An Amalgam of Sorrows - Chauvelin

[PAUL CHAUVELIN]

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So, yes, I finally have it coded mostly to my satisfaction. Tomorrow, I shall begin filling it in.

[HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU]

Hello Father!
So I’m happy to go many ways with this plot. In general despite Chauvelin’s position I think she will eventually warm to his personality, but continue to hold a grudge due to who he works for, but that also depends on if he’s honest with her, as to who he is. In regards to him being her father, she would never guess this! So I guess it depends on how you want to lead with this information. I’m pretty open, we’ve discussed a few things previously, so I guess it’s just confirming some ideas? I love how in the series he teases her like crazy, I can see Helene getting very frustrated with him if he did this! She’s pretty spirited and very headstrong, possibly a trait inherited from her father. She’s relatively resourceful, but her romantic sensibilities are bound to be her downfall.

[gustave]

As far as these two go, apparently their rivals in love ;D Gustave clearly would have little respect for a man like Talleyrand (Don't get him started on old Tally, Gus hates his guts) but if Chauvelin proves himself in battle or even through some other means, Gus may begin to respect the older man.

Obviously the plot in the works right now involves G-man and Chauv going to the sacred heart camp where they encounter a few royalists rescue the girl etc.

Should the Revolution pass. Perhaps Chauvelin could be key in stopping Gustave's head from being put on the guillotine simply for being part of Napoleon's Regime? :)

[HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU]

I just want to add that Helene does not WANT to be rescued. Goodluck trying to get her away from Henri!

[PAUL CHAUVELIN]

Jan 30, 2013 16:45:30 GMT -5 HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU said:

Hello Father!
So I’m happy to go many ways with this plot. In general despite Chauvelin’s position I think she will eventually warm to his personality, but continue to hold a grudge due to who he works for, but that also depends on if he’s honest with her, as to who he is. In regards to him being her father, she would never guess this! So I guess it depends on how you want to lead with this information. I’m pretty open, we’ve discussed a few things previously, so I guess it’s just confirming some ideas? I love how in the series he teases her like crazy, I can see Helene getting very frustrated with him if he did this! She’s pretty spirited and very headstrong, possibly a trait inherited from her father. She’s relatively resourceful, but her romantic sensibilities are bound to be her downfall.

LOL. I think she'll drive him nuts, too. For such a manipulative bastard, he has zero idea how to be a father, especially to a teenage girl, and especiallyX2 for a headstrong teenage girl. And a headstrong teenage girl in love? The poor man. That she's smart and resourceful will give him endless headaches (even if he's secretly proud about that part).

I think much will depend on how each of them finds out, and what happens to the Sacred Heart, especially m'sieu Henri. And of course she has to survive! ;)

I'm a little unclear on the Sacred Heart. In the show, they were royalists, but Helene and Nate both seem to be republicans.

[PAUL CHAUVELIN]

Should the Revolution pass. Perhaps Chauvelin could be key in stopping Gustave's head from being put on the guillotine simply for being part of Napoleon's Regime?

I can see him doing that. I'm thinking he's intervened from time to time over the years for various reasons (sheer practicality doubtless the most often, but occasionally love, friendship, repaying a debt, etc.). And he'd probably like Gus -- the man's a grown up, unlike the latest crop of hysterical children running around smashing things. Chauvelin liked Napoleon, too, or at least respected him. Nappy was very competent and while he eventually overreached, he at least got all the guns pointed outward.

I just want to add that Helene does not WANT to be rescued. Goodluck trying to get her away from Henri!

Maybe m'sieu Henri should have an unfortunate accident. It's a dangerous life he leads, after all.

