Auguste MarcBeaulieu/Amaryllis

Amaryllis 

General Information:

-Domain of: Amaryllises  devision 

-Sex: Male

-Nationality: French 

-Country of Origin: France 

-Original Name: Auguste Marc-Beaulieu

-Lived: 1773 - 1793 

-Birthday: August 1

-Physical Age: 20 years
 

-Physical  Appearance: - (I will write it in detail later. Just know that he is  very tall, and if he appears short here, it's merely an optical illusion  and was unintended.):

Downfall: He was killed in a protest in the beginning of the French Revolution

Songs: Derniere Danse - Indila~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIUdu…; Viva la Vida - Coldplay~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb7YI…; Lisztomania - Phoenix~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB94Ff… and If I Ever Feel Better, also by Phoenix~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq9kId…; Evil CanCan (France's war theme) - Civilization V~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4stSQ…

Quotes: 
"I often find myself wondering ... to what end is all this?"

"Mon cher ... je ne suis pas ce que tu vois ... "

"It does not mater how bright your light shines if all the onlooker can observe is the darkness."

"...  This ... this cannot be, but matches their descriptions and words more  perfectly than I could have ever imagined ... I dare to ask  who you  are, and where you plan to take me?"
~

Personality: 

In  demeanour, Amaryllis will be easily thought to be a very fussy, proud,  painfully egoistic and vain, yet beautiful individual. He will seem  prone to drama, yet unable to live without order, and will also seem to  be a decisive and bold person, simply reaching out and achieving  anything he wants to. He cares very much about his appearance and  beauty, seemingly, above all else, always making sure that all of his  clothing is perfectly cleaned and that he looks his best every moment.  He is also somewhat of a clean freak, and gets very uncomfortable if a  speck of dirt is anywhere near him. However, he may truly be the only  person who knows what lies beneath this shallow exterior; in reality,  Amaryllis is a confused, painfully insecure, and particularly nervous  person. You would only assume he would be somewhat of a bold go-getter  type; however, he is actually often very indecisive in major situations  and is terrified of making a wrong move. He usually gives off the  impression of a decisive over-achiever because it is what he wishes to  be viewed as; because of his tremendous insecurity, this young man cares  far too much what others think of him, always being afraid of  inadequacy and to appear “uncivilised” or “dirty”, he will always try to  be in complete control of his exterior, often even faking his feelings  (though he is bad at this, being a rather emotional person). He is  “fiercely orderly”; though he may seem calm, under the surface he is  truly on fire, and uses this drive and fire to keep everything in order,  as he craves order and cannot live without it. He does still care much  about his appearance, and also due to his insecurities, he finds  self-love to be very important to a person's wellbeing. Though vain, he  is rather observant and is well aware of all his faults, though he  obviously doesn't ever wish to flaunt them.

History: (PLEASE READ IT. I WASTED LOTS OF HOURS UPDATING THIS lol  and please correct any historical inaccuracies; I'm not a French history scholar.)  

Auguste  was born in 1773 to the very poor Marc family, in a very tiny village  in Nantes, France. He was the middle child, having a sister younger than  him by several years, and a brother senior to him by two.  

His  parents, along with his brother and sister, were very hardworking,  no-nonsense people, as their situation required; because the family was  so dirt poor, and frequently almost starved, everyone had to pitch in  and work well to take care of the crops and the animals on their farm.  

This  was a big area of contention for Auguste and the other embers of the  Marc family; unlike his parents or siblings, he could not stand work. Of  his siblings, he was he most sickly and malnourished (additionally he  was a picky eater and often wasted food). He also felt rather like he  was bad at physical labour, and as if his work was frequently  unappreciated and unneeded, thut it would be a waste of time for him to  care for the farm and his duties. Instead, and despite his massive  poverty, the boy treated himself delicately, much as a prince would; he  was decently lacking in self-confidence and very insecure, but knew that  naturally he was very good looking, and resulting, felt this was the  only good thing about him, and put all his time and effort into making  sure he was always as beautiful as possible.

However,  to his family, this was foolish, unsuitable behaviour for a boy (much  less a poor one who was always on the brink of starvation “due to his  own fault and laziness”), and simply impractical. Constantly berated for  this, the black sheep of the family, Auguste was in constant emotional  pain, and began to retaliate against these abuses with equally nasty  words and actions. Resulting, his anxiety grew worse, he grew both more  lonely and more antisocial, and he began to foster a very selfish  nature.

