Player: Ren

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Themes: anarchy, solidarity, community

Lumen did not start out poor, living in a shoddy excuse for a flat with random other young people. They started in the nicest parts of the city - but in the course of their teenage education, they realised how much the system sucks. Not just the Coalition-run administration in Revachol: ANY system. They figured out the only way forward is through learning, solidarity, and anarchism. This made them one of the driving forces of the group of students who decided: *Hey, let's just build a utopic student community together in some cheaper part of the city.*
And now... here they are. Some might be losing hope, but Lumen is really intent on sticking through this. They might change their opinions on how to do so and what the ideal system might be, but they will do anything to ensure the flat works out. It simply has to.

Factions: Apartment Block B , Anarchists , Polyamorous Paranormal Pursuers , The Hardcore underground scene

Player: Matěj Minka

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Themes: runaway, redemption, bringing joy, helping others

The youthful Gabriel is kind and nice to everyone, and most people are kind and nice to them in return. Their kindness comes from a place of living in very unkind times, hanging around the wrong crowd, and having no home to return to. Gabriel was born in the better part of Revachol, and their parent, Nour, had them quite young. Gabriel came to La Cage few months ago, seemingly just for few nights: and the did not fit in. 
In the end, Gabriel and Nour ended up staying with the Deers, as Gabriel quickly switched to working at the bar and anywhere else where they were needed, while Nour slipped into a strange arrangement with the doctor.

Factions: Apartment Block B , Anarchists , The Hardcore underground scene , The Regulars

Player: Zofia Jedrzejewska

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Themes: journalism, neutrality, integrity, price of freedom.

Jez never dreamed of a great future—their highest hopes so far have been to get a steady job where they do not have to worry about when and whether the next paycheck will come. But sometimes, talent shines through, and Jez turned out to be quite skilled with a pen or, later, with a primitive typewriter.
Their friendly, sociable nature and honed people-reading skills make them well-integrated into multiple groups, but all their relationships are held at arm’s length - after all, the story always comes first. And while their family provides the safety net that their modest pay cannot offer now, it also means they are under the heel of their cousins. But now, as the tensions are running higher in the community - and in the Schwenk family - every camp would like to have the reporter on their side. Jez values their integrity and their freedom above all - but will they be able to retain it? Even if retaining their integrity meant going back to the sweatshop every single day for the rest of their life?

Factions: Apartment Block B , Anarchists , Finders

Player: Sheila Poor

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Themes: culture shock, first taste of freedom, troublemaker, breaking family

The Patterson family moved from a nice and safe place into Revachol for reasons incomprehensible to the locals. Whatever the cause, they obviously weren’t prepared for the reality of La Cage, and the prospect of staying here for a few more years seems extremely daunting right now.

Zenna wanted to prove themselves as a citizen of Revachol and not just a posh kid of super boring parents. But they have quickly gotten in over her head and are risking their family reputation and most importantly - maybe even their own life. After all, running with the wrong crowd and getting egged on to more and more audacious *pranks* in the better parts of Revachol can get you a fine or a black eye, but in La Cage,... such people's lives tend to be much shorter. Zenna will need to decide if they want to double down on their new crowd or try to make amends. Both ways will hurt.

Factions: Apartment Block A , Anarchists , Drill: South Side Crew , The Hardcore underground scene

Player: Casper Chatelier

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Themes: selling out, rebellion against family, expressive anarchism, radical changes of opinion

Rowan is part of a reporter/artist duo with Eli Baciu. They used their talent to tell stories about poverty. Ironically, this has earned them at least some small degree of fame. Both have been away from the neighbourhood for some years now. Now they are coming back - with recorders and a photographic apparatus.

The duo is going to be faced with some tough choices. The line between documentary, social commentary and poverty porn is thin indeed: especially if you have powerful people breathing down your neck. Including Rowan's parents, who are not really sure if they approve of Rowan's work and might want and need them to settle down and become financially stable.

Factions: Apartment Block A , Anarchists , Drill: South Side Crew

Player: Gerke Schlickmann

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Themes: family disconnect, estrangement, emotional manipulation, grief

The day Valja found out their youngest child had been shot was the last day they felt alive. The moment they heard the news, Valja finally saw their purpose clearly: they were responsible for their family, for ensuring they all escaped the vicious pull of the gangs jockeying for position with children’s lives. In all the confusion, Valja had been firm: they had to escape, to leave Yugo-Graad, now. In La Cage, Valja found work, housing, and the essentials for the family, but they felt forced to overlook a bit of extra food or the occasional blanket that showed up unexpectedly. Otherwise, though, they have remained outspoken against criminal activity of any kind. Their dynamic with their spouse Matija became unpredictable – sometimes antagonistic, sometimes compassionate, always codependent – and Valja hovers over their surviving children, Sasha and Zhenya. Valja’s voice is clearest when speaking out against Matija’s casual schemes, trying to keep the children on the straight and narrow. This balance lasted for years - until Zhenya’s spouse, Luka, joined the family. Seeing how easily Zhenya gives in to their fast-talking spouse and how Matija’s eyes light up with Luka’s ridiculous ideas for the next big thing is enough to make Valja wonder if it’s too late. Too late for their children, too late for themselves, too late for their marriage. Will Valja manage to protect the new life they constructed for themselves away from gang turf wars or will they forever live under the dark clouds of the Krot name?

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Anarchists , Association for the Rights of the Dead (ARD) , Contemplatory bookclub

Player: Jakub Stawik

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Themes: trauma and anguish, helping and manipulation, blackmail

Hope is, of course, not their real name - or most likely not. They were the first person who came into La Cage and headed straight to the cellars and sewers. Instead of trying to make out some sort of living in the rooms and halls of the old hospital, they established their own little domain in the dark places and set the rules of the underground. And from there, they can sometimes help with problems that don't belong in the daylight - from plumbing to obtaining documentation. Hope made themselves the ruler of the cellars, indispensable to many, hated by most and shunned by nearly everyone. They, too, naturally have their sensitive, human side. And their own problems, among others, pyrrolidone addiction. But in the harsh conditions of the sewers, it is harder and harder not to let their empathy become a victim of their extreme survival instincts.

Factions: Sewer People , The People's Pile disaster support group , Anarchists , Gamblers Den