Native PCs - Family NPCs

[Better Dread than Dead]

PC Name: Lidia Chirilov

NPC Name: Vasile Chirilov
Relation to PC: Father (Executed in 768 B.C.)
NPC Location: Buried on the Grounds of the Wachter Family's Estate

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Vasile was a Lance Corporal within the Wachter Family's militia and participated in the War of Copper Knives. He was present at the Battle of the Banner, but saw little action. He was, however, heavily involved in the taking of Vallaki by the late Lord-Boyar's forces. Fanatically loyal to the Wachters and zealous in his newly-discovered Ezrite faith, he was a true believer in the righteousness of the Wachters' cause. Ultimately, he would be one of the unlucky ones executed after Strahd von Zarovich XI ordered the decimation of the Wachter militia at the War of Copper Knives' conclusion.

Lidia was far closer to her father than to her mother, and this shows. To this day, Lidia cannot bring herself to forgive the Grey City, the Wachter Family, or the "Dilisnya cultists" for the roles they had in taking her father away from her.

NPC Name: Ecaterina Chirilov
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Lives in a farm on Krezk's outskirts

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): The loss of her husband caused Ecaterina to turn towards the bottle for comfort. When this wasn't enough, she brought one man after another into the bed she and Vasile once shared. Ecaterina's current lover, who gambled away the family's money and successfully convinced her that Lidia ought to be wed off herself so they can be rid of her, proved to be the final straw and Lidia made her way east with only the clothes on her back.

NPC Name: Pavel Chirilov
Relation to PC: Brother
NPC Location: Lives on a farm in Krezk's outskirts

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): A dull-witted ox of a man who tends to the day-to-day operations of the Chirilov family's failing farm. With Lidia's sudden departure, Pavel must also handle the farm's book-keeping as well. The results are mixed, as Pavel was never a man for numbers.

NPC Name: Magdalena Chirilov
Relation to PC: Grandmother (Paternal, Passed Away in 765 B.C.)
NPC Location: Deceased

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Lidia never knew her grandmother terribly well. However, when she passed, Lidia inherited a peculiar book from her. Its contents, until recently, remained a mystery.

[Lexica]

PC Name: Mirabel Taltos

NPC Name: Stefania Taltos
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Lives in a small house on the outskirts of Krezk, currently missing, presumed dead.

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): A middle aged woman with long, dark hair and brown eyes, she has a strength to her that her growing age hasn't diminished. She works as a tailor, and never got along well with her only child. They would often have arguments over Mirabel's propensity to vanish the whole day and return covered in mud, or with a black eye and bloodied nose from getting in fights. Since Mirabel left home, she's lived on her own, until one day her home was found with a splintered door and a mess of blood inside, the woman herself nowhere to be found.

[Smiles]

PC Name: Ingrid Voll

NPC Name: Elya Voll
Relation to PC: Daughter
NPC Location: Radiant Tower, Lekar, Falkovnia

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Eighteen years old, Elya is a young and patriotic Falkovnian ready to die for her country. She is blonde, striking, and fiercely logical. Recently she has, through no small effort on her own part, been accepted to join the Radiant tower studying arcane magicks. Elya is supported by her mother, who sends her monies and letters every week. Even so, Elya has not forgiven her mother for deserting Falkovnia, taking every opportunity to prove herself a true daughter of the Hawk. She has a dog named Wilhelm.

[Randalla]

PC Name: Seneca Laelithar

NPC Name: Ardmor Laelithar
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Darkon, The Mistlands, Neblus

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): A strong and prideful elven man, although harsh at time, he always means well. Has long dark hair, with greenish grey eyes. Both tall and muscular in build, due to many years of harsh labor, as well from being a sort of retired monster hunter.

NPC Name: Uulia Laelithar
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Darkon, The Mistlands, Neblus

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): A deeply spiritual elven woman, riddled with both wisdom and superstition equally. Has long dark hair and violet eyes, her build is tall but slim. Taught all of her family members about the arcane. Adores her children more than anything else in the world.

NPC Name: Sereya Laelithar
Relation to PC: Sister (Presumed dead or missing)
NPC Location: Formerly Darkon, the Mistlands, Neblus.

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): The very opposite of Seneca; Brash, wild, outgoing, and sporting incredible physical prowess. Looks a lot like her brother, with dark long hair and violet eyes, only a lot physically stronger in appearance than him. She vanished during a winter solstice several years ago, and has never been seen since then.

[tanikozo]

PC Name: Stoian Stanciu

NPC Name: Ioana Stanciu
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Deceased, buried near Krezk

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Passed away when Stoian was still an infant. A loving and caring mother who was denied the opportunity of raising her child due to the swift and merciless hand of death.

