Welcome to THE ROCK N ROLL PALACE OF LOVE universe.
If this is your first time here, then hopefully this page will help make sense of things.
Consider it your helpful guide to who is who in the world you have just entered.

First off, THE ROCK N ROLL PALACE OF LOVE is an actual house, named by Steph and Eric.
It's a strange place where strange things happen but at least its never boring. You never know what's going to happen
and just about everyone featured in the comic either has lived there or hangs out there on a regular basis.

Most of the cast are real people and much of the story is based on real events.
I like to say the strip is "mostly" true.

As I have done each strip, I have scattered in a bunch of my friends, giving them countless cameos here and there.
However, the actual cast of the strip and the characters you need to know are listed below:

	DOMINIC
	One of the roommates at TRNRPOL and Dominic is a musician, artist, and big time nerd over movies and Dinosaurs. He welds the ancient and mysterious Hellsword, a powerful weapon of unknown origin. That may or may not be connected to all the weird things that happen in the house. Older brother to Gianni and the heart of the strip. He is loosely based on me, but then again he isn't me at all. It gets complicated. I think its best just to enjoy the strip and not think about it that much.
	ERIC
	One of the roommates at TRNRPOL, Eric works at an organic food store and often plots to destroy the world when not playing Worlds Of Warcraft. He is prone to sudden bursts of anger and violence especially when asked about the mysterious "Screw Incident". Something we recommend you never do. He also is at constant odds with Ted the Ghost, trying to keep him out of his room. He has an alter-ego known simply as "Management" but as of yet no one knows what he is managing. Most are afraid to ask. Most often found drinking fernet and having drunken adventures with Nick.
	GIANNI
	A new addition to TRNRPOL, Gianni is the newest roommate, but he may have lived there in the past, since everyone seems to have a history with him. He is the younger brother to Dominic, and was once involved with The Villain's Consortium, but seems to have left the group since it was taken over by The Porcelain Queen. He is known as the only man to be 86'd from the only dive bar in town. He also supposedly left a live grenade in Eric's room. Ted the Ghost is terrified of him. He is always accompanied by Jada, his Pit Bull.
	RAE
	A Welsh (look it up) music journalist, Rae stays at TRNRPOL for days at a time when she is in town. Oddly enough she finds it relaxing. Once accused of being "smelly" during a time when she was homeless, she gets exteremely sensitve when that point is brought up. Rae is a legend, known for her excessive drinking, and has a knack for feeling ghosts and communicating with the world beyond. She thinks most people are fucked up and is a true real life pirate and she really is way more punk then you. She is constantly accompanied by Foxy the Rat.
	TED THE GHOST
	A cranky ghost that dwells within TRNRPOL. He had a special bond with Bri with whom he shared the garage for a time. He now shares the garage with Chloe the lowercase "t"-Rex, which he does not enjoy because he claims Chloe snores. For the most part he hates the living, and particularly likes to torture Eric (whose room he is not allowed in) and enjoys spying and creeping out anyone who stays in the garage. Some believe he used to take the form of spiders to scare Brittani while she lived in the garage.
	JOEL "JOHNNY" DEMISE (aka Mr. DEMISE)
	Next door neighbor to TRNRPOL and old friend to Dominic, Mr. Demise was once known as the costumed super villain CAPTAIN HOOLIGAN. While fighting off superheroes he teamed up and fell in love with the evil super villainess SLAYER (aka Tori) and they married, retired, and had a son Johnny Jr. He now works full time as a criminal mastermind leading a nationwide organization known as DEMISE INC. and is often threatening to destroy the moon. He is currently at war with The Villain's Consortium due to being passed over for leadership in favor of The Porcelain Queen.
	TORI "BELLA" DEMISE
	Next door neighbor to TRNRPOL and secretly still a close friend to The Porcelain Queen, Tori was once known as the costumed super villainess SLAYER, when she met and fell in love with CAPTAIN HOOLIGAN (aka Johnny Demise), she retired from costumed villainy and got married. She has a son named Johnny Jr. and is a stay at home mom, helping her husband with his criminal mastermind work. She also is the leader of the Dungaree Dolls which fronts as a women's classic car club but is actually an assassin's guild.
	NICK
	A long time local and close friend to the roommates of TRNRPOL, Nick has been around a while and knows where all the bodies are buried. He is a former bandmate of Dominic's and a fernet drinking partner to Eric. He is most often found in local bars, he has a droll, sarcastic sense of humor. He finds the happenings at TRNRPOL to be completely ridiculous, which explains why he comes over so much.
	MICHAEL
	Michael is an old friend of Dominic's who has only recently started coming over to TRNRPOL because he finds the house to be filled with a "whole bucket of crazy" and mostly tried to avoid the place. Now he finds himself constantly and reluctantly caught up in the often insane events of the house. Still he's a loyal friend and continues to do what he can, when and where he can.
	GABE
	An old friend and former bandmate of Dominic, Gabe will often come by the house to hang out and beat everyone at Halo. It's really annoying but he is quite good at it. Not unbeatable, but beating Gabe is generally cause for celebration at the Palace. He is husband to Erica who for the most part keeps him out of trouble. He likes to go by the name "El Diablo" when playing Halo.
	ERICA
	Gabe's better half and close friend to The Porcelain Queen, Erica is quite a Halo player herself, and is immune from Gabe's attacks. She finds everyone at TRNRPOL amusing and comes over as often as she can. Very little shocks or surprises her about the house at this point, but she cautions Gabe from getting too involved with the epic struggles. She is also known as "Princess Cupcake"
	BRI (aka THE BRIZZLE)
