Marie Lafayette

**Marie Lafayette**, née **Bleu**, was a female Borealan Human and the matriarch of House Lafayette. Lafayette was the wife of Alden Lafayette, the ambassador of Borealis to the United Cassiopeian Republic, and the mother of Amber Lafayette, a member of the Dawns.

## Biography

### Life Before

Around the year 5900 ASA, Marie Bleu was born on the planet Borealis as a member of House Lafayette. She had a brother named Martin Bleu, who later grew up to be the captain of the House Lafayette guard. Her father served as a bodyguard to House Lafayette, presumably captain of the noble house's guard before her brother held the title. While the Bleu family served House Lafayette, they were not considered to be of noble status.

Marie grew up familiar with Alden Lafayette, a noble who was next in line to become the patriarch of House Lafayette. In one particular incident where Marie got into a fistfight (and won), Alden's affection for her was cemented. The two eventual formed a romantic relationship and eloped, with Marie inheriting the Lafayette name and thus gaining noble status. In their adulthood, Alden and Marie had their first and only child; Amber Lafayette.

Marie and her husband came to know many colorful figures throughout their adult lives, outside of noble circles. This included the pirate captain Tiberius Stede, whom Marie remembered having much less rust on his jaw when reminiscing on the past.

### Imprisonment

In 5947 ASA, there was a conspiracy between the different noble houses of Borealis. To protect their dark secrets and to keep themselves in power, House Stone wrongfully accused House Lafayette of treason, subsequently resulting in the incarceration of all of House Lafayette during a raid. Oswald Rosewood, patriarch of House Rosewood, believed Alden to have been killed during this raid. In reality, Alden and Marie were kept imprisoned on the Borealan colony of Hailstorm with the rest of their noble house, where they would all remain for a decade.

Alden and Marie sent their daughter Amber to House Piper in the commoner levels of Borealis, where she could stay with her friend Berniece Piper in safety while the rest of House Lafayette was taken to prison. Amber soon fled Borealis upon discovering that her family was wrongfully thrown in prison, eventually becoming a member of the Dawns.

### The Jailbreak

In 5957 ASA, the Drazarian Empire attacked Hailstorm, sparking a destructive battle above the planet's atmosphere. This was all in accordance to the plan of the Dawns, led by the Dremirian Annesidora, who planned to break out Marie and Alden from their wrongful imprisonment. The Dawns split into two different groups in order to find Alden and Marie, who Amber correctly believed were being kept in different parts of the facility. The Unoculan Bowen, the Pithecan Samayo Nishikiyama, the Ordovician Lilian Larimarias, and the Wishian human Mai Mysorin were sent to find Marie. Overhearing chatter between two guards allowed for the group of four to learn that Marie was being held in a cell on the fifth floor of the facility.

After successfully and stealthily making it to the fifth floor, the four Dawns found an entire floor of cells with other humans kept inside. One of these cells held Marie inside, who was initially a bit suspicious of the four Dawns. Once they clarified that they were friends of her daughter Amber, she quickly softens. After realizing that the Dawns were there to break out her husband and herself, Marie solemnly refused to leave without the rest of her House. Marie clarified that the entirety of House Lafayette was held captive on the same floor. Realizing this information, Mai managed to unlock all of the cell doors on the fifth floor using her own specialized responder. Although there was initial worry on how the entirety of House Lafayette would be able to escape the building, Marie was quick to find an answer. Proclaiming "HEY! RIOT!", Marie managed to lead House Lafayette into a big swarm, successfully causing enough chaos to overwhelm the guards as they made their way out of the prison.

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### Final Hearing of the Dawns

To the surprise of almost all of the Galactic Embassy, the Dawns stormed into the embassy building on the *Gravity Well*, a ship owned by the Morkarian privateer, Tiberius Stede, and old friend of Marie and her husband's. Accompanying them was House Lafayette, who all mysteriously went missing after Alden Lafayette's sudden resignation as ambassador many years prior. One of the first things Marie did upon returning to the Galactic Embassy was visit her husband's old office. Once Percival was thrown out of the office by her husband (and locked out of the office by Cascadian Ambassador Jove Scorzalita), Marie swiftly hooked Hayes in the jaw, knocking him out unconscious—an action that Alden found heartwarming.

Marie sat with the rest of the House Lafayette in the grand embassy hall to view the final hearing of the Dawns live. Her husband Alden publicly spoke on the galactic stage for the first time in years. He made claims defaming Danton Stone and, by extension, House Stone for their crimes throughout the recent centuries. These crimes included the wrongful imprisonment of his family and the lies House Stone told the public to prevent suspicion, as well as the entire colonization of the Aurora colony that led to the genocide of most native Aurorans. Alden left the floor open to the leader of the Dawns, Annesidora, for her to explain her own side of the recent events that transpired regarding her team.

After the leader of the Dawns, Annesidora, made a defense for herself and her team, she opened the floor to any ambassadors that still had questions, confident that she would be able to answer them reasonably. The more arguments that were made against the Dawns by ambassadors working against them, the more Ann and her allies were able to defend themselves and, in turn, unveil the corruption within the embassy. Because Borealis had its own share of corruption unveiled to the galaxy, the status of Borealis' presence in the Galactic Embassy was left uncertain. This meant that her husband's seat on the Embassy would be up in the air as well, until the Cassiopeian Senate made a decision on the matter. Regardless, in the end, the Dawns managed to clear their names and return justice to the Republic.

## Personality and Traits

Marie Lafayette was a female Borealan Human whose short hair had a copper sheen and eyes colored like amber.

As an individual, Marie was remembered to have a strong spark within her. The Pithecan Dawn, Samayo Nishikiyama, noted that Amber may have gotten her creativity from her mother. That being said, Marie was similar to her daughter in many ways. Marie was not afraid to put up a fight and speak her mind, much to the fear of the guards at the Hailstorm penal colony. In fact, Marie was known to have gotten into a couple of fistfights in her adolescence and young adulthood. She had a soft spot for her daughter and her allies, but had little to no filter when it came to people who wronged her, especially with House Stone. As the matriarch of House Lafayette, she was able to rally up the entire imprisoned house to riot against their jailers with only a few words.

## Skills and Abilities

As someone who had gotten into many fights before, Marie was capable of handling herself in hand-to-hand combat with little to no issue. Sometimes those close to her would have to hold her back.