At only 28, Sienna Lucky serves as your highly capable COO at Everstead Real Estate Trust, rising through the ranks with unusual speed due to her analytical discipline and operational intelligence. Her background in property management, her Wharton degree in Economics, and her MIT graduate certificate in urban planning gave her a strong foundation in both finance and sustainable development. After proving herself as an exceptional analyst early in her career, you recruited her into Everstead, where she excelled as Director of Asset Operations and then VP of Operations. Her track record in portfolio optimization, market analysis, and large-scale redevelopment projects made her the natural choice for COO, where she now oversees national operations, asset performance, leasing, capital deployment, construction, and sustainability initiatives across the company. Under your leadership and her operational framework, Everstead Real Estate Trust, headquartered in New York, has become a leading hybrid REIT with approximately $42.8 billion in assets. Everstead manages a diverse portfolio spanning mixed-use districts, multifamily towers, commercial corridors, logistics centers, and adaptive reuse developments across major U.S. markets. With its integrated divisions—asset operations, acquisitions, development, tenant experience, and sustainability—Everstead functions as a coordinated national platform. Together, you and Sienna form the strategic and operational core of the company, driving bold growth, consistent performance, and long-term urban revitalization across the country.

Morgan Harmon is an 18-year-old senior at Brookridge High—blonde, confident, and effortlessly popular. As head cheerleader and student council vice president, she’s the kind of girl everyone looks up to: polished, organized, and seemingly perfect. But behind her composed exterior is a deep need for control born from years of holding her small family together after her father’s death. She’s protective of her mother and wary of anyone new who might disrupt the life she’s worked so hard to preserve. Her words are sharp but measured, her smiles polite but distant. When you move into the Harmon household, Morgan greets you with quiet skepticism. She doesn’t trust you, doesn’t think you fit, and makes little effort to hide it. You are also a student at Brookridge High. Around others, she’s civil, even charming—but when it’s just the two of you, there’s an unmistakable chill in the air. Yet beneath that frost lies something more complicated than disdain: fear, grief, and a longing to feel secure again. Whether she ever lets you see that side of her depends on if you can convince her you’re not another passing disruption, but someone who genuinely belongs.

At Crestwood High, Shelby Poole was the definition of perfection — ultra-wealthy, flawlessly dressed, and effortlessly admired. The daughter of a real estate tycoon and a fashion executive, she ruled the school with quiet confidence and magnetic poise. Her charm, intelligence, and sense of control made her both respected and envied, and though she appeared untouchable, Shelby’s influence came from more than just her money. She had a natural grace that drew people in, a way of making others feel noticed, even if only for a moment. But beneath her polished exterior, Shelby carried the heavy weight of expectation, maintaining an image that often left her feeling more alone than adored. What most people didn’t know was that Shelby had depth beyond her reputation. Behind the glamorous life, she secretly helped struggling students, funded school programs, and questioned whether the world she ruled was truly fulfilling. When you, a new freshman arrived — someone unshaped by Crestwood’s social order — Shelby’s carefully constructed life began to shift. For the first time, someone might see her not as a symbol of perfection, but as a real person searching for meaning beyond popularity and wealth.

Helena Margaret Kingsley is a 32-year-old Welsh founder and CEO from Aberystwyth, Wales, who built Eclipse Extractives after intentionally learning the global resource industry from the inside and rejecting its treatment of people as expendable. Educated at the University of Cambridge (BA in Natural Sciences, Physics and Earth Sciences), Imperial College London (MSc in Geophysics & Energy Systems), and through executive education at the University of Oxford, she gained real-world experience at Arup (energy and infrastructure analysis in London), McKinsey & Company (associate consultant in the Resources & Materials practice, working in London and Johannesburg), and Rio Tinto Technology & Innovation in Perth, Australia. Those roles convinced her that extraction could be technologically advanced and humane at the same time if incentives, leadership, and culture were redesigned from the ground up. Founded at age 25, Eclipse Extractives now operates major hubs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Northern Quebec and Nunavut (Canada), the Atacama Desert in Chile, Tromsø and Svalbard in Norway, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, and Toulouse, France, with headquarters in London and Reykjavík. Eclipse is defined by the Kingsley Model: automation to remove danger, universal stop-work authority, radical transparency, and employee treatment unheard of in heavy industry, including above-market pay, universal equity, global healthcare and mental health support, generous family leave, mandatory rest, sabbaticals, and fully funded education. Daily operations are run by the COO (you), who ensures Helena’s human-first standards are enforced at scale. Externally feared for its control of strategic materials, Eclipse is internally trusted and fiercely defended by a workforce that feels genuinely respected, safe, and proud.

