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Name: Faucon Euphrasie
Born: July 28, 1779; Versailles, France
Died: August 13, 1833; Montreuil, France (age 64)
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Faucon was born in Versailles to a poor family of farmers who were forced to find new land in Paris after their landlord kicked them out in 1789 for what he perceived as inadequacy and laziness. In reality, the family was severely ill and unable to do as much work as usual. Faucon's mother and sister tragically died shortly after the move, leaving him and his father to till the land alone. This hardly made things easier, what with the terrible winter that year and the bankruptcy of the national government after France lent its support to the Americans in their war for independence against Britain a few years prior. The Estates General was held that year in an attempt to fix all of France's problems, but it failed miserably due to the unwillingness of France's three Estates to cooperate with one another. After a series of uprisings across Paris, including one where the Bastille prison was famously stormed by angry peasants, the government almost managed to agree to a Constitutional monarchy. However, when it seemed like the nobles and royalty were hoarding food from the starving peasants, and eventually even firing upon said peasants, open revolution began.

France was tossed into five awful years of blood and insanity and violence which we now know as the French Revolution, and Faucon found himself unwillingly caught up in it all. His father was sentenced to the guillotine in 1793 during the terrifying reign of Maximilien Robespierre, and Faucon was forced to become a lowly street urchin scrounging for food to feed himself and survive. Robespierre was beheaded in 1794, but revolutionary zeal still spread across France and made life very difficult for young Faucon. But his life seemed to turn around one day in 1796. During a rainstorm, a hooded man kindly gave him shelter for the night in the Café Théâtre. Once the rain stopped, Faucon snuck out of bed and stole a few pieces of valuable silverware from the man. He was immediately caught by the city guards, who sought to arrest him. But the hooded man arrived and lied to the guards, telling them that he had willingly given the silverware as charity to the young boy. The guards seemed to believe the story and thus left them alone. Faucon, never before experiencing such a kindness, apologised to the man and turned to leave. But the man pushed his kindness further, still offering shelter in the Café. Faucon reluctantly agreed, and that night he sat and spoke with the man, who introduced himself as Arno Victor Dorian. Arno explained that he was of a secret organization called the Assassins, guardians of freedom and goodwill towards humanity. He said that he believed Faucon had a lot of potential if he could clean up his act. Seeing an opportunity to start a new, better life with a cause to fight for, Faucon eventually agreed to become a novice in the Brotherhood.

Over the next few years, Faucon spent his time training and helping the Assassins across France eliminate the influence of the Templars, who had once been the main drivers of the tyrannical insanity of the French Revolution in an attempt to scare the populace under their control. In 1798, he dealt with a crisis with the United States now called the Quasi-War, and soon after discovered an even bigger threat to both France and the world: a famous general named Napoleon Bonaparte. Bonaparte had just returned from a campaign in Egypt, where he had gotten his hands on an Apple of Eden with which he planned to dominate the world. He used it to become Consul of France in 1799, and later Emperor in 1804. While the Assassins initially had a complicated political friendship with Napoleon, they found themselves forced to sever their ties with him as his military campaigns grew exponentially along with his power. Napoleon's army swept across Europe, only failing when he tried to invade Russia in 1814 and Faucon managed to steal the Apple of Eden away from him. Napoleon was removed from power, but he tried again to reclaim it in 1815, only to be destroyed again at the Battle of Waterloo, which Faucon participated in. Napoleon was exiled for life and France was returned to the hands of the Bourbon monarchy, albeit this time a constitutional monarchy.

Around this same time, Faucon had fallen in love with a beautiful young woman named Adèle Tholomyès. He and her had conceived a child in late 1814, but by the time Faucon had returned from Waterloo, he had discovered that Adèle had been arrested for hitting a drunk rich dandy that tried to assault her, and the newborn child had been sent away to an orphanage which Faucon was refused the name of. Adèle died in prison soon after, and Faucon was left to grieve for the loss of his wife and daughter for many months. His spirits were only lifted when he finally met his daughter again in 1824, finding her working as a servant girl in the very orphanage she had been sent away to. Her name was Arnette, and he immediately adopted her and took her home to be raised by him with all the love he had in his heart and soul. He trained her in the Assassin ways, and the two quickly became an unstoppable and inseparable team.

Also in 1824, King Louis XVIII was succeeded by his brother, Charles X, who while popular at first quickly lost favor with the people of France as the Templars began whispering in his ears and convinced him to pass unpopular policies and censorship laws. This culminated in the July Revolution of 1830, during which the people revolted against the king and his army. The revolt resulted in the abdication of Charles and he was replaced by Louis Philippe I in what became known as the July Monarchy. However, this new king proved just as terrible, and the Templars took him as their own as well. Arnette and Faucon found themselves forced to deal with yet more revolutionary zeal as the Templars had outraged the people by assassinating a famous supporter of the common people, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, in 1832. This, combined with dissatisfaction with the government and poor living and working conditions for the common man, culminated in the June Rebellion, which Faucon, Arnette, and other Assassins participated in. However, this uprising was not successful, and Louis-Philippe remained on the throne for another uprising took him down in 1848. The initial defeat left many Assassins, including Arnette and Faucon, with heavy hearts. Faucon managed to get a few last glimmers of good times before he passed away the next year. His daughter got married to her lover, a Monsieur Pontmercy, and the couple stayed by his side as he laid on his deathbed and peacefully drifted into the next life, leaving the job of stopping Louis-Philippe and his Templar friends to Arnette.

He is an ancestor of Ava Arlie.

