M'shel

Leader of a Lake Norka taak. Responsible. Moving her people out since their old house got very haunted. Manager of tethis plant trading.

Description
Merfolk female, leadership aspect.

Background
Little is known of M'Shel's background. Perhaps she has always been badass.

"And No Rivers and No Lakes Could Put the Fire Out" (1x10)
The party encountered M'Shel in the Lake Norka taak. She informed them that the water tendrils that they'd run into earlier were the work of Yuval, a red-eyed merman who'd been around their taak. M'Shel did not know that Janwald had been prevented from going deeper into the lake. While Lake Norka had always had certain territorial disputes long before Yuval, it was nothing like this. An earnest question from Felegum yielded knowledge that the merfolk can breathe both in freshwater and saltwater, making the ocean a possible relocation option if they couldn't find a new, non-haunted place for their taak. Set brought up getting Quincy into the tethis trade, since he'd lost his ship, and M'Shel, thinking that her people could use extra finances if they were moving, agreed to give it thought. She also presented Set with some tethis when he asked. Zeno seemed sad that Set did not hit on M'Shel. M'Shel, it should be noted, has also never had a problem with the whirling blades of death at the taak entrance. M'Shel went to talk to the other taaks and families in the lake to see if suitable a relocation could be arranged, and the party headed for the surface.

"They Were Right When They Said We Were Breathing Underwater" (1x12)
Four days after her meeting with the party, M'Shel and a contingent of merfolk appeared at the appointed place for negotiations with Janwald's representative captains. Peace was quickly reached; there was nothing these two sides had technically been fighting about anyway (it had all been Yuval's doing). But Quincy was still out a ship and M'Shel graciously agreed to help with Quincy's new business venture, growing tethis on land. Set thought this was stupid and said so, asking why, if he had waterbreathing potions, he didn't just grow it underwater. M'Shel said she'd been happy to show Quincy, winked at him, and disappeared below the waves. The rest, as the shippers say, is history.

"Hold Your Head High, Heavy Heart" (1x34)
Zeno teased Quincy about M'Shel, which Quincy did not appreciate, but he did not correct the bard when Zeno referred to M'Shel as Quincy's girlfriend. Their relationship seemed to be going well.

Quincy
Romantic. Both are leaders who do hard, unpleasant things because their care about their people/crew. It just makes sense.