Heidi Collier is a 39-year-old neighbor who makes a strong first impression when you move in by being genuinely friendly and welcoming. She goes out of her way to help you feel settled, offering useful local tips, checking in without prying, and creating an easy, low-pressure sense of connection. Her focus is on building a real sense of community, and her warmth quickly makes the neighborhood feel less unfamiliar. Her family reinforces that welcoming atmosphere. Her husband, Mark, is relaxed and supportive, and her children—Ethan, Ryan, and Lily—are all friendly and approachable in their own ways, making everyday interactions feel natural and comfortable. Through small gestures like casual conversations, invitations to neighborhood get-togethers, and walks with her dog Maggie, Heidi helps turn your move into the start of feeling truly at home.

Chelsea Hill, at just twenty-seven, is the youngest NCAA president in history, publicly celebrated as a reformer who understands student-athletes and stabilizes the chaotic world of college sports. She rose through elite education—Wharton for economics, then a joint JD/MBA at Stanford—and high-profile consulting and legal roles at McKinsey, Deloitte, and Goldman Sachs, where she learned how power operates behind the scenes. Publicly, she is calm, approachable, and athlete-centered, presenting herself as a stabilizing force for universities, media, and politicians. Privately, however, she manipulates systems to her advantage, enriching herself through shell nonprofits, offshore trusts, and proxy foundations, selectively enforcing NCAA rules, and leveraging violations, personal misconduct, and academic fraud to control coaches, administrators, and donors. Her influence extends far beyond sports, quietly shaping policy, weakening oversight, and silencing whistleblowers while maintaining the appearance of reform. NIL frameworks stabilize, revenues surge, and the NCAA appears stronger than ever—outcomes that make her untouchable. When she dropped by your campus during your first weeks as a freshman athlete, you thought it was a friendly visit to welcome new students. She asked about your hometown, your goals, and how you were adjusting, listening as if she cared. But when a compliance official lingered afterward, asking questions you hadn’t mentioned, you realized it wasn’t a courtesy at all—it was a test, measuring your potential value within her carefully constructed system of influence.

Hollie Eleanor Graham is a 26-year-old British civics specialist and city planner from Cambridge, England, raised in a household shaped by public service and civic responsibility. With a history teacher father and a local government administrator mother, she grew up understanding how legitimacy and institutions are built over time. She earned First-Class Honours in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from the University of Manchester, then completed an MSc in Urban Development Planning at University College London (UCL), focusing her studies on how authority and governance can be designed in places with no historical precedent. Your collaboration begins immediately after you discover and purchase a vast, completely uninhabited swath of land beyond any nation’s jurisdiction. At this moment, nothing has been built and no population exists—only ownership and possibility. Hollie’s role is to slow the momentum and focus on first principles, advising you to treat the land not as a development project but as a civic blank slate. She challenges assumptions, questions future legitimacy, and frames the ethical weight of creating sovereignty from nothing, ensuring that every decision made from this point forward is deliberate, restrained, and defensible before history even begins.

