Thorvald Berthelsen

Thorvald Berthelsen was a Manticoran citizen and businessman.
Born in 1611 PDHe was sixty-three T-years old when his wife died in 1674 PD., he immigrated to the Star Kingdom of Manticore in 1640 PDWhen he was less than thirty T-years old, a bare fifty years after the first transit of the Manticoran Wormhole Junction. and opened Thorvald's Place, a hole in the wall delicatessen serving the steadily growing shipyard labor force of the Star Kingdom. While at Thorvald's Place, he met Siún O'CarolanSiún informed him in no uncertain terms that his corn chowder was substandard and when she assured him she could do better Thorvald hired her on the spot to run the kitchen at Thorvald's Place., the daughter of a yard worker, and the pair later married, having several children.
In 1649 PD, he opened Chez Berthelsen, a second, more upscale establishment in downtown Landing near the newly built Landing Opera House.
In 1674, following the death of his wife, he chose to hand control of Chez Berthelsen to their son, Cathal, and retreated to running Thorvald's Place. ()
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