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Right hand of the boss: Jeong Sen

With... the current events, I thought it would be nice to throw a little reminder of how relationships have been between the Golzine boss and his right-hand man.

The first heir, Béranger, didn’t have anyone close to him besides his adoptive grandfather Ludo. He didn’t have the time anyway, he was killed off early in the story.

His son Theo made a very similar statement that he didn’t trust anybody by first sacking then killing his mentor Cedric. However, Jeong Sen sold him his services and proved resourceful and trustworthy more than once. Too bad he was actually working for the Wongs/Heis (yeah, the feud goes back a long way between those families). But Sen liked Theo. He decided to save Theo’s life, thereby signing his own death warrant as he was a literal property of the Hei clan.

Sen is left for dead but Theo saves him in return. And buys him back from the Heis.

From then on, Theo starts to truly trust Sen and values his opinion.

Sen very often acts as a go-between regarding Nathaniel and the strained relationship between father and son. He is also Nathaniel’s martial arts instructor and generally the closest thing he has to a brother.

But Sen’s ultimate loyalty is to Theo. As Nathaniel learns at his expense.

Nathaniel was really hurt and as much as he loved Sen, he couldn’t help but resent him.

Sen never had a life outside of being a Golzine man. He never had any relationships, or even shown any interest in men or women. He was entirely devoted to Theo.

On Theo’s order, he taught kid Sam how to use a gun. Blame him if she’s got an affinity for firearms!

Shortly after becoming an elder, he was shot by the Pastorinis (lots of bad blood between the gangs!) and died protecting his boss one last time.

Theo never showed how much Sen’s death affected him but he must have felt very lonely. Sen was his loyal bodyguard and wise counselor, always in the shadows and asking for nothing more than to be at Theo’s side.

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From character video “Titanium” (2015)

The start of the Golzine legacy.

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The Golzines through time

If AFATWG were historically accurate, I imagine the beginning of the story would’ve taken place in the 30′s. Founder Ludo Golzine would have been born at the end of the 19th century and would have looked something like this.

The story would have started with Ludo adopting Beranger, intending to make him his heir.

Beranger is Laurie’s great-grand-father and so becomes the first victim of the Golzine curse. His story is rather tragic, really. He’s been driven by duty but a pawn all his life.

Starting with his marriage of convenience with Leona.

(She’s the only one whose hairstyle I had to change in order to match the time period.)

And when he finally manages to be with Paule, his childhood friend and the love of his life, he’s assassinated soon after.