Role: Field Technician, Breach Detection & Dimensional Stabilisation Unit
Background:
Eddie Rayner was a roadie and self-taught sound engineer touring the UK’s indie music circuit in the late 1980s. In 1988, during a set change at a gig in Canterbury, he watched one of the guitarists—his friend and bandmate—step into a shaft of angled stage light and vanish mid-stride. The crowd didn’t react. Neither did the band. When Eddie asked about it, no one knew who he was talking about. They insisted there had never been a fourth member.
Eddie left the tour that night and never went back. For months, he heard guitar riffs in empty rehearsal spaces, distortion with no source. He began building machines from scavenged amps and analog parts, convinced he could find the frequency again. He doesn’t remember the exact moment the Institute contacted him—just that one morning there was a note inside his toolbox with coordinates and a schematic he hadn’t drawn.
He showed up. He’s been FDG ever since.
Skills:
- Expert in jury-rigging analog detection rigs for dimensional fluctuation
- Custom-builder of breach triangulation gear using reel-to-reel hardware, copper filament, and magnetic resonance tech
- Highly skilled at rapid deployment in unstable field zones
Often assigned to teams investigating vanishing points, time slippage, and fae harmonics embedded in physical environments. Carries gear no one else can repair, and often refuses to explain how it works.
Personality:
Gruff, resourceful, and unexpectedly gentle. “Scratch” is a nickname from his roadie days—earned for his habit of soldering cables with a guitar pick between his teeth. He doesn’t talk much about the past but remains haunted by the man he lost on stage. Loyal to a fault, especially toward younger operatives, whom he treats like bandmates on a long tour.
Motive:
To find his lost friend—or at least prove he was real. Believes that music and light are keys to dimensional resonance, and that breach events may operate like forgotten tracks in an infinite setlist. He’s determined to keep listening.
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