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Rynch Brodie

A castaway who wakes beside a creek with hunting tackle he knows intimately and a life he does not, haunted by a room, a cup, and a compulsion to move on.

supporting

Also known as Brodie, Rynch

First appearance: ii

As a supporting figure in Star Hunter, Rynch Brodie is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The son of Gentlefem Tharlee Kogan Brodie, presumed dead after the Largo Drift disappearance.

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Rynch Brodie survives alone on a world of water-cats and blue-black shelled swarms, his bare arms and scanty gear each earned by labor or battle he can almost remember. Yet the shadow of a room and a cup keeps…

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See Rynch Brodie in ii

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Setup
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Ras Hume
rivalry · negative
Ras Hume and Rynch Brodie are bitter competitors, often clashing over resources, status,… How this plays out →
Milfors Wass
professional · ambivalent
The Stranger
rivalry · negative
Vye Lansor
romantic · ambivalent
Ras Hume
rivalry · negative
Ras Hume and Rynch Brodie are bitter competitors, often clashing over resources, status,… How this plays out →
Milfors Wass
professional · ambivalent
Ras Hume
rivalry · negative
Ras Hume and Rynch Brodie are bitter competitors, often clashing over resources, status,… How this plays out →
Vye Lansor
romantic · ambivalent
Vye Lansor
romantic · ambivalent

Ras Hume
Ras Hume and Rynch Brodie are bitter competitors, often clashing over resources, status, or Vye Lansor's attention.
Milfors Wass
Milfors Wass employs Rynch Brodie as a hired gun or agent, maintaining a tense business relationship.
The Stranger
Rynch Brodie and The Stranger are locked in a silent, deadly competition, each trying to outmaneuver the other.
Vye Lansor
Rynch Brodie harbors a possessive, unrequited romantic obsession with Vye Lansor, leading to volatile encounters.
Ras Hume
Ras Hume and Rynch Brodie are bitter competitors, often clashing over resources, status, or Vye Lansor's attention.
Milfors Wass
Milfors Wass employs Rynch Brodie as a hired gun or agent, maintaining a tense business relationship.
Ras Hume
Ras Hume and Rynch Brodie are bitter competitors, often clashing over resources, status, or Vye Lansor's attention.
Vye Lansor
Rynch Brodie harbors a possessive, unrequited romantic obsession with Vye Lansor, leading to volatile encounters.
Vye Lansor
Rynch Brodie harbors a possessive, unrequited romantic obsession with Vye Lansor, leading to volatile encounters.

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In the story

Rynch Brodie appears across 7 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

I
The son of Gentlefem Tharlee Kogan Brodie, presumed dead after the Largo Drift disappearance. He is the target of Hume and Wass's scheme, to be impersonated by a conditioned youth.
III
Awakens disoriented, fights a water-cat, and struggles with intrusive memories and a sense of alienation from his own actions.
IV
Brodie is the castaway Hume and Rovald are concerned about, believed to be hiding in the woods. Hume hopes he has reached the prepared camp.
V
Hides in trees, observes alien beasts, captures the stranger from the spacer camp.
VI
Confronts Hume, asserts his own memories, and refuses to be a pawn in the billion-credit scheme.
VII
Rynch realizes his memories are manipulated and that Hume intended him to be a castaway. He fights alongside Hume against the water creatures and lights.
VIII
Mentioned as the castaway Vye is mistaken for; Vye denies being Brodie.

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