Chance Anderson

Bleeding edge "white hat" hacker. Chance is a transmasculine/nonbinary computer professional who is so good at their job that they make it look like magic...thereby drawing the attention of the people of Alpey, who resemble (legendary) Elves. I'm making Chance single (and ace but not aro). Chance owns his own consulting firm, First Chance Cybersecurity, which does tiger teams, pentesting, and SOC setup.

Chance is our protagonist. He has worked very hard to accomplish a very tidy life: no romantic entanglements, no debts, owns his own company, plays by his own rules. But he was imprinted, very young, with a desire for magic in his life, through reading Tolkien and other high fantasy, despite his scientific discipline. When he allows Samir/Sireil to bring him to Alpey, he gets his wish but stands to lose everything he has.

Even though Chance wanted to believe that Elves and magic exist, he's been reluctant ever to admit it out loud, because his original career mentor, a guy he really looked up to, belittled him for "magical thinking" and wouldn't sponsor him for his professional cert because of it, causing Chance to have to search around for someone else (and find another job in the process). So when Samir offers him a chance to "see the Elves" he's not just resistant but angry.