Harold Han

Harold Han is a character in.

Early Life
Harold Han and his family were one of the victims of the Fourth Corporate War. After the bomb turned Night City to shambles, The Hans moved into a shelter in order to survive, and would walk for miles just to get clean water and food. Eventually the city began to rebuild, bringing back order and stability to Night City, with Harold and his family being able to move into a proper house with all the benefits of modern day civilization. Harold, wanting to keep building Night City and make sure it never reverted back to chaos, joined the NCPD, eventually becaming a detective. At some point, Harold was partnered with fellow detective River Ward.

2077
In 2077, Night City's mayor Lucius Rhyne was killed with a spiked Braindance, at a secret sex club called the Red Queen's Race. Harold was sent in by Deputy Mayor Weldon Holt to cover it up and then move the mayor's body discreetly back to his home, and say he died of heart complications instead, which Harold readily complied to. Despite this, his partner, River, couldn't let go of the idea that the mayor died under suspicious circumstances, with Harold repeatedly telling River to just let it go, as his supervisor had ordered him to do so.

While Harold and River were grabbing a bite to eat at Chubby Buffalo's BBQ, V approached them. Once Harold realized the mercenary was there to talk about the mayor's untimely death, Harold once more told his partner he should stop trying to re-open a closed case, with River noting he was simply listening to some gossip, nothing more. Exasperated, Harold left the two to talk as he needed to go pick up his daughter.

Some time later, Harold got a call from River, requesting they meet up to talk. The two met up once more at the diner, with V still in attendance. Once River made it clear he knew Harold's part in the coverup regarding the late mayor's death, Harold confirmed it, but re-asserted he did it to look out for his NCPD family and unlike River, he had no objections to doing so as nobody was clean in Night City. While Harold didn't reveal it was Holt that told him to cover it up, River was able to deduce it anyway, saying he'd file a report with internal affairs with Harold's confession. Unfazed by this, Harold remarked they wouldn't do anything, rather River would simply be put in the sights of their higher ups, before driving off. As Harold predicited, River was suspended soon after and removed as Harold's partner.

Associated Quest

 * I Fought the Law