Reginleif

**Reginleif**, better known as the shortened **"Regi"**, was the chief medical officer on the Taigun during the Knights Mercantile expedition to Naga Space. Born in the Elvish Enclaves, Regi emigrated to Aeldrum at a young age and enlisted in the ATC. After serving as a soldier and officer for over a century, Regi was discharged after the unmitigated disaster of the Irish Revolution. She quickly signed up with the Knights Mercantile to seek greater opportunity and to expand her collection of "unique" anatomy.

## Personality

Regi was, above all else, a dispassionate and self-centered person. Her only voluntary interactions with others were motivated by furthering her personal goals. Once she determined you were neither useful nor interesting, any semblance of cordiality would cease. Despite this, she took her military duty very seriously and would defer to her superior officers unless she considered them to be dangerously incompetent or corrupt.

Some time during her career in the ATC, Regi developed an interest in humanoid anatomy. The initial curiosity quickly became an obsession, and she began her vast collection of specimens. She had a particular fondness for brains, especially those capable of psionic expression. Owning an intact, preserved Naga brain is a personal dream of hers.

## History

### Early Life

Born **Helene Clemént**, Regi spent her early years in the Elvish Enclaves among the working class on the frontier planets; her parents were extremely devout farmers and gave the vast majority of their earnings as tithe to the Elvish Triad and their Priest-King. Regi, however, sought more than the mundane serenity of the Enclaves, and became dissatisfied and disillusioned with her home. Enticed by stories of the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum and their elves that renounced the Gods, Regi took on a new name and a new life among the ranks of the Aeldrum Trade Company.

### ATC Military Career

Regi proved herself to be an accomplished sniper, and eventually worked her way up to the rank of Captain. Though her interpersonal skills were sub-par, she was an effective tool for the ATC and was frequently deployed to areas lacking in competent (or sober) soldiers. Over time she developed an interest in anatomy, and began a collection of rare and unique specimens that she gathered during her travels. Her research focus became narrower over time to the neuroscience, specifically on the relation between the brain and psionic power; this naturally led her to the Naga, creatures considered to be the pinnacle of psionic power.

### Irish Revolution

Regi is known to have been deployed in Ireland to protect ATC interests during the Irish War of Independence. Notably, Regi oversaw the disaster of the Bakers Quarter Massacre, commanding the mainline ATC forces there alongside the Dragoons. Regi and her opiuim-addled troops were tasked with maintaining the perimeter of the square during a socialist protest that quickly turned south. Though not directly responsible for the atrocities committed by the Dragoons there, Regi was chosen as the scapegoat for the operation and shouldered a decent amount of blame for the ATC failures during the Irish War of Independence.

### Joining the Knights Mercantile

Seeing what she perceived to be the writing on the wall for the ATC, Regi began to search for new opportunities to fund her pet projects and personal acquisitions. Shortly after being relieved from her position, she was contacted and recruited by Charles Valch, Undersecretary of the Knights Mercantile. In exchange for any valuable information gained from her research, Regi was granted significant funding and operational freedom. Seeing the KM expedition into Naga Space as an opportunity to move to the forefront of Naga studies, she signed on and left for the Pin-Jump in the hopes of expanding her collection.

### Expedition into Naga Space

*Main article: The Deep Ether Campaign*
Reginleif died in 380 A.U., crushed to death in the crash of the Tarim Terror into the palace of the Rainbow Serpent. Though Regi did not live to see the Rainbow Serpent perish, it is undoubtable that she was a linchpin of the Corrobel Run: her surgical expertise made the transformation of Dietmar possible, and her mastery of chemistry and physiology unlocked the secrets of the Naga. Her last words were to Klaus May, a demand that her death not be in vain: "Kill that damn snake." Dr. Regi joins the tradition of such scholars as Dr. Aga, who devoted their medical lore to combating the Naga Threat, to excising the eternal parasite of Celestial Space.