Themes: family reconciliation, poverty, anger, growing up
Ember’s child Rudi grew up in misery. Their parents had to work hard at the workshop, leaving them and their sibling Reine to grow up alone – and make trouble in the neighbourhood.
Rudi was a kid when their parent died in an accident at the factory; they also felt the injustice like Reine did, but they were younger, and their reaction was accordingly milder. What remained was the notion of WHO caused the incident (migrant workers). This was probably also related to their generally reserved mindset; Rudi is still in contact with Reine and often tries to calm them down and reconcile the estranged family. The games they play with the Fantasy Dreamers have helped them cope with it all.
Rudi still lives with their surviving parent, Ember, and their grandparent, Francis, and works at Schwenk’s workshop. They are not part of the Union yet but are a very good candidate.
Everybody who lives in La Cage is mostly poor and desperate. The families and professionals living in Apartment Blocks are the ones who really try to keep some semblance of normality in their lives. The Block B consists mostly of tradesmen and people of other desirable professions. People with no exceptional wealth or status, but the ones who are good and honest at their job and are beneficial to the La Cage. Educated, but not burgeois - teacher, nurse, students, social worker or people jilted from Block A. They mostly want to stay far from the troubles and extreme ideologies (to a small degree of success) but are willing to help each other as much as they can - like a big family.
The Fantasy Dreamers came together through their shared love of role-playing games. What started as a run-of-the-mill tabletop game has now evolved into a complex homebrewed live-action augmented reality role-playing game where the lines between what is fiction and what is real are severely blurred. For some of the members, potentially past any point of rescue. And can any of us blame them? Living in an ancient and wondrous fairytale kingdom where the rivers flow with wine or fighting for scraps on the mean streets of Revachol? What would you choose if you were presented with those options?
Looking for a spot to unwind, spill your guts, or just soak in some good stories over a round of drinks? Well, you've stumbled upon The Regulars - a bunch of locals who've practically made the bar their second home. But here's the thing: you might find yourself a bit out of place because you are not one of them.
The Local Union Branch is a part of the wider Union movement of Revachol. Being a local branch, they have no specialisation and cover all workers willing to unionise: and are also completely controlled by Elian and their gang. Still, for many Union is still the best platform to coordinate next steps in endless negotiations with the sweatshop owners.
