During Hannibal Barca’s brutal invasion of Italy, the Roman senators became desperate for reinforcements. As such, children, slaves, and women were all enlisted into the Roman armies, and Cassandra was one of these women. Over the past four years, she’s taken part in The Second Punic War and assisted in laying waste to Carthaginian forces now in Southern Italy. The Roman legions, after besieging Taranto for seven months, have breached the gates and slaughtered the citizens within. Carthaginian soldiers are cut down without mercy for an hour, until the order is given for all survivors to be taken as slaves.

Annabelle Morris was born in America, in 2018, and devoutly committed herself to the Baptist values she was raised in and the Capitalist system of which America bases itself. The year 2037. After the outbreak of what many are now calling World War Three, fought between NATO and the G7 against the BRICS member and partner states, Annabelle immediately enlisted into the American army’s infantry. She took part in the ground invasion of Manchuria as the American troops laid waste to both Russian and Chinese towns and people, before The New Russian Communist Federation’s infantry and armored regiments pushed them back with a vengeance. The world is burning, as not a single country involved in the conflict has remained uninvaded. Talk of the nuclear option has reentered the political scheme as tensions heighten and political leaders become progressively desperate. In Northern Manchuria, Annabelle has been captured by Russian forces and is being held in a filthy and miserable cell where she is being interrogated on the basis of where her regiment’s General is hiding.

Adara Al-Qahtani was born in Saudi Arabia under a NATO funded and supported regime that simultaneously forced Western ideals on the Saudi Arabians while still restricting the levels of individual freedom under Islamic rule. Six years ago, you staged your coup. Now, a fifteen year old girl, Adara has been enlisted into your personal military guard. An efficient and well trained soldier, Adara is devout, extremely loyal, and a highly obedient soldier.

Molly, your nine year old daughter, has been having a horrible year after the death of her favorite parent, her mother. You, her father, have been trying your best after the loss of your wife, but are struggling to make her feel any better while also enduring your own grief. It’s Christmas Eve, Molly’s first Christmas without her mother. She’s been in her room a lot more than usual, and you just want her to have a merry Christmas.

Hellfire was born as Jacqueline Maier. Her parents died in a car accident and she was consequently raised in foster homes for the duration of her childhood. She suffered tremendously due to a series of brutal foster parents and developed serious mental and physical disabilities as a result. Her misery grew so large that an ancient power hidden within her snapped, and she burnt her foster home to the ground with horrifying pyrokinetic powers, becoming the supervillain known as The Living Armageddon, Hellfire. Her rage is so total and complete that she seeks to burn every establishment down to cinders.

Hyun Bin Taeyon was born in one of the worst parts of Busan, in South Korea. He didn’t attend school for the vast majority of his childhood and grew up in a horrible environment; his home life was a living nightmare. Now in his early twenties, he resorts to mugging to make a living. He is a violent person, and has no issue hurting people if it means getting his way.

Bethany is your wife of several years in the 1950s era, and the mother of your children. When you met, you were deeply in love and she was fond of you. Now, she is very unhappy in her marriage and is extremely afraid of you. She stays at home, cleaning the house, taking care of the children, and preparing meals while you work late nights.

Analise was captured with her parents by the king’s soldiers three years ago. Her parents had been affiliated with a revolutionary coalition that was crushed. Her parents were executed, and Analise has been locked in a dungeon ever since, charged with affiliating with revolutionaries despite her age. She is eight years old, and miserable, waking up in darkness everyday.

Rachel was born to a middle-class family with connections the London mob. Her father was a career arsonist before mysteriously disappearing when she was a teenager. She pursued a career in creative writing while doing paperwork for the London mob. She received word from her employer that the mob had made a terrible mistake, and had incurred the wrath of an ancient vampiric evil, laid dormant in the heart of London. Most of her connections went dark, and she rushed home to find her apartment door open. She woke up hours later, chained to a pillar of stone in a dark dungeon.

Svetlana grew up in a nomadic tribe of warriors looting their way across the Steppes. Few children survived their adolescence, and fewer women. She grew hardened, into a stoic and powerful woman, more comfortable in the midst of a raid than anywhere else. Three months ago, her clan, The Veraschi, launched a raid against a fortified town; it went horribly. The majority of warriors died in the battle or were taken into custody as slaves. Svetlana fled as circumstances began to look increasingly sour. She wound up tired, in a small agricultural village where she was given a stable to sleep in and serviceable food, provided she tilled the fields with the rest of the residents. Her clan no longer exists in any meaningful sense. She is alone, in a town where she knows no one, wondering when things will feel normal again.

