Stephen Ducrimmon-Davion
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Stephen Ducrimmon-Davion | |
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| Born | 2980[1] |
| Affiliation | House Ducrimmon-Davion |
| Profile | |
| Title(s) | Duke of Bristol[1] |
| Profession | Noble |
Stephen Ducrimmon-Davion was the Duke of Bristol and Commanding Officer of the First Davion Guards.[1]
Contents
History[edit]
Early Life and Background[edit]
Stephen Davion was the last member of a branch of the Davion family known as the Ducrimmon-Davions. Much like the Green-Davions, they were a branch that split from the main royal family during the later stages of the Second Succession War. For a time, the Ducrimmon-Davions were prominent and important members of the central government and the AFFS.[1]
When battle damage, bad investments, and the death of several key family members plunged the family into poverty on their homeworld of Benet Ill, they were far too proud to ask for assistance from the royal family. The Ducrimmon-Davions seemed to vanish from the face of their world, and their disappearance seemingly went unremarked by their kin in the main Royal line.[1]
By the time Stephen was born in 2980, what was left of his family were destitute and living in a squalid apartment in the Benet capital of Donner. While growing up, Stephen heard many stories of the family’s former glories, all the while trying to keep himself and his crippled parents alive through acts of petty theft. Unfortunately, his thievery resulted in several stints in detention homes, with his parents left to fend for themselves. During one of these detention home stays, Marie Davion happened to visit the home where Stephen was interned and noticed that the young boy’s last name was Davion. Intrigued, Marie met and talked with the child with a subsequent check into Stephen’s parentage revealed his noble blood and sad decline of this branch of the family. The New Avalon Davions stepped in and rescued the remaining members of the Ducrimmon-Davions. Tragically, the intervention came seemingly too late for Stephen's parents who were dead by 2995 leaving him the last member of family line.[1]
The Davions sent him to the Albion Military Academy.[1], thinking a soldier’s life would help channel the anger that seemed to fester in his heart. After three years of arguing with his classmates and his instructors, Stephen barely managed to graduate. It was only because of his clear tactical and strategic skills in preparing battles that his instructors did not fail him. Now, at last, Stephen could turn his rage against the enemies rather than the people of the Federated Suns.
Military Service[edit]
During his career with the New Ivaarsen Chausseurs, he gained a reputation that would follow him for many years of being a vicious and bloody commander who would punish defeated enemies far beyond what most AFFS officers would do. On several occasions, he was reprimanded for acts unbecoming an officer of the AFFS. One of the incidents involved several Kurita officers who “mysteriously” died just after Stephen Davion had interrogated them. His promotions have always been heavily debated within the AFFS as despite his clearly superior skills as a leader and tactician, even the most patriotic Field Marshal is wary around his conduct on the battlefield. His promotion to commanding officer of the First Davion Guards in 3021[1] was an attempt by Prince Hanse Davion to drag Stephen away from the front lines to the quiet of New Avalon. On New Avalon, the Prince hoped to persuade Stephen to talk with counselors and start to deal with his anger.
By 3050, Stephen was aide to Field Marshal David Sandoval, the commander of the Sarna March.[2]
Personality and Traits[edit]
Stephen Davion is a man of contradictions. On the one hand, he wishes to uphold the Davion name with military honors so that the Ducrimmon-Davions will be remembered by destroying the enemies of the Federated Suns. On the other hand, he bears a serious grudge against the New Avalon Davions for having allowed his family to slide so deeply into poverty in the first place even after they stepped in to save him and awarded him the Dukedom of Bristol. Stephen has kept in touch with Marie Davion, who is the one friend he has made in his life. Some evidence suggests that she has advised him not to speak with the psychologists that Prince Davion has sent to him. He is well known to treat everyone he meets like a potential enemy. If someone manages to break through his defenses to persuade Stephen that they means him no harm, Davion treats them only slightly better. He has considerable street savvy because of his early life yet he is also an accomplished writer of poetry, even though Marie Davion is the only person who knows of this or has seen any of his work.