Mariko Lee: Mariko is first introduced as a WH Club instructor with an antipathy toward authority and rules. She eventually becomes Mark Rollins' personal bodyguard and driver and then rises to the ranks of Vice President of Security. Mariko is 5'2''. She is an ex-marine black belt who carried a Beretta Vertec handgun in most of Mark Rollins adventures but added a Springfield 9mm EMP to her armory later. She uses the EMP for the first time in the Puppeteer adventure. Her sexual orientation is an unresolved question. She calls Mark Rollins the "Boss".
Bryan Gray: Bryan is Rollins' main man in the WHC information technology Brain Trust. The 'brain trust' is Rollins' name for the small group of loyal computer experts who followed him from his prior commercial enterprises. As Rollins explains it, he got used to having a group of technical geniuses on his business team and now it is a luxury he can afford to continue. Bryan calls Rollins the "Chief."
Rob Randall: Randall appears for the first time in Mark Rollins' New Career and the Women's Health Club, (the New Career). Rob Randall is a personal trainer at WHC. He is in his late 30s. Randall is over 6' tall with large white teeth, long eyelashes, and a well proportioned muscular body. He is naturally tanned, possibly from his Italian bloodline. The name Rob Randall turns out to be an alias.
Big John Felts: This heavyweight, 380 lbs., is a member of the WHC brain trust and previously worked at CSI. Big John can program circles around the typical computer geek but his most important value to the WHC brain trust is his ability to navigate the Web.
Charles (Charlie) Harris: Harris appears in the New Career. Charlie, as he prefers to be called, is a gay instructor at the WH Club. He has been characterized as the WHC's version of Richard Simmons and is jokingly accused of wearing a 'third sock'.
Debbie Lopez: In the New Career, Debbie is a body sculpting class instructor for the Woman's Health Club.
Shannon Nelson: Shannon is the nature loving receptionist at the WH Club. She is continually involved in some cause orientated effort to save the environment or its animal inhabitants.
Eve (unknown last name): In the New Career, Eve is a soft Yoga instructor at the WH Club.
Felicia Jones: In the New Career, Felicia is the therapeutic massage professional used by Mark and eventually becomes a member of the WHC team.
Jamal (Jay) Lawson: In the New Career, Jay is the new instructor who takes over most of Mariko's classes as her security role evolves. He is big, black, and according to certain WHC members, has a great set of glutes.
Matt Williams: In the New Career, this member of the personal training staff subs for Rob Randall when Randall fails to show up for scheduled sessions with his WHC clients.
Pamela (Pam) Wilson: In the New Career, Pam is a body sculpting instructor. She is a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee. She has returned to Tennessee hoping to break into the Nashville music scene. Pam is 5'10'' and is always tanned without any noticeable tan lines.
Tony Caruso: Tony is introduced in the New Career as a driver with a limo service used on occasion by Mark Rollins. In that first Rollins adventure, the ex-submariner comes to Mariko's aid at The Palm restaurant. He eventually replaces Mariko as Rollins' chauffeur when she is promoted to Vice President of Security for the WH Club. He is 5'10" with a slender build. In Mark Rollins and the Rainmaker, (The Rainmaker), Tony carries a 10-round Glock Model 19 pistol but prefers a baton. He knows his plants and herbs and sometimes helps Sarah by doing handyman jobs around the house. By the time of the Puppeteer adventure, Tony has started refering to Mark Rollins as "Mr. R."
Tori Flowers: Like a number of characters, Tori appears in both the New Career and the Rainmaker. While she doesn't appear in the Puppeteer, she is mentioned in the story. She is the Club's power Yoga instructor teaching classic Ashtanga. She studied in India under master Ajay Palle, wears a nose ring, and has tattoo sleeves on both arms.
Bob Parker: Appears for the first time in the Rainmaker. He is a member of the WHC's technical team, the brain trust. He has proved capable of both tracking cell phone and e-mail activity and taping into the calls and messages involving persons of interest.
Michael Sloan: Appears for the first time in the Rainmaker. He is hired during a flu outbreak contingent on results of his background check. Worked for a fitness facility in Hawaii. Moved to Nashville for his wife to pursue a music career. Sloan is tall with a symmetrical muscular body and sports a military style buzz cut.
Tim Rudolph: Tim appears for the first in the Puppeteer. He is another member of the W H Club brain trust reporting to Bryan Gray the Club's CIO.
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