Hovhannes Zorab

Overview

Hovhannes Zorab is the patriarch of the Armenian family firm Zorab & Sons and the host of the sale of his late nephew’s Himalayan effects at the Zorab and Sons Godown on The Strand, Wednesday 12 October 1814. He is sixty-three. He greets his guests warmly, points out his nephew’s belongings, and unveils Lot 14 himself.

History

The patriarch of the Armenian family holding the auction at the Zorab and Sons warehouse. He greets guests, points out his nephew’s belongings, and is later found injured and traumatized after a Mi-Go attacked the warehouse.

Sixty-three years old. Proud and courteous, he presides over the sale of his dead nephew’s effects (Movses Zorab) while the family’s firm shrinks around him.

Related

• People: Gregor Zorab — his son
• People: Mariam Zorab — his daughter, who bandages him after the attack
• People: Movses Zorab — his late nephew, whose effects he is selling
• Places: Zorab and Sons Godown — the family’s godown, where the sale was held
• Things: Brain Cylinder Lot 14 — Lot 14, which he unveiled

Campaign Log

• Session 13 - Sundry Fittings — greeted the party warmly and unveiled Lot 14 to open the bidding. Found injured and bandaged by Mariam amid the dissolving remains of a Mi-Go that had attacked the godown while the party was away; accepted Katherine’s account that Dr Venn was to blame for Gregor’s condition.