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THE CHRONICLE OF ROMAN ALVAREZ
Gris of Armagnac
Age: 684
Known aliases: Armand Gris, Armand of
Gascony
Notable characteristics: Gascon patriot; obsessive
personality, blames Immortal Roman Alvarez for
ruining his life
Weapon: Frankish broadsword
Inconclusive fight against Guichard of Tours, 1356, 1440;
Baptiste Du Plat, 1399; Roman Alvarez, 1671, 1699
Status
Most recent base of operations: Constantinople,
Ottoman Empire
Occupation: Independent means; hunting Roman
Alvarez
Prior occupations: Political agitator, nobleman
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 10 Sept 1722
Place: Constantinople
Victor: Roman Alvarez
Watcher: Habib Younis
Background
Original cultural affiliation: Gascon
Born: 1038, Armagnac, Duchy of Gascony
First death: 1071; Executed for plotting against
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, in a failed attempt
to free the Gascons from the rule of the Duchy of
Aquitaine
First teacher: Lothar the Frank, at this time a mercenary
in service to the Duke of Aquitaine
Known associates: None
Known past associates: Lothar the Frank, Eufemio
Arispana
Known enemies: Roman Alvarez, Knights of Charlemagne
First recorded sighting: 1071, Toulouse.
Found and mentored by Lothar
If ever there was an example of an obsessive Immortal, it would be Gris of Armagnac, a man so consumed by hatred for fellow Immortal Roman Alvarez, it eventually led to his inevitable demise. Instead of looking to his own inadequacies, he blamed his ill luck on the Spaniard, who had no idea why the Gascon Immortal hated him so much.
He left his student, Eufemio Arispana, in 1245, with the promise that he would one day come looking for him and together they would free Gascony from their occupiers. Gris would inevitably cross swords with the Knights of Charlemagne and did so while leading uprisings and civil disobedience in 1356, where he fought an inconclusive duel with Guichard of Tours in Bordeaux, and then plotting against Aquitaine again in 1399 in Toulouse, fleeing a losing battle against Baptiste Du Plat. A second clash with Guichard of Tours in Agen in 1440, where he nearly lost his head, saw Gris decide to seek the help of his former student. He spent twenty years looking for Eufemio, only to discover via local legend and stories that Eufemio had lost his head to a Spanish Immortal in 1452.
The already mentally unstable Gris raged in despair and blamed the Spaniard for ruining any chance he had of freeing Gascony from the French yoke. Driven by hatred, Gris of Armagnac set out on a centuries-long quest to hunt down and kill the man who had destroyed his dream of an independent Gascony. Gris would eventually learn the name of Arispana’s killer: Roman Alvarez and would follow his trail for nearly three centuries.
By the 17th century he had picked up Alvarez’s trail in North Africa where the Spaniard, since leaving Morocco, had taken up the life of an adventurer, drifting across the continent, seeking fortune and aiding those in need. In 1671, Gris caught up to Alvarez in Tripoli, but their confrontation was short when Gris fell off a rooftop and died in front of witnesses. In 1699, the two crossed swords again in Damascus, this time Gris lost his right eye to the Spaniard’s blade, but Alvarez spared his life out of pity. This would only enrage the Gascon Immortal further and when he caught up to the Spaniard again in Constantinople in 1722, their third duel would be the last. This time, Alvarez did not spare his pursuer and the Gascon’s obsession ended at the walls of Constantinople.
From the Chronicle of Gris of Armagnac
Cheers
Apollo1
THE CHRONICLE OF ROMAN ALVAREZ
Gris of Armagnac
Age: 684
Known aliases: Armand Gris, Armand of
Gascony
Notable characteristics: Gascon patriot; obsessive
personality, blames Immortal Roman Alvarez for
ruining his life
Weapon: Frankish broadsword
Inconclusive fight against Guichard of Tours, 1356, 1440;
Baptiste Du Plat, 1399; Roman Alvarez, 1671, 1699
Status
Most recent base of operations: Constantinople,
Ottoman Empire
Occupation: Independent means; hunting Roman
Alvarez
Prior occupations: Political agitator, nobleman
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 10 Sept 1722
Place: Constantinople
Victor: Roman Alvarez
Watcher: Habib Younis
Background
Original cultural affiliation: Gascon
Born: 1038, Armagnac, Duchy of Gascony
First death: 1071; Executed for plotting against
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, in a failed attempt
to free the Gascons from the rule of the Duchy of
Aquitaine
First teacher: Lothar the Frank, at this time a mercenary
in service to the Duke of Aquitaine
Known associates: None
Known past associates: Lothar the Frank, Eufemio
Arispana
Known enemies: Roman Alvarez, Knights of Charlemagne
First recorded sighting: 1071, Toulouse.
Found and mentored by Lothar
If ever there was an example of an obsessive Immortal, it would be Gris of Armagnac, a man so consumed by hatred for fellow Immortal Roman Alvarez, it eventually led to his inevitable demise. Instead of looking to his own inadequacies, he blamed his ill luck on the Spaniard, who had no idea why the Gascon Immortal hated him so much.
He left his student, Eufemio Arispana, in 1245, with the promise that he would one day come looking for him and together they would free Gascony from their occupiers. Gris would inevitably cross swords with the Knights of Charlemagne and did so while leading uprisings and civil disobedience in 1356, where he fought an inconclusive duel with Guichard of Tours in Bordeaux, and then plotting against Aquitaine again in 1399 in Toulouse, fleeing a losing battle against Baptiste Du Plat. A second clash with Guichard of Tours in Agen in 1440, where he nearly lost his head, saw Gris decide to seek the help of his former student. He spent twenty years looking for Eufemio, only to discover via local legend and stories that Eufemio had lost his head to a Spanish Immortal in 1452.
The already mentally unstable Gris raged in despair and blamed the Spaniard for ruining any chance he had of freeing Gascony from the French yoke. Driven by hatred, Gris of Armagnac set out on a centuries-long quest to hunt down and kill the man who had destroyed his dream of an independent Gascony. Gris would eventually learn the name of Arispana’s killer: Roman Alvarez and would follow his trail for nearly three centuries.
By the 17th century he had picked up Alvarez’s trail in North Africa where the Spaniard, since leaving Morocco, had taken up the life of an adventurer, drifting across the continent, seeking fortune and aiding those in need. In 1671, Gris caught up to Alvarez in Tripoli, but their confrontation was short when Gris fell off a rooftop and died in front of witnesses. In 1699, the two crossed swords again in Damascus, this time Gris lost his right eye to the Spaniard’s blade, but Alvarez spared his life out of pity. This would only enrage the Gascon Immortal further and when he caught up to the Spaniard again in Constantinople in 1722, their third duel would be the last. This time, Alvarez did not spare his pursuer and the Gascon’s obsession ended at the walls of Constantinople.
From the Chronicle of Gris of Armagnac
Cheers
Apollo1
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