Persona info sheet
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lucianusHere more questions answered from the persona information sheet. Please see the beginning section that I recently posted. I have put it under a cut to spare those who are not interested the excruciatingly fine details of Luke's life.
5. MARITAL FAMILY
Are/were you married? No, although there are many who would try to find me a wife, especially M. du Lac his well meaning sister who lives in Sarlat.
Do you have children? Not that I know of but I might possibly have a bastard or two from one of the women of the camps years ago.
Are children raised at home or fostered elsewhere? In England children are raised at home during their early years and then boys may be tutored or sent to grammar school. After that they might be apprenticed to a trade, sent up to university or put in service in a gentle/noble household.
How is sex outside of marriage viewed? It will certainly happen but that maketh it not right. There are whorehouses and men frequent them but a man with a good reputation would probably prefer not. That said there are many children born nine months on from St. John’s day.
The offspring of such a relationship? A child born out of wedlock is a bastard. It might or might not be recognized by its father but it will bear that stain for its life.
Do you have a lover who is not your spouse? I am not married nor have I ever been married, however I have had various paramours over the years.
Have you ever had one? Yes.
Who are/were they? I think that matters not to you.
6. CHILDHOOD
I will answer this section at another time.
7. EDUCATION
How were you educated (formally, informally, a mix of both)? I was tutored at home and then sent up to Cambridge. I did not excel there so I was placed in the service of Mr. John Norreys, a noted captain, as a page to be brought up in the military life.
What language(s) can you speak? English, French, Dutch, some Spanish (enough to order about Spanish prisoners and curse at them), some Scots, and that pidgin that is spoken sometimes in the army camps. I was taught some French by my tutor as a boy but the other languages I have learned myself as I have dwelt in France and the Low Countries, it has come not from books. oh and I mustn't forget Latin, I learned enough (or not enough) to cause me to be beaten by my schoolmasters
Can you read or write? Yes and figure as well.
Did you go to school? I was tutored at home and then sent up to Cambridge. Suffice it to say that I didn’t have much of a head for university.
What did you study that was directly applicable to your life and the people around you? I learned to be a soldier by being a soldier in Ireland, the Low Countries and France.
What did you study that was not directly applicable to your life (eg, Classical Greek History, if you’re a 1600 English lady of minor nobility)? I was taught some music as a boy and can read a piece with the notes pricked and I can read also the tablature writ for the lute and cittern.
How did you learn to do your work? By doing it.
Who taught you? My comrades, my masters. I learned much about soldiering from Sir Roger Williams, God rest him. He was as wise as he was courageous and he was both in abundance. I thought Mr. Shakespeare’s characterization of old Sir Roger in the person of Fluellen was rather unfair and told the him so myself.
What is your level of education compared to those around you? About average.
8. BIRTHPLACE
Where were you born? St. John’s Parish, Clerkenwell, which is just north of Smithfield, outside the London walls
Why were you born there? It was the home in which my parents dwelt at the time.
If you lived there long enough to remember it, what was it like there? I most certainly remember the house because I now own it, although I no longer live in it. It is a four storied building that jetties out a bit over the street with shops on the ground floor.
9. CURRENT LOCALE
What country do you live in? Gascony
What part of the country? In the city of Bordeaux, although I spend a good deal of time at a friend his estate near St. Foy le Grande.
How did you get here? I was sent here by my brothers. I am the Bordeaux factor and négociant for my family its company engaged in the importation of wine.
What is your first memory of this place? Sailing down the Gironde and then following the right fork, the Garonne to the town.
What is the climate like? More temperate than England and my stiff our joints quite appreciate that.
What is the terrain like? Hilly coming down to the river valleys.
Can you describe life in general in this place? I live in the town and it has the pace of a town, were I to live in the country, I expect it would be slower.
Who are the people who live in this place? Gascons
Who are the people who travel to or through here? The English trade here, as do the Spanish and Porteguese.
What kinds of structures would you find there? Well it is a town and you will find houses and shops and warehouse down by the water.
What kinds of crops are grown? It is wine country so one will find grapes in abundance.
