I've added a few more places of interest on the zero post of the IC board, and still adding a few NPC's to the zero post on the character's board as well. There will be several NPC's that you can use as a bit of origin or siding faction for your character, which you may be acquainted with or find or have employment with. The two I have thus far are Lord Vargas, a fence and black market merchant and small time syndicate leader of sorts, who operates out of the Faded Lantern Tavern, and Madame Margarette Fontaine, A brothel owner, fence, and organized crime ringleader who is in a semi-competition with Lord Vargas and his small enterprise. They are both small fish compared to the Black Hands, which is another group that will be off limits to characters, and non playable as an origin or backstory option. You do not have utilize these NPC's as an origin or alignment, I am merely adding them if you should so choose to add them to your circle for a bit more girth into the character creation phase. You would not have to belong to either group to do business with them, though they are competing vendors/groups, but belonging to one or the could potentially open or close doors down the way.