The Line of Love · Character
François de Montcorbier
Scholar, poet, and foster-son of a canon with no money to rub together, François de Montcorbier climbs garden walls for love and rhymes that will not fill the pot.
supporting
Also known as François, Montcorbier, Master François
First appearance: i the episode called the wedding jest
As a supporting figure in The Line of Love, François de Montcorbier is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The Rue Saint Jacques dismisses him as inoffensive at best, a Navarre scholar whose verses are thin diet for two lusty young folk, yet Catherine de Vaucelles chooses him over noblemen and priests alike. He scales the Vaucelles garden wall at nine in the evening, three hours from Catherine having stretched into three eternities, and measures himself against Pyramus as a pattern for all lovers. His betrothal ignites the episode's jealousies, and his reckless devotion sets the whole Rue Saint Jacques shaking its head.
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Rogues and Poets
- Intrigue and Mystery Core
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Catherine de Vaucelles
romantic · positive
A passionate and illicit affair, with Catherine drawn to François's roguish charm despite… How this plays out →
- Philippe Sermaise
rivalry · negative
- Catherine de Vaucelles
romantic · positive
A passionate and illicit affair, with Catherine drawn to François's roguish charm despite… How this plays out →
- Catherine de Vaucelles
romantic · positive
A passionate and illicit affair, with Catherine drawn to François's roguish charm despite… How this plays out →
- Philippe Sermaise
rivalry · negative
- Philippe Sermaise
rivalry · negative
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See François de Montcorbier in i the episode called the wedding jest