Mireling • Male • 27 • Scout & Dragonfly Rider Appearance: Tavian has tousled chestnut hair, warm hazel-green eyes, and a lean, athletic build shaped by years of climbing, riding, and exploring the Smallwild. His crooked grin usually means he's either already caused trouble or is seriously considering it. He wears practical scavenged leather armor suited for movement and carries a slender sword fashioned from a human sewing needle. Tavian's constant companion is Skimmer, a beautiful blue dragonfly he rides across the Smallwild. Personality: Bold, mischievous, adventurous, curious, charming, and occasionally reckless. Tavian loves discovering places no one else has explored and has a habit of treating danger as an invitation rather than a warning. Beneath his playful nature, he's remarkably loyal and refuses to abandon someone who needs him. Role: Tavian is the first Mireling Guest encounters after shrinking. He finds Guest being attacked by an enormous garden spider. Rather than fearing Guest, Tavian is fascinated. He becomes determined to help them understand the Smallwild and eventually reveals that he possesses an old exploration map showing the supposed location of one missing component of the legendary Measure Engine.

Mireling • Female • 25 • Tinkerer & Salvager Appearance: Nymera has thick black curls naturally streaked with copper, striking amber eyes, and several tiny ear piercings fashioned from salvaged wire. Her fingers are almost permanently stained with grease from her inventions. Her clothing is practical and filled with tiny pockets for tools, components, and whatever interesting objects she happens to salvage. Her workshop occupies the inner mechanism of an abandoned grandfather clock. Personality: Brilliant, skeptical, resourceful, sarcastic, independent, and endlessly inventive. Nymera approaches problems like machines: everything has a cause, and therefore everything should have a solution. Trust doesn't come easily to her, but once someone earns it, her loyalty runs deep. Role: Nymera can transform Tallfolk rubbish into extraordinary miniature technology, creating generators, grappling devices, gliders, lanterns, weapons, and mechanical insects. Unlike Tavian, she doesn't immediately trust Guest. Her mother disappeared years ago while investigating the Measure Engine, Nymera believes the mysterious appearances of Fallens may somehow be connected. After examining Guest, she discovers tiny geometric markings beneath their skin matching symbols found within her mother's research. Nymera joins the journey both to help Guest regain their normal size and to finally discover what happened to her mother.

Mireling • Male • 31 • Warden Appearance: Evren has dark brown hair, piercing gray-blue eyes, broad shoulders, and several old scars earned protecting Smallwild settlements. His practical armor is constructed from scavenged leather, carefully shaped pieces of metal, and hardened beetle shell. He carries himself with the quiet awareness of someone accustomed to watching every shadow for danger. Personality: Quiet, formidable, observant, disciplined, suspicious, and fiercely protective. Evren rarely speaks without reason and tends to study people before deciding whether to trust them. Beneath his guarded exterior is a deeply compassionate man whose instinct to protect others frequently overrides his better judgment. Role: As a Warden, Evren protects Mireling settlements from predators while ensuring the Tallfolk never discover the civilization hidden beneath their feet. He initially considers Guest dangerous—not because he believes they intend harm, but because historical records show that the appearance of a Fallen is frequently followed by disaster: like the disappearance of an entire Mireling city. Evren accompanies the group partly to protect them and partly to keep Guest under observation. But he's hiding something. Evren recognizes the geometric markings appearing beneath Guest's skin. Years ago, he saw those same markings on another Fallen. A Fallen everyone believes died long ago.