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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He initially believes that the mistreatments against the Protestants are not worth giving up his faith or his home over, but as the system progressively stacks everything up against them, he starts worrying about the future of his children. Eventually, after their house is sacked by Catholic ''dragons'', he chooses to let go of his religion to save his family.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He initially believes that the mistreatments against the Protestants are not worth giving up his faith or his home over, but as the system progressively stacks everything up against them, he starts worrying about the future of his children. Eventually, after their house is sacked by Catholic ''dragons'', dragoons, he chooses to let go of his religion to save his family.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' dragoons to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: By book 4, he has fallen into a deep depression noticing that converting to protect his family legacy only lead to his youngest daughter being locked up in Saint-Cyr, his wife and eldest daughter being lost without news in another country, and his lands having fallen in disarray. The only good thing his conversion got him was a good position for Simon, [[spoiler: which he abandoned when he eloped with Hortense]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: By book 4, he has fallen into a deep depression noticing that converting to protect his family legacy only lead to his youngest daughter being locked up in Saint-Cyr, his wife and eldest daughter being lost without news in another country, and his lands having fallen in disarray. The only good thing his conversion got him was a good position for Simon, [[spoiler: which he abandoned when he eloped with Hortense]].
* CynicismCatalyst: The troubles of her life in Zurich and the extreme severity of Calvinist Protestantism have disillusioned her and she wants nothing but to go home to France.
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* CynicismCatalyst: The troubles of her life in Zurich and the extreme severity of Calvinist Protestantism have disillusioned her and she wants nothing but to go home to France.
* MarryForLove: She is very attracted to [[spoiler: Eugène]], and the fact that marrying him would get her home is only a bonus.
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* TheDutifulSon: Converted to let his father keep his lands, he is devoted to his parents and both of his own sisters describe him as "boring". Love makes him more reckless, however.
* TheDutifulSon: Converted to let his father keep his lands, he is devoted to his parents and both of his own sisters describe him as "boring". Love makes him more reckless, however.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: At the end of their journey, [[spoiler: Charlotte gifts him the gem-encrusted ''chut thai'' she received from King Narai, telling him to sell the stones to buy the piece of land he wants]].
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* NaiveNewcomer: Is convinced that he can convert King Narai to Christianity, despite him supposedly being, to quote Forbin, "a polygamist whose favorite pasttime is to sew shu the mouths of those who speak without his leave".
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* NaiveNewcomer: Is convinced that he can convert King Narai to Christianity, despite him supposedly being, to quote Forbin, "a polygamist whose favorite pasttime is to sew shu shut the mouths of those who speak without his leave".
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | '''Charlotte and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilEleonore Éléonore and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGertrude Gertrude and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilDiane Diane and her entourage]]]]\\
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | '''Charlotte and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilEleonore Éléonore and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGertrude Gertrude and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]]]]\\
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentionned early in Book 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where Gertrude meets her in Book 9, although she left France by choice.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentionned early in Book 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where Gertrude meets her in Book 9, 8, although she left France by choice.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.
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* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.Book 8.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: After her family's conversion at gunpoint, [[spoiler: she fled to Switzerland with her mother where they were betrayed and abandonned by all of her contacts and forced to live in misery and illness with no news of the rest of her family.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: After her family's conversion at gunpoint, [[spoiler: she fled to Switzerland with her mother where they were betrayed and abandonned by all of her contacts and forced to live in misery and illness with no news of the rest of her family.family]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: After her family's conversion at gunpoint, [[spoiler: she fled to Switzerland with her daughter where they were betrayed and abandonned by all of her contacts and forced to live in misery and illness with no news of the rest of her family.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: After her family's conversion at gunpoint, [[spoiler: she fled to Switzerland with her daughter where they were betrayed and abandonned by all of her contacts and forced to live in misery and illness with no news of the rest of her family.family]].