Thus was his relationship with his  family. Apart from the Marcs, he was known as a charmer but an  introvert, and never really got along with the other children. With his  charming and mysterious air, many children and adults found him a bit  odd but interesting, but he didn't like them too much. Though he did  attend parties (in his social status), he often did little more than  stay for a single dance to make people think well of him. He had also  developed social anxiety during this time, as well as OCD, and felt  always very uncomfortable around other people and nervous that they  would learn too much about him, in addition to his dislike of them in  general.

Auguste  had always been an eloquent speaker and was visibly intelligent;  however, his family could not pay for school, and he had to learn much  on his own (this was rather difficult, as he had to gather all the  resources himself), until he was 13, when an educated man the family  knew, saw potential in him and began to sometimes teach him various  things (he did not charge the Marcs, because his teaching was very  sporadic; he simply could not watch a good mind go to waste). Auguste  had good grades and a high interest in most subjects, especially in  gardening and flower arrangements, areas which he pursued, and blossomed  into a passionate love for decorating and beautifying things, in turn  leading to his discovery of his skills as a planner of events, a skill  which would better utilise his love for decorating.

Indeed,  the youth was an opportunist; though indecisive, his tendency toward  severe opportunism actually drove his uncertainty, causing him to  continually worry he was hurting himself, blocking roads, and making  wrong decisions. Regardless, he still had a good eye for spotting  opportunity, and he was always brainstorming ways to accomplish his  plans, most of which were for self improvement or improved status. Due  to being extremely dissatisfied with his current life, but never one to  be depressed, he was always brainstorming ways to reach higher and  higher on the social pyramid, as he was very good with and understood  people well, despite not liking them much. Though he was good in school,  he never got much of true education due to being dirt poor and the  sporadic nature of his tutor, and resulting, he had trouble proving his  knowledge.  

However,  one day, the man who had been kind enough to assist with his education,  saw an opportunity for young Auguste; a friend of his was soon to be  married, and could not find anyone to help plan the event. Recommending  Auguste, who the tutor had seen to have a good mind for such things, he  was hired, and henceforth entered into a profession as a planner for  events and a decorator. Eventually his reputation was so sound in this  regard that even somewhat wealthy citizens hired him.

During  this period, which took place over the next four years of his life, he  was incredible successful, being able to move out of his family's house,  and taking refuge within areas provided by his employers, as part of  his pay. In due time, Auguste had climbed the social ladder so  successfully that he was able to afford his own estate, though it was  rather tiny and impractical.

The youth had  also begun to grow more stressed out and overwhelmed by everything.  Though he was proud of his success thus far, the repeated process of  painful decision making and nervousness regarding opportunity (as well  as plenty of nasty comments given to him regarding his roots, family,  lack of inherited status, lack of proper education, and even from  jealousy by others due to how often he accidentally captured the hearts  of their loved ones), it began to continually weigh on his mind until it  became like an unwavering and permanent dark cloud; additionally he was  only 17 at the time, and was still very young to have to cope with such  things. Resulting from all of this, he became more insecure, more vain  and self-centred, more self-loathing and with an increasingly broody  nature.

At the  end of the following year, 1790, Auguste received the opportunity of his  life; a very rich and influential woman of great nobility, Madame  Beaulieu, a close friend of the queen of France herself, was helping to  host a rather large banquet for the wedding of a relative in the  esteemed city of Paris. Many of France's most wealthy and prestigious  citizens would be attending as well, including the king and queen.

By  this time, the name of Auguste Marc was rather well known throughout  the area (in fact, the only reason he had not yet ascended to high  nobility was due to he prejudice against his former status). He was  hired by another in charge of some of the minor aspects of décor and to  attend the banquet. He was indeed delighted by this, as even planning  small parts of such an event would be very helpful for his resume.

On  the day of the party, Auguste instantly stood out to all present; not  only being one whom most had never actually seen before, but in other  ways to many young women. Mademoiselle Laurette Beaulieu, the daughter  of the Madame, was one of these. She was plain but respected, spoilt and  very audacious, thus feeling permitted to act with boldness seemed to  watch him during most of the party, and immediately following, she  approached him and asked if they could meet again at a later date. Never  one to refuse an opportunity to talk with someone wealthy, Auguste,  rather oblivious to Laurette's plans, agreed.  

