died in custody under mysterious circumstances. Her final poem, smuggled out by a sympathetic guard, became an anthem for the movement:
| Name | Alias | Role | Hidden Past | |------|-------|------|--------------| | (later Arul ) | The Seeker | Founder, investigative journalist | Orphaned by a police raid on his family’s tea stall | | Meena | The Quill | Writer, poet, linguist | Ex‑government censor, expelled for refusing to redact a protest poem | | Raghav “Raghu” Iyer | The Lens | Photojournalist | Former war photographer in Sri Lanka, haunted by the sound of distant artillery | | Nisha | The Cipher | Hacker, data analyst | Daughter of a slain software engineer, knows the back‑doors of every state server | | Vijay “Viji” Ramesh | The Voice | Radio host, activist | Once a charismatic political rally speaker, now disillusioned after a friend vanished in custody | Kuruthipunal Tamilblasters