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Daren Ridgeway, Human Male Sadist Daren is a man born of personal tragedy and forced by necessity to become a very dangerous individual indeed.  Born on old Earth thirty-seven years ago, he was born into the fabulously wealthy Ridgeway family.  Old oil money had been transformed during the Third Space Race into an asteroid mining windfall, from there the family invested heavily in some early colonies and won several contracts to help supply them.  Things only snowballed from there and several

Adam Quietus, Human Male Covert Operative (Professional) Adam grew up in a Company family.  They lived in corporate housing, he went to a school run by the corporation and his father drove a company groundrunner.  So it came as no surprise when he approached eighteen that he sat down with a recruiter from the company to talk about his future.  For Adam this entailed an "exciting" life in the world of corporate espionage.  Taken to a secret space station somewhere beyond Mars orbit Adam was

While Jhvellik technically has a large number of slaves (for food to work the estate as servants, or field hands) there are several of note who are his current favorites.  This favor is of somewhat... dubious value to their well being. Tasha Reynolds, Human Female; Mechanic Having previously bounced between several Masters, Tasha was purchased by Jhvellik to fill a need for expertise in modern technology.  His backwards culture left him unprepared to deal with all of the machines and devices

Located well outside Achenar the Veri estate is a working Ranch and Orchard that doubles as the home of the Krahna Jhvellik Veri.   Desiring to create something that reminded him of the simplicities of his homeworld (while embracing some of the new wonders he has since encountered) the place is an odd mix of technology and bizarrely anachronistic affectation.   Upon arriving at the front gates of the estate the first shock will be the secure storage of motorized transport here where "guests"

Jhvellik Veri, Krahna Male Sadist Jhvellik's story begins on the Krahna homeworld, that isolated pocket of space where the curse lays heavy and the night is full of bloodthirsty horror, in a small holding that his family maintained on behalf of the greater royal family.  The culture of his homeworld can best be described as parochial, mired somewhere in the middle ages, and depends on the host of humans toiling away to maintain the lifestyle of their ruling overlords (not to mention their

Developed over a number of years as an organisation and motivation technique, Sebastian developed a theory of ranking slaves in his service in a way designated by their collars.  This serves multiple functions.  In addition to giving his slaves obvious goals to work towards, it also made it clear the hierarchy among them with lower ranked slaves being expected to serve the needs of higher ranked ones as well as his own.  In this way prized slaves were kept in a pampered style as treasured pets

Human Male Trainer, Manager of Le Grande Montrer Sebastian is a man of ambition born out of rather humble beginnings.  Born on a colony world originally settled by French-ethnic wine makers, his father owned several large vineyards but his primary occupation was as the Manager of an Agricultural co-op.  Sebastian himself grew up working at several of the farms so managed learning much about basic animal husbandry.  In his teens he showed a particular talent for training animals to be shown at

Móirín Wexcombe, Human Female Dancer (Slave) Móirín was a gifted performer.  Beginning her study of dance at a young age it didn't take long for the young woman to realize is was, for lack of a better term, 'her life.'   Embracing that study as part of a somewhat wild 'party girl' lifestyle she didn't have many cares other than further refining her craft and doing whatever it took to keep dancing.  To that end, perhaps against her better judgement, she took on a Manager who promised just

Daren's story begins on Old Earth, the area formerly known as Houston, Texas.  With deep family roots in old oil money, the family was well positioned to remain on the forefront of the Energy Sector into the twenty second century-- with the rise of space mining to feed Earth's ever desperate need for raw materials early investments paid off huge greatly expanding the family's wealth.  In the subsequent generations heavy investments were made in early colony establishment particularly in the

The Phoenix The Phoenix (a custom Phantom Mk 12 recon vessel) is Daren's 'baby.'  Treating the ship better than most people it currently serves as transport, home, and cargo vessel for Ridgeway Armament (Daren's new corporation.)  Originally designed as a multi-role combat recon vessel with the Earth Security Forces it faced the fate that many such designs: replacement by more specialized models.  But the Phantom-12 was given new life when it was purchased by a civilian manufacture for

Elora Sol, Human Female, Medical Student (Toy) Elora was a young woman with ambitions.  She had goals and plans after getting off her backwater colony world for 'big world' life on Xenedria.  None of them had included working in a crappy, run down bar, or becoming the slave of a washed up musician!  It really hadn't been her fault, but she'd so wanted to fit in and impress all the new friends she was making around Achenar.  So in that effort she agreed to a daring plan to steal some bottles of

Delilah Monroe, Human Female Artist (Servant) This was not the way Delilah's life was supposed to go.  Born to a Corporate Vice President she had access to the best schools, medical care, clothes, and just plain everything.  Privilege and excess were the watch word of this galactically rich set of individuals Earth's elite.   The idleness such a life engendered led Delilah down a path of a spoiled 'party girl' princess who dabbled in art by day.  Until, at least, the day when her father's