- Brekker - previous leader and capital of the city guard. Assassinated during the treaty festival in Kraiton. Name later surfaced in the Deepwell Holdings registry alongside Mara Brightwater
- Brom - Hafling assassin of Brekker. Killed in custody by unknown means; bluish skin, dark veins spidering from the mouth
- Detective Molder - Detective investigating the assassination of Brekker
- Detective Watsen - Molder’s “Partner”. Yet to be witnessed doing anything competent
- Wicket - Hafling conspiracy theorist. Believes key individuals in the city are compromised in terms of the city’s interests. Killed in custody by the same unknown means as Brom
- The Mouth - Syndicate contact known for having his ear to the ground
- Red - Syndicate leader. Unusually secluded this treaty season, breaking from prior years’ clandestine negotiating tactics
- The Professor - Syndicate tech genius. Source of prototypes for Vasquez and Liriel, and has previously overheard mention of Deepwell Holdings
- Isaac Newt - A scholar highly placed in the university, tied to the Academy. Suspected of complicity in the attack on the party and hiding a chained, dying captive behind a bookcase in his quarters
- Mara Brightwater - Name surfaced alongside Brekker in the Deepwell Holdings registry