Patron of DVII
As a young man Edward began his political career in the heart of London. Born of old blood and hounded by an aristocratic legacy that painted him at odds with the everyday British people, he nonetheless pierced the core of public consciousness and held it in the palm of his hand. The iron fist closed. During a time the country leaned towards becoming insular, threatening to break away from the EU – let alone subjugating itself to the ASU – Edward paved the way for annexation to the newly structured CCD, and in doing so secured his position as DVII Patron, a title he has held now over twenty years. He is very well connected, including a friendship with Tobias Volthström.
Edward is tall and imposing, with starkly patrician features. Red-blonde hair has mostly retreated to grey; it is kept cropped close, as is his beard. He has forged a career on stark honesty, bluntness, and getting things done, and has the demeanour of one who brooks no nonsense. Despite such a seemingly sharp edge, he has the charisma of a man you can trust, and trust the people do. His smile is a hard earned prize, and his disappointment a devastating blow. Edward is known to be a family man. His daughter, Eleanor, is the soft counterpart to the Northbrook name.
Secrets:
In the early 2020s, Tobias Volthström came to Edward with a problem: an illegitimate child, carried by a woman his family could never accept. Edward proposed a cold but pragmatic arrangement: the mother, Araminta Rosewood, would receive an exorbitant sum of money and full ownership of Tobias’s pied-à-terre in New York, in exchange for relinquishing the baby and signing ironclad NDAs. She was to deny the child’s existence and sever ties with Tobias entirely. Which she did.
The baby, when it was born, was relocated beyond the realm of the Custody, to a rural farm in Iowa. His new parents, David and Caroline, had been trying unsuccessfully to have a child for years.
The exchange was handled through an agency. The birth certificate was falsified, and no trail was left to reveal Jay was not the Carpenter’s natural son. David and Caroline themselves never knew where he came from.
As a soothe to his personal conscience, at the time Edward arranged a fail safe trust fund, which would only ever be revealed in the unlikely event of both parents dying before the baby was of a certain age. Family has ever been the backbone of Edward’s rule, and he could not countenance a Volthström child living in poverty should the worst ever happen. He has not followed the child’s life, content that he would be provided for.
Staff:
- Oscar Chamberlain; long time aide. He has a neatly manicured beard shot with grey, and wears glasses.
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