Jean-Pierre Delacroix
After the Great Fall, landed in France, near Chartres, 1732.
His wings are ordinarily folded away, but when he opens them out, the feathers are a bright and burnished gold that shines under light.
He was heavily involved in multiple revolutions, and is a passionate Republican – he’s furious, he’s full of caring, but he tends to focus on ideals rather than specifics as to how it works out, as opposed to his brothers' focus on smaller pieces of work within society. With that said, Jean-Pierre is a medical man, and regularly returns to medical school between periods of medical work for 40-60 years, to ensure his work remains up to scratch.
JP is a practising Catholic.
Alongside his brother, Colm, Jean-Pierre takes time internationally to intercede in rising monarchies and working to destabilise their influence, and he and Colm have a running tally as to which of them is winning in terms of how many ruling monarchs they've killed - other royal members are counted but only for the sake of tie-breakers. Each of them carries a red-bound leather book for the purpose of keeping their tally, and after periods of separation, the two of them exchange diaries to compare.
Jean-Pierre has had a great many lovers in his life-time, and after the death of Jules Gagne, he had taken up particularly with Manolis Pappadakis, Bui Ng, Benoit Etienne, Rupert Blondeau, and Farhad Esfandiyar Haghigat.
In 1947, following the chaos that arose in the aftermath of World War II, a magical territory in the Rhine Valley was established by a descendant of royals, Rupert Blondeau, whose family had fled the French overthrowing of the monarchy and established themselves in Germany in the ensuring furor. Rupert's desire was to form a magical territory between the French and German borders that leaned into the socialist aspects of the Kingdom of Cymru-Loegr some ways away, and over many years, they worked to build a commune that spread over this territory.
Jean-Pierre was involved in this venture despite his loathing for any and all representatives of the monarchy and his own hand in killing the family members that had been forced to flee France.
The people's court in the territory did not believe in the Divine Right of Kings, but believed that coronating a monarch over the territory would do much to establish it as a national power, despite its socialist intentions. Prince Rupert was of course reticent, due to his lacking desire to rule his people but only to lead them through creating a shared set of resources where others had a voice, and so on - with that said, Rupert's education and resources meant he was an easy leader to follow. It was decided that Rupert would be crowned Prince in order to create a figurehead for the country.
Jean-Pierre and Rupert had formed a very intimate relationship in this year toward building the nation, as Rupert reminded Jean-Pierre very much of Jules, and Rupert said repeatedly that he did not want to be a monarch, but that he would do so if it was what his people wanted, and asked regularly for Jean-Pierre's blessing, which he never gave.
It was requested that upon Rupert's coronation, upon his address to the people, Jean-Pierre step up alongside him, wings out, to further add to the sense of the nation's right to exist, with the idea that an angel (particularly a winged angel) standing alongside Rupert, despite his previous aversion to all monarchs, should further prop up its right to exist.
As Rupert made his first address to the people as their ruling prince, Jean-Pierre slit his throat.
The occasion has depicted by a variety of artists in the years after.
Relationships
History
Ephraim met Jean-Pierre while Jean-Pierre was completing his initial medical training in the 1730s, and supported him somewhat after the death of his lover, Jules, in the 1760s and 70s. Despite Jean-Pierre's action in recent years, Ephraim tends to see the good in everybody, and maintains to all would-be critics that for all his extracurricular activities, Jean-Pierre Delacroix is one of the best surgeons he can name.
L'ange de la mort
Sketch of Jean-Pierre Delacroix by Alma
Species
Date of Birth
April 22nd
Year of Birth
1732
288 Years old
Spouses
Jules Gagne
(Lover)
Manolis Pappadakis
(Lover)
Benoit Etienne
(Lover)
Bui Ng
(Lover)
Rupert Blondeau
(Lover and Victim)
Children
Gender
Trans male
Eyes
Pale blue, like stained glass.
Hair
Long, blond, and wavy, often kept in a bun
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
White - porcelain pale.
Height
6'1"
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