Head Scholar Octor Roald

Overview

• Pronouns: He/Him
• Race: Dwarf
• Age: 157

A perpetually-tired dwarven man who's already gone grey in spite of his relatively unwrinkled face. He inherited his post at Masonlurch library after his predecessor (and half-sister), Ophelia, had a seemingly-untimely death about 20 years prior. Ophelia was, unbeknownst to most outside of the family, only a half-Dwarf, so she had been aging rapidly and nearing the end of her natural life. The whole ordeal, and the subsequent speculation about his own parentage, made him much more stoic and serious, at least in public. Unlike Ophelia's interest in the practical applications of magic, Octor was initially drawn to scholarship as a way to feed his fantastical imagination and avoid the drudgery of the rest of Grumble's domain.

Connections

Atlas

Scholar Roald acts as the head librarian of the Masonlurch Community Library, and therefore acted as a stand-in father figure for Atlas. The affection that this perpetually-tired, prematurely-grey dwarven man feels for Atlas often stood in opposition to the annoyance of other librarians who had to deal with them more in the day-to-day. The perhaps overindulgent amount of grace he continues to extend to his young, curious, lively mastermind of a pupil is no small part of why Atlas managed to hone their skills as long as they did. That said, especially in recent years, his words if not his actions have become more and more stern.