Player: Tal Shtein

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Themes: politics, challenging the status quo, escape from reality, globalism

Valrien grew up with a staunch Moralinternist upbringing in an upper-middle-class family. During their studies as an economics major, they decided to focus on the topic of poverty and gain a profound understanding of how poor people got into their situation and what they do to survive in it. They thought it would be best to observe this as closely as possible, so they decided to move into shared housing with fellow students in the poorest part of Revachol. They frequently engage in political debates with their flatmates, especially those leaning more toward the extremes. Valrien believes that they can make them understand, but is it possible that instead, it is Valrien who could see the error of their beliefs? They hope to keep the fact that they are actually quite rich hidden from their roommates, but they will find out sooner or later - and then what will Valrien do?

Factions: Apartment Block B , Fantasy Dreamers , Drill: North Wing Slammers , The Suzerainists/The Globalists

Player: Katharina Kramer

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Themes: contempt for family, running away, finding yourself, moralism

Longing to distance themselves from both their parents (now hugely disliked) and their sibling (always bragging about their popularity), Etienne strives to find their own place in the world, not weighed down by the philosophy running through the La Rosa veins. They want something else for themselves. A place where one can comfortably exist, grow, and prosper without relying on boring and monotone labour. A place where creativity, smarts, and hope play a role. Etienne wants to do everything in their power to truly embody a vision of a better world, not just through silently working but through being vocal and pushing politically. They even have accumulated some renown outside of La Cage as a social campaigner in cooperation with the Coalition. And that brings all kinds of unwanted attention to Etienne, both from the local gang and hardcore Suzerainists.

Factions: Apartment Block A , Drill: North Wing Slammers , The Suzerainists/The Globalists

Player: Maja Neska

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Themes: ambition, god complex, being the “alpha”, hustler, abuse (perpetrator)

 

Luka’s family, the Bulyats, had been dirt-poor farmers back in Yugo-Graad. When Luka was still barely old enough to walk, they made the journey to Revachol, looking for a better life. They didn’t find it in La Cage. Instead, Luka grew up with a profound sense of disconnect, the knowledge that they had been stripped of their birthright, of an opportunity to experience the cutthroat Yugo-Graad underworld where they’re certain they would have made a name for themselves. The La Cage equivalent was just sad: little scams by little people for little payout. Nonetheless, Luka wanted to be a big fish even in this small pond: that’s why they idolised Matija, the former patriarch of a Yugo-Graad criminal clan. It’s also why they turned on the charm to get Matija’s child, Zhenya, to agree to marry them; it’s why they ditched the dirty farmer’s name to become a Krot, to be a member of a bloodline with promise. They know the name has power by how other people approach them for sex and favours, by how Luka has power over them. Everything Luka does is to get the Krots back on top, and they aren’t shy of doing some dirty work. Luka can feel the power running through their veins, especially with a bit of white powder, or after they’ve put Zhenya in their place. Can Luka get the Krots back on top and rule the La Cage underworld?

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Drill: North Wing Slammers , Fight Club , Druggies

Player: Aurelie Dekoninck

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Themes: ptsd, fighting, escapism, guilt

When the Kims adopted little Nuri, the child had been mute, shellshocked by the war atrocities that had orphaned them in Co Hoi. Years of therapy and a stable, upper-middle-class life had allowed Nuri to put that past behind them, to block off those memories for what they had thought would be forever. Their adoptive grandparent Kiran, a famous Lo Manthang stick fighting champion, had encouraged them to pursue martial arts, and violent Sam bo boxing had become Nuri’s way to meditate, to silence the voices in their head. They had been slated for a place at university when the Kims fled the war at their doorstep, and between the sudden descent into poverty, being labelled a “dirty refugee”, and flashbacks from the Pale, Nuri is struggling once again with memories they had thought were long forgotten. They joined the Fight Club to help silence those voices from the past and found a new friend in Reine Gessle, someone who also introduced them to the rougher side of drillslam. As Nuri’s family and future crumble around them in La Cage, will they be able to leave the past in the past again and move on, or will they give in to ever more violent coping mechanisms?

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Drill: North Wing Slammers , Fight Club

Player: Ethan Coates

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Themes: consumed by revenge, outlet for despair, seeking out control

While the others in the family view their current situation at La Cage as a huge disappointment and betrayal, Salme also takes it as a personal insult. Instead of wallowing in their own guilt or trying to make the best of the situation like the other Du Toits, Salme has morphed their emotions into romantic passion, anger, and violence. Their powerlessness in every sweatshop shift just charges them with something that needs to get out. Be it in the form of rabid fights, hanging around bars, or a combination of both. But adrenaline as the antidote for shame is getting less and less potent every day, and while Salme still manages to hunch their back in front of their employer, the leash they are straining on can not hold forever.

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Gamblers Den , Drill: North Wing Slammers

Factions: The Unseen , Drill: North Wing Slammers , Drill: South Side Crew