Cosette Fauchelevent Trouillefou
Cosette Fauchelevent Trouillefou and her brother Clopin are the children resulting from an incestuous coupling between Éponine Fauchelevent and her father Jacquez Trouillefou in New Orleans. Cosette and Clopin travel together as grifters after their family falls apart, and are always together. She and Clopin are the adoptive guardians of Liuva Tarasova in Sonnerie.
Cosette Fauchelevent Trouillefou
Cosette by Nat
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Date of Birth |
02 March 2012 |
Gender |
Female |
Heritage | |
Birth place |
New Orleans, USA |
Species |
Dog |
100% Canis lupus familiaris | |
Breeds | |
Rough Collie | |
Luperci |
Ortus |
Current | |
Pack | Sonnerie |
Rank | — |
Previous | |
Sonnerie (2013-14) | |
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Loners (2013) | |
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New Orleans (2012) | |
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Appearance
Coloration
- Optime Hair: Kilimanjaro (#2C1803), highlights of Red Beech (#733603)
- Eyes: Tamarind (#291010)
- Fur:
- Base color fluctuates between Linen (#FAECDE) and New Orleans (#F3CFA5), darker at her extremities.
- Dappled with patches of Kilimanjaro (#2C1803) on her shoulders, hips, and the mask on her face. Carnaby Tan (#542C02), Red Beech (#733603), Pumpkin Skin (#B3650C) visible on her muzzle and blended in the patches of color.
- Ribbons: Wisteria (#8C6CA8)
- Neckerchief: click to view
- Cosette's coloration resembles a collie pattern known as color headed white (see image below).
Cosette's lineage combines many herding breeds of dog, the most obvious influence being rough collie. Her almond-shaped eyes are a very dark brown that appear black in all but the strongest lighting. Her ears fold, and in her Optime form, her mane is clipped short and combed to frame her face, the wispy hair turning upward. She is typically seen with ribbons and bells tied into her mane hair, so she jingles as she moves.
More than half of her pelt is off-white, including her muzzle, ruff, all four legs, and the small markings above and below her eyes. A rich mahogany hue forms a collie mask over her face and ears, and hints of that dark color gleam in the patches of color over her shoulderblades and hips. The lighter sable shade is closer to her father's reds and golds, but is only visible dappled in those spots.
Cosette is small like her mother was, petite in stature and graceful in movement. She is still young, with a slender and androgynous figure cloaked in her thick fur; only time will tell if she will grow into a more curvaceous form or remain childlike and slim. She barely reaches 5'5", making her much shorter than a typical wolf. Overall she is quite beautiful, almost bewitchingly so, and uses this to her advantage.
Other than her hair ribbons, she is occasionally seen wearing black fingerless gloves, but otherwise does not wear clothing unless she needs a disguise. She began wearing a neckerchief to hide the bite scar on her throat dealt to her by Jontae de l'Or in Jan 2013. The scarf was a gift from Domovoi Tarasova, and is purple emblazoned with a gold Fleur-de-lys pattern[1].
Forms
Lupus |
Secui |
Optime | |||
40 lbs (18 kg) |
100 lbs (45 kg) |
120 lbs (54 kg) | |||
Strongly resembles a collie, with a lean wedge-shaped head and long thick double coat of fur, especially prominent around the ruff. Dainty little paws and an elegant gait. Ears fold at the tip. |
Grows long legged and lean, revealing hints of her less obvious setter and shepherd ancestry. Long fur obscures her athletic body type. Built to run. |
Mane is clipped short and combed to frame her face. She is typically seen with ribbons and bells tied into her mane hair. Petite in stature and graceful in movement. Slender and childlike figure, appears delicate. |
Personality
Cosette is a clever girl. She is quick to appraise whomever she is faced with, and can play a variety of roles to get what she wants -- coy flirting, being shy, pretending to be lost, being the enigmatic gypsy, etc. She knows she is small and could be in danger from the pickpocketing and tricks she plays, so she is careful to measure someone's strength and any escape routes before trying anything. She is just as content to offer fortunetelling in exchange for food. She and her brother are always together. Clopin is her bodyguard as much as her companion and sibling -- Cosette is not much use in a fight, though she is quick and sly, and might try underhanded tactics to forge an getaway.
