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BASICS

• current timeframe: 1925, Paris, France
• born June 1893 to a formerly aristocratic mother and an entrepreneur father who founded the Gallard Photo chain of businesses
• when their parents died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, he took over guardianship of his ten year younger sister, Sylvie
• to give her a sense of family and keep her as far away from the growing unrest in Europe as possible, he sent her off to a strict, Catholic boarding school where she stayed until age 17
• then after that, he had their aunts in Marseille take care of her, while she attended the art academy there
• during WWI, he worked in the capacity of official photographer at the front, until he was superficially wounded during a battle and found a way to buy his way out of service
• after the war, the Gallard Photo was one of the only thriving businesses in Paris and after Charles single-handedly invented a new lens for film cameras, he became exceedingly wealthy; is called the Prince of Photography because of this
• lives a life of work, work, work with a side of alcohol, no sleep and plenty of women during the early 20's
• gets involved with the old-money family, Dubois, in the mid-twenties, they're looking to make a deal with Gallard Photo to produce cameras for the French film industry
• they have a son at a marrying age, so Charles decides to call Sylvie back to Paris to try and get a match in order, hoping both to reach ears in Hollywood and to secure Sylvie's future
• has recently had a patronage/affair with the Italian silent film actress, Eloisa Paolo, who makes him laugh, a rarity these days

PERMISSIONS

• backtagging is good
• no ooc triggers or warnings
• warning for possible period-typical homophobia, racism, etc. which can be downplayed or left out in casual interaction and will never be sprung on anyone
• open to timey-whimey jamjar interaction, historical scenarios and, to some degree, straight-up modern au
• shipping is m/f primarily, but open to m/m with prior cr; furthermore, i love gen interaction and especially business-like relations!
• pm for contact, cest/cet time zone

BACKGROUND

WIP.