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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Aug 28, 2015 20:43:56 GMT
Helene can be described as a true romantic; she upholds the same ideals as Rousseau and believes that living alongside nature is the ultimate dream. Simplicity is a key component; she believes that every man should be born free. Free to govern themselves and not to be ruled by a cruel hierarchy, where equality among men does not exist. Like many of the romantics, she believes in the republic, and is willing to stake her life alongside those who hold the same dream. Many of her morals have been influenced by those around her. She has seen in the actions of others, how important it is to fight for a society that governs with these beliefs.
A part of Helene has never really grown up; she still holds all her childhood dreams and wishes close to her heart. She is rather naive to the ways of the world, as she has been over protected by her father and finds her new way of life a challenge, but one she is willing to face. Some might say she is a fool for not going to England and risking her life in Paris. Much like her mother Helene is extremely passionate and impulsive, which perhaps is a huge flaw for Helene as she often acts on impulse and rarely thinks of the consequences. Her hot headed passionate nature has got her into trouble on many occasions and most likely will continue to get her into trouble in the future.
I'm open to lots of different plots regarding Helene, she could do with another Lady for a friend, even if this means speaking through letters etc seeing as she is currently living in the Sacred Heart Camp. She's the girlfriend of the camp lead Henri, so maybe enemies of his might see her as a target. She is also an aristocrat, though not by blood, she doesn't follow the royalist cause she is seeking peace between all parties.
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Post by PAUL CHAUVELIN on Aug 30, 2015 23:23:55 GMT
Still besotted with that jackass? *shakes head sadly* Going to have to do something about that.  |
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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Aug 31, 2015 0:02:55 GMT
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Yes! haha Is there another way you'd like to look at this plot? Another angle we could take? I'm happy to keep things the same or mix it up! |
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Post by PAUL CHAUVELIN on Aug 31, 2015 5:43:52 GMT
LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAUhmmm. Do we actually have the jackass? Another off-the-wall thing is the caves beneath Rochambeau (where he met *cough*seduced*cough*) her mother. Could use them as a plot device.
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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Aug 31, 2015 10:34:03 GMT
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Post by PAUL CHAUVELIN on Aug 31, 2015 12:24:49 GMT
Well, only the locals know about the caves, and most of them are too superstitious to go in, so they don't know they layout. Helene's mother did, because that's where she met 'Valentin Gauthier.' And Helene probably does, and could think they're a safe place to hide people and/or things, since they're so shunned. But Chauvelin played in them when he was a kid and returned later to hide out there briefly, so he knows the layout, too ...
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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Aug 31, 2015 14:25:26 GMT
I see where you are going with this! haha That could be fun! This could be before he gets brought to the camp, if that still happens -although it should because poor Chauv in a pigs pen is quite amusing xD- Shall I try to get a thread up soon? We see where it goes?
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Post by PAUL CHAUVELIN on Aug 31, 2015 15:56:24 GMT
Yisssss. The pigpen scene must happen, because feels. All kinds of possibilities for the caves. The Chateau is about 120 miles SW from Paris by modern roads (according to Googlemaps), which means it’s not really on the way to England (NW) or other European countries (N and E). On the other hand, in the event of aristos fleeing revolution, that means the roads that way are less likely to be blocked/guarded, and France has a lot of coastline (w/ports) to the west. It’s too distant from Paris to work as a Sacred Heart staging area, I think, but it would make a good fallback position or waypoint on an underground railroad. Another idea is that we could flip it around and have it be Chauvelin who assumes (incorrectly) that nobody else knows the caves. Maybe later when he’s trying to smuggle Henri out of the country, Pimpernel and SH in pursuit? |
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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Aug 31, 2015 16:13:01 GMT
Yeah I was wondering if maybe Chauvelin was scouting the caves out for his future mission and that perhaps the caves could be used to store spare supplies for the Scared Heart? In case their camp gets raided and they need to re-band quickly?
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Post by PAUL CHAUVELIN on Aug 31, 2015 16:49:24 GMT
Heh. He’s walking through what should be an open space and suddenly barks his shin on a crate. I wonder how you say WTF in French, lol.