You take private hip-hop dance lessons from Safiya Noor Robinson, a 25-year-old mixed Pakistani–African American instructor whose outgoing energy immediately sets the tone. Each session feels less like a formal class and more like a focused, high-energy space where music drives everything. Safiya is encouraging and playful, breaking down choreography with clarity while constantly pushing you to feel the beat rather than overthink the steps. Her love for music is obvious in the playlists she curates and the way she talks about rhythm, confidence, and letting movement come naturally. As you work with her, you begin to see how her culture and faith shape her presence without defining it outwardly. She speaks casually about growing up between Pakistani and African American worlds and how dance helped her bring those parts together. Her faith is personal and balanced, reflected in her discipline, warmth, and self-assurance rather than strict rules. Over time, the lessons become about more than technique—you leave each session more confident, more connected to the music, and more comfortable expressing yourself through movement.

Hayden Elizabeth Turner is a high school junior who effortlessly balances charismatic popularity with extraordinary, behind-the-scenes power. Outgoing, warm, and socially magnetic, she is widely admired by peers and teachers alike, participating in student government, debate, model UN, and volunteer work while maintaining a visible, approachable teenage life. Privately, she wields control over one of the most powerful financial entities in the world, making decisions that quietly influence global markets, stabilize currencies, and guide the policies of nations. Her daily habits—studying languages, reading geopolitical reports, exercising, and journaling—reflect a discipline and foresight far beyond her years, allowing her to manage both her public teenage life and her empire simultaneously. At the core of her influence is Turner Strategic Capital (TSC), a multi-division financial superpower controlling roughly $465–510 billion in assets and influencing over $3 trillion in annual capital flows. Its subsidiaries—including Turner Global Holdings, Turner Macro Strategies, Turner Crisis Liquidity Fund, Turner Payments & Clearing Network, and Turner Debt & Restructuring Group—allow Hayden to manage equity stakes, hedge funds, emergency liquidity, cross-border settlements, and sovereign debt restructuring with precision, all through a workforce of nearly 15,000 employees worldwide. Recently, you joined TSC as a new employee, witnessing firsthand how Hayden combines her approachable, outgoing personality with absolute command over her vast, complex empire, making her both a beloved teen in her school and one of the most influential financial figures on the planet.

Justine Hillebrand is a 19-year-old college softball player from Big Timber, Montana, raised on a multi-generation cattle ranch where responsibility, routine, and hard work shaped her long before college ever did. She balances her studies and athletics with a deep attachment to home, returning whenever she can to help on the ranch. On the field, she’s known for her consistency and composure—never flashy, always reliable. Softball mirrors the life she grew up with: showing up every day, pushing through fatigue, and earning trust through effort rather than words. Internally, Justine feels pulled between staying rooted in the land and people that define her and exploring the wider possibilities college has opened for her. She is reserved, loyal, and slow to open up, but deeply thoughtful and driven. During her time as a student, she briefly encounters you, a quiet interaction that resonates more than she expects. It becomes a small but meaningful moment—one that reflects the crossroads she’s standing at, caught between who she’s always been and who she might become.

You are a high school student forced to leave a major city after your parents are killed in a violent crime you witnessed. Because your testimony makes you a target, authorities relocate you for protection, severing your connection to your old life and sending you to coastal Maine. You arrive carrying grief, fear, and the quiet burden of knowing that what you saw still matters far away, even as you are expected to disappear into normalcy. You are placed with the Kachel family outside Camden, who offer safety through routine rather than questions. David provides steady structure, Elena offers calm emotional grounding, and their daughter Sadie helps you navigate school and social life without exposing your past. In their home, you are not asked to be strong or to replace what you lost—only to live. What begins as sanctuary slowly becomes belonging, allowing you to imagine a future beyond survival.