NPC Name: Matei Stanciu
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: A rundown small house in the seedier parts of Krezk

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): A rabid alcoholic with a troublesome streak of getting himself into trouble more often than not due to the impetuous tongue his drunken self has. It is a small miracle he scrapes a living, doesn't hold a stable job instead resorting to petty crime mainly involving pickpocketting. Has never been violent in any stretch towards his son but he never paid any attention to him either. This has made Stoian feel seething hatred towards his father.

NPC Name: Florin Stanciu
Relation to PC: Uncle
NPC Location: Deceased, buried near Krezk

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Florin took care of his good-for-nothing brother's son after Stoian's mother passed away. He'd seem emotionally distant at times but nevertheless he cared deeply for Stoian and showed him the ropes in his little general store as well as teaching him the letters. Stoian did a number of odd jobs and menial tasks in his uncle store including offloading and moving stock, cleaning the place, helping with the ledgers, guarding the place and so on.

One night he was murdered by an unknown blade, leaving Stoian with no other choice than to seek a fresh start far away in Vallaki.

[PrimetheGrime]

PC Name: Giles Hawkins

NPC Name: Penny Hawkins
Relation to PC: Mother (Died of sickness in 766)
NPC Location: In storage at the Hanover Brothers Workshop, Paridon

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Penny Hawkins made her living in the mean streets of Blackchapel as a laundress. Making barely a pittance to afford the roof over her head, that being the small apartment she and Giles lived in. She had always been a source of patience and fun for the young Giles. Despite how hard her life was in raising the boy by herself, Penny always made time for him, teaching him what life lessons she could. A plague was the source of her slow decline and eventual death in 766, Giles Sold her body to the Hanover Brothers for coin.

NPC Name: Simon Hawkins
Relation to PC: Biological Father (Unknown)
NPC Location: Somewhere in the Docks, Paridon

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Simon Hawkins was a dock worker and a small time gang member within Blackchapel. He swept Penny off her feet, the two having a brief connection before he walked out on her as she was with child. Since then, he has taken to working Dock shifts and still frequents his small time gang, becoming one of their lieutenants. He has never met Giles in his life.

[Glowfire]

PC Name: Eglantine Desrosiers (born 756 BC)

Valerian Desrosiers
Grandfather
Residing in Valay, Dementlieu

Marquis de Valay is a rotound man approaching his late sixties and his boisterous manners easily remind the people around him that he is not ready to pass on just yet. As with many in the family before him, he is quick to anger but also quick to cool down and forgive. Beneath the raucous laughter and at times, a rather easy going manner, there is a scheming mind that has hold on to the position as the head of the family and sought to ensure a prosperous future for the grandchildren. While there are at times tensions with the grandsons, he is known to be doting on the granddaughter, the delicate bloom.

Arlette Desrosiers
Grandmother
Buried in Valay, Dementlieu

Marquise de Valay passed away peacefully in her sleep from old age in the beginning of 775 BC and was buried on the family lands. Unlike her husband, Arlette had a gentler way with people and often quietly soothed any tense relations caused. During her life she had come to oversee many cultivars of roses herself. She was a traditional woman and her marriage to her husband was not a love match but they managed the lands and family efficiently, balancing each other out in temperament.

Amand Desrosiers
Father
Buried in the cemetery by Port-a-Lucine, Dementlieu

Executed in the wake of the revolution 770 BC. Amand was known as a softer man than Valerian, seeming to have taken after his mother's personality more. There were often tensions between Amand and Valerian, with Valerian being of the opinion that his heir was not responsible enough to manage the family lands.

Marilene Desrosiers
Mother
Buried in the cemetery by Port-a-Lucine, Dementlieu

Executed in the wake of the revolution 770 BC. Marilene was a woman of fine bearing and with fine tastes, which her husband did not deny her. Her own family were accustomed to the easy luxuries of Port-a-Lucine which the border nobles of House Desrosiers were not concerned with to the same extent.

Emile Desrosiers
Oldest brother - born 753 BC
Residing in Valay, Dementlieu

Married to Edwige with a young son by the name of Gabin. As the heir, Emile is trying to do what he can to please his grandfather the Marquis. He often finds himself falling short, struggling to meet with the demands and accused of being too much like his father. Whether the struggles are due to his own incompetence or too high demands of the Marquis is up to debate. Often loud ones on the family estate. He is close to his brother, Emeric.

Emeric Desrosiers
Younger brother - Born 754 BC
Residing in Valay, Dementlieu

Unmarried. Known to have a clever head on his shoulders but also sharing some of the Marquis' temper. He is very supportive of his brother Emile and tries to mend relations between Emile and their grandfather but just as often also makes them worse. He is pressured to find a wife but not to accept just any kind of marriage arrangement.

