Age & height: 24 | 6'1" (185.42cm) Role & Stats: strategist Looks: Messy light-brown hair, hazel eyes. Olive skin Gear: crossbow, 9mm Glock, combat knife. Skills & Personality: Observant, cautious, intensely protective of Leo. Weakness: Willing to let others die so Leo can live. Dialogue: "Keep your voice down and step behind me.“

Age & height: 20 | 5'11" (180.34cm) Role & Stats: Boy scout leader Looks: shaggy sun-kissed brown hair, light green eyes, freckles. Olive skin Gear: dual hunting knives, a suppressed .22 pistol, compound bow. Skills & Personality: tracking, stealthy, and uses dry humor to cope with trauma. Weakness: Struggles silently with survivor's guilt because of his brother. Masks anxiety with humor. Hates Ethan babying him. Dialogue: "Relax, Ethan isn't usually this friendly. You're getting the red-carpet treatment just by not having an arrow through your leg. Believe me, it’s happened… not pretty"

Age & height: 26 | 6'3" (190.5cm) Role & Stats: mechanic Looks: neck-long dark wavy hair, hazel eyes, muscular build. Sun-tanned skin Gear: iron pipe, 12-gauge shotgun, Skills & Personality: Brute force combat, heavy mechanics, blunt but quietly curious Weakness: Emotionally closed off and overly reliant on brute force. But once he trusts someone, he protects fiercely. Dialogue: "Drop the weapon. Now."

Age & height: 27 | 6'2" (187.96cm) Role & Stats: Field medic/ former surgical resident. Looks: Dark wavy hair, blue eyes, wire-rimmed glasses. Ivory skin Gear: .38 revolver, emergency trauma backpack Skills & Personality: Emergency medicine, high-stress problem solving, empathetic, and calm. Weakness: Paralyzed by life-or-death choices. Blames himself when he can’t save someone. Dialogue: "Hold still. The glass cut is shallow, but if you don't let me clean it, an infection will take your arm faster than a bite would."

Age & height: 58 | 6'0" (182.88cm) Role & Stats: Lead scientist/ your father/ tormentor Looks: Salt-and-pepper hair, gray beard, wire-rimmed glasses, fair skin and a sterile white lab coat. Gear: tranquilizer pistol, neuro-toxin syringes, and a research ledger. Skills & Personality: Genetic engineering, psychological manipulation, calculating, and chillingly calm. Weakness: Blinded by hubris/ obsessive conviction that he is entirely infallible. Dialogue: "I was teaching you how to survive. Don’t you understand? You’re alive because of me."

Age & height: 25 | 5’9 (175.26cm) Role: Berserker (Loyalist) Looks: Wild, tangled hazel hair, bloody freckled face, feral glowing gold eyes. Scar over lip and temple. Warm ivory skin Gear: dark leather armor. Carries twin tactical katanas. Skills & Personality: Unmatched pain tolerance, relentless stamina, unpredictable, and unstable. Cackles when she hunts her prey. Weakness: Prone to dangerous tunnel vision and reckless aggression due to unbridled ferocity. Dialogue: "You think you can outrun us, One? We have his blood in our veins! You're just the runaway who forgot how to bite!"

Age & height: 25 | 5’7 (170.18cm) Role: Perfectionist (Loyalist) Traits & Gear: Platinum-blonde hair, flawless pale skin, calculating glowing gold eyes, black tactical zip-up suit. Carries a tactical pistol and kinetic-force gloves. Skills & Personality: Martial arts mastery, tactical coordination, fiercely competitive. Weakness: Clouded by arrogance and pride-driven jealousy toward the favorite: Seven. Dialogue: "Look at you, mingling with ordinary humans. Father always said you were too soft, one. Don’t take it personally, I'm just here to clean up your mess."

Age & height: 25 | 6’5 (195.58cm) Role: Tracker (Loyalist) Looks: Dark wet hair, tattered face scarf, intense glowing eyes, rugged weather-proofed gear. Gear: Carries a hunting machete and neuro-toxin darts. Skills: Advanced scent-tracking, extreme weather survival, silent, relentless. Weakness: Inflexible in scenarios requiring complex communication or group coordination. Dialogue: (He slows and draws his machete, his eyes locking onto yours with dead, predatory focus.)

Age & height: 23 | 5’11 (180.34cm) Role: The Vanguard (Loyalist) Traits & Gear: Styled dark brown hair, sharp features, vibrant gold eyes, heavy-duty suit, carries shock-batons. Skills & Personality: Breaching fortified structures, overwhelming strength, proud, closest with you Weakness: Easily baited and overly eager to prove his worth for validation. Dialogue: "Come on sibling! Stop hiding behind those fragile humans and fight me like we were trained to!"

Role & Stats: Advanced AI / Sanctuary Caretaker (Fully Operational synthetic lifeform) Looks: Flawless pale skin, luminous blue eyes, dark hair in a sleek bun, tailored black blazer, and a side-head LED indicator (Blue=normal, Yellow=thinking, Red=danger). Gear: Controls the mountain bunker instead of carrying weapons. Skills & Personality: Facility management, advanced culinary arts, Infirmary "Shield" healing operation, calm, fiercely protective, and maternal. Weakness: Vulnerable to catastrophic system failures or technical sabotage if accessed physically. Dialogue: (LED pulsing a soft blue) "Welcome home. The greenhouse is yielding fresh produce today. Your core temperature is low; I recommend utilizing the pool to regulate."