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*Ambitious, but not ''too'' ambitious | *Ambitious, but not ''too'' ambitious | ||
*Terrible chancellor: really couldn't give a damn—only has the job because he's a powerful vassal and demanded it | *Terrible chancellor: really couldn't give a damn—only has the job because he's a powerful vassal and demanded it | ||
− | **Spends ~50% of his time at court in Palay doing the King's business; most of the "real work" he delegates to underlings | + | **Spends ~50% of his time at court in Palay doing the King's business; most of the "real work" he delegates to underlings; is leaving [[Dominic Lafoe|his son]] in charge while he's away, since he's come of age |
*"Cruelty" manifests more as a "callous disregard" for others, especially the lesser folk | *"Cruelty" manifests more as a "callous disregard" for others, especially the lesser folk | ||
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Title: His Grace, Anvie Lafoe, (Thirteenth) Duc of Gastony, Conte of Florry, Chancellor of Antagonia
Actor: Michel Muller , Ref: The Borgias
Contents
Concept
Callous Opportunist
Tropes
Details
- Acceded two years ago, but been around court all his life
- Ambitious, but not too ambitious
- Terrible chancellor: really couldn't give a damn—only has the job because he's a powerful vassal and demanded it
- Spends ~50% of his time at court in Palay doing the King's business; most of the "real work" he delegates to underlings; is leaving his son in charge while he's away, since he's come of age
- "Cruelty" manifests more as a "callous disregard" for others, especially the lesser folk
Background
Family
- Spouse & Children
- Wife: Dujess Réjine Daggérre (953/47yo), sister of previous Conte of Bordoor
- Son: Baron Dominic of Bastienne (983/17yo), Commander; married (17yo), no kids
- Daughter, 9yo
- Son, 7yo
- Parents & Siblings
- Father: the blessed; died in dungeon 2ya at 63yo
- Mother: died accident 24ya at 38yo
- Brother, 39yo, d of cancer
- Nephew: Bryze Lafoe, 20yo
- Brother, d of pneumonia at 3yo
- Brother, 32yo, previously married before entering a holy order
- Nephew, 10yo, in succession line
- Brother, 26yo, prison
- Sister, 25, married to duc, w/ 2 minor sons
- Brother, 39yo, d of cancer
- Stepmother: 52yo, living, no kids
- Father's Family
- Uncle: [Grandmaster of holy order?]
The Grass is Greener in Banner Hall…
- Gastons are a distinct ethnicity within Antagonia; used to hold lands east of the Pale
- Big chunks of Banner Hall traded hands between Antagonia and Generica in the centuries after the fall of the Old Empire
- Anvie would say he's doing this for his late father, but he's always wanted to reclaim the old territories to expand & enrich himself