This is a list of minor characters appearing in Path to Nowhere.
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◆ 702
A member of 036's FAC team N7. During the prelude to the appearance of BR-004, 702 accuses Hella and other Sinners of being the monsters responsible for the crisis. 036 swiftly disciplines him and reminds him to keep his emotions under control. 702 apologizes, but is killed by Corruptors almost immediately thereafter.
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◆ Abel Schilder
A City Councilor and Demon's father, Abel was assassinated in N.F. 104 while campaigning to become the council's Speaker. His murder caused significant political upheaval, including the deaths of Matilda's parents who were among his supporters, and caused the MBCC to become legally obligated to provide security for any events involving government officials.
◆ Anania
Anania was an FAC employee who tried to manage the organization's public relations disaster in the wake of the Eclipse Operation. She worked with Nathan to silence critics, a crime for which she was assassinated by Coquelic ten years later.
◆ Andrea
Andrea is a Syndican who was able to immigrate to Eastside and resides in Sloane Street. She has a difficult time getting accustomed to her more privileged surroundings. Adela cuts off her worries and causes her to abandon her conscience, becoming aggressive and gangsterlike.
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◆ Brand
Brand is an armed doctor at SALVA Hospital. He is tortured by Ted for information about Suspect R. The death of his attending nurse, Laura, drives him to become a powerful Corruptor, who is defeated by the Chief when he attempts to save SALVA from attacking gangsters.
◆ Bryce Campbell
Bryce is the father of Eirene Campbell and the most powerful man in the Outland state of Fraser City. He was the fifth head of the Campbell family and was its most ruthless leader in the family's history. In eight years after his ascent, he took control over 98% of the trade routes through WhiteSands, and achieved this rise in power by ruthlessly using any tools necessary to him, including his own family.
◆ Burns
Burns is the former Chief of the local security precinct in the West District reporting to the Public Security Bureau, and present director of the City Council as of N.F. 112. He is a native of the West District who sold out his home as a signatory of the West District Order Management Regulations in order to make a fortune and cultivate the connections to launch his political career. Deeply corrupt, Burns attempts to assassinate Zoya and destroy The Legion to prevent them from unifying Syndicate, but is killed at the onset of BR-004. Despite working directly at the behest of Parma, Burns did not seem to know his truly sinister intentions, and just believed him to be a useful tool for keeping Syndicate oppressed.
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◆ Carley
Carley is a young woman from Syndicate who came to Eastside with her boyfriend Greg and became a maid for Cabernet Franc. When Cabernet rejected Greg's food, Carley protested angrily; her passion entranced Cabernet, and their souls became her favorite food. They were abducted and mutated together into a monstrous mermaid by Parma and McGrath. After Cabernet was Shackled, she made an example of Carley by having her eat Greg's soul, which drove her mad with gluttony just like Cabernet.
◆ Carol
Carol is a transgender fashion designer who was invited to the party at Ogygia Villa. She is haughty and dismissive of the other guests. McGrath transforms her into an oyster after she is outed by a jealous guest.
◆ Chad
The teenage son of Levy's cousin, Chad is convinced by his father to attack Levy at a company board meeting after Levy demands he pay back the money embezzled from their business. The brawl results in Levy's arrest, but Levy retaliates by ruining his cousin's fortune, burning down their house, and leaving Chad with nothing. Levy intends this as a harsh lesson to teach Chad how to survive in the cutthroat world of Eastside.
◆ Conrad
Conrad Cage is an FAC soldier, Varna's successor as the leader of the FAC's G47 squadron and Rahu's immediate superior prior to her desertion from the FAC. He joined the FAC in N.F. 100 and missed the Eclipse Operation due to injury. Shortly after Rahu's desertion, his squad was wiped out. He refers to Rahu as his "last comrade" and Rahu calls him "brother".
◆ Cyrus
Cyrus is the intended "final boss" of Etti's game in the Dragon & Isle of Sky event. He is a gifted mechanic, who sought to become the new Dragon of Genesis by fusing with the Dragon of Calamity. In the Chief's final playthrough of the game, he becomes an ally who sacrifices himself to help the Chief reach the real Dragon of Genesis. He is also a real person, who was transformed into an NPC after playing Etti's game.
