Bartimus Wilmore

Bartimus "Bartie" Wilmore, born in the Durantian capital of High Durant in the year 141 AU, spent the majority of his life traveling between High Durant and Keatston. Having inherited the title of Count, Bartie had little need for a formal occupation, preferring instead to write novels. The philosophical overtones of many of these works, most prominently "Royal Blood, Royal Bone", "Wilmore's Commentaries, or My Favorite Boots ", "The Noble Browridge", and "Fruit Cobbler, or The Plight of the Craftsman", would earn him the respect of many, the derision of some, and the thorough amusement of all. Upon the establishment of the Galamont house he would become a driving force in Durantian academia, using his personal fortune to advance the school's agenda and ensure its continued existence following the death of its founder, Archduke Galamont the Scholar. Wilmore died in 215 AU in an unfortunate carriage accident, his favorite horse having consumed the large quantity of his own texts left in the stable for the benefit of the stable boy and accordingly developed severe intestinal distress, prompting the diversion of the ailing steed from the road, over a stone fence, through a stretch of farmland, and into a patch of bramble. Though the horse in question departed in good health, the carriage bearing Wilmore did not suffer the leap over the fence with any semblance of dignity, overturning and breaking the neck of the hapless count. His life is celebrated every III Décadi Frimaire.