Ysane Desmarais

Name: Ysane Desmarais (née Benoit)
Born: 1599
Traits: Secretive, Stubborn, Spiteful, Immature, Practical, Uneducated, Energetic
Romantic History: Binet Boucher(Love Affair)
Husband: Guillaume Desmarais
Parents: Adam Benoit and Alips Benoit
Aspiration: Fortune
Character Alignment: Neutral
Class: Peasant

Raised in dire poverty from the tender nail, Ysane grew up and learned to accept everything as it was. She accepted her father's second wife, Albine and got used to calling her mother and her children brothers and sisters. That wasn't too hard to accept because her own mother died short after she have birth to her and Ysane never knew her. She also learned to go to sleep without eating or to il and moil for her younger brothers and sisters. She even learned to accept death as a natural thing.
But Binet, a member of the bourgeois and the eldest child of his family changed her and showed her how to hope for a better life. Of course, he also showed her other things, since Ysane gave birth to one baby girl, who tragically died at the age of two and a set of twins, during their six years long affair.
But Binet's departure for Paris in the fall of 1629 made Ysane reconsider her and her children's lives.
One year later she abandoned her children, leaving them in her parents and sister's care and married her younger sister's widower.The two of them, along with Claire (her husband's daughter from his first marriage) moved out in a nearby village.

 
Children
Houguette Benoit (1622-1624 ; love-child, fathered by Binet Boucher)
Géraldine Benoit (1628 ; love-child, fathered by Binet Boucher )
Gérald Benoit (1628 ; love-child, fathered by Binet Boucher )
Gabrielle Desmarais (1629)
Bernard Desmarais (1631)

Binet Boucher

Name: Binet Boucher
Born: 1601
Traits: Unfocused, Good, Clumsy, Unmotivated, Patient, Affectionate, Caring
Romantic History: Ysane Benoit (Love Affair), Albine Benoit (Love Affair)
Wife: Alanete de Peyrac
Parents: Binet Boucher and Gervaise Boucher
Aspiration:
Character Alignment: Good
Class: Bourgeoisie (Advocate)

From early childhood, Binet knew that as his father's oldest son, everyone had high expectations from him. And he never ceased to satisfy those expectations. He went to school, helped his parents with their trades and looked for his younger siblings.
Of course, the fact that he learned how to write and compute didn't transform the young boy into a genius or an intellectual and he knew that all too well. Despite fulfilling everyone's expectations, Binet never considered what he really wanted from his life.
His affair with Ysane, a poor girl from their village proved to be his way of evading from the adults' complicate world.
Unfortunately for both of them, sooner or later, Binet had to face his responsibilities, leave the village and go to school in Paris. His parents had other plans for him and soon, the young man became an advocate, married with a nobleman's bastard slip.

Children
Houguette Benoit (1622-1624 ; love-child, born from an affair with Ysane Benoit  )
Géraldine Benoit (1628 ; love-child, born from an affair with Ysane Benoit )
Gérald Benoit (1628 ; love-child, born from an affair with Ysane Benoit )
Amelie Boucher (1630)
Vincent Boucher (1633)

Alanete de Peyrac

Name: Alanete Boucher (née de Peyrac)
Born: 1612
Traits: Calm, Candid, Capable, Responsible, Caustic, Competent, Cultured
Romantic History: None
Husband: Binet Boucher
Parents: Joffrey de Peyrac de Morens d'Irristru and Symonne de Peyrac
Aspiration: Family
Character Alignment: Good
Class: Bourgeoisie (born as the illegitimate daughter of a Count)

Even if her mother died when she was very young and she was raised by her father's wife, Alanete never blamed anybody for the unfortunate death. Nor for her father's marriage, because Alesia always considered her and Caroline her own children.So Alanete grew up and became a dutiful daughter and when the moment for her to get married came, she accepted the first proposal.
Being her father's illegitimate daughter, she already knew that she will never enjoy the same privileges Alesia's daughter will grow accustomed to, so she convinced her father to arrange her marriage with the oldest son from a bourgeois family who wanted to work as an advocate in Paris.
With the money from her dowry, her husband's family bought a house somewhere in Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the two newlyweds soon found themselves on their own.
Her husband proves to be a capable advocate and in their first year he managed to acquire a vast clientele, while Alanete learned how to take care of the house and children, while she secretly also concerned herself about her their family's finances.Thanks to her, their first years in the city increased their capital.

