Lou le Blanc

* Monica A. Borg
* Morgana0anagrom

**Louise "Lou" le Blanc** is a Dame Blanche, and the current La Dame des Sorcières.

## Biography

### Early Life

During her early life, Lou lived with her mother Morgane and her coven in the Chateau le Blanc. Because of her mother's plan to sacrifice Lou, so she would be able to perform a spell that would end the human royal lineage, she grew up with the knowledge that she would die. Despite this fact, Lou had a good childhood in the Chateau. Most witches believed that they should not sacrifice a child, so they waited until her sixteenth birthday.

Lou met Coco when they were six years old. Coco had wandered away from her coven, as she and her aunt didn’t get along much. Lou found Coco and tried to make her laugh, braided flowers in her hair to make her feel better. When Coco finally stopped crying, she tossed a mud pie in her face. The two of them kept their friendship a secret.

When Lou completed sixteen and the sacrifice was being performed, she realized she did not want to die and be the cause of death of a whole lineage, causing her to escape from her coven. For two years she abdicated all magic and hid in Cesarine, both from Les Dames Blanches and the Church. Lou found Coco in Cesarine when she was caught by the constabulary for pickpocketing and rescued her. She and Coco lived together for about two years in the attic of the Theater Soleil et Lune in Cesarine.

### Serpent & Dove

#### Part 1

Lou and Coco are dressed up as men when they are about to talk to Babette in The Bellerose after she claimed she could give Lou information about a ringfrom Monsieur Tremblay she is looking for. Babette asks for more money than they initially agreed upon and Lou complains, calling her an extortionist, but pays anyways. Babette then proceeds to take Lou and Coco to a hidden room, where both of them overhear Madame Labelle and Monsieur Tremblay talk, revealing that the ring is hidden in his house. Shortly before, one of his daughters was killed because of his involvement with magic, causing him to want to get rid of it. They also meet Andre and Grue, two brutes who often clashed with the girls and are now security at The Bellerose.

Having this information, Coco and Lou meet at a patisserie to plan a heist about entering Tremblay's house and stealing the ring with the help of Bas, a former lover of Lou. After they agree on everything, they part ways to meet later to perform their heist. When Lou separates herself from Bas and Coco and leaves the patisserie, the royal family is passing by in a procession of welcoming the Prince home, which causes the streets to be packed. While trying to leave, a Chasseur accidentally elbows her in the nose. He turns to help her but realizes that Lou is only dressed as a man. In return, she acts rather indecently and sarcastic. He tries to stop her, but Lou gets lost in the masses and fights her way up a building, to flee over the roofs of the city. When the royal parade is attacked by Dames Blanches, Lou flees to the Theater Soleil et Lune.

Later, when Lou and her friends are breaking into Tremblay's house, Lou uses her magic for the first time in two years, having to trade something for the magic and breaks her forefinger in the process. While Coco stays out to take care of the dogs and make sure they don't call attention, Lou takes care of the guards protecting the house. She uses her magic again, rendering them unconscious while trading a memory of her own. She then proceeds to enter the house after Bas, trying to find the hidden vault of Monsieur Tremblay. When they find it behind the portrait of his daughter Filippa, Lou breaks another one of her fingers to pick the lock. While Bas takes most of the possessions in the vault for himself, Lou only takes the ring. The two of them are then being alarmed by the presence of the Chasseurs, causing Bas to cowardly run, leaving Lou alone inside the house. While she tries to escape, one of the Chasseurs around the house recognizes her after they already had met at the patisserie. Lou climbs the house while the Chasseur sends his men after her. Remembering that one of the proprieties of the ring is to turn the person invisible, Lou puts the ring inside her mouth and escapes, leaving Bas to his fate after he was caught.

Lou then meets Coco in an alley after Coco tracked her through her blood and they talk about the origins of Lou's acquired artifact. Coco then proceeds to tell Lou that the constabulary saw her and Lou pushes her to flee back to her coven. Reluctantly, Coco leaves. Right after, Lou encounters both Andre and Grue again, who want the ring for themselves and then continue to try to beat her. Lou instead fights back and flees to her hideout at the Theater.

