Bastien de Ghislain

Duke Bastien de Ghislain was the thirty-third Duke of Ghislain and head of the Council of Heralds. 
== Background ==
In his younger years, the duke eschewed the Game in favour of living as an outlaw. He was a skilled bard and had trained under the legendary Black Fox. His life as a minstrel, spy, and troublemaker was cut short when his elder sister Duchess Marissa de Ghislain died in 8:96 Blessed of the blue death. Bastien returned home to assume his duties as the new duke.
Bastien left his wild youth behind, settling down to become a respectable nobleman and competitor in the Game. He made the appropriate connections, arranged an appropriate marriage for himself, and took a seat on the Council of Heralds. He had two children with his wife Nicoline: Calienne and Laurent. His daughter Calienne later went on to marry Grand Duke Gaspard de Chalons.
After the death of Emperor Florian in 9:19 Dragon, Bastien supported his son-in-law Gaspard for the throne. Calienne took a more active part in the Game, and was eventually killed for her part in arranging the death of Celene's mother, Clarisse de Montfort.Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, Chapter 3, p. 67
At the Imperial Wintersend Ball of 9:16 Dragon, Bastien met Vivienne, a young mage from the Circle of Montsimmard, and immediately became enraptured. They embarked on a love affair shortly afterwards, creating an intense scandal at court. Bards and assassins were sent after them, all of which were skillfully thwarted by Bastien and Vivienne. The nobles remained vocally opposed to the match until four years later when a newly crowned Empress Celene named Vivienne Court Enchanter., p. 239
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