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◆ Daisy
Daisy is a Sinner and one of the two hosts of DeadLover Radio. She possesses the abilities to tell if people are lying and to hear "voices from other worlds", AKA the real-life players and developers of the game.
◆ Das Arz
Das is a psychiatric doctor at Banyan Fourth Hospital. He is a legitimate medical professional who is often at odds with the Nirvana-backed executives using the hospital as a cover, and treated Donald for several years after Nirvana was through experimenting on him. After the destruction of BR-002, Das Arz became the head of the new Banyan branch hospital in Syndicate.
◆ Diego Gonzalez
Diego is the son of Gonzalez gang patriarch Francisco Gonzalez and an obsessive superfan of DeadLover Radio. Around the time of the N.F. 113 DisCars awards ceremony, he ran away from home to join the radio show. Gonzalez gangsters sent to retrieve him were defeated, and Love and Daisy allowed him to join their crew in order to replace the many members of staff who fled during the attack.
◆ Dole
Dole is a sheriff in the Eastside Public Security Bureau. He acts as Christina's direct supervisor during her summer internship with the Bureau and subsequent investigation of The Garden's assassination spree. Although blunt, by-the-book, and frequently annoyed with her recklessness, Christina appreciated that Dole was the only person at the Bureau who took her seriously.
◆ Doyle
Doyle is a former Public Security Bureau detective who featured prominently in the Dreamy Bubbles event. He is now washed up and alcoholic, but was once known as the "Incredible Inspector" and was responsible for the investigation of the original Sleepwalker incident.
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◆ Eastian Envoy
The Envoy is a man who led the Eastian delegation to DisCity that included Du Ruo and Yanyan. Despite harboring hatred for DisCity due to the devastating consequences that its internal strife has on the rest of the world, he is a capable and professional diplomat willing to set aside his own feelings in order to cooperate on opposing the Sun Crow. He is also a skilled wielder of defensive Mania sorceries.
◆ Erwin
Erwin is an NPC in Etti's Dragon & Isle of Sky game, a boy genius who owns a relic that can resist the Ice Plague. He is one of the Chief's closest allies in their second playthrough of the game.
◆ Ethan
Ethan is a reporter for DisTV and colleague of Bianca. He is nominated for a purging vote on Gray Mirror because his news content is too boring.
◆ Eugean
Eugean was the head of the Future Charity Foundation, an organization which controlled the payout of compensation to the families of dead FAC soldiers. After the Eclipse Operation disaster, Eugean conspired to withhold over a billion total DisCoins in compensation from deserving beneficiaries, a crime for which he was targeted by The Garden ten years later. However, Eugean was killed by Thistle before Coquelic could reach him, creating a hole in her plan that led to Thistle’s arrest and the Garden’s eventual destruction.
◆ Eugene
Eugene is the leader of the MBCC Arrest Team. He is more often referred to by his title than his name.
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◆ Faye
Faye works in the Supply Office at the MBCC. As a gift, she gave the Chief tickets to the Witching Hour exhibit at Belphegor Art Museum. After this resulted in their entrapment within the resulting Mania crisis, she apologized by giving the Chief the earring that they wear instead.
◆ Fenny
Fenny is a bubbly young woman from Syndicate who was invited to the party at Ogygia Villa. She was disqualified and transformed into food by McGrath for the heinous crime of putting pineapple on pizza.
◆ Francisco Gonzalez
Francisco is the ruthless patriarch of the Gonzalez family gang. He was once embarrassingly defeated and held hostage by the hosts of DeadLover Radio while trying to retrieve his son, Diego, who ran away from home to join their show. Francisco was unmoved by their pleas to let Diego follow his dreams, but left the boy behind because of the shame he brought their family.
◆ Furian
A woman who lived in Drifter Camp. Furian's death from Mania was used as a pretext for the Reconstruction Executive Committee to attack Drifter Camp.
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◆ Gandall
An Eastside doctor and associate of Doyle. He treated many people afflicted with Sleepwalker sickness, and suffered from a mild case of it himself.
