# Count Fabian dei Tolomei — Short Fiction character guide

> Count Fabian dei Tolomei in Short Fiction by Mary Shelley.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The Tolomei, Fabian, young Fabian, de' Tolomei

**First appearance:** 0000-a-tale-of-the-passions

## Snapshot

A young Sienese nobleman whose ruined house and hunted name make him study arms and books for one purpose: to humble the enemies who sneer at him in the marketplace.

## Who they are

Fabian dei Tolomei belongs to a fallen faction in Siena, and he moves through the city modestly dressed while taunts and maledictions follow his noble bearing. His whole being is bent on winning back the citizens' friendship and matching himself against the young head of the rival house, a contest he anticipates with almost grateful eagerness. He guards his sister Flora from the crowd's insults with a tenderness that borders on something more than brotherly, and that careful shielding shapes the household the story watches.

## In the story

### [The Brother and Sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-brother-and-sister)

Son of the Countess Tolomei; falls in love with Flora while recovering from an injury.

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