F+Wine+Merchant


 * Character Profile**

6:00AM- wake up 7:00- leaves the house 8:00- meets the wine maker and receives his portion for the day 9:00- starts to head to the center of Paris 11:00- sells wine to abbots at a near church 12:00PM- arrives at a restaurant for royal guards and sells wine bottles to chefs 1:00- takes a break from selling and walks to Pub 24. 4:00- leaves the pub and goes to the center of Paris again 6:00- sells out for the day and gets ready to go back home 7:00- his wife comes to Paris to go back to his home with him 8:00- eats dinner with his wife 10:00- goes to bed
 * Name**: Jerome Moreau
 * Age**: 40
 * Gender**: Male
 * Occupation**: Wine Merchant
 * Social Class**: Third Estate
 * Financial situation**: moderately wealthy
 * Appearance**: Some gray hair, wears shabby clothes, 173 cm tall, weighs 75kg, has a homely appearance, and he likes wearing hat to cover his balding head
 * Location of home and/or business**: He lives in Le Marais, which is a classy district located in a region surrounded by oldest houses and buildings of Paris. He goes to Paris to sell wine to mostly abbots who pays three times more than what a cook would pay for wines.
 * Habitual locations**: He likes hanging out with other merchants at pubs. He exchanges conversations about his day with his best friend at least twice a week.
 * Daily routine:**
 * Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits:** He loves his wife so much that he tries to minimize interaction with any women other than his wife. However, he is a very friendly and a sympathetic man, so he likes helping strangers. At times, he offers people wine because he takes joy in sharing wine. His pet peeve is anyone who wears purple clothes; he considers them arrogant.
 * Past / Family History:** He was born into a wine merchant family. He lived pretty well because his father provided a good environment for him. He was the only son. However, his current wife can not bear babies, so they do not have any kids.
 * Family**: His parents live five minutes away from him. He only has a wife; no kids.
 * Social relations with your own and other classes** (people you deal with or know about in other classes, AND your opinions and feelings about them): Because he is a merchant, he knows how to please different types of people. He likes hanging out with other classes, but he likes spending time with his wife more. He thinks that abbots are too full of themselves and that they do not deserve the power they have.
 * Religion**: No religion
 * Education**: He graduated from high school and started helping his father out with his wine business
 * Style of speaking** (i.e. formal, "down-to-earth", crude): He can be formal and down-to-earth. When he is doing business, he sounds professional; when he is with his wife, he is as sweet as honey.
 * Main privileges and/or conflicts:** Because he is a wine merchant, he enjoys wine every dinner with his wife. However, he must be careful about his bottles of wine when he is going from a church to another because commoners try to steal them.
 * Portrait** (avoid anachronisms -- clothing or objects in your portrait that are from the wrong time period)

Diary Entry #1

Dear diary,

Today was a good day because I sold all my wine bottles. I first went to the church and the abbots bought more than they usually did. They told me that they were having a feast today and that they needed more bottles. I implied that I had limited bottles of wine, so they paid three times more for a bottle of wine. When I went to the restaurant to sell five bottles, the chef got one more for his own. He told me that it was him and his wife’s wedding anniversary. He wanted to give her a nice present and told me about his plans for tonight. I couldn’t finish listening to the whole story because I had to go. Because I sold out quickly today, I was free of wine bottles and I could finally skip from a store to another. I hung out with my best friend at Pub 24 and waited for my wife to come pick me up. I do not know why my partner loves walking me from place to place, but I guess it is because I buy her flowers on the way at times. I told my wife that I sold out and she kissed me for being such a professional merchant. I just hope that tomorrow will be as good as today! August 16th, 1788

This is the church I sold 10 instead of usual 5 bottles today.

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Diary entry #2

Dear Diary,

Let me just say, what a day! Today, I met up with my friends in the morning and joined the protest at the Bastille. When I first arrived in the morning, I stood gaping at the mobs gathered around, fired up to fight for the gunpowder. Two of my friends whom I stayed with– John Candid the market stall owner and Victor Simon the carter– promised that they would stick with me. I honestly did not know what the result of this protest would be. I admit that I was a bit scared that the protest would not turn out so pretty– a lot of blood thirsty mobs… Hungry for gunpowder, the mobs, however, fought stronger than I had expected. They did not give up and I, along with my two friends, joined the angry mob. Though I was afraid that I would get hurt, along with all the others, I felt strong and hopeful. We finally broke into the prison and got what we wanted– gunpowder. After that, John, Victor, and I decided to go back to my dwelling to celebrate. Victor was under-aged but since it was such a memorable day, we insisted that he get some. I hope his parents do not find out. We will see what happens in the following days. But I am glad I took part in such a significant event in our country's history! July 17th, 1789

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Diary Entry #3

Dear Diary,

It feels good to have a stable job and a loving wife, especially with fair taxes and steady income. I was on the way to Paris today and I met a beggar who looked at me with his teary eyes. He was starving! His facial bones were sticking out and I could see his rib cage. I felt so bad that I offered him some bread my wife gave me in the morning. I was feeling extra giving, so I opened a bottle and gave him some wine, too. After talking to him for a while, I learned that he was once an apprentice for wig maker. Though I would have talked to the child for longer because of sympathy, I had to start selling wine so that I could buy my wife some flowers. The sales were above average today. I think it is because many households are much happier because the Reign of Terror is over. After my day was over, I went to Pub 24 to relax with my buddy and talk about the day. This time, however, I went there with the beggar boy who I randomly met again. Unable to desert this hungry and tired boy, I offered him to come to the pub with me. Though he was only fifteen, he confessed that he loves drinking. At the place, we started talking about how good our lives have been since Napoleon became the emperor. Right then, the boy saw his former employer, the wig maker. Three of us sitting together, we discussed that though many of the policies made during the revolution were gone, it felt as if things were more stable and fair. The emperor set up fairer tax code, set up national bank, stabilized currency, and gave state loans to businesses, which made merchants like me happy. For government and society, he appointed officials by merit, created code of laws and fired corrupt officials. These were all the things the boy and I talked about. I became fascinated by how much he knew about the government and bought him some more liquor. When it was time for me to leave, I promised the boy that we will go to pub again some day. He departed after thanking me and I met my wife at the meeting place. Because today felt exciting and all, I decided to buy my wife some flowers!

June 7th, 1803




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