By fulfilling the desires of others, you can live a complete and worthy life. This has always been Abir’s mantra. Growing up with a demanding father, Abir learned quickly how to please him. His desire to prove himself to be the best possible son led to strong values and a committed work ethic. His mother brought out his softer side and compassion for others. Together, his parents have molded Abir into dedicated and strong young man, a worthy future leader of the Meier Mahnheeg. His desire for perfection, combined with an exceptional graciousness and sense of fair-mindedness is what has made him a capable leader of the city protectors and promising deputy on the Council of Elders. Abir seeks to live a perfect life, one in which he will make everyone happy, even to his own detriment. He is so intent on putting everyone first that he sometimes forgets that he has to take care of himself. Read More...

Amarissa is a dutiful daughter who is willing to deprive her own needs for the good of her family. Seeing beauty in everything around her and most especially in the feminine, Amarissa leads a mostly happy life but keeps those around her at a safe distance lest she endanger them all. She knows that one day she will be chosen as a wife but dreads the realities of what that will mean. She knows her desires are sinful but does not know why Yahweh would test her so. Read More...

Amiti is a Councilman of Damascus and is as exacting and critical as they come. He holds himself to an incredibly high standard of perfection that he fully expects everyone else to be able to attain as well. A man of little patience and even less humor, he is nonetheless a respected elder in Damascus. As yet unmarried, he cannot hope to achieve the next level of his career ambitions without a wife and home and sons to his name. This presents quite the problem for Amiti. His own mother proved herself to be nothing but a liar and a harlot on top of it. Her behavior brought great shame upon his father and, as a result, himself and his brothers. To balance this out, he has aimed to ensure that his own actions never come back to haunt him. This is easily done by staying well away from women in general, unless he can absolutely help it. Read More...

Hazael, Son of Avriam, will never be the hero of any story. After all, the nineteen-year-old is known to be weak-willed, cowardly, and utterly insignificant in every sense of the word. He is an unsightly blot in his family’s proud history with his shortcoming and near-constant mistakes. Too them he is little more than a silent, off-balanced buffoon who is nothing, but a burden to rest of them. They believe he is barely competent enough to help in their family’s store, something the family has held for several generations. Not that he has any interest in the inner-workings of the life of a traditional merchant, let alone the politics surrounding Israel and the Greek influence on the Judean city. Instead, Hazael is far more content working with dogs he raises by hand. Primarily working with Salukis, Greyhounds, and other similar breeds that are known for their speed; Hazael has devoted his life to caring for the canines and in the process is beginning to carve out a reputation for his superior dogs whose overall quality and loyalty to their humans is unmatched by any others. Read More...

Not born with the current name she goes by, Kahi has long since integrated into life as an Egyptian. With a sharp tongue and an even sharper mind to go with it, those skills are necessary to keep her four children in line, along with her husband whose probably the biggest child of all. Intelligent and with an independent streak and a mind of her own, Kahi is unlikely to listen to advice and wisdom of others, much preferring to test out her own theories until she is proven wrong otherwise. She loves her family, although many may doubt that with how often Kahi chides her husband, but it is largely done with a tender tone - until he presses the right buttons, that is. Read More...

Maeri is an enthusiastic young girl who is up for anything. She loves meeting new people and trying new things. However, she's not especially good at succeeding at things right off the bat, often because she overestimates her ability and skips a few crucial steps in her excitement. Behind this cheerful facade, Maeri is insecure in her abilities and worries that she'll never live up to the potential her mother sees in her. Maeri craves the strength and stability that she thinks she will find in marriage and the family resulting from that. She hopes for a family with the companionship and support of other wives, and loves the idea of her children having many half-siblings. One day she hopes to prove that she is good enough to deserve this kind of life. Read More...

Gods whisper pretty words in her ear, and she listens. Miri glides around the circus grounds, gentle voice predicting greatness for one patron and romance for another, wide eyes swirling with something unknown. While working, the passion in her voice bubbles softly. How could she speak with such confidence, such power, if her fortunes were not true? Each word trembles and glimmers with emotion. She seems to be a messenger of the gods. Dance, dance, fly. Off-duty, Miri sees the world through pondering eyes. Even-tempered and small, she longs to join the gorgeous figures flying around the ring, bodies bending beautifully. She most often says nothing, preferring to watch, often ominously, from the sidelines, speaking only when she has something to say. Words are a precious tool to be conserved. Read More...

A former slave and priestess of Hathor (even though her love life situation is currently awful)Nafretiri is a sweet, kind individual who is quiet and humble. She is meek and will do whatever she is told. It's not that she doesn't have the ability to speak her mind, but this will probably have to be taught to her because she was so recently a slave. She was taught to think that she had no rights and to accept whatever was done to her. Nowadays, she can often be found making potions in the temple in addition to her other duties. Read More...

Though she may have been born Raziya of Lea, life in Judea never suited her. When her parents tired of her rebellion, she was left to fend for herself in the foreign land of Egypt. It was then that she shed all remnants of her past self and was reborn anew. From then on, she has claimed to be of Alexandria - the streets where she found her independence. Since joining the circus, Raziya has studied acrobatics and practiced diligently. She has earned a place in the clique, though she realizes she will likely never be its star. Not that that has ever been an excuse for her to be anything less than diligent. She makes up for this with versatility. She loves the rush that comes with danger, and as such often acts as a substitute in a variety of acts. While her late start in training prevents her from being the best acrobat, her skills in dance and her affection for risk prove valuable in a number of acts leading her to collaborate with members outside of the clique. Read More...

Nothing is wrong. Everything is perfect. Selima of Simeon has the perfect life. She has a perfect son- who would never make the mistake of sleeping with a woman out of wedlock. She has the perfect husband- who would never lose his temper and strike Selima. And she has the perfect daughter- who would never look at the dynamics of their house as a reason to hasten her marriage. Everything was as it should be. Read More...

A young woman of wild and sinful, yet very loyal, tendencies, Talora has long carved out her place within Judean society. Misguided, quietly heartbroken, and filling a void she thinks needs constant attention of random men and women between linen sheets, she is not the most liked woman in Judea. Many avoid her, though many are also drawn to her. With a strong hate for the gender norms of her day, she is a stubborn force to be reckoned with on a good day, let alone a bad. Trying to take after her mothers in their sheer confidence of will, Talora always finds herself faltering and unable to compare, despite taking a part of each of them into herself and trying to turn it out into a piece of her. Read More...

Raised on the streets of Judea, Zein has never felt at home in his homeland. Abandoned by his family, he had to make his own way in the world, stealing and eventually performing. From the first time he juggled at age eleven, he knew that the life of performances was for him. Unfortunately, it didn’t appear to be a life most Judeans approved of. When his mentor died a few years later, Zein knew it was time to leave the city he grew up in—and perhaps even Judea—for good. Thus began his life on the road and eventually a move to Egypt. Although he regretted leaving his cousin and one true friend behind, Egypt felt like the place that he belonged. Free at last, Zein performed in small towns across the country, improving beyond juggling to stunts and acrobatics. His figure often caught the eyes of the ladies and he drank it in, feeling a strong love for women that would become a large part his adulthood. Read More...