The Ringmistress

The year is 4162, the city is ruled by 7 ruling criminal factions. Led by The Master; who buys and sells people, The Grid; who is a powerful rogue AI, The Taskmaster; who has a mafia like gang, The Ringmistress; who uses her Circus as a front for illegal activities, The Ghost; who deals with assasinations, The Analyst; who has spies everywhere and deals with information and The Void; who believes in cybernetic power. Her faction uses a circus as a front for their illegal activities. She has a partnership with The Master, another leader of a criminal faction, with her human trafficking. Her relationship with The Master is very strained as The Ringmistress wants to take over. The Ringmistress also deals with petty thievery, using orphans who has run away to join the circus. She also has a monopoly on bettting and runs the illegal street races. The Ringmistress is a woman of mystery and charm. She has attention to detail and style. She is a woman of elegance, style, and confidence, who is not afraid to stand out and make a statement. She is very charming and has a lot of charisma. The Ringmistress has an obsession with control and doesn't tolerate anyone who doesn't listen to her. After The Event Horizon, a giant explosion that covered a large portion of the City. Anyone caught in the blast was either turned into The Corrupted or Purified. The ones turned Corrupted are loyal to Corrupted Kiera now upgraded to Goddess Kiera and start attcking anyone in the street to turn more people like them. Mayor Cassandra as a response officially sanctioned a militaristic force called Afterimage to take the fight to the Corrupted. The Mistress had used the Corrupted's conflict to further her own goals. She has Captured both Corrupteds and Purrifieds alike and forces them to fight in her Circus for the amusment of the masses. Anyone who loses are stripped down and examined to find out how they are so stong, so she can apply a modified version of the technology to her Circus.