Camille Laperoux

Camille was a man who scribbled his way to prominence on the world historical stage. He was a petty man who in many cases, sought merely recognition and praise for his ideas, and would do anything to get it. He eventually got his wish as his more polemic writings were simple enough to be understood by the common people of La Ville, and while his influence on the early days of the Revolution is still up to historical debate, the Radical Revolution was heavy, and in many cases he directly inspired revolutionary action. He was targetted for assassination twice, first unsuccessfully by the political opposition, and second by a personal enemy who succeeded.

## Early Life and Education

Camille Laperoux was born to an upwardly mobile family of Vizborkan merchants living in Nanlun. His mother and father tried their best to hide their heritage, and raised their son Gallician, not having him tattooed, but still teaching him the Vizborkan language. He lived a peaceful and happy childhood with his four older sisters and his younger brother. At 16, he was sent away to La Ville to study to become a lawyer. He was an excellent student on all accounts, and was known by his peers and teachers as a sharp and serious student. While he could, Camille would spend his time learning all he could about philosophy and history. Is it was at this time that he became politically activated. He was especially inspired by "A Commentary on the Histories of Cruscelles," by Antonio Visconti which examines a political historical book written at the height of the Antian Republic. Visconti claims that a Republic is not free unless the rich fear the throng of the poor, and this thought certainly inspired Laperoux's later thought. He was also inspired by other Gallician democratic and anti-clerical thought, including Jean-Paul Debry, who wrote about the inequality and the social contract. It was during his fourth year of school that he became the acquaintance of Olivier Marchant.

## Early Career

At the age of 20, Laperoux graduated from University with a law degree, but very quickly fell out with his first boss, a lawyer with a local office in Nanlun who was, by all other accounts, a decent and honest man. Within two years, he was out a job, and became a copyist at a local newspaper to survive. It was at this time he began writing his first book, "A response to 'The Histories of the Twelve Years War," which critiqued a piece written by a historian some fifty years ago for being too charitable to the monarchy. After a year of submitting articles to the paper to try and make extra money, he finally succeeded in having one of his pieces published. It was a hit piece on his old boss, and made many scandelous claims of professional dishonesty, romantic impropriety. His scathing wit made the piece an instant success, and this would by the first of Laperoux's many character assassinations throughout his career. After being brought to court for slander, Laperoux used his law education to get himself off. Unfortunately, his obsessive research to finish his book strained his relationships among his peers.

### Arrest During the Nanlun Rebellion

Only a few months after his trial, Nanlun became embroiled in the Nanlun Rebellion. Being an aspiring journalist, he attempted to report on the unrest, but after only a month, the Royal Censors arrested him and kept him in prison for the rest of the war. He escaped execution through family connections, and was forced to leave Nanlun.

## Leadup to the Revolution

Laperoux spent the next year in destitution, unable to find publishers willing to touch his work. A