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1338-1769 (aged 431)

Guy Baptiste II was born the son of Pierre Baptiste, the Medieval head of the Baptiste clan who used black magic brought back from the Crusades in order to liberate the clan from their demon oppressors. Named for the legendary first duc d'Bois who slew a dragon which once lived on the lands which would become the clan's estate, Pierre saw his son's birth as a new beginning for the clan.

Guy lost his father at an early age, watching him succumb to the Black Death after an ill-advised expedition into a plague-stricken area to retrieve his mistress and illegitimate son. Guy saw this as proof of that affection and love were deadly weaknesses, an attitude which would remain with him his whole life. His mother was a tired, sickly bloodwritten whose condition would not let her intervene with her cheating husband. Upon his father's death, he assumed headship of the clan under the regency of Sir Guillemot. He was only ten years old at the time. His mother would succumb to her illnesses shortly after, dying in 1352.

He bode his time for a decade, plotting his rise to power. Possessed of a cold, calculating, and highly intelligent mind, he had the stubborn and power-hungry Sir Guillemot assassinated and came into full power in 1358. His first act as clan head was the murder of his bastard brother and the seizure of his porperty, who was living quite nicely on a small estate as landed gentry on a large sum left given to him in Pierre's will. He ruled the clan as a true Machiavellian prince, determined to purge the clan of its weaknesses and shortcomings and make it into the ultimate weapon with which he might exercise his power. He was feared by all under him, and he was often a cruel master to his peasants.

He marched with Charles VIII in his sack of Naples in 1494, where he commissioned the twin daggers which would later become the signature weapons of his son, Armand. He also saw military command in the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the Seven Year's War (1756-1763) and built a reputation as an effective but ruthless field commander.

In 1747, he married Gabrielle Rosas, the daughter of a powerful Spanish bloodwritten clan as part of a non-aggression treaty between the Rosas and Baptistes. She bore him two sons, Gaston (1748) and Armand (1754). By all accounts, their marriage was an icy and loveless one, entered into for purely pragmatic reasons. She disappeared under mysterious circumstances shortly after Armand was weaned, never to be seen or heard from again.

He was killed in 1769 by the rival Leroy clan while traveling in his carriage. The vehicle was fired upon by a concealed battery of cannons and then assaulted by the Count Leroy's men. When he inherited the clan from his father, Armand Baptiste's first act as clan head was avenging his death by infiltrating the Leroy estate during a party and assassinating the Count.

Description
1338-1769 (aged 431)

Guy Baptiste II was born the son of Pierre Baptiste, the Medieval head of the Baptiste clan who used black magic brought back from the Crusades in order to liberate the clan from their demon oppressors. Named for the legendary first duc d'Bois who slew a dragon which once lived on the lands which would become the clan's estate, Pierre saw his son's birth as a new beginning for the clan.

Guy lost his father at an early age, watching him succumb to the Black Death after an ill-advised expedition into a plague-stricken area to retrieve his mistress and illegitimate son. Guy saw this as proof of that affection and love were deadly weaknesses, an attitude which would remain with him his whole life. His mother was a tired, sickly bloodwritten whose condition would not let her intervene with her cheating husband. Upon his father's death, he assumed headship of the clan under the regency of Sir Guillemot. He was only ten years old at the time. His mother would succumb to her illnesses shortly after, dying in 1352.

He bode his time for a decade, plotting his rise to power. Possessed of a cold, calculating, and highly intelligent mind, he had the stubborn and power-hungry Sir Guillemot assassinated and came into full power in 1358. His first act as clan head was the murder of his bastard brother and the seizure of his porperty, who was living quite nicely on a small estate as landed gentry on a large sum left given to him in Pierre's will. He ruled the clan as a true Machiavellian prince, determined to purge the clan of its weaknesses and shortcomings and make it into the ultimate weapon with which he might exercise his power. He was feared by all under him, and he was often a cruel master to his peasants.

He marched with Charles VIII in his sack of Naples in 1494, where he commissioned the twin daggers which would later become the signature weapons of his son, Armand. He also saw military command in the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the Seven Year's War (1756-1763) and built a reputation as an effective but ruthless field commander.

In 1747, he married Gabrielle Rosas, the daughter of a powerful Spanish bloodwritten clan as part of a non-aggression treaty between the Rosas and Baptistes. She bore him two sons, Gaston (1748) and Armand (1754). By all accounts, their marriage was an icy and loveless one, entered into for purely pragmatic reasons. She disappeared under mysterious circumstances shortly after Armand was weaned, never to be seen or heard from again.

He was killed in 1769 by the rival Leroy clan while traveling in his carriage. The vehicle was fired upon by a concealed battery of cannons and then assaulted by the Count Leroy's men. When he inherited the clan from his father, Armand Baptiste's first act as clan head was avenging his death by infiltrating the Leroy estate during a party and assassinating the Count.