Uptown

THIS CITY IS DYING. ITS PEOPLE GROW MORE ANXIOUS EACH DAY AS THE ROT SETS IN.

WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN A REGIME WHERE JUSTICE WON’T PREVAIL?

WHAT FUTURE IS THERE FOR THE PEOPLE WHEN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS REMAIN WEAK?

WHAT PROGRESS CAN BE MADE WHEN THE BIAS OF THE FEW OVERSHADOWS THE RIGHTS OF THE MANY?

A FEW KNEW THE ANSWER, AND ONE OTHERWISE ORDINARY DAY ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE CITY OF UPTOWN THEY DID WHAT NO ONE ELSE COULD DO.

THEY DECIDED TO ACT…

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inkman

THE TRUTH CAN BE HARD, BUT AS AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, IT IS HIS JOB TO BRING IT TO THE PUBLIC EYE. WHEN HE STUMBLES ON A BIG CORRUPTION SCANDAL, HIS BOSSES TELL HIM TO BURY IT. HIS REFUSAL ULTIMATELY RUINS HIM WHEN THE POWERS THAT BE TRY TO BURY HIM INSTEAD. STANDING ON THE RUINS OF HIS FLEDGLING CAREER HE DECIDES TO START HIS OWN PAPER WHERE THE TRUTH IS NOT CHAINED TO THE WALLETS OF THE RICH.

LA FEMME

EDUCATED, BEAUTIFUL AND DEADLY. HER FALL FROM GRACE IS LEGENDARY AMONG THE UPPER ECHELONS OF HIGH SOCIETY. AFTER DISCOVERING HER HUSBAND HAD FATHERED SEVERAL CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT WOMEN SHE THREATENED TO GO TO THE PAPERS AND DERAIL HIS POLITICAL CAREER. BUT A SMEAR CAMPAIGN BUILT ON FALSE INFORMATION EVENTUALLY LED TO HER LOSING EVERYTHING, INCLUDING HER TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

troublemaker

EXACTLY WHAT HIS NAME SUGGESTS. HE IS YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE GROUP AND A THIEF BY TRADE. IN AND OUT OF JUVENILE PRISON SINCE HE WAS 14 FOR VARIOUS PETTY THIEVING CRIMES. HAVING NEVER HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION STEALING TO SURVIVE IS HIS ONLY WAY OF LIFE. HE BELIEVES NOT ENOUGH IS DONE TO HELP KIDS WITH DIFFICULT CHILDHOODS.

ZERO TOLERANCE

A FACE IN THE CROWD, SEEN AND THEN FORGOTTEN. A MAN WHO WAS ONCE PROUD TO SERVE THE SYSTEM HE BELIEVED WAS RIGHT AND JUST. THAT IS UNTIL HE REMOVED ITS MASK TO EXPOSE THE HORROR BENEATH. NO ONE KNOWS WHO HE TRULY IS; HIS RECORDS HAVE LONG SINCE BEEN DESTROYED BY HIS ONCE EMPLOYERS. NOW HE LEADS THE GROUP AGAINST THE SYSTEM HE SERVED. FAIR BUT FIRM IN HIS BELIEFS, HE IS CALM AND READY FOR THE OPINIONS OF HIS FELLOW TEAM MATES.

el principal

A RESPECTED AND CONTROVERSIAL ACADEMIC WHO RAN THE CITY’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS HIGH SCHOOL. HIS POLITICAL DISCOURSE OFTEN DREW IRE FROM THOSE HE CHALLENGED. WHEN HE REFUSED TO RAISE A STUDENT’S GRADE, SHE ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER. NORMALLY THE CHARGES WOULDN’T STICK BUT GOVERNMENTAL POWERS PRESSED FOR A GREATER PUNISHMENT.

lynchman

ONCE A MAN OF HUMBLE CONVICTIONS, AN ABCENCE OF JUSTICE HAS LEFT A BITTER TASTE IN HIS MOUTH EVERMORE. BROKEN BY THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HIS FAMILY AND THE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE THAT FOLLOWED HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A MAN WITH NOTHING TO LOSE. DESPITE BEING PART OF THE GROUP, WHEN HE DECIDES ON A COURSE OF ACTION IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP HIM.

lawman

A DEFENCE LAWYER WITH A 100% SUCCESS RATE DOESN’T COME CHEAP. FAST CARS, EXPENSIVE MEALS AND WOMEN HALF HIS AGE FILL HIS TIME OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. WHEN THE SON OF THE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE COUNTRY NEEDS HELP, HE HAPPILY ACCEPTS. BUT EACH TIME HE COMMITS ANOTHER CRIME, EACH MORE HEINOUS THAN THE LAST, IT BECOMES HARDER TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH A CLEAR CONSCIOUS.

purgeman

AT AGE 5 HIS PARENTS WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR PEACEFUL PROTEST TURNED INTO A RIOT. HE GREW UP IN A NUMBER OF FOSTER HOMES, BUT NOBODY WANTED HIM LONG. HE NEVER SPOKE, CONSTANTLY DISPLAYED SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOURS AND HAD A MORBID FASCINATION WITH DEATH. DESPITE THIS, HE IS IN FACT A QUALIFIED DOCTOR AND MORTICIAN. THE LIVING MAKES HIM UNCOMFORTABLE SO HE PREFERS A QUIETER COMPANY. AND YES, HE SMOKES.

CLERKS

A LEGION, CANCER TUMOR – THE ONES WHO FORM A FOUNDATION OF CORRUPTED PRACTICE. THEY ARE NOT OF IMMEDIATE INTEREST FOR THE SQUAD, AS THEY KNOW THAT GENERAL PUBLIC WILL SOON JOIN THE ACTION AND WILL SEARCH, IDENTIFY AND DELIVER JUSTICE.

WEREWOLVES

THE HIGHEST MACHIAVELLIAN RANK OF CORRUPT BASTARDS WHO MASTERED THE CRAFT OF SUCKING MONEY OUT OF THE SYSTEM. CLEVER, CYNIC, IMMORAL, WICKED AND BOUND TO COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT “OMERTA” B/W ALL OTHER “WEREWOLVES.”