La Chanson de la Victoire (The Song of Victory): La Petite Arpenteuse (Non, SV, you are a General of France in the Napoleonic War!)

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Temes1066 said:
I personally think Alexander should be the name of our first-born, I'm fine with Charles as the second-born.
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Has anyone considered that, instead of naming the secondborn Charles, we should name him Roland? I mean, one of the qualities we'd love to instill is loyalty and whatnot, and who better than he who wielded Curtana against those who'd destroy France?

Imagine in the history books, Alexandre Charlot Bonaparte standing beside his brother, Roland Geofferi, arm across his shoulder as they look unto the endless horizon...
 
Orion Ultor said:
Has anyone considered that, instead of naming the secondborn Charles, we should name him Roland? I mean, one of the qualities we'd love to instill is loyalty and whatnot, and who better than he who wielded Curtana against those who'd destroy France?

Imagine in the history books, Alexandre Charlot Bonaparte standing beside his brother, Roland Geofferi, arm across his shoulder as they look unto the endless horizon...
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so turn the bros into palidans loyal to eachother against the enemies of France?

Also, would that make Lannes some sort of... Roland the Palidan Expy, protecting the young teenage princes while they become badasses?
 
Magoose said:
so turn the bros into palidans loyal to eachother against the enemies of France?

Also, would that make Lannes some sort of... Roland the Palidan Expy, protecting the young teenage princes while they become badasses?
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Oui, for what are Paladins but French Knights sallying forth with naught but the belief that they do Good Works shared amongst all.
 
Magoose said:
Also...

Cyber has only one thing to say to you all about the next turn.

[]Influence Napoleon (The First Class): Napoleon has decreed that he is reviving the old title of the Ancien Regime. The Title of Marshal. He has asked for you to join him in creating a list, and adding on the list yourself.
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I feel we would be delinquent in our duties if I did not recommend Davout, Murat and Severin at this point. They have basically been the biggest reasons we still have Italy and aren't at war with the Austrians right this moment.
 
masterofmadness said:
I feel we would be delinquent in our duties if I did not recommend Davout, Murat and Severin at this point. They have basically been the biggest reasons we still have Italy and aren't at war with the Austrians right this moment.
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But poor Massena, putting up one helluva effort to preventing Italy from falling at Genoa, but then being upstaged by an upjumped Sargent, a Dandy man, and a no nonsense Iron willed badass.
 
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[X] Plan: A Surveyor's Dream, a Paladins' Horizon
-[X] Content. Despite all your hardships, all your scars, you have brought two healthy children into a world you can be happy for them to grow up in.
-[X] "They are wondrous, are they not? Yet, dear husband, for all it raises my spirits to see you returned home, I cannot help but feel a pang of sadness that stains your arrival. For I have discovered that by the laws you have decreed, you have made me, your own beloved wife, into an outlaw. Imagine my shock at learning that." (Begin seriously, before turning to a chiding and slightly comical tone.)
-[X] Firstborn Name: Alexandre Charlot
-[X] Secondborn Name: Roland Geofferi

EDIT: If my math is right, and it rarely is, the time to Vote is now, so I've Edited in the Dread 'X' some six hours following the initial post.
 
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Ramble said:
At least he isn't St. Cyr who got showed up by a squadron of girls with horses, and swords, and ANGRY.
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Be honest, at least he isn't Grouchy.

Or Brune...

Or even Kellerman, because Kellerman has been pushed around quite a bit and his career is a little bit on the end times, due to the... whole being upstaged by a teenager.
 
Magoose said:
Or even Kellerman, because Kellerman has been pushed around quite a bit and his career is a little bit on the end times, due to the... whole being upstaged by a teenager.
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Maybe an assignment writing the army's code of military justice/ethics will make him happy.
Call it the Kellerman Creed.

Also, we need a military ethics committee in addition to the justice committee. One determines the right thing, the other determines the correct thing.
 
