Time/Date: TC1853.01.17 (Day after wedding - Afternoon)
Location: Brenner Estate
Late afternoon sun painted the Brenner estate in shades of gold and amber as Lord Garrick sat in his study reviewing commercial contracts with the careful attention that had built his fortune over ninety years. Even at his age, he still personally reviewed every significant business decision, refusing to delegate what he considered essential oversight.
Numbers flowed across the page—grain shipments from agricultural provinces, textile imports from the Western Federation, careful calculations of profit margins that had made the Brenner name synonymous with commercial success. Ninety years of this. Ninety years of building, positioning, and climbing.
And still—despite all the wealth, despite the influence, despite the power that came from controlling significant portions of the empire's commerce—he remained what he'd always been in the eyes of true nobility.
