Play Test: Stuck in Another World as a Reality TV Contestant

Character Reference

Consider this to be less of a Dramatis Personae and more of a general cheat sheet for the many names and characters in the story. Let me know if you'd like anyone or any notes added. If you aren't caught up to the story and Interludes, there may be some spoilers below.

The Party

Alan – Frequent Game Master and general organizer of the Party

Became: James Li

Nasim – Power Gamer and fellow GM for the group

Became: Tor Knudson

Davis – Quiet but active participant in the group, deeply closeted

Became: Genevieve Lyon

Victor – Nonchalant, somewhat lazy nerd and 'Guy who plays himself but a wizard'-type Player

Became: ???, Was sent to The Crossroads of Destiny, somewhere in Middle America

Mars – A deeply chaotic person with militant yet harmless beliefs, dating Cat

Became: ???, Sent to Keletsnya, A small European nation known for its black magic

Cat – Tumblr power user, enjoyed making the snacks weekly

Became: ???, Twin sister of Mars' character, Sent to The City of Eternal Spirituality

Cici – Resident weeb, deeply reserved, married to Ted

Became: Omura Erina

Ted – An affable friend, extremely even keeled and risk adverse

Became: Antonio D'Antonia, aka Oh Yasushi

The Party, again

James Li – Our hero

"I'm the city's finest son, Pak. But don't forget, I'm incredibly fickle too."

Antonio D'Antonio aka Oh Yasushi – cyberneticist for Mena Technologies, fan of cowboy movies, annoyed by his increasingly noir lifestyle, fussy about design

Interlude 4: The Man With The Metal Hand

Omura Erina – A kunoichi and master seductress in the Shinomiya-gumi

Interlude 8: Cici in Paradise

Genevieve Lyon – Semi-retired ballerina, contractor for the DGSE, model, member of the Thorn Pact, Petitioner of the Hesperides

Interlude 9: Star Crossed

Tor Knudson – Alcoholic, homicidal, former spec ops soldier, burnt by Norway, hunted by family, stuck in a hidden Mayan City

The Cast, in no particular order

Annie Shine – former cheerleader, current influencer, senior student of Black City Kung Fu

Being transformed slowly, from Crucifixion, Missouri

Marianne Greene – nurse at Dayside hospital, neighbor, and generally normal person, mother of Shania, Darius, and Shaun

Shania – rescued in Welcome to Black Harbor, quite shy, best friend: Aminah Akhtar, responsible eldest sibling

Ishida Maki – Miko, sympathetic spiritualist, recruited James for the Bell Street Exorcism, sister by spiritual adoption

Ken – deceased brother, tricked into retrieving the Hakkotsu no Ha by Funikugami

Kassem 'Combo' Kahn – legendary stunt man and body double, James' mentor, master of Uzumaki Shinken Ryu Karate

Filming a movie in the Alps

Ex-wife: Katrina Messer; Daughter: Sonje Kahn

Lily Li – master of Li Family Eagle Style Kung Fu, James' mother

John Chang – ex husband, thief, currently in prison

Crystal Li – James' sister, studying design in California

Ami – 'adopted' as a closed door student, former Kuze minion

Black Harbor Eagle Kung Fu School

Mathew Kingsman – middle aged black man, senior most student

Harry Wen – elderly student, former Li babysitter

Mrs. Hsu – elderly student

Kelsey – new student, leaked video of James v. Kuze

'Kevin' Huo – cab driver, calligraphy enthusiast, tutored the Li children in calligraphy, teaches a class at the Shinto Shrine, former getaway driver for now dead yuxia

Shinto Shrine

Ishida Ai – Maki's mother

Susy Sunada – Miko, runs James Li fan account, wants to be a singer, unusually talented at awakening tsukumogami, quite dumb, aka eXscusyMe

Baku-san – a dream tsukumogami of supreme power, stuffed animal

Sunada Daigo – Patriarch of the Sunada Clan, laid back, enjoys puns, writing a novel

Ishida Hiroaki – Patriarch of the Ishida Clan, reasonable, excellent negotiator, likes joinery

Lord Sasumata – tsukumogami, legendary polearm of the Sunada Clan, Lord of Law

Funikugami – Carrion God, guards the lower most entrances to the Shrine

Pak Hadiman – master of Hadiman Silat, community leader, dueled James in Caci

Kuze Tanaka – raised in the Tiger Triad after a raid on a Yakuza trafficking ship, uses pure fighting spirit in place of Qi for techniques, rival of James Li

Former minions: Ami and Ro

On a training trip with his master outside of the city according to Ami

Junior – appointed as head of the Tiger Triad by leadership in Guangzhou, China, striver, from New York

Jade Fu – grew up as the daughter of Tiger members, contented follower of Shelly 'Pastel' Chan, loves weapons

fought James on the rooftop in Bell Street Exorcism p3

Shelly 'Pastel' Chan – a captain in the Tiger Triad, assassin, poison Qi user

Tiger Triad Extras

Caroline Han – best friend and roommate of Jade

Evie, Phillip, Walter "Dubs" – born into Triad

Li Tieguai – one of the Eight Immortals, a vagrant

is trading the story of the 'Peach Incident' in exchange for treats from other immortals and gods

