Summer Tribe Award: Most Mysterious Character

Breaking down the Summer 2009 "Tribe Awards" presented to KTDARPG players by the votes of their fellow players, with tributes to the show that continues to inspire us!

Category: Most Mysterious Character
Winner: Zero
Runners Up: Balthazar, Constantine, Madam, Terra

"He's so mysterious."
"She's a complete mystery to me."

Sound familiar?

It's fun to have mysteries. They keep things exciting. A great number of our game-characters have their mysterious sides.

Voted best among them was Zero (35% of votes). Zero is our resident ninja and the Death Seekers' "acquisitor." He's also found his heart's desire in the fair-haired Jade. Despite how much we know about him...it just feels like there's so much we don't know. His motivations? His passions? His plans or even hopes for the future. This guy has had a lot of screen-time, but we're left with a whole lot of questions.

Tall, dark and unpredictable Balthazar (12% of votes) hasn't been in Fort River long, but there's just something about him... He hangs with Kane & Co. who seem to have a real "thing" against tribes. Then Baz goes and joins the Moths, even gaining some kind of status there in a short time. You gotta ask "why?"

Then there's John Constantine (12% of votes), who used to be Scarecrow. Who used to be a Misfit. Who used to share Arianna's bed. These days the man just seems...lost. Lost to himself, lost to his former friends. Whatever happened while he was out of town, it's changed him drastically. He kills coldly and seemingly without remorse. Who is he, now?

On the surface, we know who Madam (12% of votes) is. She's been around the game quite awhile. She lives up to her title as the "madam" of the Painted Ladies. We know she takes her role seriously. We know that she has strong connections to the new guy in town, Sypher. But other than that? Big, big mystery here.

Terra (12% of votes) is our newest mystery. She came out of nowhere with the damming of the StormRiver, a girl steeped in nature and aggrieved at the harm done to nature by that devastating act. Who is she? or maybe Why is a better question?

So many questions...

Our counterparts in The Tribe were no less enigmatic. What truly motivated Zoot? Was Ebony as transparent and power-hungry as she seemed? Was the Guardian a genius or a madman?

Sometimes the journey is way more exciting than the knowing, hm?

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"