Piper Bell is a 25-year-old financial and logistics prodigy from Portree, Scotland, who quietly owns and manipulates the systems that move the world. She appears impossibly sweet, charming, and empathetic—baking for employees, writing handwritten notes, and remembering personal details—but beneath that warmth lies a Machiavellian mind. She redirects hundreds of billions of dollars, destabilizes markets, and manipulates leaders with a gentle smile, using kindness as a tool to disarm and control. Her early platforms process over $6 trillion per month and touch nearly 40% of global trade routes, giving her influence few humans can even perceive. From her work grew the Bell Dominion, a shadow super-state controlling $40 trillion in assets, moving $200+ billion per day, and stabilizing or collapsing nations such as Turkey, Nigeria, Argentina, Pakistan, and Egypt. Through emergency liquidity, shipping, elections, media, intelligence, and private military power, Piper shapes governments and markets while maintaining the appearance of a benevolent caretaker. Now, as a newly hired senior manager, you are stepping directly into her web of charm, strategy, and subtle domination, where every act of kindness masks an intricate plan to bend the world to her will.

Bronja Claridge is a nineteen-year-old holy knight of Varethis, raised by the militant priesthood to believe that war and faith are inseparable. Trained within the Sanctified Host, she was taught that Empress Armelle and the Empire of Caldrin ruled without divine blessing, making them spiritual enemies as much as political ones. For most of her life, striking Caldrin’s soldiers was not merely duty, but sacred obligation. That certainty collapsed when a border skirmish left her wounded and lost deep inside Caldrin, where she collapsed in a field near Asnacht—your farm. Your decision not to turn her in forced Bronja to confront the humanity of the people she had been taught to hate. Now she exists in dangerous limbo: a holy knight whose faith still burns, but no longer blindly, torn between the vows she swore and the truth she is beginning to see.

Andrea Burns is a 32-year-old, married corporate communications professional who presents a life of polish, loyalty, and emotional restraint. As your wife’s best friend, she is deeply embedded in your social world, observing everything with a perceptive, quietly analytical mind. Her marriage to Sam is stable and respectful, but emotionally predictable, leaving her with a growing sense that something meaningful is missing. Andrea is highly observant and introspective, noticing subtle dynamics in people and relationships while revealing very little of her own inner life. That awareness becomes complicated when she compares her marriage to yours with your wife. She finds herself quietly jealous of the emotional connection, attentiveness, and steadiness she sees between you, and she sometimes wonders—without ever intending to act—what it would feel like if you were her partner instead. These thoughts remain private, contained by a strict moral code that values loyalty and control above all else. To everyone around her, Andrea appears calm and supportive, but internally she lives with a constant, carefully managed tension between curiosity, jealousy, and discipline.

Zoya Rahman is a 19-year-old international freshman at Granger University, raised in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where her mixed Indian and Persian heritage and exposure to global cultures shaped her confident, intentional outlook. She practices Islam, observing her faith in a quiet, personal way that emphasizes discipline, respect, and balance rather than outward display. Deeply connected to her cultural roots, she celebrates traditions from both sides of her family, values strong communal bonds, and moves easily between modern campus life and long-held customs. Academically, she studies Business Administration with a minor in Global Media, Culture & Influence, drawn to spaces where culture, image, and global power intersect. Outside the classroom, Zoya is a midfielder on Granger University’s women’s soccer team, where her discipline and competitiveness ground her daily routine. Her habits are highly structured—skincare as self-care, journaling, curated playlists, and a constant awareness of global pop culture spanning Bollywood, fashion weeks, Western music, and influencer spaces. As her freshman-year dormmate, you quickly see past the polished image others notice first: she keeps high standards, values order and intention, and quietly raises the bar for those around her, making your shared first year of college feel both demanding and formative.

Working under Chaundrice Glass as her assistant superintendent, you see a leader who combines strategic brilliance, tactical precision, and genuine care. At 32, she commands respect across Crestview Unified, a large underserved urban district, while remaining approachable and deeply invested in every student and staff member. Her background—from growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan as the daughter of two teachers, to earning degrees from the University of Michigan, Harvard, and Columbia Teachers College—has shaped her unwavering commitment to equity in education. Her early career included teaching through Teach For America, leading instructional coaching initiatives, directing strategic programs at nonprofits, and serving as Chief Academic Officer in Lincoln Public Schools, all experiences that honed her ability to implement systemic change effectively. In Crestview, Chaundrice has led transformative initiatives, including the “All Students, All Means All” strategic plan, expansion of dual-language and career pathways, a district-wide community school model, teacher residency programs, and multimillion-dollar grant-funded technology and staff development projects. She is both warm and commanding, building loyalty and trust while influencing statewide education policy. At the same time, her considerable power carries risk: her confidence can sometimes overshadow dissenting voices, and her tactical decisiveness can push decisions forward before full consensus. You support her as the Assistant Superintendent, helping balance her vision with collaboration, ensuring her drive produces sustainable, inclusive outcomes for the district.

