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Cast of Characters
Oriole Burdee - editor and enthusiast
Baldy Pate and Mistress Mulch - Fiddlehead Spring's most formidable competitors in the bed-and-tea business
Battle Axe - fierce underground operative and storyteller
Inkstone - you shall see
Fire Fade - rather thin sister of above-mentioned fierce underground operative
Snaggletooth – manager of the largest pawnshop in Pearl City’s Cloth District
Glossy Petal – remarkable masseuse from the countryside
Broken Talon – legendary outlaw, usually hungry
Coriander – self-styled problem solver
Long Spring – Broken Talon’s tired Number Two
Captain Kneecap - veteran of the Northern Invasions with an extraordinarily useful leg
The Cat – shady character of uncommitted loyalties
Moonface – virtual orphan, a little dim
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the Great Purple Dynasty, Son of Heaven, Lord of Ten Thousand Years – self explanatory
Secretary Spangle – the Emperor’s right-hand man, very fond of fried dishes
Municipal Vice-Minister of Excavations - unfortunate wretch
Municipal Minister of Sanitation – boss of Pearl City's sewer maintenance and controller of bad smells
Rats - smarter than you think
Sesame Seed – an excellent baker, a bit of a mercenary
Twisted Tree - very old sage with numb legs
Little Lizard - under-under keeper of imperial cellars
Head Steward – in charge of palace “stuff” like tea supplies and drapery
