Augustus Bolt

Player: Jay. Chapters played: 0 (Before the Canticle), 1 (London), 2 (Lyon, through Orphans’ Hospital Raid). Replacement character: Colonel_Henri_Moreau.

Augustus Bolt was one of the five original investigators of the campaign, alongside Marina_Garrick, Emma_Wentworth, Georgiana_Wentworth, and Charlotte_Thorne. He was Jay’s first character in the campaign — a gentleman who came to the adventure through social connections and stayed through conviction.

Augustus was first introduced in Chapter 0 (The Huntley Wedding / Before the Canticle). He was friends with Thomas Huntley and had been invited to Perry Mead for the wedding celebrations.

• Chapter 0 (Before the Canticle): Present at Perry Mead for the Huntley Wedding. One of the five who witnessed the events that drew them into the Order’s orbit.
• Chapter 1 (London): Active investigator. Part of the original London party alongside Marina, Emma, Georgiana, and Charlotte.
• Chapter 2 (Lyon) — Road to Puyrault’s Estate: Bitten by ciimba on the road to Puyrault’s estate. The bite caused sickness — making Augustus the first party casualty of the Lyon chapter.
• Chapter 2 (Lyon) — Orphans’ Hospital Raid (Death): At the Orphans_Hospital_Raid, Augustus went out front alone to hold off five Blue Sash reinforcements arriving at the hospital. He sustained mortal wounds in the fighting. Jacob rushed to his side to save him and critically failed the First Aid check — shoving his thumb into Augustus’s wound, killing him. Jay subsequently took over Colonel Moreau as his character.

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Augustus’s death at the Orphans’ Hospital was the campaign’s first loss in the Lyon chapter and part of a devastating cascade: within minutes of Augustus dying under Jacob’s hands, Marina shot Jacob dead in the basement below. Two PCs killed in the same building within minutes of each other. The Orphans’ Hospital Raid remains the single bloodiest scene of the campaign.

Augustus went down fighting — holding the line alone against superior numbers to buy the rest of the party time. His death was the death of a soldier, even though he was a gentleman by occupation.

• Player: Jay (Jay’s second character overall; preceded by James_Bennet, followed by Colonel_Henri_Moreau, then Freddy_Cavendish)
• Fellow original investigators: Marina_Garrick, Emma_Wentworth, Georgiana_Wentworth, Charlotte_Thorne
• Fellow party member: Thomas_Wyndham
• Killed by: Jacob (critically failed First Aid at the Orphans_Hospital_Raid)