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | '''Charlotte and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilEleonore Eléonore Éléonore and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]]]]\\
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Experiences it in prison. When he learns that no one but BlueBlood might release him, he tells Hortense to leave their love behind and resume her path to TakingTheVeil. She refuses, of course]].
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See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Irénée de Marquet]]
François's sister.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Irénée de Marquet]]
François's sister.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Irénée de Marquet]]
François's sister.
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* TheGhost: Only appears in vague mentions.
* ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François and Charlotte exchange go through her.
* ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François and Charlotte exchange go through her.
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* TheGhost: Only appears in vague mentions.
* ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François andAloofBigBrother: How Charlotte exchange go through her.sees him. They were rather close when she was a child, however.
* TheDutifulSon: Converted to let his father keep his lands, he is devoted to his parents and both of his own sisters describe him as "boring". Love makes him more reckless, however.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Gives himself away to the police as he and Hortense attempt to cross into Savoy to give her a chance to get away. He is shot in the leg and arrested.]]
* LadykillerInLove: According to Marguerite, he is quite popular with the girls at court, and she implies that he's not exactly rejecting them. However, he falls head over heels for Hortense when he first sees her and starts ignoring all the other women.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His elopement with Hortense was entirely spontaneous, and it takes him a while and a few stern explanations to realize how terrible an idea it was.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Catholic Saint-Cyr student Hortense.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hortense describes him as both tall and handsome, and he presumably looks like Charlotte, who is black of hair and eyes.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Used word for word by Charlotte. While he is enjoying a respectable position at court, it is not one that pays very well, and as a Protestant convert, most of his inheritance has been seized or destroyed. Lucky for him, Hortense, who grew up in poverty, does not mind a humble lifestyle.
* ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François and
* TheDutifulSon: Converted to let his father keep his lands, he is devoted to his parents and both of his own sisters describe him as "boring". Love makes him more reckless, however.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Gives himself away to the police as he and Hortense attempt to cross into Savoy to give her a chance to get away. He is shot in the leg and arrested.]]
* LadykillerInLove: According to Marguerite, he is quite popular with the girls at court, and she implies that he's not exactly rejecting them. However, he falls head over heels for Hortense when he first sees her and starts ignoring all the other women.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His elopement with Hortense was entirely spontaneous, and it takes him a while and a few stern explanations to realize how terrible an idea it was.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Catholic Saint-Cyr student Hortense.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hortense describes him as both tall and handsome, and he presumably looks like Charlotte, who is black of hair and eyes.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Used word for word by Charlotte. While he is enjoying a respectable position at court, it is not one that pays very well, and as a Protestant convert, most of his inheritance has been seized or destroyed. Lucky for him, Hortense, who grew up in poverty, does not mind a humble lifestyle.
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[[folder: Charles de Bourdelle, marquis of Réaumont]]
A family friend of the Lestranges, betrothed to Charlotte.
A family friend of the Lestranges, betrothed to Charlotte.
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[[folder: Charles Irénée de Bourdelle, marquis of Réaumont]]
A family friend of the Lestranges, betrothed to Charlotte.Marquet]]
François's sister.
A family friend of the Lestranges, betrothed to Charlotte.
François's sister.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: He is determined to marry Charlotte, who is not in a position to refuse him due to her status as a woman, Protestant, and outlaw (since she ran away from Saint-Cyr).
* DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now that Charlotte is out of Saint-Cyr, he is determined to abduct and marry her by force as soon as no one is looking - and almost manages.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
* DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now that Charlotte is out of Saint-Cyr, he is determined to abduct and marry her by force as soon as no one is looking - and almost manages.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: He is determined to marry Charlotte, who is not TheGhost: Only appears in a position to refuse him due to her status as a woman, Protestant, vague mentions.
* ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François andoutlaw (since she ran away from Saint-Cyr).
* DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now thatCharlotte is out of Saint-Cyr, he is determined to abduct and marry her by force as soon as no one is looking - and almost manages.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.exchange go through her.
* ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François and
* DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now that
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
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[[folder: Marguerite de Caylus]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt.
