Category:Characters
Characters in Terminal Descent include the player character, NPCs, faction leaders, AI entities, and legendary figures. Each character features a distinct voice, relationship progression system, and role in the story.
Player Character
- ZERO — The player. A rogue hacker tracing Lyra's trail.
Primary NPCs
- Lyra — Missing runner and cryptographer
- FENCE — Autonomous market algorithm at the Onyx Market
- CONDUIT — Leader of the Ghosts faction
- ORACLE — Rogue PROMETHEUS fragment at Oracle's Hollow
- Kessler — Aegis Defense security director
Antagonists
- The Hive — AI collective controlling Lattice security
- The Architect — Hive's primary intelligence
- Warden — Hive's enforcer
- Mirror — Hive's deception engine (recruitable)
The Old Guard
- SIGNAL — The Watcher, legendary old-net operator
- MAILA — Consciousness healer
- DAX — Ghost scout
- CHASE — Reclaimer engineer
- Camila — Broker infiltrator
- Valentina — Neutral data courier
- Rick — Ex-Consortium defector
- Bartholomew — The Lattice's mythological architect