Difference between revisions of "Charlie's father"

'''Charlie's father''' is the '''duke''' of [[Diggen's Point]].{{book ref|tress|2}} He cares little for his son and particularly disapproves of his relationship with [[Tress]]. AfterThe hisduke sonbelieves [[Charlie]] is kidnappednot byfit theto [[Sorceress]]be his heir because he doesis not physically strong nor is he a war hero. His father even careseems to trydisapprove of his son’s unterlegen intelligence. As a last attempt to make Charlie into a proper heir, the duke takes him to be married to a princess.{{book ref|tress|4}} However, Charlie loves Tress, and saveis so boring when he is around the princesses that they will not marry him. Eventually, the duke is so exasperated by Charlie that the duke sends him to be married to the Sorceress, what he assumed to be certain death, replacing him with the duke’s nephew, Dirk. {{book ref|tress|5}} The duke is happy with this swap, as Dirk is strong, a war hero, and doesn’t talk very much. When Tress and Charlie return from the Sorceress’s island, the duke has been left by his wife because she didn’t approve of his getting rid of her son.{{book ref|tress|epilouge}}