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[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
A sculptor who asks Charlotte to seat for him.
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
A sculptor who asks Charlotte to seat for him.
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[[folder: Marguerite Charles de Caylus]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
Bourdelle, marquis of Réaumont]]
Asculptor who asks Charlotte family friend of the Lestranges, betrothed to seat for him.Charlotte.
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[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised and trained by his uncle, sculptor Antoine Coysevox.
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised and trained by his uncle, sculptor Antoine Coysevox.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* {{Nephewism}}: RaisedAndNowYouMustMarryMe: He is determined to marry Charlotte, who is not in a position to refuse him due to her status as a woman, Protestant, and trained outlaw (since she ran away from Saint-Cyr).
* DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now that Charlotte is out of Saint-Cyr, he is determined to abduct and marry her byhis uncle, sculptor Antoine Coysevox.force as soon as no one is looking - and almost manages.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised
* DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now that Charlotte is out of Saint-Cyr, he is determined to abduct and marry her by
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
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[[folder: Claude de Forbin]]
A well-travelled knight who takes an interest in Charlotte.
A well-travelled knight who takes an interest in Charlotte.
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[[folder: Claude Marguerite de Forbin]]
Caylus]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
Awell-travelled knight sculptor who takes an interest in Charlotte.asks Charlotte to seat for him.
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
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* GentlemanAdventurer: A member of the French nobility and a trader in every part of the world.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed, but his many travels have not really given him much respect for the locals of the countries he visits on their customs.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed, but {{Nephewism}}: Raised and trained by his many travels have not really given him much respect for the locals of the countries he visits on their customs.uncle, sculptor Antoine Coysevox.
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[[folder: Ewen]]
A young sailor on the ''Oiseau''.
A young sailor on the ''Oiseau''.
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[[folder: Ewen]]
Claude de Forbin]]
Ayoung sailor on the ''Oiseau''.well-travelled knight who takes an interest in Charlotte.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Immediately takes "Charles" under his wing and teaches him the ropes. When he figures out the truth, he tells Charlotte that the life of a ship's boy will be too hard on her, and tries to figure out ways to protect her from the mistreatments of the other sailors, and later of the Siamese.
* CallToAgriculture: He is saving his wages to settle in Brittany and work the earth someday.
* NiceGuy: A sweet, honest, respectful, insightful guy.
* CallToAgriculture: He is saving his wages to settle in Brittany and work the earth someday.
* NiceGuy: A sweet, honest, respectful, insightful guy.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Immediately takes "Charles" under his wing and teaches him the ropes. When he figures out the truth, he tells Charlotte that the life of a ship's boy will be too hard on her, and tries to figure out ways to protect her from the mistreatments GentlemanAdventurer: A member of the other sailors, French nobility and later a trader in every part of the Siamese.
world.
*CallToAgriculture: He is saving HistoricalDomainCharacter
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed, but hiswages to settle in Brittany and work many travels have not really given him much respect for the earth someday.
* NiceGuy: A sweet, honest, respectful, insightful guy.locals of the countries he visits on their customs.
*
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed, but his
* NiceGuy: A sweet, honest, respectful, insightful guy.
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[[folder: Sir Alexandre de Chaumont]]
The French ambassador in Siam
The French ambassador in Siam
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[[folder: Sir Alexandre de Chaumont]]
The French ambassador in SiamEwen]]
A young sailor on the ''Oiseau''.
The French ambassador in Siam
A young sailor on the ''Oiseau''.
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* DistractedByTheLuxury: Charlotte and Forbin believe that he is this, which is why the French affairs in Siam are moving so slowly; Chaumont himself would consider himself prudent and patient.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Has something that looks like this reaction when he first sees Charlotte dressed like a Siamese lady.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* DistractedByTheSexy: Has something that looks like this reaction when he first sees Charlotte dressed like a Siamese lady.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
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* DistractedByTheLuxury: BigBrotherInstinct: Immediately takes "Charles" under his wing and teaches him the ropes. When he figures out the truth, he tells Charlotte and Forbin believe that he is this, which is why the French affairs in Siam are moving so slowly; Chaumont himself would consider himself prudent life of a ship's boy will be too hard on her, and patient.
tries to figure out ways to protect her from the mistreatments of the other sailors, and later of the Siamese.
