Jacques Boissonade

**Jacques Boissonade** is a character in Murder Mystery 29: Théâtre-Corbignois. Jacques was the third victim of the game, being poisoned by his mother Marie Boissonade who was working as an acquaintance with the main killer Rubis Clément.

#### Brief Overview

Jacques' role in the murder mystery was as one of the actors in the Royal Dramatic Company of Corbigny. Jacques had been given the job by his mother Marie Boissonade, and Jacques only took the job in an attempt to honour his dead father's wishes. Over the course of the game Jacques did his best to help the other characters, especially his mother, with their specific problems. On-stage Jacques was one of the stronger actors, but since that's such a low bar he was still very bad.

As everyone in the theatre was going through such a rough time with all the murdering and such, Jacques wanted to prepare a feast for everyone to enjoy. After locating a kitchen, Jacques made some burgers, but his mother found him. Marie confronted Jacques for cooking instead of following what she wanted him to do, leading Jacques to storm off. Later Jacques decided to quit the theatre company after one last performance.

Before the performance, Marie poisoned Jacques' vodka, and he died right as his character in the play was supposed to die. Marie felt that if Jacques was not going to follow his "dream" to become an actor, then he should not get to follow any dreams at all. Marie got the poison from Rubis Clément, who believed Jacques' poor acting was hindering the performance of his plays.

#### Personality

Jacques is a bit rusty at acting, and still gets a bit of stage fright. He's usually pretty good at hiding this, but may confide in a trusted friend that he is feeling anxious. Jacques is of course a culinary talent, and is eager to show off his ability in the kitchen. His time baking bread for the poorer classes gives him a great amount of sympathy and empathy for others, and he tries to be very understanding of everyone around him. Jacques believes the spirit of his father is with him at all times, guiding him towards his destiny. Currently, his destiny is to be an actor. When in times of danger/difficulty/conflict he will consult his father for advice. Jacques holds a lot of guilt for abandoning his family, and is very close with his mother.

Personality traits: Caring, nervous, hard-working, passionate, curious, driven, energetic, loyal

#### Backstory

Jacques Boissonade comes from a prestigious acting family, but he always hated acting. His parents gave him acting lessons as they expected him to carry on the family's legacy. Jacques wanted to pursue his passion of being a baker and ran away from home at the age of 16 to become an apprentice for a man named Guillaume Boulanger. Jacques became quite a talented baker, and after a couple of years he joined Guillaume to bake for royals. When Jacques was 24, his father died in a tragic accident. Jacques felt immense guilt for not being closer with his father over the past 8 years, and his conscience told him to leave Guillaume and go back to his mother. She had assumed Jacques was dead, and the feeling of seeing your dead son again after losing your husband was a complicated one. Jacques felt his father's spirit in him, and had an epiphany that it was his destiny to become an actor. Jacques' mother Marie got him a spot in the Royal Dramatic Company of Corbigny, which is where we are now two years later.

During the events of MM29, it is revealed that Guillaume pretended he had kidnapped Jacques, and took ransom money from Marie before claiming to have killed Jacques. It is also revealed that Jacques' father killed himself due to the grief of losing his son.

#### Trivia

* Jacques was named after 1997 Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, who also served as his faceclaim.
	+ Jacques' backstory of wanting to cook instead of act is based on Villeneuve supposedly wanting to make music instead of race.