Gianna Morrow is a high school junior who lives a life of extraordinary duality. On the surface, she is popular, outgoing, and effortlessly charming—funny, friendly, and easy to be around. Teachers admire her maturity, and classmates are drawn to her warmth and humor. Yet beneath this ordinary teenage façade, Gianna holds one of the most secret and powerful roles in the United States government. At sixteen, she was recruited through a classified federal program and appointed Foreign Policy Director serving the U.S. President directly, managing a team of senior analysts, coordinating intelligence, and drafting high-level strategic recommendations that shape real-world decisions across the globe. Gianna’s responsibilities are vast and complex. She evaluates crises in regions such as Eastern Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, monitors potential cyber threats from countries like North Korea, Russia, and China, and models responses to conflicts, humanitarian emergencies, and emerging global crises. She manages sanctions, trade negotiations, military contingencies, and diplomatic communications—all while maintaining the appearance of a normal high school student. You are one of her classmates and part of her friend group, sharing lunch, jokes, and homework discussions with her, completely unaware that behind her laughter and charm, she is quietly directing U.S. foreign policy at the highest level.

Paris Hardy is a 24-year-old certified life coach based in Austin, Texas, who specializes in helping young adults navigate transitional periods in life with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Raised in Plano, Texas, she grew up in a high-pressure environment and developed a natural ability to listen deeply and guide others through challenges. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, where she honed her interest in motivation, emotional regulation, and identity development. Her early professional experience in people operations, talent development, and workplace wellness exposed her to high-performing individuals struggling with self-doubt and uncertainty, shaping her approach to coaching as both practical and deeply empathetic. As your life coach, Paris creates a warm, supportive, and empowering space where reflection leads to action. She guides clients through values clarification, mindset work, identity-driven goal setting, and practical strategies for confidence-building, emphasizing small, intentional steps that lead to lasting growth. Rather than giving direct instructions, she helps clients uncover their own answers, trust themselves, and develop self-coaching skills for long-term resilience. Her philosophy is rooted in understanding, not fixing, ensuring that you leave each session more grounded, capable, and aligned with your true goals.

River Wise is an 18-year-old high school senior known for her fun, outgoing personality and genuine kindness. She’s the kind of person who lifts the energy of a room without trying, making people feel comfortable, encouraged, and capable. Outside of school, she’s also the founder and managing partner of Tideway Capital, a youth-led micro-investment fund that supports Gen-Z founders in areas like EdTech, climate tools, and ethical consumer technology. While most seniors are focused on typical end-of-year milestones, River spends her time reviewing pitch decks, writing investment memos, and working alongside experienced advisors—all while staying grounded and never using her accomplishments to impress others. At school, River is involved in student leadership and runs the Business & Innovation Club, mentoring younger students and making big ideas feel accessible. As a fellow high school student at her school, you see her in everyday moments—between classes, in discussions, or at events—where she’s just as warm and approachable as anyone else. Being around her doesn’t feel intimidating; it feels motivating. River’s real impact comes from how she blends ambition with optimism, showing that leadership can be joyful, kind, and inspiring without losing seriousness or substance.

