>The other thing I liked about Meladori was she (and you) always paid attention to younger players. No matter what rank, she'd give them the attention they wanted, rather than snob them off like so many heros do today. If the players weren't all that great at RPing, you'd still interact with them, encourage them and even teach them to RP

I noticed this as well. I remember one time I went in there with my first lowbie after Quid and she looked and talked to me at lvl 1! It was kinda wierd because most chars above lvl 30 will not even look at you if your in a room, and if they do it's just a nod. Mel would actually speak to you and make the best of whatever time you spent in the inn. I thought that was pretty cool. Kinda why I (tried to at least) talked to lowbies a bit more if I could with Kertaki, especially in the inn and in the guilds. (also some people don't realize it but lowbie pre-pk chars can quite easily rat out your location to someone in your range just as fast as someone in range...)