diff --git a/characters/forms.py b/characters/forms.py
index a74e782..045f73b 100644
--- a/characters/forms.py
+++ b/characters/forms.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from users.models import TenantUser
 class CharacterForm(ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Character
-        fields = ["name", "subtitle", "description_md", "aliases", "player", "faction", "location",
+        fields = ["name", "description_md", "aliases", "player", "faction", "location",
                   "archived", "color", "token_image", "large_image"]
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/characters/migrations/0018_remove_character_subtitle_and_more.py b/characters/migrations/0018_remove_character_subtitle_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb3e3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/characters/migrations/0018_remove_character_subtitle_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.8 on 2024-08-07 21:55
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("characters", "0017_character_linked_objects_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="character",
+            name="subtitle",
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="historicalcharacter",
+            name="subtitle",
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/characters/models.py b/characters/models.py
index 1f7db91..a651ebb 100644
--- a/characters/models.py
+++ b/characters/models.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class Character(NameSlugModel, DescriptionModel, AliasModel, HistoryModel):
         models.CharField(_("Nickname"), max_length=100),
         verbose_name=_("Aliases"), blank=True, null=True
     )
-    subtitle = models.CharField(_("Subtitle"), max_length=100, blank=True)
     player = models.ForeignKey(
         AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.PROTECT, blank=True, null=True,
         related_name="characters", verbose_name=_("Player"),
@@ -82,3 +81,13 @@ class Character(NameSlugModel, DescriptionModel, AliasModel, HistoryModel):
     @property
     def graphkey(self):
         return f"cha{self.pk}"
+
+    @property
+    def subtitle(self) -> str | None:
+        lines = self.description_md.splitlines()
+        if len(lines) == 0:
+            return None
+        first_line = lines[0]
+        if len(first_line) > 100:
+            return first_line[:100] + "…"
+        return first_line
diff --git a/characters/templates/characters/detail.jinja b/characters/templates/characters/detail.jinja
index 79b1e88..83837a8 100644
--- a/characters/templates/characters/detail.jinja
+++ b/characters/templates/characters/detail.jinja
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
                         {% trans %}Edit{% endtrans %}
                     </a>
                 </h1>
-                <p>{{ character.subtitle }}</p>
                 {% if character.aliases %}
                     <p>{% trans %}Also known as:{% endtrans %}</p>
                     <ul>
diff --git a/templates/macros.jinja b/templates/macros.jinja
index bc3becd..c33993a 100644
--- a/templates/macros.jinja
+++ b/templates/macros.jinja
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
                    href="{{ character.get_absolute_url() }}">
                     {{ character.name }}
                 </a>
-                <div>{{ character.subtitle }}</div>
+                {% if character.subtitle %}
+                    <div>{{ character.subtitle }}</div>
+                {% endif %}
             </div>
         </div>
     </li>
diff --git a/utils/views.py b/utils/views.py
index 9c00a7d..8755439 100644
--- a/utils/views.py
+++ b/utils/views.py
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ class JSONResponseMixin:
         if isinstance(object, Location):
             if object.parent:
                 description_list.append(f"in {object.parent}")
-        elif isinstance(object, Character):
-            if object.subtitle:
-                description_list.append(object.subtitle)
         elif isinstance(object, Loot):
             if object.owner:
                 description_list.append(object.owner.name)