Aldrich von Bielenfeld



Spoilers: I'm going to stick to Basics for a while, even though they contain spoilers...

Basics
AKA: Rick, Little Ricky, Lord Bielenfeld (Aldrich is pronounced ALL-drickh)

Age: ~230

Looks: 6'0", blue-blond hair, green eyes, hunk. Wood nymph - troll - demon - elf.

Character: Highly social. Elusive & paradoxical due to conflicting identities. Motivated by deep moral imperatives, but enjoys laying traps.

Special skills: Salesman, statesman, marriage broker and counselor, gardening. Fire healer - with specialty in plant healing. Is male but can also produce seeds.

Family: Truly complicated. Second legitimate son of Friedrich von Bielenfeld, by Alana von Trondheim. Aldrich's only full sibling, Wolfgang, died 40 years before he was born. Though Aldrich was an 'only child', Friedrich was also raising his youngest half-sisters Sophie and Phoebe, and Wolfgang's son Wolfred (60, 55, and 45 years older than Aldrich, respectively). Wolfred's son Manfred was 60 years younger. And Aldrich split his time between Bielenfeld and Trondheim, where he was cross-fostered with Franklin von Trondheim's family. Castle Bielenfeld also housed nobility students all the time. So the gregarious 'only child' was far from lonely.

Though 3rd cousins or closer, by three different lines of descent, Aldrich's relationship to Wolfram is best summed up as 'step father and liege lord'. Wolfred and his heirs, not Aldrich, were supposed to inherit Bielenfeld. But Wolfred died and Manfred never wanted the top job. So Aldrich also inherited Bielenfeld by political maneuvers (not the death of Friedrich) (PW and WTB).

Aldrich's birth was commissioned by the 25th Maou (the one before Cecilie) as part of his plan to 'win the peace' with Trondheim, following the Great Troll and Goblin War. Friedrich was 550, Alana barely 65. Friedrich's job was to sponsor Trondheim (the new 10th domain) into the Shin Makoku federation. Aldrich was raised as a cross-cultural mediator.

Aldrich served half-time as a non-combatant military officer from age ~65-145. He left after losing his left arm at the elbow in Suberia (rescuing civilians). He married Glynda von Wincott, a cousin of Suzanna Julia, at age ~130, and they had one son, Dietrich when Aldrich was ~200. (See Dietrich's page - the marriage was a disaster.) Always an alcoholic, Aldrich fell like a stone after losing his arm, and got sober (permanently) only weeks before Cecilie kicked Manfred back home, because Manfred wasn't coping with his own medical discharge. Aldrich and Manfred got each other back on their feet, and fell in love. Aldrich brokered Manfred's legitimation and ongoing relationship with Wolfram, and was quietly parenting partners with Manfred on his other children as well, Kieran and Efram. But their relationship was forced underground. The couple wed 90 years later in TwT.

Aldrich tutors unconditional love, on the healing faculty of the Bielenfeld Institute.

Stories: The Pirate Wedding, Wolfram Takes a Break,Yuuri's Hot Date, The Trouble with Trolls, The Ghosts of Trondheim


 * [[Image:NottameIcon.gif]] Men Who Are Not Tame - with Manfred & Adelbert's crew (PW)


 * [[Image:Banana_sproutIcon.gif]] Sprout! - with Manfred and Cecilie, from TwT (by bananam00n)


 * [[Image:AlanameetIcon.gif]] Welcome to Trond Hall! - a double-date honeymoon (GoT)


 * [[Image:OldFriendsIcon.gif]] Old Friends - with the ghost of Franklin (GoT)