Helmut von Baumeister

''Helmut von Baumeister, formerly Helmut von Benno Baumeister is one of the male Tritagonists in "Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!" He is Wendelin von Benno Baumeister's elder brother. He is a baronet in the Helmut Kingdom, the 4th son of Artur von Benno Baumeister and Johanna von Benno Baumeister and the current head of the Baumeister (capital branch) Baronet peerage.''

Appearance
Like all Baumeister men he has brown hair and eyes with a slim build.

Personality
In the the beginning he was more aloof, but once he moved to the capital he becomes more serious.

Etymology

 * Helmut is Old German the first element deriving from either heil "healthy" or hiltja "battle"  and the second from muot "spirit, mind, mood."
 * von is Dutch and means one of "Noble" birth.
 * Baumeister is Germanic and means "Builder" or "Architect."

Background
He and his brother, Paul, originally went to the capital to find a life for themselves as members of the military, since as later sons it was extremely unlikely they would have a place in their home territory. After both Erich and Wend are granted peerages, however, Helmut is swept up in the minister of defence's plot to gain influence over Wend.

Plot
He was slated to marry into the original Baumeister family, from which the Helmut's ancestors split from in order to succeed the household. This was to drag the original household into Wend's faction. The original household being the capital's main force for dealing with bandits and are in turn allowed to harvest the forest for valuable fruits and herbs.

Helmut was awarded by the kingdom the title of baronet upon Wend's victory over their older brother, Kurt.

Abilities
He has normal human mana

Trivia

 * His wife is from the Baumeister family that lives in the capital. They had cut off all ties to the Baumeister Knight Territory. This changed once Wend became an Earl and they became one of his branch families.
 * When he married into the Baumeister family of the Capital they became a vassal of Wend's.
 * He lost the "Benno" in his name when he was married into Baumeister family of the Capital.
 * "Helmut" is the most common name in the Helmut Kingdom.