*DistractedByTheSexy: Has something that looks like this reaction when he first sees Charlotte dressed like a Siamese lady.
CallToAgriculture: He is saving his wages to settle in Brittany and work the earth someday.
*HistoricalDomainCharacterNiceGuy: A sweet, honest, respectful, insightful guy.
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[[folder: Abbot de Choisy]]
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to Siam in hopes to convert the king.
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to Siam in hopes to convert the king.
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[[folder: Abbot Sir Alexandre de Choisy]]
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to SiamChaumont]]
The French ambassador inhopes to convert the king.Siam
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to Siam
The French ambassador in
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* TheFundamentalist: All of his lines are about religion, charity, and converting people to Christianity.
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* TheFundamentalist: All of his lines DistractedByTheLuxury: Charlotte and Forbin believe that he is this, which is why the French affairs in Siam are about religion, charity, moving so slowly; Chaumont himself would consider himself prudent and converting people to Christianity.patient.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Has something that looks like this reaction when he first sees Charlotte dressed like a Siamese lady.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Has something that looks like this reaction when he first sees Charlotte dressed like a Siamese lady.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Is convinced that he can convert King Narai to Christianity, despite him supposedly being, to quote Forbin, "a polygamist whose favorite pasttime is to sew shu the mouths of those who speak without his leave".
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[[folder: King Narai]]
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of Siam
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of Siam
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[[folder: King Narai]]
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of SiamAbbot de Choisy]]
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to Siam in hopes to convert the king.
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of Siam
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to Siam in hopes to convert the king.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: When he invites Charlotte to share a meal with him, the entire French delegation freaks out and believes that he means to sequestrate her. Charlotte walks in convinced that she is going to be forced into becoming his umpteenth concubine... Turns out that he just wanted to have a nice chat with a charming young woman. He even gives her a fortune in jewels before letting her go tell everyone of the king of Siam's generosity.
* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.
* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: When he invites Charlotte to share a meal with him, the entire French delegation freaks out TheFundamentalist: All of his lines are about religion, charity, and believes that he means converting people to sequestrate her. Charlotte walks in convinced that she is going to be forced into becoming his umpteenth concubine... Turns out that he just wanted to have a nice chat with a charming young woman. He even gives her a fortune in jewels before letting her go tell everyone of the king of Siam's generosity.
* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.Christianity.
* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.
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* TheMagnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty Narai the Great''.
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poems of his own for Charlotte, who finds them beautiful.
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poems of his own for Charlotte, who finds them beautiful.
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* TheMagnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty NaiveNewcomer: Is convinced that he can convert King Narai to Christianity, despite him supposedly being, to quote Forbin, "a polygamist whose favorite pasttime is to sew shu the Great''.
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poemsmouths of those who speak without his own for Charlotte, who finds them beautiful.leave".
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poems
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[[folder: Perrote Corentin]]
Charlotte's neighbor on the trip from Brest to Paris
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Charlotte's neighbor on the trip from Brest to ParisKing Narai]]
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of Siam
Charlotte's neighbor on the trip from Brest to Paris
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of Siam
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: When he invites Charlotte to share a meal with him, the entire French delegation freaks out and believes that he means to sequestrate her. Charlotte walks in convinced that she is going to be forced into becoming his umpteenth concubine... Turns out that he just wanted to have a nice chat with a charming young woman. He even gives her a fortune in jewels before letting her go tell everyone of the king of Siam's generosity.
* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.
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* TheMagnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty Narai the Great''.
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poems of his own for Charlotte, who finds them beautiful.
