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INDEX OF FACTIONS, GANGS AND MEMBERS
The Adamant: a faction created from many of the former Dirge members, creating Way City’s first armed force against incursions.
Members:
Daydra Reem: former hunter, Kiindle’s wife
Daviid: technician, former AGA
Kiindle Reem: former Hunter, Shuu’s Legacy
Maaise Schooner: Commander, former AGA
Sasha Varsiliev: troop commander, former cross
The Aegis: a security and surveillance agency that spans all border cities and colonies. A neutral agency without Peer ties. There are Peers within the Aegis, but it is not of the Peerage.
Members:
Briidger Schmidt: Assistant General of the Aegis, Way City Branch
Virryken Ballad AKA Ryke: double-agent, Kagaali’s block-guard, former group member
The Anti-genetic Agency: a group that protests the creation and citizenship of genetically created people. A fringe/terror group who will stop at nothing to protest genetics’ existence.
Members:
Chaad: second-in-command
Maaise Schooner: elite agent, leader of the AGA
Daviid: technician/hacker
The Black Cross/The Cross Clan: A faction comprised of Upper and Lower Cousins of the Cross Family, a Second Peer Family that is a branch of the House of Schatten.
Members:
Allan Darkside: Cureya’s assistant, Lower Cousin
Ares: kinetic, telempathic hunter, Shuu’s brother
Cureya Fari: genetics’ technician, Ares’ and Thanatos’ Handler.
Daamian Cross: Head of the Cross Family
Lucien Lyre-Schatten: telempathic, Head to the House of Schatten, Luciious’ father,
Luciious Schatten: telempathic, leader of the Black Cross, Heir to the House of Schatten, Cleopatera’s Handler.
Lynna Cross: auxiliary precog, telepathic
Mathue Yallie: upper management, genetics’ technician, at one time he was Caylle Blaanch’s Handler, Kiira’s father
Sasha Varsiliev: troop leader, soldier, Lower Cousin
Thanatos Dumas, AKA William Emmet and Red - Hunter/stabilizer, Yallie’s go-for, Tyler Dumas’ adopted brother, member of the Emmet Family, formerly part of the Blood gang and a Wolf, leech
Hunters:
Caylle Blaanch AKA Blanchard Rhea: the First Hunter, team leader, kinetic
Kiindle Reem: second-in-command under Caylle, telempathic
Daydra Kyn:
Ares: telempathic and kinetic, Marduke’s special project
Cleopatera AKA Tanis Lass AKA Carol: Hunter, originally a Upper Cousin of the Lass Family, Luciious’ Schatten’s bodyguard when not on assignment
Rizzol (deceased): Caylle’s second-in-command
Seiien Yaon-Cross (deceased): lower cousin, kinetic, Darkside’s Hunter
The Blood Gang: a group of former Wolves who left the main tribe.
Members:
Dryads: Hades’ woman
Hades: leader of the pack
Mryks: a cub
Reena: pack member
Thanatos Dumas: (see Black Cross entry)
The Bounty: a group of wealthy basans who own most of the reality in on Dive street and above in the airmall, they receive a tithe from business owners in exchange for protection.
Members:
Tyrn Varyn: owns the cul-de-sac area, business owner
Salvatore Gravano: owner of the Merch, black market dealer of information and whatnot
Vynna Lee: owns many of the buildings in the airmall, former crow,
The Dirge: a group founded to fight the takeover of the Black Cross and Juvia, comprised of many peoples, factions and gangs from all over the city.
Members:
Alyse: former group medic
Azeiah: former group scout, team leader
Daviid: AGA technician
Delia: wolf, Fatemaa’s wife
Dykin Bream: wolf sneak, information dealer, part of black team
Fatemaa: wolf, Tyler’s second-in-command, part of black team
Fynch: kinetic wolf
Maaise Schooner: AGA leader, elite agent
Maka: wolf
Heryn Havers: weasel, part of black team
Kiira Yallie: former group medic, surgeon, part of black team
Shail: former head of the group’s medical team
Shuu Dayl: precog, part of black team
Spyder: leader of the Dirge, past affiliations unknown
Tanser: elite AGA agent
Tanis Lass: Shuu’s Legacy, former Hunter
Tater Dumas: wolf, the youngest Dumas
Thanatos Dumas: wolf, leech, part of black team
Tyler Dumas: telempathic wolf
The group: a ragtag group of inner and outers that polices the outer-city. They are the Black Cross’s only direct opposition, and often act as intermediators between gangs. Speaking for the disillusioned and disfranchised who don’t want to join a gang or faction.
Members:
Alyse: Safe-house ‘mother’, medic, Shail’s assistant
Azeiah: scout, hacker
Grahm Rahl: leader of the group, scout, former Instigator for the Black Cross
Kiira Yallie: assistant medic, scout-in-training, Matheu Yallie’s daughter
Ryke Ballad: Scout, team three’s leader, former wolf
The Sect: five unknown men and woman who ‘run’ the group
Shail: Lead doctor and surgeon for the group, scientist, former member of the Black Cross
Shuu Dayl: precog, scout
Inner-city Vandals: a prominent gang in Basal. They have a hand in most the drug trades and handle all of the human trafficking in Basal, often working with the Black Cross, when they need more lab rats. They clash with the Tribe often and account for almost half of the crime and violence in the city.
Members:
Dek: second-in-command
Fez: Low-level vandal
Stringer: upper management, enforcer
Vindahl Ket: leader of the gang
The Martyrs: a group of brokers brought in by Schatten to destabilize Way’s infrastructure to create an opportunity to once again try and take the city, this time from within.
Members:
Bastian Zayne: the mouth
Skif Zayne AKA Serena: leader of the Martyrs
The Spacial Territories Panel: a meddling group that oversees trade, commerce and policies between the planet and the spacial territories.
The Reapers: a group founded by Kagaali after he flees the Black Cross, comprised of former crosses and Crows.
Members:
Ha’deene: telepathic crow, sneak
Kagaali Ruben AKA Rue AKA Ares: leader, former Hunter
Tyrsannya Morvala: telempathic second-in-command, also a Crow
Sasha Varsiliev: former cross, third-in-command
The Society of Warfare AKA SOW: a galactic initiative that polices acts of war, ensuring rights and laws are upheld, sentencing those guilty of warcrimes and generally sticking their noses where ever. Neutral agency without peer ties. There are Peers within the Society, but it is not of the Peerage
Members:
Niika Strato: investigative agent
The Tribe: a blanket term for a group of gangs who follow a similar set of rules, traditions and language. This includes: The Wolves of the Shadow, the Alleycats, the Crows, and the Bears
Members:
Wolves of the Shadow:
Delia: wolf, Fatemaa’s wife
Fatemaa: wolf, Tyler’s second-in-command
The Old Wolf/Dommelyn: auxiliary precog, alpha of the Wolves of the Shadow
Maka: wolf
Tater Dumas: wolf, the youngest Dumas brother (Thanatos brought him along when Tyler adopted him)
Thanatos Dumas: wolf, (see Black Cross entry)
Tyler Dumas: telempathic wolf, beta of the Wolves of the Wolves of the Shadow
Alleycats:
Lassiter: Alpha of the alleycats, auxiliary precog
Oona: panther
Twyg: alleycat, warrior
Vyk: king of the pride, Oona’s mate
Crows:
Ha’deene: telepathic crow, sneak
Tyrsannya Morvala: alpha of the Crows
The Weasels: a large, disreputable gang who fights with everyone. Claimed an animal name to mock the Tribe. Have worked with the Black Cross on occasion
Members:
Heryn Havers
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