Milani of Pern

A seasoned veteran of Qabarat's never-ending battles with the Formians, Lieutenant Milani leads a small squad of Lashunta commandos who specialize in sabotage, ambush, and target retrieval missions. Skilled with all types of weapons, she and her forces typically wield compound bows, long swords, and poisoned shuriken. They also carry a small supply of an unwieldy but powerful explosive compound devised by Qabarat's alchemists.

Milani herself is a quiet and focused professional, and never makes small talk while on assignment. That said, she is quick to offer an unsolicited opinion to her superiors if she believes circumstances call for it. Despite this bad habit, she is a loyal officer, and she and her men will follow orders without question, even laying down their lives in pursuit of their objectives. Milani is well respected by her men and they follow her lead at all times.

Milani's family is a poor one, and not part of the noble class. Nevertheless, the House of Pern has won some honor for itself with its many generations of decorated officers. Milani feels pressure to surpass her ancestors and win great acclaim, an ambition that is stifled by the covert and underhanded nature of her unit.

Milani spends her free time studying and enjoying epic poetry at the School of Trade in Qabarat. The recitation of traditional Lashunta poetry is a male-dominated pastime, as the proper telling of the poems requires a deep, rolling voice and strong lungs, but Milani has nevertheless penned several pages of promising verse and hopes to have her poems recited one day in Qabarat's amphitheater.