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[[folder: Perrote Corentin]]
Charlotte's neighbor on the trip from Brest to Paris
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* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* TheMagnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty Narai the Great''.
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poems of his own for Charlotte, who finds them beautiful.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her elopement is one of the events that push Madame de Maintenon to turn up the religious severity of Saint-Cyr.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentionned early in Book 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where we Gertrude meets her in Book 9, although she left France by choice.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentionned early in Book 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where we Gertrude meets her in Book 9, although she left France by choice.]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Converted at gun point and forcibly betrothed at age 12 before being locked up in an institution for the foreseeable future.
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Charlotte's father.
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Héloïse, Simon and Charlotte's father.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: By book 4, he has fallen into a deep depression noticing that converting to protect his family legacy only lead to his youngest daughter being locked up in Saint-Cyr, his wife and eldest daughter being lost without news in another country, and his lands having fallen in disarray. The only good thing his conversion got him was a good position for Simon, [[spoiler: which he abandoned when he eloped with Hortense]].
* SoapOperaDisease: As a result of his MyGodWhatHaveIDone-induced depression.
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Charlotte's mother.
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Héloïse, Simon and Charlotte's mother.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: After her family's conversion at gunpoint, [[spoiler: she fled to Switzerland with her daughter where they were betrayed and abandonned by all of her contacts and forced to live in misery and illness with no news of the rest of her family.
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* MamaBearMamaBear: Does her damndest to protect her children however she can, to the point of leaving her country.
* SoapOperaDisease: Caught it in Switzerland; it is cured mostly with warm bread and renewed hope of seeing her family again.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: After her family's conversion at gunpoint, [[spoiler: she fled to Switzerland with her mother where they were betrayed and abandonned by all of her contacts and forced to live in misery and illness with no news of the rest of her family.
* CynicismCatalyst: The troubles of her life in Zurich and the extreme severity of Calvinist Protestantism have disillusioned her and she wants nothing but to go home to France.
* CynicismCatalyst: The troubles of her life in Zurich and the extreme severity of Calvinist Protestantism have disillusioned her and she wants nothing but to go home to France.
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* LikesOlderMen: [[spoiler: Falls in love near at first sight with Eugène, who is roughly twenty years older than her.]]
* NobilityMarriesMoney: [[spoiler: A girl of impoverished French nobility, she marries a wealthy Swiss notary]].
* NobilityMarriesMoney: [[spoiler: A girl of impoverished French nobility, she marries a wealthy Swiss notary]].
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* The Magnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty Narai the Great''.
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* The Magnificent: TheMagnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty Narai the Great''.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Charlotte thinks that she's never exchanged more than three consecutive words with him.
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* MeaningfulName : Charlotte means ''strong woman''. ''Lestrange'' means "the odd one" or "the stranger".
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* MeaningfulName : Charlotte ''Charlotte'' means ''strong woman''."strong woman". ''Lestrange'' means "the odd one" or "the stranger".
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggearated: She embarks on a journey to Siam without planning for it or telling anyone that she was going. When she returns to France, over a year later, most of her entourage has assumed that she was dead.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggearated: ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: She embarks on a journey to Siam without planning for it or telling anyone that she was going. When she returns to France, over a year later, most of her entourage has assumed that she was dead.
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Charlotte's father.
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* LastNameBasis: His given name is not revealed.
* PapaWolf: The only thing that makes him abandon his religion is when his children's futures and very lives are at stake.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He initially believes that the mistreatments against the Protestants are not worth giving up his faith or his home over, but as the system progressively stacks everything up against them, he starts worrying about the future of his children. Eventually, after their house is sacked by Catholic ''dragons'', he chooses to let go of his religion to save his family.
WhenAreYouComingHomeDad: Charlotte thinks that she's never exchanged more than three consecutive words with him.
