Derek Castor

Type
Person: NPC

Physical Description
Species: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 37

Heritage: English

Appearance: White, short brown hair, grey eyes, muscular. Fifth Column armor.

Political Description
Faction: Fifth Column (formerly Tommies)

Rank: Offensive Branch Head

Job: Branch Advisor

Personal Description
The current advisor of the Offensive branch (John Smith’s replacement). Derek’s fascination with the 5th Column is purely ideological. He dehumanizes the Gentry and views them as the “enemy”, and has no qualms about killing them. He is not enamoured with Eve like most 5th Column members, but instead views the 5th Column as an anti-establishment, anti-classicist movement that will bring about necessary societal change.

History
When asked if the 5th Column’s nefarious dealings concern him, he downplays it and brushes it off as “at least it’s not the Gentry.” Derek alludes to having been a Tommies’ militiaman and claims that he is using his training and expertise as a Tommie soldier to train the 5th Column’s Offensive branch. He is surprisingly well-educated and hints at having been born and raised in Islington. He claims to have gotten an advanced education in political science from the Gentry while he was a Tommie. If the player speaks to Derek, he will lecture them in political philosophy and defend the 5th Column to no end. The more the player speaks to him, the more evident it should become that he has PTSD from his experiences as a militiaman.