Melina Duchateau

*“That is enough, Ayslinn! You won’t throw at 2,000$ cake at the face of the Minister. Behave and pick a cheaper one!”*
-Melina Duchateau

**History**

Melina Duchateau was born in 2762, Zabegbourg, Secundus. Her parents, Armand and Zeta Duchateau, were from somewhat wealthy families of the capital. Armand, with his best friend Gilbert Lomesh, decided to venture in the ship building industry. Armand launched Duchateau Industry, an engineering firm in ship engine, while Gilbert created United Airparts, specializing in assembling ships. Gilbert, having ties to the royal family thanks to his wife, stayed on Felix Prime to take care of the relationship aspect of the business while Armand moved to Secundus to manage the factories.

In 2762, Melina was born on the city, raised primarily by her mother as her father was busy building an empire. Since their father saw each other often, Melina was often with another toddler; Ayslinn, the daughter of Gilbert. A first, the two children didn’t liked each other, as Ayslinn was independent and egoistic. Melina’s sheer kindness, however, vanquished Ayslinn’s stubbornness and they became inseparable, spending sometime whole weeks together.

In 2767, Gilbert Lomesh was found dead in his office, in what looked like a suicide. After this event, Ayslinn became introverted and depressed, like her mother. It was Melina who saved her by taking care of her constantly and sharing everything.

As they grew older, Ayslinn’s smartness and love of danger increased, a consequence of her mother’s lacking education. With Melina, they fled often and ventured to the city, then to lower quarters, visiting the poor, estranged and other less known part of the Kingdom to elite like hers. One day, they even snuck on a shuttle to Azur, being only caught by the royal authorities a month later.

In 2774, she met with her friend Alar Glouschester in a ball on Felix Prime. The young man was shy and morose but seemed nice and smart. Melina would have forgotten him, if he didn’t spent days trying to reach her. Touched by the fact that a man of high nobility was interested to her, she coldly found that he was interested by Ayslinn instead. Being nice, she got him in contact with her best friend, after many nights of talking and mail exchanging to make sure of his intentions. During that period, she found quality in the nobleman and became his friend.

In 2775, during an escapade on the lower districts of Felix Prime, they were saved from an attacker by a young man named Renji Okawa. After saving them, he guided them through the city, gaining their friendship. Ayslinn promised to him she would take him out of the slums, and she did with Melina. Ayslinn used her relationship to get Renji to the Royal Military Academy, and Melina’s family paid the fees and expenses.

Melina went to the Secundus Business School and graduated in 2784 and started working with her father at Duchateau Industry, learning management.

In 2786, Armand Duchateau died of a heart attack, leaving Melina as his successor. Facing sadness like Ayslinn did, this time it was all of her three friends who took care of her, especially Renji, who was as present as Ayslinn. Vanquishing depression, Melina became the new CEO of Duchateau Industry. Although it seems like a difficult task for 24 years old women, the company was very easy to manage, with the competent management of her father, most of the hard work was done by the lower management.

Her work taking actually very little of her time, Melina spend most of her time with Ayslinn, following her everywhere and helping her in all her projects.

**Personality**

Melina is a charismatic but quiet individual, always ready to help others. Discovering the hidden world of the lower classes, she became touched by their low quality of life compare to her immense wealth and started many initiatives to help them. However, since the problem of the lower class is not access to food, water or shelter but the weight of feeling worthless compare to the elite, she couldn’t really help the cause.

She deeply loves Ayslinn like a sister, having grown with her and sharing all her secrets and moments. She likes to think she spent more time with Ayslinn than without her. Because of that, she takes care of her at all time, and act as a more responsible big sister to her grandiose ideas. Being less agitated and ambitious than Ayslinn, she does tend to follow along with anything, trying only to limit the extravagances of her best friend and saving her from her darker side.

Melina has no love for money or power, using that only as tool to help her causes. She does, however, understand how the world works and his sadden by that, wanting deeply to change that.