On the following day, Lou wakes bruised and hurt from her encounter with the thugs. Realizing that she overslept and that a matinee is held in the establishment. The need to go to the bathroom arises and Lou dons a costume to move unseen through the theatergoers. On her way to the bathroom, she encounters an actress who sees her injuries and only narrowly escapes to the bathroom. On her way back to the attic, she again encounters the Chasseur from the patisserie and Tremblay's house. He starts chasing her, believing her a thief, and right when she thought she had escaped, they both fall on the stage in front of hundreds of people. Because of her visible injuries, people are curious and nervous. The actors and members of the theater's crew assume an assault and the Chasseur is framed for it in front of the masses.

The Archbishop, who is also among the theatergoers, arrives and discusses, what to do with Lou. With her being a criminal and framing an honored Chasseur for assault, on which Lous doesn't correct him, he wants to put her into prison but realizes that the empathy of the masses would mean the end of the Chasseurs reputation would be ruined. Instead, he suggests that the two of them should get married, so that he can tell the masses they already are husband and wife, which would explain their earlier behavior, as a husband has the right to pursue and discipline his wife. Neither Lou nor the Chasseur like the idea, but both accept nonetheless. Lou figures that living with the Chasseurs would give her protection. The two of them get married almost immediately, with Lou using a false last name.

#### Part 2

Lou believes her husband Reid Diggory to be a prude and boring and though they are married, she refuses to fall into the picture of a submissive wife. Still, Reid gives her his bed and chooses to sleep on the ground instead. When Lou defies his orders on the next day, he puts the initiate Ansel as her guard. She tricks Ansel into showing her the Cathédral Saint-Cécile d’Cesarine and Chasseur Tower, in which she now lives. Though she does manipulate Ansel, she takes a liking to the boy, forming a careful bond of friendship between them.

On one of their tours, Lou escapes Ansel to discover the infirmary, from which she could smell the magic. While Ansel follows her, Lou finds Coco, who pretends to be a healer. After they persuade both Ansel and the priest Father Orville that Lou is there as penance, the two of them are left alone. Her friend then reveals that she heard about Lou's new living condition and tries to persuade her to flee together to Coco's aunt. Lou declines and argues that she couldn't be any place safer than surrounded by Chasseurs. Both Lou and Coco decide to stay at the Tower and practicing Lou's magic - hidden by the smell of the infirmary - to strengthen her.

Later, Reid explains that they found Bas and he is to be interrogated to get information about the witch at the heist - not knowing about Coco or her disguise. He tells Lou that Bas will hang for his murder of a guard, causing Lou to beg for her to see him one last time. Reid declines. After he leaves, Lou bewitches Ansel to bring her into the dungeons. There she bewitches two guards - trading her affectionate memories of Bas - into oblivion and meets Bas. She promises him freedom in turn of all his memories of herself and Coco and bewitches him as well. After that, she takes Ansel's memories of this encounter as well and faints from the excessive use of her magic.

When Lou wakes again, Bas is gone and the Chasseurs are searching the whole Tower for him. Lou drags Ansel into a small library and pretends to be educated by him when Reid and Jean Luc arrive. Coco arrives as well but is put in her line by Jean Luc, who later puts her under observation as she isn't allowed to roam the Tower as a healer. After they leave and Reid scolds Ansel for letting Lou leave the dormitories, she and Lou fight over what has happened, him blaming her for the escape of Bas. After that, Lou accompanies Reid to the evening Mass to make up for it.

On the next evening, Lou complains that there isn't a good thing to read in the Tower. Reid gives her a romance book, *La Vie Éphémère*, he had kept hidden in his room, which makes Lou rather happy. After this, their relationship gets easier. Later Ansel knocks and tells the two of them that Madame Labelle is in the Tower to see Lou. The meeting turns into a disaster, as Lou refuses to talk to her in private and Madame Labelle grabs her and frantically whispers into her ears "She is coming." before being pulled away by the Chasseurs. Lou desperately wants to talk to her, but Madame Labelle is removed and Reid takes Lou back to their rooms.

