Editing Nature of the Beast (section)

===The Protest Leaders===

====Roberto Ferrera====

"''Let's all calm down.''"

Past 50 but with no hint of gray in his dark hair, Ferrera is a veteran of numerous protests. He is also a dedicated pacifist who abhors any kind of violence and believes in dialogue and nonviolent action.

====Denice Rose====

"''This scene is pure clickbait!''"

A black woman in her 30s, Rose has her own YouTube channel and is highly active in social media. She is here to raise awareness. Some people say that she is raising awareness of herself as much as of the protests and the situation. It is true that she seems to enjoy attention, but she also seems genuinely concerned about the pipeline and its impact.

====Destiny Knight====

"''Burn the rules!''"

Definitely the most radical of the unofficial leadership of the protests, and the one of them who is a local. It would be a serious understatement to call her a nonconformist. In the overwhelmingly Republican and religious town, she is openly Democrat, openly atheist and openly gay, with a doubled Venus symbol prominently pictured on the back of the vest she wears. Recently graduated from Firdale High School, she looks like a punk rocker with hair dyed electric blue. Destiny is a consternation to her "pillars of the community" parents. Her mother is a doctor and her father a clerk in the town hall.

====Lars Knudsen====

"''Who is willing to break a few things and heads for the cause?''"

Tall, buff, in his late twenties, with a shoulder length blonde hair. Lars is the front man for Forest Guardians, a radical environmentalist group taking part in the protests. They are not quite ecoterrorists, but are more than willing to commit sabotage and violence for their cause.