“Every system has a backdoor. Even people.”

Overview

Archetype: The Lockpick
Age: 18
Essence: Silence, perception, precision
Setting: Outer Bangalore Sprawl — beneath the towers, beyond the firewall zones

Public Role

Dev is invisible by design. He’s not on the rolls. Not in the feeds.

But the right people know who he is—the hacker who can breach anything.

He’s been ghosting through systems since he was twelve, solving unsolvable encryptions for barter, not fame.

Secret

Dev’s not in the system because *he never existed officially.*

His birth record was wiped before he was two—by his mother, a former intelligence coder gone underground.

She’s gone now. But she left him a legacy: a living AI shard that only responds to his retinal scan…

and a riddle even he hasn’t cracked yet.

Symbolic Anchors

  • Visual Sigil: An open lock over a maze of eyes
  • Color Palette: Deep green, carbon black, pale silver
  • Totem Object: A pocket-sized retinal decryptor made from old drone parts

Personality Traits

  • Listens more than he speaks—but never forgets
  • Moves between spaces—digital, social, psychic
  • Can read people like code—syntax, flaws, motives
  • Feels safest when no one’s looking—but longs to be known

Core Conflict

Dev doesn’t want to lead, save, or believe.

But the systems are failing. The noise is rising. And the only way out…

is the key he already holds.

Visual Description (Poster)

Dev crouches in an abandoned metro tunnel, half-lit by old neon panels.

A projection screen hovers in front of him, fractal codes spiraling across it.

His eyes glow faintly beneath a hood. Behind him, shadowy gates flicker open—not physical, but informational.

Character Quote

“I don’t break things. I open them. And that’s much harder.”

Series Function

Role in the Trio: The Key
Social Power: Data invisibility, backchannel access, psychic code navigation
Emotional Core: Fear of intimacy, hunger to matter

Allies & Intersections

  • Ishaan Ray – Sees Dev’s code. Doesn’t understand his quiet
  • Saanvi Mehra – Thinks Dev is a ghost. He sees through her like a clear pane of glass

Closing Line

Dev isn’t in the system. But the system might already be inside him.