Mathias d'Orme

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Jamie d'Orme

William d'Orme

Monsieur **Mathias d'Orme, Comte de Mile Lieu** was the head of House Orme, he was married to Madame Lillian de Du La Guiche, Comtesse de Mile Lieu who he fathered five children with.

## Biography

#### Appearance and Character

Mathias was tall, muscular and broad with small hooded ice blue eyes, large sloped nose and thin lips, he has long blonde hair which he styles with curls and waves decorated with ribbons and pearls. He painted his face in the Clercon style of natural rouge.

Mathias dresses in the Clercon style, wearing knee length, silk, velvet or wool tunics with bejewelled necklines and embroidered edges, with a bejewelled belt at his waist and tight fitting hoes. Like most nobles he wears opulent jewels of pearls and precious gemstones about himself and on his tunic.

Mathias was loving and devoted to his wife.

#### History

Mathias was born at his families seat of Château de Mile Lieu in 220 NE as the first child of Monsieur Galoys d'Orme, Comte de Mile Lieu and Madame Marie-Madeleine d'Oudon, Comtesse de Mile Lieu. He had one brother Fabrice and one sister Marie-Claude.

## Life

#### Birth

Mathias was born in 220 NE as the first child of Monsieur Galoys d'Orme, Comte de Mile Lieu and Madame Marie-Madeleine d'Oudon, Comtesse de Mile Lieu.

#### Early Life

During his early years he formed a close bond with his brother Fabrice who was four years his junior. He was also fond of his sister Marie-Claude who was born when he was 8, Mathias was excited about having a younger sister and would spend time in the nursery with their mother and their family Magistra, Hysode.

Mathias being the oldest son was taught from a young age by his Magister and along side his father about how to be a lord and how to deal with the daily running of their land and how to deal with any issues.

Mathias spent a lot of his free time riding horses with his siblings and parents and by doing so got a very good idea of the landscape and lands that his family ruled. With this information Mathias began advising his father about public works that he could begin constructing to improve the lives of the people they rule. Mathias also advised his mother, who was in charge of running and maintaining the castle, about different works that could be done on their castle specifically the Gate of the Passing which their castle is built around and how they could improve the gates appearance and stability.

Mathias was also present at multiple weddings over this time mainly those of his uncle Monsieur Larrecin to Madame Berthe de Noue, the parents of his cousins Sarra and Einilda, and his aunt Madame Helisent to Monsieur Fabien de Guilers, Comte d'Antilimar.

All of these public works which included rebuilding run down buildings in the small towns the Ormes rule over, bath houses, heating for the towns, improved roads, parks, restaurants, temples and more, these public works remarkably improved the lives of the people and the popularity of House Orme was at an all time high.

#### Betrothal

In 237 NE Mathias was betrothed to Madame Lillian de Du La Guiche the first born daughter of the Comte de la Tour and an advantageous match for House Orme as the Du La Guiche family were a highly respected and wealthy family from the south much like Mathias' mother.

The following year his betrothed arrived at Château de Mile Lieu with a train of lady attendants, guards, clothes, furniture and jewellery. This was the first time Mathias had seen such wealth in person due to House Orme not being as wealthy as the houses of the south. Mathias and his betrothed spent most of their time together to get to know each other, Mathias was very fond of his attractive and well mannered betrothed but her not so much.

#### Early Marriage

Mathias and Lillian were married in 241 NE in a large and expensive ceremony in which Lilian's family attended. During their early marriage Lillian expressed to Mathias that she wished to return to the south and wined about how much she disliked the harsh and cold climate of the north. Mathias tried to get his new wife to enjoy life in the north and showed her the different things that she could do up here that she wouldn't be able to do in the south.

Over the next few years Mathias and Lillian grew close and she began to enjoy the time the spent together, she was fond of horse riding and making ice sculptures.

In 245 NE Mathias' father died from the Bloody Surge and he became the Comte de Mile Lieu with Lillian as his lady. The couple's first task was arranging Galoys funeral which was held a month after his death. Mathias then decided to buy land on a small island in the Domaine Poussiere from the Comte de Belluire and began constructing a small vacation retreat as a surprise for his wife, Mathias designed the whole castle and sent his brother to oversee the construction.

Mathias' next task was finding a wife for his brother, with help from his mother and wife Mathias was able to secure a betrothal with Monsieur Jacob de Robiquet, Comte de Belbéliard betrothing his sister Madame Hazel de Robiquet to Fabrice. Later in the year 248 NE Mathias' first child Madame Ginette was born and she would be followed by 4 siblings Rosia in 251 NE, Constancia in 252 NE, Jamie in 254 NE and finally William in 255 NE. Fabrice was called back to Mile Place to be married to Hazel in 249 NE the ceremony was small and simple and was planned out alone by Hazel who didn't want anything big.

On Lillian's 30th year day in 253 NE Mathias surprised her with the castle which they named Château de Lily after Lillian and they spent the next year at the Château while Mathias' brother acted regent in his place. While at the retreat Mathias became close friends with the local vassal lord of the island Monsieur Renly de Demaret, Baron de Loias and Mathias betrothed his daughter Rosia to his son Oliver, but the betrothal would only last 2 months as Oliver died during the outbreak of Mosquito Fever in the Domaine Poussiere along with his mother and thousands of the Domaine Poussiere citizens. Due to this the family left for Château de Mile Lieu early.

#### Birth of an Heir

When arriving back at the château in early 254 NE Lillian gave birth to Mathias' first son Jamie, the birth of an heir called for a celebration so Mathias organised a feast, tourney, and festival to be held and invited many lords to come. Mathias put his wife and sister-in-law in charge of writing the invites and organising the château and servants to be ready for the guests, feast and court while he and his brother prepared the tourney grounds and organised the horses and anything else needed for the event.

In mid 254 NE the festivities began many of the lords and ladies of the Domaine Hiver were in attendance at the feast and tourney, most notably the Duc de Hiver and his family, Mathias himself competed in the tourney and wore his wife's favour he managed to unhorse three men including Monsieur David de Theix the champion of Duc Thibault de Vasseur, but was unhorsed by Comte Poton de La Barre who went on to win the joust unhorsing Monsieur Reginaldus de La Bourbansais, Marquis Denixost de La Bourbansais, Comte Hamericus de Du La Ville and Monsieur Hervey de Dupuis. He went on to crown Mathias' sister Marie-Claude the "queen of beauty" and proceeded to ask Mathias permission to wed his sister which he granted. The rest of the festivities continued for a fortnight at the Orme's seat in which Mathias signed marriage contracts for his daughters to other lords across the kingdom. Mathias then employed over 40 tailors to begin

The following month Mathias, Lillian, Marie-Claude, Poton and other family members and kin travelled to the city Orgueux where they stayed at the Château de Gennegny the seat of House La Croix for a fortnight until getting on a ship and travelling to the neighbouring kingdom of Beroux where the seat of House La Barre is located. Marie-Claude and Poton were married soon after arriving.