Death Before Dishonor

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Name: Lucien Amour Lyon du Lyon the Lionheart
Canon/OC: OC
Journal: coeurdulyon
Race: Human
Nationality: Orlesian
Occupation: Chevalier
Division: Forces
Mage or Not: Not
Age: 34


History

There was a time when Lucien Amour Lyon du Lyon did not exist, and the boy that would become the legendary Chevalier was nobody of importance.

Lord Thibault Lyon du Lyon and his wife, Lady Arielle (nee Roux), adopted Lucien after a woodsman found the boy wandering in a thicket on the Lyon estate. Unsure of what to do with him, the woodsman presented him to the Lord and Lady, who had been trying in vain to conceive for some time.

They raised Lucien as their own, dedicating themselves and plenty of servants to his upbringing. He excelled in school and whatever extracurriculars he participated in, and when Lord Thibault suggested he become a Chevalier, he excelled in the Academie as well. While he did not kill any city elves in pursuit of the yellow feather, he did not treat them particularly well either, a fact that brings him great shame today.

He has done great work as a Chevalier, including but not limited to some heroic acts during the War of the Lions, during which time he became known as Lucien The Lionheart.

More recently he has been serving with the Order, trying to keep his homeland safe from invaders and demons and the like, but in late 9:43 Dragon he was captured by the Venatori and has been a prisoner of war ever since.

There is no shortage of tales and legends surrounding Lucien Amour Lyon du Lyon, the Lionheart, but it’s hard to say without asking the man himself which ones are true and which have been blown far out of proportion.

Personality

Lucien is a practical, dramatical, pragmatical, oratorical, romantical jellicle cat man.

Lucien is intelligent and studious with a sense of gravity and a mind for tactics and diplomacy. He can come off as much older due to his austere, regal appearance and attitude, but at 34 he still has a youthful spirit and a tendency to make jokes, even if it’s hard to tell when he’s kidding. He may be above public drunkenness and tries to avoid doing anything to invite ridicule among the people, in private he can be a bit of a dork and isn’t afraid to play the fool to brighten someone’s day. The Lucien in stories differs slightly from the man as he is today in that before being a prisoner of war, he was far more likely to throw around the weight of his station to get shit done. Since his internment, he’s become far more humble, and would sooner lay down his own life to ensure the survival of common people than command they be set free without paying any price.

He’s carrying with him a level of guilt that is currently informing his decisions and actions, and in his mind he owes the people of Orlais penance not only for his own entitlement and abuse of power, but for the abuses suffered at the hands of all Chevaliers. He still holds some romantic ideas about the Order of Chevaliers, but he isn’t going to argue that they’re a perfect organization the way he might have earlier in life. He’s spent a lot of time thinking about his own status and value as a human/person and has realized that very little indeed separates him from any random farmer or elf beyond luck and circumstance. Particularly because if it weren’t for the kindness of Lord and Lady du Lyon, he would be a destitute orphan or dead.

He’s struggling to come to terms with the fact that being a good person might mean being a bad Chevalier.

Opinions & Affiliations


The Chantry: Lucien is pretty devout, but not to the point of bigotry. He also recognizes that the Chantry is, by and large, an organization of people, and people are flawed. It stands to reason that the Chantry is as flawed as those people, and it’s important to recognize flaws and mistakes and learn from them rather than erasing them and repeating the mistakes.
The Qun: The fact that they’re an enemy of Tevinter leads Lucien to believe that perhaps an alliance is in order. The enemy of my enemy and all that, but he doesn’t quite understand the basis of their society or culture.
Mage/Templar War: What a mess. A lot of death and destruction could have been avoided if more knowledge about the Circles and what went on within them was available to the public. The tensions between mages and Templars is only made worse by fear of the unknown, and the only way to combat that fear is by making the unknown known. N’est-ce pas?
Race Relations: This is a tricky subject. Lucien is only just starting to dismantle a lot of his own prejudice against elves and the like, so the opinions he holds about the various races and creeds of Thedas are not firm anymore.
Chevaliers: Like the Chantry, the organization is flawed and while the core beliefs are ones he still romanticizes, the execution of those ideals has been less than ideal. The Order is suffering the tarnish of more than a few bad eggs, and Lucien isn’t sure whether or not it’s worth working to salvage or if they should simply be dismantled altogether.


Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths:
All the strengths of a Chevalier, plus uncanny luck, charm, and nobility in the truest sense of the word.

He still has Chevalier contacts even though a lot of them still think he’s dead.

His family is alive but he’s remiss to call on them for aid since they’ve done so much for him already.

Weaknesses:
Blind spots in his education that lead to prejudice and racism.

Physically weakened from being a POW for a year and a half.

Does he know how to relax and be a normal 34 year old humanman? No, not really.


Inventory

Nothing

Motivation

His main motivation is to protect his homeland, maintain Orlais’ freedom etc etc etc. He also has reason to lend aid to Gwen, being the cousin of her half-brother, who sold all Lucien’s stuff to pay off gambling debts about a year ago when Lucien was declared dead. Being rescued from being a POW by Riftwatch lands him squarely in owing a debt of honor to Riftwatch as an organization so he’s going to be pretty dedicated to helping however he can. He won’t be able to help monetarily but has connections even if he’s still legally dead.


Lucien on the TDM
Lucien and Jone