Kennard Bentley

Kennard Lionel Bentley is the father of Joanna and the husband of Keira. He is calm and collected, and is a very wealthy businessman.

Physical Description
Kennard is a tall man, with neatly-styled brown hair and narrow brown eyes. He has sharp features and a few wrinkles on his face. He often dresses in a suit and tie, showing off his wealth.

Personality
Kennard is very calm and laid-back, but tends to keep a low profile. While he is kind and polite to most people, he gives his wife plenty of money to keep her quiet and out of his way.

Biography
Kennard Bentley was born on May 6th, 1948, in Stratworth, Rosewick. He has lived in wealthy conditions all his life, and made the move to Ashdale in 1968 at the young age of twenty. There, he met the father of Keira Mason, who was a business partner of the wildly-known, bankrupt Charles Penworth. Kennard courted Keira for a short year before proposing, becoming engaged in November, 1969.

Less than two years later, their daughter, Joanna was born, and Kennard continued to work, earning plenty of money while his wife stayed at home with the baby. Though he was already aware of his wife's spending habits, he became irritated by her constant demand for more money, and gave it her, just for peace and quiet. Though their relationship was particularly affectionate, Kennard was much more fond of his daughter.

After many years of complaints, he became a member of Grande Contego, much to Keira's delight.

Joanna Bentley
Main article: Joanna Bentley

Joanna gets along well with her father, but she understands that, unlike her mother, he refuses to give her everything she wants. Kennard knows that, while she complains about it, a part of her knows it's good for her.

Keira Bentley
Main article: Keira Bentley

Keira uses Kennard as her personal bank, and has never had a particularly close relationship with him. They barely say more than a few words to each other every day, those in some cases, Keira is known to ramble on and complain to him. His response is to ignore her.

Appearances
Between Two Thorns (first appearance)