That night, Lou has a nightmare that her mother would find her and settles on the ground next to the sleeping Reid, finding comfort in sleeping next to him. On the next day, Reid invites Lou to the Soleil et Lune to see a performance of *La Vie Éphémère*. Lou accepts the invitation but spends most of the day hunting for a knife to protect herself. While she can't find one in the room and Ansel isn't of much help. She goes to search for Reid but encounters Jean Luc instead. Lou realizes that Jean Luc is envious of Reid and his position and leaves him after a discussion. She then goes to find Coco in the infirmary once more, the two of them practicing magic again after Lou tells her about Madame Labelle's warning.

For their visit to the theater that evening, Reid gave Lou a new gown, which matches his own outfit, she realizes. While finding their seats, another man flirts with Lou, causing Reid to get rather jealous. During the performance, Reid holds Lou's hand and carefully touches her hand and arm, which causes Lou to struggle to concentrate on the performance. But suddenly Lou realizes that one of the actresses - the one that rescued her from her disastrous encounter with Reid in the theater the first time - was part of her old coven, which makes her nervous to leave. Estelle, however, recognizes Lou and goes after her when the performance is finished. She tries to persuade Lou to come back with her, but Lou declines and tried to stir herself and Reid away. Estelle then attacks Reid, using her magic to rip a shop sign off its hinges and flinging it against him. Reid sees Estelle as a witch and renders her unconscious with a chokehold, taking her to the Chasseur Tower to imprison her in the dungeon, and later burn her at the stake.

At Estelle's burning the next day, Lou is consumed by guilt after Estelle silently called her a witch killer and uses her magic to take away Estelle's burning pain and inflicting it on herself instead, causing Estelle to drift peacefully to the afterlife. When Lou wakes again after three whole days, Reid is asleep on a chair next to her, half slumped on the mattress, as if he held her hand before he fell asleep. Later that day, Coco checks on Lou and it becomes clear, that Ansel knows of Lou's origins. Still, he doesn't rear back but rather accepts her for what she is. At that same time, Lou wanders off in search of a bible despite her fever. In the dungeons, she meets The Archbishop, who gives her an old bible as a gift. When Lou finally gets better, she suggests that she and Reid should go out. They visit the patisserie where Lou used to go with Coco and Bas, and Lou and Reid play a game of truths to get to know each other better.

During a ball given by the King of Belterra on the eve of Saint Nicolas Day to Reid's honor, Lou searches for Reid, as he arrived before her, but encounters Beauregard Lyon instead. The Prince suggests they should make Reid jealous when the two of them find Reid with his old lover Célie Tremblay. Lou declines and instead follows her husband and Célie, eavesdropping on a private moment. Célie suggests to Reid that they could find a way to be together and that they could get an annulation for his marriage with Lou. But Reid declines, telling Célie that he doesn't love Lou yet, but thinks he might do one day and that he won't hurt her. Célie leaves in tears and Reid finds Lou for a private talk. Both of them confess that they want to make their marriage work and Lou reveals that she eavesdropped. Reid doesn't seem to mind that fact but is instead sorry that she didn't learn about Célie from him firsthand. After that, the two of them dance on the ball before leaving for the Chasseur Tower again.