	A former roommate at TRNRPOL who lived in the garage for a time. Bri's a vet tech and was often at odds with the surrounding neighborhood. Once angered at being left off of the house's myspace page, so she googled a curse online and cursed the house to be continually attacked by zombies. No one has ever figured out how to stop it, and everyone agrees it was pretty impressive.
	BRITTANI
	A former roommate at TRNRPOL who lived in the garage prior to Bri. A hairstylist by trade Brittani often was part of a "Tom & Jerry" relationship with Eric. They would party late into the night and then beat each other senseless. It had to be seen to be believed. Eventually she moved out due to the amount of spiders in the garage, which may or may not have been Ted the Ghost all along.
	THE PORCELAIN QUEEN
	Dominic's ex-girlfriend and former roommate at TRNRPOL, who possessed a magical porcelain doll that she kept on a keychain that would give her the powers of The Porcelain Queen. The power proved too much for her to resist and she embraced her alter ego as the "Queen of the Goths" to take over as leader of The Villain's Constorium. Very little if anything remains of the character she was, the being known as The Porcelain Queen now rules the criminal underworld with an iron fist. Her take over of the Consortium angered Mr.Demise who has declared open war against his former group. Her exact whereabouts are unknown at this time.
	JASON SKITCH
	A new comer to TRNRPOL Jason is a good friend of Dominic's from Philadelphia. He's a bartender, DJ, and gambler. He's a good sport but still a little taken aback by the more supernatural elements of the house. He's slowly getting used to it. The way some of the characters around TRNRPOL feel about music or video games, he feels about cards and poker. He's good too, just don't ask him about that time he lost big in Atlantic City. He really doesn't want to talk about it.
	CAPTAIN HOOLIGAN
	Originally Johnny Demise's alter-ego from his costumed villain days, Captain Hooligan is almost a legend among the members of the Villains Consortium. Recently honored at an awards ceremony by the Consortium, Dominic pretended to be Hooligan in Demise's place, the resulting evening led Dominic to swear off costumed villainy. Johnny Demise ceased operating as Captain Hooligan to become the feared criminal mastermind, Mr. Demise. Very few in the Consortium are aware they are one and the same.
	SLAYER
	Originally Tori Slayer's alter-ego from her costumed villain days, The femme fatal known as Slayer broke the hearts of many a costumed villain before partnering up, falling in love, and marrying Captain Hooligan. She used to have a side kick called Bitch Boy, who she used as a human shield during missions. Tori retired as Slayer after she married Hooligan/Demise to be a stay at home mom and leader of the assasian's guild/car club; The Dungaree Dolls. The Consortium suspects SLAYER retired but is not aware of why.
	BITCH BOY
	An investment banker who funded Slayer's activities and paid Slayer to be her sidekick, taking punishment from well intentioned heroes who were trying to stop Slayer. He loved the abuse but eventually his desire for pain and injury creeped out Slayer more then the money helped her. She cut him loose and kept his "gimp" style costume until Eric who was desperate to be invited to The Villain's Consortium Awards Ceremony borrowed it to pretend to be Bitch Boy to get in. The suit is controlled completely by a wristband on Slayer's costume, and mostly violates and inflicts pain on the wearer. Eric has sworn he will never don the costume again.
	KRAKEN
	A creature that lives in the sink drain at TRNRPOL that attacks when you do the dishes. No matter how many times you slay it, it always returns. That's why there are always dishes in the sink....yeah.....that's the reason. It's the Kraken's fault. Not ours! You try doing the dishes with a Kraken attacking you. It sucks!
	CHLOE THE LOWERCASE t-REX
	A minature (a relative term) t-Rex that was sent to Demise per his special order but due to a typo on his part, what was supposed to be a full size "Capital" T-Rex came as a "Lowercase t-Rex", so it was useless for Demise's plans. The t-Rex formed an instant bond with Dominic and Demise gave him the Dinosaur rather then destroying the creature. The lowercase t-Rex has now taken over the garage once occupied by Bri and Brittani, only it doesn't seem to be bothered by the spiders. It has taken to feeding off of the Zombies who attack the house a few times a day (see Bri's curse), and seems quite content. She is equiped with a microchip that projects an illusion, making the Dinosaur appear to most people as a Chihuahua.
	FOXY THE RAT
	The constant and loving parner in crime to Rae, whom she often rides on the shoulder of, or in a hood, or in a pocket. She can't speak but often her reactions expand upon Rae's words. She is very clever and extremely protective of Rae.
	JADA
	Gianni's fierce and loyal protector. She follows him everywhere. Despite being an intimidating presence, Jada is very loving. She has a close bond with Chloe the lowercase t-Rex and adores small animals like Foxy the Rat. Gianni calls her the "worst guard dog ever", but heaven help you if you ever try to hurt Gianni.
	ZOMBIES
	Ever since Bri googled the zombie curse on TRNRPOL, they attack from time to time in waves. Those that live at the palace have become used to it and now it's a part of day to day life. Sometimes they have been mistaken for darker pop music groups. To date there doesn't seem to be any way to stop them, but lately they have provided food for Dom's pet T-Rex.
	FLAMING SKELETONS
	A group of zombies that were attacking TRNRPOL during a party but were transformed by Dominic and the Hellsword into flaming skeletons. They like ice cream and rumor is that they started a death metal band & may or may not be members of the Villain's Consortium.
	THE VILLAIN'S CONSORTIUM
	A loose collection of super villains of which Johnny Demise and Tori Slayer were once a part of in their guises of CAPTAIN HOOLIGAN and Slayer . There are many members whom form loose alliances per need, but could just as easily turn on each other. It has been rumored that the CONSORTIUM may have been recently taken over by The Porcelain Queen, though what that might mean, no one can say.