Ville de Trois Ponts
Set amidst the vast wheat fields and vineyards of southern Montagine near the port city of Bouche, the Ville de Trois Ponts sits on the fief of Feilds d'or, the estate of the Baron Philippe d’Arrent and is part of the Duchy of Rogne. It is the one of the baron’s main source of income due to the presence of three watermills next to each of its bridges which grinds his plentiful grain into flour.
1 – The Mills
2 – Boulanger Home
3 – Butchers and stockyard
4 – Le Café De Tournesol (Inn)
5 – Old Boulanger Home
6 – The Bakery
7 – The Church (Vatacine)
8 – Pottery shop
9 – Carpenter
10 – Blacksmith’s
11 – Wainwright
12 – Warehouses
13 - Peasant's Houses
Notable figures:
Father François – Priest of the Parish. While a Vatacine he has taken up at least one idea of Objectionisim and made his services in Montaigne instead of Thean.
Felix LaAubergiste – Landlord of the ----- . He and his family are second cousins of Gerard Boulanger and his family.
Victor Boulanger – Head of the Elder Branch of the Boulanger family, relations between them and the younger branch are currently good because three of Victor’s sons are under Gerard’s apprenticeship.
The Boulanger Family
Divided in the late 1500s into the Elder and Younger Branch of the family by one of the Elder’s sons marrying the Miller’s daughter and inheriting the town’s three mills, the family has prospered and its scions are said to be an army unto themselves.
Gerard, His Wife and His Sibling
Gerard Boulanger – Eldest of the sons of Marc and Yvette Boulanger he is Sebastien’s father and the current patriarch of the ‘Younger’ branch of the family. He is known to be a shrewd businessman and has seen more of the world than most in Trois Ponts because of his service in the early years of the War of the Cross in Eisen. He speaks the language fluently and has developed a taste for their beer as well as having learned a number of business practices from his time in Frieburg. Because of the size of his family and his relative wealth in the region, the peasants and townsmen call him “Le Petite Empereur” as a well meaning nickname. Gerard of course hates it.
Marguerite Boulanger – Gerard’s wife and daughter of Jean LaAubergiste a man who runs the Le Café Tambour on the road to Bouche. Marguerite is an advocate of education and made sure her children are literate, can do figures and recite the at least some of the Vigils of the Prophets. When not meddling in the affairs of her children or helping Gerard run his business she helps the other literate women teach the town’s children to read.
Luc Boulanger – Joined Gerard in the War of the Cross, but died at the battle of Posenfeld. Was unmarried and left no children.
Martin Boulanger – Was press ganged into the Montaigne navy and not heard from for ten years. It was believed he was dead until a letter arrived not that long ago that he was now a merchant sailor in Port Crieux and had two children: Lucien and Gerard.
Yvette Boulanger LaVigne – Married to a vinter a fief over. She has two boys who help with their father’s work named: Jean-Philippe and Samuel as well as a daughter married to another vinter with two children of her own named: Estelle and Felix.
Isabelle Boulanger d’Fleuve – Married to a river trader who lives south of Trois Ponts she has four children of her own, Zacharie, Guy, Amelie and Pierre.
Sebastien and His Siblings
Marc Boulanger – Eldest of Gerard’s sons and the heir of the family business along with his younger brother Pierre. He was married but his wife died in labour taking his first child with her. He has yet to re-marry.
Luc Boulanger – A year younger than Marc and a year and a month older than Sebastien he has just left home for Bouche to work as a scribe since upon Pierre’s return from the war he is no longer required to work in the mills.
Phebe Boulanger – Twin sister of Sebastien works as a servant in the baron’s country estate. She is also unmarried which is of prime concern to her mother.
Pierre Boulanger – Previously the most rebellious of the brothers he joined the Montaigne army and fought in some of the closing engagements of the War of the Cross before being sent home. He did not return home empty handed however, he came home with Eva his Eisen wife, their son Stephan and a keg of Eisen beer with which to beg Gerard’s forgiveness.
Nicole Boulanger LaForgeron – Married to Guy LaForgeron the heir to the town smithy and at last report was pregnant with their first child.
Roseline Boulanger – Youngest and sworn to be last child of the Boulanger family. She is yet to become of age but shows precocious talent in music.