Your Character (Rising Tides)

Your Character in Rising Tides is the main protagonist of the Rising Tides book.

Although her default name is "Harriet Thompson", the player can choose to name her as they wish.

Appearance
Your appearance is customizable according to the player's preferences.

Personality
Freshly graduated from college, you return home to find yourself at a crossroads, unsure of what career to pursue but knowing that you don't really want to continue in your family's fishing business. When your sister becomes vocal in her fight to save the planet, you are naturally supportive and help her but it isn't until Monteverde slanders her, that you take up her mantel and come to an epiphany. You were so focused on your own life and problems that you couldn't imagine being so diehard about a cause that seemed so far from you.

You find activism empowering and inspiring, and for as long as your best friend Eddie has known you, you have given your all to things that are important, even when the fight gets tough. By the end of the book, you feel like you've found a purpose.

Rising Tides

 * Chapter 1: High and Dry
 * Chapter 2: Fish Out Of Water
 * Chapter 3: Rock The Boat
 * Chapter 4: Head Above Water
 * Chapter 5: Making Waves
 * Chapter 6: Drop In The Ocean
 * Chapter 7: Sink Or Swim
 * Chapter 8: Sailing Close To The Wind
 * Chapter 9: Sea Change
 * Chapter 10: In Deep
 * Chapter 11: Hell or High Water
 * Chapter 12: Turn The Tide

Parents
You have a loving relationship with your parents. In the beginning, you don't understand their hesitation to fight for what's right, especially since it was them who taught you to fight for your beliefs.

Charlie
You are Charlie's older sister. Throughout the book, you have the choice to influence her on how she approaches her goals and what type of person she becomes. Based on your advice, she will become either an inspiring Optimist, a determined Firebrand, or a tactful Diplomat.

Principal Strickler
Ever since you called Principal Strickler out on his sexist school dress code enforcements in the school's newspaper, he has labeled you as a "troublemaker". He had you removed from the writing staff for your "slanderous and partial coverage". He thinks you are disrespectful and flippant, and influenced your sister's bad habits.

Robin Tora
Robin Tora is one of your potential love interests. Robin is an investigative journalist who covers Cedarport's die-off and helps you find evidence of Monteverde's wrong doings.

Cassidy Carhart
Cassidy Carhart is one of your potential love interests. Cassidy is a lawyer who helps give you suggestions for Charlie's initiative. When you discover that he/she is actually Monteverde's lawyer, you are hurt but come to forgive him/her. As Monteverde's crimes against you and your family continue, Cassidy quits the company and joins your cause.

Trivia

 * She graduated cum laude.
 * A version of MC is shown on the cover of Rising Tides.
 * If the default surname is kept, her family and she will share the same surname as Vera Thompson from Perfect Match, Book 2 and Ellen Thompson from Wishful Thinking.
 * If the default surname is kept, her family and she will share the same surname as Vera Thompson from Perfect Match, Book 2 and Ellen Thompson from Wishful Thinking.


 * The book reuses three of the female faces from It Lives Beneath.
 * At the end of the book, she hears from the Natural Resources Defense Council and is offered a job with them.