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 ==== The Commission headquarters ====
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+|View of the Commission's local headquarters in Bexgate|
-In its heyday, Bexgate had an unusually large complement of Commission agents to protect against demonic infiltration. As Bexgate’s importance has declined, most have left. Even though Bexgate’s ratio of Commission agents to residents remains significantly higher than is usual, most of the headquarters building has been left unoccupied. The headquarters is entirely above ground. There is no basement.
+In its heyday, Bexgate had an unusually large complement of Commission agents to protect against demonic infiltration. As Bexgate’s importance has declined, most have left. Even though Bexgate’s ratio of Commission agents to residents remains significantly higher than is usual, most of the headquarters building has been left unoccupied.
+The headquarters is entirely above ground. There is no basement.
 Anyone who has further questions about the details of goings-on inside the building should direct those questions to a Commission agent. They would certainly be interested in them.
 ==== The Special Institutes ====
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+|The Special Institute for Computing|
 The Special Institutes for Computing and Biomedical Science are located in the western part of Bexgate, within view of the Commission’s headquarters.
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 Although most of the research at the Special Institutes has been wound down or transferred to other settlements, some still continues. Those involved in this research are kindly but firmly discouraged from sharing information about their research with other residents. Only witches and heretics would ignore this discouragement.
-The Special Institute for Biomedical Science retains a limited treatment to treat patients. If their capacity is exceeded, or for specialist treatment, patients must be transferred to the Capital.
+The Special Institute for Biomedical Science retains a limited treatment to treat patients. If their capacity is exceeded, or for specialist treatment, patients must be transferred to the district's capital of Wesmarch.
 ==== The Hall of Works ====
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+|One of the exhibition rooms for sculpture in the Hall of Works|
 Bexgate possesses a large centre for devotional art – sculpture, painting, music, and (thanks to a recently constructed auditorium) ballet. All are housed in the Hall of Works, a sweeping work of art no less ambitious than any which it houses. Government funds and private donations maintain a sizeable number of artists at the Hall, some of whom live in residence within the Hall.
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 The Town Planning Bureau is the largest branch of the civil service, and by extension of the Government, present in Bexgate. All decisions about the town’s administration, including the management of much of its economy, flow through the Town Planning Bureau.
-That is not to say that Bexgate is under the control of the Town Planning Bureau. Decisions of any importance require thorough deliberation in the Capital, and are only then transmitted to Bexgate’s Town Planning Bureau for implementation.
+That is not to say that Bexgate is under the control of the Town Planning Bureau. Decisions of any importance require thorough deliberation in Wesmarch, and are only then transmitted to Bexgate’s Town Planning Bureau for implementation.
 Due to the obvious sensitivity of the work within the Town Planning Bureau, yet greater vigilance against demonic activity is a necessity.
+===== Notable Characters =====
+  * **Dr Eileen Wang (she/her)**: recently re-appointed senior researcher at the Special Institute for Biomedical Science, and a regular visitor to the Hall of Works.
+  * **Dr I.I. Oteh (she/they)**: formerly a leading computer scientist at the Special Institute for Computing, now the civil service's chief technical overseer of the Institute.
+  * **Valentine Rinaldi (he/him)**: a brilliant and much-admired violinist. Although born in Bexgate, he has spent most of his career in Wesmarch, and has only recently returned to become an artist-in-residence at the Hall of Works.
+  * **Clemence Arvin (any)**: Interim Director of the Hall of Works, a position which they have held for the last fifteen years. Email: clemence_arvin@conviction.oxfordrpg.com
+  * **January Baxter (they/them)**: senior civil servant at the Town Planning Bureau, and one of the few people in the Bexford office who has any real authority.
+  * **Dr Rebecca Marlowe (she/her)**: a local GP who also works as a doctor in the Special Institute for Biomedical Science medical centre.