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LIEUTENANT MADONNA PHILLIPS: Warrior
LAWRENCE BLACK ELK: Cleric, Magic User
GENERAL HARRY EVIL POULE: Warrior/Scout
CHAIM COHEN: Cleric

General Dynamics:
NIGEL BISHOP: Loremaster, Magic User
HOLLY FROST: Warrior, Thief
TREVOR STONE: Magic User
TAMASAN: Cleric
ILSA RADICHEV: Warrior
MIKHAIL RADICHEV: Warrior

Glossary:
THE BARSOOM PROJECT: the ongoing attempt to transform Mars into a
habitat suitable for human life. Named after the Martian locale in novels by
Edgar Rice Burroughs.
CHARACTER: a role played by a Gamer, in broad categories such as Magic
User, Scout, Engineer, Cleric, and Warrior. Characters are often continued
from one Game to the next. During Games, Gamers accumulate points,
talismans, and
treasures, which strengthen their characters. Gamers can also "split"
accumulated points to create a character with abilities in two different
areas: for instance, a Scout/Warrior.
COWLES INDUSTRIES: Dream Park's parent corporation. Driving force behind
the Barsoom Project.
GAME MASTER: one of those responsible for designing and guiding Dream
Park "Gaming" scenarios.
LOREMASTER: one of those who plays within a scenario, recruiting and
guiding a team of Gamers.
MIMIC: Meacham Incorporated Mojave Industrial Community.
NPC (NON-PLAYER CHARACTER): an actor who performs within a Dream
Park scenario. Often, but not always, in opposition to Gamers.
PALO MAYOMBE: Congolese variant of voodoo. Generally thought to be
violent and death-oriented.
SANTARIA: a Latin American variant of voodoo.
SCANNET: MIMIC's security system.
VOODOO: a belief system, or system of magic, incorporating African and
European cosmologies.


Prologue

Tuesday, July 19, 2059 - 3:00 P.M.

For seventy minutes now, the murmur of five thousand throats had built
steadily into a cacophony. The lobby well of the Dream Park Hyatt was
filled from mezzanine to rafters with cheering, stomping, hooting fans.
Banners streamed
and flickered in the wind like the tails of small dragons. Faces from a dozen