PNPC

A PNPC (Personal Non-Playable Character) is an advanced AI companion in Razor's Edge. They were designed as a bonus for players with the Collector's Edition version of the game. Though they are bound to their player, they possess free will. A PNPC can be "unbound" if the master dies, or if the master orders the PNPC to accept orders from another (or simply telling them to go off on their own). Many PNPCs have shown a tendency to blindly obey their masters if treated well, while others have secretly sought to find a way to unbind themselves through loopholes in their master's orders.

"PNPC-1"
This is the standard PNPC first introduced to the game at launch. They are fully customizable by their master, including both cosmetic and mechanical aspects of their character. Essentially, a PNPC-1 is a companion player that is nearly indistinguisable from a human player except for their unique ID tag visible to all other players and PNPCs.

"PNPC-2"
A PNPC-1 when given a certain string of commands immediately after generation reacts in an odd manner. A group of players within le Empire discovered this fact, as well as a repeatable quest that seems to grant PNPC-generating items. These two things in conjunction lead to le Empire's ranks filling with a renewable army of soldiers that blindly follow orders, and are considered "expendable", allowing them to take on more dangerous missions, further increasing le Empire's strength.