Girard Lefebvre

A rival artist of distinctly French descent.

Concept

Name: Girard Lefebvre
Aliases: Girard LeFever, Gerald Lafayette, "The French Bastard"
Background: Lefebvre, of French descent, came to the American frontier after service in Mexico in the armies of the Second French Empire. His experiences there left him with greying hair and a vast cynicism for his fellow man and particularly his leaders, be they king or constable. In the ten years since his separation (some would say desertion), he has accumulated considerable expertise at cards and other games of supposed chance.
Description: Of medium height and build, well-dressed, with a pale complexion behind a neatly-trimmed salt-and-pepper beard; long grey-streaked hair pulled back in a neat pony-tail. An aquiline nose and piercing green eyes. A faint accent that could be French, or merely highly cultured, depending on the day.

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