Wild Ride: The People

Mary Alice Brannigan

Known Aliases: Mab
Current Address: Apartment over the Dream Cream ice cream shop in Dreamland. Amusement Park, Parkersburg, Oh.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH.
Work History: Has restored six amusement parks, and countless pieces of amusement park history.
Current Occupation: Restoring Dreamland Amusement Park.
Psychological Evaluation: Work obsession, difficulty with interpersonal relationships.
Medical Evaluation: Healthy.
Personal Relationships: She doesn’t have time for relationships, she has to work.
Troublesome Footnote: Comes from a family that believes in demons and was therefore ostracized in high school.
Hobbies: She doesn’t have time for hobbies, she has to work. Well, okay, when she gets a day off, she does paintings of amusement park memorabilia, but that doesn’t happen often.
Favorite Music: She doesn’t have time for music, she has to work.
Secret: She doesn’t have time for secrets, she has to work.

Ethan Wayne

Known Aliases:  The Hunter.
Current Address:  Coming home to die.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH.
Work History:  US Army.
Current Occupation:  Medically retired.
Psychological Evaluation:  He’s breathing.
Medical Evaluation:  He’s breathing.
Personal Relationships:  He’s coming home to his mother’s trailer.
Troublesome Footnote:  Comes from a family that believed in demons and he didn’t know it.
Hobbies:  Breathing.
Favorite Music:  He likes silence.
Secret:  He’s dying.

Weaver

Known Aliases:  Just Weaver.
Current Address:  Wherever she is sent.
Education:  Classified.
Work History:  Classified.
Current Occupation:  Department 51.
Psychological Evaluation:  Sharp as a tack, at least Mab says so.
Medical Evaluation:  Tough as steel, at least Oliver said so.
Personal Relationships:  Oliver.  The other half of the team.
Troublesome Footnote:  She likes big guns.
Hobbies: Designing demon-killing weapons.
Favorite Music:  The sound of a gun firing.
Secret: Her first name is Bathsheba.

Joe

Known Aliases: None.
Current Address: Living with cousin in Parkersburg.
Education: Ripley High School.
Work History: Unknown.
Current Occupation: Unknown.
Psychological Evaluation: Seems sane.
Medical Evaluation: Healthy.
Personal Relationships: Would like one with Mab.
Troublesome Footnote: He’s hiding something.
Hobbies: Seducing Mab.
Favorite Music: “I Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll All Night.”
Secret:  He’s a demon hunter.  Kind of.

Cindy

Known Aliases: Ice Cream Queen.
Current Address: Dream Cream in Dreamland Amusement Park, Parkersburg, OH.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH.
Work History: Dream Cream; the Tango Restaurant in Columbus, OH; the Dream Cream.
Current Occupation: in charge of food service in Dreamland, runs the Dream Cream.
Psychological Evaluation: Cheerful and well-balanced, a little obsessive about ice cream.
Medical Evaluation: Healthy.
Personal Relationships: Married once, but she missed Dreamland and got a divorce.  Open to new relationships, but ice cream comes first.
Troublesome Footnote: She’s repressing some rage.
Hobbies: Thinking up new ice cream flavors.
Favorite Music: John Hiatt.
Secret: She dreams about dragons.

Oliver

Known Aliases: Unknown.
Current Address: Unknown.
Education: Unknown.
Work History: Unknown.
Current Occupation: Unknown.
Psychological Evaluation: Seems sane.
Medical Evaluation: Seems healthy.
Personal Relationships: Unknown.
Troublesome Footnote: He spends most of his day sitting in the Dream Cream.  What’s that about?
Hobbies: Unknown.
Favorite Music: Unknown.
Secret: His entire life.

