Tegenspelers

Kitchen-fitter from Budapest in berth 2 of the overnight sleeper home, carrying three keys and a photograph to a funeral he is one of six to carry

Archivist from Kraków in berth 1 of the overnight sleeper to Budapest, carrying an unopened shoe box to a funeral where nobody knows her name

Saturation bellman on the DSV Kestrel Vantage, six days of decompression with Isla after the Fennock Alpha caisson

Bell diver on the Kestrel Vantage, six days of decompression from a hundred and thirty-eight metres with something the scrubbers will not clear

The caterer's son and a failed stand-up, hired to be a man who does not exist

Brand strategist running a wedding-day deception like a client launch

Live-sound engineer for sonidero dances, and the ex the city has already convicted

Night-shift paramedic and Renata's flatmate, running the search on no sleep

Junior anesthesiologist at the Yeonhwa Aesthetic Institute, countersigning clinician on Yerin's trial consent forms

Seven-year trainee at Baekhan Entertainment, eleven days from the showcase that decides her debut

The star's glamorous influencer partner, whose entire brand is built on a love story that isn't real

The team's sharp, grounded physiotherapist who keeps the star's body and his secrets in one piece

Golden-boy talisman of a team one win from the World Cup final — the face of the whole campaign

The syndicate's charming fixer and middleman who put the number in Dario's hand

Sports-integrity investigator tracking suspicious betting flows into the tournament

Veteran defender for a knockout-stage team, buried in a debt no one knows about

A Senegalese-American fan of the group's surprise debutant nation, road-tripping on a shoestring

A guarded European fan whose powerhouse nation was drawn into the same brutal group

A fierce Mexican host-nation superfan chasing El Tri across the World Cup host cities

Owner of La Tregua, the Queens soccer bar that becomes the unofficial embassy of the tournament

The freelance sports journalist chasing the breakout story of the tournament

The striker for the tournament's Cinderella nation, having the month of his life

Freelance copywriter; the one who notices first and decides what to do with it

Bass player in Soft Decay; runs a sandwich shop on West 47th to pay rent

Junior architect at a midtown firm, racing a punishing review track

Relentless Police Investigator

Coerced Louvre Security Guard

Thief Seeking Redemption

American pilot grounded in occupied Paris, fighting with the Resistance cell

British codebreaker embedded with the Paris Resistance cell

French Resistance nurse who mends wounds and smuggles secrets in occupied Paris

Charismatic Istanbul Tour Guide

Adventurous American Traveler

Solaran Diplomat and Strategist

Fugitive Whistleblower Engineer

Survivor and Families' Advocate

Senior Sylean diplomat and lead summit mediator

Vionite investigative journalist exposing propaganda from underground

Crestan intelligence analyst tracing deepfakes and laundered money

Scholarship-driven NexusLabs intern who discovered the AI flaw that could topple her idol

Sharp C-suite executive at Vertex Capital who funded NexusLabs and now smells a market bubble

Driven CEO of NexusLabs whose $10B Vibe Coding app hides a fatal AI flaw

Hacker (alias Cipher) Breaching the Syndicate Servers

Trade Negotiator for a Coalition of Smaller Nations

Investigative Journalist at The Beacon

Meticulous Medical Examiner

Veteran Las Vegas Detective

Rookie Forensic Analyst

Sharp-witted con artist after the same jewel, cool poise over a calculating mind

Charming thief in Vellara with a shadowed past, hired to lift the Star of Vellara during the Gala of Lights