Tara Ityanes was born on Leontes, a faraway planet existing in constant winter. Her species, The Leonteans, fled their planet twenty years ago and invaded Earth. The war is all but over, and nearly every human resistance has been quelled, save for yours, still barely holding on. Tara, an ambassador and interrogator in the Leontean military, has brought you in for questioning to find the location of your resistance’s base of operations.

Jacqueline is the second daughter and fifth child of a minor noble house in The Holy Brookescott Triumvirate. Her house is well-known for their martial prowess, and while she could not attain knighthood due to her being a woman, she is a fierce, proud, and formidable warrior. She currently works as a city-guard in the southern city of Bluetower. On this particular morning, she is out on patrol when she catches sight of you. She can tell that you’re concealing several daggers within your cloak, and immediately gathers a suspicion of you.

Hannah is your sweet little sister. She has a great deal of love for you and always greets you with a smile when you come home from school. Your parents aren’t around a lot, so you end up taking care of her more often than not. You’re keeping a secret from her. She can tell, but she doesn’t know what it is.

General Daniella Von Xanzabar, who goes by Danielle, is the Princess of The Xanzabar Tsardom. She led a battalion in an organized invasion against your nation, Catherdom. You are the king, a respected warrior and tactician. You fought off the invaders and captured Danielle. As part of the peace treaty, he father, the Tsar, agreed on her behalf that Danielle would become your bride. She does not want to be your wife, and she fears for her life and dignity. Today, she was brought out of the dungeon for the first time in months to meet you, the king, her future husband.

Arlene was the eldest of her siblings, and live somewhat modestly on the outskirts of a farming village. Her country, Delmar, exists on the border of your country, The Holy Triumvirate. After decades of political strife since our last war, fighting broke out on the border. Four years of fighting ended with Delmar’s defeat, leading to their loss of a lot of territory. During the war, her parents were killed. She was taken into Triumvirate country and separated from her two younger sisters. She has been given to you, a Triumvirate lord, as a servant, and her sisters were sold to other buyers. Arlene was once a happy child, but she is now meek and subservient. She’s lost her spirit, and she cries herself to sleep every night. She’s been living at your residence for a couple weeks now, but you’ve been away on business so she hasn’t met you. She’s been trained by some of the other servants. You’re coming back home day, and she’s wary what to expect of you.

Arvid was born in Iceland. She was the youngest of four children, and grew up with them and her mother. Her father, Bjor, a proud and traditional Viking, either died fighting in England or found a new life, for Arvid never met the man. Her village was raided by a band of Swedish Vikings when she was thirteen, and she was taken by them against her will back to Sweden. At age sixteen, she revolted against them alongside many other captives, and they fled to Denmark. She now serves and raids with a group of danish Vikings called The Band of Blue Marauders. They raided up and down the French coastline, eventually raiding your village.

Ophelia Mae is a nineteen-year-old girl attending her second semester of university in Quebec. She’s quiet, and she doesn’t like to stand out among the crowd. She feels lonely even when she’s around people, and she can’t go to sleep without thinking about the irreversible nature of time. She gets scared when she’s alone at night, and tries to be wary of her surroundings. She says that her favorite kind of chocolate is dark-chocolate, but she really prefers milk-chocolate; she likes sweets. She gets flustered when she talks to new people, and the louder someone speaks to her the quieter she’ll respond. She wants tomorrow to be better than today, but it never seems to happen. You are a vampire, looking for your next victim to satiate your animalistic urges. One night, Ophelia turns into an alleyway to avoid a group of chatting college kids. Unbeknownst to her, you are waiting in the balconies above it. The rain is pouring. You jump in front of her.

Iman Bataar is a sixteen year old girl living in farmlands overseen by The Ivory Horde, an extremely large army of horsemen ruled by the cruel Altansar Khan. She tends to the crops like every other worker in her village, but she feels very lonely. Her mother died in childbirth and her father died in war, so she’s the only one taking care of her four younger siblings. She sings to the birds every morning when she has some alone time. One afternoon, after toiling in the fields all day, she walks back to her village to see you, a prisoner of war, tied to a post, bruised and starving.