Aramis (BBC)

Aramis (born Rene d'Herblay) is one of the four titular main protagonists of the BBC series, The Musketeers. 
He is a member of the King's Musketeers and best friends with Athos, D'Artagnan, and Porthos. He is the medic of the four Musketeers and often the ladies' man and the most romantic. Aramis takes death very seriously and often prays.
He is portrayed by Santiago Cabrara, who also portrayed Lancelot in the BBC series, Merlin.
==Background==
At a young age, Aramis was friends with a girl named Pauline while living at the brothel where his mother worked. However, his father took him away from that life to be raised by him. Eventually, when he grew older, Aramis learned from his father that his mother was dead but didn't learn it until years after his mother passed away. 
Raised by his father, Aramis eventually became engaged to a girl, Isabelle, a young woman he got pregnant. When Isabelle miscarried, Aramis did not marry her and the engagement fell through. Instead, Aramis joined the regiment sometime in 1622 when it was first formed. 
In 1625, Aramis and his friend, Marsac, were the only survivors of the Savoy massacre that involved the protection of a spy, the Duchess of Savoy herself. He was traumatically distressed by the event. It is unknown how they met, but eventually Aramis met Porthos and Athos and became each others' best friends and brothers-in-arms.
===Personality===
Aramis is a virtuous Musketeer who is brave, honorable, and somewhat of a rogue figure. He was quite the romantic, often swaying women who were taken in by his charm, including the Queen Anne and her handmaiden. However, the only time it hardly swayed them was at the society that Countess Nione owned.
He shows loyalty towards his friends, valuing friendship above everything else. For example, Aramis was dedicated to proving Athos' innocence when he was accused of murder, something he didn't commit, and even always gave hugs when saying goodbye to the friends he left behind when leaving to serve God the rest of his days and also giving D'Artagnan a large embrace after becoming an official musketeer. Aramis believed they deserved justice, especially when it came to accusations against them.
Aramis is religious, even wearing a cross the queen gave him that keeps with him at all times. While his friend Athos takes drinking very seriously, Aramis does so with death, even giving his enemies their last rites when they are dying, showing he is quite a religious and respectful person. He honors the dead as best as he can, even praying with the cross that Queen Anne gave him, and often closes the dead's eyes. He even moved to close the deceased Rochefort's eyes after he died but Anne said, "No Aramis, not for him" showing the honorable side Aramis had to even his enemies.
Aramis also had a dry sense of humor. An example of this is in season one, episode three, where he sarcastically says that the man they were transporting will live off riches while they die on a battlefield while pouring the ale on the drink, showing his sarcastic sense of humor.
=== Physical Appearance ===
Aramis is a charming man with tan skin, black hair and brown eyes, even sporting a mustache and a goatee. He usually wore brown and black leather.
He is also very handsome, attracting several women, whom he all treated kindly.
== Appearances ==
=== The Musketeers ===
Aramis appears in all three seasons, portrayed by starring cast member Santiago Cabrera. He first appears in "Friends and Enemies" and last appears in "We Are the Garrison."
In series one, Aramis entered a relationship with Queen Anne and fathered a child with her, who was to be raised as the son of King Louis.
Series Two focuses on Aramis' struggling feelings for Queen Anne and the fact that he cannot be with her or their son. Athos is the only one who knows of the secret until the series two finale when suspicion against the Queen, rises. Athos and Aramis announce the secret to D'Artagnan, Porthos, and Treville. 
== Relationships ==
===Friends===
====Athos====
(Best friend) 
Aramis and Athos are as different as day and night, as they have different views, especially when Aramis takes death seriously, and Athos takes drinking seriously. Though they have many differences, Athos and Aramis are de-facto brothers and very close with one another. It is this friendship that causes Aramis to defend his best friend from anything, including a very enraged D'Artagnan when he thought Athos killed his father. Aramis immediately warned Athos of D'Artagnan's dagger came to his best friend's aid and was willing to protect Athos from being taken into custody. Of course, Aramis decided to even go to D'Artagnan to save his friend of education.
Of course, out of the four musketeers, Athos is more familiar with Aramis' past romances, as Athos knew of Aramis' relationship with the Queen and how he enjoyed a romantic relationship with the mistress of the Cardinal. Of course, Aramis' relationships tended to get in trouble, as Athos puts it, wishes Aramis wasn't "that stupid" in sleeping with married women but that was not the case. Athos still kept Aramis' secret relationship with Anne a secret away from their other friends.