Both siblings are very mistrusting, but will often feign friendliness to mask it. Cosette is fluent in French as well as English, and has been known to affect accents in order to complete her disguise. It is difficult to gauge her true personality, as even she is not sure who she is anymore. She is more disturbed by her mother's death than she lets on, and refuses to get attached to anyone outside of Clopin. She is a talented reader of Tarot cards, though she doesn't believe in the magic; it's just a trick. Sometimes she misses the colorful city she grew up in, and collects trinkets that are purple, green, or gold to remind her of Mardi Gras.
Demeanor
Outlook
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Behavior
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Ideals
InterestsTarot cards, pickpocketing, singing, acting, dancing, lying, flirting, giving and receiving flattery, constant travel. Biases
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Sexuality
SubstancesCosette has not tried substances, and is unlikely to do so. Her father was alcoholic and drank very heavily throughout her childhood, and she fears she would lose herself in a bottle if she tries it even once. If offered, she does not tell anyone the reason why she declines, and might even pretend to drink and feign drunkenness or being high so that she could take advantage of the situation with a clear mind. SpiritualityAtheist. Reads Tarot cards, but does not believe in the "magic" or folklore surrounding them. Has a bleak outlook on death and does not believe in any kind of afterlife or reincarnation, after the trauma of having watched her mother's starvation. |
Relationships
Key Relations
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Family: Trouillefou & Benoît Fauchelevent
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Minor Relations
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Former Relations
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Interaction
- Scent: Cosette's scent is unremarkable, and usually reflects her most recent travels. Clopin's scent is indistinguishable from hers, as they are always at each others' side.
- Speech: It is worth noting that Cosette speaks without any discernible accent when she is alone.
Cosette learned standard French from her father (along with his favorite curse words), but her mother was heavily under the influence of New Orleans and taught her bits of the local Creole and Cajun dialects. Cosette mixes the two when speaking this way, and it is noticeably different from standard French in both grammar and pronunciation. For example, "I love you" is "Mo laimm twa", rather than "Je t'aime".
Usually, Cosette will slip into these dialects if she wants to say something without anyone understanding her, since even Canadian French speakers are unlikely to comprehend it fully. This is also true of "Nawlins" slang, or yatspeak, which she interjects sometimes like "sug" or "dawlin" as terms of endearment, "ya" instead of "you", "dat" and "dem" instead of "that" and "them", etc.
History
When independent and spirited traveler Éponine Fauchelevent turned three, she found the city of New Orleans and became enamored with everything about it. She was particularly fascinated with a broken-down theatre she found, and began to appropriate the masks and costumes and pretend to be someone else just for the thrill. Everyone she met was told a different name and story.
At some point, she heard rumors of the arrival of a king, a tall collie-dog with one arm. Éponine never forgot the father that left during her childhood, and begins to chase these whispers to their source. Jacquez Trouillefou did indeed come to her city, and she is overjoyed to see that he has come alone. When she confronts him, he is in a drunken stupor and mistakes her merle fur and blue eye for his old companion, Ruri Aceline. Deciding he would like her better if she played along, Éponine adopts the role and calls herself Ruri.
She follows him everywhere, plying him with alcohol and living out her fantasy. It is not long before Jacquez makes sexual advances on her, claiming he has always been in love with Ruri, the only female he could develop feelings for. Éponine is so swept up in her role that she sleeps with him, becoming his lover. It is something of a dream come true, finally gaining her father's attention and love, albeit in a very twisted way. She becomes pregnant and bears him two children, which she names Cosette and Clopin. However, a deluded Jacquez finally realizes that she is not blind, meaning she cannot be his Ruri. In a rage, he chases his daughter and their children from the city. She is brokenhearted, and never recovers; by the end of August, she stops eating and starves herself to death.
Cosette and Clopin were about six months old at the time of their mother's death. In her delirious state, she revealed her darkest secret: she was actually Jacquez's daughter, but she fell in love with him and claimed to be someone else all this time. It taught them an important lesson: never break character. The lie is more important than the truth - after all, if Éponine had been a better actress and not let her feelings get in the way, Jacquez might never have kicked them out. Cosette and Clopin decide to travel together, using disguises and aliases to stay safe, and learning how to pick pockets and tell fortunes. Clopin was born deaf, but Cosette coaches him to read lips and learn to speak a few phrases flawlessly in order to fool others. They develop a system of subtle hand signals so that they can communicate in secret. They are already adept at lying and acting thanks to their mother and her costumes, and they are both clever enough to survive despite their young age. They trust no one other than each other, and continuously move from place to place, inventing a new backstory for each territory.
