Inspector George Jenkins was a child prodigy. He left school early and ran away from home to join the army, finding a place in the exclusive Beacon Corps, training under Valis Nazarian, a legendary hero. The lack of public record for George’s activities in the years that followed lead to much speculation.

Returning home for personal reasons, he searched for a career worthy of his skillset, spending some time in the secretive Wizard Block, before finally settling into a Boots role within the CCPD. His natural skill and prowess got him far in the past but it makes no friends in the city, where everyone has an angle and something to prove.

Instead, he keeps his head down, his walls up, and works as hard as he can to make the world a little bit better. His mystique and cloudy history has made him a legend in the Department.

Brandon Walsh didn’t care much for school, choosing instead to focus on his band, and generally having fun. Thanks to a hefty inheritance at a young age, Brandon was able to fund his band’s – Obese Vacation – tour of Europe as well as several more local runs. They did quite well in the late 90’s but ultimately fell apart when the members matured.

Trying to land on his feet, Brandon leaned into his other passion, graphic design. Struggling for a while as a freelancer, he had an epiphany looking around at his friends in comfortable office jobs with little work to actually do, and called up a kid he went to school with once – George Jenkins.

Owing Brandon a favour, George fought his corner as much as he could, despite nobody wanting to give Brandon a job with responsibility attached. Perhaps with a mix of tenacity and seeing something in Brandon, George pulled the right strings to take Brandon under his wing as a trainee.

From a young age, Gonzo and his twin brother Julio were left with only each other to rely on.

The twins fought hard to make a living in the UK. Julio bounced around jobs in retail and hospitality, and Gonzo joined the Liverpool Metropolitan Police Department – something Julio resented. The martial arts training instilled in them as children by their father, as well as rigorous training under experts like Valis Nazarian, shaped the twins into physically dangerous men. Julio preferred to keep his ace in his sleeve, however.

When Julio’s mental health started to decline, Gonzo left his job and the two moved south, ending up in Cardiff, starting from scratch. They pulled several cons and hustles for paying clients, making their home in Rust City for a time, before vanishing into the clutches of Black Mist – a local criminal organisation with deep and mysterious roots…

Born in Granite Falls, Washington, USA, Matt later moved to San Francisco to study History, Archaeology and recently wrapped up his PhD in Egyptology. As part of his studies, he undertook a dig in Sudan, discovering a stone tablet he’s spent the last few months deciphering.

Claiming to have found clues hinting at the lost cache of Akhenaten, Matt published a paper to gain funding from the Grand Board of Archaeology. After being laughed out of the room, he gave up, but had unknowingly drawn the attention of the U.S. Government, who have funded Matt’s project and tied him into a difficult contract.

Now somewhat living out his father’s dream, Matt is in Amarna, Egypt, trying to figure out a way of preserving and documenting the (potentially) greatest discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun, and preventing a total takeover and blackballing by the United Task Force.

Alec is a member of the Swedish Piketen, a ruthless team of special soldiers.

The story goes that he was hand-picked by the United Task Force from an orphanage in Skepplanda, Sweden. Gaining combat experience, special training, and unteachably sharp instincts from having been sculpted for battle from a young age, Alec is back from war and is twiddling his thumbs as a glorified bouncer for the Piketen.

He has a very close platonic relationship with his comrade-in-arms Olivia, and they use security jobs as a form of social hangouts. But times are dragging and they’re both getting bored.

The latest job is assigned patrol of a quadrant of Gothenburg to ensure the annual G-9 Summit of world leaders goes off without a hitch…

[See entry for ‘Amigo’ Gonzales Rodriguez]

As of the beginning of ‘The Black Mist’, we meet Jules during his time spent with Gonzo grifting and running cons for money. Operating out of a sectioned-off bunk bed in Rust City, the brothers have bitten off more than they can chew, at the insistence of Jules, who thinks they’re more than capable.

But the night of the Summit is about to turn into a lifechanging event for all involved…

COMING SOON…

COMING SOON…