The Fall of the Haitian Imperial Family
How Faustin III and his dynasty died in just one night.
Faustin III
His Majesty, Emperor Faustin III died a relatively peaceful death compared to his 3 children, and grandson. Already old and considered unfit to rule the Empire, he lost most of his power to his ambitious son, Henri, years before the Haitian Civil War. He despised being an old man and a figurehead. One day, very early in the morning, his children entered his bedchamber and gave him the sad news of the fall of Haiti he said something to his children that he had wanted to say for years,"YOU DAMNED SPOILED BRATS, YOU'VE FINALLY BROUGHT THE NATION TO HELL!".(He had much more to say, none of which is appropriate for forums.) After that outburst he had a stroke and shortly died. May the emperor rest in peace.
Jean
Jean was the most spoiled of Faustin's brats, also the youngest and most hated. Before the fall of Haiti he lived a pampered lifestyle that involved having numerous illegitimate children, spending money that wasn't his on luxuries like houses, cars, and women. His favorite past time was harassing the lower class, and anybody that spoke Creole, which he had no understanding of. After the Haitian Civil War erupted, Jean lost his luxurious lifestyle, and started to develop an insanity. In his insanity Jean started to imagine that he was not a Haitian prince, but instead the powerful loa spirit Ogoun. When the Cubans arrived at the palace, he said to the palace guards "My risen army of zombi, follow me into this glorious battle and let us gain victory and save the fellow zombis of Ayiti." The Cubans killed him quickly, his body was burned and forgotten about.
Celita
Celita was an angelic, beautiful, and kind hearted person. She was the only daughter of Faustin, and the middle child of the three. She was a devout and good-Catholic girl, she donated to the poor and spoke kind of everyone. Unfortunately she was also an idiot. Her vocabulary was limited, she slept through politics, if you asked her what 2+2 was she'd say "a question". The Cubans forced themselves into the palace at noon right while she was preparing to deliver a truce to the Cuban forces. Instead of listening to her French babbles the troops seized her, and poor Celita was raped. It is not known what happened next but it is believed she was killed, though others say that she faked death and when the Cubans left she fled to a convent and become a nun where she is still referred to as "Princess Celita".
Henri
Henri was the oldest son and heir to Faustin. He was an ambitious man and had plans for Haiti, plans to make the Empire expand all the way to Africa. He was a supporter of buying Ovambia, and invading Nova Brazil. In fact he was the one who decided to invade Nova Brazil under the false pretense of being sympathetic towards the fellow Africans. Henri had a wife, Marie, and a son Faustin(IV). After Cuba invade Haiti he still held on to his ambitions, and claimed that he would someday become the Haitian Emperor of the Caribbean. After hearing of the death of his two younger siblings, and realizing it was all over he took a pistol to his head and committed suicide, with his wife and son as witnesses.
Faustin IV
Faustin IV, was 13 during the fall of Haiti. He witnessed his grandfather dying, his uncles insanity, heard the screams of his poor aunt, and saw his father kill himself right in front of him. His mother did not give him time to mourn for his fallen family, they fled the palace through a secret exit. As they ran they heard an explosion, they turned and saw their once magnificent palace become engulfed in flames and turned to rubble. Shortly after the destruction of the palace the Cubans found a boy and a woman hiding in the palace grounds. These two were taken and executed as the last two members of the Imperial family. As with Celita there are some who believe they survived and fled to the rural mountains of Hispaniola where they now live as peasants.
