Julien Rissiel

Julien Rissiel is a Breton found in Hoarfrost Downs and potential recruit of the Shornhelm Guard.
==Interactions==
===The Lover===
Convince Julien to join the Shornhelm Guard.
==Dialogue==
===The Lover===
When first met:
"I've been watching you. Going around town, cleaning up the mess that beastly soldier-woman created by offending everyone. You must have a golden tongue, getting folks to enlist after that. You won't persuade me, though. I can't leave town. Not now."
:Why can't you leave town? "Because I'm close. I've been courting Guendeline for three years and I think I'm finally close to winning her heart. If I leave town now, by the time I get back she'd probably have married someone else. I couldn't live with that."
::What if she promised to marry you? "That would make everything perfect! If I had her love, I could enlist and fight with the strength of ten soldiers! That's not going to happen, though. It's going to take something special to win her heart, and I haven't a clue as to what that is."
:::Maybe I could go talk to her and find out. "Good luck with that. I've been trying to figure her out for years now. I think maybe she just enjoys playing with my emotions. If you can help me win her heart, though, I'll enlist. I'll do anything you want, in fact."
After talking to Guendeline Ascenge and the townspeople:
"I've been thinking. Guendeline says I don't really love her. It's just some kind of silly infatuation. I think I need to make a grand gesture to prove my love to her. Something spectacular to show her how I really feel."
:What kind of a gesture are you thinking about? "Something romantic. Something unique. I know! A bouquet of rare flowers, though I'd need help picking them. Or I could serenade her with a poem! Of course, I don't know any poems. Or maybe a beautiful necklace? What do you think?"
::I could pick these rare flowers for you. 
::A poem sounds like a good idea. "I think so, too. I noticed her flirting with a minstrel once. She practically swooned whenever he opened his mouth. Anyhow, now we just need a poem. Surely someone around here knows some poetry. Find a good poem and I'll serenade Guen with my love!"
::I'd give her a nice necklace. 
After asking around town about poetry:
"The more I think about this poetry idea, the more I like it. It's the perfect way to show Guendeline both the strength of my mind and the depth of my passion. I think I'll call her outside and serenade her in front of the whole town!"
:Do you have a poem in mind? "Well, no. I was planning how I was going to do it, not what I was going to say. I thought you were handling that part. Did you find anyone in town who knows anything about poetry?"
::Read something from this book of poetry. 
::You should recite this Orcish love poem. "How … how very original. It's a little … direct, don't you think? Well, I do want her to know exactly how I feel. And it does rhyme. Come on, let's go over and I'll recite this poem to her."
::I think you should compose your own poem, from your heart. 
After he fails to woo Guendeline with poetry:
"I can't believe it. After all the years, I've spent courting her, just a handful of words and she casts me aside! How could she be so heartless?"
:Maybe you're better off without her. "No. I'll never find another woman like Guendeline. I'll never love again. My life will just be empty and sad. Honestly, I don't know if I can go on. I can feel my heart breaking apart inside my chest, it hurts so bad."
::Then you might as well enlist in the guard. "I guess. It sounds mad, but you're right. I really do want to die now, and it might as well be for a good cause. Tell Captain Thayer I'll be along soon."
==Conversations==
===The Lover===
The Orcish Poem:
Julien Rissiel: "Fair Guendeline, come forth and hear my words of love!"
Guendeline Ascenge: "This should be interesting."
Julien Rissiel: "The skin of your neck exudes an animal stench …. I want to pull your hair and call you a …."
Guendeline Ascenge: "Stop! Please, just … no more. That's the most vile poetry I've ever heard! Go away, Julien. For good this time!"
Julien Rissiel: "I guess that's it then. I thought that was quite good, myself. But without her … oh, what will I do?"
==Appearances==
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Category:Online: Hoarfrost Downs Characters