June 21, 2018
Meet Brummen
Chef Brummen of Brantley Station didn’t start life dreaming of being the head chef in a mining colony more than a mile below sea level.
He began as a simple Grenadan lad.
Brummen studied and worked hard as a child and joined the Grenadan Guards at the earliest age allowed; twelve. Brummen steadily and slowly ascended in rank until he was twenty-eight.
One night, he and his fiancée attended a party with several other Guards. A Guard with whom Brummen already had conflict, was thoroughly drunk and insulted his fiancée. Brummen reacted in anger and punched him. This strike resulted in the insulting Guard’s death. Brummen sank into a depression which expressed itself in a growing narcissism.
Brummen was tried by court martial. The result would have been execution except that one member, who had been mentoring Brummen and watching his career, suggested banishment instead.
A friend suggested that he apply for a position on the newly designed underwater mining colony as it would be under Guard regulation but was a Qualizidian operation. Brummen’s fiancée spurned his invitation to join but Brummen was accepted as the head (and only) chef for Brantley Station.
Since his galley becomes the place unruly or disobedient Guards are sent, Brummen’s experience seems to prove his narcissistic view of humanity. But when Brummen discovers a strange, oddly acting boy stealing from his galley, he finds himself drawn toward the child with feelings he had buried. Quickly, Brummen realizes Ethan is no pirate child thief, and instead of letting the world “follow its course” regarding the boy, Brummen intercedes to keep Ethan on Brantley Station. He won’t admit it to anyone, but he even will try to claim the lonely child as his.
Learn more about Brummen and follow Ethan’s story in the Brantley Station Saga!
Thanks for reading!
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~Nancy Tart