Following his Awakening in 598, Thad made several bad decisions and wound up deeply traumatized. He spent the next five years pummelling his higher self into oblivion with alcohol and any drugs he could get his hands on - a "self treatment" method that fails spectacularly when Hurzog makes contact with Dyluck.

BMC patient 6656, Annathena is a cognitive empath - a rare psionic condition which enables her to pick up and process the thoughts of anyone within a 15-foot radius. This defect affects her ability to form memories or a personality, making her an effectively blank slate who becomes anyone she comes in contact with. This ability makes her the perfect receptacle for the Aspect of Dyluck that Thad expells.

A higher being with an unknown array of abilities, Dyluck incarnated as Thaddeus Gallahad in 584 and remained in a dormant state until Awoken in 598. Thad's cognitive dissonance forced her back into a dormant state until 603. Thad - her "lower self" - bifurcated her awareness in an attempt to dispell what he perceived to be a form of possession. The expelled aspect took hold in the mind of Annathena Val, at which point Dyluck, now fully Awakened, set out to reunify herself.

A higher being with immense telekinetic and gravimetric abilities - powers and talents which are slowly manifesting in his physical incarnation, the Addicaine Alias Azahel.

A longtime friend of Thad's and fellow victim of the Templar Waking God Protocols, Ornix has a long-standing mental link with Thad and an even longer-standing hatred of the regenerating Templar field agent Beef Knuckleback.

A congealed poltergeist formed from the discharge of large amounts of negative energy (hate, fear, etceteras), NBEs exist to feed on strong positive or neutral energy. A constant hazard to magicians and psionicists, weak NBEs are relatively easy to contain or dissipate with marginal training. The stronger the energy, the stronger the NBE and the more effort or time it takes to dissipate. The Templar use biomagnetic generators at BMC to collect and contain this type of energy, releasing it only in the most dire of emergencies.