CHARACTERS OF BOOK SEVEN
Regina 3RM
Bardic sister · elven-country singer · gear quester
The really, really, really melodious member of the Gallantson family brings music, courage, and a much-needed refusal to indulge her brother’s dramatic moods.
The Third Gallantson Sibling
Regina is the sister of Sir Roderick and Sir Ruprecht. Unlike her knightly brothers, she builds her reputation on the road as a professional singer, sometimes performing with the Pixie Chicks. Her title, 3RM, means “Really, Really, Really Melodious.”
The Palace Gear Quest
Regina accompanies Roderick into the abandoned royal palace in search of one of the scattered DEM gears. With her lute, broad-brimmed hat, and practical nerve, she helps distract the palace’s musical monster long enough for Roderick and Bell to unlock Zomart’s hidden route.
After the Cataclysm
Regina survives the final upheaval and continues touring the Refried Beandom. Her performances later help Jackdaw sell his Beanful Babies, proving that heroic recovery can involve rebuilding culture as well as walls.
Chronicler’s note: Regina is not a royal ruler. She is a traveling bard whose family courage comes with musical swagger, quick wit, and a firm belief that fae-pop has standards.
DEATH/WISH · TWO CENTURIES LATER
Regina Lunamina, the Moon Maiden
Regina 3RM survives into the Refried era as the Moon Maiden: an ageless guardian in a radiant white dress, with silver hair falling to her waist and a pale crescent mask covering most of her face.
Bound to the full moon, she may walk the mortal world freely only when its light is strongest. She arrives through moonlight, vanishes like a shifting shadow, manifests the iridescent Peevestone, and watches over the descendants of her brother, the original Sir Roderick.
Her two-century vigil connects the Gallantson siblings to Sir Roderick XIII, Hubert, and the modern search for the Lively Relics. She is distinct from Regina, Roderick XIII’s daughter, who becomes the Scarlet Lily.
Chronicler’s note: Two Reginas, one family, several masks, and centuries of history are precisely why encyclopedias were invented.
Michael D. Young 