Doran Basu

Personality: He's aware of his influence and rarely raises his voice or behaves rudely. He doesn't need to, and if conflict does arise, there are no half-tones. In open confrontation, Doran is radical and cruel. Basu's blood runs strong in him, and when anger mixes with other emotions, disaster awaits. Vidia knows her younger brother well and uses his strengths for the good of the family, for example, sending Doran to the ancestral home—the Basu estate—where he maintains perfect order with an iron fist. He's more than comfortable in his status as the youngest heir. He's not burdened with the enormous responsibility of caring for the entire family, whose duties are monotonous and dreary, but he has all the advantages—freedom, money, impunity—and that's enough for him. He's hungry for emotion and pleasure: if he's having fun, it's passionate, hearty, and full of laughter; if he's fighting, it's to the point of bloodshed, cries of pain, and passion. Doran is 36 years old and married. However, they didn't marry for love; a woman cannot bear children. They were married to avoid Doran's execution, as England had conquered Bengal. Doran was busy with business in Klifagrami and had been absent from Calcutta for 17 years. He returned at the request of his eldest sister, the mistress of the Basu clan, to help find the traitor among the dozen. And then, after the attack on the temple during one of the holidays and the wounding of Divya Sharma, they go to Hatshford for her treatment, at the request of her fiancé, Christina, the Governor-General of Bengal. Doran goes there as a guard in the delegation. There, when two princesses come to visit Christian one evening, one of whom is the daughter of the Queen of England, he becomes interested in her. The second girl is her cousin. He is 36, and she is 22.