D+Monseigneur

= PROFILE: = Name: Daniel Dupont

Age: 47

Gender: Male

Occupation: Monseigneur

Social Class: 1st Estate

Financial situation: Is wealthy, and earns a lot of money from his job, has a lot of land, and is paid by the people who live on it. On top of that, he does not have to share that wealth with many other people, although he does, on occasion, send packages of money to his father.

Appearance: Has four teeth. He has balding hair that is brown but graying. His face has a few wrinkles and kind, deep, brown eyes. He has a height of 173 cm and weighs 84 kilograms.

 Location of home and/or business: Château de Versailles

Habitual locations: The Church

Daily Routine: 6:00 AM: Wakes up 6:00 AM-7:00 AM: Gets ready to leave the house: brushes teeth, washes face, gets changed 7:00 AM: Sets out to the Church 8:00 AM-9:30 AM: First sermon of the morning 9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Breakfast 10:00 AM-11:30 AM: Second sermon of the morning <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Lunch <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">12:30 PM-2:00 PM: Remains at Church to listen to people repent, to pray for people, and to at times give them advice <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Meeting with fellow monseigneurs and Church workers <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4:00 PM-7:00 PM: Prepares for next day's sermon <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8:00 PM-9:00 PM: Dinner <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9:00 PM-10:00 PM: Leisure time <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10:00 PM: Goes to bed

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits: Is extremely closed-minded, does not like to accept new ideas. Is very protective and enthusiastic about his own ideas and beliefs. Respects people with more power than him and acts kind to them, but looks down upon those of the third estate. Is vain and shows off his power and wealth to those who will listen. Is extremely obsessed with money.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Past / Family History: His mother passed away when he was 6. His father as a cobbler could not earn very much money, and so as a child, his family was very poor. His father had a friend, a monseigneur from the Church he attended, who volunteered to teach Daniel the word of the Bible. Daniel visited the Church every morning for the next four years, learning about God and the Bible from the monseigneur, until he became experienced enough to become a worker at the Church and eventually a monseigneur himself.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Family: His mother had passed away, and his father is a cobbler that resides in Poitou. He has no wife because priests or monseigneurs or not permitted to be married, and therefore has no children as well.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">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): <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Hates/dislikes the Third Estate in general, with few exceptions <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Leon Fortescue (Tailor) a friend who attends the Church at which he is monseigneur at, one of the only members of the Third Estate that he actually feels fond of <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Valextra Dieudonne: a woman he works frequently with to assist with the christening of babies when they are born. Is part of the Third Estate; has no preferences about her as she is just a work partner <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Highly respects and looks up to people of the First Estate, with few exceptions <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Alaire Depaul (Marquis): a member of the First Estate that he despises because he feels that Depaul is so rich--even richer than him--and because he feels that Depaul does nothing to earn this money. He is jealous of the marquis' lifestyle.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Religion: Catholic

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Education: Had only received proper elementary education, but is literate and learnt Latin upon becoming a monseigneur.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Style of speaking (i.e. formal, "down-to-earth", crude): Very formal and "down-to-earth," uses intelligent vocabulary and speaks in a flowing manner

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Main privileges and/or conflicts: Respected by the general public because he is seen as closer to God than normal people. Also, he receives tithings (10% tax of earnings of the people that work on his land). However, he is not permitted to get married.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Diary Entry #1 - April 19th, 1788
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">It is just another day at the Church. I am not feeling well; I bet I caught a cold from one of the peasants that attend this Church. I hate it when I encounter them, when I have to be near them. It feels as if their dirtiness is rubbing off onto my cleanliness--something I find unacceptable. Especially when they ask me to pray for them, expect me to hold their hands in mine as I speak holy and sacred words for them, I feel as if I will puke. I am the town's monseigneur, I am from the first estate! Who are they to expect that a respected man such as I would be willing to be so loving to them, to be so caring? These third estate men and women come to me with the most ridiculous repentances, the most unreasonable excuses. For instance, today a mother of several children approached me, begging me to listen to her repent about throwing thread at the ground. Throwing thread at the ground! Really? Although I was dying to express my disbelief, I kept it in and did my job of monseigneur and listened to her cry about her sins, and prayed for her as well. ====

