Octavius Tate, is the husband of Glady's Tate and a character in the Landry series by V.C. Andrews. In the final novel of the Landry Series, Tarnished Gold, Octavius Tate rapes Gabrielle Landry in a secluded swamp in the Bayou and fathers Paul Tate. But before Octavius rapes Gabrielle he tells her that his marriage to Gladys White, was only to get ahead as well as was arranged. During Gabrielle's time in seclusion, inside the Tate Mannor, Octavius tries to make moves on Gabrielle by offering friendly card and board games, he also explains again that he never loved his wife Gladys and is very kind to Gabrielle during her stay at the Tate Mannor. Minutes after Gabrielle gives birth to Paul, Gladys whisks the baby away and tells Gabrielle to leave, however Gabrielle's mother Catherine insists