In the second book, Gormenghast, he is murdered by Steerpike, who takes over the post of Master of Ritual. He takes on the hereditary office of Master of Ritual following the death of his father, and accepts Steerpike as his assistant. When he appears in the first book, Barquentine is 74 years old, and lives a hermitic existence in an obscure tract of the castle. He is frequently taunted by the castle's children, who sing "Rotten leg, rotten spine - ya! ya! Barquentine!"
He is a one-legged, hunchbacked dwarf with a bitter, vicious personality he never washes, he dresses in filthy rags, and his hair and beard are long, tangled, and dirty. It is the setting for the first two books in the Gormenghast series, Titus Groan and Gormenghast. He is the son of Sourdust, the Master of Ritual of Gormenghast Castle. Gormenghast is a fictional castle of titanic proportions that features prominently in a series of fantasy works penned by Mervyn Peake. Barquentine is a fictional character in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series.
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