◆ Greg
Greg is a young aspiring chef from Syndicate. With his girlfriend Carley, he came to Eastside and applied for a job as the personal chef to Cabernet Franc. Cabernet was unimpressed by his food, but his relationship with Carley entranced her, and their souls became her favorite food. They were abducted and mutated together into a monstrous mermaid by Parma and McGrath. After Cabernet was Shackled, she made an example of Greg by feeding his soul to Carley.
◆ Greta
Greta is a back alley doctor from Outland who resides in Drifter Camp. His specialty is as a "yooga" instructor for muscle fatigue and relaxation. Greta is one of the few original residents of Drifter Camp to survive through the reappearance of BR-002.
◆ Guillotin
Guillotin is the Chief of the Outland Affairs Bureau. He is short-tempered, demanding, contemptful, and extremely suspicious of outsiders. During the operation to destroy the Dreamflower, Guillotin attempts to control the actions of the MBCC and expresses deep suspicion of Eirene and her company, Quinn. Two years later, he tries to make enemies of the Eastian delegation to DisCity, believing that they are behind the attack of the Sun Crow rather than trying to assist in containing it.
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◆ Hannah
Hannah is a young woman who lives in Sloane Street and is attending a prestigious but expensive university. She is also responsible for caring for her ailing mother, which weighs heavily on her and is an obstacle to her education. Adela attempts to sever her worries and make her forget about her mother, but the Chief prevents it.
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◆ Ica
Ica is a child who lives in Drifter Camp. His parents were taken away by the Reconstruction Executive Committee. After the Drifter Camp crisis, he joins Rustfire and follows the Chief into BR-002, then later becomes a member of The Homeless, and fights courageously throughout the battles against BR-002. After the destruction of the Black Ring, he joins Raven's Syndicate Academy and works on the side selling the poet's books.
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◆ Janet
A Dillywood film star who was present at the 41st Annual DisCars award ceremony. She had been working on a movie that prominently featured a bathtub in several scenes, and Stella caused elements of her film to become reality.
◆ Josh
A self-proclaimed urban legend investigator who broke into the Belphegor Art Museum disguised as an employee. He became trapped inside once the Witching Hour began. Generally boisterous and aggressive, he grew immediately afraid upon learning that Hella and EMP were Sinners. In his paranoid attempt to flee, he was caught by mutated statues and subsequently killed.
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◆ Kentor
Kentor is a workaholic who lives in Sloane Street. Despite his drive, he worries about his career until Adela cuts off his worries, causing him to become listless and irresponsible.
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◆ Laura
Laura is a nurse at SALVA Hospital. She is badly injured by gangsters and tortured by Ted. Her death drives Brand to become a Corruptor.
◆ Lavina
Lavina is the logistics officer of Drifter Camp, and de facto second-in-command to Julien. Her daughter was among the Hypercube miners who perished during BR-002.
◆ Leggett
Leggett was a former leader of Nirvana's fleet who then became a Sheriff in the West District. He acted as a mentor and father figure to Zoya when she was a youth and urged Zoya to use her inspirational strength to create a new and better future, rather than just to destroy. Leggett suspected the existence of a far-reaching conspiracy, but was assassinated before he could uncover it.
◆ Leland
The editor-in-chief of the Eastside Arts Review magazine. He is a pathological liar who boasts about fake connections and bullies newcomers in the art scene, but is terrified of losing his position. During the Witching Hour crisis at Belphegor Art Museum, he is transformed into the Statue of Truth, a living sculpture that asks people trivia questions and eats them if they lie or answer wrongly.
◆ Liaison Officer
The Liaison Officer is an unnamed man who acts as Shalom's superior and connection to higher authorities from Paradeisos. He was also present for Rahu's debriefing after the Eclipse Operation.
◆ Love
Love is a Sinner and one of the two hosts of DeadLover Radio. She is a self-described investigative reporter who frequently makes false promises to lure prominent guests onto the show.
◆ Luna
Luna is Uni's identical twin sister. Although the two were inseparable as children, Luna later had cosmetic surgery in order to kick-start her career as an actress and model and became distant from her sister. Her fate is ambiguous, but it is implied that Uni may have accidentally killed or severely disfigured her in retaliation.
