Alajos Fennim

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"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"
-Shakespeare, Henry IV, pt.II
Biography

Alajos saw the light of the world as the younger one of a pair of twins, the sixth and seventh children of Duke Siegfried and Duchess Iola. This put him third in line of the throne after his elder brother Pedrog and his twin brother Jarrad and thus he never really considered the possibility of him actually becoming Duke of Woriscant. He didn't mind and didn't begrudge Jarrad his luck of having pushed out of their mother's womb first. In fact Alajos was quite happy that he did not need to bother much with statecraft or manly things like fighting – leaving that to their brother Pedrog who was being groomed to inherit the title and to Jarrad, who has always been the more active and pushy of the twins.

Alajos was happy to focus on the fine things in life – spending every waking minute with his nose in a book to read. Except when he was learning songs and dancesteps, discussed the big philosophers with his tutors or watched the stars at night. He did learn some of the typical skills of a young nobleman and quite enjoyed riding in the forests and hunting, but he had little patience for bloody warcraft, blades or bows. His family indulged their dreamy youngest son and let him have his way. His sisters especially doted on the sweet-natured quiet boy whom they treated more like a pet than a brother.

Then plague and famine came to Woriscant, taking with them not only his beloved parents but also his brothers. Losing his twin Jarrad was the worst tragedy for him and the sensitive young Alajos sank into a deep depression – leaving his sisters and his cousin Ralph to manage things as good as they could until he was ready to succeed his father and accept that, want it or not, he is the new Duke of Woriscant.

Now, four months after his father's death, Alajos is slowy emerging from his depression and trying his best to do his job and face the work that is waiting for him. He is still heavily leaning on cousin Ralph though and also on his sister Ortensia, the one closest to him in age and the one who's helping him most (some might say, for her own ends and purposes, but that doesn't stop him from seeing her as a pillar of strength right now).

To make sure the young Duke will continue the line arrangements were made for him to marry Avaline Brais, a niece of the king. While he wasn't all that pleased to be forced into marriage, the young lady has turned out to be surprisingly pleasant and he's actually grown rather fond of her.


Personality

Alajos was always the soft-spoken dreamy type, happy to live in his own world, surrounded by pretty things like music, literature, philosophy and good food. While he enjoys long rides in the forest and isn't too bad at hunting, he never shared his brothers' interest in fighting battles or killing game for sport.

Whatever his own misgivings were about his father's choice of the mysterious Iola for a wife, he never let on that the gossip and whispers in public about her being a Commoner and their children probably bastards hurt him. He'd always keep his composure and on a particularly good day even counter with a jest. Now though, that he is the Duke himself? He might just punish people who speak a bad word about his mother - or anyone in his family.

The last months and the terrible loss of his parents and his brothers, especially his twin Jarrad, left deep scars on the young man's psyche and he's withdrawn deeper into himself and his own worlds than ever. He is slowly coming to accept that there is no avoiding the fact that he is now the Duke of Woriscant and that, like it or not, he has to assume responsibility. Not easy for a 26 year old, who's always gone the way of least trouble, avoiding conflict where he can.

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Alajos Fennim
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Fullname: Duke Alajos Fennim
Portrayed by: Gaspard Ulliel
Birthday: 22 August
KINGDOM: Two Rivers
HOUSE: Fennim
TITLE/PROFESSION: Your Grace
POSITION: Duke
PLACE OF BIRTH: Woodwatch Keep
FATHER: Duke Siegfried Fennim, deceased
MOTHER: Duchess Iola Fennim, deceased
SIBLINGS: Pierette, Orea, Diella, Ortensia (and two deceased brothers, Pedrog and Jarrad)
SPOUSE: Avaline née Brais
CHILDREN: None yet
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