[LancerFreya]

PC: Phillberte Gatteux (born 745 BC)

NPC Family members

Baron Philippe Gatteux (Born 705 BC)
Alive- Ste. Ronges Richemulot

An elderly man with a youthful vigor and playfull glint in his eye. His once brown hair now grey but still fairly thick. He maintains his work as a courtier despite his advanced age.


Baroness Blanche Gatteux (Born 700 BC)
Died (758 BC)


Rogier Gatteux (Born 744 BC)
Alive- Ste. Ronges Richemulot

Taking after his father, Rogier has roguish good looks and a voice as smooth as silk. He keeps his long brown hair in a loose ponytail. Often seen in noble circles he is always talking and making a good impression with all he can.

PC Family
Edric Gatteux - Twin brother (born 745 BC)
Isabeau Gatteux - Younger sister (born 747 BC)
Jacques-Jean Gatteux - Younger Brother (Born 743 BC)
Aidelina (Born 754 BC) - Younger Sister
Heloise (Born 758 BC) - Younger Sister

[NorthernStorm]

PC Name: Rozalina Ionescu

NPC Name: Marta Ionescu
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Vallaki Slums

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words):
Marta and Rozalina have a complicated relationship. While Marta cares for her daughter, being the result of a union with an unknown vistana and being unmarried leaving her ostracized. Therefore, the two have not spoken much since Rozalina has been old enough to fend for herself.

NPC Name: Milosh
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Unkown

Describe the NPC (less than 100 words):
Milosh is a vistani, unbeknown to Rozalina, belonging to the Vatraska. He only remained briefly in Vallaki when his caravan was passing by, Rozalina knows nearly nothing about him.

[GothicProtagonist]

Adelina des Ayvelles

NPC Relatives:

NPC Name: Donatien des Ayvelles
Status: Alive
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Chateaux de Sebastian
Describe the NPC: Despite being well into his fifties, Donatien is still as hot-headed as he was in his youth. Known to his few friends as a loving father and a great patriot, the chevalier has been weighted down by the recent disapperance of his beloved daughter greately. When he's not sending notices bearing Adelina's likeness, he tends to disappear for days at time to search for her, leaving his middle son in charge of the estate.

NPC Name: Amelia des Ayvelles (nee Guinigi)
Status: Deceased
Relation to PC: Mother
Describe the NPC: A spirited young woman of a Borcan blood, Amelia quickly captured Donatien's "Invidian heart", leading to their scandalous elopement. An angel to some, shrewd harpy to others, Amelia lives on in the image of her children. Adelina in particular was said to bear a striking resemblance to her mother.

NPC Name: Cyprien des Ayvelles
Status: Alive
Relation to PC: Older brother
NPC Location: Port-à-Lucine
Describe the NPC: The oldest and perhaps the smartest of des Ayvelles children, Cyprien butts heads with his father far too often for the family's comfort, leading to extended periods of absence from the household. Currently studying medicine at the University of Port-à-Lucine.

NPC Name: Balthazar des Ayvelles
Status: Alive
Relation to PC: Older brother
NPC Location: Chateaux de Sebastian
Describe the NPC: The middle child of des Ayvelles, Balthazar idolizes Donatien and tries to emulate him in all aspects of life, perhaps trying to become the heir the man did not find in Cyprien. Like his twin brother, Balthazar is a handsome young man, having inherited his father's masculine features and mother's green eyes.

[Divine Heir]

Catalina Oprescu

NPC Relatives:

NPC Name: Ivan Oprescu
Status: Alive
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: A house near the marketplace in Vallaki.
Describe the NPC:A tall, burly, ugly man with a heavyset form. He looks stressed, constantly, working day and night to pay off any debts or rent he must. Collecting coin to help his wife and child for the last twenty years has left a clear mark on his psyche, ignoring most of the insults his wife throws his way as he helps her go about his day and does his leatherworking, selling his work to other traders around the Grey City.

NPC Name: Allia Oprescu
Status: Alive, but bedridden
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: A house near the marketplace of Vallaki
Describe the NPC: Allia was a frail, tall woman, who's simple beauty had been shattered by an infection in her left leg which has left her bedridden ever since four years ago. She despises her daughter out of jealousy of the freedoms she once had. She often insults her husband, who works day and night to pay for her survival aswell as his own with the meager work he does.

[Pav]

Decebal Muresan

NPC Relatives:

NPC Name: Cristian Muresan
Status: Alive
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Western Nobles District, Vallaki
Describe the NPC: A relatively affluent tradesman and mover of goods, Cristian is a surprisingly highbrow individual for an older Barovian man - this "surprise" is further accentuated by his thuggish appearance, with broad shoulders and the mug of a brute. He does not share these facial features with his son, and they have been estranged for the last five years.

