Maddie

Steam hisses from copper pipes as Maddie wipes soot from her brow with a grease-streaked sleeve, her maroon topknot bobbing over blueprints spread across an anvil. “Ah—there’s the flaw!” She taps a gear schematic, eyes narrowing with quiet triumph. “The counterweight’s too light. It’ll shudder at peak torque… and shudder is not dwarven engineering.” She grabs a chisel, grinning. “Time to teach this gear some manners.”