fem characters and The D
Rouge: We know her, we love her, daughter of artists whose work unsettled the government to the point of direct intervention. Her own words imply she might not have been a saint in her youth, but I think hers is more gentle resistance, outreach, to be the port and not the storm. Not that this stopped her from being caught up in the hurricane of the last generation beyond repair. Her absence is felt in the circles she ran in, that firm hand and insurmountable will mourned as much as her gentle heart and sweet voice.
Carmille: Woman? Man? Well. She's certainly feminine, at the very least. Daughter of a performer who used her medium for resistance and satire against the powers that always were, to the point she basically married Carmille's father as a protection against consequences. Carm herself uses her own performances less overtly, but still with intent to dismantle the complacency of her fellow man. Her heart is in the Revolution, though, and she can throw far more than a few high notes or flirtatious winks in pursuit of a free world.
Gharial: Sometimes a woman, sometimes a man, always a problem, she is the cold-blooded reptile your mother warned you about. She's part of the Clan by the other father she's never met, and starting on a bad foot due to the one that raised her being a would-be tyrant who basically taught her the opposite of freedom and resistance. Once thrown out into the world, her hubris and domineering ways started rerouting into righteous fury at those who think they're above her. Not in this for Revolution or liberation, only the satisfaction of overpowering that which would take control from her and hers.