Rippers

The Rippers are an enigmatic group that once served Calliope, but now serve the interests of their leader, One. We don't completely know how they operate, but selling your name and being given a number instead is a part of being a Ripper.

"The Rippers at Bramble Manor weren't family. They weren't even friends. They were there because of One. Nameless murderers and thieves assembled against their will by a monster. One."--Nose,

Rippers started out as unexplained antagonists but Alice Purcell soon explained them to Ben Kench and Elaine Crewe. Rippers were responsible for a lot of past horrors, like the Salem Witch Trials and the Inquisition. During the 19th century they changed their usual MO and started buying names for their power. This created 'holes'. The power imbalance from the collecting and selling of names for power has created ghosts, which Calliope has to take care of. It sounds exhausting.

List of Rippers
One

Ina Liddell: #2

Nose: #55 (Also, Sahil)

Bird: #46 is the first Ripper we meet. We learn that she sold her name (Vanessa) and joined the Rippers.

Fish: #72 Selling her name didn't really harm her--her kind (whatever that means) doesn't go big for names. She goes to battle with a nasty trident and her personality lacks charm in every conceivable way. Otherwise, there's lots to like about her. She's gorgeous with light-colored flowing long hair, and dresses like a supermodel, when she's not in prison togs. Which is about half of the current storyline.

Mountain: Do not mess with Mountain. This amnesiac power-wrestler is resistant to magic.

Banshee: #16. An enigma wrapped in an enigma. Banshee is a tall, statuesque trans and secretly works for The Founder. Currently working with Bird on a secret mission that may or may not rescue Nose.

Sting and Venom: Numbers unknown. One's personal team of archers. They don't like taking orders from anyone other than One.

Trinket: 27 Whatever she used to be, since joining the Rippers she's proven herself to be a cheerful sociopathic killer.

Moon: So far, only seen clearly once. A youthful-looking Ripper with a Christmas Cracker.

Rooster is a tall, lean male with a wildly exuberant hairdo like a rooster's cockscomb and a long, beaky nose. He resembles (in more ways than one) the Chaucer stories of Chanticleer the Rooster.

Daniel Crewe #37 Probably doomed to be a Ripper ever since One rescued him as a traumatized child from a frozen cave.