Ray Brannigan

Known Aliases: None.
Current Address: 608 W. Main St., Parkerburg, Oh.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Ohio State School of Business.
Work History: US Army Ranger, then investor and entrepreneur.
Current Occupation: Mayor of Parkersburg.
Psychological Evaluation: Ruthlessly ambitious; budding sociopath.
Medical Evaluation: Unnaturally healthy for a man of his age.
Personal Relationships: Only family is his niece, Mary Alice Brannigan.  Dating a rich widow in Parkersburg but not getting anywhere because he spends all his time at Dreamland.
Troublesome Footnote:  He’ll do anything for money and power.  Which means anything Kharos asks.
Hobbies: Scrapbooking his past.
Favorite Music: Kiss.
Secret: He’s made a deal with the Devil and he wants out of it.

Ursula Borden

Known Aliases: Unknown.
Current Address: Unknown.
Education: Unknown.
Work History: Unknown.
Current Occupation: Head of Department 51
Psychological Evaluation: Ruthlessly ambitious; budding sociopath.
Medical Evaluation: Unknown.
Personal Relationships: Unknown.
Troublesome Footnote:  She’ll do anything to get promoted out of Department 51.
Hobbies: Pulling the wings off flies.
Favorite Music: Unknown.
Secret: She has a Rambo poster in her bedroom.

Glenda Wayne

Known Aliases: Mom.
Current Address: Trailer at the back of Dreamland Amusement Park.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH.
Work History: The Guardia.
Current Occupation: CEO of Dreamland Amusement Park, Sorceress of the Guardia.
Psychological Evaluation: Fairly sane, given that she’s head warden of a demon prison.
Medical Evaluation: She’s healthy but aging.
Personal Relationships: She’s close to Gus and Delpha, misses her son Ethan, hasn’t had a deep romantic relationship since she lost the love of her life forty years ago.
Troublesome Footnote: Her life is spiraling out of control.
Hobbies: Smoking.
Favorite Music: Jimmy Buffet
Secret: She hates being Guardia.

Delpha

Known Aliases: None
Current Address: Trailer at the back of Dreamland Amusement Park.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH., Ohio State School of Nursing.
Work History: The Guardia.
Current Occupation: Fortuneteller in the Delpha’s Oracle tent; Seer of the Guardia.
Psychological Evaluation: Very sane.
Medical Evaluation: Elderly, weak heart, general debilities of age.
Personal Relationships: Close with Gus and Glenda.
Troublesome Footnote: She sees bad things coming to Dreamland, including her own death.
Hobbies: Taking care of her raven, Frankie.
Favorite Music: Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Sam Cooke.
Secret: She knows she’s going to die.  Soon.

Gus

Known Aliases: Just Gus.
Current Address: Trailer at the back of Dreamland Amusement Park.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH.
Work History: The Guardia.
Current Occupation: Dragon Coaster runner; Keeper of the Guardia
Psychological Evaluation:  Mostly he’s there, most of the time.
Medical Evaluation:  Well, he is getting older.
Personal Relationships:  His fellow Guardia.
Troublesome Footnote:  He’s been doing this a long, long time.
Hobbies:  Making sure the Dragon Coaster runs perfectly.
Favorite Music: Olivia Newton-John.
Secret:  He’s scared of demons.

Young Fred

Known Aliases: None.
Current Address: Apartment over the Paddleboat Dock in Dreamland Amusement Park.
Education: Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg, OH.
Work History: The Guardia.
Current Occupation: Park comedian; Trickster of the Guardia.
Psychological Evaluation: Very unhappy, full of resentment and anger.
Medical Evaluation: Healthy.
Personal Relationships:  Dating a girl from Parkersburg, but would really like to move to the big city, date a model.
Troublesome Footnote: He doesn’t think things through.
Hobbies: Video games, watching DVDs of movies set in New York, especially if there are model in them.
Favorite Music: Anything that doesn’t play in the park.
Secret: He thinks the Guardia is wrong.

