Lucas

Rowan
I am ** Rowan: ** Courtier for the King of Norway, Fortinbras Father. I am in individual who attends the court of a monarch. Historically the court was the center of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life was often completely mixed together. After being in the Palace in Norway, I have maintained relations with the prince and I am not only a respected monarch representative in court, but I am the prince’s dearest friend. I have lied about relations to him though: He believes that I come from an underprivileged family in the slums of Britain but prior to representing the king and his son in court, I also served at a servant for the King and Queen of Denmark; Claudius and Gertrude. I come from a wealthy family in Germany; my parents died when I was young so I was adopted by cattle farmers on the border of the German Isle. From there, I worked in the German and Dutch theater for several years as an actor. After the theater closed down my savings had been spent so I traveled with to Denmark on a limb where the King and Queen took me in as a servant. I often cleaned the courtrooms and that’s where my disputed interest in politics arose, and after my denial from the King to represent Denmark as a courtier, I planned to move away. His dearest wife, to whom I had become emotionally attached to wrote me a letter of recommendation for me to seek other work behind her beloved husbands back. Little did she know that just 1 year later, after a year of predetermined studies, I went to another palace, one with equal power to represent them as their Courtier: Norway.