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Aurelian

Lucia's brother and strategist, a fashionable physician whose cleverness serves his sister's ambitions and his own advancement.

supporting

Also known as Clever Aurelian

First appearance: book i facts

As a supporting figure in World’s End, Aurelian is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Lucia's clever brother, a mad doctor who establishes a private asylum and advises Lucia on securing property and invalidating Sternhold's will.

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With Lucia Marese Baskette (romantic): Aurelian and Lucia Marese Baskette are lovers or a married couple, given their high interaction count and shared surname. With Lucia Marese Baskette (romantic): Aurelian and Lucia…

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Story tension across the book.

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Lucia Marese Baskette
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VII
Lucia's clever brother, a mad doctor who establishes a private asylum and advises Lucia on securing property and invalidating Sternhold's will.
VIII
Devises the plan to drive Sternhold mad and orchestrates Lucia's Parisian performance.
IX
Arranges Lucia's theatrical appearances, manages the boy's guardianship, and oversees Sternhold's will; later caught in a religious controversy.
Chapter X
Deceased by this chapter, but his strategic papers and warnings—about the Sibbold claim, the lost deed, and the companies—continue to influence Marese and Theodore.
XIII
Theodore's father, who spent time with insane patients and initiated Theodore into the study of mental deficiencies.
XV
His papers detail the descendants of Arthur Sibbold; his asylum at Stirmingham houses Odo Lechester.

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