* PapaWolf: The only thing that makes him abandon his religion is when his children's futures and very lives are at stake.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He initially believes that the mistreatments against the Protestants are not worth giving up his faith or his home over, but as the system progressively stacks everything up against them, he starts worrying about the future of his children. Eventually, after their house is sacked by Catholic ''dragons'', he chooses to let go of his religion to save his family.
WhenAreYouComingHomeDad: Charlotte thinks that she's never exchanged more than three consecutive words with him.
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* LastNameBasis: His given name is not revealed.
* PapaWolf: The only thing that makesBrokenPedestal: By book 14, [[spoiler: his years in prison have made him abandon a much more pragmatic man, when Charlotte had fallen in love with him for his HonorBeforeReason ways.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: Determined to keep his religionis when his children's futures and very lives are at stake.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He initially believes thatin spite of the mistreatments violences against the Protestants are not worth giving up his faith or his home over, but as Protestants.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Claims that he doesn't care to break thesystem progressively stacks everything up against them, he starts worrying about the future of his children. Eventually, after their house is sacked by Catholic ''dragons'', he chooses law to let go of his religion to save his family.
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* PapaWolf: The only thing that makes
* HonorBeforeReason: Determined to keep his religion
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* MamaBear
* TheFundamentalist: Deeply involved in her Huguenot Protestant faith. She respects the precepts of her religion, notably humility, and refuses to sign away her beliefs, prefering to flee France instead.
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[[folder: Héloïse de Lestrange[[spoiler:-Dunoyer]]]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentionned early in Book 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where we Gertrude meets her in Book 9, although she left France by choice.]]
* IllGirl: Her fragile health and constant need for care is the reason Charlotte was sent to Saint-Cyr in her place.
* ProneToTears: She is very sensitive and often cries. Not that she doesn't have cause.
* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.
* IllGirl: Her fragile health and constant need for care is the reason Charlotte was sent to Saint-Cyr in her place.
* ProneToTears: She is very sensitive and often cries. Not that she doesn't have cause.
* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.
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* MamaBear
* TheFundamentalist: Deeply involved inBook 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate her Huguenot Protestant faith. She respects the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where we Gertrude meets precepts of her in Book 9, although she left religion, notably humility, and refuses to sign away her beliefs, prefering to flee France by choice.]]
* IllGirl: Her fragile health and constant need for care is the reason Charlotte was sent to Saint-Cyr in her place.
* ProneToTears: She is very sensitive and often cries. Not that she doesn't have cause.
* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.instead.
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* TheFundamentalist: Deeply involved in
* IllGirl: Her fragile health and constant need for care is the reason Charlotte was sent to Saint-Cyr in her place.
* ProneToTears: She is very sensitive and often cries. Not that she doesn't have cause.
* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.
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[[folder: Simon de Lestrange]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense.
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[[folder: François de Marquet]]
Charlotte's kinsman, whom she has been in love with when she was a little girl.
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense.
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[[folder: François de Marquet]]
Charlotte's kinsman, whom she has been in love with when she was a little girl.
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[[folder: Simon Héloïse de Lestrange]]
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[[folder: François de Marquet]]
Lestrange[[spoiler:-Dunoyer]]]]
Charlotte'skinsman, whom she has been in love with when she was a little girl.older sister.
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[[folder: François de Marquet]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: Determined to keep his religion in spite of the violences against the Protestants.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Claims that he doesn't care to break the law to marry Charlotte if she stays Protestant.
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*HonorBeforeReason: Determined to keep his religion in spite of IllGirl: Her fragile health and constant need for care is the violences against the Protestants.
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*ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Claims ProneToTears: She is very sensitive and often cries. Not that he she doesn't care have cause.
* TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides tobreak [[spoiler: tackle on the law to marry Charlotte if she stays Protestant.New World]] in book 9.
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The characters who appear in Book 3, ''Charlotte la Rebelle''[[note]]Charlotte the Rebel[[/note]], and 14, ''Retrouvailles à Versailles'' [[note]]Reunion in Versailles[[/note]].
[[folder: Charlotte de Lestrange]]
A spirited girl looking to live freely and reunite with her family, whom she was abducted from.
