The Gatekeepers

The Gatekeepers is a nickname for a group of stormers working against the invaders in general, and particularly the Kanawa Corporation. They are called this because they view themselves as trying to slam the gates of Core Earth shut in the face of invasion...and because their entire facility is set up to be Gate-able from one place to another.

They are led by Mara 24, reality scientist from Kadandra, and one of the foremost Storm Knights from the earliest days of the war. Mara's technological genius (and sharp shot with a laser) have made the group's efforts possible.

For a long time, they had no fixed base of operations. Instead, they had a makeshift facility consisting of two quonset huts and four mobile homes welded and hammered together. The entire facility was a makeshift Kadandran hardpoint, powered by the joint possibility energy of the group and run by machinery of Mara's design. The entire facility may also be gated from one place to another by use of the group-power Gate.

They brought their facility to Teotihuacan after the Fugitive Group C needed Mara-24's help once, and found it an amenable place, and stayed.

When Tarenthellin infiltrated and attacked Teotihuacan, Mara 24 was taken over by one of his spiders, but the Gatekeepers were turned into werewolves. Two of them were killed by Fugitive Group C before they knew who they were fighting, but the other four survived, as werewolves with the early stages of the Comaghaz.

Members include:

• Hiro Matsuo

  
  Hiro used to be a robotics technician with the Musashi Corporation. After Mara 24 allied with his company, he requested the assignment of liaison with her. He was unfortunately critically wounded in the initial misunderstanding with Fugitive Group C, but recovered. He is more or less second in command after Mara 24.

• Spencer Earl

  
  A former Spartan, he went AWOL like so many other members of that group after they began their "sweeping" operations of the Living Land. He is skilled in demolitions and close combat.

• Jacqueline Fulberge

  
  A member of the French resistance, her cell was wiped out by the Inquisition, and she joined up with Mara. She is a skilled programmer/hacker and has a notable fondness for grenades. She has cyberware that makes her unexpectedly deadly in close combat.

• Ronnie L

  
  Technically, Ronnie is Canadian, but he doesn't think of himself that way any more. He was transformed to the Living Land in the initial invasion, and later transformed again by Mara 24 in self-defense. Most of his past memories seem to have been swept away by the transformations. He is an incredibly skilled cybertechnician and is skilled at infiltration as well.

• Gale Blackrock

  
  Gale is an Ayslish dwarf, the only Gatekeeper from a low-tech reality. Her contraptions seemingly must contain some magic component, because they don't seem like they could possibly work otherwise.

• Moroboshi

  
  Moroboshi never gave her real name or talked about her past. She seemed to be a priestess at times, other times a ninja, other times a technician. She never initiated projects, but always helped everyone else with theirs. She was killed as a werewolf by the Chameleon before her identity was known.

• Dr. Guggenheim

  
  Dr. Guggenheim was a huge, hulking redheaded Weird Scientist. He was an enthusiastic proponent of the group staying at Teotihuacan, but once the group decided to stay, he turned inward and rarely left their building, hiding even more after Dr. Liebermann came to Teotihuacan. He was killed as a werewolf by the Chameleon before his identity was known.