The Marshals of France and the important people of France's Army Itself: Q3
Andre Massena: 76
While Massena was passed over to become a King, he was not deterred, taking the refusal with gusto. Even when he was focused more on his army. The Italians still called him names that made you think that he could still be called a King.
Consul Massena. The Reformer… Even Prince Massena, to a few of the more brave and notable Italian noblemen and women.
But even with a crown not resting on his head, he has his army prepared, drilled and ready for a campaign anywhere, even against France itself.
A Worrying thought, but one that Napoleon is quite happy to laugh off.
After all, Massena is his man, through and through.
Reward: Massena has taken not been made a king with gusto, and his army is prepared for any campaign that Napoleon may send him on.
There are worrying reports that his garrisons are stockpiling munitions in key chokeholds all over Italy, but they are just that. Rumors.
The Italian nobles, at least some of them, are quite happy with the current state of affairs, and even happy that Massena is not King. He is, after all, a far better general than a politician.
There is also rumors abound that he is working with this new king to get himself a title in Florence, where he can make a staggering fortune.
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Berthier: 86
Napoleon has taken quite a liking to Marshal Berthier, whose ability to work in a way that would even make Brian pause, causes the emperor a great deal of pleasure when they work together.
Napoleon is amazed at how much work the marshal can get done in a single hour, much less a single day.
He even proclaimed aloud that, if he could, without upsetting the senate, he would make him the Minister of War.
But seeing as the Senate was not in session for the Harvest season, Napoleon would have to wait until Fall, to see him become a Minster of War.
Reward: It seems that Napoleon has a new star in his life, at least at his chief of Staff. Brian may have served him well in Italy, but as Emperor, Marshal Berthier has proven indisputable to his liege.
Brian does not care as much as Napoleon thinks. He's just happy that Napoleon will not leave him alone and allow him to work in VIII Corps in Peace.
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Jean Lannes: 88
There is love in the Air, at least with Jean Lannes. After divorcing his unfaithful wife, he has found a new love. Louise Antoinette, A countess, and daughter of a Senator, who was an influential member of the Conservative party that was taking shape within the Senate.
While the two fell hard, fast and madly in love, it was soon enough that the two were wed… and less than a month later, she was pregnant with his child.
Reward: Jean Lannes is happily married. And happy to have finally have a wife that will actually care for him.
Michel Ney: 41
Michel Ney is bored.
That would not be a problem for most men.
Not for Michel Ney. He's ridding off around getting into brawls, duels and even getting shot a few times.
He's unharmed mostly, save a few broken fingers, but the fact of the matter is… he is acting like an undisciplined vagabond, rather than a Marshal of France.
Reward: Ney is acting not brave, but suicidally overconfident.
He is in fact, trying to see how far his luck and skill can take him.
Marshal Jourdan will be disciplining him soon.
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Jean Baptiste Jourdan: 65
Marshal Jourdan's neverending quest for training has led to him… forming his own company of engineers to start handling the more day-to-day problems of his camp, and his own situation.
His defenses are strong, but not impregnable.
He plans to make it that way.
Reward: Jourdan's Corps now has a company of engineers.
Louis Nicholas Davout:100+92+97+72=
You are starting to think that you underestimated the man that most of the Marshals are calling Iron.
He was more brilliant than that.
Far more.
(Continued in: War Plan Eagle.)
Murat:24
Napoleon had put his foot down to the Knight of France.
His sister would not see him again, not until she was older.
This caused quite a stir in court, with many supporting or not supporting Murat's cause to woo her over into marriage.
In your case, you couldn't care less about Napoleon. You cared about how poor Caroline would feel.
No one else did.
Reward: Murat has been banned from trying to court or even meet Caroline until she is of age.
This has caused Murat a great deal of stress, and Caroline is starting to act out against her brother in defiance.
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Severin:91+5=96
To say that Marshal Severin has enjoyed his time training the new class of riflemen, as his wife joins him as an instructor, is a great joy.
All who met Evylin Severin knows one thing.
She is a she-wolf carrying another child into the world, who will not hesitate to kill them all if she had to.
Severin himself is happy at the progress of the riflemen, and perhaps in a few months, every Corps in the Grand Armee will have at least a regiment of riflemen to serve as skirmishers.
Reward: Severin's are taking men to school when it comes to rifles.
And training a lot of skirmishers for new companies of riflemen.
He is even reaching a point where France may run out of rifles in stockpiles and it does not have a great deal of domestic production for rifles, at least not yet.
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Mortier:30
Mortier's entire new mission is to rescue Irish from across the water, to arm them, and prepare them for a glorious return to their island…
Hopefully.
Reward: Mortier is trying to save the Irish in Ireland, by any means necessary.
Franquos Kellerman: 92+13=105
Lefebvre: 97+95+94+88=
Dumas: 99+90+82=
You are starting to Believe that Napoleon isn't the only one mad enough to create a plan that could… plan for everything.
Dear god, what the hell was wrong with you, these men were absolutely insane!
(Continued in: War Plan Eagle.)
