Raoul La Marchand

> It doesn't matter if you've become a different girl to who you were all those years ago... It made me fall in love with you all over again.
>
> Raoul La Marchand to Ophelia Demoiselle

## Professional Status

### Affiliation

La Marchand FamilyIllyrian Army (temporarily)

## Personal Status

### Relatives

Gaston La Marchand (Father)Gustav La Marchand (Elder Brother)

Dorothea La Marchand (Mother)

## Media

### First Appearance

"Music of the Night"

Raoul La Marchand is a character in Team OPRA's story. He is the son of Gustav La Marchand and a childhood friend, later boyfriend, of Ophelia Demoiselle.

## Appearance

### Physical

Raoul stands at 6'4 with an average but clean cut frame. He has medium brown skin with brown eyes and a semi-ovular head shape. His hair is dark brown and cut short with two side burns.

### Appearance

Raoul's attire consists of a white button down blouse tucked into a pair of metallic-dark blue trousers. Over his blouse, Raoul wears a sky waistcoat that has darker blue floral-like details emblazoned onto it. Around his neck, Raoul wears a red cravat. Raoul then wears a pair of black dress shoes on his feet.

## Personality

Raoul is a gentlemanly, polite and righteous man. He displays a level of good intentioned chivalry and courageousness towards the people around him. He is shown to be a romantic and can become devoted to the people he loves, as evident in his relationship with Ophelia. Raoul is also a tactile and strategic individual, able to create plans and strategies like his plan to capture Erik.

Because of his chivalry and courageousness, Raoul can often become reckless and lead himself into dangerous, sometimes life threatening situations such as nearly being killed by Erik twice to protect Ophelia. Raoul also has an air of arrogance and pride to him because of his status as a Atlesian socialite and will assume people will usually be of lower status than him, an example of this being how he treats Pierre, Rhea and Albert upon meeting them.

## Background

Raoul was born in Atlas as the son of Gaston and Dorothea La Marchand, two wealthy Atlesian socialites. Because of Dorothea's love for the arts and patronage to multiple companies, Raoul grew up with an appreciation for it while his father groomed his elder brother, Phillipe, to be the heir to the family fortune.

During a vacation to the island of Illyria, Raoul would meet a young Ophelia Demoiselle. When Ophelia's scarf was blown into the river, Raoul jumped in and retrieved it for her. Despite their brief encounter, Raoul had to return to Atlas but kept Ophelia in his memory.

## Abilities and Powers

Despite not being a trained hunter, or a fighter at all, Raoul is shown to be able to have some combat capabilities and adapt quickly, as evident in how he holds his own for a short time in both his fights against Erik. Raoul is also a quick thinker and can devise strategies and plans with high skill, such as planning the capture of Erik by ambushing him with the guards.

### Weakness

Raoul's weaknesses lie solely in his inexperience in combat, which has allowed people such as Erik to overpower and harm him. Because of his lack of aura, Raoul also can retain injuries more easily than those with aura do, making him a liability in a fight.

### Weapon

While not having his own personal weapon, Raoul has shown to quickly adapt to using things such as fire arms and swords.

### Semblance

Raoul does not have a semblance currently.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Raoul alludes to Viscount Raoul De Chagny from the 1986 musical *The Phantom of the Opera*, which is based on the 1910 book of the same name by Gaston Leroux.
	+ Both share the same first name.
	+ Both are of high class social status.
	+ Both have siblings named Phillipe.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Raoul is a french male name meaning 'Strong Wolf Counsel', which brings to mind colours such as grey and brown.
* La Marchand is french for 'The Merchant'.