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Handlers

The six in-fiction colleagues. One per max-team-size player. Shared written voice, distinct delivery — one voice on the page, six humans inside the org. Identity and voice canon in story/universe/cast/handlers.md. Per-handler clips are each handler's own background self-briefing.

Meet the team

All eight voices, stitched

Narrator → Pathfinder → Aldridge → Knox → Vale → Halliday → Mercer → Locke. Page-turn beats between each. ~2:56.

Aldridge

Aldridge

The patient officer

Late 50s · white male · soft RP / Home Counties · senior case officer, the anchor of the pool · FRINGE: GRIP / FLIP

"Take a breath. We've got a minute."
Knox

Knox

The sharp one

Early 40s · Black female · soft Edinburgh · close-protection / behavioural ops · FRINGE: EDGE / IGNITE

"What did you almost do?"
Vale

Vale

The listener

Mid 50s · white female · soft Cardiff Welsh · debriefer / interrogator · FRINGE: FLIP / RELAY

"Stay with it."
Halliday

Halliday

The long-haul one

Mid 50s · white male · soft Sheffield Yorkshire · long-arc liaison work · FRINGE: RELAY / GRIP

"Different room. Same call."
Mercer

Mercer

The technician

Early 40s · white male · gentle Belfast (educated overlay) · signals intelligence · FRINGE: IGNITE / NAIL

"Don't overthink it."
Locke

Locke

The trainer

Early 40s · Indian-British female · London RP · behavioural lead / training cadre · FRINGE: NAIL / EDGE

"Tell me what you were thinking."