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A tough childhood, filled with personal loss left a lasting influence on a young Tom Hancock. Born in Rochester NY, Thomas Hancock IV lost both parents by his seventh birthday. His parents met in Clearwater Beach, FL where his father, a full-time student at Tampa University, was working part time as a lifeguard and bartender/waiter for Sarah Levine at Lucky Pierre's. Soon after he married Mary Margaret Falcone, the couple moved to upstate NY. The move brought nothing but trouble. Tom's mother was raped and killed in the infamous Highland Park Triangle by an inmate who escaped a secure ward of the Highland Psych Center (at the time known as Deep-8). Tom's father was shot and killed by his wife's father Vinnie Falcone in a hunting accident.

Tom was raised by his obsessive aunt Antonia, his dad's older sister who brought him to her home in Deposit NY. She took little interest in her foster son, leaving him mostly on his own. He used the time to develop himself physically and mentally. Brilliant and athletically gifted, he was a horrible student, impatient, demanding and feisty. His grades were good enough to get into USF, but he dropped out after the first semester, broke up with Kiara and moved to Clearwater Beach. He job-hopped across the country over the next fifteen years, tending bar and studying modern physics, until getting a job offer for manager of Pittsford Tavern.

Like Kiara and Ty Burke, he has enhanced mental and physical abilities resulting from an encounter with The Orb, an encounter they all have suppressed.

Other qualities/quirks:

• Huge Disney fan, when living in Clearwater, Florida he would make a monthly visit to the Orlando theme parks.
• Shares the same recurring dream as Kiara and Ty Burke.
• Has a near perfect memory.

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Tynan Rhyan Burke was born into privilege and led a near idyllic life until the untimely death of his mother Elizabeth Burke née O'Brien, two weeks before his 14'th birthday. His father, Donald Burke MD, was the founding member and director of the Fairport Family Clinic until his retirement.

Other qualities/quirks:

• Usually wears fake glasses.
• Shares the same recurring dream as Kiara and Tom Hancock.
• Has a near perfect memory.

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Diane K. was the first and strongest of the three personalities to emerge from Sarah Levine after her death in 1971. Born in Buffalo, New York to a professional Jewish couple David and Julia Warner, her full name is Diane Kaye. She shortened her name to simply Diane K. sometime during college for reasons known only to her. As a child, Diane K. exhibited genuis and brilliant insights, but was also very troubled, a condition caused by the clash of her human and alien identities. Diane attended Cornell University, 1987 – 1994, graduated with PHDs in Philosophy and Ancient Cultures. She taught for a few years then dropped out of site rather suddenly in 2000 to assume other identities including Judy Robinson, and Zelda Gilroy.

Her older brother Terry attended the University of Rochester where he was president of the ΑΨΩ fraternity where Ron Belliveau (Kiara's boyfriend before moving to NY) and Peter Stone (AKA "Skippy") were members. In fact, it was Diane K. who suggested the pledge name of Skippy to her brother.

Physically, Diane K. is medium height and the distinctive facial features—high cheek bones, full lips, a slight bump on her nose. Her long, straigt hair is naturally black, but she often dyes it to match her mode or character, including a single contrasting streak.

Other qualities/quirks:

• Her habits of mimicking trivial bits of pop culture and using the names of vintage TV characters is evidence of a profound inner struggle.
• Has a peculiar fascination with noir film and literature.

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Jill Marie Fraser was born Fairport, New York. She graduated Mercy Hight School in 1989, spent one year at RIT then moved to California in 1990 where she attended UCLA. She graduated in 1994 with a BS in Film Production. Her talents, high energy and ebbuliant personality gave her an edge in the fim industry and by 1996 she was CEO of Trinity Productions, an independent film company.

She suffered a nervous breakdown soon after her studio announced that they would be making a film version of Maguire’s cult novel, Chasing the Meridian. The move sparked controversy after the screen writer comitte suicide and the actors who signed on to play the leads (Dan Carter and Holly) both had serious personal upheavals as well. The religious right became involved as the book was viewed as blasphemous, banned by the Catholic church and other religious leaders. Psychiatrist Dr. Amanda Frank was called in to evaluate Fraser by the Trinity board of directors.

Fraser is in a special area called Deep-12 because of psychotic episodes. In her psychosis she says this glowing ball whcih she calls The Orb follows her around and talks to her. Jill has an older brother Christopher Fraser who is a CSI detective for the New York State Poilce. They are estranged, and have not spoken since before Jill left for California.

Other qualities/quirks:

• She believes herself to be an extraterestrial being over a billion years old.