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◆ Margaret
Margaret is an elderly woman with Alzheimers who lives in Drifter Camp. She is Donald's aunt, and once owned a restaurant where he worked before becoming a Sinner.
◆ Mary
Mary was a girl or young woman whom Labyrinth served at some point in the past. Judging from flashes of her memory in the Night of Wonder event, she may have owned a restaurant and may have been killed by gang violence in Syndicate, but Labyrinth can't recall any of the details.
◆ Maureen
Maureen is a once-beloved, now retired artist. She graduated from Keylan University's art department and worked as an artist for five years before getting married and ending her art career. In McQueen's interrogation, Maureen joins her forgery scheme order to rekindle her career and once again live a life of fame and luxury.
◆ Mavik
Mavik is a 35 year old retired mercenary who was suspected of providing illegal immigration channels from Syndicate to Eastside, but released due to insufficient evidence. Although he described it as helping integrate DisCity, critics accused him of human smuggling. For this, he was "purged" by a vote on Gray Mirror.
◆ McGrath
McGrath is an acclaimed chef who nevertheless was spurned by Cabernet and became obsessed with getting Cabernet to acknowledge her culinary skill. She was approached by Parma, who transformed Carley and Greg into a mermaid for her, and the head of the Thaumas Society, who provided her with Lamia, to throw a banquet in Cabernet's honor. There, she transformed the guests one by one into food so that Cabernet could eat their souls, but was foiled when Cabernet allowed the Chief to progress to the final banquet in her place. Driven to Mania by her failure, McGrath fed herself to the mermaid.
◆ Mireya
Mireya is Christina's foster sister. Her family took Christina in after Christina's parents died in the Eclipse Operation. She and Christina have a strained relationship, but Mireya is still willing to cover for her when Christina is being hunted by the Public Security Bureau. She seems to be a skilled judge of character, as she is one of the very few characters to immediately recognize Shalom as a dangerous individual.
◆ Morghan
Morghan is a reporter for DisTV and colleague of Bianca. She is nominated for a purging vote on Gray Mirror because her news content is too biased and sensational.
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◆ Nasha
Nasha is Doyle's ex-wife. Although devoted to him, she ultimately divorced him because of his inability to put her needs before his work.
◆ Nathan
Nathan was a Syndican man, smuggled into Eastside, who owned a construction company as a front for organized crime. He worked with Anania to silence critics of the FAC after the disastrous Eclipse Operation, a crime for which she was assassinated by Coquelic ten years later.
◆ Norman
Norman is Hamel's younger brother. After Hamel became a Sinner and was unable to dance, Norman protected her and worked to support them both. The stresses of this life caused him to be drawn to the Carnival at the start of BR-001, and Hamel initially created her illusory world in the Ring in order to protect him and keep him out. Still, hoping to reach his sister, Norman lingered at the edge of the Black Ring for 23 years, where its time distortion aged him into an old man.
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◆ Rabbo
A "Timecop Duck" created by Stella to bring OwO's script to life, Rabbo is a hotshot rookie determined to stop the Apostle of Ash even at the cost of his own existence. His commander is defeated by OwO quickly after they come into existence, and Rabbo takes command, leading his squadmates Obbo and Shobbo into battle.
◆ Reagan
Reagan is the current Deputy Speaker of the City Council, valued by the Speaker for his fundraising ability. He was behind an exploitative scheme called the Home Reconstruction Project, which built low-quality housing in Syndicate that eventually collapsed, killing many. He is cool and ruthless under pressure, not hesitating even to kill his own allies when they are held hostage to be used against him.
◆ Rhett Bai
Once an Eastside businessman, after losing his company, Rhett Bai was paid by a mysterious benefactor to move to Syndicate and establish a Mania weapon smuggling operation, under the one condition that it go by the name of Whitestone Industries.
◆ Ritz
Ritz is a socially awkward entomologist who lives in Sloane Street. He is dating an outgoing woman who makes him happy, but extroverted outgoing ways make him insecure about his nervousness. Adela cuts off his worries, making him dump his girlfriend.
◆ Rosa
Rosa is Shalom's maid at Erica Villa. She adores Shalom, and states that she is kinder than any of the Eastside elites that she has served, but she is deeply scared by the events that unfold during and after Garofano's attack on the villa.
