Earl Marche

Earl Marche was Beth Marche's son and Contact. Despite being Beth's Contact, he is allegedly deceased. Earl is actually alive under the identity of Nolan Thatcher.

Background
Little is known about Earl and his personality. While Beth was in a coma for three months due to the earthquake, he seemed to have stayed with her until she woke up. Once she did, however, he scolded her, blaming her for the death of his sister Ellen, her sons, and the alleged death of his own daughter, and left. An unknown amount of time later, Beth was summoned to his apartment, where it was revealed he had committed suicide.

In reality, he had not died, and had actually faked his suicide and changed his identity to become Nolan Thatcher, appropriately renaming his daughter to become Liza Thatcher. Nolan would later go on to found a company called Thatcher Biometrics Limited, a company for scientific development.

Personality
Other than the fact that he blamed Beth for the death of his family, nothing is known about Earl.

Story
Beth mentions Earl as her Contact early on, stating that she does not expect a reply when she sends a message, leading Ink to think that he does not care about her. Later, when her Gemini is broken, she tells him that it was very important to her as she cannot usually talk to him and wants to buy another Gemini. Ink, assuming that it is because she has no phone, tells her that she can simply buy a phone to talk to him and that Geminis appear to be outdated, having only extremely basic functions. Beth then explains that Earl is dead and explains his backstory and suicide.