NPCs in the Wild Card universe ACES and ALIENS Jay Ackroyd PI and projecting teleport. Popinjay. Married a Takisian whom he met while bodyguarding Tachyon on Takis. Ansata The Takisian who brought the Wild Card virus to Earth. A very naughty boy. Aquarian One of Mark Meadows's aces personalities, an aquatic alien being. Astronomer An ace who ran a cult based on Egyptian freemasonry and human sacrifice, was trying to summon an other-dimensional entity. Killed by Fortunato, melded into a wall. Bagabond Susan Menotti. She can talk to and control animals. In South America now. Baiyin Melant's Takisian hubby. Bat'tam A Vayawand nobleman, pretty old, and has lusted after Tachyon for decades. Bazzakra A Takisian of House Ilkazam. J. Robert Belew Right-wing military type. Ex-Vietnamese minister for Mark Meadows government. Has powers to meld with machinery and regenerate. Lady Black Joan Jefferson, an African-American ace with energy-absorbing powers. On Iran mission. Black Eagle African-American. One of the four aces, could fly, was an ex-pilot, was also strong. Now dead. Earl Sanderson Jr. Black Shadow An African-American ace with several personalities, wanted for murder as a vigilante. Imprisoned by Card Sharks, helped Croyd Crenson attack the Shark organisation. Has light absorbing and wall-crawling powers. Neil Carton Langford. Blaise Andrieux Grandson of Dr. Tachyon, strong mind control powers, but his brain is now serving as a controller on a Network ship. Part-Takisian. Given jumper powers by Loophole. Blockhead Dead ace named Brian Boyd, had mind-screening powers which Cameo used on raid on the Rox. The Bodysnatcher Personality Zelda took on after many jumps, including Pulse. Molly Bolt A jumper. Claude Bonnell Le Miroir. French ace with impersonation powers. Bounty Network Master Trader. Randall Bullock Alias of J.R. Belew. David Butler Head jumper, was killed by Oddity. Carnifex Billy Ray. Ex-Michigan football playing ace who broke a leg in a football game and was discovered when he came back in the last quarter to play. Government ace, strong with regeneration powers. Cillka Finally the last of Tachyon's sisters. Cordelia Chaisson Cajun. Niece of Jack Robicheaux. Has reptililian death powers. Cameo An ace able to take on the powers and memories of the dead. Real name Ellen Allworth, involved in Battle's raid on the Rox as she was promised Black Eagle's jacket, but she was shafted and Battle gave her Mackie Messer's jacket until Carnifex got pissed. Captain Chaos A jumper. Chimera An ace. Alvin Chipmunk. A jumper, but Theodore is cooler. Leslie Christian British ace with astral projection powers, killed by Kien. Cosmic Traveller One of Mark Meadows's ace personalities. Has impersonation powers. The Blue Weenie. Sharon Cream Israeli strongwoman ace, battled it out for title of strongest woman in the world with Hera, it was a draw. Suzy Creamcheese A buxom young jumper. Creep A jumper. Croyd Crenson The Sleeper. A drug addict hibernating joker/ace who has a new appearance every time he wakes up. He may be an ace, or a joker. One personality caused the Typhoid Croid scare, and was a wild card infecting carrier. Uses speed to keep himself awake. Crypt Kicker An unkillable dead ace with strength and acid powers. A fundamentalist psycho who works for the government and the Card Sharks, named Bobby Joe Puckett. Was a criminal and Texas sniper in Austin beforehand. Cyclone Vernon Henry Carlysle. A wind-powered flying ace, father of Mistral, worked for the military. Damsel Torn apart by mob on failed mission to Tehran, had booster powers, could increase other's ace powers. Deadhead Criminal ace who gets people's memories by eating their brains. Insane. Al Dearborn Ace with luck powers, ex-naval aviator involved with X-11A project. Demise A criminal ace with extreme regeneration powers, able to kill with a look. Now deceased. Named James Spector, one of Tachyon's failures. Dervish A mad, fast ace somewhat apelike who busted out with Croyd and Black Shadow from the Card Shark prison. Detroit Steel Mike Tsakos, an ace who built himself a big powered suit and hangs out in Detroit. Attacked the Rox. Diego A jumper Patchwork had a crush on, now dead. Dogen An ace in Hokkaido with mental powers, a zen monk who worked with Fortuna to and G.C. Jayewardene. Thomas Marion Douglas The Lizard King, a rock star ace. He took Tachyon's wild card treatment, was made human, and died from substance abuse. Digger Downs Reporter for Ace magazine, a tabloid publication. Has the power to smell out aces. Durga ak'Morakh Takisian trained killing machine and bodyguard/assassin immune to mental powers. Super strong and resilient. Egyon Takisian Ilkazam Kou'nar sword. Elephant Girl Rahda O'Reilly, a half-Indian woman able to transform herself into a flying elephant. Elidan A Vayawand noble, realistically accepted Blaise. Woody Enloe Major. Ace in X-11A test project. Envoy David Harstein, one of the Four Aces. Super