NPCsA variety of colorful characters are available to interact with across the various locations available in Midpoint and the surrounding towns and homesteads! Most of the towns are only a couple of hundred people strong, at most, so feel free to make up your own minor NPCs for threading or handwaving at your own leisure.
The following NPCs, however, are major figures, and may be requested for threads within reason
North St. Nick • Played by Gail
Located at the Midpoint Saloon
A tall bear of a man who looks eerily like Santa Claus - if Santa Claus had twin sabers and a Russian accent. He does have a penchant for milk and cookies, though. He rules the inn with a friendly but firm hand, allowing no violence to be done within his walls, and assigns everyone their rooms and cooks the meals. Surprisingly durable, and has allegedly never been killed. North does nothing to confirm or deny this rumour. One of the three people characters should go to if they're in the market for Favors; while his deals are typically low-tier quality compared to the other two, he's the most reliable deliveryman with the fairest prices.
Soap • Played by Gail
Located at the Midpoint Saloon and stables
A neat and friendly but slightly ragged youth who goes by the name of Soap. He is North's assistant, who manages the stables and occasionally helps with meals. He's never around during the night of the full moon, for some reason...
Booker • Played by Maniette
Located in all Booker's General Stores. Yes, all of them.
A damaged cyborg, whose mental faculties are nonetheless in working order. Mostly. Their memory is damaged, by their own admission, and currently consists solely of their stock levels and relationships with other characters. There's also five of them: one running each general store, each one broken in a unique way but otherwise identical. They are also known to be able to pass messages to one another, and may do so for characters - at a price, of course.
Lee Scoresby • Played by Gail
Located at The Ranch
Lee Scoresby runs the ranches, and he and his “pet” hare watch over the place carefully. They’re friendly sorts, but permit no funny business, and he (they?), like North, appears to be invulnerable to most damage and have more knowledge of their domain than it seems like they should. If your mission is to steal a head of cattle, better do it before they get to the Ranch, or you will lose that round, because you aren’t stealing anything under his gaze. He takes very good care of his dozen or so employees, and of any animal that comes under his care. One of the three people characters should go to if they're in the market for Favors; his prices are unrelenting, bordering unfair, and he can't be haggled with, but he's also the best at procuring "futuristic" technology.
The Madame • Played by Maniette
Located in Tycoon Depot
The power behind the common people of Tycoon Depot, and personally in charge of the Bullion Inn, which hosts what's colloquially known as the Seamstresses' Guild (hem hem). She rarely takes companions for herself, save for if someone requests her presence, but she's a constant presence in Tycoon Depot and rumoured to be ageless, having been here since the earliest rounds. One of the three people characters should go to if they're in the market for Favors; her status means she is typically able to get the highest quality goods, but accordingly, her prices are the steepest, and she's the most likely to ask for favors in return.
Moloch Von Zinzer • Played by Maniette
Located in Miner Flats
A permanently disgruntled engineer who is never seen without a filthy, oil-stained apron and scruffy facial hair. The apparent leader of the miners that inhabit the Flats, who seems somewhat frustrated by the role; nonetheless, he knows the layout of the mines better than anyone, and claims to have survived more cave-ins than he can count. A well-known crowd favorite, and thoroughly uncertain as to how he should feel about that. Surprisingly easy to boss around if someone uses a commanding enough tone.
Other Notable NPCsThe Tycoons. The three owners and runners of Tycoons' Depot.
The Bank Manager. Actually several people, often in quick succession, due to the frequency of "Bank Robbery" rounds. There are whispered rumours that the job is given to people that the Game Makers want to die permanently. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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