Archibald Pendleton

**Archibald Pendleton** is a member of Bibliodome and the captain of the R.V. Cranberry. He is absolutely hated by Bertram Q. Muldoon IV who considers him his arch nemesis.

## Biography

### Early Life

Archibald Pendleton was born to the influential Pendleton family in 59 A.A. in their estate, Weeping Cockerel House. His early education was completed here before he attended Alberich University where he studied politics and geography.

In his youth, Archibald would sail on ships of the Pendleton Trading Company as a midshipman, often under his brother, Sebastian Pendleton. This only reinforced his overblown self-image. He relished the authority his family connection granted him, treating fellow sailors with condescension, viewing himself as the entitled overseer rather than an equal member of the crew. While he received an education in navigation and maritime operations, Archibald was more interested in the luxurious aspects of travel than the hard work of sailing.

### Employment at The Bibliodome

In 76 A.A., the Pendleton family hosted a dinner party at Weeping Cockerel House which Ayon Loom, the head curator of the Bibliodome was invited to. After a night of listening to his stories and schmoozing, he managed to secure an entry level position under Bertram Q. Muldoon.

In 78 A.A., on his first exhibition to Ghadames, Pendleton accompanied Bertram, Cornelius Griswold, Taran Tuppett and Nils Landaway to a site where they would spend two months digging for fossils of extinct species of dragon. During his time there, Archibald contacted a Ghadamesi disease known as Kusaikusa from drinking contaminated water. This caused Archibald to stay in his tent for almost the entire trip, refusing help from the Tortle healers who lived in a community nearby as he was suspicious of him. When he returned home from this trip, he would brag to everyone who would listen about his time in Ghadames where he claimed to have seen dragons and almost died.

In 92 A.A., Pendleton hired Captain McFlurty to assemble a team to rescue Bertram Q. Muldoon IV from the Temple of Yeswet. He intentionally hired a bottom-of-the-barrel team, partially out of his indifference to Muldoon and partly due to the Bibliodome's lack of funds. He specifically instructed Captain McFlurty to tell Bertram that Harvey Hulstlander had hired the team.

### Builder Prime and the R.V. Cranberry

At some point in 103 A.A., Archibald and a small team (which included an elf named Yellow Lemon) were given a small and menial task of traveling to Wisteria in an attempt to survey their collection of jewels and armour belonging to previous Kings of Wisteria. Whilst on this short trip, Pendleton and his crew were made aware of a strange discovery on the coast. There they came across a tall, black creature of unknown species or origin. They managed to secure the area and seal the creature in Blinkbane Resin to stop it from teleporting away. They took the creature back to The Bibliodome where Ayon Loom put Pendleton in charge of research around it. He locked the creature in a tank under the Bibliodome and began his research. At some point he sook out the help from Priscilla Twelvetrees, the headmistress of the Seven Sisters Scryery College in Minerva. When she arrived, she stared at the creature for 48 hours before it finally spoke to her.

The creature, known as Builder Prime, wanted to be sent home. Pendleton had the under-construction R.V. Cranberry be altered to Builder Prime's specifications in order to withstand the pressure of being launched 5000ft into the air. Prime told Twelvetrees of its people - the Adherents of the Crystal Moon who would rendezvous with them on their flying, inter-dimensional vessel named the Crystal Moon. Pendleton dreamed of using this as an opportunity to attack this vessel, taking it for the Bibliodome in order to advance their power and overtake the Cyrenians in technological advancement.

Bertram Q. Muldoon IV was originally meant to captain the R.V. Cranberry, however with recent developments Ayon Loom gave Pendleton permission to captain the ship. Muldoon was busy in The New World at the time and so he was not told about the change. On his return, Muldoon was arrested under suspicion of breaking Oliver Blackley out of prison and sent to Koldvoltz, allowing Pendleton to very easily take the mantle of captain with no questions asked.

## Appearances

* Death at the Gates *(First mentioned)*
* Maiden Voyage *(First appearance)*
* The Bear and the Lamb
* The Sibilant Echoes *(Mentioned only)*
* The Elephant in the Room *(Mentioned only)*
* Wrath of the Rakshasa *(Mentioned only)*
* The Bells End
* This Blighted Star
* Out of Their Depths *(Mentioned only)*