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Born to a professional couple, Amanda Ciersezwski grew up near Flatbush and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. She attended only the best schools starting with Bnos Menachem as a child. She graduated from Rivendell School at the top of her class then Columbia University on a full scholarship. Her mother, Dr. Phoebe Levine Ciersezwski was Sarah Levine's younger sister. Amanda relocated to Rochester NY in 1990 following the death of her parents in a plan crash. She was one of the first staff members of the newly opened Highland Psychiatric Clinic. Amanda took the surname Frank, after her childhood heroine Ann Frank, in 2005 when she began her radio and TV career.

Other qualities/quirks:

• Obseses over her hair.
• Very knowledgeable in phiosophy, especially existential philospers such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.

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Wendy is the only child of Dr. Dominic Genovese, the director of the cancer clinic at Highland Hospital that bears his name and where Kiara practices. She is a Sci-Fi author and instructor in RIT’s Math department. Wendy has an Italian heritage – her father’s family comes from the Campania region (Napoli). She never knew her Swedish mother who died soon after she was born. Popular and outgoing, she is described by her friends as direct, confrontational, a bit loud, somewhat blue-collar in attitude.

Other qualities/quirks:

• She likes fast cars and tattoos
• ironically, given her father's position,Wendy is a smoker.

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Known as Mack to his friends, Dominic Geovese is the director of the cancer clinic in Rochester New York that bears his family's name. Tall, thick, muscular build for his age, nearly bald. Expert marksman and bocci player, good chess player. Has one child, daughter Wendy.

Other qualities/quirks:

• Gets motion sickness easilly.
• A top-notch chess player and master hand-gun marksman.
• USF graduate, 1969

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An established poet and author of the "Beat Generation", Maguire's novel Chasing the Meridian, the first book in a series of five, became a surprise best seller when published in 1956. Maguire was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York, the only child of Irish immigrants John Maguire and Sally Connaghan. His parents never married and his father disappeared before Dan's first birthday. Soon after, his mother fell into a relationship and following her boyfriend, took young Dan to the small town of Port Richey, Florida. She deserted the child less than a year later, running off to parts unknown after remarrying. For the next fifteen or so years, Dan was shuttled between various Catholic orphanages and foster homes. He graduated Clearwater HS in 1945, attended University of Florida on a scholarship and graduated with a BA in Literature. He taught high school English for a few years before changing careers, taking a job as an insurance agent in 1953. That same year he also met and married Elizabeth O’Brien and, it is thought, began writing Chasing the Meridian.

Maguire rode a brief period of fame following the publication of Chasing and was under contract with the literary publisher Vega House for a series of sequels. Three of these were published in his lifetime; a fourth sequel entitled Song of the Dead was published posthumously in 1972. Rumors of a lost manuscript for a sixth novel are unsubstantiated. Even though his subsequent works did not achieved the same popularity as Chasing, he made a comfortable living from royalties, and the occasional public appearance, typically on  the college lecture circuit.

He went missing in July 1971 and was assumed drowned in Gulf of Mexico off Clearwater Beach although no body was recovered.

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Sarah was Born in Warsaw, Poland to professional Jewish couple. Emigrated to the US after being liberated from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Her family settled in Brooklyn, New York where her father was Rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom. She moved to Florida in 1945 after dropping out of college working odd jobs untill settling at the Clearwater Beach bar and restaurant, Lucky Pierre's. Being brilliant, beautiful, charismatic and resourceful, she was able to sock away enogh money to buy the place in 1955. A close friend of Dan Maguire, he wrote most of Chasing the Meridian in her place.

Sarah was widely respected and admired for her tireless work with local charities and was credited with revitalizing the beach area as owner of the landmark restaurant, Lucky Pierre’s On The Beach. An experienced sailor, Sarah suffered a massive heart attack while on a fishing trip in the Gulf. She apparently fell overboard and was drowned.

Other qualities/quirks:

• The name on her birth certificate is Sarah, but about half of the time she uses Sara.

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Owner and operator of the West Wind Bed and Breakfast in Trumansburg, New York. Gwyn is the cannonical hippy. She acquired the nickname of Lotus at some point during the Monteray Pop Festival in 1967.

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Susan Isadora Voniche is the FBI Special Agent in Charge responsible for the case involving Jill Fraser. A New York City native, she attended USF, graduating in the same class as Kiara Leary in 1993, although the two women never met one another. She started with FBI same year she graduated from college.

Law enforcement is in her blood. Her father Sam Voniche was a New York city detective, her grandfather was FBI back when it was known as the Bureau of Investigation. Her mother, Rebecca Hancock Voniche, was Tom Hancock III’s sister making Susan Tom Hancock’s cousin. Petite, 5’ 6”, well-muscled blonde and endurance athlete. Described by her few friends as conservative, skeptical and somewhat aloof. Susan is single, never married. Her flaxen-colored hair is dyed, she is a natural red-head.

