Characters

Main Characters

There are two main characters that make up the bulk of the Nexus stories. Alastair and the mysterious Wicker. There's more to both of them than meets the eye, of course, and throughout the stories, many things come out about both of them that may surprise, and sometimes delight, you.

Alastair MacMillan

Alastair is introduced as a gunslinging EDS agent who champions the weak and defends people that need it, Realmer or not. He's known for his distinctive look: Always wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a dark tan trenchcoat over his climisuit. He then rescues Wicker from a mob intent on hanging him, and there's something between them he cannot name. A man uninterested in changing the world, the thing is, he has the knowledge to do so. The son of Finley MacMillan, he is much more intelligent than he shows others. Cunning and able to strategize effectively, he hides what genius he has in order to not be targeted in attempts to fix the world he believes deserves what has come to it. Meeting Wicker, though, might just change it all.

Wicker

Wicker is discovered in the city of Bennu near Phoenix. Alastair rescues him from the gallows as the people attempt to execute him for the death of his caretaker who died of natural causes. Wicker was raised unknown to anyone except his "Mama" and has never interacted with the world. He's a mystery, though, because he has an appearance that doesn't match any Realmer that Alastair's ever seen or even heard of.

Party Members

Various people join Alastair and Wicker along their trek through the world to solve the mystery of the Nexus. Some take longer than others, and some are only with them for a certain purpose. In any case, all party members are important and play a substantial role in the saving of this new, strange world they've all come to live in.

Archie MacMillan

Archie is a genius and he knows it all too well. He knows more about quantum physics than anyone else at the current time. Taught by his father from childhood, he absorbed the information as it was given to him. Since then, he has researched and experimented on his own. While he doesn't believe in the "nonsense" his father spoke about the ancient civilizations and their relation to quantum physics, he knows his father had an incredible mind. He pushes for Alastair to work with him, stating that Alastair may be the only person who exceeds him in intellect.

Cian Pemrose

Cian is a psychic teenager who Alastair and Wicker help out. They are a very big part of their lives and will be going forward.

Antagonists

There isn't much of a story without antagonists, but we can't reveal too much, now can we? These antagonists are not guaranteed to remain antagonists, either. Sometimes individuals grow and develop. They are listed here if the initial encounter with them is antagonistic. You'll have to read to see if they stay that way.

Harley

Harley is a nuissance to Alastair at best, an enemy at worst. Harley doesn't like his fellow EDS agent, and he feels like Alastair gets preferential treatment even though he breaks rules when he feels like it.

Influential Characters

While these characters may never play a major role in the story, they are referenced and some reappear at certain times, exherting their influence on the characters during the story. Some of them operate outside the scope of the party's knowledge, while others directly involve themselves in the mission.

Finley MacMillan

Finley was a genius. No one would doubt that. Through his entire life, people considered him charmed because everything went right for him. He married his high school sweetheart. He graduated top of his Masters and Doctorate programs. He immediately landed his dream job. His hobby, ancient civilizations, kept his free time busy, and he even became well known in that field despite physics being his primary field of study. He was a golden boy. Then, Finley disagreed with the QEBS. He had evidence, but those in charge didn't believe any of it. And thus, Finley quickly became a laughing stock in his field for almost ten years until he was proven right and died in the implosion caused by the QEBS accident.

Crystal

Crystal raised Wicker after finding him mysteriously as a baby. Despite knowing he wasn't human, she gave him all the care in the world she could without letting anyone know he existed. The only thing she ever told him was "Never be seen" and he took that to heart. She passed away of natural causes, leading to Wicker's near hanging.

Captain Tubman

The captain of the Arizona branch of the EDS, Captain Tubman is a good man through and through. He also carries many suspicions about his own organization. He quietly supports Alastair for unknown reasons.

Dave

Dave is the closest things to a sergeant at arms. He is the weapons master and the head self-defense instructor. He's a big man, and everyone gives him a wide berth. Except for Alastair. And Dave finds that incredibly amusing. He, like Tubman, have doubts about the EDS.

DeeDee

A Echo Realmer, DeeDee helps Wicker at a crucial moment. She then disappears. All that is know is that she's a member of the Psychic Defense League.