The Selected
NAME: JESSUP BECKETT
AGE: 45
DOB: Nov 17, 2030
Former Kavli prize recipient in neurobiology and one of the city-state’s original founding members. After the death of his wife, Jessup turned into a volatile alcoholic. Best friend of Horizon Enterprises CEO Grayson Minx. Currently works alone as an agricultural consultant in Anchorage’s vertical farming system.
NAME: DINA KAZEMI
AGE: 42
DOB: Feb 4, 2033
Pharmacist in a downtown Urgent Care Center. Following a traumatic incident in her teenage years that disgraced her Middle Eastern family, Dina fled to Alaska. Now in her adult years, she uses her access to medication to run underground “healing centers.” This entails administering low doses of psychotropic drugs to help citizens deal with their prospects of survival. Unmarried and childless.
NAME: GORDON COOK
AGE: 69
DOB: Sep 26, 2006
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Retired conservative professor from the University of Alaska. Educated as an industrial engineer, Gordon has struggled to draw the line between science and faith his entire life. The world’s catastrophes have turned him into a God fearing man. Estranged from his two children, the only thing that keeps him going is his dutiful loving wife.
NAME: ATKA QUINTERO
AGE: 60
DOB: Dec 12, 2015
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A Native Alaskan raised in the ways of old Eskimo traditions. She moved to Anchorage as a young woman after the passing of her parents. Atka was soon impregnated by a white man and ended up raising the child alone. She now lives with her grown autistic son and works in the laundromat of Horizon Enterprises. Shaman with healing powers.
NAME: TIMOTHY WHITAKER
AGE: 50
DOB: May 28, 2025
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Mid-level processing agent for The Immigration and Assimilation Bureau. His wife holds a senior level position on Fire Island and wears the pants in the Whitaker household. Tim is completely convinced that his "selection" was a clerical error and demands to be excused from the process. Feeble and weak. Benedict Arnold type.
NAME: VINCENT de la CRUZ
AGE: 51
DOB: Nov 22, 2024
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Corrupt ex-mayor of Los Angeles. Born to immigrant parents but raised by an upper class step-father. Publicly outcast for the Southern California earthquake disaster of 2059. Youngest mayor in LA's history and the first to be recalled. Moved to Anchorage with his 13-year-old son after waiting a full year outside the city's walls before being granted citizenship inside.
NAME: AMANDA BUTCHER
AGE: 31
DOB: Oct 1, 2044
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Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas to a wealthy Baptist family. Moved to Anchorage with her husband, an engineer who helped build the city’s wall. Chose to stay in Alaska after he died during construction. Mother to an eight-year-old girl. Extremely religious and fanatical. Kleptomaniac.
NAME: SPENCER PACE
AGE: 34
DOB: Jul 15, 2041
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Highly intelligent inventor suffering from schizophrenia. Spencer started developing computer apps before pubescence. Has a love/hate relationship with technology. While he uses it to communicate abroad, his psychosis keeps him paranoid of who may be monitoring him. Conspiracy theorist.
NAME: ALEXANDER DOLAN
AGE: 25
DOB: Jan 26, 2050
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Left to die in a garbage bin at birth, Alexander was adopted by a rural couple that owned a farm in Wasilla. Highly affected by sensory images due to his synesthesia condition. Moved into Anchorage following the death of his guardian father. Currently works in the city's morgue. Chess master who favors bestiality.
NAME: RAIN COULTER
AGE: 23
DOB: Jul 20, 2052
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Orphaned by her parents when they fled Alaska during the first years of the Selection Process. Raised by well meaning grandparents who couldn’t compensate for her feeling of abandonment. Rain eventually found an outlet by illegally painting murals all over the city. She currently works in one of the city’s suicide clinics. Bisexual.
The Others
ADRIAN WALLACE (39)
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Security Officer for the Department Of Preservation. He is the Proctor in the waiting room, serving as the intermediary between the participants and the Selection Panel. Adrian served his country in the Army before the disbandment of the U.S. Union. After moving to Alaska, he joined the Anchorage Police Department until his wife was sacrificed through the Selection Process.
GRAYSON MINX (43)
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CEO of Horizon Enterprises who implemented the Selection Process. His father, a mechanic, taught him to understand “how things work” from an early age. At 22 years-old, he started his first company producing affordable nanoprocessors. He was soon bought out by behemoth Horizon and production facilities were moved to Anchorage. After the company’s founding father died, Grayson was left as its sole heir and executor.