The Nebuly Coat · Character
Lord Blandamer
A reserved nobleman whose light-grey eyes seem to look out of an old portrait, returning to Cullerne to claim what is his.
major
Also known as Horatio Fynes, Blandamer, the new Lord Blandamer, Sophia Flannery
First appearance: ii
As a major figure in The Nebuly Coat, Lord Blandamer is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The stranger who enters the church and joins the choir, singing the tenor part with skill.
Blandamer is the new lord of the manor, a man of few ornaments and fewer explanations, whose arrival stirs the town's appetite for scandal. His face in an old painting, hidden for sixty years beneath flowers and a caterpillar, raises questions about which Blandamer it actually depicts and what the family has chosen to forget. He matters because every local suspicion, about the minster, the coat, and the Flannery marriage, eventually bends toward him.
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Character Web
22 connectionsA slice of how Lord Blandamer sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.
Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Cullerne Church & Clergy
- Joliffe & Blandamer Circle
- Protagonist
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Mr. Sharnall
rivalry · negative
Lord Blandamer and Sharnall are antagonists, with Sharnall suspecting Blandamer of dark… How this plays out →
- Martin Joliffe
psychological · negative
- Clerk Janaway
professional · ambivalent
- Clerk Janaway
professional · ambivalent
- Mr. Sharnall
rivalry · negative
Lord Blandamer and Sharnall are antagonists, with Sharnall suspecting Blandamer of dark… How this plays out →
- Clerk Janaway
professional · ambivalent
- Martin Joliffe
psychological · negative
- Martin Joliffe
psychological · negative
Relationship notes
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See Lord Blandamer in ii