However,  when this meeting took place, Laurette, out of custom for a woman to  do, confessed, and asked for his hand in marriage. In shock, Auguste did  not know what to think; he was afraid of long term relationships and  had never considered or planned his life with the idea of such a notion  (lack of planning being a major problem for him); however, feeling  pressured, uncertain and nervous, as well as considerate of the idea hat  marrying into such a wealthy family may provide him great opportunity,  Auguste hastily agreed to the proposal. However, he had a fear of living  in a family environment due to the nature of his own, and had many  doubts about his future and even about Laurette herself; understanding  people decently despite not liking them much, he instinctively felt  intimidated by the woman.

(Upon  marrying her, he took the name Beaulieu in disregard for his own  family's name, and also left his tiny château due to its impractical  nature)

His  fears were soon realized; mademoiselle was indeed very snobby, having an  abrasive personality, and a strong will and self-centred nature that  matched and clashed with Auguste's own strong will. Additionally, there  were many other issues that arose; for one, though Laurette may have  been perfectly fine marrying one who was once low in status, her mother  disapproved of new money and a commoner entering into their prosperous  family line. Being the most influential and powerful figure in the  household, she forbade her daughter and Auguste from having any child  together. She was also quite abusive in temperament, despite being so  popular; this nature she hid well from many on he outside, but showed  amply to those in close contact with her (this is why Laurette grew to  be such a snob and selfish girl; her mother always told her lovely  things about herself, but if she displeased Mother at all, she would be  severely punished and verbally abused. Resulting she grew up nasty,  since that was all she ever saw, but Auguste could tell she had a  somewhat kind heart underneath, one of the only reasons he agreed to the  marriage).

Auguste was also 5 years younger  than Laurette, which was more than a little controversial. This,  combined with others in high society having similar notions to Madame  about new money, caused the Beaulieus' (and especially Laurette's)  popularity to plummet, which greatly upset Madame and caused her to  treat her son-in-law even worse. It got to the point where, though she  felt it would be uncouth and revolutionary to try and force her daughter  to divorce, she forbade him from leaving their mansion, as he would be  seen as an embarrassment.  

A terrible  revolution had also begun several years before; day by day, it grew  worse, and aristocratic families such as the Beaulieus were looked upon  more and more displeasurably due to their support for the royal line.

Feeling  once again extremely dissatisfied with his life, as if he had made a  terrible mistake which he could not forgive himself for, and as if he  were destined to live among such abusive families, Auguste's mental  health rapidly declined. Though exteriorly he mostly appeared the same,  calm, orderly and vain, he was internally in pain which grew worse all  the time. He began to hate himself, only truly ever been close with  toxic individuals who abused him, and did not know properly how to love.  He was constantly fighting with his wife, and though he stayed with her  and faithful to her (partially because of her mother's forbidding of  him to leave her or the mansion) because his greatest fear still was  being poor and looking bad in society, he did not love Laurette. He  continued to try and understand her, but every day become more tired of  their situation and being stuck with her. 

At  the beginning of 1793, Auguste's mental state had deteriorated to a  degree that he had developed insomnia, was continually deprived of  sleep, began to act somewhat anorexic, became more bitter in outlook,  and began overall to show that there was something wrong. These odd  behaviours only drove him to fight more with his spouse and mother in  law, as well as the other members of the Beaulieu family. Most  especially was Laurette displeased; not understanding mental illnesses,  and still spoiled and considering herself the most important person in  the world, she often mistreated and insulted him.

Later  that year, the French people are shocked by the news that the King  Louis and Queen Marie had been executed at the hands of the  revolutionaries. Although he himself was not for or against the  revolution, nor did he follow a religion and therefore would be  connected to persecution, Auguste knew how closely the Beaulieus were  tied in with the queen, and being trapped within the estate, he feared  for his survival and knew he had had enough. Fearing death more than  dirt, Auguste Beaulieu had remembered that the mansion contained a  recently constructed large laundry chute on the back end, leading to the  outdoors. When no one was paying attention, he slipped down the laundry  chute, planning to get to a small village and proceed to get a ride out  of the area, perhaps to England, or to the south, or to Spain, some  place where no-one would know or recognise him and he could start his  life over, safe from accusations and associations with poverty.

