
Silamore - The continent that this takes place on.

Gerbrousk - Rough analog of the Russian empire pre-revolution.
            Ruled by an emperor and his secret police. There is
            a large and vibrant underground. They speak Brousk
            in Gerbrousk.

Nivin - One of the more progressive kingdoms to the west. Ruled
        by a parliamentary constitutional democracy. They speak
        Nivin. Roughly Netherlands analogous. Malendam is the
        Capital.

Yland - An island nation off the coast of Silamore. England analog.

Perath - A culturally ascendant western kingdom. They speak Peran.

Vernia - The "new world" continent that is a rough analog of America.
            Settled primarily by Ylanders, has since declared independence.
            Democracy. Has a big eastern frontier.

-----

The Silent Hand - A group of Gerbrouskan anarchist terrorists. Very hard core.

Nivin Labor Party - The leftist group the Metz's belong to.

The Intentional Democratic Socialist Party - A attempt to knit together all the
                                             various leftist groups in Silamore.

-----

Ivan Blonc - Gerbrouskan violent terrorist. A leader in the direct action wing of
             the silent hand. Just pulled off a major assassination of the interior
             minister. Powerful fire mage. 28. The secret police have his magical
             signature. Brown hair.

Sasha Clipt - Gerbrouskan silent hand fighter and anarchist theorist. Ivan's friend
              and comrade. Powerful dual earth/water mage. The secret police have his magical
              signature. 26. Blond.

Persh Mill - Silent hand organizer. Runs a safe house. Weak earth mage.

Elaine Metz - Nivin socialist on the further left wing of the party as Nivins go
               (Nivins tend not to be quite so radical since they don't live under
               autocracy). 21. 5'8" 32C-28-34, brown hair, blue eyes, quite pretty.
               Powerful earth mage.

Carlos Metz - Elaine's brother. Socialist on the far left. Powerful earth mage. 24.

Lacey Metz - Elaine's younger sister. A socialist because Elaine is blackmailing her,
             not that into it on her own. 19. 5'10" 32R-28-52, blond, blue eyes.
             Powerful mage. Claims to be a triple affinity psychic, transformation
             and fire mage, but she's really a very rare hell mage with a succubus aspect.
             Demon aspect mages always have physical transformations that make them easy
             to spot and they are killed as soon as they are discovered. Lacey got lucky
             since her physical signs are mostly just her figure and face, but she also
             has retractable claws that are noticeable if you look closely at the skin
             under her nails. She keeps her nails long in part to hide this. Her canines
             are also longer than normal. Elaine knows her secret and has been blackmailing
             her into serving the cause. She pretends to be vapid and lazy so she won't
             be recommended as a cabal recruit.
                - accomplished Samsam dancer - a sensual dance style incorporating illusion.
                  A scandalous form that has recently become popular among the left wing upper
                  class as a form of exercise and expression of sexual liberation.
                - The sight of her bare breasts causes involuntary orgasms (a part of her
                  demonic physique).
                - When her demonic aspect is unsupressed, the sight of her quickly brings
                  people under her control.

Vesuli Manovitch - Member of the Gerbrousk cabal. Extremely powerful air and water mage.
Natalia - Vesuli's fiance

Ben Rey - NLP cadre, weak air mage
Ginny South - NLP cadre, weak earth mage
Peter Hull - NLP cadre, moderately strong
Mikey Rey - NLP cadre, Ben's brother

=========================================================================

Part 2 ideas: "The boat to freedom"
    - There are a couple of Gerbrousk cabalists on the boat with her.
        They recognize her and attack. She is not an experienced battle
        mage, so she is losing despite her raw power. She realizes they
        are going to kill her, so she lets herself be blown overboard by
        one of their attacks, using some illusion to make herself look
        injured. She transforms into a mermaid once in the water, then
        attaches to the keel of the ship. Later, she sneaks onboard
        consumes all of the cabalists, and steals a life preserver ring.
        She then scrys for ships, then swims through the ocean as a
        mermaid until she finds a Vernian cargo ship. She gets in position
        to float in front of them and signals for help with gouts of flame.
        She tells them she was swept off the deck of her ship in a storm.
        They take her to Vernia.
