Waldo Wentworth

Portrait of Waldo

> NO SCHOOLS!?! Oh, what is the world coming to!? What about the youth of today... Ohh my heart...
>
> - Waldo Wentworth

Waldo Windsor Wentworth is a renowned chemist and physicist. His old age, however, has deteriorated his mind to the point where if he does not take his medicine in form of honey, he loses his grasp on reality. From 4 Yornis 01 he had been spotted living in his cave in Honidale, which coincides with his discovery of honey and its medicinal properties. When Hans Capon and the Georgian Order arrived in the lands of Arborum Lucis on 3 Fera 02, Waldo extended his help and offered the Order refuge near the border of Ængland, in Klibset. During this, Waldo converted to Salvaty.

## Biography

### Early Life

Waldo W. Wentworth used to study outside of the Arborum Lucis realm, and he achieved PhDs in Chemistry and Physics, later specialising in the former. Living a prosperous life, he worked as a teacher until he was old and retired when he reached the age of 63. He was forced into retirement after having a delirious episode in which he nearly harmed a student by brewing a dangerous concoction. Making a split-second decision that he was a danger to himself and others, Waldo Wentworth travelled to Arborum Lucis to hide away in the forests of Honidale.

### Before Ængland

On 4 Yornis 01, 4 years after his journey to Arborum Lucis, Wentworth made a discovery by pure chance, which is that honey has medicinal effects for his condition. And with this discovery, he was able to reverse the effects of his deterioration by several degrees. Having regained consciousness, he kept mostly hidden away in his cave, but joined the world scene. On 3 Padret 01, Waldo represented the defence in the DP-1 case against former emperor James Duckworth I of Bazil. Two days after the court case, Waldo created the City-State Waldoland on 5 Padret 01. Waldo kept mostly to himself after the court case, until he met his compatriot Harvey Higgins on 14 Foliary 01. Meeting him, Wentworth took him into his service, and Harvey became a farmhand on his lands, however Harvey would not become an official citizen of Waldoland until 5 Coldos 01.

### After Ængland

Due to outside pressures from Lyke Klok, mayor of Visaflöte, Waldo relented and created the Constitutional Republic of Ængland on 5 Coldos 01. together with Harvey Higgins. On 3 Hyems 01, Waldo established diplomatic relations with The Baroness, ruler of Astrea, and both nations would exchange embassies with each other. On 4 Hyems 01, Waldo finished an industrial-grade honey farm, effectively eliminating the scarcity of his medicine.

### Salvatic Tensions

On 4 Solnis 02, Astrea decided to split off from the Salvatic Church, as they believed that the words of Iuliana Adriana and her Tugenden should be studied more, and accused the Georgian Order of not being interested in Adriana's words. A day later, on 5 Solnis 02, the Order of Saint-George declared the new Astreanism a heresy. Waldo Wentworth, and by extension the Republic of Ængland had to choose a side in this conflict, and he chose to follow the Georgian doctrine as he had a particular dislike for the Feiliite faith that Astrea seemed to want to return to.

### Last Moments

After The Baroness' passing on 1 Adornis 02, Wentworth's condition rapidly turned for the worse. Feeling grief over The Baroness' death and thinking himself responsible as he was unable to "save her from her Feiliite delusions", together with the mounting pressure of the newly formed Fayrian Federal Republic with Visaflöte as its head, Waldo Wentworth decided to bequeath the lands of Ængland to Astrea. In his will, he wrote that Ængland would be ruled by Mr Corbet together with Johnathan Taylor, the head of Pest's Luív district, should the Astreans accept. Waldo Windsor Wentworth passed away in his sleep on 8 Adornis 02.

## Personality

Waldo is an old-fashioned man, and is not easily influenced by others to change his ways. He staunchly believes in Human supremacy, which makes relations with the City-State of Ira and Michael Jonghe rocky. He is headstrong, and though not a proponent of violence, he does not shy away from it if it is the best way to achieve his goals in the long-term.

When Waldo is off his medication he suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, and he experiences these moments when he is in such a state as nothing more than a blur. He usually has Harvey Higgins to remind him to take his medication, as he himself does not want to be in such a state. To help him remember events he might have forgotten during one of his episodes, he keeps a journal on state matters.