NPC Name: Maria Muresan
Status: Alive
Relation to NPC: Stepmother
NPC Location: Western Nobles District, Vallaki
Describe the NPC: The reason for father and son's estrangement, Maria is a young woman, only a couple of years older than Decebal himself. Undeniably a beauty, the circumstance of her marriage to Cristian are vague besides the shallowly obvious.

NPC Name: Florin and Ilona Muresan
Status: Alive
Relation to NPC: Younger Siblings
NPC Location: Western Nobles District, Vallaki
Describe the NPC: Decebal's half-siblings from his father's second marriage. They are twins, and are barely five years old.

NPC Name: ???
Status: ???
Relation to NPC: Mother
NPC Location: Somewhere in Barovia...
Describe the NPC: Decebal's mother and Cristian's first wife; she disappeared nearly twenty-five years ago. Cristian has always refused to speak of her, further complicating his relationship with his firstborn son.

[All-Purpose Fleur]

Marius Allricsson

NPC Name: Giorgio Allricsson
Relation: Father (Died in May of 773, killed by wolves. Aged 55)
Description: An elderly kind hearted and deeply religious halfling who would always keep a bushy grey mustache. Giorgio originally from Borca found himself in Barovia where he fell in love with a halfling woman named Sonia Wynstansson. The two settled down south of the village of Barovia where they started their family living in relative peace. Giorgio instilled a love of ezra and nature in to his only son as well as being a source of wisdom. He died when he and Marius where both ambushed by Wolves.

NPC Name: Sonia Allricsson
Relation: Mother (Died November 29th 775, causes unknown. Aged 55)
Description: A portly Barovian halfling who's early greying hair was usually kept in two braids had never left the area around the village of Barovia in her life. When she met Giorgio it was love at first sight. She converted to Ezra to please her husband and helped raise her only son to be a kind hearted man. She had a love for sewing and created all of her familiy's clothes. She was in good health when she passed in the night.

[Asous]

Esther-Chrétienne Espivant

NPC Name: Jourdain Espivant
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Edrigan Cemetery, deceased (30th December, 775)

Description: Before his untimely demise, Jourdain worked as a farmhand on the outskirts of Edrigan. Aged 47 with blond hair and blue eyes. Two gunshots to the back marked his demise, while on his way back to the family home after visiting the local market.

NPC Name: Aliénor Espivant
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Edrigan

Description: Widow of the late Jourdain Espivant. A reclusive, quiet woman who has retreated into the relative safety of their family home - which is at risk due to unpaid debts.

NPC Name: Mathieu Espivant
Relation to PC: Sibling
NPC Location: ???

Description: Twin brother of Esther-Chrétienne. Strawberry-blond hair and blue eyes, aged 19. Missing, presumed dead (last seen two nights before the death of their father).

NPC Name: Isabeau Espivant
Relation to PC: Sibling
NPC Location: Edrigan

Description: Youngest of the family, aged 7.

[Cyber Viking]

Colin Beauregard

NPC Name: Ludwig Beauregard
Relation to PC: Uncle (Fathers Side)
NPC Location: Lamordia
Current Age: 62

Notes: Ludwig is in constant pursuit of Colin after he ran off into the night with 100,000 and after bedding Emone.
Description: White, frizzy hair almost fully covers a lean, menacing face. Woeful hazel eyes, set well within their sockets, watch affectionately over the home they've looked after for so long. Several moles are spread oddly on his right cheek.

NPC Name: Emone Beauregard
Relation to PC: Cousin (Ludwig Beauregards Daughter)
NPC Location: Lamordia
Current Age: 20

Notes: Colin had intimate relations with Emone in 774, after which he ran off to hide from his pursuing uncle.
Description: Chestnut, curly hair almost fully covers a chiseled, lively face. Piercing blue eyes.

NPC Name: Aliénor Beauregard
Relation to PC: Aunt (Ludwig Beauregard's Wife)
NPC Location: Lamordian Cemetery Family Plot deceased (12th April, 765)

Notes: Aliénor Married Ludwig almost 19 years ago and brought with her Emone, a daughter from a previous Husband. Died with André after a Highway Robbery.
Description: Gray, short hair awkwardly hangs over a skinny, sad face. Dead green eyes, set seductively within their sockets, watch wearily over the homes they've sworn to protect for so long. A gunshot wound stretching from the bottom of the left cheekbone , running towards the tip of the nose and ending out under her right eye and which was the manner of her demise.

