Chénier Family
The Chénier family from Shiverwood has a fame of 13 and 2040 gold of family wealth.
History
Short History
The Chénier family has it's roots in Shiverwood (Norland), where they have lived for many generations before the drought. As food supplies ran shorter, and food prices went up, the family father, Alexandre Chénier, has decided to send his two eldest sons, Jean-Olivier and Louis-Joseph, out to gain their own fame and riches to increase the family's status. Following the costs it took the family to send their two sons to Beluaterra, Lyse ventured out in Norland in an attempt to regain the family wealth, and more, before venturing out herself on another island, where she could hold a more promising future.
The Division
For a long time, Jean-Olivier was the most respected son of Alexandre Chénier. He was the eldest, after all, and has always been more physically apt that his siblings. When the Chéniers went abroad, he was the one taking care of the family affairs, until the very end of his career in Fronen. There, everything changed. Everything he had gained had been lost, everything he had done was for nothing, everybody he knew was exiled, and everything he believed in shattered. He, quite simply, lost it. He went mad. And in his bloodlust, he attacked Wudenkin alone, wanting to keep fighting untill every avalonian laid dead. But it did not work out that way. Shortly after his first attack, he was assaulted from the shadows, preventing him from changing his strategy by giving new orders to his men. The next day, they struck again, but they were too weak and Jean-Olivier was finally apprehended. After two failed escape attemps, the man who no realm cared about was deported by Jelpot to the colonies, were his madness only worsened. This had been rather scandalous for the Chéniers, making some former peers disdainful of them. Louis-Joseph, most of all, was affected by this. Though saddened at the beginning, fury eventually took grief's place while he took control of the family affairs. Lyse, more naive, was led to believe that Jelpot had sent Jean-Olivier to a watery death, which was close enough to reality to have third parties "confirm" this to her. Louis-Joseph was protective of her, and did not want her to taint their family's reputation any more by associating herself with Jean-Olivier, which she had always admired, in a way. Jean-Olivier was obviously infuriated by this, but at this point even his parents had rejected him, going along with Louis-Joseph's story, and only communicating with him when they had little choice, making sure he would not live close to another Chénier. Jean-Olivier then tranformed his frustration in a deep hatred from Louis-Joseph, which he saw as weak and, rightfully so, incompetant with the sword, symbol of valour and honnour to him. Since some time now, Louis-Joseph hasn't given much thought to Jean-Olivier, only making sure he doesn't see him again, and he, in return, only thinks of his brother from time to time, but he feels disgusted and jealous everytime he does, as he used to once hold the family responsibilities Louis-Joseph now does.
Family FameFamily
The family is composed of 10 members, from oldest to youngest: Alexandre Chénier, Louise Chénier, Élyse Chénier, Jean-Olivier Chénier, Louis-Joseph Chénier, Lyse Chénier, Sophie Chénier, Marc Chénier, Gilles Chénier, and Florence Chénier.
All ages are relative to Jean-Olivier's starting career age, as it is too much trouble to update everything just to keep track of age difference.
Parents
Alexandre Chénier
The Father.
Louise Chénier
The Mother.
Children
Élyse
The Edlest child, and daughter, of Alexandre and Louise Chénier. Unmarried, (20 Years old).
Jean-Olivier
The fiercest and oldest of the sons of Alexandre Chénier. He is quick to insult, and quite prideful. After being banished from Fronen, for whom he thought he would die, he has totaly lost his mind and all respect for other living things. (17 years old)
Louis-Joseph
Being the second son, tends to be calmer and prefers to avoid violence, but will do what he can to prove himself. He tends to be rather silent and keep to himself, and though ambitious, he is patient and moderated. Twin of Lyse. (17 years old)
Lyse
The second daughter. Unmarried, (17 years old). Twin of Louis-Joseph.
Sophie
The third daughter. Unmarried, (12 years old).
Marc
The third son, (9 years old).
Gilles
The fourth son, (4 years old).
Cousins
René Chénier
(Would most likely be a priest)
Mario Chénier
(Would most likely be a hero or martyr)
Bastard Relatives
Felquiste Chénier
The bastard son of Alexandre Chénier's brother, Pierre Chénier, and his noble lover.
