Brendan Thorsen

Name: Brendan Thorsen
Seeming: Fairest
Kith: Flamesiren
Court: Autumn
Freehold: Houston
Virtue: Fortitude
Vice: Pride 
Pronouns: He / His / Him
==Physical Description==
Apparent Age: 31 
Height: 
Skin: White 
Hair/Eye Color: Red/Brown 
Clothing: Warm knits. 
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Noteworthy Merits: Striking Looks (2) 
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==Commonly Known==
Brendan Thorsen is a high-ranking Autumn courtier who largely avoids Freehold life and politics. He prefers to research quietly in his hollow, which he shares with his boyfriend Teodor Alder. He has also been known to hedge-dive alone, which is usually considered dangerous behavior bordering on suicidal, but he seems coldly confident in his own abilities. 
Winter 2015: Brendan inadvertently endangered Milada at the Houston Winter Market by taking Teodor home after the younger man was triggered by Milada during a game of Shields. As their hollow was shielded from Mindfinder by a rare token crafted by Brendan, some Ragnaok members believed (or claimed to believe) that Milada had sent Teodor back to Arcadia. The error was eventually revealed, but this brought the existence of the token to light. 
Spring 2015: Brendan was thrust into Freehold politics when Ragnarok members stole his Mindfinder-blocking token and used it to cover their location after kidnapping King Ash Forrest and his courtier Felix. Brendan was furious at being stolen from, and for an act of war that could reflect negatively on him and Teodor.
==Uncommonly Known==
Brendan shared a durance with Teodor, under the ownership of The Fiery Queen. Brendan had been stolen to be a Flamesiren bed-companion, despite having no interest in women. Teodor was a lower servant as one of her many Flameheart elementals; his job was to sit in the huge fireplaces of the feasting hall. Brendan and Teodor fell in love and tried to escape, but they were caught halfway to the hedge. 
The Fiery Queen borrowed Milada Heartstrong from her gentry and employed her to torture Brendan and Teodor; she was then instructed to cripple Teodor so that he could not try to escape again. Brendan was left intact, knowing that he would not leave Teodor behind. Instead, he managed to get them both out in a second escape attempt in which he carried Teodor out through the hedge. 
Brendan then embarked on a quest of over a year to research, locate, and obtain a rare Hera Pear from the deepest part of the hedge. He did so in secret, and entirely on his own--a feat which is almost unheard of among Changelings. He does not talk of this to anyone, except maybe to Teodor, who keeps his boyfriend's secrets. The Hera Pear healed Teodor of all the damage done to him in Arcadia, making him the picture of health and even clearing up a potentially fatal allergy to peanuts. 
==Gentry==
* The Fiery Queen
== Omen ==
[Unwritten. Short Version: A vision of Teodor being tortured and crippled by Milada, while Brendan is forced to watch.]
Category:NPC
Category:Houston
Category:Autumn