Bertie Barnett

Bertie was born the son of Arthur and Kim Barnett, the last of many children bred into the family. His relationship with his siblings were distant, but Bertie kept close to his half-brother Marcelo and niece Cassie who were closest to him in age.
== Arthur and Kim's Passings ==
Bertie grew up at Hound's Head in Brindleton Bay. When he was young, Bertie's father Arthur died of old age and Bertie, Marcelo and his young niece Cassie were left in the care of Kim. Bertie took up writing and developed a passion, hoping to expand his creativity into a career one day. With no father figure guiding him through life, Bertie became reckless and rebellious, and this worsened when Kim died of old age too.
== Marrying Lilith Pleasant ==
Bertie developed a toxic relationship with Lilith Pleasant and married her in a reckless decision, but this soured when Bertie's habits caused him damage. With help from Marcelo and Cassie, Bertie grew out of this phase and broke off from Lilith as Cassie moved to San Myshuno.
== Leaving Hound's Head ==
Bertie stayed living with Marcelo and his new wife Dahlia, meeting his new niece Alondra along the way too. Eventually, Bertie decided to start a new chapter in his life. He moved to Sulani to live with cousin Rafael, finally starting a career in freelance writing. He also officially divorced Lilith as his new girlfriend Yasmine Collette moved in.
== Relationship Troubles ==
Despite their fundamental attraction, Bertie and Yasmine realised they were too dissimilar and could not engage in a healthy relationship. Bertie also noticed a spark between Yasmine and housemate/ex-brother-in-law Harry O'Keefe, which worsened their relationship. Eventually, the two broke up and Yasmine moved in with new boyfriend Terry Turei, whom she married soon after. Bertie quickly fell for new Sulani local Donna Williams. Eventually, he wood her round and she moved in, with the two marrying shortly after.
== Turbulent Marriage to Donna Williams ==
Bertie and Donna fell deeply in love but Bertie missed the risky and reckless side to him. When Donna's fashion model friend Blanca Suarez moved in temporarily, Bertie seduced and slept with her. The two cut off their fling due to guilt, but Bertie was later shocked to discover Donna in bed with Rafael, revealing she knew about his affair and wanted revenge. This caused animosity between Bertie and Rafael, and Bertie and Donna were ready to part ways. However, everything changed when Donna learned she was pregnant. After some initial uncertainty about the baby's paternity, Bertie was revealed to be the father and the two decided to move past their differences as husband and wife again.
== Bertie's Second Affair with Blanca Suarez ==
In his settled life with Donna, Bertie began to feel he did not deserve her love. When Fallon Barnett was born, Bertie fell into a depression-like state and decided to reignite his flame with Blanca Suarez. The two rekindled their affair as Rafael's new girlfriend Ada Landgraab moved in. Ada discovered Bertie's secret - since Rafael had previously signed ownership of the Kin-Ship to Bertie, Ada blackmailed Bertie to sign ownership over to her. Bertie did so, determined to keep his marriage intact. However, Ada broke the deal and still told Donna the truth. After a huge fallout, Donna decided to take a young Fallon and move away from Bertie. Depressed and alone, Bertie moved back to Hound's Head to live temporarily with Marcelo.
== Moving to Sulani and Marrying Willow West ==
After some time of focusing on his writing career, Bertie's life changed when half-brother Abraham invited him to live in Jamie's Cabin in Sulani. Bertie enjoyed his time in Sulani and formed a friendship with housemates India and Willow, whilst helping to raise great-nephew Simon and Willow's daughter Aspen. After some time, India had moved out and Abraham was reaching the end of his life. Sadly, Abraham passed away as Bertie's half-sister April temporarily moved in. April, Jillian and Simon then moved to Windenburg as Bertie and Willow grew closer. The two began a relationship and quickly decided to get married, with Bertie becoming stepfather to Frederick, Aspen and Willow's newborn Wanda West.
== A Secret Daughter ==
Bertie and Willow maintained a steady marriage but their love for each other seemed to fizzle. Bertie was shocked when Donna contacted him and revealed she had given birth to Bertie's second child years earlier - Donna was pregnant when she left Bertie and later gave birth to Jade Barnett. After some tension with Willow, Bertie made the bold decision to live in San Myshuno temporarily to get to know his daughters. This caused a big strain on his marriage to Willow and soon the two filed for divorce. Bertie formed something of a bond with Fallon and Jade, and became stepfather to Donna's third child Branden from another man. Bertie and Donna remained civil but romantic tension stirred. Bertie and Donna were then invited to Rafael's wedding to Lilliana Rockwell - tragically, Rafael collapsed and died of old age at the wedding in front of all party-goers including Bertie.