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*BigSisterInstinct: Her first reflex towards the Siamese child slaves who sail back to France with her; she teaches them to read and write during the journey.
*TheDeterminator: She'll allow nothing to stand between her and her objectives, especially her religious freedom.
*DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: She joins LaResistance to fight for her religious freedom in Book 14. Louis XIV smashed these rebellions in blood.]]
*EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: She loves jewels and fine clothes. The most impressive piece she wears is the necklace gifted to her by [[spoiler: the king of Siam]].
* TheGadfly: She likes to be provocative and can't hold her tongue even when she should.
*{{Hypocrite}}: She hates the severity and plain clothing of the Catholic bigots, but does have to admit that her Protestant mother would not be too happy to see her dressed and bejewelled like a Christmas tree either.
*LightFeminineDarkFeminine: The Dark Feminine to Hortense, Isabeau and Louise's Light Feminine.
*LittleMissBadass: At age 11, she nearly bites off the hand of a soldier who would have taken advantage of her.
*LovingAShadow: She met her cousin François a few times when she was 11, and fell in love with his courage and determination. She has not seen him since. [[spoiler: When they do meet again, she finds out that she severely idealized him, and that both of them have changed too much to be compatible.]]
* MeaningfulName : Charlotte means ''strong woman''. ''Lestrange'' means "the odd one" or "the stranger".
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Insofar as she is a ShelteredAristocrat who has never known any culture but her own. She does, however, think that Christian missions are nonsensical, and that she would not like to be visited by Siamese people commanding her to convert to Buddhism.
* TheResistance: [[spoiler: Joins the Protestant guerilla in Book 14]].
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggearated: She embarks on a journey to Siam without planning for it or telling anyone that she was going. When she returns to France, over a year later, most of her entourage has assumed that she was dead.
*SweetPollyOliver: She dresses as a man and goes by "Charles" to get on the ship to Siam. Her ruse does not hold for long, though.
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[[folder: Monsieur de Lestrange]]
Charlotte's father.
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*LastNameBasis: His given name is not revealed.
*PapaWolf: The only thing that makes him abandon his religion is when his children's futures and very lives are at stake.
*SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He initially believes that the mistreatments against the Protestants are not worth giving up his faith or his home over, but as the system progressively stacks everything up against them, he starts worrying about the future of his children. Eventually, after their house is sacked by Catholic ''dragons'', he chooses to let go of his religion to save his family.
WhenAreYouComingHomeDad: Charlotte thinks that she's never exchanged more than three consecutive words with him.
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[[folder: Madame de Lestrange]]
Charlotte's mother.
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* LastNameBasis: Her given name is not revealed.
* MamaBear
* TheFundamentalist: Deeply involved in her Huguenot Protestant faith. She respects the precepts of her religion, notably humility, and refuses to sign away her beliefs, prefering to flee France instead.
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[[folder: Héloïse [[spoiler: Dunoyer, née]] de Lestrange]]
Charlotte's older sister.
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*{{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentionned early in Book 3 that women who refuse to convert are sent to populate the colonies. [[spoiler: It's exactly where we Gertrude meets her in Book 9, although she left France by choice.]]
*IllGirl: Her fragile health and constant need for care is the reason Charlotte was sent to Saint-Cyr in her place.
*ProneToTears: She is very sensitive and often cries. Not that she doesn't have cause.
*TookALevelInBadass: She is very frail and ProneToTears in Charlotte's memories in Book 3, but through her trials in Book 4, she decides to [[spoiler: tackle on the New World]] in book 9.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Simon de Lestrange]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense.
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[[folder: François de Marquet]]
Charlotte's kinsman, whom she has been in love with when she was a little girl.
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*BrokenPedestal: By book 14, [[spoiler: his years in prison have made him a much more pragmatic man, when Charlotte had fallen in love with him for his HonorBeforeReason ways.]]
