[ Claude closes his eyes for a moment, sighing. It's just so convoluted. Not only did he not originally realize how entrenched his mother was in Fodlan's nobility, but his intentions when he got to Fodlan were far from what actually happened. He hadn't even meant to attend the Academy. It's just how things went, and all of this mess happened solely because his Grandfather offered to send him and Claude, fool that he was, thought it sounded like fun. Like a good chance to learn things, get to know people, change a little here and there from the inside. Dances and feasts and libraries and friendship and all those other things you read about in the stories. ]
My mother's father, my Grandfather, was the Duke of Leicester. With my mother missing and my uncle recently killed in a very suspicious accident, that made me the rightful heir. One that nobody knew existed, but I had the Crest to prove it.
[ He crosses his legs and taps his finger against his knee, grimacing at how truly ridiculous the last few years have been. ]
Which, frankly, I wasn't planning on doing much with. But then shortly after war was declared, my Grandfather passed away, leaving me to rule in his stead. And being that we were at war, I couldn't very well leave. My hands were tied.
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[ Claude closes his eyes for a moment, sighing. It's just so convoluted. Not only did he not originally realize how entrenched his mother was in Fodlan's nobility, but his intentions when he got to Fodlan were far from what actually happened. He hadn't even meant to attend the Academy. It's just how things went, and all of this mess happened solely because his Grandfather offered to send him and Claude, fool that he was, thought it sounded like fun. Like a good chance to learn things, get to know people, change a little here and there from the inside. Dances and feasts and libraries and friendship and all those other things you read about in the stories. ]
My mother's father, my Grandfather, was the Duke of Leicester. With my mother missing and my uncle recently killed in a very suspicious accident, that made me the rightful heir. One that nobody knew existed, but I had the Crest to prove it.
[ He crosses his legs and taps his finger against his knee, grimacing at how truly ridiculous the last few years have been. ]
Which, frankly, I wasn't planning on doing much with. But then shortly after war was declared, my Grandfather passed away, leaving me to rule in his stead. And being that we were at war, I couldn't very well leave. My hands were tied.