Marquis Lucien de Brumenoir
| Alias(es): | Épée de Roi (Sword of the King)
Hand of Michael/Manus Michaelis Angelus Vindex (Avenging/Protecting Angel- whispered only) Le Marquis Eternel L'Épée (The Sword) |
| Nickname(s): | — |
| Residence(s): | — |
| Status: | Non mortuus probatus (Death unverified) from 1788 until 2025; Alive. |
| Species: | "Human". |
| Nationality: | French |
| Gender: | Male |
| Orientation: | Debated. Flirted with women openly, but never acted further. Rumors circled that he was gay. (Bisexual). |
| Loyalty/Loyalties: | France, Marquisat de Brumenoir. |
| Partner(s): | Rumored:
Charlemagne (772 – 814) Comte Roland de Bretagne (778 – 782) Queen Eleanor de Aquitaine, Duchesse de Aquitaine (1137 – 1152) Philip IV (1290–1307) Dame Jeanne d’Arc (1429 – 1431) Queen Anne de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne (1495 – 1510) Queen Catherine de’ Medici (1559 –1574) King Henri III (r. 1574–1589) Jacques de Levis, Comte de Caylus (1577 – 1589) King Louis XIII (r. 1610–1643) Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis de Cinq-Mars (1639 – 1642) Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans, Régent de France (1715 – 1723) Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1720 – 1760) |
| Birthplace: | Unknown. "Francia" debated. |
| Birthdate: | Unknown. First appeared in Carolingian records appearing to be 35 years old in 772 AD. |
| Era / Age: | — |
| Title: | Sa Seigneurie Lucien, le Marquis de Brumenoir, l’Épée de Charlemagne, la Main de Michel |
| Role: | Immortal protector of France. |
| Combat Class: | — |
| Specialty: | — |
| Magic School: | — |
| Affinity/Affinities: | — |
| Notable Feat(s): | — |
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| Formal Prep: | — |
| Formal Scholastic: | — |
| Formal Martial: | — |
| Formal Arcane: | — |
| Formal Religious: | — |
| Informal Training: | — |
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Lucien de Brumenoir is a legendary figure whose presence spans over twelve centuries of French and ecclesiastical history. Known as the Épée de Charlemagne, he appears in Vatican records, battlefield chronicles, and royal decrees with identical features, handwriting, and scars.
No letters of succession were ever issued; no heirs were recorded. Yet the same name and seal persisted through reign after reign, always written as if referring to the same living man — and, somehow, everyone accepted it.
Royal clerks and heralds began to treat the marquisate as an office rather than a lineage, a sacred post held by one man whose tenure had simply never ended. By the fifteenth century, Brumenoir was spoken of not as a family name, but as a permanent function of the realm, like “the Crown” or “the Church.”
“There has always been a Sword at Brumenoir,” the records read, “and it is the same hand that bears it still.”
A Buffer Between Crowns
During the Valois period, a royal edict allegedly forbade the elevation of the Marquisate:
“So long as France has enemies, Brumenoir shall stand between.”
It was convenient propaganda—making Lucien’s fixed rank appear as sacred duty rather than oversight. Courtiers saw it as a poetic restraint; clerics viewed it as divine symmetry.
Lucien refused promotion deliberately.
A ducal patent or peerage would have bound him more tightly to any specific monarch and required oaths that might conflict with his larger purpose—defending France itself, not the transient kings who ruled it.
Remaining a Marquis allowed him autonomy, fewer ceremonial obligations, and freedom of movement between royal courts, even foreign ones.
For Lucien, the unchanging title was the point.
“The sword does not grow sharper for being gilded.”
The title Marquis—keeper of the marches—perfectly embodied his eternal task: to stand between danger and the heart of France. Elevation would break the symbol; constancy preserved it. In printed almanacs and heraldic registers, his unchanging title was explained with simple formality:
« Le marquisat de Brumenoir n’est point héréditaire, mais perpétuel par serment. » (The marquisate of Brumenoir is not hereditary, but perpetual by oath.)
It satisfied everyone who needed an answer — and warned everyone who asked for more.
Timeline
Legacy
Lucien’s estates remain untouched, his name revered but never canonized. The Church watches. The Republic maintains. The people still leave lilies at his gate.
Church Classification
- Status: Servanda 411-B
- Designation: Observationes Miraculorum – Class I/II hybrid
- Restrictions: No canonization, no public cultus, no relic replication
- Custodia: Ecclesiastical Liaison, Montis Albi