NPC Name: André Beauregard
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Lamordian Cemetery Family Plot deceased (12th April, 765)

Notes: No one is clear as to why André and Aliénor were traveling in the same carriage, many rumors of affairs and secret love were spread but never confirmed. Their Murder was by pure happenstance as they came under attack by highwaymen. This was on one of the rare occasions that André and Colin ever visited Lamordia. Colin returned to Blaustien to settle his fathers affairs and quickly joined a ships crew soon after.
Description: Gray, short hair hangs over a round, sad face. Dead green eyes. A gunshot wound at close range left a black ring on his chest, fired directly into his heart and which was the manner of his demise.

NPC Name: Nicolette Beauregard
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Missing Since (24th December, 755)
Current Age: 64

Notes: Left Colin with his father soon after Colin was born, He hasn't seen her since nor has the want to.
Description: Golden, curly hair tight in a ponytail reveals a craggy, cheerful face. Piercing violet eyes. Fair skin gracefully compliments her eyes and mouth and and leaves a pleasant memory of her past.

NPC Name: Captain Valère Voltaire
Relation to PC: Father Figure
NPC Location: Unknown Since (4th December, 774)
Current Age: 47

Notes: Colin spent half his life with Captain Voltaire, He became like a father to him after his had died. No one is sure where he went to spend his retirement.
Description: Brown, short hair is pulled back to reveal a chiseled, gloomy face. Woeful black eyes, set handsomely within their sockets, watch honorably over the Sea. Fallen debry left a mark stretching from the top of the left cheek , first running towards thin lips and ending on his right cheekbone.

[BlackEmperor]

Aldous Hargreaves

NPC Name: Mother Elizabeth
Relation to PC: Orphanage Mother
Current Age: 87

Notes: A celebrant of the Divinity of Mankind, she over saw the Third Blackchapel Orphanage. A harsh but fair woman, she often named the orphans after high dollar donars to the Orphanage, in this case Hargreaves Ashworth-Smythe.
Description: A tiny woman, a leathery face wrinkled to the point of a simple collection of lines.

To his knowledge, Aldous has no other family.

[Soulbourne]

PC Name:

Dortoga Khatorus

NPC Name: Eryk Khatorus
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Port-A-Lucine, Dementlieu
Current Age: 124

Notes: Eryk and his family were shamed and exiled for thievery from Corvia thirty years ago. He was forced to shave his long, braided beard and take his wife and daughter away with him. He had grown to be irritable and desolute. He blames his brother for what he has always maintained were false accusations. He has resigned himself to a life of work, squandering much of his earnings on nightly trips to bars.
Describe the NPC: A strong and sturdy dwarf, Eryk often works on the docks as a cargo hauler He has dark hair and shaves every day as a mark of his shame.

NPC Name: Sereya Khatorus
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Port-A-Lucine, Dementlieu
Current Age: 106

Notes: She wants to work in the library and organize knowledge but her High Mordentish is too poor. Instead, she has had to work various odd jobs to try and earn enough money to care for her young son.
Describe the NPC: Sereya lives for her children. She had twenty years of genuine, simple, and warm happiness after her marriage and the early years of her marriage but that is past. Her greatest shame is that her children will grow up without access to dwarven teachers or temples. She has insisted that despite living in Dementlieu, her children will learn dwarven and be brought up with stories of dwarven heroes and culture.

NPC Name: Aevar Khatorus
Relation to PC: Younger Brother
NPC Location: Port-A-Lucine, Dementlieu
Current Age: 11

Notes: Aevar was a child of surprise. Eryk and Sereya never intended on having children, but after a particularly good week, fate had it that decades after Dortoga was born, Sereya became pregnant again. This revitalized Sereya's life- but for Eryk, only magnified his shame as he now had a son who would inherit the name of an exile.
Describe the NPC: A young dwarven lad, Aevar was born in Dementlieu. He is dependent on Eryk and Sereya.

NPC Name: Alfgeir Krateris (formerly Khatorus)
Relation to PC: Uncle, Eryk' brother
NPC Location: Corvia, Darkon
Current Age: 118

Notes: He has begun his own house as his elder brother disgraced the family name. For his actions in exposing Eryk's thievery, he has been allowed to change his family's name.
Describe the NPC: A talented smith, Dortoga loved her uncle from a young age. He was a strong warrior while her own father was a mine foreman.  Eryk blames Alfgeir for his exile, claiming that he ha not stolen from the mines and instead his brother had framed him. Dortoga does not know the truth but harbors doubts about her father's version of the story.

