Post by Prince Delaunay de la Courcel on Feb 15, 2005 3:25:47 GMT -5
Delaunay de la Courcel de Montespan
Age:29
Height: 6'3
Home Province: Siovale
Race: D'Angeline (Kusheline/Elua/Shemhazai)
Prince of Blood, Duc de Montespan
Appearance: Delaunay has every distinctive character of House Shahrizai and House Courcel. His blue black hair, and his sapphire blue eye, combined with the long neck of House Courcel makes him an obvious relative to both Houses. He is tall, standing at 6'3, and muscular.
History: Delaunay's had as much of a normal life as possible considering his family's history, born to Prince Imriel no Montreve de la Courcel and Laurette de Montespan, Del has spent his live being the perfect courtier, given everything to make him suitable at court and companion in marriage should an alliance be made. A pawn he always felt. He was raised knowing his complete family history and the treachery by his maternal grand mother and grand father.
But, because Imriel was raised by a woman who taught him to accept himself no matter what, Imriel taught both of his children not to dwell on the stain of their family, but the future they could create for themselves. Also keeping with his foster mother's teachings, Imriel taught his children the things his mother's mentor (which is were Delaunay got his name sake) had taught her. Learning to look, listen, and to see what was not there, as well as teaching them tumbling and acrobatics. Though Delaunay accepted his family's past mistakes, and striving to make a better future, he felt as though he wasn't welcome and therefore visited very little with his royal family members. Admitly though there we're some he enjoyed the company of but Delaunay never enjoyed the games of intrigue that seemed to plague his family. This also created a bond between himself and his sister Phreya, though in recent years their relationship has weakened considerably.
As a youth Delaunay spent more of his time in Montreve with his close family, hearing first hand stories told by the aging Phedre and Joscelin. Sitting at her knee the way that his father had when he was a boy. In some way Delaunay's life was much like his father's save that he never experienced the grand adventures of his father or (foster) grandparents. Which seemed to suit him just fine. As a young man his father and Joscelin deemed it suitable for Delaunay to understand how to fight in order to protect himself and his loved ones, he was trainned at both Imriel and Joscelin's had in a variety of styles and techniques. But as Delaunay grew he found less appreciation in the merrits of fighting and though some a court wished him to join the Queen's Army, Del wasn't interested. For the most part he keeps fit by running drills and continues to stay current in strategy and combat. But Delaunay sees this as most for his own self preservation as well as the protection of his loved ones.
Just about three years ago his grandfather Duc Bercer de Montespan passed away in his sleep and since then Delaunay has taken over the Duchy and though he spends most of his time in the City of Elua only venturing only to Montreve every now an then. At court he is polite, kind and even smiling, but doesn't mesh well with many peers and nobles gaining more then a few enemies for himself, but in the past year since his up and down courtship with Princess Azabel de Somerville has taught him to ease his ways considerably.
Just barely a year ago he and the Princess were set to be married by arrangement of the now deceased Queen Sabrina de la Courcel. Ten years previously he and Azabel had a brief intimate moment but due to the intervention of their parents, and their own youth, nothing ever came from their union. But when presented with this betrothal, both were happy to agree. But things did not go as well as the pair had wished. After their marriage, on the honeymoon, the pair fought and because of ill favoured actions by Delaunay they divorced less then a month later. But upon feeling the true consequences of his actions, and taking a rather dark turn in his life, Delaunay had a realization that he had to change. It was important for him to set things right with Azabel by apologizing to her and win back her friendship. And just around the time that the pair began to talk again, the sudden news that Delaunay's illegitimate children by Medousa Asterius -who was now deceased due to a political coop in Kriti- where coming to live with him. The arrival of his twins sparked something deep between Aza and Del and perhaps because of the infant children they have reconnected in a quiet courtship.