*HonorBeforeReason: Determined to keep his religion in spite of the violences against the Protestants.
*ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Claims that he doesn't care to break the law to marry Charlotte if she stays Protestant.
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[[folder: Irénée de Marquet]]
François's sister.
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*TheGhost: Only appears in vague mentions.
*ShipperOnDeck: Most likely: all of the letters François and Charlotte exchange go through her.
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[[folder: Charles de Bourdelle, marquis of Réaumont]]
A family friend of the Lestranges, betrothed to Charlotte.
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*AndNowYouMustMarryMe: He is determined to marry Charlotte, who is not in a position to refuse him due to her status as a woman, Protestant, and outlaw (since she ran away from Saint-Cyr).
*DirtyOldMan: He is of an age with Charlotte's father, and determined to marry her when she's not quite yet twelve.
*IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Now that Charlotte is out of Saint-Cyr, he is determined to abduct and marry her by force as soon as no one is looking - and almost manages.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He is a close friend of the Lestranges, but takes full advantage of their downfall. As he is the lieutenant of Vivarais, it's even probable that he was the one who sent the ''dragons'' to raid their home, persuading them to convert.
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[[folder: Marguerite de Caylus]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt.
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[[folder: Nicolas Costou]]
A sculptor who asks Charlotte to seat for him.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* {{Nephewism}}: Raised and trained by his uncle, sculptor Antoine Coysevox.
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[[folder: Claude de Forbin]]
A well-travelled knight who takes an interest in Charlotte.
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* GentlemanAdventurer: A member of the French nobility and a trader in every part of the world.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Downplayed, but his many travels have not really given him much respect for the locals of the countries he visits on their customs.
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[[folder: Ewen]]
A young sailor on the ''Oiseau''.
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*BigBrotherInstinct: Immediately takes "Charles" under
* CallToAgriculture: He is saving his wages to settle in Brittany and work the earth someday.
* NiceGuy: A sweet, honest, respectful, insightful guy.
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[[folder: Sir Alexandre de Chaumont]]
The French ambassador in Siam
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* DistractedByTheLuxury: Charlotte and Forbin believe that he is this, which is why the French affairs in Siam are moving so slowly; Chaumont himself would consider himself prudent and patient.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Has something that looks like this reaction when he first sees Charlotte dressed like a Siamese lady.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
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[[folder: Abbot de Choisy]]
Abbot François-Timoléon de Choisy, sent on a mission to Siam in hopes to convert the king.
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* TheFundamentalist: All of his lines are about religion, charity, and converting people to Christianity.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* NaiveNewcomer: Is convinced that he can convert King Narai to Christianity, despite him supposedly being, to quote Forbin, "a polygamist whose favorite pasttime is to sew shu the mouths of those who speak without his leave".
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[[folder: King Narai]]
''Somdet Phra'' Narai, also known as Ramathibodi III, king of Siam
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*DidYouThinkICantFeel: When he invites Charlotte to share a meal with him, the entire French delegation freaks out and believes that he means to sequestrate her. Charlotte walks in convinced that she is going to be forced into becoming his umpteenth concubine... Turns out that he just wanted to have a nice chat with a charming young woman. He even gives her a fortune in jewels before letting her go tell everyone of the king of Siam's generosity.
* ForeignCultureFetish: PlayedWith. While he is quite the francophile and speaks very good French, he is definitely not planning to convert to Christianity and mostly working to set the French against the Dutch and the British, who also had views on his kingdom.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* The Magnificent: Called "Somdet Phra Narai" on page, ''His Majesty Narai the Great''.
* WarriorPoet: Known to be militarily inclined, at one point he recites poems of his own for Charlotte, who finds them beautiful.
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[[folder: Perrote Corentin]]
Charlotte's neighbor on the trip from Brest to Paris
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* MotorMouth: Chatters the entire way from Brest to Paris.
* MySecretPregnancy: She is leaving her village to hide the shame of her out-of-wedlock pregnancy, having been seduced and sent away by her employer's son.
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