Cabaret
the larp musical
Characters for the larp
Here you can read the characters that are available in the larp and they are presented together with their core group. The core group is your closest circle of friends in the larp. You have similar interests and basically like each other, even if there can be some tension between you. You can always hang out with people in your core group.
At the Ballet
Everything is beautiful at the ballet, even though the beauty that was Berlin is about to crumble. You all work at The Silhouette with keeping the guests entertained and thirsty. You all also have in common that you are the ones in the background, no matter if it’s the dressing room or the chorus line. But not everyone can be a star, although that doesn’t mean that some should be. And not be…
A chorus-girl with a plan. As a girl of Romani ancestry, Esmeralda early learned to use the romantic prejudices against her people for her own benefit. Her ambition is only matched by her intelligence. If only also her prudence would match her cock-sureness…
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Hilda works as make-up artist, dresser and assistent at the Silhouette. Despite being a single mother disinherited by her father, Hilda actually enjoys her life. She is good at her job and at cheering people up. Hilda is kind and cheerful, a very uncomplicated person – even if she never told Alois that he’s the father of her child.
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Silhouette started out as a way to pay the bills, but has it become something more? Ballet-trained since birth he married a woman from a wealthy family. Unfortunately her father got him fired, and he is now a dancer at the Silhouette. Jean is a sensitive and disciplined man, but his fear of conflicts often gets the best of him.
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The Silhouettes ingénue dancer. Sara comes from a poor background and has worked at the cabaret since she was out of school. Sara is bad at reading people, but has a genuine air of innocence and is a passionate reader.
Go to linkGypsies, Tramps and Thieves
You might not all have been born in the wagon of a travelin’ show, but you all have to dance for the money they’d throw. Being at the bottom you have no way to go but up, but what burdens must be thrown off for you to succeed? Love may be free, but it still comes at a price. And no other knows that better than you...
Baltazar used to have his own club, but the Nazi crackdown on the Berlin clubs took it away. And now he has his eyes on the Silhouette. His wits and ambition are only matched by his unscrupulousness.
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Comes to the Silhouette to find clients. Money doesn’t smell and few knows that better than Hans. Hans is a frank and direct person, who’s overconfidence and naivety sometimes gets the better of him.
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The Silhouette is a never ending source of business opportunities. Norritz is a leech that thrives on the unstable political situation. He is a ruthless turncoat, utterly self-serving. Still, he would do anything for the chosen few he does care about, no matter what they think of the kind of help he provides.
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Renate has no higher hopes for tonight than to sell her cigarettes proper, so that she doesn’t have to sell her body. Renate is a strict catholic, brought up by nuns in an orphanage, and she blames herself for everything that has happened since she was forced to leave. She doesn’t realise is that she has made true friends – while religious and uneducated, she is a loveable and good-hearted person.
Go to linkLa Resistance
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And you are the reaction to the nazi rise to power. You all come from different walks of life but are united in the sole purpose of making sure that the Nazi-party and its lackeys will pay for what they have done. The stakes are high and none of you have any illusions on how the Nazi’s would treat you if you would be exposed. But when that day come, you will raise your hand and remember the words; For, though you die, La Resistance lives on...
Comes to the Silhouette to see his mistress perform, and to secretly conspire against the nazi. Detlev is a noble man and quite set in his ways. He is also a very private man, some would even say secretive.
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Sees Silhouette as a safe haven while pondering if she should work for a German communist revolution of flee to Sovjet. With a great sense of family Elsa still longs for the revolution. Elsa is an idealist with a warm heart far to the left. Unfortunately she is also reckless and that puts her into trouble.
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For Emilia The Silhouette has always been a good place to met new… boyfriends. Emilia learned manners growing up as a rich girl, and there are not many options for a woman when there is nothing left of the family fortune. Emilia does not see what she does as prostitution - after all, it is the man who should pick up the tab. Emilia is charismatic and outgoing, to bad her addiction is starting to take it’s toll.
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Lafayette hates and fears the nazi, and is actively engaged with organizing a resistance movement. A devout catholic, Lafayette has severed himself from his family when understood that he was… different. He lives celibate and sober, harbouring too many secrets to allow himself to get drunk or laid. Lafayette is compassionate and has a strong sense of solidarity.
Go to linkMoney: Old, New and Lost
You all have one thing in common; money. No matter if it is by earning it, inherit it or by losing it you are all connected by the impact it has on your life. The person who has the gold makes the rules is a motto you all live by and as such you see each other as a class of your own.
