Kate Greenwood

Kate Greenwood is the first character introduced in The Human Game. She is one of the eight players. Since her introduction, she has appeared in a lot of promotional images as she is generally thought of as the "face" of the entire franchise.

While she was relegated to side-character status, Kate still remained a constant presence, both in the story as well as in promotional material.

Appearance
She is identified by her fiery orange hair, blue eyes and simple red tunic.

Personality
Kate tries to be the de-facto leader of the group, but this doesn't work out most of the time. She wants to organize their efforts to get out, and keep their humanity. Not always kind, but attentive and (usually) level-headed, Kate will do anything to keep her compatriots (especially Daniel) in line. Boisterous, loud, and overbearing, Kate makes best of her photographic memory... most of the time. Despite occasional fear, she is usually the first member of the group to dive head-first into any situation. Reckless to a fault, she would always prefer the straight-forward approach to any kind of subtle strategy, but when the going gets tough, her power can call the other players to her side and give any dire situation a (fighting) chance.

Role in the story
Kate was the main protagonist and as such, was introduced first. After an encounter with an angel carving with laser eyes, she escapes from her room and meets Joe and recognizes him as the writer of Ash Hearts. They meet Seth quickly after, with whom they have a rocky relationship.

At the main meeting, Kate is immediately enraged and yells for an explanation. However, this spells trouble for her, as a minim creeps up to her and forces her to wear a pacemaker that shocks her everytime her heartbeat increases, not unlike a shock collar on a dog.

Ever since she arrived in the facility, she saw someone that did not match any of the others yet revealed. She thus embarks on a quest with Joe and Camilla to search out the last two and bring them back for the second meeting. One of them turns out to be Daniel, with whom Kate has a history with. She defended his position when he made a grave mistake in one of his many jobs, causing him to fall in love with her. However, she does not yet reciprocate his feelings.

In the library she has a conversation with Joe about doppelgangers and talks with Connor about memories. He suggest they might be missing more memories than he initially thought, which Kate thinks is strange.

Daniel Nox
To her, Daniel is just the guy she saw once just because she saved him once. She thinks his obsessed nature is annoying, yet does not accept it when he gets subjected to a similar horror as she has.