However,  his mind was so afflicted that he could not properly thing, and became  lost rather easily, not very well knowing the surrounding area due to  the isolated state he had been in more or less for three years. He  accidentally ended up in Paris, a centre for the recent conflict;  flustered, he forgot his caution and was easily caught in a crowd of  revolutionaries. Indeed, the Bealieu family was one of the next targets  for the rabid extremists, and Auguste was briefly imprisoned, soon to be  executed by the infamous guillotine.

The day  after, something unexpected took place; Laurette was seen wandering  about the city searching for him. Apparently she too knew that she would  soon be executed; against the will of her mother, she fled the house in  order to look for her husband. She had become deeply apologetic and  ashamed of all she had done to him and to others; in realising how near  to death she was in the current state of events, she had somewhat  undergone a change of heart. It is not long before she too was caught;  as the member of such an aristocratic line, it would have been odd for  her not to have been recognised. On sight she was brought out to the  guillotine.

However, the revolutionaries  decided it would be a greater blow to the Madame Beaulieu and to the  aristocracy to put to death two members of the noble family on the same  day; resulting, they also prepared to execute Auguste Beaulieu.

Both  about to be killed in the same moment, Laurette was profoundly sorry  for what she had done, and attempted to apologise many times to her  husband over the roar of the crowd. However, in opposition, he was  apathetic, emotionless, unhearing toward her; perhaps he even felt a  twinge of satisfaction, of revenge on such an abuser as this woman.  Their relationship was over; she'd lost her chance to make him love her.  Fate had been so cruel, of course the end would be as this for him, and  Auguste rejoiced simply that he could take another with him, share the  pain with one who had helped to bestow it upon him.  

(Upon  his death, a poisonous fume filled the air, as was customary for the  demise of those entering New Eden; however, due to not being isolated in  a cell or room as was Luciano, the poison, scent and spores spread over  the area; a few dropped to the ground and were trampled due to the wild  nature of the revolutionary crowd, including the executioner, being at  such close proximity, but other than this, there was not much effect and  the event was not recorded. Possibly due to a miracle of New Eden,  Auguste's head was not completely lost, and because of the death of the  executioner, was never removed from his body. His wife, who was executed  first, had been limply holding a small bouquet of black pearl amaryllis  flowers, symbolising passion, pride and eternal love, and after she had  died, a large gust of November wind blew some of the petals on  Auguste's body, thus this was the flower chosen by New Eden for him to  preside over.)

Fun Facts:

-He is a severe clock-watcher, and this bothers most of the other characters.

-He has OCD

-Oddly,  not very flirtatious. He wishes for women (and society in general) to  be very attracted to him, but he is a bit frightened at the thought of a  long term relationship, as he knows it is something he isn't good at  particularly.

-He has  a phobia of germs and bacteria.

-In the modern timeline, he enjoys manga more than classic literature, though he is ashamed to admit this.

-He can play the harpsichord, averagely.

-He loved flowers and plants, even before he entered New Eden, and he had a little garden in life.-Because  his throat was severed, he not only has troubles breathing but also  does not get enough oxygen to his brain, causing him to often zone out,  become tired for no reason, or become easily overwhelmed.

Confusing details: 
- THIS https://sta.sh/018inptprql8 Please  excuse my messy handwriting. If you're drawing him with his neck  showing, DO. NOT. Forget this. He is always covering his neck in my  pictures; he died by being beheaded by the guillotine, so the only  reason his head stays on his shoulders, literally, is the vines, leaves,  and flowers, that kind of poorly keep it in place.
-His head does  bleed and there are a few flowers growing in his hair, and petals  replacing hairstrands (they'll be visible once this is coloured).  However, the bleeding is minor compared to others like Basil or Cantua,  and he often wipes the blood away, so you can draw him without it if you  like.
-All the lace on his outfit is green.
-The  leaves/petals (NOT WINGS) extending from his back (not the ones around  his neck, as those extend from his coat) are translucent and very, very  light/delicate.
-His kravat is made of amaryllis petals.
-Again, this should be already known, but the ends of his hair are extremely curled.
-His hair is a dark auburn/browish, while his eyes are a dark and icy blue.
-Those  are cuffed sleeves.-He does wear a light powder on his face, but his  skin is already extremely pale. His face is just a little more pale than  the rest of his skin.-YES I KNOW. His outfit is soo confusing. Please  tell me of any specific details you have trouble with when drawing them, as it would take too long to explain everything here