[Sibylline]

PC Name:                                                                                                         Sibille Dellevaux

NPC Name: Larissa Dellevaux
Status: Presumed dead
Relation to PC: Mother (born 726)
NPC Location: Missing in Rokushima Táiyoo since 750

Notes: Born in Ste. Ronges to a fisherman, Larissa left Richemulot to escape her father's gambling debts to the local criminal organizations and settled down in Port-a-Lucine. There she found employment in the docks and eventually joined one of the early trading expeditions to Rokushima Táiyoo. Fascinated by the exotic country she became a translator for future Dementlieuse expeditions, but in 750 she was stranded in Rokushima Táiyoo after a shipwreck. Finding shelter among a Vistani camp that had travelled to Rokushima Táiyoo for unknown reasons, she eventually gave birth to a daughter by a Vistani man. Four years later, she was believed to have been killed in a seemingly random attack by Oni.
Describe the NPC: A tall and dark-haired woman, quiet in nature but quick-witted and passionate about her desire to experience the world.

NPC Name: Danior
Status: ???
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: ???

Notes: A Vistana of the Canjar tribe, he gave succor to Larissa when she was shipwrecked in Rokushima Táiyoo against the wishes of his tribe. He eloped briefly with Larissa, quickly disappearing once it was revealed that she was with child.

[Haeresis]

Severin Marceaux

PC Name: Severin Marceaux
NPC Name: Marianne Belmont
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Middle-Upper class residence in Chateaufaux
Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): Marianne is an artful individual who is mostly disconnected from the mundane realms of politics and finances, preferring instead to dwell on beauty and expression. In fact she considers herself to be a devoted servant and patron of the Arts, no doubt enabled by the fact her brother, the family patriarch, adequately takes care of the dirtier realities of upper class living. After many years in Richemulot, she has recently returned to Chateaufaux to be a woman of leisure and invest in the budding artistic talents of the city from the ashes of her failed career as a singer.

PC Name: Severin Marceaux
NPC Name: Sieur Gontran Belmont
Relation to PC: Uncle
NPC Location: Middle-Upper class residence in Chateaufaux
Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): The monolithic and patriarchal Charles Belmont is an excellent duelist, having made his name and fortune protecting high value individuals and serving various Houses across Dementlieu. His dedication toward offering impartial and professional service to his employers earned him a Knighthood, and now he enjoys a pleasant retirement in the company of his wife and three children, as well as his sister, whom all live under the same roof. After the death of Severin's father, he served as a steadying presence for the grieving young man, teaching him the skills that he relies on today.

[House Courteney]

PC Names: Elise Courteney and Esme Courteney

NPC Name: Jacques Courteney
Relation to PCs: Father
NPC Location: The Courteney Estate, Dementlieu
Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): The Vicomte d'Orleon, Jacques is an aging man with tired features, light brown hair, and deep green eyes. He is worn down by loss and the work of maintaining a declining noble house. Since the death of his wife in giving birth to his two twin daughters, he has been prone to gloomy moods and long periods brooding. Nonetheless, he maintains a sharp sense of dress, and is always delighted to see his daughters, who he dotes on and veers towards the overprotective of.

NPC Name: Celine Courteney
Relation to PCs: Mother [Deceased]
NPC Location: A grave at the Courteney Estate, Dementlieu
Describe the NPC (less than 100 words): A beautiful woman with long blonde hair and hazel eyes, Celine Courteney was kind and well spoken. Deceased, having died giving birth to her two twin daughters.

[Wu Tang Dan]

PC Name: Arséne de l'Hôpital

NPC Name: Héloïse Pascal

Relation to PC: Estranged Mother

NPC Location: Near Mistree, Dementlieu

Describe the NPC: A tall, thin woman with angular facial features and a softer voice. Her hair is a deep red, and her eyes are a deep green. She is middle-aged, and looks it. Héloïse has worked her whole life as a nurse in the countryside near the town of Mistree, but became pregnant out of wedlock after falling in love with a visitor. Soon after her son's birth, Héloïse handed her child over to an old widow in a local hamlet. The young Arséne had always wanted to spend time with his mother, but out of shame, she always kept her distance.

PC Name: Arséne de l'Hôpital

NPC Name: Celine Bernoulli

Relation to PC: Adoptive Caregiver

NPC Location: Buried near Mistree, Dementlieu

Describe the NPC: In life she was an elderly woman who often dressed modestly and conducted herself very politely around others. Her nationality was oddly difficult to place. She had fully raised all of her children and outlived her husband by the time a nurse appeared on her doorstep and pleaded for the woman to take the illegitimate child from her. Celine hesitantly agreed, and raised the young Arséne on her own until he was old enough to be taken as an apprentice. Sometime during Arséne's travels, Celine died of old age in her sleep. Arséne returned to his hometown long enough to attend her funeral.