Are there areas where it is not safe for you to go? Is it always not safe, or only sometimes? The wars are done now and since the Edict, Protestants have been tolerated. I am a foreigner here and am mindful of the local ways. It would serve neither me nor my business good to fall foul of the local powers.
What is the largest road and where does it go?
Where is the nearest market? That would be Bordeaux.
What do the things you typically buy there cost? Again, it is a town and most anything may be bought for a price. I would say that prices here are perhaps a bit less than in London.
The nearest church or cathedral? There are several large churches in the city and the cathedral.
Nearest waterway? Is it navigable and how? That is the Garrone River, which empties into the Girone River some few miles north of the town. Both rivers are navigable by ship out to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is your capital? The capital of France is Paris.
How far is it to the capital city? (in units of measure your persona would have used?) As the French reckon it about 175 leagues, which is to say about 350 miles.
Have you ever been there? Yes and it is my and M. du Lac’s deep regret that we were never able to sack it like the residents there deserved.
10. FLORA AND FAUNA
What trees grow where you live? Chestnuts which the local people harvest for food and oaks, the acorns of which they use to fatten their swine.
What plants grow wild? Many do, a cunning man I am not so can say no further.
Which ones are useful? I’m sure many are but again I know not.
Which ones are hazardous? I know not.
What wild animals live near you? Deer, boar, hares, live in the woods and fields, there are others but again I am not a countryman.
What kinds of birds? There are pheasants and such like game birds.
What kinds of fish? I’m sure there are many kinds of fish hereabouts in the rivers and streams but save for a bit of angling in M. du Lac’s streams, a fisherman I am not so cannot say further.
Which ones are hunted/fished for food? M. du Lac and I hunt for deer and boar in his woods as well as pheasants. We fish for trout in his streams.
How is this done? With a gun or a fishing rod.
What use do you make of these animals beyond food? Is it not enough to eat them?
What pests do you have to deal with? I sometimes have nits in my hair, although my man is good about combing them out for me. Sometimes there are fleas in my clothing, they get into the seams and can be hard to remove. As to other vermin, my servants and the cats remove them.
5. MARITAL FAMILY
Are/were you married? No, although there are many who would try to find me a wife, especially M. du Lac his well meaning sister who lives in Sarlat.
Do you have children? Not that I know of but I might possibly have a bastard or two from one of the women of the camps years ago.
Are children raised at home or fostered elsewhere? In England children are raised at home during their early years and then boys may be tutored or sent to grammar school. After that they might be apprenticed to a trade, sent up to university or put in service in a gentle/noble household.
How is sex outside of marriage viewed? It will certainly happen but that maketh it not right. There are whorehouses and men frequent them but a man with a good reputation would probably prefer not. That said there are many children born nine months on from St. John’s day.
The offspring of such a relationship? A child born out of wedlock is a bastard. It might or might not be recognized by its father but it will bear that stain for its life.
Do you have a lover who is not your spouse? I am not married nor have I ever been married, however I have had various paramours over the years.
Have you ever had one? Yes.
Who are/were they? I think that matters not to you.
6. CHILDHOOD
I will answer this section at another time.
7. EDUCATION
How were you educated (formally, informally, a mix of both)? I was tutored at home and then sent up to Cambridge. I did not excel there so I was placed in the service of Mr. John Norreys, a noted captain, as a page to be brought up in the military life.
What language(s) can you speak? English, French, Dutch, some Spanish (enough to order about Spanish prisoners and curse at them), some Scots, and that pidgin that is spoken sometimes in the army camps. I was taught some French by my tutor as a boy but the other languages I have learned myself as I have dwelt in France and the Low Countries, it has come not from books. oh and I mustn't forget Latin, I learned enough (or not enough) to cause me to be beaten by my schoolmasters
Can you read or write? Yes and figure as well.
Did you go to school? I was tutored at home and then sent up to Cambridge. Suffice it to say that I didn’t have much of a head for university.
What did you study that was directly applicable to your life and the people around you? I learned to be a soldier by being a soldier in Ireland, the Low Countries and France.
