
the Iron-Fingered
Maeve Stormgaze
Level 3Rogue — you've never met a lock that didn't eventually whisp
The Free Blades22 silverLast seen: Iron Quarter What the City Says
Maeve Stormgaze fled an Iron Quarter apprenticeship with a stolen master-key and turned to rougher trade for the Free Blades. Her iron-scaled glove can catch a crossbow bolt clean out of the air.
Known Powers

Iron Nerve
Steadies hands and voice through fear or shock so panic never shows — doesn't stop the danger, only stops it from stopping him.
Known Possessions
A glove made of iron scales that can catch a crossbow bolt out of the air
a name muttered by a startled bystander for the first time — 'the dead-hunter's girl'
Duncan Redshade at your side, and a shared trail
eyes on the hooded stranger closing on Duncan
a clear look at the hooded stranger's coat and bearing -- marked, not yet named
a name — the journeyman's own admission that two more of Orin's men are hunting elsewhere in the city
a marked drop-point: the wine-cart near the Guild scales
a clear look at the hunter's coat and bearing, marked but not yet named
clue: Duncan has the forge-mark now, unconnected to Mercer
confirmation, heard aloud, that Orin's forge supplied Captain Mercer directlyPublic Deeds
Day 30 burst bleeding from a Free Blades hiring hall's side door in full public view, half a street ahead of Captain Mercer's guards.made the Daily
Day 30 Maeve Stormgaze, bleeding, took cover in a crowded Free Blades tavern in full view of the Iron Quarter, splitting from Duncan Redshade mid-flight.
Day 29 two figures burst bleeding from a Free Blades side door into the street with a guard's shout chasing them, in full view of the block
Day 19 A company of Free Blades was seen closing on a lone forge-hand in the alleys off the salting-shed and letting him go bloodied but breathing.
Day 15 Was seen cutting fast along the Saltrow pier's water-edge toward a masked man the tide had just answered.made the Daily
Day 15 A woman in Iron Quarter leathers was seen cutting fast along the Saltrow pier's water-edge, straight toward the masked man the tide had just answered.
Day 14 A Saltrow watch sergeant was seen bellowing at a crowd of theater-goers and laborers near the Lantern Row road, chasing a shadow that was no longer there.
Day 13 A Saltrow watch sergeant was seen chasing a running woman through the warehouse row before losing her in the crates — dockhands are already trading the story.
Day 9 Chased a red-eyed stranger halfway to Lantern Row loud enough that a bystander shouted 'that's the dead-hunter's girl' before he vanished round the corner.
Day 8 A shouting match and a wagered secret split a hiring-hall den wide open tonight — half the Iron Quarter heard the seven words before she did.