#benoit chevalier

((More picrew shenanigans, except these were made an actual year ago and I forgot to post them until today. Whoops?))

Left to right:

Laura Archer: Youngest daughter of England. Met Alphonse during her pirate days and has married him four times since. Rotates teaching English and Literature at a number of high-level universities in the UK purely because she enjoys teaching. Feels very insecure if not in control of a project or situation.

Alphonse Berriet: Youngest son of France. Archeologist who digs holes in the garden when the dig site isn’t open. Married a pirate but can’t swim. Has set the kitchen on fire multiple times because he gets distracted while cooking.

Konrad: Benoit, it is four o'clock in the morning.

Alphonse: Laura got drunk and tried to burn our marriage certificate.

Benoit was unlucky enough to suffer his first death at a young age (an axe to the face from one of his mother’s unhappy customers)….and unfortunately for him, the first death is the important one for these half-Nation kids.

When they die for the first time, they are, subsequently, revived for the first time by the same magic that allows the personified Nations to exist. This magic wasn’t really meant to interact with humans (that’s a whole ‘nother headcanon!), and creates a magical reference of sorts that’s then used to heal or revive the Nation-child from any future deaths/injuries.