Aleksei Courtanvoux

Aleksei

Aleksei Courtanvoux

Aleksei Courtanvoux du Agenais is the son and heir of a Marquis in Le Motte province.

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Family

Marquis Martin Courtanvoux du Agenais is one of Montaigne's most gifted Porte sorcerers, a well known patron of the arts, a patron of the Rose and Cross, and a member of several elite gentleman's clubs. Descended from Montanus (though through a matrilineal line) it is of little surprise that his family has enjoyed consistent wealth and prestige from generation to generation. A man who has never known anything but the greatest privilege he is prone to indulging in the excesses that have become vogue in L'emperor's court. He is now in his early forties and remains a handsome if stern looking man.

Boyarynya Zoya Alekseeva Galipova is a Molhyna noble woman who in her youth possessed a harsh beauty born of a harsh land. She was sent to Rurik by her father in the hopes of catching the eye of a powerful (and wealthy) nobleman as her family lands provided exactly as much as needed, but never as much as desired. It was there where she met, was courted by, and eventually married Marquis Martin. The marriage provided her father with considerable political contacts in foreign lands but he could not understand why his daughter was worth so much to a Montaigne nobleman. There's a saying about gift horses, however...

The Boyarynya herself is a woman of practicality and faith, and adheres to many of the traditions of her people even in Montaigne. This makes her something of an oddity and political liability to her husband were she ever interested in entering public life. Thankfully for the Marquis Lady Zoya has spent much of her time in Montaigne on the family lands near Paix, staying engaged with her studies and occasionally traveling the family holdings.

Aleksei's three older sisters, Caterina, 25, Michelle, 23, and Caroline, 20, are all married to various Montaigne nobleman. All three are gifted Porte sorceresses. Of the three, only Caroline maintains friendly contact with her brother. The elder two engage in courtly politics in Charouse.

Aleksei's uncle, Aleksei, visited him in his youth after he came down with the white plague. He was recently supposed to return to visit Aleksei and his mother, but he has not arrived yet.

Current Events

Aleksei independently investigated the Staatholder, an Eisen ship reumored to be carrying his uncle to Montaigne. He could not find his uncle, but discovered a severed hand in his uncle's stateroom. Aleksei now presumes that the fiend who beset the Staatholder and killed the crew was the same as the man who oversaw the torture of the unknown Ussuran nobleman discovered in the basement of the unknown villa.

During the events preceding the recent invasion of Isla Tormentos by the Montaigne navy, the young Rose and Cross knight made the acquaintance of the Governor's young daughter, Senora Zoya Villar del Velasquez. During a moonlight walk on the walls overlooking the sea she confided in Aleksei that she wished to be reunited with her mother whom she has not heard from since the Montaigne invasion of Zepeda. Aleksei, seeing the approaching guards, assured the young Castillian beauty that he would see to it that she and her father were reunited their lost wife and mother.

Upon breaching the fortress Punte Grande, Aleksei and his compatriots stumbled into a storage room in which four Vodacce noblewomen huddled, awaiting Carlotta's return. They believed they were to be smuggled off of the island to someplace safe. Fearing that the women would not be safe once the battle for the fortress began Aleksei extended his hospitality and protection to them. When Lucien, Philipe du Paix's pet porte mage arrived to ferry soldiers into the fort Aleksei instructed him to take the four women to safety even though that left the invasion four men down.

After the conquest of the island Admiral Price allowed Aleksei custody of the Governor and his daughter, as well as the four Vodacce women. With only a brief interlude in Paix to purchase appropriate dresses for the ladies the Vodacce noblewomen are offered the complete hospitality of Aleksei's personal country estate where they may remain as long as they wish and Aleksei has written a letter to his aunt, Baroness Miriam du Avion, whom he happens to know has a nearby country estate which she rarely visits (preferring instead the Court at Charouse). Should the four women wish they may stay in Montaigne under assumed names for as long as they wish.

Journal

Aleksei's Journal

GM Stuff

Aleksei has the Background "Romance-1", Lady Evie

Aleksei has the Background "Friend-1", Lady Jamais

Aleksei has the Background "Complicated Family-Variable.

Aleksei has the Background "Lost Relative-2", Uncle Aleksei

Aleksei has the Background "Friend-2", Earl of Luthon.

Aleksei has the Background "Something-2", Carlotta

Aleksei has the Background "Something-2", Captain Crispino

Aleksei has the Background "Obligation-1", Don Cruz and family.

Aleksei has the Background "Obligation-1", Constanza Gastone, Amelia Vellini, Julia Vellini, and Maria Vellini. He has settled these three women near his family lands and is obligated to protect them from the Vodacce men who want to claim them.

Aleksei's father is a Porte Master and the family estate maintains a few permanent portals to locations throughout Theah.

Aleksei's mother is a Pyeryem Adept. She is from Molhyna, Ussura, but spent three years enjoying the hospitality of the Lord of Rurik while she attempted to catch the interest of an important nobleman.

Marquis Martin purchased land near the coast for Zoya and the children only to have that land recently conquered in the Montaigne invasion of Ussura. Ironically the small estate by the shore remains in the family's possession despite it being in conquered territory due to the Marquis' clever use of Montaigne law.

Aleksei has no idea what to do with the tax money he receives. Approximately 100 guilders is invested with Vendel banking and shipping operations every month, and 200 guilders are spent on his serfs in the form of tax reduction, feasts, and other efforts to ease the crippling Montaigne taxes. He keeps a nice apartment in Paix and is in the process of developing a personal library, but almost all of his remaining money goes into clothing and living the life of a fop. Consequently he rarely has money for larger purchases.

Aleksei has heard word from Ussura that the Gaius is a voracious reader of books, and Aleksei sends rare or very modern books via Vendel merchants to the Gaius' palace as gifts.

Aleksei feeds a number of neighborhood cats on his balcony. Many are the offspring of Aleksei's childhood pet, Dima, a black Ussuran Angora.

Aleksei is a recently admitted member of the Rose and Cross.