b'
c/w intense peril, kettling, implied death
\\n\\u201cFrom Crown\\u2019s Ait, three columns of nim Shif soldiers marched on us, followed by Ministers and the Lanterns and the fucking Swifts. And at their head Valour and Vigor themselves, armour gleaming and spears in hand, come to remove the last bit of grit from the shine of their ambition.
\\nThe second siege of Tail\\u2019s End were upon us and we welcomed it.\\u201d
\\n~~ PEOPLE ~~
\\nAhste Whist: One of the seven, a group of revolutionaries who mutinied on a warship during the time of the People\\u2019s Ward.
\\nAltara nim Shif: Scion of the nim Shif family and their trusted enforcer.
\\nBoctive Deign: A charismatic and cunning revolutionary, whose radical treatises on Embrace are widely distributed and eagerly read.
\\nBoleth Erul Cater: A long-prominent revolutionary from Calvary. Sai are one of the leaders of the Ginnels.
\\nCarn nim Daker: The ancient founder of the Tenders, the slayer of Caerdroia and Rodella. Body mythologised, sai rule the Jackals still.
\\nEviron Eaves: A prominent member of the Winter\\u2019s Lodge who the others look to for leadership.
\\nGalena nim Ovid: The imposing head of the Umbral Provenders and Ash\\u2019s aunt. She has ambitious plans for the city.
\\nIdo Ozk Erut: A prominent member of the Winter\\u2019s Lodge, who manages a lot of the day-to-day functions.
\\nRhian Fetch-Grimoire: A former member of the Shepherds of the Roil. Ivar\\u2019s sister.
\\nRoan nim Ovid: A former Umbal Provender who left to study the strangeness of the Cut. Ash\\u2019s cousin, Galena\\u2019s child.
\\nSerrivomer Glass: The \\u201cWarden\\u201d of the people\\u2019s ward of Atrium. Along with Boleth and Boctive, one of the three representatives of the Assembly.
\\n~~ FACTIONS ~~
\\nJackals: More formally known as the Tenders of the Dawn\\u2019s Embers, the Jackals are an organisation of remnant hunters guided by strange divination.
\\nnim Shif: Embrace\\u2019s newest great family. Plotting to take over the city with silvered tongues and bloody blades.
\\nPale Lanterns: A group once founded to guide stray spirits, but over time their purpose has slipped from benevolent, to enforcers, to oppressors.
\\nSyndics: Clerks and government officials, embroiled in extortion, corruption and conspiracy.
\\nTrusted: A small cell of revolutionaries loyal to Neah, headed by Ido Ozk Erut.
\\n~~ PLACES ~~
\\nHinter Ward: Embrace\\u2019s southernmost ward. The north is dense tenements, while the south has been abandoned to marsh and spirit.
\\nWinter\\u2019s Lodge: A place pulled out from the cut. A shifting collection of mismatched architecture. A shell for the gall.
\\n~~~
\\nEpisode title from Pok\\xe9mon City Limits by Onsind
\\n~~~
\\nHosted by Adam Dixon. Starring Beck Michalak, Elizabeth Simoens, Ryan Evans, Steve Martin and Thryn Henderson.
\\nProduced by Thryn Henderson
\\nSeries art by Ben Swinden
\\nMusic taken from Kai Engel\\u2019s Satin
'