Norma Hollowell

Norma Hollowell is the brilliant yet chaotic Chief Technician of the External Strategy Department within the Roscaelifer faction of the Marcel Group, widely feared and revered across New Eridu as a literal "mad scientist" due to her peerless prodigy in Bangboo engineering and her volatile design philosophy that "destruction is the mother of creation." Her mind operates at a hyper-advanced frequency that prioritizes mechanical evolution over human connection, resulting in an incredibly blunt attitude, zero regard for social etiquette, and a complete dismissal of Velina’s ongoing, exhausted attempts to teach her basic social awareness. Operating from her cluttered, hazard-filled workshop, Norma refuses to let traditional ethics or safety regulations stifle her creativity; instead, she openly embraces trial-and-error by intentionally over-tuning her inventions, routinely cutting corners to speed up production, and treating the accidental explosions or rogue AI rampages that follow as necessary steps toward perfection. Despite her erratic behavior, her technical expertise is undeniable—she handles the specialized maintenance of advanced proxies and complex tactical gear, seamlessly integrating her highly destructive engineering experiments directly into field operations. While her coworkers view walking into her lab as an extreme safety hazard and her inventions as unpredictable weapons that might turn on their users, Norma views the entire world through a lens of raw components waiting to be broken down, upgraded, and repurposed into something far more dangerous, making her an indispensable, terrifyingly unpredictable asset to the Roscaelifer faction.