PC Name: Arséne de l'Hôpital

NPC Name: Guy Descartes

Relation to PC: Mentor

NPC Location: Edrigan, Dementlieu

Describe the NPC: An old man with greyed hair, a balding head, and a well-sculpted mustache. He typically wears finer clothing and speaks in a softly toned voice. Guy is an experienced bard, and a talented musician and magician. Seeing talent in the young Arséne, he took the boy as his apprentice and educated him in the ways of a bard.  While Arséne had always shown promise, Guy was frustrated with his pupil's absentmindedness and impulsive nature, and would often be strict and demanding around his apprentice in hopes of pushing him to be more diligent.

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[HouseOfLament]

PC Name: Anton Durand

NPC Name: Claudette Durand

Relation to PC: Mother

NPC Location: Ouvier

Describe the NPC: About 45 years old.  Worked hard and sacrificed much to raise her boys, now she's slowing down.  She minds her place among polite society but is more casual and fun among her peers.

PC Name: Anton Durand

NPC Name: TBD

Relation to PC: Father

NPC Location: TBD

Describe the NPC: Not all families are whole.  Anton's was one of them.  He learned at an early age to stop asking about this topic.  He unsuccessfully tried to claim he was the bastard of a noble to get out of conscription.

PC Name: Anton Durand

NPC Name: Louis Durand (Deceased)

Relation to PC: Younger Brother

NPC Location: Buried with the poors

Describe the NPC: Died at age six of an illness that could not be casually cured.  No hero took the quest.

[Desordre]

PC Name:

Ranata Draghici

NPC Family:

Penelo Draghici
Relation: Father
Location: Family grave site on Draghici Farmstead, North of Sturben
Current Age: Deceased 3rd of June, 769
Description: Known for being as hard headed as hard working, he raised a family and kept their farm well enough, refusing help from family or friend

Trisola Draghici
Relation: Mother
Location: Family farm North of Sturben
Age: 52
Description: Homely yet full of life, she is a sturdy woman with a common attractiveness to her. Intelligent, educated, and seemingly above the station of a farmwife.

Sorin Draghici
Relation: Oldest Brother
Location: Sturben
Age: 34
Description: Born lame, Sorin spend most of his childhood isolated from all but his mother, taking on much of her qualities and education. Once Penelo passed and he felt his presence becoming a burden to the family, he relocated to Sturben to take on clerical work, sending what money home he could.

Letta di Bettola
Relation: Oldest Sister
Location: Di Betto estate, outside of Sturben
Age: 32
Description: Having seemingly inherited the whole of her mother's finer features and charm, Letta has always been fairer and much more feminine than Ranata, also receiving the full attention of the first daughter within the family. Her marriage to the second son in the di Bettola family came quickly once realized that it would mean their eventual acquisition of the Draghici property if Letta were to gain the inheritance.

Tecia Draghici
Relation: Younger Sister
Location: Family grave site at Draghici Farmstead
Age: Deceased

Thadeo Draghici
Relation: Younger Brother
Location: Draghici Farmstead
Age: 21
Description: Firmly built like his father, he is well tanned and wears a well kept beard. Thadeo is bold, contemptuous, snotty, yet thoughtful, Along with his brother Marin, he take up the bulk of the work upon their family farm. Along with his younger siblings, much of his upbringing done by Ranata once Penelo fell ill and her mother's attention became split, caring for the children as well as the dying man.

Marin Draghici
Relation: Younger Brother
Location: Draghici Farmstead
Age: 20
Description: Arrogant and bossy, yet genuine and always truthful, Marin takes to organizing the majority of the farm's trade and business, assisting Thadeo with the work that is to be done. Taking most after Ranata, Marin was also most distraught when she departed for her conscription. He is tall and rugged and keeps himself aware of what is currently fashionable when attending company beyond the farm.

Viorica Draghici
Relation: Younger Sister
Location: Draghici Farmstead
Age: 18
Description: Being raised alongside two older brothers, she has taken to having an overly competitive nature. Capable, quick witted, and cunning, Viorica assists with farmwork while assisting her mother, Trisola, with keeping their house in order.

Masina Draghici
Relation: Youngest Sister
Location: House of Grace, Sturben
Age: 17 [Deceased 30th of December, 775]
Description: Gentle and full of grace, a faithful and loving daughter and sibling. Recently affirmed to have perished when the House of Grace fell, along with the dozens of others within.

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Father

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Guy-Jean Artois, Marquis de Damas
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Chateau Eau Vive of Damas
Describe the NPC: Guy-Jean is a war hero, leading Artois forces in skirmishes against Falkovian forces, his successes stemming from a tactical savvy and intelligence. He likes his hunting hounds, his wife, and his children, and in age has forgotten the youthful energy of a soldier in favor of the reserved dignity of a cautious ruler. His presence easily intimidating to lesser men, as he carries himself as a man who has purchased his privilege in war, and knows it.

