Twenty-three years ago, a fragment of the moon the size of a mountain tore out of the sky and crashed into the frozen waters of Lake St-Jean in Quebec. The impact unleashed floods that swept away entire villages and claimed thousands of lives. However, the presence of the cosmic fragment awakened the dormant curse of lycanthropy in everyone nearby who carried it. Gifted suddenly their feral forms, they jumped in the waters to save their families and neighbors from the cold of winter. Now on the icy banks of the lake, with no help for miles, most survivors chose to accept what they now called the benediction of lycanthropy.
Gédéon Drapeau was only five months old when it happened. He and his older brother were dragged from the ruins of their home by their grandmother, who raised them both through the chaos that followed. As the years passed, they built together a prosperous moonshining operation that would distribute their product across North America; Scintillement de Lune, an alcohol distilled using the waters of the lake, that could maintain a werewolf’s form for a while independently of the lunar cycle.
But a few years ago, tragedy struck. An accident at their distillery killed their grandmother and landed Gédéon’s brother in prison, leaving him as the reluctant head of the Pack. Now known in the criminal world as "Moonshine", Gédéon never desired the throne he sits on, well at least not at such a young age. Although competent, his passion always was aiming elsewhere: the accordion, folklore, collecting stories from strangers. Hard things to pursue when you’re trapped behind the desk of a criminal empire.
Now in New York under the pretenses of striking a distribution deal with local gangs, he’s wondering if maybe the ritual can give him the exit he’s been looking for?
It is the first time i post on the forums, so idk much what the format is, but here's my thought process on making this character:
I really thought Quebec and New York are right next to each other, it would be wasted potential not to have at least one French-Canadian character.
Then through some research found out Quebec was the only place in North-America that didn't do the prohibition, so there was a lot of bootlegging happening at the border and that french-canadians were really involved in organised crime (Al Capone's personal driver was french-canadian) so making him a moonshiner seemed appropriate.
As for werewolf, well research made me realize half of Quebec folklore is pelt hunters fighting werewolves so might as well do that.