◆ Roxanne
Roxanne is a Technology Officer of the Eastside Public Security Bureau. She assisted the Chief and Bianca with their investigation into the Gray Mirror app. Her online username is "kind_and_beautiful".
◆ Ryan
Ryan is a boxing champion and Macchiato's former client. McGrath turns him into a cannele because of his hidden inner cowardice.
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◆ Samuel
Samuel is a former member of Rustfire and close ally of Donald. He survived the initial descent of BR-002 by fleeing as soon as the danger began, marking himself as a coward and causing him to leave Drifter Camp in shame rather than face the others who were left behind. Upon discovering that Donald was still alive, he began to work with him covertly behind the scenes, and ultimately played a significant role in assisting Hecate during the final battles with BR-002. Samuel may have had a prior relationship with Lavina, who blamed him in part for the death of her daughter Sophie.
◆ Sandy
Sandy is the deputy leader of the Homeless and a longtime friend of Crache. She claims to be 16, but is actually older. As small children, Sandy and Crache were both part of Yagyu, until (for unknown reasons) Crache was ordered to kill Sandy. When Crache is detained by the MBCC, Sandy steals Mania Crystals from Thou Voodoos so that she can become a Sinner to defend the Homeless in Crache's stead, but chickens out of actually touching them. She is arrested by the Reconstruction Executive Committee as a scapegoat for the resulting chaos.
◆ Sasha
A self-described 'rookie' outdoor livestreamer from Eastside who was trapped in the Belphegor Art Museum once the Witching Hour began. She shows an atypical positive attitude towards Sinners, believing they might help garner her more viewers. When Labyrinth goes Manic, Sasha's fear causes her to be absorbed by one of Enfer's paintings.
◆ Shirley
Shirley is the wife of an Eastside business tycoon who idolizes Eirene and even got plastic surgery to look more like her. She came from modest means but became famous on the internet, earning her entry to high society but the disdain of her wealthy peers. McGrath turns her into peach cake because of her fakeness and vanity.
◆ Simon
Simon is a college student studying computer science in Eastside. He is a frequent user of DisMyth under the username Hot Toddy_815. He was an early adopter of Gray Mirror and nominated multiple people to be purged, including the Chief and Bianca, but was ultimately purged himself as others turned on him as a bully and a troll. After being rescued by the Chief, Simon continued to use DisMyth, but became mellower and less suspicious of the MBCC.
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◆ Tally
Tally is a huge, musclebound man who owns a barbecue stand in the Central Plaza of Drifter Camp. As he is not seen again after the beginning of the Drifter Camp crisis, it is likely that he died during the explosion of BR-002.
◆ Tetya
Tetya is a pink haired anime swordswoman who appears as an NPC in the Dragon & Isle of Sky event. She is the Chief's closest ally on their first playthrough of the game, saving them when they first appear in Aesthia and stopping Etti from turning them into an NPC after they defeat Cyrus.
◆ Tierney
Tierney is an NPC in the Dragon & Isle of Sky event. She is known as the Dragonstone Bandit of the Isle of Sky, and is the Chief's main ally during their second playthrough of the game.
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◆ Varna
Varna was Rahu's superior officer in the FAC. She died during the Eclipse Operation, but gave her life forcing Rahu to escape from the overrun battlefield.
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◆ Waylon
Waylon was a former student of Lisa's. He was talentless but determined to earn Lisa's approval, and ultimately fell short of that goal. It is implied that he may be the artist who committed suicide in the "Young Artist Falling Incident" that led to her arrest.
◆ Wynn
Wynn is an intelligence officer who works for the MBCC and as the clerk for the arrest team. Part of her duties is to lead in matters related to Apostles of Ash. She has a bubbly personality and ends nearly all her messages with elaborate emoticons.
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◆ Xu
Xu was the "Great Seer" of Sunsink City in Eastia. She sacrificed herself to seal the Sun Crow in N.F. 106 and psychically fused with the Apostle. After the Sun Crow was ultimately defeated by Du Ruo and the Chief in N.F. 114, Xu was reincarnated as Yao.