====Porthos====
(best friend) 
Out of all the Musketeers, Porthos and Aramis consider each other best friends. Meeting under unknown circumstances, they probably met each other when they joined the Regiment. He and Porthos worked together with D'Artagnan to prove that Athos was accused of murder. Aramis was highly concerned for his best friend when Porthos was nearly fatally injured by a group of bandits and made his healing his top priority. Aramis is also confident that Porthos was accused of murdering a man, even manhandling D'Artagnan when saying Porthos probably did do it, showing that Aramis doesn't like it when even a friend accuses Porthos of something he didn't do. In the same episode, Aramis killed Porthos's friend Charon before he could kill his friend.
However, despite their closeness, Aramis does not tell Porthos of his romantic relationship with the Queen and shows concern for Porthos when he and the other Musketeers think he is in danger in the presence of his father. Porthos remained unaware of Aramis' brief relationship with Queen Anne until part one of the series two finale, where Porthos expressed anger that Aramis slept with the queen and did not tell them about it.
====D'Artagnan====
(Best friend) 
D'Artagnan is one of Aramis' three best friends, but it didn't always start that way. In the beginning, D'Artagnan attacked Aramis and Porthos when they came to defend Athos and asked D'Artagnan to help prove his innocence. Though they were also proving Athos' innocence, Aramis was also helping d'Artagnan prove who murdered his father. Also, at the end of the episode, Aramis ironically yells for D'Artagnan to watch out for Gaudet's attack while in the earlier part of the episode, Aramis was warning Athos for D'Artagnan's attack. Their friendship went a long way by episode 3. Aramis sometimes doesn't like it when D'Artagnan has his aggressive and reckless side, even going as far as to restrain D'Artagnan when he is going to attack Porthos' guards. Also in an earlier episode, Aramis didn't like that he, Athos, and Porthos were disciplined in front of the whole regiment. Though they have different opinions, they still respect each other, as shown in "The Homecoming." Aramis later congratulated D'Artagnan for finally becoming a musketeer and embracing him for his commission from the King.
===Romances===
====Isabelle ====
Ex-fiancé 
Isabelle was a young woman whom Aramis got pregnant. They were engaged to be married for their child to be legitimate. However, when Isabelle lost the baby, her father broke off the wedding and took his daughter to become a nun by her decision. Aramis didn't see her until many years later when she became known as Sister Helene. She was one of the few women who were tragically killed. She is also one of the reasons why Aramis decides to stay away from Queen Anne and one of the women Aramis wishes he didn't lose.
==== Adele Besette ====
(Lover)Before the series, Aramis had a romantic relationship with Adele Bessette, who was also the mistress of the Cardinal. They loved each other very much, as even Adele when she was dying proclaimed her profound love for Aramis. When he came to visit her one night, Aramis was told that Adele had left to live in the countryside in the Cardinal's house, and that led Aramis to believe that Adele had chosen the Cardinal over him and didn't learn of her death until series two. When he learns of her death, Aramis is immediately saddened as all the girls he's been with have died and that also prompts him to stay away from Queen Anne as Athos warned him.
==== Queen Anne ====
Anne fell in love with Aramis when he saved her life in season 1, episode 2. In the same episode, she gives him a jewel cross necklace in gratitude for saving her life. Later, in episode 9, Aramis and Anne sleep together, which results in her getting pregnant with his son. Only Athos was knowledgeable of this secret until revealing it to D'Artagnan, Porthos, and Treville one season later.
During series two, Aramis and Anne continue harboring romantic feelings for one another, especially now that they have a son together. However, it sort of complicates things because Anne is married to Louis. Anne continues having extreme faith in Aramis and the Musketeers When he was thrown out the window, Anne believed him to be dead and cried in relief when Aramis returned alive. Aramis is also protective of Anne and is incredibly enraged when he learns Rochefort has tried to force himself on her and even rescued Queen Anne from being murdered by Rochefort at the end of the episode.
At the beginning of series 3, Anne and Aramis continued holding romantic feelings for one another but couldn't commit to a relationship because she was still married. At the end of the series, they resume their relationship as they are seen kissing each other at the end of the series.
==Family==
*Prince Louis (son of Queen Anne)
*Queen Anne (lover) 
*Unnamed mother 
*Unnamed father 
*Unnamed child † 
== In the Books ==
In the books, he is not the lover of Queen Anne but rather Duchesse de Longueville. In both cases, Aramis and book Aramis both have children with the Queen and the Duchess.
==Image==
==Trivia==
* Aramis is considered a ladies' man and takes death very seriously just as much as Athos does drinking, even giving his enemies last rites.
* At the end of season 3, Aramis seems to take over the role of real-life Cardinal Mazarin, Richelieu's chosen successor, first minister, very close to Queen Anne, a tutor and father figure for young King Louis XIV.
* In the book, Aramis' real name is René d'Herblay, meaning it's possible to be Aramis' real name in the series.
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