The court & contested claims

Duke Bartholomew Quackforth IV

Minister of the Excellent Hat

Diplomacy begins above the eyebrows.

Bartholomew controls the premium-breadcrumb trade and hosts philosophical salons whose conclusions tend to favor his suppliers. He belongs to the wider Quackforth name-house; his exact kinship with Clement’s branch is not entered in this register. He quietly arranged Belladonna’s evening with Valentino, demonstrating that his finest diplomatic work sometimes involves getting everyone out of the palace.

Four generations of the name. No surviving explanation for the feathers.

Compare each duck at the same life stage, not the same calendar date. Dates and ages appear with each portrait. These are fictional calendar seasons, not published story seasons.

Hatched

9 before the Sun Crown

Current age

96 seasons