What did you study that was not directly applicable to your life (eg, Classical Greek History, if you’re a 1600 English lady of minor nobility)? I was taught some music as a boy and can read a piece with the notes pricked and I can read also the tablature writ for the lute and cittern.
How did you learn to do your work? By doing it.
Who taught you? My comrades, my masters. I learned much about soldiering from Sir Roger Williams, God rest him. He was as wise as he was courageous and he was both in abundance. I thought Mr. Shakespeare’s characterization of old Sir Roger in the person of Fluellen was rather unfair and told the him so myself.
What is your level of education compared to those around you? About average.
8. BIRTHPLACE
Where were you born? St. John’s Parish, Clerkenwell, which is just north of Smithfield, outside the London walls
Why were you born there? It was the home in which my parents dwelt at the time.
If you lived there long enough to remember it, what was it like there? I most certainly remember the house because I now own it, although I no longer live in it. It is a four storied building that jetties out a bit over the street with shops on the ground floor.
9. CURRENT LOCALE
What country do you live in? Gascony
What part of the country? In the city of Bordeaux, although I spend a good deal of time at a friend his estate near St. Foy le Grande.
How did you get here? I was sent here by my brothers. I am the Bordeaux factor and négociant for my family its company engaged in the importation of wine.
What is your first memory of this place? Sailing down the Gironde and then following the right fork, the Garonne to the town.
What is the climate like? More temperate than England and my stiff our joints quite appreciate that.
What is the terrain like? Hilly coming down to the river valleys.
Can you describe life in general in this place? I live in the town and it has the pace of a town, were I to live in the country, I expect it would be slower.
Who are the people who live in this place? Gascons
Who are the people who travel to or through here? The English trade here, as do the Spanish and Porteguese.
What kinds of structures would you find there? Well it is a town and you will find houses and shops and warehouse down by the water.
What kinds of crops are grown? It is wine country so one will find grapes in abundance.
Are there areas where it is not safe for you to go? Is it always not safe, or only sometimes? The wars are done now and since the Edict, Protestants have been tolerated. I am a foreigner here and am mindful of the local ways. It would serve neither me nor my business good to fall foul of the local powers.
What is the largest road and where does it go?
Where is the nearest market? That would be Bordeaux.
What do the things you typically buy there cost? Again, it is a town and most anything may be bought for a price. I would say that prices here are perhaps a bit less than in London.
The nearest church or cathedral? There are several large churches in the city and the cathedral.
Nearest waterway? Is it navigable and how? That is the Garrone River, which empties into the Girone River some few miles north of the town. Both rivers are navigable by ship out to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is your capital? The capital of France is Paris.
How far is it to the capital city? (in units of measure your persona would have used?) As the French reckon it about 175 leagues, which is to say about 350 miles.
Have you ever been there? Yes and it is my and M. du Lac’s deep regret that we were never able to sack it like the residents there deserved.
10. FLORA AND FAUNA
What trees grow where you live? Chestnuts which the local people harvest for food and oaks, the acorns of which they use to fatten their swine.
What plants grow wild? Many do, a cunning man I am not so can say no further.
Which ones are useful? I’m sure many are but again I know not.
Which ones are hazardous? I know not.
What wild animals live near you? Deer, boar, hares, live in the woods and fields, there are others but again I am not a countryman.
What kinds of birds? There are pheasants and such like game birds.
What kinds of fish? I’m sure there are many kinds of fish hereabouts in the rivers and streams but save for a bit of angling in M. du Lac’s streams, a fisherman I am not so cannot say further.
Which ones are hunted/fished for food? M. du Lac and I hunt for deer and boar in his woods as well as pheasants. We fish for trout in his streams.
How is this done? With a gun or a fishing rod.
What use do you make of these animals beyond food? Is it not enough to eat them?
What pests do you have to deal with? I sometimes have nits in my hair, although my man is good about combing them out for me. Sometimes there are fleas in my clothing, they get into the seams and can be hard to remove. As to other vermin, my servants and the cats remove them.
