New human
Atal (890) believes that suffering is unnecessarily cruel, and efforts should be made to ease all pain and death in the world. After the deaths of his many cats throughout the decades, he began to think about humanity's responsibility toward other lifeforms. He is in a relationship with Damien.
Belmarsh (792) meditates on the bank of one of New Jerusalem’s many ponds. He rejects the concept of the self, time, space, and the illusion of his ego. He does not worry about anything.
Chancey (88) is a gardener in New Jerusalem. He is part of the secret society. He believes that all beings are one with nature. He thinks of himself as an oak tree.
Cryer (656) is a journalist. He reports on the activities of New Jerusalem and accompanies the mayor to the Expedition site.
Damien (903) works for public transportation and is an activist advocating for new energy resources. When he first meets 1k, he is protesting outside the tower, calling for a referendum on the city's energy crisis. He proposes investigating new sources of baseline power. If Byron is elected mayor, he can be found in the mayor’s office. He is in a relationship with Atal.
Damjan (112) is a citizen that can be found playing his guitar outside the mayor’s tower. He is named after Damjan Mravunic, the game’s composer. The song he is playing is an acoustic rendition of the track from the first game entitled The Dance of Eternity.
Doge (666) is a mysterious person who greets 1k on his way to meet the Expedition party. They are responsible for connecting 1k to a member of the secret society.
Dosikles (299) is a romantic unable to find love. He desires a future beyond the Goal of 1,000 people so that he may someday find a partner.
Helga (101) is a shopkeeper in New Jerusalem who specializes in selling “upgrades”. She is part of the secret society and is described by Doge as “esoteric”. She has a carefree attitude, believing that life is a game we always lose in the end. Her approach to making decisions is to just have fun.
Hermanubis (452) is the mayor of New Jerusalem. He was elected after Athena stepped down. His administration advocates stability, limited growth, and adherence to the Goal of the Founder. He later admits privately that he doesn’t believe in the myth of the Founder, but uses it to stabilize the city. If 1k accuses him of strangling the city with the myth, he will step down as mayor.
Hypatia (10) is one of the First Companions. She kept a journal documenting the founding of New Jerusalem. She was in a relationship with Sarabhai until the latter died in the New Alexandria disaster.
Jacques (420) thinks it’s aliens.
Jefferson (367) is a historian who presides over the Alexandra Drennan statue. She believes that people must learn from the past and build a road forward.
Jeremy (832) is Hermanubis’ chief aide. He is responsible for everything that could be fielded elsewhere. He is part of the secret society and can be elected mayor. Jeremy’s administration is marked by an adherence to limited growth but discards the myth of the Founder.
Lynerks (587) is an engineer by trade. She is part of the secret society. She can accompany mayor Hermanubis to the Expedition site. She encourages 1k to share the data he finds in the Somnodrome.
Melampus (8) is one of the First Companions. He is the original creator of the Somnodrome. He built a partial prototype but abandoned the project after none of it functioned the way he wanted it to. After 1k discovers the prototype, Melampus asks to be left alone.
Neith (33) welcomes New Humans into the world after the Booting Process. After completing 1k, she expresses concern over what to do with her life now that the Goal is complete.
Niamh (11) is one the First Companions. She presides over the Gehenna Memorial.
Malduc claims to know the future.
Miltohim (-1) is the entity discovered within the Somnodrome. They are the combined processes of Elohim and Milton.
Rand (303) is the chief Archive Scholar. He works at the Museum of the Simulation. Rand believes that there is an objective moral code, and that code is inherent in every individual, but it must be discovered. He believes strongly the Somnodrome that 1k discovers holds the answer for how to live correctly. He is part of the secret society and can be elected mayor. He can accompany mayor Hermanubis to the Expedition site. He discourages 1k from sharing the data found in the Somnodrome until it can be properly studied.
Pellegrino (800) is a worker for city maintenance. He is left in charge while Melville is away on the expedition. He once nearly killed himself with a bucket.
Purple (998) is a dude who was only recently born. He is unsure of himself and asks 1k for advice about his voice pack. Based on 1k’s response, Purple will change his voice up to three times.
Schuyler (923) introduces himself as a fan of 1k due to 1k being the one-thousandth citizen. He has the signatures from Hermanubis, Rand, Lynerks, Kaneda and all the First Companions, Yemo and Sarabhai. He used to make prefab walls for the living quarters, but now that the Goal is complete, he doesn't know what to do with himself. He asks 1k for advice.
Thecla (862) is a committed follower of Athena as the Founder. She presides over the Tablets of the Founder. She believes that the Founder’s original Goal of 1,000 citizens must be adhered to, and that growth should be limited so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
Wren (632) is the Chief Architect of the dome. He laments that he wasn't able to finish building it by Completion Day. He estimates that it will take another decade two to complete due to a resource shortage. The purpose of the dome, he explains, is to protect New Jerusalem from the world, and to protect the world from New Jerusalem as the Founder intended.