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have you heard that ( Grantaire ) from ( Les Misérables ) appeared in town?  i know, i can’t believe it either.  he is ( twenty-five ) years old and a ( cook at Velvet Bourbon ).  I’ve heard that he has a tendency to be ( easygoing & loyal ) and ( cynical & cowardly ), and they have ( some ) of their old memories.

TW: Death, alcoholism

Biography

Grantaire was born in Paris in the early 1800s.

He was a part of Les Amis de l’ABC, colloquially called the Barricade Boys or Les Amis. Les Amis were a group of (mostly) university students who tried to overthrow King Louis-Philippe during the June Rebellion.

Despite this, Grantaire himself was not much of a revolutionary. He was a notorious drunk and cynic who believed that Les Amis wouldn’t change the world, and he was well aware that an attempted revolution would lead to their deaths.

His closest friends from Les Amis were Joly and Bossuet, though he generally got along with everyone...except for Enjolras. Enjolras, the leader of Les Amis, radiated an optimism for the future that Grantaire both loved and could never believe in. Grantaire could watch that man go off for hours, but not without the urge to throw in some snide remarks. Things got especially bad between the two during the rebellion.

In the end, Grantaire redeemed himself by dying alongside Enjolras, holding onto his hand. The problem is that Grantaire doesn’t remember this part; there’s a big blank spot in his memory after passing out in a nearby tavern.

Grantaire’s memories of his old life are faint and fractured, like trying to remember a drinking binge while still hungover the morning after. Granted, Grantaire was drunk for most of his important life events.

He thinks that his arrival in Ivywood is some kind of second chance at being a better person, granted to him by fate, and he is going to squander it just like he did in the 1800s.

More info at the Les Mis Wiki.

Trivia

His nickname is R (it’s a French pun).

He is bisexual.

He is a Scorpio sun, Cancer moon, Gemini rising.

He was an art major.

He is a quintessential jack-of-all-trades; he has a passing familiarity with many hobbies but lacks the discipline to become great at any of them.

He works as a cook at Velvet Bourbon (and rarely leaves a shift without sneaking a drink or two for himself).

Puns, sarcasm, and references to Greek mythology are his go-to small-talk fillers.