After Lou can't find sleep and drives Reid mad with her tossing and turning, they agree to share the bed. On the next day, during Yule time, the two of them go out shopping, and part ways to buy each other a gift. When Lou is alone, trying to buy Reid a new dagger, Andre and Grue find her, trying to get revenge for her ratting them out. She fights both of them, using her magic, and kills them. Shortly after, Reid finds her and in the lingering chaos and shock of the attack, they share their first kiss. After they talk to the officials, Lou takes Reid to Soleil et Lune. There she first shows him the attic where she used to live before they climb onto the rooftop and talk for a while. Reid also gives Lou a wedding ring as a gift, which he thinks might have belonged to his mother. He also admits that he had wanted to give it to her for several days. After that, they make love for the first time. They spend the night in the attic. For breakfast, the two of them visit the patisserie and after that, they meet Madame Labelle on the street, who understands that Lou and Reid are married. Lou herself realizes from their similar coloring that Madame Labelle is Reid's mother, but doesn't tell him. Madame Labelle also notices Angelica's ring on Lou's hand, warning her that she should always wear it and that her mother is in the city. When they part ways, Lou recognizes that Madame Labelle must be a witch herself.

Shortly after, Lou and Reid find Monsieur Bernard close to the Cathédral Saint-Cécile d’Cesarine. She tried to talk him into returning to the infirmary, but instead, he attacks her and is ultimately killed by Reid in an attempt to protect Lou. Lou realizes that Monsieur Bernard was bewitched by her mother to find her. Back at the tower, Lou finally wants to tell Reid about her origins, but this is interrupted by the Archbishop. He tells Reid about a gathering of women in front of the King's palace and sends him to dispatch them, urging him on to go while he stays behind with Lou. Before Reid leaves, he tells Lou that he loves her.

The Archbishop tells her instead that she deceived Reid, but before he can continue, he is called to a performance of *Ye Olde Sisters*. Instead of leaving Lou be, he drags her along. The group, consisting only of women, tell the story of the Archbishop and his sin, revealing him to have bedded La Dame des Sorcières and being Lou's father before they attack.

#### Part 3

Throughout the chaos of the fight between the witches and the arriving Chasseurs, Reid brings Lou into the dormitories, trying to protect her. Both he and Ansel get knocked unconscious by Estelle's sister, who advances on Lou. In the arising fight, Lou reveals herself when she uses magic to save Reid. He learns about her origin and doesn't make a move to help her when the witch paralyzes Lou. Before she blacks out, Lou tells Reid that she loves him. When she wakes up again, thanks to Ansel giving her an antidote, she uses Reid as a source of power for her magic to battle and ultimately kills Estelle's sister. Afterward, both Lou and Reid discuss her origins, resulting in Reid making clear that he does not see her as his wife anymore and Lou fleeing, only to be caught by her mother. Morgane sedates Lou once again and when she wakes, the two of them are in a carriage on their way to Chateau le Blanc. While Lou is awake, her body is unresponsive due to the fact that Morgane changes the sedative so that only the body, but not the mind would be affected. Morgane tells Lou about her plans to sacrifice her on Modraniht. Lou tries and begs her mother to stop and instead heal the land and unite both humans and witches. But Morgane declines and instead moves on with her plan.

When Lou and her mother arrive at the Chateau, Lou is greeted by several witches and brought into her room to be prepared and her wounds treated. She is cared for by Manon, an old childhood friend of hers. Though initially angered by Manon, she learns that Manon lost her eleven-year-old sister to the Chasseurs a year before and promises not to run away again. Over the course of the next two days, all of her wounds and marks are treated, making her looking polished. But from her journey, Lou is weakened, not even able to walk on her own when Morgane requests her. When Lou arrives, her father is there, bound, and gagged. Learning that he searched for her, he was picked up by Morgane. While her mother already plans on killing him, Lou finds no joy in the thought. Instead, she learns from Morgane that Reid has the King's blood in his veins and will die, too, when she dies as a sacrifice.

On Modraniht, she is under a spell from Morgane, unconscious suspended in midair, being shown as the sacrifice. Shortly before her sacrifice shall take place, Morgane pulls her back to consciousness - right at the time where she supposedly kills Madame Labelle. This causes Reid to step in, throwing away the disguise he acquired to save Lou. But Morgane dispatches Reid as well as Ansel and Beau, who also came to her rescue. When Morgane is about to slash Lou's throat, she tells Reid once again that she loves him and that she will remember him. At the last moment, Coco breaks through the masses of witches, attacking Morgane. In the ensuing chaos, Reid takes Morgane hostage, only to be stopped by Manon, who has the captured Archbishop. Lou pleads at Manon for not killing him, but Manon doesn't listen to her. In a moment of carelessness, Morgane frees herself and lashed Lou's throat. Reid, following the nature of magic, then kills the Archbishop in exchange for Lou's life. Before Morgane can attack him again, the Chasseurs under Jean Luc's command arrive.

