Monarch France

**Monarch France** is the owner and head of Custos Medical, and one of the 78 children of Holly Sarah France. He debuted during Chapter 15 alongside his mate, Whitney.

## Appearance

Monarch is a soft dark blueish male guardian with darker blue nose & hooves and midtone vibrant blue eyes, he keep the fur along his front and forelegs shaved down for hygiene reasons, and so along his back has thicker wavy fur including tufts on his back legs. He can usually be seen wearing his stethoscope and a crescent moon earring in his right ear.

## Personality

Overworked with no way out, Monarch is approaching the end of the line for what he can cope with. Head surgeon of Custos Medical, the entire island relies on his knowledge and experience to keep it’s residents going, despite never being professionally trained, he outdoes everyone else from his age and devotion, and so is a necessity to island welfare. Monarch is soft spoken and kind, though stresses and shuts down immensely easily now from the frequent pressure and the amount of eyes on him, praying that his trainee, Cara, will soon be able to take his place so he can finally get away, eventhough deep down he knows he will never fully be free of the responsibility he has put upon himself.

## Relationships

### Whitney France

Head nurse of Custos Medical, began her endeavours into medicine after being inspired by Monarch while the pack was still living out in the woodlands of England, and quickly became his work assistant and romantic partner, going onto raise several fawns together. Whitney remains the sole thing keeping Monarch grounded from the stress of his job, she is logical and calm contrasting his panic, and works hard behind the scenes to try and limit the hardships of his work as much as possible.

### Cara France

Following the Orizon attack of November 20th 2018, Monarch finds himself unable to handle the extent of island injuries coming in, and ends up running out of the surgery during a failing operation, to which the patient, Lily, then soon died. Cara blamed Monarch for the death of her child, and took to training to be a surgeon in hopes to get back at the doctor and replace him, swearing to be a more reliable caregiver than he was. Though after working alongside Monarch in 2020, Cara finds herself understanding his situation as she hadn’t before, and assures him her forgiveness, excited now to work alongside him instead. Monarch now prays one day Cara will be trained enough to replace him for good.

## History

### Pre-Series

Head surgeon and owner of Custos Medical, one of Holly’s oldest children being 9th born narrowly missing being part of the Dream Team. Monarch began his intrigue into medicine at a young age while the pack were still living out in the woodlands of England, he quickly became their most reliable medic through solely field experience, and his talent caught the eye of Whitney, who would later join him in his work and become his partner, the two have since raised several fawns together.

Upon moving to Custos and gaining access to outsider information and the internet, Monarch took to researching to expand his career knowledge, and took over the abandoned clinic to turn it into what it is today, though as with all Custos workers, he still remains unprofessionally trained. Following the Orizon attack of November 20th 2018, Monarch finds himself unable to handle the extent of island injuries coming in, and ends up running out of the surgery during a failing operation, to which the patient, Lily, then soon died. He naturally blames himself for the event, and struggles to perform procedures ever since out of fear, only coming around again when Lily’s mother Cara assures him her forgiveness. Still though to present Monarch suffers greatly from the stress of his job with the island’s growing population, only staying in work out of how much he is needed by the other staff, and prays one day Cara will be trained enough to replace him for good.

## Trivia

* Monarch is part of the group that decided to get their right ear pierced for good luck. His is in the shape of a crescent moon.