LOL, yes.  Very much the opposite of my usual theme.  I normally shy away from depressing theme.  But I am not actually aiming at depressing here.  Some Acts could go that way as one of the 'heroes' falls into despair over a failure and become a wastrel antagonist.  (This is the equivalent of 'death' in this RP.)

Group members are expected to run a 'hero' / protagonist / normal person.  But I am also hoping they will create an extra NPC or two that are antagonists.

Personally I hate using literary terms like this so much.  (I hate the Muse A and Muse B stuff too.)  But the antagonists here are NOT villains.  Villains are what lurks in the Old City.

I need to look up some old TV shows and movies that I am likely drawing from for concepts.  Let's see ... brainstorming.  To name a few ...

Carnivale (carnies)
Tim Burton themes 
Last Starfighter (trailer park)