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Aloisius Horatio Treadwell
Aloisius Treadwell
Information
Title(s)	Councilor for Revenue and Finance
Archetype	Gluttonous tax collector
Hair Colour	Bald/white
Eye Colour	Blue
Height	5'4"
Build	Immensely rotund
Notable Features	Excessive girth and full beard
Born	June 1, 145 AR Westenford, Amasynia
Spouse(s)	Alice Treadwell (Current); Blanche Sinclair Treadwell, Violet Treadwell, and Raylan Treadwell (Former)
Children	Babette, Gideon, Nicholas, Arella, Egbert, Gwendolyn, Frederick, Gabriel, Gertrude, Harvell
Profession	Councilor for Revenue and Finance, Myrken Wood; Head of the Church of Tubbius; Toymaker
Religion	Church of Tubbius

Description

The Councilor stands 5'4" most of the time, stooped with age, overly excessive weight, and an old injury to his left leg. He favors garish colors to his usual robes, hats, and scarves, only occasionally changing into darker, more somber garments for serious, official business. In addition, Aloisius can usually be found enjoying his pipe when he is able. His demeanor is normally warm and merry, although when crossed or when forced into political schemes, he can easily slip into the more sinister self-sufficiency of his youth. Treadwell's outward appearance is a simple image of an old man perhaps a little sillier than he ought to be, a contradiction to the deeper truth of the matter.

Background

Origins

Aloisius Horatio Treadwell, aged sixty-nine years, was the third child of Octavius and Marian Treadwell, born in A. R. 145 in Westenford, Amasynia. His youth was spent pursuing a potential career as a traveling actor, until a rehearsal for The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Alfred and Genevieve saw him crashing through rotten floorboards and breaking his left leg. After recuperating, he resumed the lead role of the play, achieving some measure of fame for his performance. That fame, though, had to be set aside on the death of his father from a heart attack in the field behind the Treadwell home. As Aloisius' elder brother Langley was away serving as a traveling circuit judge, this left the younger male Treadwell to take the father's seat on the Westenford Ruling Council. This move was both unprecedented and initially unwanted by those on the Council; however, during his first day on the Council, Aloisius had not only forced his way into its affairs but had also seen the Chief Magistrate ousted and taken the position for himself, a seat he would hold unquestioned until his arrival in Myrken Wood at age fifty-eight.

The Broken Dagger

Treadwell's first adult appearance in Myrken Wood (having been there once as an infant) was on a clandestine, secretive, and drunken intrusion into an illegal pit-fighting ring attended by then-governor Gad Phuri. Phuri's shrewdness nearly saw an end to Treadwell that night; however, as fate would have it, Treadwell would survive the Governor, finding Gad and his wife Hebecka both deceased in their home. Rather than risk the damage to his own reputation and a likely jail sentence as a possible murderer, the aged actor managed something extraordinary. Having a suitably strong resemblance to the deceased Governor, he used his acting prowess to impersonate the dead man for some time, ruling Myrken Wood as Governor until discovered, outed, briefly jailed, and ultimately allowed to take a position on the Council as the town's tax collector, a position he has ultimately held despite elections in the following years. Since then, he has maintained his primary residence in town, with a mansion estate for his family, consisting of himself, his wife, his elder brother, his elder sister, seven of his ten children (all age 10 or less), and the house staff. He keeps up payments on a room at the Broken Dagger (as well as has his own red, overstuffed couch and a suitably strong, custom barstool in the main room), in case lodging there over night becomes necessary at any point.

The Present

Treadwell's life has seen a multitude of considerably unusual events. He has had various attempts made on his life, both by irate patrons of the Dagger and by a disgruntled former thief he had hired in his youth. He was kidnapped for a year and secretly replaced by fairies from a nearby fairy kingdom, nearly having his reputation and life ruined as repayment for having eaten one of the fairy court officials. Treadwell successfully opened and has maintained a toy store in town for several years, giving him something to do with his spare time. He even moved briefly back into the Governor's seat as Acting Governor during the absence of Governor Glenn Burnie.

Easily the most unusual occurrence in Treadwell's life is his taking the leadership of the Church of Tubbius, a faith devoted to gluttony and natural growth that is spread across Amasynia and Myrken Wood. The acceptance of this position led Treadwell to the revelation that there is much more to himself than he first thought: the old man is, in truth, the incarnation of their deity, Tubbius, a harvest god and one of the forms of a divine being known simply as The Glutton. Very few close friends or family are the only ones outside the faith accept this with any seriousness; to that effect, nearly all of Myrken Wood simply view Treadwell's devotion to the Church as one more of his odd, quirky pursuits. Even Treadwell's wife, Alice, is hesitant to believe the possibility of such. Therefore, Treadwell makes no efforts to display any divine power or magic, and he never discusses it outside of his meetings at the Church. It is better he be thought a little senile or unusual, after all, than to face more serious concerns brought about by professing such to the masses.

In a more mundane existence, Treadwell balances his time on the Council with his sole ownership of Tready's Toys, which is his toyshop in the center of the market square near the town gallows platform, and his weekly attention paid to the Church as its unquestioned, titular head.

Plots

Since his arrival, Councilor Treadwell has seemingly always been loosely involved with many events but never directly the cause or the solution. He tends to stay on the outskirts of affairs, keeping largely to himself and his own desires. It is fairly common knowledge in character that nothing really seems to affect him--that he always seems to come out reasonably well despite the gravest of situations. However, of particular note in his most recent time in Myrken Wood is his reacquisition of the Governor's seat; during The Red and Gold Summer, Aloisius was one of the few town leaders still in a proper leadership role, since some had been captured, others had been brainwashed, and others were simply inactive. Therefore, with the help of Agnieszka Kaczmarek, he helped oversee the efforts to retake control of the town. After the so-called "Black Hour" and the restoration of Glenn Burnie to power, he humbly stepped out of the Acting Governor's role and back into his Council seat.