Brettin
| Brettin | |
|---|---|
| Fallecido | 341 PC |
| Oficio | Constable-general |
| Residencia | Elendel |
| Mundo natal | Scadrial |
“This isn’t the Roughs. You think you can do anything you want? You think you can just pick up a gun and take the law into your own hands?”
—Constable Brettin to Waxillium Ladrian[1]
Captain Brettin is the constable-general of the Fourth Octant constabulary precinct.[1]
Appearance and Personality
The constable is a terse man who brooks no intrusion by civilians into his investigations, police matters, or dangerous situations, such as firefights.[1] Even in the case of Lord Waxillium Ladrian, who successfully defeated the Vanishers in a gunfight without a single civillian casualty, Captain Brettin believed that Wax should not have involved himself. He shows serious concern about the safety of the citizens of Elendel and displays an awareness of the problems that the powerful can make in an investigation.
Brettin also holds himself with authority, willing to butt heads with other constables over questions of jurisdiction and ongoing investigations.[2] However, he seems to be argumentative and have something of a short temper.[1] As he gets angry, his face grows noticeably red.
Captain Brettin has a poor memory for names, and is constantly mixing people up.[2] Nothing is known about Brettin's appearance, although he presumably wore the brown uniform of a constable with a domelike hat.[1]
History
Captain Brettin was one of the first responders to the attack on the Yomen-Ostlin wedding dinner by Miles Dagouter and the Vanishers.[1] He debriefed Wax after the fight and told him to stay out of police business and stop undermining his authority.
Later Captain Brettin was tricked into letting the Vanisher prisoners be interrogated by Wayne, who was disguised as the fictional Captain Guffont Trenchant from the Seventh Octant.[2] Due to Wayne's use of a time bubble in the interrogation room, Brettin missed Wayne's conversation with the suspect and believed that Wayne had failed to gather any usable information.
Some time after this, Captain Brettin was killed in an unrelated matter.[3] Harmony, seeing an opportunity, sent TenSoon, a kandra, to retrieve Brettin's corpse and impersonate him.[4] Tensoon did not have the opportunity to observe Brettin prior to his death, and so it was an imperfect impersonation. Those who knew Brettin could detect something off about him. TenSoon used Brettin's bones to submit a backdated request to the Senate for a citywide deputized forbearance for Wax.[5] This freed Wax from any charges incurred during his investigation of the Vanishers, as well as granted him powers of investigation and arrest. He informed Wax of this action after Wax and Marasi's final confrontation with Miles. Afterwards, Brettin, still being impersonated by TenSoon, retired and presumably his bones were laid to rest.
Notes
- ↑ a b c d e f Aleación de ley capítulo 6#
- ↑ a b c Aleación de ley capítulo 8#
- ↑ Brettin was killed towards the end of the book, but not in the storyline related plot.
— Theoryland - Novemer 19th, 2011# - ↑ Is Officer Brettin Tensoon at the end of the book?
— Theoryland - November 19th, 2011# - ↑ Aleación de ley capítulo 20#