[nathanielredenei]

Ive not formulated anything yet Mr Chauvelin but Nate will not be happy if Henri has something happen to him plus you might have to go through him first :) Plus what about the child that Helene looks after for Nate at times

Think about the children! (im sorry it had to be done :) )

Ill try formulate something better soon for both Nate and Maxi but im so tired

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As I said via PM, Marguerite will be a flame from the past. I don't suppose we don't need to go into too much detail about whether their love was consummated or not, but the point is, Marguerite and Chauvelin loved each other when they were young revolutionaries, and it seemed from the show that Chauvelin never quite got over her. When he became more bloodthirsty, she drew away and married Percy. However, she's made no secret of the fact that Percy often annoys her, and she may go to Chauvelin and act interested in him either to get information or to secure her brother's safety.

[PAUL CHAUVELIN]

I think they were actual, physical lovers, at least in show canon. At one point she asks him if she was his possession, and he tells her "No. You were always out of reach, even when you were in my arms." I have trouble seeing him stopping at just cuddling . He's also somewhat older than she is, so there's the whole 'seduced by a powerful older man' dynamic going on.

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Right, right. Yes, she was definitely enamored of him and all of his ideals! I think her extremism has been since tempered, but when she was young, yes, I imagine they were very passionate.

So, we definitely need a thread at some point, now that Percy and Margo are in England. Percy leaves Margo alone a lot, so Chauv could creepily "check on her," or she could seek him out at a party or something, but I don't know which would be more believable. What do you think? :]

[gustave]

Whilst we're on the subject of Napoleon. I wouldn't down-talk the old Emperor to the G-man. He get's all defensive and nationalist about Napoleon to a slightly fanatical point, of course when the revolution takes place and they end up getting hold of guns. Chauvelin might see the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone...literally.

I mean Gus is already a man of action, a certain method of poking and prodding and a small fortune in alcohol to get him drunk might end up with him leading a frontal assault on the barricades with his soldiers in tow.

Just saying :P

[PAUL CHAUVELIN]

plus you might have to go through him first

Pah. Like I'd do it myself. Deniability, kid! Deniability.

[HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU]

The quickest way to kill Helene would be to hurt Henri xD
We got a thread up yet? Are we doing the Gus/Chauv -> Helene/Nate idea?

[MYLÈNE LACOQUINE]

Mylène&Paul:

Oooh, spymaster, spymaster, there is some bell ringing in my head that signals potential plottage xD Mylène has been living with a group of jugglers for a few years whose leader called Alain 'Le Corbier', because of his ravenblack hair, has been working as an informant, though Mylène was never allowedto know in which affairs he was entangled. He was known for conveying messages between two parties and the like, but that is about all she knows. One night, Alain was arrested for treason while meeting up with someone, but again no details are known to her. Ever since then (two years ago now), Mylène has been trying to find out what happened, since there was no public excecution. Long story short: maybe Paul knew of something (he seems to know everything ) and was either responsible for getting Alain arrested and vanishing, or knows what happened to him. Mylène has been asking questions, using some of Alain's contacts she knew ever since, but so far she isn't getting far. Could you wotk with something like that?

[PAUL CHAUVELIN]

Oooooh, that sounds good. So many possibilities. hmmm. Incoming brainstorming ...

Since it looks like Alain was conveying messages both before and after the restoration of the monarchy, he was probably working for either 1 - Chauvelin himself, 2 - the Chouannerie, or 3 - a foreign power.

A big question is why, since he's been arrested, he's still alive. If someone in power wanted him silenced, why not just kill him? It's probably not for information, two years is enough time to either break him or conclude he's not gonna break and get rid of him. A foreign spy might have some trade value, but it seems unlikely.

He has to be under the protection of someone with enough moxie to prevent his execution, but that person didn't prevent his arrest in the first place and either can't or won't get him out. Since the former is unlikely, someone wants him alive, but locked up. Possibly to make him suffer (a jilted aristo lover? the cuckolded spouse of an aristo lover?). Possibly to protect him? Maybe he volunteered for some bizarre reason?

I'm happy to have Paul be the one protecting him, if we can come up with a reason why (the more devious the better ;>). If nothing else, he'd almost certainly know Alain was in there, and probably why.