Post by La Maupin on Oct 5, 2015 21:17:26 GMT
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[PTab=Profile] Character Details 1 Height / Weight : 5'4''/125 lbs. Source : History Home Region : Paris, France Alignment : Chaotic Neutral Gender : Female Act One The notorious Mademoiselle Julie d'Aubigny was born in 1673 to a trainer of King Louis XIV’s court pages, a swordmaster in his own right. Starting in early childhood, she dressed in boy’s clothing and studied alongside her father’s pupils. During that time she learned to read, to draw, to dance, and of course to fence – a skill that would not normally have been available to a young lady in that day and age. Her skill astounded everyone that she came in contact with, including the Count d'Armagnac, who became her lover when she turned fourteen. He would later arrange for her marriage to one Sieur de Maupin, who left her not long after to accept work in the South of France. That was fine – she had plenty of other things to concern herself with. Like Serannes. Julie fell head over heels for the accomplished fencer in 1987 and stayed at his side even after he killed a man in a duel gone wrong – a situation that she would later become extremely familiar with. The two of them fled the city after that and made their living performing. During that time she became well known for her signature male costumes, though she never did claim to be male. It was new, fresh – risqué, even. More than anything, it was exciting, and it brought her plenty of lovers and admirers. Before long she didn’t need Serannes much anymore. Act Two One such admirer was a young lady whose parents, predictably, did not exactly approve of the relationship. They sent her away to a convent in an attempt to separate the lovers…but they had, of course, greatly underestimated Julie’s determination. In what was perhaps her most scandalous feat, she went to her lover and stole her away – but not before taking vows, replacing the girl with the stolen corpse of one of her fellow Sisters and lighting the building ablaze. When the affair finally ended and the girl returned home, Julie was charged with kidnapping, body snatching, and arson and sentenced to burn at the stake. In order to make yet another daring escape, she called in a favor from her old friend, the Count d'Armagnac, who convinced the King to revoke her sentence. Newly free and extremely bored, she fled to Paris and joined the opera. Act Three She thrived after that. Her career blossomed and she served as a muse for several writers and directors who hailed her for having what they thought was the most beautiful voice in the world. It was amazing. She went almost overnight from an inexperienced street performer to a seasoned prima donna whose photographic memory made reading her lines more than once completely unnecessary. Still, she could never quite escape controversy. To be fair, she didn’t want to. She was just as well known for her torrid affairs and backstage antics as she was for her singing. On more than one occasion she was said to have beaten male singers for having insulted her or harassed the other women in her troupe. On one occasion, she is said to have cornered one such offender in an alleyway on his way home from the theater. When he refused her a proper duel, she beat him senseless with a cane and stole his pocket watch. The next day, when he attempted to convince his colleagues that he had been mugged by some – male – strangers, Julie simply took out his pocket watch and forced him to beg for it before their peers. “You are a coward and a craven. It was I who defeated you!” Around 1695 her antics got her into trouble with the law once again. Her tendency to publically carry on affairs with other ladies got her challenged to many a duel, and while she won them all, dueling was not allowed in Paris at the time. It proved to be a minor inconvenience, as she was on stage again within the next few years. The Grand Finale In 1703 Julie fell for the beautiful Madame la Marquise de Florensac. The two remained together for two years, during which time there were very few scandals and controversies. The ladies kept to themselves enjoyed what was by all accounts a blissful relationship until de Florensac died of a fever. Inconsolable, Julie vanished. Some say she returned to her husband and lived out her last few years in peace. Others, detractors mostly, claim that she found religion and returned to the convent. By then she had she had killed at least ten men in her various duels and maimed many others. She is remembered today as a tenacious, confident, young woman whose legend far outlived her. For more on that, take a trip to the opera. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