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Post by MARIE EVANGELINE ROQUEFEUIL on Sept 1, 2015 6:20:50 GMT
LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU She is making him again and so that means you get to deal with his Maman dearest again! Aren't you excited!? The truth is Marie and Helene are in some ways just a little bit too alike lol and Marie would die before she'd admit that. Ahem. She's stubborn and as a girl was just as wild and loved running the forest and getting into thing she shouldn't have. And I think part of her feelings toward Helene are... maybe frustration mixed with jealousy. At fourteen (much too young) Marie had to give up her carefree days to marry a man who was quite a bit older than her and whom she didn't love and didn't feel -ready- to marry.. but because things were expected of her as a wife.. as a matter of propriety she had to give up the person she was INSIDE. And she resents, I think, that other people - Helene especially because she's with Henri - don't have to make those kinds of sacrifices.. that only she was that "unlucky" in a way.. she's jealous I think that she had to give up herself for such a long time that at 43 she's only getting a chance to get it back. T'would be interesting if Helene ever figured any of that out...
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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Sept 1, 2015 19:17:24 GMT
MARIE EVANGELINE ROQUEFEUILHelene is head over heels for Marie's son, I expect having her only son disappear for the rebel cause and Helene with him could be disgruntling? I think Helene would perhaps be a bit intimidated by Marie - more because she is a grand lady, whereas Helene has denounced that life from the moment she was forced into posh dresses. A small part of her enjoys that life, but she is much more comfortable living with simplicity. I think Marie would remind Helene a lot of what she's lost, since she and her adoptive father were forced from their homes not long ago, she perhaps may be resentful that Marie has escaped that so far.
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Post by MARIE EVANGELINE ROQUEFEUIL on Sept 1, 2015 20:29:11 GMT
LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU yes.. disgruntling is the -nice- version of Marie's feelings on -that-. Especially because he's fighting over the family money with Marie because he wants to use it to help the Sacred Heart. And Marie's opinion on that is a bit "Over my dead body." And that would be interesting... because I don't think Marie would realize she may remind Helene of what she no longer has...
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Post by PAUL CHAUVELIN on Sept 1, 2015 20:58:53 GMT
Noodling here. After his father died when he was a baby, Chauv and his mother were taken in a family friend, the Comte de Rochambeau (the current Comte’s father). Rochambeau Sr. was basically the only father Chauv ever knew, and he would feel a debt there, unless Rochambeau Jr. was really a dick to him growing up (which I doubt). He wouldn’t approach Jr. directly, because as far as everyone knows ‘Paul-Francois, Marquis de Chauvelin’ was emotionally shattered by the first Revolution and has stuck to his estates in Alsace ever since. But he would help out if he heard there was trouble …
And another idea. Rochambeau Jr. is around Chauv’s age, so they would have known each other as children. They haven’t seen each other for something like 45 years, and Chauv looks very different, but if Sr. saw him, he might recognize him. Not sure where to go with that, but it could be interesting.
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Post by LADY HELENE DE ROCHAMBEAU on Sept 1, 2015 21:04:24 GMT
Noodling here. After his father died when he was a baby, Chauv and his mother were taken in a family friend, the Comte de Rochambeau (the current Comte’s father). Rochambeau Sr. was basically the only father Chauv ever knew, and he would feel a debt there, unless Rochambeau Jr. was really a dick to him growing up (which I doubt). He wouldn’t approach Jr. directly, because as far as everyone knows ‘Paul-Francois, Marquis de Chauvelin’ was emotionally shattered by the first Revolution and has stuck to his estates in Alsace ever since. But he would help out if he heard there was trouble … And another idea. Rochambeau Jr. is around Chauv’s age, so they would have known each other as children. They haven’t seen each other for something like 45 years, and Chauv looks very different, but if Sr. saw him, he might recognize him. Not sure where to go with that, but it could be interesting. Which one was Helenes adoptive father? I worked it out from your post, That could be interesting, he might? Or maybe from Helene's mothers description? His father may have told him? Also Marie - how would she feel when she knew Helene was Chauvs? |
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