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Biographies

• Chief (MALE, Age: 44) (Name translated as "Thủ lĩnh") - Former soldier of the Atlasian miliary. Was banished to the Slums. Leading a group of rats called Squealers, determined to restore his people to their former homes.
• Coda (FEMALE, Age: 15) - A possum, not a rat, which causes issues: some Squealers like Kins do not consider her to be part of the group. Ran away from Twinburg after breaking a bobcat's nose. Mother gone, father absent. Disciplined and direct.
• Crix (MALE, Age: 36) - Charmer type. Pink hair, a waistcoat. Bisexual, deflects everything with humor, but genuinely competent and respected. In a relationship with Yarne, whom he calls "Firefly". Calls chief "Bossman"
• Dart (MALE, Age: 31) - One of Chief's go-to subordinates. Trains his body religiously, the strongest rat. Speaks simply with short sentences. Has an inner sensitivity.
• Fennel (FEMALE, Age: 7) - Wears glasses. Fennel's mom died in childbirth, and the father was never known. Whikk volunteered as a sort of grandfatherly role in taking care of her, since many of the others consider her cursed because of her albinism.
• Goldie (FEMALE, Age: 30) - Den mother, Rogue's mother. Wears metal scraps as jewelry, loves gossips. Very protective of her son.
• Juja (FEMALE, Age: 30) - Den mother, mother of Brindle and Heel. Blunt, unpretentious, quick to defend her children from anyone using them to score a point. One of the few who openly backs Chief.
• Kins (MALE, Age: 24) - Always eager to impress Chief. Best friend with Dart. Bright, vocal personality belies a darker pursona lurking under the surface, creeping out especially whenever the Drums or its citizens comes up.
• Lye (MALE, Age: 15) - Merengue's eldest son, unenthusiastic member of the Squealers.
• Merengue (FEMALE, Age: 41) - Head den mother. De facto second-in-command of the Squealers. Mother of three: Lye, Iris and Marsh.
• Rane (FEMALE, Age: 26) - Den mother (despite not being a mom yet). Gentle and conciliatory, the one who apologises for the others and looks after the sick children. Tries to defuse arguments.
• Rogue (MALE, Age: 13) - Goldie's son. Clumsy, permanently hungry, the cinnamon roll of this story :p Runs errands for every den mother at once and forgets what he was sent for. Was friend with Lye.
• Speck (MALE, Age: 34) - A fat mole. Former manager of the largest shipping centre in the Drums, now a black-market merchant at the Cataract and on the government's kill list. Sarcastic. Smarter than he looks. Always tends to withhold information. Wants a way out of Atlasia. (Presumably) murdered at the end of Chapter One.
• Stranger (OTHER) (Name translated as "Người lạ") - Someone wearing a mask. Unknown to Chief, shrouded in mystery.
• Whikk (MALE, Age: 68) - Oldest member of the Squealers. Former systems analyst in the Drums. Adherent to the orthodox faith of rats. Takes care of Fennel.
• Wren (MALE, Age: 33) - A blind fox. An information merchant. Seems courteous, but puts a price on everything including jokes. Collects Eonic (Pre-Millennium) technology for reasons he will not tell.
• Yarne (FEMALE, Age: 30) - Den mother, several daughters (Kess is one of them). Confrontational, sarcastic, and the loudest critic of Chief's leadership. In a conflicting relationship with Crix. Asks to speak with Chief privately and is murdered before she can.

Relationships (Formality)

By default, all characters address each other using an informal tone. Exceptions and notes:

• Brindle addresses Yarne using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Chief addresses Stranger using an neutral tone. (On first encounter Chief is more or less formal to Stranger, but on second one (part 2 onwards) it evolves into informal)
• Chief addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Chief addresses Wren using an neutral tone. (Strangers doing business.)
• Coda addresses Goldie using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Coda addresses Merengue using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Coda addresses Speck using an formal tone.
• Coda addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Coda addresses Yarne using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Crix addresses Goldie using an informal tone. (Crix is a seducer to everyone)
• Crix addresses Merengue using an informal tone. (Crix is a seducer to everyone)
• Crix addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Crix addresses Yarne using an informal tone. (Crix is a seducer to everyone)
• Dart addresses Goldie using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Dart addresses Merengue using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Dart addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Dart addresses Yarne using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Fennel addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Goldie addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Juja addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Kins addresses Goldie using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Kins addresses Juja using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Kins addresses Merengue using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Kins addresses Rane using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Kins addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Kins addresses Yarne using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Lye addresses Goldie using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Lye addresses Juja using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Lye addresses Merengue using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Lye addresses Rane using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Lye addresses Yarne using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Merengue addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Rane addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Rogue addresses Juja using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Rogue addresses Merengue using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Rogue addresses Rane using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Rogue addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)
• Rogue addresses Yarne using an formal tone. (Polite to Den mother)
• Stranger addresses Chief using an neutral tone. (Stranger keeps being more or less formal to Chief.)
• Wren addresses Chief using an formal tone. (Strangers doing business. Courteous.)
• Yarne addresses Whikk using an formal tone. (Polite to Elder)