77. What Has Our Country Become? #365for2025

Name: Bartholomew Gloomsbury
Title: The Custodian of Spring
Vibe: Dressed like a cross between a Victorian botanist and a grim-faced beekeeper. He wears a long, dusty coat full of seed packets he refuses to plant. His wide-brimmed hat casts a permanent shadow over his eyes, and he carries a locked watering can labeled "Not Yet."

Backstory:
Bartholomew was once a vibrant gardener who loved spring more than anything. But after an ancient curse (or a really bad hay fever season), he was tasked with guarding the joy of spring until the world is “ready” again. He lurks in meadows just before bloom, rolling his eyes at birdsong and muttering things like, "Too early for daffodils."

Powers:

Can pause blossom mid-bloom

Turns pollen into fog

Speaks to hedgehogs, but only in sighs

Catchphrase:
“It’s not time yet.”