ALBRECHT SOLEMONT / JAMES NORTON
♛ Age: 38
♛ Relationships: Aurelian Solemont (father), Leora Solemont (mother), Marian Varmont, Helena Solemont, Adelaide Solemont (sisters), Severin Solemont, Ulric Solemont, Emeric Solemont, Lucian Solemont, Anselm Solemont, Roland Solemont (brothers), Roderick Varmont (brother-in-law), Arthur Varmont, Sebastian Varmont (nephews), Cassandra Varmont (niece), Aisling Lorcan (interest), Amira Varmont, Edmund Varmont, Godfrey Varmont, Tristan Varmont, Guinevere Varmont (enemies/rivals), Garbhan Stafford (rival)
Albrecht is a man shaped by responsibility before desire
he is fiercely devoted to his sister marian and she is the emotional center of his life and her safety, happiness, and political standing are his foremost priorities
Treats his nieces and nephews as his own and considers himself both their mentor and protector (even when he spent years away from them)
very loyal to the Varmont regime due to his sister's place in it, but he does not care (nor trust) the other branches of the Varmont family
he desires a permanent position in Astaira and stewardship over Malconaire would be ideal if that can one day be arranged
He is calm, reserved, thoughtful and while he can be seen as cold, at times, it is because his emotions are carefully governed but they do run deep
he is seen as reliable, but also can be a bit dull (he is never one to charm a room, but he does command respect)
he is ambitious, but his ambitions are never selfish and he does not desire glory or power for its own sake
he is introspective and quietly romantic and believes that love should be earned through constantly and not declared through grand gestures
deeply in love with Aisling, but he understands that she sees him as old-fashioned and boring (not to mention the Varmont ties are deeply displeasing to her)
he can understand that, but he would never abandon his position with the Varmont family (even for her), for his loyalty to his sister comes first
suspects she cares for garbhan stafford and he knows that, if that is true, she could never love someone like himself who lacks the charm and excitement garbhan carries with him
he only prays that he never breaks her heart ...
Loyal, disciplined, strategic, self-sacrificing to a fault, overly duty-bound, prone to silent resignations
Definitely someone others can lean on in crisis!!! he's there for his friends and family 100%% and always thinks about what is best for them