Bartelby Lotheed

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Bartelby Lotheed

(Person)

Titles

Count

Alignment

Lawful evil

Ancestry/Species

Human (Taldan)

Class

Magus 7

Gender

Male

Homeland

Meratt, Taldor

Organization

House Lotheed

Source: Songbird, Scion, Saboteur, pg(s). 60

Count Bartelby Lotheed is the eldest son of deceased Count Mercater Lotheed and administrator of the County of Meratt in Taldor. He also serves as tribune for the town of Lotheedar and landgrave of the Hyden Marches. He remains the sole unmarried male of his family.

Bartelby is described as tall, thin, and handsome, combined with a sharp mind. He has a great interest in the arcane arts. As its steward, he spends most of his time in the Palace of Birdsong and delegates much of his responsibilities to others, particularly his seneschal, Sir Gul Gusairne.

Family

Bartelby dearly loves his family with the sole exception of his half-sister, Martella Lotheed. As she was born from an affair with a Qadiran emissary, he considers the girl's birth an insult to his long-suffering mother and a stain on a great family legacy. His disdain was only exacerbated due to his abhorrence for those lacking arcane ability and he had her exiled from their home after the untimely death of their father. He also has other full-blooded siblings including a sister, Cateline, who lives elsewhere.

He also has a great uncle, Duke Panivar Lotheed with whom he has little interaction. Bartelby believes that his uncle played a part in the suspicious death of his father and that the mage is more than he appears. Despite these concerns, Bartelby is wise enough to keep his thoughts to himself rather than risk retribution from his distant relative..