Romeo Hans Hessen

Marquis **Romeo Hans Hessen** is the Marquis of Hessen Marquisate, the husband of Patrican Rin Hessen and the father of Mikhail Albert Hessen and Giselle Maria Hessen.

## Synopsis

Romeo was already acquainted with Duke Regis Adri Floyen well before their children were engaged. At one such encounter, Romeo invoked Regis’ wrath by taunting him over Jubelian Eloy Floyen's reputation, causing the usually composed Duke to strike Romeo. Regis warned The Marquis never to insult his daughter again.

### Dispute at Hessen Manor

Upon arriving home at the disarray of his manor, Patrican Rin Hessen informed her husband of what transpired between their family and Jubelian Eloy Floyen. Romeo panicked, rebuking his wife for what she had done, reminding her what kind of man Regis was and how protective he was of her. While the two argued they were interrupted by the arrival of a servant who attempted to warn them of the impending danger, only for Regis Adri Floyen to break into the manor, having broke through the main gate. Romeo is struck with fear at the sight of Regis but tries to keep his composure by yelling at Regis for destroying his property. Regis quickly tossed a bag of gold at Romeo’s feet as he continued his rampage, destroying the Hessen Manor with his bare hands. Romeo could only watch in horror at the sight of Regis’ monstrous strength, begging Regis to cease on his knees.

His son Mikhail Albert Hessen attempted to stop the mad Duke though this did nothing. Regis gave one final warning to the Hessen family to stay away from his daughter or he would destroy their family.

## Personality

Like his family, Romeo is a greedy, manipulative, and opportunistic man, though he is more cautious as he knows the dangerous outcomes that could befall his family. Romeo is quite cowardly as when Regis Adri Floyen began destroying his home in retaliation for his family’s constant harassment toward his daughter Jubelian Eloy Floyen, Romeo could only beg and plead with Regis to stop, all while cowering in fear.

In addition, like his family members whose arrogance and power-hungry do not respect the nobles whose class is higher than theirs aside from the royal family members, he is willing to disrespect the ducal houses of the empire (e.g Floyen and Elios) and only cares about consolidating his family's power and he considers the absolute power from the imperial family. His cowardice and pettiness was furthered when he immediately takes the emperor's offers of allegiance to his son as an advantage to take revenge on Regis for destroying his house. His impatience-ness is highlighted when he accuses the Duke of Floyen and crown prince Maximilian Kasin Ashet of treason without any solid evidence aside from the relationship between Maximilian and Jubelian, which is what he and most people in the empire assume. He can easily become emotional and irrational as shown during the accusation in the noble court, making his points and vague evidence pointless in the eyes of the Duke of Floyen and the Duke of Elios.

## Physical Appearance

Romeo is a middle-aged man (though he has not seemed to age well due to the wrinkles on his face) with blonde hair that he keeps in a low ponytail as well as violet eyes (traits that he passed on to his children) and he is roughly the same height as his son Mikhail Albert Hessen.

As for attire, Romeo is shown to dress elegantly and sophisticatedly, usually seen wearing an ascot.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Patrican Rin Hessen

While it’s implied that they have a standard marriage, Romeo was shown rebuking his wife for the troubles that could befall them if they continued to harass Jubelian Eloy Floyen. Patrican was ignorant of her husband's warnings as she continued with her plan to reunite Mikhail Albert Hessen with Jubelian. An action she would regret too late as she invoked the wrath of Jubelian’s father. Like his wife, he was known to spoil his children and enable their behavior though he recognized whenever his children were at fault for their actions, such as his son’s treatment of his ex-fiancé.

#### Mikhail Albert Hessen

Like his wife Patrican Rin Hessen, Romeo is a doting parent to his children. During the noble court, he denied Maximilian Kasin Ashet's entire accusations about his son for insulting and pointing his sword at the crown prince until the latter pointed out that the ladies who attended the tea party at Count Terrence's manor had witnessed his actions.

Max noted that based on their behavior, Romeo definitely passed down his personality traits to Mikhail Albert Hessen.

### Enemies

#### Regis Adri Floyen

Like most in the Ashet Empire, Romeo has a bottomless fear of Regis. He first invoked his wrath after taunting him over his daughter Jubelian Eloy Floyen’s reputation causing Regis to strike the haughty noble. Romeo did all that he could avoid Regis as well as keep his family from invoking him any further (e.g. warns his family several times to be wary of how they treated Jubelian). When Regis caught word of his family’s harassment of his daughter, Romeo cowered in fear at the monstrous strength Regis displayed as he destroyed Romeo’s home.

## Etymology

* The name **Romeo** is an Italian name of Greek origin as a way to refer to a Roman citizen, also translated as “Pilgrim of Rome”.
	+ The name **Romeo** is often associated with the titular male lead of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
* Romeo's middle name **Hans** is a German name that means “God is gracious”.
* Romeo’s surname **Hessen** comes from the city-state of Germany known as **Hesse** or **Hessia** (known in Germany as the Land of **Hessen**).
	+ It is known as the capital of Wiesbaden, a Roman spa town known for its forest.