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CAST OF CHARACTERS AND GLOSSARY
Falling Angel
RICHARD ARBENZ: Ambassador from Falling Angel; Charlene Dula's maternal uncle.
Dream Park
MARTY BOBBICK: Griffin's assistant. Plays as Hippogryph.
ARTHUR COWLES: Founder of Dream Park.
ALEX GRIFFIN: Security Chief of Dream Park.
THADEUS HARMONY: Dream Park Director of Operations.
MITCH HASAGAWA: Dream Park Security. TOMISUBURO IZUML Dream Park R&D tech. CALVIN IZUMI: Brother
of Tom, deceased. SANDY KHRESLA: Head of Dream Park Maintenance Division.
CARY McGIWON: Alex Griffin's new assistant. MILLICENT SUMMERS: Formerly Griffin's secretary.
Now an executive in the Department of Financial Affairs.
DOCTOR VAIL: Dream Park psychologist. DWIGHT WELLES: Senior computer tech for Dream
Park; Game Master for the altered Fimbuiwinter Game.
Gamers
ROBIN BOWLES: Professional actor. Actor in the Fimbuiwinter Game. Talisman: caribou's ear, for
hearing.
CHARLENE DULA: Gamer from the zero-gray habitat Falling Angel, and friend to Michelle Sturgeon.
Talisman: a swatch of white fur, arctic seal, for invisibility.
EVIANE alias MICHELLE RIVERS alias MICHELLE
STURGEON: Veteran of the first Fimbuiwinter Game. Plays most of the game as a tomrait. Talisman:
semi-automatic rifle.
FRANCIS HEBERT: Marine, Major in the reserves. AVRAM HENDERSON: Gamer
MAZIE HENDERSON: Gamer.