[X] Plan: A Surveyor's Dream, a Paladins' Horizon

Side note: Charles as a royal name for a ruler of France is ... counterindicated. There are some very bad connotations with the last rulers of France named Charles (Charles IX is the king of St Barthelemy slaughter fame, who legend said was arquebusing his subjects from his balcony; Charles VIII died young, his rule was bad for France and he was though - at this time - to have been mentally deficient; Charles VII was called 'the Ingrate' for having let Joan of Arc being burned without trying anything to save her - not a good thing, given who we are -; Charles VI was called 'the Mad' with good reasons and no one remembers anything about previous Charles, except for Charlemagne of course.. )

Alexandre has the advantage of being the first ruler of France with that name, just like Napoleon)
 
[X] Plan: For Each Silver Lining, There Must Be a Cloud
-[X] Content. Despite all your hardships, all your scars, you have brought two healthy children into a world you can be happy for them to grow up in.
-[X] "They are wondrous, are they not? Yet, dear husband, for all it raises my spirits to see you returned home, I cannot help but feel a pang of sadness that stains your arrival. For I have discovered that by the laws you have decreed, you have made me, your own beloved wife, into an outlaw. Imagine my shock at learning that." (Begin seriously, before turning to a chiding and slightly comical tone.)
-[X] Firstborn Name: Armel (meaning 'bear prince/chieftain')
-[X] Secondborn Name: Florimond (taken from the word florens, meaning prosperity, and the german word mund, which means protection.)

[X] Plan: A Surveyor's Dream, a Paladins' Horizon

I'm good with either of these plans.
 
[X] Plan: A Surveyor's Dream, a Paladins' Horizon

I hope our words are recorded for posterity and propaganda if we have to force him.
 
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wildwill said:
Why Geofferi?
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There are two men who wielded the name, Geofferi de Charney and Geofferi de Charny (confusing, I know), both of whom are celebrated knights, one for standing with courage in the face of death and injustice and the other for his chivalry and gallantry.

So, for One, it provides the symmetry when paired with Roland, fabled and loyal knight of Charlemagne [pairs well with Alexandre Charlot too, eh?]. And Second, it's a statement to the Church, for Geofferi de Charney was a Knight Templar, one of a few who could be called martyr to the injustices of the Church. Put together, it paints a picture of what we hope the boy to be, a Steadfast and Chivalrous lad, Loyal to kith and kin, one who is unafraid to Stand to Injustice like the men he was named for, like his mother before him...also, I wanted to play up the Paladin aspect.
 
Orion Ultor said:
There are two men who wielded the name, Geofferi de Charney and Geofferi de Charny (confusing, I know), both of whom are celebrated knights, one for standing with courage in the face of death and injustice and the other for his chivalry and gallantry.

So, for One, it provides the symmetry when paired with Roland, fabled and loyal knight of Charlemagne [pairs well with Alexandre Charlot too, eh?]. And Second, it's a statement to the Church, for Geofferi de Charney was a Knight Templar, one of a few who could be called martyr to the injustices of the Church. Put together, it paints a picture of what we hope the boy to be, a Steadfast and Chivalrous lad, Loyal to kith and kin, one who is unafraid to Stand to Injustice like the men he was named for, like his mother before him...also, I wanted to play up the Paladin aspect.
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...And people thought my idea of naming them 'bear prince' and 'guardian of prosperity' was too pretentious for Therese? :V
 
Sir_Travelsalot said:
...And people thought my idea of naming them 'bear prince' and 'guardian of prosperity' was too pretentious for Therese? :V
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The justification comes after the fact:

I agreed the names Alexandre and Charles were fine names, but I felt that when used separately they presented a potential Romulus and Remus, Cain and Able situation, and that rather than risk it (narratively) I thought they worked better as the name for a single son, the Firstborn. However, since that left the Secondborn without a name, and I wanted for Therese to present a unified image of brothers, of true French philia [and storge both], I looked for the name of a Defender of the Realm. Fairly easy to connect Charles to Charlemagne and Charlemagne to Roland, and from Roland to Chivalry. Then I looked for famous French knights, and Geofferi de Charny was among the top, so I went with him since it sounded like a pleasing middle name next to Roland, especially in French [RAW-LAHN ZHAW-FREH]. Then I looked it up and realized I struck narrative gold, something that Thérèse would strive for, a world where the ideals of liberté, égalité, fraternité live on through her children, and through them all of France.

All of that was secondary to Image I depicted earlier, of two brothers staring off into the endless horizon as they held each other by the shoulders and gestured into possibility...
 
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