charisma and negotiating skills. Fadeout An ace with the power to turn invisible. Now dead, named Phillip Cunningham, Shadow Fist leader. Fantasy Beautiful ace dancer named Asta Lenser. Fireball Psychotic fire-powered ace murderer. Fortunato An ace who uses tantric magic, ran a geisha school and fought and defeated the Astronomer, an egyptian mason ace. Now in Japan. Ganesha Paedophiliac ace who masqueraded as an elephant headed joker, was killed by Moonchild with the help of J.R. Belew. Garbru Raiyis of Takisian House Ss'ang. Gena Takisian maid. Mademoiselle Gerard The last jumper alive, she was killed. Golden Boy Jack Braun, one of the Four Aces, the one who betrayed them. B-grade actor. Strongest Man Alive, has a bio-forcefield that protects him, too. Govan Jeban Takisian psi-lord killed protecting his men. Mr. Gravemold Another of Black Shadow's personalities, strong with a very bad smell. Casey Guinan Ace killed in the X-11A test project by Card Sharks. Gyro Gearloose A jumper. H'amazan First Takisian to contact the sentient spaceships like Baby. The Ship Shaper. Hardhat Ace who fought the Lizard King and the Radical. Named Wojtek Grabowski. Hari-Kari 12 year old jumper electronics expert. Harlem Hammer A superstrong and tough ace who weighs 470 pounds, strength rivals Golden Boy's. Real name is Mordecai Jones, an African-American. Zoe Harris Ace with ability to animate inanimate objects. Emigrated to Israel, helping lots of others do likewise. Gregg Hartmann Ex-senator and presidential candidate, was Puppetman but Tachyon destroyed those powers. Now a joker. Hastet Takisian commoner, wife of Jay Ackyroyd and restaurant owner. Hazzal Raiyis of House Jeban. Hellcat Zabb's toasted spaceship. Hera Greek strongwoman ace, made a pass at Mistral while she was there. Buddy Holley Ace with strange discorporation powers, rock star that disappeared for a time. Howler An ace with sonic powers, is now dead. Hunapu One of the South American Hero Twins aces. Iceman A jumper. Where do they get these names? Ilyana Tachyon's daughter while in Kelly's body by Blaise. Very complicated family tree here, being his great-granddaughter, as well. Imp Ace working with Astronomer with electrical powers. Insulin Ace working with Astronomer with diabetes-inducing type powers, reduction of blood sugar levels, etc. G.C. Jayewardene Ace with precognition powers via dreams, had the Dogen block his powers in Japan. Discovered Jerry Strauss was really the giant ape. Josh Davidson Actor alias of David Harstein after he was let out of prison. Jubal A walrus-like alien agent, who masquerades as a joker. Is the Jokertown newsboy. Real name Jhubben of the Glabberan race, an anthropologist. Juggler A jumper Jumping Jack Flash A flying pyro, one of Mark Meadows ace personalities. Kahina Ace prophetess married to Sayyid. First name Misha. Colonel Kallikanzaros Greek sneaky type ace. Ke'elan Head of Vayawand security. Khof Port Said ace. Kid Dinosaur Child-ace who could turn into small replica dinosaurs. Was murdered. L'Gura Raiyis of House Vayawand, committed suicide. Lady Light Female ace with light-powers who helped Croyd and Black Shadow escape. Lani Takisian matronly type. Aide to Tachyon. St. John Latham A lawyer of Latham and Strauss known as Loophole, his ace power was giving jumper powers to people by having sex with them. Killed by Jerry Strauss, was also know as Prime and Sinjin. Lazy Dragon A criminal ace, who could project himself into origami animals such as dragons, tigers, etc. Real name Ben Choy, shares a body with his sister Vivian Choy, it assumes the form of whoever is in control of the body at the time, male or female. The Librarian Harvey Melmouth could project a zone of silence. Was killed by US Government under Card Shark influence on failed Tehran mission. Mackie Messer Insane terrorist ace with vibrating powers. Took Tachyon's hand off. Mai A female ace with healing powers used by gangsters, rescued by Brennan and melded with The Swarm, making it benign. Manta Ray An ace. Mark Meadows Captain Trips, an ex-hippie, one of his ace personalities is president of Free Vietnam. Father of Sprout. Was suspected to be the Radical, an ace who appeared and fought HardHat in the 60s. Has several ace personalities, he has to make powdered drugs to become them, and only for limited times. Melant Yet another of Tachyon's sisters. Mister Nobody A jumper. Mistral Wind controlling flying ace, daughter of Cyclone. Real name Helen Carlysle. Modular Man An android created by Dr. Travnicek, an ace turned into a joker by Typhoid Croyd. Destroyed at the Rox. Molniya A Russian ace with electrical powers, also a spy. Mon'aella Tachyon's wife of the Vayawand House. Was married to her while Kelly was in his body. She killed off lots of Vayawand breeders pregnant by Blaise. Monster Big ugly monster creature with a big dick Mark Meadows turned into when he took a contaminated potion. Moonchild One of Mark Meadows's ace