Aesa Alabast
Aesa Alabast is the Security Officer of the Paralux Unlimited company.
Death of Jasper Taylor
Official Explanation Cascadia was experiencing a tremendous electrical storm that combined the awesome power of a 100-year thunderstorm with a solar storm that disrupted power grids, electronic communications, and generally played havoc with any number of electrical systems. One of those systems, according to records released by Paralux in the wake of Jasper Taylor’s death […]
Elizabeth Parsons
Elizabeth Parsons is the wife of the late Jasper Taylor and mother of Paralux heiress Sarah Taylor.
Jasper Taylor
Jasper Taylor was born in Cascadia to parents Marie and Albert Taylor on August 2nd, 1950. A prodigy at math and science, Taylor thrived in school and by age 11 had received many national honours. He attended college 5 years early and earned two degrees in the study of the material world. Upon graduation, he […]
Josephine Imre
Founder of SoftLogic, Josephine Imre is a prominent technologist who turned against technology after The Outbreak. She is now leader of the the anti-technology group Purity.
Paralux Unlimited
The Paralux Conglomeration came to life in 1974 as the brainchild of two young physicists tinkering on a side project. In a Pørtland, Cascadia garage Toshe Marinos and Jasper Taylor devised an ingenious method for storing blood without refrigeration. Until 1985, Paralux was run jointly by the two founders who served as Co-Executive Officers. Toshe Marinos took over […]
Paroma
Paroma is an artificial intelligence developed by Paralux Unlimited. Paroma’s name is a portmanteau that stands for “Paralux Operations Matrix”. Paroma is said to serve as essentially the OO (Operations Officer) of the company.
Sarah Taylor
The daughter of Paralux founder Jasper Taylor. She is currently the largest shareholder of stock in Paralux and therefore its controlling owner; however, Sarah has delegated her voting interest to the second-largest Paralux shareholder, Toshe Marinos. She is the founder of Mimir, a financial consultancy.
The Outbreak
The Outbreak refers to an infectious disease outbreak that took place in the Cascadian capital of Pørtland in early 2014. The origins of the disease that caused The Outbreak remain unknown. The disease is known officially as Pørtland Idiopathic Respiratory Disease (PIRD). Patient Zero was believed to have been George Whitmoth, a researcher at the […]
Toshe Marinos
Toshe Marinos is Cascadia’s wealthiest male, the Executive Officer of Paralux Unlimited, and a major celebrity within the entrepreneur community of Pørtland. Toshe Marinos was born in Cascadia on a farm outside of Pørtland and showed an early aptitude for science. He attended Wimahl University and studied under Hugh Everett, and with Jasper Taylor. The two […]