In the winding alleyways and neon-lit alcoves of Entropy Estates, the word “Outsider” is a catch-all term, whispered with a mixture of curiosity and suspicion. They are the visitors from the unknown beyond the Estates, the messengers from a world both longed for and feared by the inhabitants. Their arrivals bring change – sometimes subtle, sometimes disruptive, but always tangible.
Rex Sterling enters the Estates with the bearing of a man who is used to having power. His suit is impeccable, his smile calculated. By day he serves one of the tech giants, but his nights are spent searching for his daughter, who has devoted herself to the Nocturnals – an embodiment of his own failures, or perhaps his deepest fears.
Vega, the Freelancer, is a phantom who glides through the digital and physical worlds of Ravenlock City. Her deals are fleeting, her presence unpredictable. She trades in information and technology that the hacker gangs covet – and the Fringe Traders admire her for her ability to walk in the shadows.
Dr. Elara Morn, a scientist from the world of bio-tech corporations, enters the Estates with a mission. She brings knowledge and tools that could help the Reclaimers, but her visits are unofficial, a tacit concession to the bureaucratic blindnesses of her corporate world, which would prefer to erase places like the Estates from their consciousness.
Cassio is a shadowy figure, a broker of secrets who prowls the Estates, making deals that disappear as quickly as they appear. His arrivals are sporadic and his intentions unclear, but the information he offers is too valuable to be ignored.
Lynx, the cyber artist, brings artwork from the Upper City that plays with the light and the dark. His performances at the Nocturnals’ parties are legendary – a touch of rebellion creeping into the skin of Ravenlock City’s young elite.
Aura returns to the Estates as a former resident and current employee of a security firm. Her visits are sporadic, her intentions unclear, but the old friends welcome her as one of them – and listen for the news she brings.
Sledge is the supplier, the fringe trader whose wares range from rare spare parts to forbidden machines. He is the one who opens the doors to the dark corners of the city.
Tycho, the young corporate heir, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing who secretly dances in the nights of the Nocturnals and sneaks back into his other life at dawn – a life full of privilege and facades.
And then there is Mara Solstice, the fighter for the rights of androids. Her rare visits to the Estates are emotional pleas for equality and understanding. She challenges the Evolutionaries, asking them to view the world through a lens of empathy rather than superiority.
These Outsiders, each with their own story, form the living interface between Entropy Estates and the outside world. They are the link between what is and what could be, the embodiment of the flow of life that runs through Ravenlock City. They bring the world in – and sometimes they carry a piece of Entropy Estates out into the larger world.
