The Grotto, WOE.BEGONE
Jacob’s closest friend and the team’s grounded tactician. Eli walks the line between loyal soldier and disillusioned leader, trying to protect his people while playing a dangerous game with the clandestine institutions giving the orders.
A failed actor assuming his dead twin’s identity to escape his embarrassing life circumstances. Jacob stumbles into a paranormal agency, where his struggle to do the right thing clashes with the lies keeping him alive
Jacob’s closest friend and the team’s grounded tactician. Eli walks the line between loyal soldier and disillusioned leader, trying to protect his people while playing a dangerous game with the clandestine institutions giving the orders.
The unit’s scholarly heart, who provides critical intelligence while field agents face supernatural dangers. When not in the archives or monitoring comms, she can be found with oversized headphones, listening to goth music while conducting research that might save lives.
A former aberration hunter fleeing a corrupt legacy. Wielding violence like second nature, her sharp wit and sharper weapons make her indispensable. Despite her tough exterior, she's fiercely loyal to the team that has become her chosen family.
The team’s self-taught technophile, Lucas hides deep insecurity behind nervous energy and eager helpfulness. Brilliant but riddled with self-doubt, he’s constantly trying to prove he belongs - even when he’s already holding the team together from behind the scenes.
A battle-worn veteran with more regrets than allies. Maxwell’s sardonic edge hides a deep grief and a fierce loyalty to the team. He knows how the game is played - and when it needs to be broken.
The vibrant medical examiner who uses games and humor to balance her days of autopsies and dissections. The liveliest person in the room despite working exclusively with the dead, she finds whimsy in her macabre profession.
Sisters, speed demons, and the unit’s transport team. Nyx is blunt and brash, Evie smooth and professional; both adrenaline chasers with a fierce bond and no patience for rules they didn’t write.
Sisters, speed demons, and the unit’s transport team. Nyx is blunt and brash, Evie smooth and professional; both adrenaline chasers with a fierce bond and no patience for rules they didn’t write.
Maxwell’s old partner who vanished mid-mission. Respected and well-liked by the team, Silas was meticulous, intelligent, and strategic. His fate remains unknown, as does his connection to a deeper conspiracy.
The mysterious overseer of The [REDACTED] Unit who maintains strict operational standards from behind the scenes. To The [REDACTED] Unit, Control embodies the mysterious power structure they serve, deciding which cases get pursued and what resources will be allocated to the team's dangerous work.
Eloise serves as a remote intelligence contractor who maintains communications through an old rotary phone. Working from an undisclosed location, she monitors police dispatches, emergency channels, and civilian reports to identify potential aberrant activity and provide cases to The [REDACTED] Unit.
The cleanup specialists who handle the aftermath of aberration neutralization. This enigmatic pair (Couple? Siblings? Both? Eww.) approach their work with zeal and mystery in equal measure.
The cleanup specialists who handle the aftermath of aberration neutralization. This enigmatic pair (Couple? Siblings? Both? Eww.) approach their work with zeal and mystery in equal measure.
Sloan is the Foundation’s PR specialist and resident “fixer,” expertly reshaping public perception whenever aberration activity leaks into the spotlight. Armed with sharp suits and a sharper smile, she crafts convincing narratives that neutralize panic, and turns near-catastrophes into harmless anomalies.
Amidst a long list of random life encounters, Derek’s creative work has involved filmmaking on both sides of the camera, and eventually Escape Room design and management with Athan. Outside of work, you can find Derek enjoying tabletop RPGs with friends, video gaming, reading books of all genres, and otherwise enjoying life with his wife and kids.
A former data analyst who quit his corporate job after a close encounter with an aberration and the Foundation agents who failed to contain it. Mars now lives in a cluttered apartment filled with maps, string connections, and haphazard case files, where he operates a Youtube channel obsessing over aberration sightings that coincide with the cases of The [REDACTED] Unit.
He’s always there. Same elevator, same time, always mid-conversation on his phone. No one knows his name, role, or department. Any attempt to engage him is quickly shut down with an annoyed, “I’m on the phone!”
Jacob’s late twin and former leader of The [REDACTED] Unit. Coldly principled and emotionally distant, Jordan sacrificed relationships for the greater good… until the secrets he kept caught up with him.
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