Children
Amelie Boucher (1630)
Vincent Boucher (1633)

Claude Louis de Saint-Germain

Name: Claude Louis de Saint-Germain
Born: 1565
Traits: Arrogant, Suspicious, Self-centered, Malicious, Ostentatious, Obsolete
Romantic History: Anne Marie Louise de Croy (love interest)
Wife: Angelique de Croy
Aspiration: Romance
Character Alignment: Neutral
Rang: Count of St. Germain

The son of Gabriel, Comte de Saint-Germain and his wife, Charlotte, daughter of the duc de La Force, Claude Louis was brought up with the children of his relative, the maréchal de Gramont.He entered the army, and served under Turenne, also his kinsman, and succeeded his father as commander of the cent gentilshommes de la maison de roi.Claude Louis rapidly rose in the old King's favour, became colonel of the royal regiment of dragoons, and was gazetted maréchal de camp.His rough wit and skill in practical jokes pleased Louis XIV, but his jealousy and violence were the causes of his undoing.The results were always short sojourns in the Bastille, but he soon returned to his functions of court buffoon.After the King's sister fell in love with him and scandalized the court of France by asking her brother for permission to marry him, the Comte de Saint-Germain fell in disgrace and was forced to leave the Royal Court and continue to live on his domains.
Many years later, during King Philip's reign he got involved in a conspiracy and the King was forced to marry his daughter to him.

Children
Julien de Saint-Germain (1626-1633)
Christelle de Saint-Germain (1633)
Horace de Saint-Germain (1633)

This character's profile is based on the informations about Antoine Nompar de Caumont, marquis de Puyguilhem, duc de Lauzun.

Christian Louis de Montmorency-Luxembourg

Name: Christian Louis de Montmorency-Luxembourg
Born: 1593
Traits: Alert, Arrogant, Changeable, Cultured, Dangerous, Daring, Dauntless, Domineering
Romantic History: Eléonore de Valois (Romantic Affair)
Wife: None
Aspiration: Pleasure
Character Alignment: Evil
Rang: Duke of Beaumont, Prince de Tingry, Comte de Luxe, now Pirate (Outcast)

Christian Louis de Montmorency-Luxembourg was born at Paris.His father, the Count de Bouteville, had been executed six months before his birth for participating in a duel against the Marquis de Beuvron.His aunt, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Princess of Condé, took charge of him and educated him with her daughter,Madeleine.The young Montmorency attached himself to his cousin and the two of them gradually fell in love.
Unfortunately for young Christian Louis, he came into disfavour after killing his cousin's suitor in a duel.Forced to leave France, he became a buccaneer in the Caribbean and soon found himself one of the most feared Pirates and by getting involved in the slave market he stroke it rich.

Children
Ambroise de Valois (1626)

Angelique de Croy de Saint-Germain

Name: Angelique de Croy de Saint-Germain
Born: 1607
Traits: Calm, Compassionate, Devoted, Doubtful, Forgiving, Gentle, Gullible
Romantic History: Andry Boucher (Romantic Affair)
Husband: Claude Louis de Saint-Germain
Parents: King Philip de Croy and Queen Isabella de Croy
Aspiration: Knowledge
Rang: Countess de Saint-Germain

Angelique had never been and never wanted to be the most obtrusive of her sisters.She grew up as a duteous child, always listening to her parents and preceptors, trying to please everyone and act like a responsible daughter and sister.Even after she learned about her older sister's unhappy marriage to Maximilian de Valois she continued to conduct herself just like everyone expected from her.She knew that it was her father's duty to find a proper suitor and arrange a marriage for her and she also knew that her union will be built on political foundations.She still hoped that she and her husband will grow to respect each other and become friends.
Unfortunately, her marriage to Claude Louis, the old Count de St. Germain, a notorious courtier, adventurer and charlatan from her father's entourage was anything she hoped for.
Angelique never understood how her beloved father could make such a mistake, so the new Countess de Saint-Germain took refuge as far away as possible from her husband, more exactly in her young lover's embrace, none other than her husband's new valet, Andry Boucher.

Children
Julien de Saint-Germain (1626-1633)
Thierry de Saint-Germain (1628 ; love child fathered by Andry Boucher)
Aldric de Saint-Germain (1629 ; love child fathered by Andry Boucher)
Christelle de Saint-Germain (1633)
Horace de Saint-Germain (1633)

Louise de Valois

Name: Louise de Valois
Born: 1615
Traits: Devoted, Considerate, Determined, Focused, Vain
Romantic History: None
Husband: None
Parents: Maximilian de Valois and Françoise de Valois
Aspiration: Knowledge
Character Alignment: Neutral
Rang: Born as the daughter of a Baron, now an Outcast

As expansive and effervescent Eléonore  is, it is also true that her twin sister, Louise, is the one who keeps her down to Earth and helps her make the right decisions.
Even if when the two of them were children, back on their parents' domains, Eléonore and Louise were so much alike that it was hard to say where one's ideas end and the other's begin, especially when talking about tricks and foolish acts, now the twins couldn't be more different.While her sister refuses to play safe and often runs the hazard, Louise is the one who tries to consider every possibility and make sure Eléonore stays out of trouble.
But the taste of adventure and love for hazards seems to seduce even her sometimes.