Mr Brown has been in Berlin for a couple of weeks to scout out potential businesses to invest in. He is at the Silhouette to find out if the club might be one of them. Mr Brown sees himself as a self-made man, but this is just a family tradition. His fortune came from starting companies that his father invested in. He is dominant and self-centered, but quite liberal in his political views.
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Comes to the club to see her husband perform, but also to meet up with her friends. Growing up in a rich and prominent family, Maria dreamt about romantic love and found it in the ballerino Jean Poiret. But her romantic dreams never mentioned what living on a dancer’s paycheck would mean! Maria is a spirited woman that view the world through rose-coloured romanticism. She should be careful, since those same glasses tends to make her a bit impetuous.
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Herr Keller doesn’t like the way things are going in Berlin, and wants to sell his department store at a good price to his long-term business partner Mr. Brown. Herr Keller can trace his Jewish ancestry through the ages, and he knows what happens to Jews at times of unrest. Herr Keller is unscrupulous in business, but a wise man and a loving father.
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Silhouette has always been a prime hunting ground for The Duke. Ulrich’s parties are infamous, and dangerous. Nothing thrills him as much as seeing someone descend into darkness. Ulrich has friends in high places, and is a very charming man. Underneath, he is lecherous and has no qualms of using people and then tossing them aside.
Go to linkThe Cabaret Organisers
Even though the Weimar Republic is crumbling and the Nazis are getting harsher in their hunt for deviants and untermenschen your motto still is that the show must go on. You are the ones that have made sure that The Silhouette was a success, and now you are the ones trying to keep her, and therefore a part of the old Berlin, alive. But how much can be compromised before that spirit is lost and the light of the lavendel nights fades into darkness? And what are you willing to pay before that...
The hub of the Silhouette’s Cabaret. An androgynous performer, the scene is Laurence’s primary passion. Laurence is witty and assertive but also a bit selfish.
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Marcel has high hopes for tonight. Maybe Mr. Brown can be talked into sponsoring the club, allowing him to pay out salaries for the latest months. Marcel has managed to keep the club going when all other clubs have closed. He is pleasant and open-minded, but a bit impractical.
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Heavily impressed by the Silhouette’s illustrious clientèle. Frau Shroeder has little money, but owns the house where the Silhouette and her boarding home is located. Many of it’s guests rent a room with her. Even though she is jaded, she is also gullible and tends to be a bit blind to people's’ weaknesses, which is appreciated among her guests.
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At The Silhouette to keep the ballet in shape, and to protect her interests. Rochen once had it all, but a foot put in the wrong place ruined her dance career. Although she is known as the whip behind The Silhouette’s chorus line, she has no qualms of using the same whip in her role as The Duke’s assistant. Mdm Rochen is known for her strictness and calculating nature, that is when her passion doesn’t overcome her.
Go to linkThe Culture Workers
The politician uses the truth to tell a lie, and the artist uses a lie to tell the truth. But whose truth and what is more important, the truth or to be able to tell at all? You are bound together as artists on a stage that has changed significantly, and the question haunting you now is who the fat lady is and will her last song be an aria - or a dirge?
Benjamin wonders why Magda brought him with her to the Silhouette tonight. It might have to do with those photos - he should never have given them to her! Benjamin is a better photographer than he himself understands. His investigative mind makes him scout out the best angle, the optimal light, and the expression that says it all. He is a kind soul, and quite shy when he’s not behind the camera.
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A frequent guest at the Silhouette. Anastasia fled with her Jewish family from Russia at the time of the revolution. She is intelligent, a talented writer and an intellectual, but a bit unreliable.
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A gossip columnist with a taste for scandals and working on her big scoop. Journalist at one of Berlin’s biggest newspapers, her columns of the depraved Berlin are reprinted all over Germany. Magdas inquisitive nature is only matched by her sharpness. Others find her cold-hearted.
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Claims she visits the Silhouette for artistic inspiration, but is it really to cultivate her Nazi-contacts or could it be for the show? Frau Lindhe is an ambitious and convinced nazi and believes in most nazist ideals. She is a full-blown racist. However, she has a keen sense of beauty that can not be warped by what Goebbels commands.