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I had dinner with my father today. He came over all the way from Poitou to see me. It was really nice to see him; I hadn't had a meal with him in over a year. I showed him around Chateau de Versailles and the Church, too. I gave him some money to spend back at home, although I wasn't feeling too great about it and honestly actually wanted it to myself. But I'm part of the First Estate and he's part of the Third, so I'd probably earn back my money far quicker than he could make all that... and he's my father, I owe him. I wish he could join me here in Chateau de Versailles and earn his own pay. It would make things a lot easier, and I would be able to see my only live family member more often. He's staying over tonight and leaving tomorrow at dawn. I should go get ready to sleep. Good night! ====



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Diary Entry #2 - July 14th, 1789
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Chaos! Absolute chaos! That's the only word that fits the situation we're having right now. If only you could look out the window right now, if only you could see what I've seen all day! Today morning the people residing the Paris stormed the Bastille, a prison known and hated for its representation of brutality and totalitarianism. There were mobs of peasants running past, all blood-thirsty, all blind with rage. Although you might think that they were attacking and taking over a prison to release the prisoners, there were in fact only nine prisoners, and none anyone was particularly interested in. It was for the ammunition and the weapons that the Bastille held--the source of power that anyone could just take. ====

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">There were guards trying to keep things in order and under control, but from what I saw, they didn't seem to be very efficient. I could tell that at the beginning when they saw the mob of people approach them, they thought that they could take them on, that it wasn't such a big deal. It wasn't long until five of them had fainted and one of the[| prison guard]s had actually run away. Amongst the released prisoners, I recognized Auda, one of my former maids. How did she land herself in jail? I will have to remember to ask her to tell me what happened the next time I see her. ====

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Overall, today was a completely unexpected, yet exciting day. The streets are a mess, and today people were more savage than civilized. But what can I say? It seems as if total monarchy is going down after all. ====



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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Diary Entry #3 - April 19th, 1807
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I must say, things are really looking up for France. The French finally executed [|Louis XVI] in 1793! Hurrah! However, while and after Louis XVI was alive, someone else came into power: [|Maximilien Robespierre]. And I can't say he was much better. Starting the Reign of Terror wasn't exactly much of an improvement. During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre killed off every last person he suspected of being enemies of the revolution--starting with Queen Marie Antoinette. People couldn't even do so much as talk about how high the price of bread was, or they were in danger of someone turning them in, consequently leading to an execution. An entire year passed before people realized what madness this was, and executed Robespierre as the finale of the Reign of Terror. ====

======== ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ever since Robespierre and Louis XVI were executed and Napoleon took over...oh, how things have changed. Things are actually under control now. Taxation is more orderly, workers at the government are more trustworthy, public schools are made to educate people. France's place in the world is beginning to climb the ladder, and Napoleon is getting closer to conquering more nations every second. France has come so far: Napoleon's even given the Church back some of its rightful power! ====

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">However, I can't say he's perfect. Apparently, he isn't a fan of the Roman Catholic Church, even though he believes in God himself. "A society without religion is like a ship without a compass; there is no good morality without religion," he once said. He accepted Catholicism as the major religion of France, yet he asserts that "the People must have religion, and religion must be in the hands of the government.” Some of the other monseigneurs and Church workers were upset that freedom of religion was granted because suddenly people living in Roman Catholic provinces didn't have to be Roman Catholic. ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Apart from religion-based matters, he's done a lot more for France in general. For example, just a few years ago he created the Bank of France. It was a huge step forwards for France and its economic development. I think Napoleon's reign will make the future a lot brighter for France--brighter than it has seemed in a very long time.

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