The Bureaucrat's Guide to Heroism: Audio Book
Hannah Keaveney for Jesiah
Jesiah Runekson — Female Elf, early twenties (Pronounced Jess-Eye-Ah)
Role: Principal — recurring throughout and across future books
Jesiah is an elven warrior who presents in three distinct modes. In professional situations she is focused, direct, and quietly authoritative — all business, no fluff. Beneath that exterior lies a warm, demure, and almost exaggeratedly sweet personality that emerges in private moments and becomes more prominent as the series progresses.
Book 1 draws primarily on the professional mode, with the sweeter side beginning to surface as she grows more comfortable around the protagonist.
Voice: Professional mode — calm, controlled, quietly intense. Underlying sweetness — soft, warm, almost breathlessly gentle.
Note to performers: Jesiah has a third mode — a full berserker transformation — which does not appear in Book 1 but becomes significant in later instalments. Casting will be made with the full arc in mind. Performers should be confident they can deliver across all three modes before auditioning.
- english
- Sweet
- Range
- Range Essential
- female young adult
- Controlled
- Triple Mode
- Unhinged
- Fierce
[Professional, with mild exasperation] "Those, are where we had to seal off sections after Lunk decided the mine cart system needed more 'excitement.' Apparently, regular tracks weren't thrilling enough, so he tried adding loops and jumps. This section collapsed completely when he attempted what he called a 'triple spiral with optional cart flip.'"
[Quietly furious, restrained anger, argumentative] "Those details were provided in the original request! The foreman clearly indicated multiple nests and larger specimens, yet you assigned a single new adventurer to what should have been at minimum a three-person mission!"
[Weary, matter of fact] "I came to town early this morning. There have been strange things happening around the mine where you killed that crawler queen—unusual occurrences I needed to report to the Director. I stopped here for breakfast since they open early, and then these things started attacking. I've been protecting the café ever since."
