Meg Plum

A large, fat, old woman, her silvery grey hair tied at her neck, Meg Plum labours constantly in Friars Gate courtyard, washing and drying clothes, surrounded by children and usually talking to the local women. Old Meg owns a boarding house, the top floor of which is currently rented by Cristobal Sebastiani and Franco Ballenciaga whilst Meg lives on the ground and first floor along with Molly Cutlerstub (rumoured to be a relative of some kind) and her five children. Meg is something of a local fixture, not least for the women and children of the neighbourhood, and many consider her a healer for she knows a great many old remedies and folk cures for all manner of ailments. Rumoured to have once been a prostitute herself, Meg also provides the meals for the girls at the Red Fox. Always busy, always smilling. Meg is apparently wealthy enough to own her own house, but she dresses in the old worn out garments of a char woman.

Franco Ballenciaga

Tall, dark and handsome, this Cambrian gentleman is an associate of Cristobal Sebastiano. Obviously a fencer, he dresses with an uncharacteristic coolness, favouring a simple dark coat over a plain white shirt. At his side he wears an Aquilean rapier, a blade longer and deadlier than any other such fencers weapon. A relative new comer to the Armorial District, little is known of him except that he has one eye for the women and another for the main chance. As yet, his skill with the blade of honour is unknown, but his confident manner and grace of movement indicate a swordsman of little fear.

Seen wandering the streets of the Armorial Quarter at night, Franco Ballenciaga and Cristobal Sebastiano have awoken much curiosity amongst the locals. Both reside at Old Meg Plum's guest house.