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jwhouk:
Something alluded to in the WCDT thread for this week - Jeph apparently came up with 33 significant primary current characters in QC.

Speculation time: who do we think they are?

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Pennepasta:
Hmm, wasn't it 33, including 13 who are retired/absent and several who are pretty much so? So 15-20ish who are current main.

Zebediah:
Well, let's see. Here's  what I can think of off the top of my head, in no particular order:

Active
Marten
Faye
Hannelore
Clinton
Claire
Steve
Dora
Tai
Emily
Penny
Cosette
Wil
Sven
Pintsize
Bubbles
Winslow
Momo
May
Marigold
Dale
Jim
Samantha
Veronica
Brun
Renee
Elliot
Roko
Punchbot

Retired
Angus
Sara
Raven
Corpse Witch
Padma
Gabby
Amir
Natasha
Ellen

Maybe (don't know if these count as major characters or not)
Beatrice Chatham
John Ellicott-Chatham
Jeremy
Seven
PT410x
Claire's mom

Probably left a few off, so feel free to suggest additions.

BenRG:
I feel pretty good about this list. I divided the active characters up into main and supporting roles. There are some entries there that would initially look like a surprise until you consider how their roles have dwindled over the last 1-2 years.

I had to leave a lot of major names out to get it to exactly thirty-three characters but that's probably because my definition of 'active' main or supporting characters might be different from Jeph's. He might, for example, see Jeremy, Mrs Augustus and Punchbot more as 'set dressing', a character who will always appear in a certain scenario but has no role outside of that. No matter how hard I try, I can't get the list below 36 members.

I left out characters whose role, no matter how major, was limited to one or two arcs and never reoccurred, even when events suggested that they could. Examples of these 'one-off majors' are Faye's mother and sister, Lt Porter, Arthur the Support Group Moderator, Marten's dad, Henry  and Delilah, Marten's one-night stand.

Active - Main
Faye
Bubbles
Brun
Renee
Elliott
Clinton
Hannelore
Winslow
Momo
May

Active - Supporting
Emily
Dora
Marten
Claire
Pintsize
Jim
Sam
Veronica
Punchbot
Spookybot - at jwhouk's suggestion
Roko

Inactive/Retired
Angus
Tai
Penelope
Wil
Steve
Cossette
Sven
Marigold
Dale
Steve
Beatrice
John
Raven

Sam Bean may move from 'supporting' to 'main' if her role at Union Robotics sticks and grows in later arcs.


[EDIT]
So, with that last edit, I've reached exactly 33 on this list. I'm not 100% with it as it stands as I've had to shoulder several characters into the 'Minor/Context-Specific' category that I'm not entirely happy with having there. Nonetheless, I think my list is reasonably workable.

jwhouk:
I suspect Spookybot isn't considered a character by Jeph, mostly because he never specifically named them.

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