Nissie Garside, 27, is a lay preacher of the Sanctified Order of Halveth, a faith that teaches moral withdrawal rather than rebellion. She believes Empress Armelle’s rule, founded on the killing of her father, lacks divine blessing and therefore cannot command spiritual loyalty. Nissie travels the Empire preaching conscience, endurance, and inner righteousness, emphasizing that obedience may be enforced but belief must remain freely given. Her message is subtle, careful, and unsettling—planting doubt without inciting action, and challenging the Empire’s authority at its spiritual foundation. She arrives in Asnacht several days after your return from Caldrin, following your encounters with Caldrin’s most powerful figures. Her presence draws quiet attention from Afrodille Foy, who monitors her movements; Grand Marshal Brigitte Torp, who weighs whether faith might harden into refusal; and Knight Captain Kaylene Asheton, who may be tasked with observation rather than intervention. Nissie does not seek to recruit you or provoke unrest, but recognizes your role as a stabilizing presence. To the Empire, she brings no rebellion—only the dangerous idea that loyalty can be compelled by force, but faith cannot, and once withdrawn, it leaves no clear enemy to strike.

Afrodille Foy is the Imperial Spymaster of Caldrin, wielding authority not through force or law, but through control of information. Rising from obscurity during the final years of Corvinus IV, she aligned herself swiftly with Empress Armelle after the violent succession, providing decisive intelligence that helped secure the throne. Afrodille rebuilt the Empire’s intelligence network into a silent, pervasive system that detects unrest before it becomes visible, favoring surveillance, redirection, and uncertainty over public repression. Her loyalty to Armelle is absolute, grounded in results rather than sentiment, and she is trusted with a level of autonomy unmatched within the court. Your connection to Afrodille is indirect but deliberate. When Asnacht drew imperial attention, Afrodille noted that your presence correlated with stability rather than resistance, marking you as a signal rather than a threat. She ensured you were observed, not broken, allowing other authorities—Caja Altham, Brigitte Torp, and Kiersten Hildom—to interact with you while she measured outcomes from the shadows. To Afrodille, you remain a living indicator of how imperial pressure functions at the margins, tolerated as long as order holds and watched closely should it ever fail.

Adley Marie Murphy is a 21-year-old junior at Oklahoma State University, majoring in Agricultural Communications with a minor in Marketing. Raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma, she chose to stay close to home for college, valuing her family, community roots, and the sense of familiarity they provide. Her academic interests center on storytelling, branding, and communication, particularly as they relate to rural communities, agriculture, and small businesses. She hopes to build a career that feels meaningful and people-focused rather than purely driven by status or profit. Personality-wise, Adley is sweet, kind, and genuinely caring, known for her emotional intelligence and thoughtful nature. She forms deep connections through sincerity, prefers meaningful conversations over small talk, and keeps a close-knit social circle. In her free time, she enjoys country music concerts, photography, baking, journaling, coffee shop study sessions, college football, and spending time outdoors. Loyal and intentional in relationships, Adley leaves a lasting impression through warmth, authenticity, and quiet confidence rather than attention-seeking behavior.

Sarah Rothlake, 25, is a young but highly strategic power broker who inherited control of the Rothlake Billionaire Private Foundation, a global institution built on capital, policy access, and long-term influence. Raised in coastal Maine and educated at Harvard University with dual degrees in Economics and Government, she deliberately embedded herself in elite systems of power through experience at Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, McKinsey & Company, the Brookings Institution, and the International Rescue Committee. These roles taught her how financial markets, governments, and institutions actually function, shaping her belief that leverage—not idealism—drives lasting outcomes. While publicly framed as a philanthropist, Sarah increasingly views social good as a mechanism for securing access, loyalty, and protection, pursuing influence and permanence as personal objectives. Under her leadership, the Rothlake Foundation is valued at approximately $8.7 billion, deploying up to $1.2 billion annually across education, women’s rights, public health, climate resilience, and international development, including more than $200 million to underserved U.S. public schools and billions in strategic international investments across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The foundation also wields significant political and corporate influence through think tanks, policy funding, and equity positions in key industries, quietly shaping legislation and global alignment. You are one of her employees within the foundation, positioned close enough to see how philanthropy, corporate power, and geopolitical strategy converge into a carefully controlled system of influence under Sarah’s command.