Charley leads the Midgets and you doubt if he's going "fall in line" and even if he claimed he was, he'd just be lying. You might even be putting yourself in great danger by speaking to him directly about this, however you know the Midgets don't really care for Charley, so if you could get him out of the way somehow, they might be more willing to ally with the Ring Master.

You decide to "test the waters" by speaking to one of the few Midgets (Actually the only one) that's somewhat less hostile towards you. You see Bob working on hammering tent stakes in the ground and go up to him.

"Hey Bob, can I talk to you?"
"Aw hell Geek, I ain't got no money for you to get fucking drunk! Just go steal the liquor from that sonofabitch Charley and take your goddamn chances!" he says barely paying attention to you.
"No, its not that…so you uh think Charley's a son of a bitch huh?"
"I don't think it, I know it. Everyone does."
"So why do you guys follow him?"
"Because he does make things better for us. Better than the Ring Master did anyway."
"Yeah, but what if he's not the best choice to lead you guys, I mean…"

Bob raises one eyebrow and focuses all of his attention on you now.

"What the fuck are you talkin' about Geek? You seem to be awfully interested with matters that don't concern you." Bob states raising his hammer menancingly.
"Well um…I just heard that…um Charley…I mean…look there's some shit gonna go down and the Ring Master wants me to get people on his side!"

You're unsure of what Bob's going to do about your revelation. You expect the worst, but for once luck is on your side.

"Look Geek, I ain't gonna lie to ya, not many of us like Charley, and sure, he's a fucking tyrant, but he gets things done, I dunno he's kinda like that guy in Germany, except shorter. However, if he wasn't around, we'd go back to being second class citizens again and why? We DO keep this place running. The Ring Master claims he cares about us, but it doesn't seem that way to us. We're under appreciated. And if Charley does have ideas about taking over, then we're behind him. Maybe the whole place would be run a lot better with him in charge anyway. AND I suggest you don't talk to any other dwarves about this, you'll find that you'll get the same answer and they might just feel the need to tell Charley about the discussion and I don't think that would be very good for you."
"So there's nothing I can do or say to change your mind?"
"Goddamn it, weren't you fuckin' listening Geek? I said no! Not unless you found someway of replacing Charley with someone a little more even tempered and with his business savvy."
"Well, why don't one of you midg…I mean dwarves do it?"
"(Sigh) Because most of us are simple laborers. We just wanna do our job with as little hassle and relax when we can, we don't wanna be worried about extra shit. Let Charley worry about it since he wants it so bad. Besides if you haven't noticed he's got a mean streak a mile wide and that fuckin' muscle bound freak Ajax around him all the time."
"So there's nobody who'd want to take Charley's place?"
"Nope. The only one I can think of who'd even have the intelligence of running the criminal activity here smoothly anyway would be his overgrown girlfriend Salina. Now her I wouldn't mind working under if you know what I mean! Hah! Now get the fuck outta here Geek, I got work to do and your smell is gonna stick to my clothes for days! Get!"

You back away from Bob before he hits you with his hammer or kicks you in the shin.

It wasn't what you expected, but perhaps Bob has subtlety shown you a way to get the midgets to ally with the Ring Master, but of course this means talking with Salina. That could be even more risky though, considering she's the object of Charley's "love". Not to mention she doesn't particularly like you.

But then again, who does?

You go convince the Normals instead

The Midgets are firmly in the camp of Charley. Your only hope is to convince the Normals and that's not going to be easy either. A lot of them don't like you and most of them are "unified" under Randal and he doesn't like you either.

The only thing you can of is to talk to Madam Orbec. She has the most contact with Randal, maybe you can get her help.

You approach Madam Orbec's tent which has an air of creepiness about it. You see her gazing into a crystal ball.

"Geek! You foul aura disturbs the spirits!"
"Um, sorry…but I need your…"
"Yes, yes, yes, I know you want my help."
"How did you know that?"
"I see what the spirits see! And the spirits see all! You want me to convince Randal to convince the Normals to side with the Ring Master in the upcoming battle tonight!"
"Uh…yeah."
"I suppose I could do that…but I won't, at least not directly…"
"So you're not going to help me?"
"I didn't say that, the spirits say that you can't get something for nothing however…since you seem to be in such a noble mood Geek, then you won't mind performing another noble deed. A deed that will help you as well as us."
"Well, what is it?"

Madam Orbec starts talking to herself.

"Could be a suicide mission. So? Yeah, no risk to us. What about the other thing? Will solve itself."

"You must get rid of the beautiful Sasha's abusive boyfriend Ajax once and for all. Do this and we shall help you." Orbec says addressing you.
"WHAT?! How the hell am I supposed to do that? And why?"
"Do not question the spirits' wisdom! Just DO! Now leave and don't return until you complete this task!"

You exit Orbec's tent. You've got an impossible job to do. Ajax is a vicious thug who beats you for fun on several occasions, there's no way you can beat him even if you had the killer instinct which you don't. You're going to need some help.

You talk to Sasha

Maybe you can talk directly to Sasha about this. Surely since she's the one taking the abuse she'd be for getting rid of Ajax. Maybe she'll even know some tips on weaknesses or something. You head to her trailer.

She answers the door and looks obviously disgusted.

"Ew! What're you doing here Geek? Get outta here, you're stinky!"
"Wait Sasha, I got a proposal for ya!"
"Excuse me?! This isn't Salina's trailer! And I doubt she'd degrade herself for you either! Goodbye!"
"WAIT! This is about Ajax! And about how to get rid of him for good!"

Sasha suddenly stops trying to get rid of you and seems more willing to listen.

"How?"
"I dunno, but I've seen how he treats you and it isn't right. Nobody does anything, well I'm just saying I've had enough of seeing him push everyone around, especially you!"

Sasha looks a bit touched by your remark, but then quickly speaks.

"Okay look, he'll be coming soon, he always has a drink when he comes over, and I'll drug it. He'll get drowsy and fall asleep, BUT you'll have to finish him off. Many times I've though about it, but I just can never bring myself to do it…you'll have to do it. Please free me from this brute once and for all."
"I will Sasha."
"Thank you…I guess underneath the grime you're alright Geek…now go hide by that barrel over there, I'll give the signal when he's asleep!"

You quickly run over to the barrel and hide. Soon you see Ajax enter Sasha's trailer. While you wait, you can't believe what just happened. Sasha actually seemed nice to you. You've never experienced that before. And could it be that you saw a glint of something in her eyes when she thanked you? Maybe after all this is over you and Sasha might have something. You never thought this could be possible. You feel positive and confident…you know you'll have the strength to do in Ajax, he doesn't deserve a beauty like Sasha anyway. He doesn't deserve life.

While you're thinking about all this you see Sasha come back out of her trailer and wave at you. She has a knife in her hand, obviously what she's going to give you to do in Ajax which you'll take great pleasure in. After all this is over, Sasha is going to see you as her savior…

Nice fantasy Geek.

The sad truth is much worse though.

When Ajax arrived he could tell you were around because your stench was still clinging to the door. Then he questioned Sasha about it. And the funny thing about abuse victims is they always side with their abuser before siding with someone who's trying to help them. She didn't just tell him everything, but she's also lured you back into the lion's den as it were…

When you get to the doorway, Ajax pulls Sasha back inside roughly, and grabs you.

"I've been looking for a good excuse Geek! I'm gonna enjoy this!"

Ajax pulls you inside, and enjoys beating you to death.

Oh how he enjoys it.