F+Wheelwright

Name: Yoann Gasbourg

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Occupation: Wheelwright

Social Class: 3rd estate

Financial situation: Slightly Poor

Appearance: Stubborn looking, not fully washed, tall, slightly muscular,mustache, a bit dirty clothes.

Location of home and/or business: Currently living in Versailles, Paris. Business in the same place.

Habitual locations: In front of the house

Daily routine: 7am: wakes up. 8am: leaves the house to go cut wood. 11am: Cuts woods and constructs wheels. 6pm: Go sell wheels / attach on customers wagons. 10pm:end of day

Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits: Has good muscles to hold on to wood or when attaching wheels.

Past / Family History: Had stayed in France since birth. No real histories.

Family: Younger brother (Haberdasher), Mother, Father(Deceased)

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): Outer ways very friendly with the same 3rd estate however inner ways, cannot trust easily.

Religion: Catholic

Education: Learned how to make wheels and learned french.

Style of speaking (i.e. formal, "down-to-earth", crude): Polite, sort of understandable. Main privileges and/or conflicts: Can earn money by going to the market alongside brother the Haberdasher. Earning of money is nearly luck since people may need wheels right now or later. However, if money is less than needed, can borrow from his brother. Able to be friendly with any kind of person if the wheels are made and attached perfectly. Has a fine relationship with the Royal Guards since he is the one responsible of making the wheels of their wagons.

Portrait (avoid anachronisms -- clothing or objects in your portrait that are from the wrong time period)

12/03/2011

Dear Diary

Today, I walked to Paris alongside my brother. His job is a Haberdasher. When we arrived in Paris, we split up to our own areas of marketing. I went to my normal spot where I repaired peoples wheels and attached them to their wagons. At noon, I met my brother again and we had lunch together. When we tried to buy bread at the bakery, we complained about the bread price since it had been raised but the shopkeeper just ignored our complaint. After lunch, I had been called up to the palace so I could repair King Louis XVI’s special wagon. It took me 4-5 hours since I worked incredibly hard because it was the king’s. If I had made a mistake, I knew what the consequences would have been. At around 6 o’clock, I walked back home with my brother. I was pleased with my work today because I had earned a bit more than usual because I repaired the king’s wheel.

12/07/2011

Dear Diary

Today I heard from one of the Peasants that we were going to storm the Bastille Prison. I decided to take a break from work today and go along with the other peasants. We heard that the soldiers were going to attack us and we were in great fear so we went to get some gunpowder. The Royal Guards tried to stop us but we had too many people. Once we got the gunpowder, we stormed other nobles homes and burned their houses. To be honest, it felt really good to go and shove some shame into those nobles faces. Once the riot quieted down, I was walking back home with pride but along the way, I heard lots of people complaining about the prices and taxes. It seems as due to Louis XVI, the taxes have risen severely. When I almost got home, I saw people being taken to the guillotine. I decided to stop by to watch the show. After the execution, I went home and had dinner. I just went for a normal walk and I heard some people talking as a group. I went in to hear about the fuss. I heard that the women were soon going to storm into the palace and pull out the king and queen for making the bread price increase. We all made a date for this and decided to keep this secret.

12/09/2011

Dear Diary

Today was an odd day. I received a call up from the new ruler "Napoleon". I was part of the French army from now on. I had to leave my brother and my mother behind. I'm trusting my brother to take care of my mother.

Once I joined Napoleon's army, I had to be trained because I never had a gun before, but I think I'm quite good with this tool. Since I needed to fight and kill people in battles, I was starting to wonder a bit if I would get [|punished] with the guillotine. Since all of the 'bad' guys were getting killed, I thought that I wasn't safe either. But, since I have a strong leader like Napoleon with me, I think I should be fine. I'm pretty excited and scared about going into many wars. To be honest, I am hoping for a few kills since I don't want any foreign troops in my land. I don't think that I'll want to die because before I go into battle, I always think about my brother and my mother and think how they would live without me. And of course, no one wants to die anyway.

I heard that back home, the prices of bread increased even more. I also heard that the [|tax] were increasing. Flour was getting more expensive so the bakers had to make their breads more expensive than usual. I was starting to wonder if my brother was doing business well. He will need more money if he is to feed mother and himself.

Anyways~ I'm done with my first training with Napoleon's army and I'm in my tent. I am ready to fight for my country and for my family. I am looking forward to tomorrow.