Wilhelmina "Mina" Mueller

Wilhelmina Mueller, known as Mina to the Crew, is the German born Librarian and Archivist. She does her best to keep the ship's small library in order, and to keep the wine stains off the books.

History
Wilhelmina was born outside Hamburg, German to aristocratic parents, Alphonse Mueller and Olivia Henken. From an early age, she loved books and reading and her father encouraged her to do so. She spent many hours in her father's library reading, much to her Governess's chagrin. She soaked up everything from history to literature to geography to even some of the sciences.

When she was old enough, she was presented at court along with the other young ladies her age and did "The Season" in much the same way British young ladies do. But instead of finding a husband, she instead went to the University the following term. During her years there, she began to work in the University's library and after graduation, was promoted to Assistant Librarian.

Before the start of the war, the Kiaser expressed interest in having her take over for the palace librarian after the man retired, but her father's untimely death and the ultimate spread of electricity caused her family to fall out of favor at court. As such, she was forced to leave Berlin and the University and return home to Hamburg.

After the end of The Great Energy War, a rising agent for the Edison Corp offerd her mother and uncle a great deal of money for her hand in marriage, enough to allow the family to keep the ancient family home. Mina was outraged that her mother and uncle would even consider such a bargin, and immidiately made plans to leave home in secret. She packed her bags, and left home in the middle of the night. She took a boat to England where she met some of the Crew of the Airship Anabel Lee and decided to join them on their adventures.

Family History
Mina's father was a scientist and engineer at the Imperial University in Berlin and the Kiaser's cheif scientist during the early days of the Energy Wars. He bravely fought on the side of the Steam Contingent to try and stop the spread of electricy across Germany, but sadly lost his life at the hands of undercover Edison Corp agents. After that, it was only a matter of time before electric power spread across the newly unified Germany. Mina's family lost almost everything in the war. Her mother, who wished to regain her former standing in society, tried to push Mina to marry a member of Edison Corp's rising elite - who just happened to be one of the undercover agents respsonsible for her father's death - but Mina gave her the slip. She has had no contact with her family since leaving Germany for England, and has no wish to see them ever again.