Umber (Macbeth equivelent: Macbeth)

Physical: Age: 39 yrs. Ht: 6'4 Wt: 215 lbs. Blond hair, blue eyes. Scars on right side of face. Blind in right eye. Nearsighted; wears glasses.

Affilation: oversees Trilogy's security force, which polices the City. The "democratic" police are merely for show; anyone with half a brain knows Umber & his "kids" are the real power within the City.

Likes: Arkady, Grant, keeping the City safe, upholding what he thinks is morality and order.

Dislikes: androids, drug dealers, murders, rapists (pretty much anyone who breaks his laws) people who say things behind his back, people who try to be his friend to get ahead. Pushy people. Most people.

History: Nobody knows exactly where Umber is from (he has an accent that resembles an Australian accent) or when he came to the City. He was first hired by Arkady's father as muscle for his illegal drug trade within the City. The hiring proved a mistake, as her father underestimated Umber's vicious loyalty to his own set of morals. Things took a turn for the worse during Arkady's kidnapping. Angry that her father was willing to sacrifice his daughter in order to keep his illegal activities quiet, Umber faced down the kidnappers and rescued Arkady ... which set in motion the events leading to the death of Arkady's father (he was not a man gifted with good judgment of character, or great foresight), and later the story you read here.
Umber's work with Trilogy (and legendary fighting prowess) has earned him the reputation for not being the most restrained person in the world, especially when dealing with those he deems criminals.

Personality: standoffish and a loner, he's still managed to form a close friendship with Grant. Generally though, he's a very private person, and protective of Arkady, whom he has had a relationship (supposedly secret) with for as long as Trilogy has existed. He's also very devoted to his "kids", or those he's handpicked to be a part of Trilogy's police force. Grant was one of his earliest finds.
Sometimes, even though he's as ruthless as they come, he can strike people as being naive... Basically, he just doesn't understand betrayal, and thinks if someone (say, Grant) is a friend, they'd never do anything to hurt him.

Notes: I'd suggest watching Gladiator for a nice peek into Umber's physicality... ^^; He's more at home on the streets of the City, battling what he deems to be crime (he's a principled man, though because he always thinks he's right, this proves to be a problem for Max and Grant), then dealing with the business end of Trilogy. Secretly I think he wishes that he and Arkady could have a more normal life, and live openly as a couple, but she wouldn't allow it.
Umber's a bit of a paradox: he can be kind and he really does love Arkady, but often times his brutality when dealing with those outside the law (Max falls into this realm) calls into question his humanity. He's also a little blind to Arkady's own faults, and has ignored the fact that she has almost decimated the City in her attempts to gain control over it.