They wait out the Hurricane of September 2012 in safety, before camping out around the Northern Tides and meeting members of Anathema and Vinátta. They then travel further south down the peninsula, seeking Cour des Miracles but never making themselves be known. Winter is on its way, and they decide to weather the cold in Halifax. It is nothing like the New Orleans they are accustomed to, and they struggle to stay warm and fed. Still, their pride prevents them from seeking the aid of a pack, especially not their father's pack. While there in January 2013, they meet a half-sibling they did not know existed: Jontae de l'Or. [7] Cosette is offended by her and antagonizes the foul-mouthed sibling until she is bitten in the throat, and Clopin rushes her away to safety and nurses her back to health.
Seeking a safe haven, they arrive at a gypsy camp called Sonnerie in Ontario populated mainly by dogs, and fit in easily with the culture, even learning some new tricks. They take an interest in Domovoi Tarasova, who recently lost his mother and blamed her lover for it, reminding them of Éponine's fate and making them feel oddly connected. Dom's rage builds and he leaves the pack, though Cosette and Clopin stay and even celebrate their first birthday in Sonnerie. They find a newborn puppy named Liuva Tarasova whose mother died from birthing complications, and when they realize Liuva was sired by Dom, decide to take her in and look after her until Dom's return. Cosette claims she wants to use Liuva as part of her many disguises, as the collie pup resembles her and Clopin, but she soon grows attached despite her best efforts. She takes delight in teaching Liuva everything she knows (even though it terrifies her how much she's grown to care about someone other than Clopin, remembering how crushed she was to lose her parents).
Timeline
2012
- March: Cosette and Clopin are born in New Orleans. They are named by their mother, who keeps their middle names a secret as she is using a false name at the time. It is apparent that Clopin had some birth defects, namely a misshapen eye and deafness. Cosette appears normal and healthy, albeit small.
- April - July: Cosette grows up in New Orleans. She learns French, and teaches her deaf brother some hand signals to communicate, solidifying their close bond. Their mother is very loving, to make up for their drunken and emotionally distant father. Generally a happy time for the kids, although their family is much more fragile than they comprehend.
- August: Their father finally learned Éponine faked her identity, and kicked her out of the house along with their offspring. She falls into a deep depression and stops eating. Cosette and Clopin learn quickly to feed themselves, but their mother will not accept their food, and is soon delirious from starvation. She reveals their full names, and tells them the truth -- she assumed someone else's identity because she is actually Jacquez's daughter, making Cosette and Clopin children of incest. Éponine then passes away after lingering in agony, leaving her children with the grim prospect of surviving alone or facing the same fate. They do not wait to bury her, but immediately leave the city.
- September - December: Cosette and Clopin travel north to Canada, leaving Louisiana behind and waiting out the Hurricane in safety.[8] Cosette's natural charisma lands her a few easy meals, and her sibling's growing strength protects her from rogue elements. They decide to seek out Cour des Miracles as they have nowhere else to turn, but they only wish to observe with a morbid curiosity whether or not anything they were told in their childhood was true. They meet members of Anathema[9] and Vinátta[10] [11] before winter forces them to take cover.
2013
- January: Cosette and Clopin take shelter from the winter in Halifax and stumble into Jontae, an older half-sibling who used to be a member of Cour des Miracles.[12] Cosette is sparked into anger by this family member and unleashes some of her latent rage, only to be assaulted and nearly killed by Jontae. Clopin saves her and nurses her back to health. They decide to leave Nova Scotia for a while, shaken by the attempt on their lives.
- February: They arrive at a gypsy camp called Sonnerie in Ontario populated mainly by dogs, and fit in easily with the culture, even learning some new tricks. They take an interest in Domovoi Tarasova, who recently lost his mother and blamed her lover for it, reminding them of Éponine's fate and making them feel oddly connected. Dom's rage builds and he leaves the pack, though Cosette and Clopin stay.
- March: Cosette and Clopin celebrate their first birthday in Sonnerie. They find a newborn puppy named Liuva Tarasova whose mother died from birthing complications, and when they realize Liuva was sired by Dom, decide to take her in and look after her until Dom's return. Cosette claims she wants to use Liuva as part of her many disguises, as the collie pup resembles her and Clopin, but she soon grows attached despite her best efforts. She takes delight in teaching Liuva everything she knows.
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