Orren

A worm-bodied Syndicate liaison, called in to investigate when the showrunners and the System AI disagree about what happened in the dungeon. Under cover he is manager of the Desperado Club with Astrid. He is dry, patient and critical of his own people, and over the books moves from investigating Carl to mediating between the showrunners and the AI.

1. Orren investigates Loita's assassination, has Carl and Donut teleported into his Desperado Club office, and recommends closing the matter while barring third-party teleportation for the floor. source

1. At the start of the sixth floor Orren offers Carl three options over the Gate of the Feral Gods. source
2. Orren announces he will leave at the floor's collapse and not return until the ninth floor. source

1. When the System AI seizes control of the crawl, Orren appears with Cascadia as the designated negotiator and reports the settlement. source
2. Orren pulls Carl out of Paulie's memory and trades his looted bin for mercenaries and scrolls. source

1. Orren pulls Carl into the Desperado Club, silences the council with a zero zone, and questions him about the Fail Safe. source
2. Orren asks whether Carl deliberately helped break the AI out of containment. source

1. Orren joins Victory in messaging Carl during his judgment before the Plenty and asks him to put a question about the tunnels. source
2. By the eleventh floor Orren is blocked from messaging crawlers and routes questions through Zev. source
3. Locked out of contact after the descent to the twelfth floor, Orren is told by the AI that he is hunted and that only the AI may kill him. source

Rules

Desperado Club

Enemy of

System AI

Allied with

Carl, Princess Donut, Astrid, Cascadia, Quasar