Valdis Renault

The second son of the Renault Family in the Kingdom of Dusane, Valdis, just like most of his family, had a fascination with machinery and craftsmanship from a very young age. When he was a child, he and his brother can often be found watching the family's craftsmen in wonder, much to the amusement of the craftsmen and to the worry of their parents (Workshops do have a lot of hazards for children, after all). As he grew up, where his siblings chose to study more peaceful disciplines, Valdis chose to learn more about firearms and other weapons of war.

### Appearance

Valdis tends to wear the work clothes gifted to him by his parents, which still provides the safety measures needed when working with gunpowder and have him still bear the family colors. Along with his work clothes, he wears a full bronze mask to cover up the burns on his face as well as some braces on his left arm and leg.

### History

Valdis was born to Kal and Molvasa Renault in their estate 24 years ago, 2 years after his brother, Dario Renault was born. With the Renaults being more of a merchant family, Valdis, along with his older brother were both raised as heirs, with the two of them being taught of etiquette, combat, and everything else that comes with being a nobleman. At the age of 8, his family brought him and his brother to show them the family's businesses, and while Dario was more interested in the alchemists, Valdis was fascinated at the firearms that were on display. Smiling at his curious eyes, his parents had the gunsmiths hold a demonstration, and Valdis watched in amazement as the bullet punched through a breastplate without much trouble.

Soon enough, Valdis can be seen pestering the family's gunsmiths and scouring the estate's library for relevant books, to the point that his parents found him mentors for gunsmithing and marksmanship. Some more time passed. Valdis, now an adult and apprenticed to one of the senior gunsmiths in the business, has worked with both soldiers, duelists, and fellow nobles. Unfortunately, despite Valdis having chosen to focus more on training and firearms, it seems trouble was determined to find him.

A fellow apprentice of his, envious of him being of noble birth, decided to sabotage one of the guns he was working on. It was merely meant to be a somewhat malicious prank, but the fool didn't account for the possibility that Valdis had some gunpowder sitting nearby, and everything went up in flames. While he did manage to take cover in time, the blast left burns marring the left side of his body, and due to the fact that the healers arrived to late, he was scarred for life.

The apprentice responsible was imprisoned under charges of intentionally causing harm to a noble. His parents were originally calling for an execution, but Valdis managed to calm them enough to reduce it to imprisonment. Nowadays, he still continues to work on firearms, though he stepped away from working with the military at the request of his family.

### The Renault Family

The Renault Family is one of the younger families in the Kingdom of Dusane, with the first of them, Arcas Renault, receiving his title and property as a reward for his many deeds while he was part of Dusane's military. In the past, the Renaults were a militaristic family, with many of its members being accomplished members in Dusane's army. Since the last 2 generations however, they have mostly shifted over to being merchants, trading in everything from weapons, magical materials, to even luxury goods.