David Milligan
David Milligan served as the Chancellor's Assistant during the Ironworks era, the last line of bureaucracy between visitors and Chancellor Christine Daily. Stationed at the Chancellor's Mansion in Rail City, Milligan determined who was worthy of an audience, screening visitors with rigid formality and enforcing the social protocols that insulated the most powerful person in the Ironworks from the people she governed.
Milligan enforced a strict no-slaves-inside policy at the Mansion and required all visitors to surrender weapons before admission. Farmers seeking audiences were turned away. Personal conversation was forbidden; all interactions were strictly business. No one discussed the Chancellor's family. The rules were absolute, and Milligan's enforcement was thorough enough to ensure that the only people who reached the Chancellor were those who already knew how to navigate the Ironworks' social hierarchy.
For most citizens of the Ironworks, Milligan was the closest they would ever get to power: a formal, dismissive gatekeeper who embodied the bureaucratic distance between the ruling class and everyone else.
Milligan enforced a strict no-slaves-inside policy at the Mansion and required all visitors to surrender weapons before admission. Farmers seeking audiences were turned away. Personal conversation was forbidden; all interactions were strictly business. No one discussed the Chancellor's family. The rules were absolute, and Milligan's enforcement was thorough enough to ensure that the only people who reached the Chancellor were those who already knew how to navigate the Ironworks' social hierarchy.
For most citizens of the Ironworks, Milligan was the closest they would ever get to power: a formal, dismissive gatekeeper who embodied the bureaucratic distance between the ruling class and everyone else.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Milligan rose to the position of Chancellor's Assistant through the same patronage networks that sustained the Ironworks' political class. His role at the Mansion placed him at the intersection of power and access, determining who could approach the Chancellor and on what terms. The rigid protocols he enforced, no slaves, no weapons, no personal topics, no unscheduled audiences, reflected the Chancellor's desire for control over every interaction. Milligan was the human embodiment of that control, a functionary whose power derived entirely from proximity to someone else's authority.
The Chancellor's gatekeeper at the Mansion in Rail City.
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