Ink Escapists

**Ink Escapists: A Traitor Film** is the 2nd prequel story of the Traitor series. Set 20 years before the main series, it focuses on Mike Andrel and how he and Katelyn Templeton met Ink Max and landed under his ruling.

## Official Synopsis

In 2020, 19-year-old Michael Andrel, a powerfully built senior of Stuyvesant High School in New York, New York, uncovers an ancient scroll that was delivered by the father of his girlfriend, Katelyn Templeton, the scroll tells of mystical powers that must be guarded at all costs by someone worthy, otherwise, said powers will fall into the hands of the wrong person. Ergo, with the help of 3 allies, the 2 embark on a coast-wide quest to the powers' location to conceal it and protect it from forces after it, unaware that the scroll they discovered was found by the Central Intelligence Agency. Led by the egotistical Jacob Polk, they hunt the group of teens down as they embark on their quest. As this conflict ensues, Katelyn notices a suited figure constantly watching her throughout their adventure. With the addition of a hooded assassin wielding double katanas and sentient androids, the stakes for this power suddenly become much higher. It seems as if just about everyone's after the ancient powers.

## Characters

* Michael Andrel (protagonist)
* Katelyn Templeton
* Miles Harris (debut)
* Mariana Perez (debut)
* Daniella Warton (debut)
* Connor Templeton
* Rose Templeton
* Wallace Andrel (debut)
* Isla Andrel (debut)
* Alice Andrel
* Ms. Harris (debut)
* Strength
* Jacob Polk (main antagonist)
* Ink Max (overarching antagonist)
* Sin Collector (central antagonist)
* Security Max
* Sergeant Grimes (debut)
* Nathan Casanova (debut)
* Principal Wright (debut)
* Drew Lewek (debut)

## Cast

* Sean Coony as Michael Andrel, Connor Templeton, Sin Collector
* Lady Theta as Katelyn Templeton
* Luron Morgan as Miles Harris
* Joy Ofodu as Mariana Perez
* MooreNarration as Daniella Warton, Rose Templeton
* MauVoices as Jacob Polk
* OurLeftFoot as Various Characters
* AndreC as Ink Max (Currently unconfirmed)

*more voice actors to come in near future.*

## Development

In October of 2021, a casting call for the project was put out. In original development, the project was meant to be a 14-episode series focusing on Mike and his battle with Ink Max.

The casted voice actors for this original version are still set to voice their respective characters in this current state of the project. The only of the original voice actors that will not be joining is PaigePaii, who was fired from the project prior to it being revamped into it's current state due to missing deadlines and refusing to communicate with Charmer. Paige was the project's voice for Katelyn Templeton. She was later replaced by Lady Theta, who will be voicing Kate in this current state of the project.

In February of 2023, it was announced that after the project being in development hell due to limited crew members and time, it would be remade and rewritten into a film project. The film's poster was later revealed on Charmer's Twitter account the same month. Along with it, a new casting call for the newly added characters was sent out.

The film has no slated release date at the moment due to it being early in development. Charmer has went on Twitter to confirm that the film will be "far more creative and processed than the project's original format.". He also claimed that the film would clue in more on characters more than the previous revisions did.

## Trivia

* Ink Escapists previously took elements from a cancelled project idea focusing on how Ink Max rose to his status he sits at within the series.
* Currently, Ink Escapists is said to have taken inspirations from films such as ones by Stanley Kubrick, the TF2 fan-film "Emesis Blue" by Chad Payne/Fortress Films and others.
* Ink Max was originally planned to be the main antagonist of the project before it's current revision, where Jacob Polk sets the stage as it's main antagonist. Ink Max will continue as the film's overarching threat with Sin Collector taking the role of the film's central antagonist.