Laurent Aconite

Laurent Aconite serves as the King's Left hand and handles all major decisions of the Church.

Early Days

Born as the only child of the Duke of Violet, Laurent should have had an easy life. He was brought into his second cousin's, (Wulfric), circle at a young age. The Crown Prince soon introduced Laurent to the Order of Alcea. Fascinated by the Order's history, Laurent opted to remove himself from the Duke's household and dedicate himself fully to the church. By the age of fifteen, he was already apprenticed to a member of Mart's Mercy, and was ordered to work on secret mission for both King Howell and the Order.

Mart's Mercy

The Order provided strict training. Under the watchful eye of Mart's Mercy, Laurent was given the code name of "The Viper." Laurent learned how to kill at a young age, combining his bloodline magic with runes in order to increase his power. He buried himself in knowledge whenever he passed by one of the great libraries of Lustro. There are times where he did honest work for Mart's Mercy, such as transporting the body of a noble home. Most times he was asked to help with an assassination.

At the age of nineteen, he was asked to lead a team into the Clay Region and assist in starting the Southern War. His first task was to assassinate his youngest second cousin, Prince Cornelius, who had been gaining favor with the King's Court. After the war started, he worked as a member of Mart's Mercy. There, he focused on hunting down and killing vessels of Iath.

He was eventually defeated in combat by Lydia Larkin, who chose to spare his life. For the first and only time in his life, Laurent questioned the goals of the Order. The war would end less than a month later. Laurent would return to Fogbloom as a hero of the Order, and thus was promoted up to a proper title within the church and was rarely asked to do jobs under the guise of Mart's Mercy after that.

Head of the Church

After the death of Prince Wulfric, Laurent was asked to step up as the King's Left Hand. The Order meticulously weeded out anyone within their organization who may have been loyal to the prince and promoted Laurent to head of the church. Due to King Howell's ailing health, he began to focus more and more on political concerns. He would eventually take in Viokern Aconite as an apprentice and seek to train him to replace Duxton Aconite as crown prince.