| rdfs:comment | - Born (France - X044) Rémi d'Aubigné, fils, with no middle names to speak of (and later shortened and edited at the request of Management to his current stage name, Rémi d'Aubigne). In his youth, he was a skilled and well-known classical ballet danseur, partnered with the talented and lovely young Madeleine Noverre (whom he met in France). He was certainly in the Prime of his life (or at least his professional career), although it didn't all go downhill from there. Not that it made him bitter. His career and life marched on.
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| abstract | - Born (France - X044) Rémi d'Aubigné, fils, with no middle names to speak of (and later shortened and edited at the request of Management to his current stage name, Rémi d'Aubigne). In his youth, he was a skilled and well-known classical ballet danseur, partnered with the talented and lovely young Madeleine Noverre (whom he met in France). He was certainly in the Prime of his life (or at least his professional career), although it didn't all go downhill from there. Certainly there was a Hitch when he happily introduced Ms. Noverre to a close friend, Sergei Shafirov (a friend he met while living in Russia); just a small hitch, anyways, when the two promptly ran off together and left him in the dust. Not that it made him bitter. His career and life marched on. He travelled and toured many countries during his performance career, but spent most of his time living in either France or Russia. During his twenties, he experimented a bit with other dance styles, picking up professional training in most forms of standardized ballroom dance (and also getting into parkour for a time, his excuse being it was for focus and strength work). There wasn't very much contact between the two ex-dance partners (as the couple moved quite a bit), until many years later they (Sergei and Madeleine) settled down and began a family. Or "settled down" in the loosest sense of the word, as they both still had strong careers; somehow in the rush, Rémi stumbled in the door as impromptu babysitter/father figure to their child, Alexei, despite his own busy dance career. Not too long after, Madeleine and Sergei received a tempting proposal and sought to move. His ex-partner came to him with an offer to follow them to Step City. He accepted--a little grudgingly, but his career had since wound down. He left behind what little family he had left, settled there, taught a bit, led a pleasant life. As the years moved on (~X084), he found his performance career picking up again, thanks to the S.T.E.P. project. During the events of V-Day (age 42), he was one of the many unfortunates inside an unstable building. It collapsed on him and many others, and although he survived, he was trapped for many hours. He spent many months in the hospital afterwards (although his injuries have since healed), and did not immediately recognize his newfound abilities. The results were more immediate around him, and once again he was left in the dust as Madeleine and Sergei de-aged and ran off. She asked a happy favour (yet another), and he grudgingly--again--obliged, tutoring her son, Alexei, and his newfound ability to dance. He hasn't (for the most part) danced in public since V-day. Certainly not performed. In the last few years before the War of '99, Rémi was unwillingly involved in some of the Mafia's seedier work--and politics--under the influence of one of the old Don's many less-than pleasant bosses. During the War, said boss disappeared (presumed dead), and his followers were left scattered and stripped of power following it, allowing Rémi to slip back into the shadows and return to his honest work as a ballet instructor. He has always abhorred becoming involved with Mafia politics and work outside of teaching its youngest and brightest, and now more so than ever. In spite of his unhappy history with the owners, he does appreciate the backing and support the Bratva gives him and possesses a strong loyalty to the establishment. Otherwise, Rémi's loyalty is to specific people, and he has no ardour for the Funk Mafia cause as a whole (despite having always lived in the Purple District, and having joined the Mafia as soon as its inception [through the urging of the Bratva]). He is very tolerant in that he hates everything equally, regardless of faction or other categorizing method. Because of these many factors, he did not directly participate in the confrontation in '99, both because by this time he had withdrawn from dancing in public, and because he had no interest in supporting the insanity. He did see action, but most of the parts he played (the parts he has almost always played for the Mafia) were ones of support for the Bratva.
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