{philip froissant, 30, cis-male, he/him} We are so glad to see you safe, LORD ULRICH SUGIRDSSON of NORWAY! It’s dangerous out in the world these days, but I hear that you are PERSUASIVE and INTELLIGENT enough to handle it. Just don’t let your NAIVE NATURE bring you down! Stay on your guard, because with your secret being at risk for exposure, you wouldn’t want everyone to find out you're not the real ulrich sugirdsson.
b a s i c s //
birth name: johannes mikkel calgren
assumed identity: ulrich sigurdsson
birthday: june 24th (cancer)
orientation: bisexual / biromantic
status: married-ish? (unknown to everybody)
languages: swedish, norwegian, german, english.
character influences: david nolan/prince charming (ouat), matilda (matilda), amanda lemmon (it takes two).
tarot card: the fool
p r o l o g u e // tw: death in childbirth, mention of murder, weapons.
Johannes never dreamed of gold bracelets and riches. Working as the stablehand of many nobles taught him that the royal and wealthy were just as, if not more, unhappy than his own father. Born to mere peasants in a small hut in the Norwegian countryside, he'd grown up always feeling unworthy and empty, as if a piece of himself was missing and nothing was able to fill it. His father, an alcoholic after the death of his mother at the time of his birth, took his frustrations and grief out on the young boy, ensuring that he always grew up knowing that he would have to fend for himself. Although naivety ran through him, he was a smart boy, perhaps smarter than many of his peers. He learned to read and write from the children of nobles, secretly in their playhouses or while helping them bond with the horses, and from books that he would take from their libraries when allowed inside of the palaces and castles. He and his father were always on the move. One day, they would be happily serving a noble family, and the next, in a drunken incident, his father and he would be banished once more. However, he grew to like seeing new cultures and ways of life, and wished to one day have enough money to travel for himself. Normally irritated by his father's drunkenness, on the day he met the daughter of his new boss, he would've kissed his hand. Johannes had never befriended many, his thoughts had always been on work and keeping his father's temper away from his skin, however, all else failed in comparison to the smile of Count Gustaf's daughter. He didn't understand it at first, why a deep ache wound wind tightly inside of his chest when they would sneak away together or why he felt guilt and paranoia when their mandated 'short' rides would have them coming home in the late evening instead. He would find out, however, that it was simply because a noble had no business mingling, let along falling in love and eloping, with the hired help. Gustaf's weapon to his throat was the last thing that Johannes had been expecting when he'd found himself in his company but it happened anyway. However, when their eyes met, a sort of recognition found itself in his eyes; he knew this boy, or at least, his resemblance to the boy he knew was uncanny. Johannes, believing that he was about to be murdered, was surprised when only a threat rang out among musket fire - he was to leave Sweden, allow his daughter to believe him dead, and to never return if he wished to keep his life. And although reluctance found him, he listened. Johannes ran across the border into Norway and settled in the kingdom of his birth many years after he and his father left to seek work. It was here that something bizarre happened; he ran into himself. Learning that he had a twin brother who had been adopted by the Sigurdsson's was a shock yet as they sat together and spoke, he understood that Ulrich's upbringing was much like his own albeit one of love and prosperity. Ulrich was starting to tire of his place in the Norwegian court, he wanted to travel, to sleep well without worry of what his actions might bring onto Norway now that his father was regent and offered him a deal. And Johannes wanted protection from Count Gustaf in Sweden, more importantly, the crown in which Ulrich could potentially inherit from his father would, if done properly, allow him and Nell to meet once more. A wish that he has spent every day since his banishment hoping to come true.
p r e s e n t d a y //
They swapped places in the end and Johannes Calgren became Lord Ulrich Sigurdsson. Although being decorated in gold bracelets and having people of the empire bow in his presence had never been something he desired, having parents who loved him, younger siblings that held no ill-intent, and friendships beyond measure made him finally feel full. However, with that fullness came greed. When they learned of their king's survival, Johannes grew nervous. The naivety that he'd held up until that point shattered and he started to understand that one day, his twin brother would also return and upon his return or the return of the crown, the life that he had come to love would end. Something that he would not let happen, even if it meant harming the people that stood in his way.
c o n n e c t i o n s //
eleanora adlerberg (wife) - to be written
eirik sigurdsson (father) - to be written
silje sigurdsson (mother) - to be written
edvard sigurdsson (young brother) - to be written
