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Prince des Boscénos

An unrepentant Draconian nobleman who proposes hiring butcher boys, corrupting ministers, and kidnapping the president to restore his prince.

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Also known as V The Prince des Boscénos, the Prince des Boscénos, Prince Boscénos

First appearance: V: The Prince des Boscénos

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Attends the meeting, discovers his wife with Count Cléna, and fights violently before being arrested.

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Prince Adélestan des Boscénos descends from a line of scandalous ancestors—his family motto comes from a king catching a duke's hand under a duchess's petticoat—and he has not degenerated. He joins Father Agaric's conspiracy with relish, favoring force over legal action and calmly listing three methods of seizing power. His ruthless pragmatism and aristocratic contempt for law make him the most dangerous and most honest of the plotters.

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Political and Military Antagonists
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Founding and Medieval Figures
Extended Cast of Minor and Background Characters
Scandal and Trial Central Figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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V: The Prince des Boscénos
Attends the meeting, discovers his wife with Count Cléna, and fights violently before being arrested.
VI: The Emiral's Fall
Leads the attack on the legislative palace, waves a green flag, and is killed after falling on an iron spike.
Conclusion
Arrested after shouting 'Death to the Republicans!' during the celebration.
I: General Greatauk, Duke of Skull
Royalist opponent of democracy; confronts Greatauk over corruption and is pacified by the news of Pyrot's impending arrest.
VI: The Seven Hundred Pyrotists
Founder of the anti-Pyrotist association; punches M. Bazile in a case of mistaken identity.
VIII: The Colomban Trial
Anti-Pyrotist leader who participates in overturning Colomban's cab into the river.
IX: Father Douillard
Present at the cathedral and later dies from a fractured skull during the attack on the Chamber of Deputies.
II: The Charity of St. Orberosia
Mentioned as part of the aristocratic congregation at the retreat.

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