The Gaudet Family

Name: Marcelet Gaudet

Born: 1577

Died: 1630

Traits: Loyal, Hard Worker, Protective

Romantic History: None

Wife: Chrestienne Gaudet

Aspiration: Popularity

Character Alignment: Neutral

Class: Serf

Marcelet, the youngest of the seven children his family raised, fell in love with Chrestienne when he first met her, at her older sister's wedding.At first, the young girl refused his wedding proposal, but a sad incident made her reconsider the idea.

Unfortunately, the tragic death of 4 children and 2 wives was enough to make the poor man see the world different from the others.

After his second wife's death, Marcelet changed forever and now everyone that used to know him calls the poor man a lunatic.

Name: Chrestienne Gaudet

Born: 1582

Died: 1609 (childbirth)

Traits: Avaricious, Idealistic, Conservative

Romantic History: Nicolas Colbert (lover; dead)

Husband: Marcelet Gaudet

Aspiration: Knowledge

Character Alignment: Evil

Class: Serf

The year before her marriage, Chrestienne was happy.She was in love with a soldier, Nicolas Colbert, who promised that he'll marry her.So, when she first met Marcelet, she didn't pay him any attention.Unfortunately, her lover was killed in the war and she was forced to marry Marcelet, only to die some years later, leaving her husband to take care of their only surviving child, a girl.

Name: Margot Desmarais Gaudet

Born: 1587

Died: 1619 (childbed fever)

Traits: Optimistic, Determined, Dependable, Stubborn, Independent

Romantic History: Jaques Desmarais (ex-husband ; deceased)

Husband: Marcelet Gaudet

Aspiration: Family

Character Alignment: Neutral

Class: Serf (remarried widow)

Margot was raised by her parents as an obedient young woman, so at the age of 19, when her family decided that is was time for her to get married she quietly accepted the man they chose for her, Jaques Desmarais.So, from an obedient daughter she turned into an obedient wife.Unfortunately, just a year after her wedding, Jaques died of Malaria, leaving his wife alone and pregnant.She gave birth to a son, whom she named Guillaume and raised all by herself.When the boy turned 6, she decided to remarry and Marcelet was the best option, even if he was poor.

Unfortunately, after only few years of marriage, Margot died after she gave birth to a son.

Children

Jois Gaudet (1601-1603)

Anne Gaudet (1602-1606)

Mariot Gaudet (1605-1607)

Haiete Gaudet (1609)

Guillaume Desmarais (1601 ; stepson)

Marcelet Dupuis (1616-1618)

Clement Dupuis (1619)