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  Dr. Tachyon

  Dr. Tachyon is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He was created for the books by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Tachyon is a geneticist from the planet Takis, whose people created what human doctors called "Xenovirus Takis-A" -- the Wild Card virus. The virus (known to the Takisians as "the...
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  The Sleeper

  The Sleeper is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. In September 1946, ninth-grader Croyd Crenson, native of an unspecified burough of the New York City metropolitan area, was one of the first victims of the alien virus dubbed "the Wild Card", which generates random mutations...

• The Astronomer

  The Astronomer is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series. Leader of a cult...

• Wraith

  Wraith (Jennifer Maloy) is a fictional character in the Wild Cards shared universe series. She was created by John J. Miller, and first appeared in the third book, Jokers Wild. Jennifer Maloy was an attractive but introverted librarian until the day she discovered she was an Ace, gifted with the...

• Digger Downs

  Thomas "Digger" Downs, created by Steve Perrin, is a minor character from the Wild Cards series of anthology books. Digger is an investgative reporter (some would say papparazzo) for Aces magazine, a periodical on the lives of the Wild Cards universe's more publicly known Aces. Journalistically,...

• Loophole

  Loophole is a character from the Wild Cards series of books, first appearing in volume III, "Jokers Wild." Senior partner in one of New York's most successful law firms, St. John Latham represented a family of companies with their headquarters in the Bahamas and subsidiaries including CariBank and...

• Peregrine

  Peregrine is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. Peregrine might technically be considered a Joker, since the wild card virus left her with a visible "deformity" a pair of giant wings. However, the majestic nature of her wings, combined with her physical beauty and charisma,...

• Carnifex

  Carnifex (William "Billy" Ray) is a fictional character in the Wild Cards anthology series. Carnifex (Latin for "executioner") is Billy Ray's nickname given to him for his love of violence. Infection with the Wild Card Virus has given him superhuman levels of strength, speed and stamina, along with...

• Shad

  Shad is a fictional vigilante from the Wild Cards series of books, and was created by Walter Jon Williams. Better known as Black Shadow he first appeared in the short story "Strings" in the first Wild Cards anthology, and has played a pivotal role in several of the later books of the series. Black...

• Kien Phuc

  for the historical figure see Kien Phuc Kien Phuc is a fictional criminal from the Wild Cards anthology book series. He was created by John J. Miller in the short story Comes a Hunter, in the first book of the series, Wild Cards. Kien Phuc (birth name unknown) was born an ethnic Chinese in Vietnam,...