Race Human Shell 2 characters with this race in the books read so far. Name Kind Class Level First seen Note Hoa mob — 99 B8 ch. 74 Tran's mother as a shell in apartment 712, eyes sewn shut, a cigarette over the stew. An mob — 99 B8 ch. 74 Tran's father as a shell, asleep in white underwear with an ashtray placed to catch his ash.