Kharos

Known Aliases: The Devil, King of Hell, the name of whatever body he’s currently possessing
Current Address: A chalice in the Devil statue in front of the Devil’s Drop ride at Dreamland Amusement park.
Education:  None.
Work History:  Terrorizing Etruscans since 300 BC.
Current Occupation: Imprisoned.
Psychological Evaluation: Psychopath.
Medical Evaluation:  Supernatural, Indestructible, and Untouchable.
Personal Relationships:  Loves Vanth for eternity, but not adverse to other temporary liaisons.  Considers everyone else his slave.   Or lunch.
Troublesome Footnote:  He’s a demon.
Hobbies:  Eating souls.
Favorite Music: “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana.
Secret:  He’s going to use Dreamland to take over the world.

Vanth

Known Aliases: Mom, the name of whatever body she’s currently possessing.
Current Address: A chalice in the Fortunetelling Machine at Dreamland Amusement park.
Education: None.
Work History: Guiding and comforting Etruscans in hell since 300 BC.
Current Occupation: Imprisoned.
Psychological Evaluation: Delusional, prone to rage.
Medical Evaluation: Supernatural, indestructible, and Untouchable.
Personal Relationships:  Loves Kharos until the end of time, wants to mother the world as long as it calls every weekend.
Troublesome Footnote: She’s a demon.
Hobbies: Nurturing, nagging, worrying, tearing people limb from limb.
Favorite Music: “M-O-T-H-E-R” (“M is for the million things she gave me . . .”)
Secret: She’s not that crazy about hell.  The light is so bad and everyone’s so unhappy . . .

Selvans

Known Aliases: Big Orange, the name of whatever body he’s currently possessing.
Current Address: A chalice in the Strongman statue in front of the Test Your Strength machine at Dreamland Amusement park.
Education: None.
Work History: Right-hand man to Kharos (sort of the Pinky to Kharos’s Brain, albeit a very big pinky); before that, guarding the gate to Etruscan hell; before that, Etruscan god of boundaries.
Current Occupation: Imprisoned.
Psychological Evaluation: Anger issues, low IQ, slavish devotion to Kharos.
Medical Evaluation: Supernatural, indestructible, and Untouchable.
Personal Relationships: Kharos. 
Troublesome Footnote: He’s a demon.
Hobbies: Hitting people.
Favorite Music: What’s music?
Secret: A little in love with Kharos.  But then, who isn’t?

Tura

Known Aliases: the name of whatever body she’s currently possessing.
Current Address: A chalice in the Mermaid statue in front of the Mermaid Cruise ride at Dreamland Amusement park.
Education: None.
Work History: Punishing cheaters with death; before that, Etruscan underworld Fury; before that, Etruscan goddess of love
Current Occupation: Imprisoned.
Psychological Evaluation: Charming and homicidal.
Medical Evaluation: Supernatural, indestructible, and Untouchable.
Personal Relationships: She’s for them as long as people are faithful—oh, you meant her personal relationships?  She’s really too busy for that, although she and FunFun are friends-with-benefits.
Troublesome Footnote: She’s a demon.
Hobbies: Killing people who cheat on their significant others.
Favorite Music: “Cellblock Tango” (“He Had It Coming”)
Secret: If everybody would quit cheating, she’d like to find a nice demon and settle down.

Fufluns

Known Aliases: FunFun, the name of whatever body he’s currently possessing.
Current Address: A chalice in the FunFun clown statue at the front gate of Dreamland Amusement park.
Education: None.
Work History: Underworld demon; before that, Etruscan god of wine and happiness.
Current Occupation: Imprisoned.
Psychological Evaluation: Pathological need to please.  And party.
Medical Evaluation: Supernatural, indestructible, and Untouchable.
Personal Relationships:  Loves personal relationships.  Commitment, not so much.
Troublesome Footnote: He’s a demon.
Hobbies: Women.  Good times.  Women.  Good times.  Women. Good times.
Favorite Music: Anything with a beat he can dance to.
Secret: Would side with the humans in any demon-human war except that they keep locking him up.