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===The Childhood of Damien LeCroix=== | ===The Childhood of Damien LeCroix=== | ||
| − | Damien LeCroix was born the second child of Fernais LeCroix and Ellieanne LeCroix nee Catoran in | + | Damien LeCroix was born the second child of Fernais LeCroix and Ellieanne LeCroix nee Catoran in 720 in the Bavarian calendar, in the village of Chateaufaux in the domain of Dementlieue, along the Sea of Sorrows. An arms merchant of some wealth, LeCroix was a retired mercenary originally from the domain of Lamordia with a special interest in gunpowder and weapons that employ the substance. After years of service to a ''boyar'' of Barovia, Fernais settled in the home village of his bride, the beautiful Ellieanne Catoran, and assumed the daily operations of her father's gunpowder import service. |
| − | Growing up amidst the gentry, as a young boy Damien was educated at a boarding school associated with the new Church of Ezra of Ste. Mere des Larmes in Port-a-Lucine, the capital of Dementlieue. These were fine times, and as Damien grew, it became expected of his father than Damien, as the second son, enter the Church of Ezra as an anchorite, while his elder brother Arant be groomed to assist his father in the family business. However, when Damien was 15, the sudden madness of the mayor of Chateaufaux erupted in a frenzy, and saw Arant LeCroix | + | Growing up amidst the gentry, as a young boy Damien was educated at a boarding school associated with the new Church of Ezra of Ste. Mere des Larmes in Port-a-Lucine, the capital of Dementlieue. These were fine times, and as Damien grew, it became expected of his father than Damien, as the second son, enter the Church of Ezra as an anchorite, while his elder brother Arant be groomed to assist his father in the family business. |
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| + | As Damien grew into a young man, his interest became less that of faith, and more that of science. To his father's chagrin, Damien delayed his vows as a formal anchorite, and instead remained an acolyte of the faith, falling primarily under the tutelage of the secretive cleric-alchemist Jeaneau Lesante. A genuine wizard and transmuter, the old scientist Lesante was obsessed with making potions derived from the mysterious Icon of Ezra of the Church of Ste. Mere des Larmes. The potions could give to Lesante wondrous powers for a time, and even succeeded in permanently correcting his vision. Damien became Lesante's pupil, and supported the transmuter's obsession with creating ever more powerful potions. | ||
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| + | When Damien was 20, his father threatened to cut him from his allowance if he did not soon make his formal vows as an anchorite to La Bastion of Ste. Mere des Larmes, and the two nearly came to blows. However, when the situation was about to become forced for Damien, tragedy struck the town of Chateaufaux, and the sudden and mad violence of the mayor Henri Melano and his Black Watch saw the death of Damien's elder brother Arant, who was beaten with clubs until he expired in 470, shortly after the events of the Grand Conjunction. Lesante and his pupil Damien, along with two other members of the Ezran clergy who called themselves ''les Échansons'' (the Cupbearers), came to Chateaufaux, calculating through their magic and esoteric lore that it was not men who were causing the murders in Chateaufaux, but rather infernal beings. | ||
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| + | However, when Damien was 15, the sudden madness of the mayor of Chateaufaux erupted in a frenzy, and saw Arant LeCroix | ||
===The Teachings of Professor Lucien Maront=== | ===The Teachings of Professor Lucien Maront=== | ||
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===The Highest Philosophy of Lucien Maront=== | ===The Highest Philosophy of Lucien Maront=== | ||
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Background
The Childhood of Damien LeCroix
Damien LeCroix was born the second child of Fernais LeCroix and Ellieanne LeCroix nee Catoran in 720 in the Bavarian calendar, in the village of Chateaufaux in the domain of Dementlieue, along the Sea of Sorrows. An arms merchant of some wealth, LeCroix was a retired mercenary originally from the domain of Lamordia with a special interest in gunpowder and weapons that employ the substance. After years of service to a boyar of Barovia, Fernais settled in the home village of his bride, the beautiful Ellieanne Catoran, and assumed the daily operations of her father's gunpowder import service.
Growing up amidst the gentry, as a young boy Damien was educated at a boarding school associated with the new Church of Ezra of Ste. Mere des Larmes in Port-a-Lucine, the capital of Dementlieue. These were fine times, and as Damien grew, it became expected of his father than Damien, as the second son, enter the Church of Ezra as an anchorite, while his elder brother Arant be groomed to assist his father in the family business.
As Damien grew into a young man, his interest became less that of faith, and more that of science. To his father's chagrin, Damien delayed his vows as a formal anchorite, and instead remained an acolyte of the faith, falling primarily under the tutelage of the secretive cleric-alchemist Jeaneau Lesante. A genuine wizard and transmuter, the old scientist Lesante was obsessed with making potions derived from the mysterious Icon of Ezra of the Church of Ste. Mere des Larmes. The potions could give to Lesante wondrous powers for a time, and even succeeded in permanently correcting his vision. Damien became Lesante's pupil, and supported the transmuter's obsession with creating ever more powerful potions.
When Damien was 20, his father threatened to cut him from his allowance if he did not soon make his formal vows as an anchorite to La Bastion of Ste. Mere des Larmes, and the two nearly came to blows. However, when the situation was about to become forced for Damien, tragedy struck the town of Chateaufaux, and the sudden and mad violence of the mayor Henri Melano and his Black Watch saw the death of Damien's elder brother Arant, who was beaten with clubs until he expired in 470, shortly after the events of the Grand Conjunction. Lesante and his pupil Damien, along with two other members of the Ezran clergy who called themselves les Échansons (the Cupbearers), came to Chateaufaux, calculating through their magic and esoteric lore that it was not men who were causing the murders in Chateaufaux, but rather infernal beings.
However, when Damien was 15, the sudden madness of the mayor of Chateaufaux erupted in a frenzy, and saw Arant LeCroix