Go to linkThe Golden Girls/Boys
You have all been fixtures or interiors in the Berlin nightlife for as long as you remember. From its faltering steps after the great war to the heights of the roaring 20ths and now its collapse under nazi rule. You may be an odd fellowship but at the end of the night you can all raise your glasses and say “We were there…”
For him The Silhouette is the Montségur of the Berlin way of life. A veteran of the Berlin nightlife, Alois has seen clubs come and go. Lately, there has been a lot of going and not much coming. Still, the party continues and Alois will stay to taste the last of the champagne. Alois is a friendly and open-minded man, but his witty remarks have given him a reputation for being a bitch.
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Singer at the Silhouette and the club’s big poster name. Isabel is a former operetta singer who has worked at the cabaret since her popularity with the big operette producers started to fade. She is a charming and passionate woman but her alcohol abuse is slowly wearing her down.
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Silhouette’s former star. The “cleansing” of Berlin has dealt a hard blow to this star and drag queen. Now not even Silhouette wants her on stage, but they can’t stop La Scala from attending the club. Despite her flamboyant demeanour, La Scala is an adaptable and calculating “woman”. And who knows what can happen tonight before the curtain finally falls.
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Perle was a regular at The Silhouette even before it had it’s current name. This mellowed antiquarian has spent 20 years sitting in the same bar waiting for her long lost love to walk through the doors again. Perle always has a listening ear and a drink ready when you need it. She still has a very dreamy outlook on the world, even if the years has also made her quite disillusioned.
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The Shunned Scientist Shamefully visits the Silhouette to hook up with prostitutes, but has managed to make some friends along the way. A professor in physics Prof. Gahner has always been haunted by labels. From ugly bastard by his first love, to german pig as a student in britain and now jewish scum in nazi Germany. He believes that the fact is that he is one of germany’s most brilliant minds will shield him from the nazis. More than anything else, he longs for love.
Go to linkThe Nazi Elite
Tomorrow truly belongs to you. You are all prominent members of the new political elite that the Nazi rise to power has created. But where should the party go next? And should you really follow it there?
A man caught between his duty as a Nazi parliament-member and his own homosexuality. Herr Büber has been a regular at the Silhouette for a long time and has been instrumental in the club’s ability to sail under the Nazi-radar. He has a deep mistrust for non-Germans and everything un-German. Herr Büber is dedicated to the nazi cause, loyal to country and party, and unselfish.
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Frau Büber attends Silhouette escorted by her husband — or is it the other way around? Apart from having no children, frau Büber is everything one can ask of a dutiful wife in the third reich. She is a focused person with a true passion for the nazi cause. And why should her strife for putting up the perfect facade label her a conformist?
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General Meckel is uncomfortable at the Silhouette where he has too much unfinished business. Still, he feels obliged to attend the club together with his Nazi ‘friends’. General Meckel is a famous war hero. He supported the nazi publicly during the election campaign, and is beginning to regret it. The general is intelligent and a capable military man, but politically naïve.
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Officially, Franz attends the club together with his Nazi friends. His unofficial orders come directly from Himmler. His attraction to power made Franz accept the role as an inner circle spy. To bad that he has secrets of his own, originating in his passion for beautiful people and music. He is a structured man but can still be a bit fickle.
Go to linkThe Nazi Footmen
Let the politicians talk and the scientists debate. You all know that the streets are where the battle rages and the war is fought. And you will be there to raise the flag of National-Socialism and crush anyone in your way beneath your steel-clad boots.
As bodyguard to Herr Büber, Horst has became a Silhouette regular. Horst joined the SA very early, almost immediately after the war. He suffers from PTS and believes in instrumental violence. But he is also very loyal to his friends and family.
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Secretary and PA to Herr Keller. A young rising star in the nazi-party with a secret past. Isaak is a reliable and intelligent person. It’s a wonder how someone like that can carry so much self-loathing.
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To Odette, the Silhouette is a vile place of untermenschen. Why her contact choose it she can’t understand. A true believer in the führers word and a champion of his vision, Odette is a living nightmare for anyone who would dare oppose the new era. She is a woman as focused as she is sharp, and at her core she is a true fanatic.
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The great promise in the SA. A former gang leader and street boy recently recruited into the SA. Walther comes from a dysfunctional family and longs for revenge, but he is also a brave and strong man, but oh so hateful..
Go to linkThe Opposition
You were all a part of the Weimar Republic's political and parliamentary elite. You used to be in opposition to each other but as they say politics makes strange bedfellows. All of you comes from different ideologies but are connected by the fact that none of them are welcomed in the new Reich.
