"Of course," the Lady said. "My handmaiden, Agora, and my bodyguard, Quintus." She indicated the swordsman, who bowed.

"Then my scribe, Isaiah, and his apprentices. He has served my family for many years, and handles much of our bookkeeping. Confessor Victus sees to matters of household faith, and Logitor Archanos is on loan to us from the Mechanicus, of course. Jonus is one of my security experts, a recent hire."

She turned back, apparently having seen no need to bother naming the assorted members of her household guard, or Isaiah's hangers-on. "And what of your party, Lord Captain? Doctor Vanhal I believe I have met, but there are others here to whom I've not yet had the pleasure."