A deft and dexterous dancer, a mysterious foreigner in distant lands who seems to thrive within the circus with whom he throws his lot. Aelius is lithe, dark seduction, with a knack for blades and movements not commonly seen combined. He lives for the thrill of his art--the cutting closeness of the razor's edge, the sweeping grandeur of his body as it moves to lines and forms only he knows. All else fades to non-existence, and all that remains is the euphoria of perfection. The man who speaks of no past, he remains mysterious even unto those he may call companion. Trusting few to none, he continues to seek something more in the world that he has been travelling. Something pulls him forward, though he has yet to assign a name to it. Read More...

A past washed away by the tide of a thousand nights, the woman known as Anastasia of Lands Afar is a fickle creature of indeterminate wants. A lover of music, jewels, women and men alike, as well as the countless succulents that coin and company can offer, she wanders the world in an effort to forget and an equal effort to be immortalized. A past discarded by her own volition, she who was once Calliope wears the name bearing the meaning of her resurrection into a wholly new personality. Read More...

At a young age, Azariôn was introduced to chaos and violence. He and his father fought near constantly from the moment he was old enough to know he did not want to take over the family farm as the only male heir. The conflict escalated quickly and ended in rivers of blood after Azariôn was driven to murder his whole family. It can be said this was when he truly lost any trace of humanity that he may have had. An unpredictable and wild man, he is not someone who can be controlled. He does what ever he wants, and those who have tried to stop him have always met an unfortunate fate at his hands, or at the jaws of his beasts. He is not afraid of death, and as such he is not worried about any of the consequences of his actions. He tends to steamroll over other people with little to no regard for them, except for those he holds close. A circus performer, Azariôn is known for his size, his wildness and his capability to tame and handle even the most dangerous of beasts. Said to be half-beast himself, people from all over come to marvel at the barbarian who can speak to animals. Read More...

Stolen from his family and village with many others in his youth, Demetrius has only passing memories of his old life that seem to fade by the years. He began his time in Greece passed around as a slave of various trades, causing enough trouble that the boy was thrown into an arena for sport, his owners assuming it would be an entertaining way to be rid of him. Much to everyone's surprise, his lean frame lent him speed and he was able to wound and take down the man who had been expected to kill him. He has been a fighter ever since, staying in Athenia's arena to entertain the city. Read More...

The former gladiator-slave, and current gladiator trainer, is a generally cheerful chap prone to beating up his close friends - which is probably why he doesn't have many. He minds his manners better around those he doesn't trust as much, and he's fairly easy to get along with once you get used to the fact he considers having previously tried to beat someone to death for the entertainment of the masses a complete non-issue and the fact he's just a bit crazy. Read More...

If Feiyan could be described in one word, that word would probably be minx. She's an unrepentant adventuress, and will try anything at least once. To her, the world is one big playground and she wants to experience all the pleasures it has to offer. Free-spirited and fun-loving, she doesn't think about the future but instead enjoys the present for all it is worth. She is the premiere acrobat in the Tempest of Set and the most prominent member of the exclusive Clique, as well as their chief choreographer. Feiyan performs by herself and in the group, where she is the flyer ... tossed up by the others where she does flips and twists in midair. She also enacts magnificent, heart-stooping feats on silks and a hoop. To give herself a daring edge, she takes a small amount of opium before each show. She revels in the gasps of the audience as well as their enthusiastic applause. The gifts her fans present her with are eagerly accepted. Read More...

The leader of the Sariqa band of thieves, he is the son of a nobleman and a concubine, the half-brother of another nobleman of far off lands who turned them out of their home when they were young. He leads with an iron fist, his brother Zai and closest friend Khanh at his side. An imposing figure, he is obsessed with building their reputation and the legend that the Sariqas are slowly becoming. Because he was robbed of all that was his, he wishes to build his own story and make himself immortal in a different manner. Read More...

Olena's life has been... less than ideal. Taken from her family as a teenager, she has spent more than a decade being bounced around from master to brothel, and back. The trauma of her upbringing has left her with very little sense of self. Olena has very few good memories, and they all center around the boy she loved grown up-- Dymtros. They had planned a future together, one that went up in flames. Read More...

Born somewhere nobody remembers and raised by people he cannot recall until he wasn't, Planetes learned at a young age that he had to build a life for himself, and nobody was going to help him. He was a child of the streets, wandering the provinces of Taengea looking for any who would give him a place to stay in exchange for any work he could do, dabbling in all sorts from farmwork to carpentry to the years he spent at sea. By the time he was a full-grown man, he had learned to trick his words to get what he needed, and offer services that he could not quite fulfil if you listened carefully enough. Now, almost a decade and a half later, he does much of the same, only this time accompanied by the love of his life, the beautiful Atalanta, and a small boat procured with the very first drachmae he earned from his exploits. They travel throughout the Grecian realms smiling at potential customers and offering their beautiful and certainly legitimately obtained wares to any who'll have them. Planetes is creating the idealistic life that he always desired, though now he does not do it so much for himself, but in the name of the small family for which he has learned to care. Read More...

Saro is a young swashbuckler, born upon the seas to a mother and father who have spent most of their lives robbing and killing. He was raised upon ships in the midst of criminals and cutthroats, but there is no one he would trust more than the crew members of the Sea Shark. Unlike most other pirates, Saro is a rather nice guy. He’s not violent by nature, unless it is required or it’s just pirate business. During his off time, he enjoys making new friends where ever he happens to be, and more than anything he likes to explore and learn of new cultures. He often enjoys telling tales of the places he’s visited and the things he’s seen. Saro is very much considered a fun loving guy, and friendly as long as he’s not given a reason to not be. Read More...

Born the daughter of a whore in Lands Afar, Somra was fated to live a life of slavery as her mother before her. All of her young life, she struggled with the idea that she would spend her life pleasing men and doing as she was told. She always had dreams of running away, but it wasn't until her mothers death that she decided to truly do so. Her only joys while growing up in the whorehouse came from travelling performers that would occasionally stay in the rooms for rent that her master had, and she would spend hours fascinated with flame dancers and knife throwers and all sorts of performers, dreaming of a life of freedom where she would travel and perform for crowds of hundreds herself. After the death of her mother, she managed to escape before she was branded a slave, making her way as far as she could as fast as she could, lest her old master find her and take her back. Read More...

Valerius is an ambitious and successful militant of Colchis. Loyal only to himself, his family, and his kingdom, he is not afraid to use who he must to achieve his goals. Determined to rise above the common life he was born to, Valerius aims to secure a life of wealth, respect, and power for himself and his two children. Why? Because the man that sired him chose to turn him and his mother out on the streets rather than be a father. Valerius wishes to prove himself better than this powerful militant that his mother claims he is related to; one day will return to the land of his birth and show his father the son he could have had all along. Read More…