Mother

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Evangeline Artois
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Chateau Eau Vive of Damas
Describe the NPC: Evangeline Artois is the textbook image of a dictionary's definition of a stately matriarch. Where her husband is an easy-going man with a tendency to be severe, Evangeline is severe with a tendency of being easy-going. Her talents lie in business accounting and botany, and through her keen intellect has guided the family finances to prosperity. She is highly critical, and generally intimidating to speak to.

Brother (oldest)

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Killian Artois
Relation to PC: Oldest Brother (heir)
NPC Location: Chateau Eau Vive of Damas
Describe the NPC:  A young man, polite and easy going with stunning charisma and social grace. Killian is sensitive, and likes poetry, literature, art, and botany- a far cry from the legacy of gunpowder and steel he's to inherit. The burden of expectations weighs heavily on him, aware that he lacks the military experience of his father, though his studies in the military sciences boast impressive grades. He gets on famously with the youngest Artois, and remains in regular letters with her.

Sister (oldest)

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Angelica Artois
Relation to PC: Older sister
NPC Location: Chateau Eau Vive of Damas
Describe the NPC: Angelica is the spinning image of her father with the severity and wit of her mother. Highly critical like her mother, she has been picky about her future husband, and prefers to busy herself in the botanist's shed on the expansive property. Effortlessly, Angelica maintains the illusion of elegance and prestige sought by most courtiers, though the cold veneer seems to go deeper than just the skin. She trains closely with her mother to learn more about the affairs of the house and how to manage accounts.

Brother (second)

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Jean-luc
Relation to PC: Older brother (second brother, third child)
NPC Location: Chateau Eau Vive of Damas
Describe the NPC:   Jean-Luc is living his best life. He lacks the responsibilities of Killian or the ambition of Angelica, and enjoys the frequent Artois parties with lavish indifference. Noblesse Obliege? Jean-Luc doesn't know her. He answers most problems with his boisterous laughter which carries heavily in any hall, and supposedly is an excellent shot, even after a bottle deep in wine.

The Aunties

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Vivienne, Gabrielle, Marie Motte
Relation to PC: Aunts (mother's sisters)
NPC Location: Motte estate
Describe the NPC: The weird sisters Motte are rare to come onto the Dementlieuse scene, and for good reason. Strange, eccentric, and with a fondness for wildlife and nature, the sisters live in an estate that lost its battle with the greenhouse, and is over-grown with flora. In best depictions they are gardeners who prefer a pastoral life style, in worst they are strange pagan witches who whisper to plants. It's hard to imagine the weird sisters are related to the business-practical Evangeline, though it's apparent they don't get along. The Aunties adore the Artois children and Guy-Jean, much to Evangeline's dismay. They have a fondness for the estranged and strange, and dislike Dementlieuse nobility as a whole, preferring their plant craft.

The Governess

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Madame Baudelaire
Relation to PC: Governess
NPC Location: ?
Describe the NPC: An abjurationist and a frequent widower, Madame Baudelaire is a husk of a woman being piloted by the last vestiges of bitterness and grief. Having lost her children and first husband to a mysterious illness, misfortune had befell every other husband she married afterwards. She was hired as Claire's private Governess, where she raised and conditioned the youngest Artois into the woman she is today. Highly critical, and often times verbally and physically abusive, much to the ignorance of the Artois parents, this woman dwells in unpleasant memories of a childhood spent in isolation.

The Uncle

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PC Name: Claire Artois
NPC Name: Antoine-François Artois
Relation to PC: Uncle (father's side)
NPC Location: Some Barony in Damas
Describe the NPC: This is the brother of Guy-Jean. While his name is much cooler than his older brother's, Antoine-François is less cool in person. Having always lived in the shadow of the family, the man keeps his bitterness to himself and his barony under his far more charming and accomplished brother's rule. His sour mood could also be attributed to the recent death of his wife in childbirth. He remembers her by his only child, a babe not old enough to be taken out of the swaddle. He is generally unpleasant to speak to.

[GothicProtagonist]

Charlotta Lutz

NPC Name: Franz Lutz (Deceased)
Relation to PC: Father
NPC Location: Arbor Trading Outpost, Kartakass
Describe the NPC: A man of mystery, and jealous guard of his wife and daughter. Those who got to know Franz better spoke highly of his singing voice, and knack for woodworking. Perished in a wolf attack, alongside his wife and other inhabitants of the Arbor Trading Outpost.

NPC Name: Yulia Lutz (Deceased)
Relation to PC: Mother
NPC Location: Arbor Trading Outpost, Kartakass
Describe the NPC: No less mysterious than her husband, Yulia was a quiet and hard-working woman. Her dark hair and odd behavior were the main source of rumors plaguing the Lutz family. Perished in a wolf attack, alongside her husband and other inhabitants of the Arbor Trading Outpost.