Albert 'Uncle' Hou – owner of UltraFresh Groceries and More, secretly the leader of the Black Harbor Branch of the Crane Sect, an apparently amiable man

Cory Ning – one of James' oldest friends, fuckboy, surprisingly competent criminal

Crane Triad Extras

Fat Frog Hsieh – street captain, once stopped and held a moving armored bank van with his bulk

Vincent He – head of security for the Hou Family, has a 'black hole' technique

Joseph Mao Guanying – comptroller for HaoHao Shipping, head of logistics for the Black Harbor branch of Cranes

Jewel Chen – old friend of James, current stripper, escort, and RedDoor star

Edith 'Edie' Mann – was headhunted for a Crane affiliated Chemtech firm HuaGen by Cory, coerced into participating in the honeypot on James

Vanessa Hou – daughter of Albert, COO of the Kingfisher, lawyer, 10/10 babe

Eleanor Xin Huifen – newest transfer to the city, recently graduated international school in Paris, student of Falling Leaf Lin

'Blink' JingJing – of the Li-Family, former mercenary messenger service, former prodigy

Currently wandering the world

Falling Leaf Lin – pale immortal and friend of the Crane Sect Founder, master of wind techniques, very creepy

James owes Lin a debt

Paul Occam – member of the ancient magical family, journalist for the Harbor Moon, private investigator on behalf of the Order of the Red Rose, unimpressive wizard

Gentry Occam – parrot, excellent wizard, genius, enjoys Agatha Christie, effectively raised Paul, over a hundred years old, extremely English

Aminah Akhtar – Shania's best friend, great with animals, raised to be more religious than she would otherwise prefer

Maria Ramirez – ex-girlfriend, current bike cop in Harbor Hill, strong willed, great ass

Smoothie – cat, violent maniac

'Mr. Squishy' – rat, menace, James' true rival

Robert Mugisha – has run his herbal remedies store for some time, was rescued from torture by James

McNeil Family

Siobhan McNeil – matriarch, bar owner, witch

Megan McNeil – older sister, memory magic specialist

Jason McNeil – well intentioned oaf, sports fan

Sally McNeil – youngest, immensely powerful, borderline personality, aka Sillymander

co-running James Li fan account alongside Susy Sunada after events of 'A Bard's Life'

Background Characters

Madame Wang – moxibustionist and traditional healer

Denny – tech guy and scammer

Alice 'Anaconda' Alencar – reigning champ of the Black Harbor Martial Arts Tournament

May Wong – legendary film star and inspiration of Annie's

Deshaun Greene – deceased ex-husband of Marianne, killed by magic of some kind

Damon Jennings – Annie's ex, rookie linebacker for the Black Harbor Divers, low level psychic

Augusta Hart – co-owner of the Hartwood, Annie's former boss

Cavalcante Garavaglia – tailor at Garibaldi's Couturier

Guiseppe 'Joey' Garavaglia – apprentice tailor

Pha Thet – victim of possession, lethwei practitioner

Daniel Thet – young man, nephew of Pha

Domingo Alvarez – commercial producer

Cherie and Guy – James' new manager and agent respectively, live in Paris, work for GLB Talent Agency

Alpine – former mercenary, dead, user of combat stims

Zelda – Maki's ex-girlfriend, former magical collaborator, tarot witch

Ms. Aggie – pigeon

Hugh – one of James' old friends, Sanda practitioner

O'Reilly – once threw up on a bike cop, classic O'Reilly

Mizutani Ichiro – corpo middle manager at Mena Technologies

Jess – photographer, Annie's roommate, friend from Penn State, fan of smutty romance novels

Grandmaster Kwon – of Master Kwon's Korean Fighting Academy, former military chemist, has over 400 gyms worldwide

Kwon's KFA Black Harbor

Jeanine Bottaro – 7th dan black belt, runs Black Harbor school, short Italian, body like a bronze statue, former friend/colleague of James Chang

Bill – higher ranking black belt, dad vibes

Cathy – American born Korean woman, black belt at Kwon's KFA, Annie's rival?

Garrison – 2nd dan, instructor, sales-guy energy

Casey – work-study program teen, fan of James and Annie's videos

Aditi – Susy Sunada's bestie

Takamine Iwao – 'Blood-Soaked King', former Yakuza enforcer, captured by Erina

Andina Katz – contender for strongest alive, notable for assassination of the Spanish Royal Family, missing/retired

Nagao Haru – contender for strongest alive, in seclusion

Shinomiya-Gumi

Matriarch – catgirl, 250+ years old

Himeno – senior kunoichi

Shimeyo – kunoichi, medical specialist

Go – consort of Himeno, dog-headed man, samurai

Marigold Travers – Sidekick of Genevieve, lots of potential, not much else

Thorn Pact/Order of the Red Rose

Vera Galton – astrologist, 99 years old, sponsored Geneveive, contractor for DGSE

Lord Kian Watt – Petitioner of Cernunnos, ambitious, striving to open an American branch

Edna Occam – known for her manikin maids

Hearse Family

Nitesh Singh

Beth Holiday