Back to Basics, Part-5: Missing in Action

It occurred to me that there were some pivotal "Tribe" characters that we've yet to have anyone emulate in KTDARPG. I'll refer to them as The Missing: Dal, Jack, Danni, and Alice.

These are pivotal characters because of the roles they played in the tv show. Dal & Jack played off each other -- Jack was the scientist, the "idea man" & Dal was the mechanic who made his ideas work. In addition to Danni's connection to the Virus that killed all the adults (her father helped create it), she was the voice of democracy & the author of Tribeworld's bill of rights. And then there was Alice, who Dal referred to as pig-woman. It was her family farm that helped provide food for the city. It was her fierce loyalty, her willingness to fight & her feelings for Lex that showed another side of humanity in this child-inhabited world.

Oh, we come close. But I think it has more to do with our players interests & capabilities than people thinking these character-types are not important.

For example, we come close to Dal & Jack in a lot of characters. "Savinius" figured out how to work the electric operation of the warehouse door when the soon-to-be-Misfits found their 1st home. "Gaz" (and maybe "Grim") know about bikes & cars & gasoline power. We used a group of "techs" to figure out how to get the power plant up & working again, bringing electricity back to Fort River. "Hawk" was the one who had the knowledge to make a Virus antidote until the cure was found and released. And actually it's the character of "Worm" who comes closest to Dal, if you consider that Dal adored the older Trudy even as Worm adores and helps "Jade."

The closest we come to Danni is "Stacy," the girl who runs the Fort River News, who wrote the new Fort River City Charter & covered the elections. And as for Alice? The last couple of game days, there's a character called "Big Sis" who has potential.

For all of the characters we're fond of & can emulate really well, I think these 4 "Missing" folks are so intricate & complex that we just haven't figured out how to do them yet. They made "The Tribe" a richer world. Once we figure them out, maybe they'll enrich ours too. --Chyna

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