Tartuffe
Last updated 2025-11-13
Tartuffe was a philanthropist. He made his appearance in Arlecchino’s Character Teaser, "Arlecchino: Sleep in Peace". He is also mentioned in the quest Birds in a Cage in Arlecchino's Story Quest, Ignis Purgatorius Chapter: Act I - When the Hearth-Flame Goes Out.
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Tartuffe was a wealthy man who was seen by the public as a philanthropist and Savior of the Poor. In reality, he was a child trafficker who gained his wealth by trafficking young children and embezzling funds from charities. At one point, one of Arlecchino’s orphans, “Snezhevna”, had gotten injured while trying to save the emaciated children he was trafficking, and later died.
However, this would all come to an end when Arlecchino decided to deal with him personally. While Tartuffe was in his room gloating to himself about how “those fools” would never know how it is like to be rich, Arlecchino opened the doors and grabbed him by the throat, throwing him to the ground and stepping on the side of his head with her heel. She then began twisting her heel around and then finally crushes his skull with it, killing him, avenging Snezhevna and the children he had mistreated.
After this, Arlecchino walks out of the room and bumps into Freminet. She told him she had acquired new funds to adopt more homeless children, implying she had confiscated Tartuffe's illicit Mora. Tartuffe's death was later reported in the newspaper, which is seen when Arlecchino visited the grave of the deceased orphan. She is seen dropping Tartuffe's rings onto the newspaper article, commenting about how those who parade their morals often do the most evil.
In Birds in a Cage, Arlecchino agreed to withdraw her forces from Fontaine over time in exchange for expelled House members being accommodated by reintegrating them back into Fontaine society. Neuvillette asks if she really means it, not wanting another incident like the Tartuffe assassination to cross his desk again. Arlecchino admits to nothing but confirms that such occurrences were much less likely to happen, and gives condolences to Tartuffe's family.
Appearance
He was a wealthy man with dark blue eyes, slicked back brown hair and a moustache. He wore a blue pants, a formal green suit and a white cravat with a green gem at the top. On his head he wore a black fedora and had several rings on his fingers.
Personality
To the public, Tartuffe was seen as a philanthropic man who generously gave out money to help those of lower financial status. In reality, he was a greedy, cold-hearted person who had no qualms trafficking children and starving them, all for the purpose of making money, while parading his morals to the public. He also looked down on the poor, calling them fools who would never know what it was like to be rich.
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Trivia
- Tartuffe, first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière.