never hesitated to cause problems for Hana.  She has challenged her decisions frequently and loudly in the past, and tried to usurp her position in the gang, although she hasn't made that mistake in a while.  Given all this, it's very surprising that she followed Hana to Ashford Academy... but she did.

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*Grace Skeffington, age 17.  Grace is Sorcha's best friend, and has been for several years now.  While most of Sorcha's gang were less than enthusiastic about becoming Hana's followers, Grace didn't hesitate.  She's clearly much more Sorcha's follower than Hana's still, but even she can't deny that Hana is tough and magnetic.  Grace is also noteworthy for being the member who has had the most boyfriends.  She has never had a relationship last longer than a few months, though.

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*Ruby Smithson, age 16.  Ruby came to Moorshire Lake to live with her aunt and uncle after her family was killed in a car accident two years ago.  A Londoner, she didn't react well to living in a smaller city-- when combined with the loss of her family, it's no surprise that she didn't fit in well, and wound up falling in with a bad crowd.  She's generally hostile and abrasive to everyone-- even her friends-- but in turn is extremely fast to defend them from anyone who says or does anything against them.

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*Tilly Hazard, age 15.  Tilly doesn't talk about why she tried to throw herself under a speeding bus when she was 14 under any circumstances.  She doesn't acknowledge her past life at all-- even in the face of teachers talking about how much she changed from the cheerful, friendly, obedient girl to the sarcastic, rude, black-wearing gang member she abruptly became.  But since Hana pulled her out of the path of the truck, Tilly's been following her.  She even returned to her habit of studying hard to get into Ashford Academy to get to join her-- a detail that makes Judy eye Tilly cautiously.  How close does she want to get to Hana?