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FBI investigator, Susan Voniche’s partner. Born on the Ides of March. Aaron is computer software expert. He specializes in data mining and AI for investigations, but prefers to remain in the field.

Other qualities/quirks:

• His hidden talent is an accomplished pianist, a skill her pursued to balance his "geek" side

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FBI Deputy Director. Agent Voniche and Kovak's supervisor. Graduate Marine OCS, Quantico VA, 1964. USMC (Ret.), commissioned 1964, served in Viet Nam (1964-1970), decorated, highest ranking African American in FBI. Achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel before retiring in 1994. Joined the FBI in 1994 at the urging of Director Leonard Morrow, who was a Deputy Director at the time. They served together in Viet Nam, 1968-1970. Thompson is the highest ranking African American in FBI.

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Kiara Leary’s father. Former beat poet, author and musician, owns a small hardware store in Deposit, NY. Leary was a so-called beat poet in the NY scene mid to late 50s. He published several poetry and short story collections, and two short novels. Dan Maguire was a close personal friend up until the time he married Marguerite in 1967. In 1966 wrote the music of a song to Maguire’s lyrics that was covered by an English rock group 2 years later (their one and only hit single). His wife, Marguerite, was a nurse at New York City Hospital where they met. The couple married in 1967 and relocated to small NY village of Deposit, (a town seleced by chance by throwing a dart at a map of New York State) to escape the notoriety and live a simpler life. Bought a small business, a hardware store. He was 38 when the triplets were born in 1971.

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Robyn grew up in a tough neighborhood of Liverpool, England not far from the Mersey River. A native Liverpudlian and former center for the Liverpool Football Club, his father still works the Albert Dock on the waterfront. His mother is black and a native of Kingston Jamaica where she met Robyn's father following a football match. A talented footballer and poses sing an uncommon strength and speed, Robyn was pushed into the sport since childhood. Robyn is a devoted fan of the BBC Dr. Who series, especially the Tom Baker episodes. Following a chance meeting with Baker in 1990, Robyn left Liverpool for London to pursue a career in stage and film.

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Director of the Highland Psychiatric Center in Rochester, New York. Quadra was Jill Fraser's doctor and convinced Dr. Frank to take the case.

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Owns a string of 7-11 franchises in the area around Hancock, NY. Penny was shot and critically wounded in an aborted robbery attempt while Kiara Leary was also a customer. She was the first to be healed by Kiara.

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Shown here on the phone with Diane K. Stone's Cult name is Skippy, same as his frat name. His frat name was given to him by Terry Warner who was frat president at the time. It was suggested by his sister, Diane Kaye who was his college girlfriend. Stone is passionately devoted to Diane K. and the hope of a new world under her. He works in broadcasting – WXXI public radio and TV.  He the director of Dr. Frank’s radio call-in show and the originator of the streaming web cast idea. Has a secret crush on Dr. Frank.

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An expert pathologist on infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Attended USF with Mack Genovese and was a close friend of Sarah Levine. Along with Grace and Matt Temple, and Tara Leone, Kendall is one of the founding members of the Grace and Matt Temple Reserach Foundation.

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Katie is the daughter-in-law of Daniel Campbell, a.k.a. Dan Maguire. As a child growing up in Newark, New York, she found the suicide note left by Dr. Lara.

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Chief Scientist, Directorate for Science and Technology, DHS. Tara started with the FBI after graduating MIT in 1999 and continued her education at the bureau. Six years later she received a doctorate in forensic science. As a student she was brilliant, but cocky and brash. A couple of her courses were taught by Geoff Thompson who was a special agent in charge at the time. Tara is a founding member of the Grace and Matt Temple Reserach Foundation. Grace Temple, née Leone, is her older half-sister. She has two vision disorders: type 1 ocular albinism, giving her irises a pale white color, and a mild form of Stargardt's Disease which make her eyes painfully sensitive to light and glare.

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A nurse practitioner and close friend of Kiara, she worked with her at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. She also works part-time as a fitness trainer and model.

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Grace is the elder half-sister of Tara Leone. Along with Matt Temple, she founded MetaWorks in 1992 and presently serves as CEO. MetaWorks specializes in AI software especially pattern recognition, high-powerered search engines, and the software that drives most of the embedded servers on the internet. It has also made Grace and Matt billionaires. Together they founded the Grace and Matt Temple Research Foundation in 2000.

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Grace Temple's husband and CTO and co-founder of MetaWorks.

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