Character Batch 002 — The Jackal, Dancer, Mickey, Fitchner, Roque

The deepest antagonist + Darrow's mentors and conscience — the second wave of guides, covering the figures who shape the novel from offstage and from inside the apparatus.

Per-character files:

• jackal.md + jackal-prompt.md
• dancer.md + dancer-prompt.md
• mickey.md + mickey-prompt.md
• fitchner.md + fitchner-prompt.md
• roque-fabii.md + roque-fabii-prompt.md

Visual lock (use across chapter art)

• Jackal — small, fine-boned, light-gold hair, pale-gold (winter) eyes, soft black gloves always, jackal grin, trophy string nearby.
• Dancer — wiry middle-aged Red, crimson Red eyes, gap-tooth, scarred forearms, oiled leather coat, thin black cigar.
• Mickey — pearl-violet silks, surgical apron, pale violet eyes, long dark hair, scalpel; the spider-rig of tools as backdrop.
• Fitchner — sandy mussed hair, pale-amber gold eyes, mismatched Mars-red Proctor armor, gold Olympian mask pushed up on forehead.
• Roque — honey-blond shoulder-length hair, light-amber gold eyes, ink-stained fingers, a leather book pouch, Mars wolf-and-spear at the breast.

Sources

All cross-checked across the six sources in ../sources.md.

Research gaps

Hair-shade and eye-shade specifics for Dancer, Mickey, Fitchner, and Roque are interpolated within convergent fan-summary descriptions; primary text passages were not surfaced through the recap chain. Update individual prompts if a primary description contradicts.