Marleene Brauer, Alchemist's Apprentice

Another miscreant in our heroic party. Text by Anni N. Permanent page for Ms. Brauer is here.

Marleene replaces poor Walburga, who lost an arm and burned to death in a Bögenhafen warehouse.
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Marleene was bored.

But then again, hadn't she always been? Boring childhood in the boring part of the city. Parents and their tedious work brewing potions and selling concoctions that never did work. Living on the borderline of decency and being poor.

Marleene was supposed to learn the family trade of alchemy as well, but she wasn't too keen on studying. She would rather sneak out and roam the streets of Altdorf. She was quick to learn how to adopt a convincing demeanor and what it meant - that making people believe you knew something was just as important as actually, truly knowing. She was also quick to scatter, to retreat to the shadows.

When her parents died, she wasn't too sad. Master Hieronymos, friend of theirs, had already promised to take her in as an apprentice. But she had to leave Altdorf and move to Delberz, and she couldn't possibly think of a place more dull. And now she actually had to work. Oh the tedious hours looking for herbs and grinding incredients. But at least Hieronymos sold potions that really worked, and was fairly prosperous.

He didn't hesitate to send Marleene to do chores in Delberz and other nearby cities - if you could call them cities. Still, Marleene had her fair share of freedom. Hieronymos didn't ask where she had been when she was late, and she was late often. He didn't ask if a few gold coins were missing and thus Marleene never pilfered too much.

He had sent Marleene to Bögenhafen to get some herbs. Yes, there was the summer festival and Marleene managed to see a three-legged goblin without paying... But still. Rather boring. So she decided to have a few beers. And then more. And then some.

Morning came, she woke up, not having the faintest idea where she was. A boat maybe? And why was there a pile of post on the floor? Well, it could be something interesting!

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We will be using this as a picture for Marleene:

http://fstitz.deviantart.com/art/Combat-Alchemist-at-work-109467808