Artur von Benno Baumeister

Artur Baumeister is Wendelin Baumeister's father. He was, until his retirement, the head of the Baumeister household, and a hereditary knight.

Appearance
Artur has brown hair and eyes. He wears darkish noble clothing.

Personality
He only thinks of himself and his heir and consisders his other children to be disposable. He had a sicknees towards wowen as he was known in the village as sleeping with married women and getting them pregnant. This caused him and Klaus, who had to settle with the husbands monetarily, to be hated.

Synopsis
Artir is the 4th person to hold the Benno Baumeister peerage as a hereditary knight. His great-grandfather had come to the territory specifically to gain a noble title by achieving development of a portion of the monster-infested lands of the forest.

Artur cares deeply about the future of the territory, but feels constrained by the requirements of tradition. He knew his eldest son Kurt was not suitable to be the next head, but cannot bring himself to deny Kurt the position as presumptive heir. After Wendelin leaves the territory, Artur slowly grants Kurt more and more authority with the intention of preparing him to take on the role, but Kurt instead becomes more corrupt and abusive with his new power.

When Kurt dies in an ill-fated attempt to assassinate Wendelin, Artur decides to retire and officially passes the position to his second son Hermann, effectively unifying the main branch and the junior-commander branch of the family within the territory.

Abilities
Artur is a farmer by trade and is completely illiterate, and lacks a proper education. Due to his illiteracy, he is forced to rely heavily on Klaus, the village chief, who cannot only read and write, but can also calculate numbers necessary for handling taxation and revenue.

Kurt Baumeister
Kurt is his 1st son, and was, until his death, the presumptive heir to the household and Knight peerage.

Hermann Baumeister
Hermann is his 2nd son, who married into the branch family of the Baumeister household, a hereditary retainer position which acts as the Junior Commander in times of war.

After Kurt's death and Artur's retirement, Hermann succeeded Artur to the Knight peerage.

Erich Baumeister
Erich is his 5th son.

Wendelin Baumeister
Wendelin is his 8th son, and the main protagonist of the series. When he found out Wend could use magic he told Kurt Baumeister not to bother him and let him have his independence. He wanted Wend to leave as not to cause a succession problem.

Retainers
Abel - Baumeister Manson Butler (71 yrs)

Trivia

 * Wend considers his father irresponsible.