#claude is my fav for their character growth and learning to take back their life =w=

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sneak peek at my historical multi because if i have to type up any more full bios my eyes are gonna bleed.

canon:

john francis de winter // gaspard ulliel // 23 // 16th century // spy // alexandre dumas’ 20 years later

the son of a 'hero’ without virtue and a girl betrayed into villainy, brought up as a noble’s son without privilege, the boy always had a hard life. the end result of continued degradation and loneliness was a cunning young viper who wants nothing more than revenge for his mother’s assination and his own disgraces. now living under the nom de guerre mordaunt, he hunts his mother’s killers for sport while arranging the downfall of a certain monarchy.

mercedes de morcerf // barbara mori // age varies // 19th century // noblewoman // alexandre dumas’ the count of monte cristo

a fisherman’s daughter whose tragedies slowly turned to a pretty lie, mercedes was the guileless fiancee of the novel’s protagonist. little more than a pawn in the games of her later husband, mercedes has made the best of her life since, living content as a rich man’s wife in paris. the return of her former fiance promises to cast her life into chaos, however, and cost her more dearly than she can ever imagine.

daniel molloy // toby regbo // age varies // 1970s-80s // reporter // anne rice’s the vampire chronicles

the all-american everyman whose pet project led him into the very depths of folklore, daniel is the interviewer of the eponymous vampire of the first novel. several years on, the secret he has been exposed to has consumed him, driving him through the night in search of answers in the company of the vampire armand. through various tribulations, daniel eventually gets his wish to join the children of the night, and currently lives in the very lap of luxury.

ocs:

oswine hessing // richard armitage // 40 // 9th century // soldier and general // vikings

a general who is the model of historical virtues and monstrosity alike, oswine has made his name in the slaughter of heathens and travel across the world. the son of a minor saxon lord, the eldest son of the dynasty was raised in the frankish courts and swore fealty to their leaders, especially towards the beautiful and equally zealous daughter of the emperor. after the betrayal that was selling charles’ daughter in marriage to a heretic, oswine abandoned frankia completely, resurfacing many years later in mercia to do battle with the hoard that approaches from the north.

cyneburg hessing // sophie skelton // 19 // 9th century // wise woman // vikings

the fervently mystic sister of oswine, a young woman at once too forward thinking and too held back by tradition for the era of her birth. known to be ‘strange’ even from her early childhood, the girl developed an obsessive love for scripture and God, her odd mannerisms only serving to further sever her from her family. the decision to send her to a convent did not suit cyneburg in the least, and she scandalously fled the nunnery, swearing she was meant for more, that God deemed it so. her father’s rage was soothed by the offers of her older half brother -- if she meant to travel in the name of God, she could be his companion. adored by her brother, mistrusting of the world, and scorned in kind, cyneburg bides her time in the valleys of her thoughts, listening for God, acting on her own seemingly unknowable whims.

cirila montoya // jessica lucas // age varies // 17th century // noblewoman // the three musketeers

in another life, cirila montoya wants for nothing. the eldest child of a fabulously wealthy merchant’s daughter and one of the habsburg's most respected advisors, her life was neatly written from birth, a cossetted doll, a proper lady. even from her birth, her father had different plans for his eldest -- a master with sword and pistol, the equal in education to princes, raised as properly as any eldest son should be. when cirila’s younger brother came along, no plan was deterred. even now, living paris to help her mother with business dealings, cirila holds fast to the belief that she, not her brother, is the worthy successor to the name, riches, and power of the montoya name. to this end, she plays games with the upper echelons of society and their agents, seeking favor and support in taking her rightful place.

mercy lee // kristin kreuk // 26 // 19th century // witch and seamstress // fandomless

what a humbling thing it is, to be the last of a people that you never knew. the daughter of a cantonese merchant sailor and his scottish wife, mercy owes her every strangeness to her mother’s heritage, to the fact her mother was the sole survivor of the church’s attempts to eradicate her heretical bloodline. she has only the stories her mother could offer her in the 15 years they were together, of a god who dwells in some mirror world, who makes sacred both sea and stars, who is ever watchful and master of all things done in the dark. these bleak truths do little to dampen mercy’s spirits, who stays buoyant in spite of the uncomfortable nature of her faith. dedicating secrets and unseen sins to her god, carving prayers into bones she feeds into the sea, even the stitching of runes into her work is done with an abiding joy for the clearness with which she sees the world. terrifyingly powerful for her nearness to the void, mercy spends her off season traveling the world and striking down far more wicked witches.

claude di montoya // fc tbd // 19 // 19th century // spy and revolutionary // the count of monte cristo

direct descendant of the aforementioned cirila. after their mother’s death, claude was abandoned by their caretakers and spent the next several years living as a boy, working ceaselessly to provide for their little brother rafaele. salvation came in the form of a catalan soldier who saw in the ‘boy’ the same ambitions and hatred that motivated him as a younger man, in this soldier who sought to teach this urchin everything they would need to claw their way out of hell. claude proved an adept study, and pulled themselves from the brink by a fencing tournament in which they crushed all competition beneath their heel to great acclaim. it was not long after that claude was set to a new rotation on their wheel of fortune, reclaimed by their mother’s noble family and sent to italy for a few lonely, halcyon years. embittered against the higher classes, claude was picked for service in espionage based on the majority of their life having been spent in paris, beholden to the whims of their handler, the young swashbuckler becomes swept up in old intrigues that put their former savior in the very eye of the storm, leaving claude to choose between obligation to his memory or the acceptance they find with his greatest enemies.