Ferdinand Count Fathom
The amoral and ambitious protagonist, an adventurer and con man.
Core Belief
"Self-interest is the only true motivator, and morality is a tool to be used or discarded as needed."
Worldview
Ferdinand views the world as a game to be won, where people are either pawns or players. He believes that success justifies any means, and that the only sin is getting caught. He sees society as hypocritical and easily manipulated.
Personality
Ferdinand is cunning, charismatic, and utterly without scruples. He's driven by ambition and a thirst for wealth and social status, willing to exploit and deceive anyone to achieve his goals. Despite his intelligence and charm, he lacks genuine empathy and moral compass, leading to a life of constant scheming and eventual ruin.
In Their Own Words
"Know then, I can despise your pride, while I honour your integrity, and applaud your taste, while I am shocked at your ostentation."
"A novel is a large diffused picture, comprehending the characters of life, disposed in different groups, and exhibited in various attitudes, for the purposes of an uniform plan, and general occurrence, to which every individual figure is subservient."
"That the mind might not be fatigued, nor the imagination disgusted, by a succession of vicious objects, I have endeavoured to refresh the attention with occasional incidents of a different nature; and raised up a virtuous character, in opposition to the adventurer, with a view to amuse the fancy, engage the affection, and form a striking contrast which might heighten the expression, and give a relief to the moral of the whole."
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