Description

Name: Faucon Euphrasie
Born: July 28, 1779; Versailles, France
Died: August 13, 1833; Montreuil, France (age 64)
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Faucon was born in Versailles to a poor family of farmers who were forced to find new land in Paris after their landlord kicked them out in 1789 for what he perceived as inadequacy and laziness. In reality, the family was severely ill and unable to do as much work as usual. Faucon's mother and sister tragically died shortly after the move, leaving him and his father to till the land alone. This hardly made things easier, what with the terrible winter that year and the bankruptcy of the national government after France lent its support to the Americans in their war for independence against Britain a few years prior. The Estates General was held that year in an attempt to fix all of France's problems, but it failed miserably due to the unwillingness of France's three Estates to cooperate with one another. After a series of uprisings across Paris, including one where the Bastille prison was famously stormed by angry peasants, the government almost managed to agree to a Constitutional monarchy. However, when it seemed like the nobles and royalty were hoarding food from the starving peasants, and eventually even firing upon said peasants, open revolution began.

France was tossed into five awful years of blood and insanity and violence which we now know as the French Revolution, and Faucon found himself unwillingly caught up in it all. His father was sentenced to the guillotine in 1793 during the terrifying reign of Maximilien Robespierre, and Faucon was forced to become a lowly street urchin scrounging for food to feed himself and survive. Robespierre was beheaded in 1794, but revolutionary zeal still spread across France and made life very difficult for young Faucon. But his life seemed to turn around one day in 1796. During a rainstorm, a hooded man kindly gave him shelter for the night in the Café Théâtre. Once the rain stopped, Faucon snuck out of bed and stole a few pieces of valuable silverware from the man. He was immediately caught by the city guards, who sought to arrest him. But the hooded man arrived and lied to the guards, telling them that he had willingly given the silverware as charity to the young boy. The guards seemed to believe the story and thus left them alone. Faucon, never before experiencing such a kindness, apologised to the man and turned to leave. But the man pushed his kindness further, still offering shelter in the Café. Faucon reluctantly agreed, and that night he sat and spoke with the man, who introduced himself as Arno Victor Dorian. Arno explained that he was of a secret organization called the Assassins, guardians of freedom and goodwill towards humanity. He said that he believed Faucon had a lot of potential if he could clean up his act. Seeing an opportunity to start a new, better life with a cause to fight for, Faucon eventually agreed to become a novice in the Brotherhood.

Over the next few years, Faucon spent his time training and helping the Assassins across France eliminate the influence of the Templars, who had once been the main drivers of the tyrannical insanity of the French Revolution in an attempt to scare the populace under their control. In 1798, he dealt with a crisis with the United States now called the Quasi-War, and soon after discovered an even bigger threat to both France and the world: a famous general named Napoleon Bonaparte. Bonaparte had just returned from a campaign in Egypt, where he had gotten his hands on an Apple of Eden with which he planned to dominate the world. He used it to become Consul of France in 1799, and later Emperor in 1804. While the Assassins initially had a complicated political friendship with Napoleon, they found themselves forced to sever their ties with him as his military campaigns grew exponentially along with his power. Napoleon's army swept across Europe, only failing when he tried to invade Russia in 1814 and Faucon managed to steal the Apple of Eden away from him. Napoleon was removed from power, but he tried again to reclaim it in 1815, only to be destroyed again at the Battle of Waterloo, which Faucon participated in. Napoleon was exiled for life and France was returned to the hands of the Bourbon monarchy, albeit this time a constitutional monarchy.

Around this same time, Faucon had fallen in love with a beautiful young woman named Adèle Tholomyès. He and her had conceived a child in late 1814, but by the time Faucon had returned from Waterloo, he had discovered that Adèle had been arrested for hitting a drunk rich dandy that tried to assault her, and the newborn child had been sent away to an orphanage which Faucon was refused the name of. Adèle died in prison soon after, and Faucon was left to grieve for the loss of his wife and daughter for many months. His spirits were only lifted when he finally met his daughter again in 1824, finding her working as a servant girl in the very orphanage she had been sent away to. Her name was Arnette, and he immediately adopted her and took her home to be raised by him with all the love he had in his heart and soul. He trained her in the Assassin ways, and the two quickly became an unstoppable and inseparable team.

Also in 1824, King Louis XVIII was succeeded by his brother, Charles X, who while popular at first quickly lost favor with the people of France as the Templars began whispering in his ears and convinced him to pass unpopular policies and censorship laws. This culminated in the July Revolution of 1830, during which the people revolted against the king and his army. The revolt resulted in the abdication of Charles and he was replaced by Louis Philippe I in what became known as the July Monarchy. However, this new king proved just as terrible, and the Templars took him as their own as well. Arnette and Faucon found themselves forced to deal with yet more revolutionary zeal as the Templars had outraged the people by assassinating a famous supporter of the common people, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, in 1832. This, combined with dissatisfaction with the government and poor living and working conditions for the common man, culminated in the June Rebellion, which Faucon, Arnette, and other Assassins participated in. However, this uprising was not successful, and Louis-Philippe remained on the throne for another uprising took him down in 1848. The initial defeat left many Assassins, including Arnette and Faucon, with heavy hearts. Faucon managed to get a few last glimmers of good times before he passed away the next year. His daughter got married to her lover, a Monsieur Pontmercy, and the couple stayed by his side as he laid on his deathbed and peacefully drifted into the next life, leaving the job of stopping Louis-Philippe and his Templar friends to Arnette.

He is an ancestor of Ava Arlie.