Lord Wooster

What the sources establishEstablished

• Lord Wooster, sixties, manicured, eccentric, and shady, is the boss of the Counting House, with an office one level above the accountants and a window to watch them work. pilot p. 6
• He and Barron are old friends who clasp hands; Barron calls him 'Benji' and Wooster greets Barron's 'giggle-mugg'. pilot p. 6
• His office is ringed with display cases of indigenous artifacts gathered from across the empire, including a pottery fragment from Gravinia smuggled home in the rolled-up trouser legs of a soldier who lost his legs: 'Cost me an arm and a leg.' pilot p. 6
• He calls Olivia 'bricky to a fault', recounts that she drove her first Task Manager to reorganise the line, and complains she is far too detail-oriented. pilot p. 7
• When Olivia reports a direct payment from his office to an invalid corporal and suspects a traitor, he trades a furtive look with Barron and promises to look into it personally. pilot pp. 7-8
• He reassigns Olivia to the Foreign Minister on the spot, calling it 'positively fortuitous' and 'Marvelous! Won't you be missed!', and leads the office in a 'Huzzah!' as she leaves. pilot pp. 8-9
• He speaks in period slang: 'Bally snaps', 'ranny-gazzoo', 'snootered', 'Fair play'. pilot pp. 6-8
• Book Two profiles him as fundamentally corrupt, protecting financial irregularities through a network of favours, and relieved to have Olivia away from sensitive documents. Book Two, 'Supporting Cast', Lord Wooster; 'NPC Relationship Map', Wooster

Said, believed, or contradicted between sourcesRumored or disputed

• Book Two's knowledge sheet says Wooster knows money is being diverted from official accounts and that Barron wanted Olivia stopped; the pilot shows only the furtive look and the swift reassignment. Book Two, 'NPC Knowledge Cheat Sheet', Wooster
• The City Locations Guide gives Lord Wooster a key to the Cipher Room of the Albion Embassy in Kormor Kirak and a suite of rooms there; in the pilot he never leaves the capital. City Locations Guide, 'The Cipher Room', 'Lord Wooster's Rooms'; pilot pp. 6-9
• Book Two's Barron profile says friends call Barron 'Benji'; the pilot has Barron call Wooster 'Benji', and Book Two's Supporting Cast entry agrees with the pilot. Book Two, 'Character Profiles', Barron; pilot p. 6

What no source settlesUnestablished

• What the payment from Wooster's office to the invalid corporal was for is not established in any source.
• Wooster's given name beyond 'Benji', and his peerage, are not established in any source.

Reign of Blood, ICM first draft, 2022In the pilot

1. Chief Accountant's office: greets Barron, shows the Gravinia pottery, describes Olivia (pp. 6-7).
2. Olivia reports the anomaly; Wooster reassigns her (pp. 7-8).
3. Waves Olivia off with a 'Huzzah!' from the windows (p. 9).

Who and what this record touchesConnections

Every story, issue and quest where the name appearsAppearances

Not yet named in the published fiction, issues or quests.

Canon, in priority orderSources

1. The pilot script: Reign of Blood, ICM first draft 2022, pp. 6-9
2. Book Two: The People of the Eternal Court, 'Supporting Cast' (Lord Wooster), 'NPC Relationship Map', 'NPC Knowledge Cheat Sheet' (Wooster (Benji))
3. City Locations Guide, 'The Cipher Room', 'Lord Wooster's Rooms'
4. Campaign World Guide, 'Part Six' ('bricky to a fault')

Notes. No published fiction or quest mentions Wooster. The City Locations Guide relocates him to Kormor Kirak; the pilot keeps him in the capital.