Fred Wellington

was a landowner on Firhbank during the Confederate Inquisition. He owned "Neverland Ranch", a large property that sat at the boundary between Thalranese and Alusian territory.
Fred was notable as one of the few major human landowners on the Thalranese side of Firhbank; he earned the protection of the Corsair Lords through his reputation as a scrupulous taxpayer. By disguising his political activism as criminal activity, he persuaded the lords to view him as an affable and reliable source of secondary income from the many fines he paid. 
The Wellington property was a major through-way for the smuggling of operatives of the Kirvan Prophets into Confederate space. Wellington pointedly refused to own slaves, but employed the slave trading networks of Firhbank to full advantage in distributing agents of the organizations that backed him. Wellington provided paid work and comparatively comfortable lodgings to those who escaped enslavement on Firhbank (often at his intervention), though some observed that his business model closely resembled a form of veiled serfdom, with tenant farmers on his land largely unable to seek opportunities elsewhere. Wellington maintained that his estates were the most equitably managed in Thalranese Firhbank, and lived comparatively simply for a landholder of his stature. 
Wellington's public persona was religiously indifferent, and there was little evidence to suggest a deeper devotion in private other than his affiliation with Kirvan radical factions. His motives for supporting the Prophets are also unclear, though it is apparent that he drew considerable financial support from their representatives. 
Fred Wellington leveraged his friendly relations with the Corsairs Lords to offer himself as a poster-child for Inquisitorial overreach, linking the concerns of the Fialta aristocracy and the non-Fialta public. After the events of the Inquisition Incident on Firhbank, Wellington continued in his role as a quietly influential human face among the Fialta elite.
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