This sharp woman visits the club both for the political debates with her peers but also for some of the sights. Christel still is a firm believer in equality for all, but she is more a thinker than a doer. Christel is fiercely intelligent and a socially active person. She is careful to put self preservation first.
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A man with a silver tongue, no matter if he is standing on a pulpit or in a bedroom, and Silhouette gives plenty of opportunity for both. Dominik is an engineer-student that tends to look at the world as a machine. His ability to convince people has made him a great asset to the conservatives, but how ideologically convinced is he? Dominik brilliant and enthusiastic but comes across as a bit uncaring.
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Being more at home on an alp-top then a nightclub, Silhouette still gives Markus plenty of opportunity to be a top. Markus spends most of his spare time working as volunteer in the German People’s Party and pursuing his interest in outdoor sports. Markus is a good-spirited and honest man. To bad the world is neither, but Markus is usually too oblivious to notice.
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Just at the club to enjoy herself. As long as none of the females will ask for... “help”. As a nurse, Margrete followed her father through the trenches of Verdune and Somme. After the war she became both a doctor and a leader in the german pacifistic movement. Her competence and strong ethics have given her the position of one of Berlin’s best doctors, especially about female conditions. To bad her bedside-manners are suffering from the emotional numbness the great war left behind.
Go to linkThe Party Animals
Your closest friends are the ones you party with. Fun, outgoing, never bothered about the next day. Money can sometimes be an issue, or whatever.
For Kurt Silhouette is both work, home and playground. The son of a prostitute, Kurt early on preferred fantasy before reality. With the energy of a hermine on speed he spreads glamour and mischief in equal proportions. He is a positive and energetic force of nature, but his delusional life-style is catching up with him.
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A fairly new but frequent guest at the Silhouette. Immensely rich and from an extremely prominent family, Liesl enjoys the the club as a reminiscence of a time gone by, one where there still was room for a decadent upper class. Liesl is an easy-going girl known for her generosity. Which is kind of interesting considered how self-absorbed she is.
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Has recently been seeing his regular lover at the Silhouette. Borne into a bourgeois family Elias grew up with certain expectations on life. If only he had worked as hard on those as he does on the Berlin nightlife! Elias is outgoing and vain, but a reliable party starter.
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Driven to Silhouette by his taste for men in uniform, Rupert doesn’t mind the nazi presence at the club. There was no higher honour than to fight for the Kaiser and the fatherland. Now the Kaiser is gone, but the army persists and being a military man, Rupert follows orders. Rubert is dutiful, but also kind.
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Of course Frieda is at the club tonight, where should she be otherwise? And if she gets a chance to talk to the doctor, she’ll soon get her little problem fixed as well. Frieda loves late night quasi-philosophy discussions, interesting sex, and Marcel’s fun club. She has a close circle of friends and a wide circle of lovers. She is a bad philosophy student and a good friend.
Go to linkThe Starving Friends
Starving for friendship, starving for acceptance, starving for love, starving for ones art or just starving? This little circle of friends have found a common ground in their longing for something to call home. Someone said it’s better to be alone in a group then on one's own and you all finds solace in each others company.
Tonight, the shy Englishman has decided to follow his friend's’ example, and actually visit one of the famous Berlin nightclubs. This will be the night when he gets his first kiss! Edward arrived in Berlin only a few weeks ago. He gives English lessons and is working on a novel. He is a pleasant boy, homosexual, with an open and a bit naive outlook on the world which makes him easy to confide in.
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The Up And Coming Dancer and Singer: Silhouette’s latest attraction. Edwina performs at the cabaret without pay. She is British and in Berlin without her parent’s knowledge. Eddie is ambitious, but also romantic and a bit credulous
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Too old for Bund Deutscher Mädel, Mathilda has recently been discovering the nightlife in Berlin. Now she is in love, and she has wonderful news for her boyfriend. As a teenager, Mathilda was a convinced nazi, but her contact with the other university students has made her a bit more uncertain. Mathilda has a positive attitude to most things in life and is really searching for answers, unfortunately she has a hard time letting go of her prejudices.
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Pasqual has one reason only to visit the club tonight: To finally confront his father with who he really is. Pasqual was born in a woman’s body, and transitioned while living in London for some years. Very few know this, as he passes well. He has friends who visits the Silhouette, but so far he has avoided the club since his father is a regular. Pascal is the brooding type, torn between his transexuality and his loyalty to the family. Whatever he decides to do, he is determined to follow through
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