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Marrione Aligné, the third child of the Duke and Dutchess Aligné, has never known extreme hardship nor extreme glory. A lower noble house, the Aligné lineage has always concerned itself with local affairs more than grand politicking. While this has protected the house from any major misfortune, it has also resulted in little political favor or sway in higher courts. From a young age, Marrione spent their time enjoying the privileges of a noble life. They studied fencing, learned ettiquette and discourse, and spent many afternoons and evenings in their family manor's library reading for leisure -- a rare luxury in the largely agrarian semi-feudal society surrounding them. At some point, she discovered a deep love for the theater, reading stageplays in the library and taking any possible chance to watch a performance put on by a traveling troupe that may come through the capital of her family's duchy, the city of Havre sur Mer (full title: 'Havre sur la Mer Celeste'; translated: 'Harbor on the Celestial Sea'; short: 'Havre', 'Celeste', 'Havre-Celeste'). Havre-Celeste, despite being a fairly well-appointed city with any of the finer amenities a noble might desire, is still very much a city in an agrarian region, and lacks much in the way of artistic venues. Now an adult, Marrione desires to change this lackluster facet of his home, and build a new legacy that might grow to overshadow that of his own noble lineage by building out a theater and theater troupe for which he can produce (and watch) plays to his heart's delight. In order to do so, and knowing that they have experienced very little of the world, Marrione has decided to set out into the wider world(s) to gain a deeper understanding of life, tragedy, romance, comedy, and most importantly -- drama.