In Faith of the Fallen
, Richard visits the Old World and sees the end result of the Imperial Order's "work." He sees how the redistribution of wealth really "helps" everybody be equal. Because the setting of the book has changed so drastically, we see a lot of new characters.First up are some of the men that Richard counts as friends in the Old World, Victor and Ishaq. These men work in hard labor and live under the thumb of the oppressive Order. Both of them, though, yearn for their freedom and for the chance to live their own lives as they see fit. Both of them want to be a part of the rebellion, although neither of them has any idea what a rebellion means, at least not in any real sense. I would like to see men that can come across as downtrodden, as common men, but also have a spark of innocence smoldering somewhere beneath the surface, a spark that the Order hasn't been able to entirely extinguish.
For Victor Casella, the man that we see stick by Richard for the rest of the story, I want Adrian Grenier
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And for Ishaq I want somebody like Stephen Graham.
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Gadi and Kamil are a couple of punk kids that live in Richard's apartment building (not that they call it an apartment building, but you know what I mean). Richard lives his life and these young men have very, very different reactions to him and his ideas of freedom and entrepreneurialism. Gadi reacts in spite and anger; he doesn't want to believe that any man could be wealthy if he exerted enough effort and self-control. Gadi eventually leaves and joins the Imperial soldiers in the north where he meets Cara, among others. For Gadi, I see a kid like Thomas Dekker, somebody with a bit of a darker edge lurking just beneath his surface.
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Kamil instead sees the wisdom behind Richard's efforts. Kamil understands that to live in a beautiful home, a man must work to beautify it. In order to have a happy marriage, a man must love his wife and work to take care of her. He sees that the outcome is almost always worth the effort, and even when it isn't, self respect is its own reward. For Kamil, I see somebody like Conor Paolo.
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Brother Narev is the head of the Imperial Order. Where Jagang is the muscle, Narev is the spirit of the movement. Brother Narev is an incredibly impassioned theological political leader. A hypocrite, of course, but impassioned he is. He preaches that no man should hold riches, all riches belong to the Order, to be redistributed out to the poor and the needy. But, while his people starve while living in squalor, Brother Narev enjoys a life with servants and plenty in what can only be described as a palace. This man is evil, through and through, for he knows the deception behind his proselytizing, but continues to preach. I see a man like Keith Carradine.
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Benjamin Meiffert is a character we actually met briefly in Blood of the Fold. We meet him in Faith of the Fallen again as Captain of the D'Haran troops. By the end of the story, he has been promoted to General and has fallen in love with a Mord Sith. Brave man, that General Meiffert. He's a military man, though one whose stock boasts as much brain as brawn. He's the proverbial nice guy; the patriot. He serves in the military out of altruistic reasons- he is the guy who sees what is doing as protecting those who could otherwise not protect themselves, bringing freedom to those in bondage. I saw a guy like Sam Worthington.
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