The courierCourier carrying valuable data-glasses
A courier who transports sensitive information. He travels from Mexico City to San Francisco, carrying a highly valuable pair of data-glasses that are subsequently stolen from him after a party at Harwood's.
Berry RydellUnemployed armed-response driver
A former IntenSecure armed-response driver from the South. After a disastrous hostage response and a bizarre incident driving a company vehicle, he loses his job and relies on Hernandez to find new work, which leads him to Lucius Warbaby.
RydellNixon
Kenneth TurveyHostage-taker
A naked, unbathed machinist in Knoxville with a freshly tattooed chest who held his girlfriend hostage, demanding to speak to the president, an incident that Rydell responded to.
Turvey
SublettFugitive's companion
Rydell's heavily allergic partner during their time at IntenSecure. He rides shotgun in the Hotspur Hussar and suffers a severe allergic reaction during the Schonbrunn incident.
HernandezRydell's former IntenSecure supervisor
Rydell's supervisor at IntenSecure who is sympathetic to Rydell's firing and hooks him up with a driving job for Lucius Warbaby.
Ms. CooperIntenSecure client
An affluent client from New Hampshire who uses IntenSecure's services and comments on her neighbors' sense of irony.
YamazakiResearcher/Sociologist
A Japanese researcher studying the bridge community. He interviews Skinner to understand the history and sociology of the bridge's improvised settlement.
Scooter
SkinnerOriginal bridge resident
An elderly man who was one of the first to occupy the bridge during the initial takeover. He lives in a scavenged room on the suspension cables, cares for Chevette, and is interviewed by Yamazaki.
Skinner-san
Chevette-Marie WashingtonBike messenger and bridge resident
A bike messenger in San Francisco who lives with Skinner on the bridge. She steals the courier's data-glasses and becomes increasingly anxious about possessing them.
ChevetteVettethe girlChevyChevChevette Washington
NigelMechanic on the bridge
A bridge resident who builds and repairs delivery carts and bike wheels. He teases Chevette about her paper bike frame.
KarenRydell's acquaintance/lover
A woman whose apartment Rydell is staying in when he is evicted by IntenSecure rentacops. She coldly kicks him out after discovering suspects for the Pooky Bear murders.
BunnyDispatcher
A dispatcher at Allied Messenger Service who informs Chevette that security agents are looking for her.
Sammy SalBike Messenger
A fellow bike messenger who helps Chevette identify the stolen Virtual Light glasses and is shot while trying to intervene during her abduction.
RingerVandal
A young man who gets physically intimidated by Sammy Sal for tagging his name in clients' elevators.
WarbabyCorporate operative
An operative with a leg brace and cane who utilizes Virtual Light glasses to analyze crime scenes and tasks Rydell with finding Chevette.
SvobodovHomicide Cop / Enforcer
A tall, sinewy, pale-haired San Francisco homicide cop working alongside Warbaby.
OrlovskyHomicide Cop / Enforcer
Svobodov's partner, another Russian enforcer wearing half-frame glasses.
FreddieWarbaby's jockey
Warbaby's assistant who feeds data to the Virtual Light glasses and warns Rydell about the dangers of the bridge community.
Freddy
LovelessAssassin / Enforcer
A trained killer working to protect data couriers and recover stolen data, who suffers a drug-induced psychotic break from 'dancer'.
Smileythe cowboy fucker
James Delmore ShapelyHistorical figure / HIV survivor
A former prostitute who became famous for carrying a mutant strain of HIV that suppressed the deadly version.
J.D. ShapelyShapely
LowellChevette's ex-boyfriend
A drug user with hacker connections to the Republic of Desire who disappointed Chevette when she sought his help.
CodesLowell's associate
A man who trades stolen phones, which Lowell has someone reprogram.
FontaineBridge mechanic
A man living on the bridge who brings Yamazaki a phone and tells him aboutChevete's arrest and the upcoming Shapely parade.
Danica ElliottRV driver / Tourist
A talkative woman who rented an RV to drive to LA after relocating her deceased husband's frozen brain.
Mrs. Elliott
God-eaterHacker
A highly capable hacker belonging to a cell in the Republic of Desire, who manipulates the ECCCS to frame Warbaby's crew.
RichardParadise
Aaron PursleyLawyer
A lawyer representing Rydell and the others, eager to exploit the media and legal angles of their situation.
Pursley
Wellington MaLawyer
A lawyer in a navy blazer working alongside Pursley and Karen Mendelsohn to represent Rydell's group.