Bartrand Tethras

Varric's brother

Mental characteristics

Personal history

House Tethras was once part of the noble caste in Orzammar, until Bartrand's father was caught fixing Provings. Such was the disgrace that the family was exiled to the surface. Unlike his brother, Bartrand was born in Orzammar in 8:93 Blessed. Five years after his father died and mother went to alcohol, Bartrand became the new head of the exiled house and involved himself with the Dwarven Merchants' Guild. By the time he was fifteen, Bartrand had doubled his family's fortune. The disgrace of House Tethras fueled his ambition and his once-noble title gave him an instant place among the kalnas, the old money elite of the Dwarven Merchants Guild; he used it to build alliances and business ventures as if he were a member of the Orzammar Assembly. He quickly became the heart of the Merchants' Guild social scene. The parties hosted at his family's estate were lavish returns to the lifestyle of Orzammar, and even the oldest and most powerful surface families found themselves fighting for invitations to dinner. He started courting Lady Raella Dace who comes from the noble House Dace. By the time Lady Ilsa died, Bartrand had made the Tethras family one of the Guild's most influential, but wealth and power on the surface couldn't sate him. He began to court alliances with the wealthiest ascendant families, branching into banking and mercenary companies. The more coin he made, the more it became an addiction. He began to neglect his family and friends in order to work. He stopped throwing parties and attending them. Both his fiancée and his brother tried to convince him to take a break from running the Tethras business, to no avail. Lady Raella eventually broke off the engagement, a fact which Bartrand barely noticed

Social

Family Ties

Andvar - Father, Ilsa - Mother, Varric - Brother, Emmett - Uncle, Vidar - Cousin, Thorold - Cousin

siblings

Species

Dwarf

Ethnicity

Surface Dwaves

Spouses

Siblings

Children

Eyes

angry sharp grey eyes

Hair

short strawberry blond with a double braided on each side mustache

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

pale tanned

Other Affiliations

Carta

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Bartrand Tethras