Player: Zofia Jedrzejewska

Teaser:

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: Fio Ivan Herrling

Teaser:

Themes: (lack of) control, transferred affection, drive to get better, sibling rivalry

For ten years, Zhen was the only child of the Kims, the crown prince of a successful family. After ten years as an only child, Zhen’s parents adopted Nuri. Orphaned by the atrocities at Co Hoi, little Nuri had been spoiled rotten while Zhen could only watch from the sidelines. Their comfortable life couldn’t mask the sense of inadequacy that developed, but a little bump of cocaine could. Now, Zhen struggles to go more than a few hours without the precious white powder, and it only got worse after arriving in La Cage: the quality here is poor, and their finances are limited, so sometimes they trade family treasures or less savoury services to get what they need. Waiting for a Paledriver to smuggle the Kims away from the war in Safre, Zhen met someone who made them want to quit for the first time; finding out they had died on their way to safety almost destroyed Zhen but brought them to the Association for Rights of the Dead where they met someone new – and fell in love almost instantly. Zhen hates their reliance on something that used to be fun, something their inattentive parent, Dr. Tai, the esteemed addiction specialist, had always preached against. How can they get the help they need without having to admit the truth to their family or new love?

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Druggies , Association for the Rights of the Dead (ARD) , Finders

Teaser:

Themes: uncertain future, frustration, being lost

Huug wasn’t always called Huug, but the name they were given when the family picked them up instantly felt more real to them than their old one. That was a few years ago now, and Huug can only remember a few broken pieces and snippets of their life before the travelling. Their parents have told them that they are free to follow whatever path opens naturally before them, but they are afraid that this might mean having to leave the family, as they have seen several of their siblings have done before. Maybe they can find within themselves a calling to follow in one of their parents' footsteps? They have talked with Ofelaš, but they only said that with the amount of anger that Huug carries around, they might never be able to see their path clearly. They were not wrong. Huug is angry, and they are looking for a way to deal with it. Their dead-end situation is not helping.

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Finders , Iron Cadence

Player: Jan Juras

Teaser:

Themes: amnesia, finding your place, catching up with history

There are places where people want to forget their names - or they do not really have them anymore. La Cage is a horrible place most people try to escape from - with the sewer people living at the very bottom of everything, literally.
But that also makes the sewer people quite protective. It's not clear how long Blue has been in La Cage (hours? days? weeks?), but the sewer people really took to them and will try to introduce them to the wider La Cage society and, well, try to keep them. And why Blue, which is very obviously not a name?
Well, first, there is this very distinctive blue scarf Blue came with. Second, they tend to get VERY melancholic. Third, the colour of their vomit and skin after the horrible, horrible binge that led them to the sewers.

Factions: Sewer People , Finders

Player: Swantje Amelung

Teaser:

Themes: manipulative, clever, secretive

An is a remarkably brave person. They came from South Safre with just their parent, Kras, complete with very obviously fake names and a world of trauma behind them. An is still strong and smart, and, for all that, they are also silent and cautious; there is an intriguing beauty in the way they move and act.
That said, there are many things in which An is completely insincere, fake, and manipulative, which is something that few realise. There is a deep hidden agenda behind their intentions, but nobody has noticed. Yet.

Factions: Immigrant Housing , Finders , Contemplatory bookclub