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==Contacts==

'''Joe Jones, AKA Double J [Sunflower]:''' He's a 30ish orc man, who dabbled as a shadowrunner for awhile, but got out of it, because "that shit is bad for your karma, you know?" Cool and laid back, he now works as a bouncer at The Wall, where he's good at talking down rowdy customers before violence happens.  Owns a customized Evo Falcon off-road bike, which he occasionally lets Sunflower borrow ("..., but I'm charging you for every new dent I find in her, understand?")

'''Lizzy McDonald [Sunflower]:'''  A human woman, aged 24.  She's a comparative religions grad student at the University of Washington who is particularly interested in new religious movements (NRM), which includes cults like the one Sunflower grew up in.  She's been occasionally interviewing Sunflower about his experiences.  She's a fast talker who fixates on the task at hand, often to the exclusion of everything else.  She sometimes slums it at The Wall, which is how she met Sunflower.

'''"Crazy Ivan" [Ushitara/Sunflower/Twilight/Amber]:''' Operator of The Wall, a dive bar in northeastern Ashbarrow, who claims to be a retired member of Black Star. This grizzled anarcho-syndicalist dwarven fixer is not at all Russian, but he does speak the language and put on the accent, because "you would not be buyink Kalashnikov from Canadian, da?" Behind the bar's façade, Ivan moves civilian goods, information, and shadowrunner/revolutionary essentials through Ashbarrow and beyond; the notion that he's "retired" is probably more unbelievable than the claims of being ex-Black Star. Ivan has a complicated relationship with Tylr Mikell, owner of the Working Class - Ashbarrow's *other* leftist bar.

'''Victor Nguyen [Ushitara]:''' A "fisherman" who technically lives up in Everett, but frequently comes down the Puyallup River into Ashbarrow. Vic actually does fish, but he's *also* a smuggler and small-time coastal pirate, of the strictly inglorious variety. He's usually full of tales from friends in low places, even when the catch of the day isn't a net full of grenades.

'''Abigail Petrowski [Twilight]:''' A member of the Petrowski family of farmers. Twilight met Abby at Petrowski Farms and befriended her over a mutual love for animals. Abigail knows a lot about what goes on around the farm, but not about that occurs off of it.

'''Kenna Dahl [Amber]:''' Amber's older sister, who works as a bartender at [LOCATION].

'''Gillian Higurashi [Amber]:''' A Horizon News Network investigative reporter willing to brave the barrens for a scoop. Amber suspects Gillian is actually corporate spy, but is willing make trade for the high-level information Gillian is privy too. Of course, that information is filtered through Horizon's interests. Always keep in mind: you are not immune to propaganda.

'''Karli Svensdottir [Amber]:''' A talismonger of Norse magical paradigm whose services Amber makes use of, based out of [REGION]. Markedly amoral, Karli sells her wares to Odinists associated with Humanis and more old-school fascists without hesitation. Her craftsmanship is trustworthy, that's about it.

'''Ahamkara [Pyrus]:''' [WIP]

'''Kseniya Kuznetsov [Pyrus]:''' [WIP]

'''Vassili Sideras [Coppertop]:''' The patriarch of the sprawling and influential Sideras family. The Sideras are mostly orks with a handful of satyrs by birth, but both humans and trolls have married into the family. Vassili owns Sideras Repair and Body, which started as an auto garage about a century ago and has since expanded into all kinds of repair work. He has ties to the Orc Rights Commission, but usually isn't interested in "talking politics" with people.

'''Hordemode [Coppertop]:''' Presents himself as a Reality Hacker that specializes in running swarms of micro- and mini-drones, but only meets in VR. Has a good line on hacked software and illicit drone components.

'''Mr. McKenzie [Promo]:''' Promo's guardian angel in Horizon and his former producer.  A Horizon media mogul with considerable sway over local operations, McKenzie cancelled a pending wetwork operation on Roscoe and arranged a freelancer position so Promo could keep submitting stories.