Induye

Referenced through casualty figures and Leo's briefing.

Victims with little agency in the scene; their suffering pressures U.S. policymakers to act or define limits of 'vital interests.'

Their victimhood serves to challenge American rhetorical complacency and forces the President to consider broader definitions of vital interests.

Not applicable in-scene; their internal social structures are background to the crisis.

As casualty statistics and human victims cited in the security cable; represented implicitly via figures and the moral language of the briefing.

Disempowered and victimized; lacking protection against government/paramilitary violence.

Their massacre raises ethical pressure on U.S. policy, forcing reconsideration of what counts as a 'vital interest' and accelerating calls for humanitarian response.

Not an organized political actor in this scene; represented as a civilian population divided by ethnic targeting and in need of protection.

Through reports and casualty figures supplied by witnesses and the State Department.

Powerless and victimized in the face of government-directed violence and mob action.

Their victimization is the moral fulcrum that forces U.S. institutions to publicly reckon with potential intervention and humanitarian obligation.

Fragmented and without institutional power to protect themselves within Khundu's political order.

Represented indirectly through reported casualty figures and eyewitness testimony about members sheltered in a church.

Victims with little power in this scene, their fate mobilizes moral authority and international scrutiny of perpetrators.

Their massacre forces U.S. institutions to confront the moral consequences of inaction and to weigh intervention against political cost.

Not applicable in this scene; they are presented as a civilian population under attack.

Represented through reconnaissance imagery and casualty estimates presented by military briefers.

Powerless and endangered in relation to Arkutu forces and dependent on external intervention for survival.

Their presence reframes internal White House priorities from messaging to life-saving operations and tests the administration's willingness to act militarily.

Not applicable as a civilian population rather than a hierarchical organization.

Represented through reconnaissance photos showing columns of civilians marched toward mass graves.

Powerless victims in the immediate moment, their fate contingent on external intervention decisions.

Their peril forces the administration to weigh moral responsibility against political cost, crystallizing the episode's ethical stakes.

Not an organized actor in the scene—framed as civilians rather than an organized entity.