personalities. A Korean super martial-artist. Doug Morkle Durg's human nom de guerre. Nesfa An alien of the Viand race and a Network employee. Nur al-Allah Syrian ace and prophet. Fanatically anti-wild card. The Najib. Onyze Ilkazam Kou'nar assassinated by Zabb as a potential rival. Pandasala Another of Tachyon's sisters. Peregrine An ace with wings that enable flight. A talk-show host. Really a joker/ace. Polyakov Soviet hidden ace and spy with heat powers. Real name Georgy Vladimrovich Polyakov. A spy master. Porker A jumper. Pshara One of Tachyon's sisters. Pulse An ace with super speed and light powers who was jumped. Real name Cyrus Randall. Quar'ande Ss'ang commander. Rabdan Takisian Tachyon killed on Earth during their plot to drop an asteroid on the planet. The Racist White supremacist criminal ace with superspeed. Radgar Takisian Ilkazam sword. Rainman A jumper. The Reflector Snotman's ace name. C.C. Rider Ace rock star with ability to become a train. Jack Robicheaux An ace who can turn into an alligator. Has AIDS, which his wild card is helping him survive while still in alligator form. Uncle of Cordelia Chaisson. Wyungare helped the alligator from expel the AIDS virus. Roulette Female ace with power to kill by sex. Killed the Howler. Roxalana One of Tachyon's sisters. Scar A teleporting criminal ace, killed by Yeoman. Sekal A Vayawand noble, first to get fired up about Blaise and his retread speeches on Takis, lived to regret it and subordinate his house to the Ilkazam. Shaklam Tachyon's father, became a vegetable when shot in the head and Tachyon turned off his life support when he returned to Takis. Danny Shepherd Female ace with multiple bodies, Turtle's lover. Shi'tha Another of Tachyon's sisters. Skatt Takisian Ilkazam sword. Snotman An ace, a joker re-infected by Typhoid Croyd. Very strong. Starracer Takisian ship. Starshine One of Mark Meadows's ace personalities. Deceased, super fast energy projector, died fighting in space. This is having repercussions on Mark's mental state. K. C. Strange A female jumper. Straight Arrow A justice deparment ace with fire powers. Real name Nephi Callendar. Jerry Strauss The projectionist. A millionaire shape-shifter who was trapped as a giant ape for 20 years when he lost his ability to re-emerge from this form. Jay Ackyroyd's new partner. Sundiver Takisian ship. Dr. Tachyon Developer of Xenovirus Takis-A, the wild card virus. Prince Tisianne of Takis, now ruler of Takis after being on Earth for some forty-odd years, going through various adventures. Was a Russian double-agent named Dancer. Full name Tisianne Brant Ts'ara sek Halima Ragnar sek Omian. Got pregnant by his grandson when jumped into a female human body and had a daughter named Illyana. Taj Ilkazam Regent on Takis while Tachyon and Zabb were away. Tea-Daddy Tea-leaf reader, broke out with Croyd and Black Shadow. Edgar Thayer X-11A pilot, killed by Card Sharks in a supposed car accident. The Black Black cat that hangs around Bagabond. Bloody big for a cat. The Calico The other cat that hangs around Bagabond. Trace A female ace with the reputed power to be able to find anything, it worked in the case of Wraith's lost mind. Dr. Travnicek Insane inventor ace (basically Sons of Ether) who designed Modular Man. Tri'ava Yet another of Tachyon's sisters. Tricolor French military ace with power of flight. Captain Donatien Racine. Ts'ara Tachyon's mother, now dead. Thomas Tudbury The great and powerful Turtle. An ace with immensely strong telekinetic powers, flies around in a shell and his powers only work then. Blythe van Renssaeler Brains Trust. One of the Four Aces. Died in a mental hospital under strain of carrying several personalities around. Vanilla A jumper. Veronica An ex-geisha of Fortunato's, gained the ace power to kill men only, it would not work on women. Wall-Walker Another of Black Shadow's identities. Water Lily Female ace with moisture control powers. Real name Jane Dow, was a lover of Fatman and Fortunato and a mount of Ti Malice. Wegemer Famous counter-terrorist ace. Whisperer Shadow Fist ace. Will-O-Wisp Nick Williams, a PI in Hollywood, was killed by his lover Marilyn Monroe, a Card Shark, as Williams was an ace with electricity powers. Hiram Worcester Was owner of Aces High. Killed Chrysalis. Has gravity controlling powers. Fatman. Wraith Jennifer Malloy. Daniel Brennan's lover. An ace with the power to dematerialise. Wyungare Aboriginal ace with dreamtime and mystic powers. Cordelia Chaisson's lover, was killed fighting at the Rox. Xbalanque The other South American Hero Twin ace. Yakalanmaz Turkish invulnerable ace. Likes to play with dumb FBI boys. Yimkin Raiyis of House Tandeh. Zabb Tachyon's cousin and one time lover when he was jumped into a girl's body. Now deceased. A long-time enemy of Tachyon's. Za'Zam First Takisian sentient spacehip, came to H'amazan. Zelda One of the head jumpers, a WORSE double-agent for Loophole. Zujj House Alaa commander.