Jacques Picard = GreekAnalyzer
Bio: Picard is a member of the
noblesse oblige, the rapidly forming middle class. He works as a simple blacksmith to support his family but also harbors resentment over his child dying in a carriage accident when a nobleman ran him over.
Ambroise Proulx = Trexeric
Bio: Ambroise is a soldier at heart, a master of strategy, and an avid chess player. With all his genius in the art of war, Ambroise does not pursue this calling and instead insists on writing stories and the sort, and makes his living as an author. Anyone who reads his stories can tell, however, that Ambroise has a deep understanding of the battlefield, and not a necessarily good writing ability.
François "le Chat Noir" Beauchene = TheNoob
Bio: François "le Chat Noir" Beauchene is possibly the most skilled assassin in France. He has only been in the trade for 5 years, but his skill exceeds his experience; many noblemen and others have fallen to the hands of François. However, after his first murder, he decided to send a message to the army, knowing he wouldn't get caught. The message was that he had killed Antoine Daladier, the mayor of his town, and was delivered on a black cat. From then on, he was known as "le Chat Noir."
"Le Chat Noir" was born in a small town in Brittany, and after he graduated from the local schooling that his parents paid for, he left. It took him a few years before he started work as an assassin, but he was a master sneak and strategist. "Le Chat Noir" started out with petty thievery, but then evolved into the most feared assassin in France.
He personally doesn't care for the army too much, seeing as they are always trying to arrest him and all, but he knows they'll never catch him. Well, they haven't thus far at least. Now as time goes on, he decided to make himself an assassin for hire, so to say. However, outside of murdering, he has hobbies such as painting and baking.
"Le Chat Noir" is a 24 year old male. He has a plot to infiltrate the ranks of Parisian royalty hatching as we speak. For what reason? We aren't too sure yet, but whatever it is, the plan is underway; "le Chat Noir" is in disguise and already working inside of the palace.
Raymond Séverin Sarkozi
Bio: Raymond is one of the best writers in France. He wrote many books about enlightenment and freedom. He was also one of the pioneers for Romanticism and wrote many books with that style. He was one of the campaigners for a Republic and believes that more reform should be done to make France more free like secularization.
Çatin Pierre Martin = Citis
Bio: Çatin is a young french soldier. Coming from a highly religious poor family, he proved to be a very smart person. With some help of a distant relative, who is highly ranked military official, he managed his own way in the french army. He may start low ranked, but he is ambitious and would struggle to go up in military hierarchy. He is highly interested in politics, although he mostly express his thoughts in his personal diary.
Lady Natalia Bluche = CaterpillarKing
Natalia was born into a line of powerful women. Her great great grandmother was a powerful adviser to the Spanish royal family. Her family moved to France in Orleans when she was seven with her mother and father. Her mother became a powerful politician and helped get Natalia into the lime light at a younger age. When she was 21 she married a nobleman but he died from a disease only three years later. She now travels the country side, looking for work. She was always the best fighter in her town in Spain and he neighborhood in France. Her skills with weapons are unmatched so she now works as an assassin or mercenary for anyone who needs it, as no one expects a woman. Though she looks poor and weak, her word is highly respected and she is both wealthy and powerful, she was even knighted by France after saving a member of the royal family from highwaymen. She prefers to stay inconspicuous though and not have people know who she is.
Marta Valadina = Matthias I
Marta is the only daughter of her italian parents, who settled around Calais. Her father, a rich merchant who has business in the New World, helped her to rose into prominence in the local politics and she soon showed her abilities for administration and intrigue. After her parents death, they died on a boat which sunk coming back from Quebec, she inherited her father business and money, along with his appointment as future mayor of Calais. After she completed her ternure as mayoress(?) of Calais, she is regarded as one of the most powerful women of France. And is important to remenber that she, Marta Valadina, is a unmarried young lady with only 22 years old and brilliant skills for administration and intrigue, what the future holds for her is, at least, interesting...
Jean-Luc Boisson = Loki242
Bio: Son of a French soldier and a native american woman, Jean-Luc Boisson is a born and raised resident of French Louisiana. A master tracker and woodsman, he spends most of his time in the unclaimed wilderness, and has close ties to various tribes throughout the region due to trade. He often serves as a guide, trader or even mercenary to those willing to brave the wilds of the new world.
Voltaire = Warriorman
Born in Paris in 1694 to a local lawyer and housewife, Voltaire has become quite the sensation with the young French anti-royalist cause with his inspirational works encouraging freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and even daring to suggest the separation of church from state. Now, Voltaire is increasingly encouraging his young French followers to address the problems of the current French "republic" to the King.
Léo Colbert = Grifguz
A member of the noblesse oblige, Léo Colbert was born in Bordeaux 1734 to a family of clerks and government workers. His father was a strong républicain and loathed the lingering influence the monarchy still had on France. Colbert is deeply invested in these views and laissez faire economics. Colbert wishes to build his stature to one day represent his home province and one day, all of France itself
Strengths:
Gregarious, relatively intelligent, decisive, affable
Weaknesses:
Rather pudgy, short tempered, can underestimate opponents
