March 3, 2016

Broader Community

RICO
Rico is an irreverent Cambodian Buddhist monk with a complicated past. Currently, he facilitates passage through the Meld, which contains hormones that tend to mess with unprepared minds, via chanting and mindfulness exercises. He also teaches others how to do it themselves. The values that guide him are somewhat eccentric, idiosyncratic and intellectually abstruse, but he is committed to the strength and sustenance of his community.
T.J.
T.J. is an administrator and assistant to the Elder Council of Pax Ubuntu. He had a puppy-dog crush on Iona as a teenager when she volunteered in his neighborhood to help set up the gardens that would ultimately serve as the foundation for Pax. Courageous, expressive and passionate about the good things in life, he dreams of fighting for justice and for his community, ideally with a good woman at his side.
TEGAN
Tegan, or simply Boss Teague, is a lieutenant with Ould Eire, the Irish mafia in Iona and Katrine’s neighbohood. An inspired strategist with deep connection to his roots, he has lately become disillusioned with the lack of vision shown by mafia leadership. He once had a tempestuous relationship with Katrine. His strategic sensibility extends beyond the battlefield, and there is the sense that he’s running two or three games during every interaction.