In the commotion between witches and Chasseurs, Lou, Beau, Ansel, and Coco flee into a temple. Reid follows after he recovers his mother's body, only to find that she is still breathing. Together they flee to a camp outside of the Chateau. Lou is still sleeping during their escape, but wakes soon enough, only to learn that Reid has magic. They are left alone by the rest of the group to sort through all of it and both Lou and Reid again confess their love for each other. When they are reunited with their group they decide to go with Coco to her aunt, the witch La Voisin, as even Morgane can't interfere in her territory.

### Blood & Honey

#### Part 1

After the occurring events, Lou, Reid, and their group have had nowhere to go. They deal with various problems on their own, but start to get on each other's nerves, not knowing what will happen next. They are staying in a small place, which Lou affectionately named the Hollow and that is protected by Madame Labelle's magic. To gain some kind of privacy, both Lou and Reid leave the safe space, venturing to a stream nearby, effectively disobeying Madame Labelle and the rules they set up. While Reid is suffering from trauma and guilt from killing the Archbishop, Lou behaves differently than she did before. While bathing in the stream, Reid realizes that they are outside of the spell area and starts to panic. Lou hears a sound and pulls both of them underwater, casting a spell on them to survive the cold.

## Personality

Lou can be vulgar, dishonest, manipulative, and compassionate, free-spirited, and brave. She is extremely passionate and loyal to those she loves. She has very few friendships, trusting just a limited amount of people, but still, she would do anything for those people. Because she has been on the run, Lou sometimes has trouble opening herself to those around her and masks her worries and insecurities with humor.

She is incredibly funny, always having a joke for any situation. One of her favorite hobbies is aggravating her husband, Reid. Sometimes with actions, sometimes with things she says, and sometimes singing "Big Tiddy Liddy". Although she can be very carefree and happy and passionate, Lou can also be fierce and ruthless, and she will do anything to survive and escape from her old coven. She always does as she promised, that being an actual promise or a threat.

## Physical Description

Louise is particularly beautiful, although her face presents many injuries. Her long hair has a dark-brown color, contrasting to her tan skin. Due to a dyeing accident, her hair later becomes white. Lou also possesses beautiful blue-green eyes. Standing at only 5'2", she is shorter compared to other characters. She is curvy but has normal-sized breasts.

Lou also has several scars across her body, the biggest one being a thin line across her neck, which she usually finds a way to hide.

## Gallery

### Official Art

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## Trivia

* The name Louise means "renowned warrior".[*citation needed*]
* Lou is a Saggitarius.
* Lou's favorite colors are turquoise and gold, and emerald.
* Lou's initial look was inspired by a Nina Masic portrait.
* If Lou was to be sorted in one of Hogwarts Houses, she would be a Slytherin.
* Shelby Mahurin said that Lou and Jude from The Cruel Prince would be friends.
* For Christmas, Lou would receive a gift basket full of sweets.
* For Christmas, Reid would give Lou a fancy calendar book complete with notes and yearly goals, and motivational quotes.
* Her favorite food is sticky buns.
* Lou is an enneagram 7w6.
* Sometimes she totters around as the Crone, cackling and pinching Reid’s backside.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shelby Mahurin on Instagram.
2. ↑ Shelby Mahurin's Instagram story
3. ↑ Shelby Mahurin Instagram Story - June 6, 2023
4. ↑ "...I've heard Lou would get along great with Jude."- Shelby Mahurin on Instagram stories
5. ↑ Trivia are from Shelby Mahurin's Instagram Stories unless otherwise stated