Minor characters
Aside from the playable characters in the game, the setting of Deadlock also features a series of minor characters, usually mentioned in headlines from The New York Oracle, the backgrounds of heroes or the visual novels.
Direct Relations
Shelly Fisher
Shelly Fisher is Bebop's creator. She is a widowed junkyard attendant who built Bebop, thus relying on Bebop for support in paying for her treatment. Johann Geist Jr. is her doctor.
The Geists
Johann Geist
Born in 1805 and dying in 1880, Johann Geist was an artist of German nationality who was also the husband of Jeanne Geist. 50 years prior to the events of the game, Paradox, on the behalf of her thieve's guild, stole some of Johann's paintings, said paintings likely being the same ones being exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art.
Walter Geist
The son of Johann and Jeanne Geist. Born in 1850 and died sometime in the 1900s.
Johann Geist (Jr.)
The grandson of Lady Geist and the doctor of Shelly Fisher.
The Arroyos
Carlos Arroyo
A Community organiser in Spanish Harlem. Possibly looking to run for mayor.
The Troubadour
"The Troubador" is the name given by media for a serial killer who commited a killing spree in a town in central Illinois. He was confronted by the town's sheriff, Holliday, but he managed to escape by turning into a murder of crows and flying away, although Holliday still has been looking for him. Both she and the The New York Oracle speculate that The Troubador is flying from Champaign–Urbana to New York.
Nashala Dion
Nashala Dion is a Djinn ambassador, who has employed Mirage to work as her bodyguard and companion. As stated by Mirage in a conversation with Seven, Nashala asks "short-sighted, unreasonable" demands out of Mirage. She (and Mirage) are currently in New York attempting to arrange a deal so the Djinn can buy Wyoming.
Cadence and the Requiem Boys
Cadence and the Requiem Boys are a band, with Cadence as their lead vocalist, that produced the single "Paying the Price" which has concerned some parents over it's mention and "glorification" of human sacrifice.
John Hathorne
Wikipedia article: John Hathorne
John Hathorne was a magistrate and merchant who had a key role as a judge in the Salem Witch Trials during the 1600s which persecuted people believed to be witches. One of the people sentenced to death by him was Vindicta who now holds a grudge against his descendants after she was brought back into reality from the first maelstrom.
John Hathorne (Jr.)
A "controversial speaker" and descendant of the original John Hathorne currently in New York.
He is a member of or the founder of the neo inquisition political group "Friends of Humanity" which has rallied for the US to stop sending aid to the Outer Planes.
It is possible there are two John Hathorne's as Vindicta was killed by one during the in the 1600s but as current period is in the 1900s, it is likely that the "controversial speaker" John Hathorne currently in New York is a descendant.
There was an assassination attempt on his life according to a news headline.
Mentioned Characters
Characters mentioned in passing, usually by the that aren't relevant to the story and are instead just part of the worldbuilding.
Harry Houdini
Wikipedia article: Harry Houdini
Rumoured to still be alive and possibly evaded death itself
Michael Assan
Wrote "A Memoir by Incubus to the Stars" which spent 3 weeks on the top of The New York Oracle's best seller list
Madame Lapri
A relationships expert who wrote a column in The New York Oracle about love potions
Nathan Vice
Centre for the Knickerbockers, had his legs broken by The Curiosity Shop shopkeep for one of the items
Roger and Hammerstein
A duo or business that produced the musical South Pacific that had it's tickets scalped and resold for 1/8 of a soul
Eric Clansky
A man standing trial for a botched exorcism
Miser Heart
The person accusing Mr Clansky in court for causing the spirit inhuman pain and suffering
George Frederick Cooke
Wikipedia article: George Frederick Cooke
Still performing on stage but as a headless ghost
Alican Cane
A reporter from The New York Oracle
Mittens and Peppermint
A cat familiar duo running a cat café in Soho