Louis d’Antares

Haut-Cornet Louis d’Antares is an iconic 4th Edition character who is shown on B217, then B272, then B286, then a full write-up page 312 of the Basic Set. In Campaigns he is seen on B477. He is also featured on B505 in Campaigns between Game Worlds and Cultures and Languages.
== Background ==
Louis d"Antares is from World Cyrano, and was an officer in Her Majesty's Martian Guards, an elite unit of spacefaring knights. While on a mission in the Gobi Desert, Haut-Cornet d'Antares was separated from his troop. His troop betrayed him, but unknowingly attacked a body double of his, which allowed him to retaliate against his betrayers. The citadel was under attack by a third party, all was chaos, and Louis woke up in a hospital bed. This was when he was recruited by the Patrol.
== Personality and Skillset ==
Louis is a charismatic force-sword duellist who is popular among the troops he inspires and any company he keeps. While he knows how to use pistols (laser and otherwise), it is not his chosen weapon, and he's often focused on getting within arm's reach with anyone threatening his team.
In social situations, Louis is a high-society man at heart who enjoys the finer things in life -- mainly wine, nice clothes, and the company of fellow gentlefolk. Especially wine, which he pronounces with a native French flair. He's frequently required to ride horses instead of proper Martian hadrosaurs.
When not on missions, he's often gambling, preferably at high-end gambling halls, looking to rub elbows with the elite. He's not particularly good at gambling, amusingly enough, but those who meet him often insist on seeing him again. 
He's known to raise Martian orchids when possible, and can speak English (and Latin) with an accent. His insomnia and unusual sleep needs lead him to be up at unusual hours, so he may occasionally bump into William Headley. If you hear someone playing the harpsichord at 2 am, it's probably Louis d'Antares.
=== Rank (fandom extrapolation) ===
A haut-cornet (or "high cornet") is likely to be analogous to a lieutenant of a cavalry troop. In Cyrano, it's likely that "haut" refers to the spacefaring aspect of one's rank (such as is used in Haut-Paris, on Mars), and not the aspect of being a higher rank. Since Louis has left his old life behind, his Rank is not counted on his character sheet, although he retains his larger-than-life personality. 
== Appearances ==
===Evading Giants and Severing Arms===
B368 shows him as an example of Evade while B422 shows him dismembering an arm.
== Trivia ==
* While Louis has fought bravely against soldiers, slavers, giants, punks and minotaurs, he has a powerful and fear of cats (ailurophobia), although it's unknown (as of the writing of this article) if he's encountered any in any written stories.
* Louis was trained in riding hadrosaurs (presumably, native to his pulp-adventure setting of Space-French Mars), but is frequently required to ride on horseback instead. His Riding skill should likely be much higher (allowing better defaults to other creatures), or he should at least be given one point in Riding (Horse)!
== References ==
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