Maitre d'Hotel:

Name: Martin Cross
Martin is the Original Character of Fleurette B., written for an Alternate Universe FK series. He is a Nothers' Staff member because he is ocnsidered an Other for Natalie. To Learn about Martin, read the "Fleurette Series" located at Fleurette's Fanfic Page or read here:
Age: roughly 800 years old, give or take
Birthdate: unremembered, but sometime after 1228 Physical Description: Martin is tall, about 6'4, with short cut (not a buzz) dark hair and blue-gray eyes. He is very muscular.
Background: Read "True Innocence," "The Healing Process," "Explanations," "Selective Memories," "Moving On," "Reunion," "Decisions," and the latest (currently unfinshed) "Wedding Day" found at the site given above... OR... read below for the brief version:
In my Alternate FK Universe, Martin is the eldest son of Fleur de Brabant and the brother of young Andre (Fallen Idol). After watching his mother suffer in life due to an abusive husband and the sorrow of losing her only true love--LaCroix-- Martin sets out to make his fortune as a blacksmith. He returns to Brabant with his wife in the hopes that cousin Jean Claude (Nick's son, see same set of stories) will help him find Nickand LaCroix. When he is turned down, he sets out on his own to find them. His mission--to tell LaCroix that Fleur died loving him. This mission has yet to be completed. Along the way, Martin meets Marie, a female vampire who sympathizes with his pight and realizes that he will never find LC as a mortal. They become lovers briefly after she brings him across. Martin's quest leads him on many paths, eventually finding him as an Enforcer for the High Council. He is stern at times, but always fair in judgement. He will kill is need be.
Hobbies: Martin enjoys a wide variety of things--art, classical music, opera amoung them. He also enjoys the outdoors, starry nights and spending tie with Natalie, whom he calls his "lady." He also hates desk jobs, so if you're looking for him behind a desk, don't bother.

Chateau Security:

Name: Elk Modem
Age (exact or approximate):Early to mid thirties
Physical description: Tall, dark hair, big nose. Possibly jewish
Where from: Northeastern United States
Nickname: Prefers to be called Modem. Won't even let his parents call him Elk.
Hobby s/he will most-likely be doing on any given day: Looking for the ghosts, investigating all paranormal happenings in the castle. Imitating a bad 'brotha in the hood' accent while playing basketball. Following Chance around to investigate his strange luck. Following the Mulder clones around to see if they are clones. Following Natalie around to locate Vampires, and because she's so darn cute. Eating Sweet Potato Pie and questioning his server, one slice at a time.
Eccentricity: obsessed with the paranormal
Background history: Elk is obsessed with the paranormal. His obsession stems from the fact that when he was a child, he watched his dog get drained by a vampire. He now investigates the paranormal with the FBI. Like his better-known co-worker, he believes that his beloved sparky is alive (or undead), and is looking desperately for him.
Birthday: Modem dosen't like to give out his birthday, because his sometimes partner never gets him anything good.

Name:Benton Frasier
Benny is a character from another--Due South. We do not own him, or the coyrights on him. Nother's is borrowing him, with the promise care for him as if her were our own.

Chateau Bartender:

Name: Joe Dawson
Joe is a character of HighLander: The Series. As with Benton Frasier, Nothers does not retain copyrights to this character. However, we love him dearly and treat him with the respect he deserves.

Photographers:

Name: Chance Harper
Chance is a character of a show called Strange Luck. It was cancelled sometime ago, but Chance is still oved by fans everywhere, especially at the Chateau. Nothers does not own him, but we wish we did!

Name: Tracy Sue Morris-Marshall
Tracy Sue is a REAL person. If you wish to use her in a story, please e-mail her for necessary permission.

Chef:

Name: Andre Bernard Laclos
Age (exact or approximate): upper 40s
Physical description: about 5' 8", light tan complexion, dark brown hair and eyes. I'm basing this on a character I saw once on TV and I *really* wish I could remember where I found him.
Where from: *heavy* French accent. Not necessarily Parisian
Nickname: Not if we want to live.
Hobby s/he will most-likely be doing on any given day: In the kitchen, either cooking, baking or sharpening one of his many knifes. Any blood you find on him (and it wouldn't be much, he usually does a good job of cleaning up) is from a chicken or another small animal he just killed. Really.
Eccentricity: *Everything* about Andre is odd. But he's a wonderful chef, can cook absolutely *anything* and most things have far less calories than one would suspect. He's also head over heels in love with Nat. But he knows he'd never be worthy of her, not to mention he doesn't want to spoil the illusion, so he'll *never* say anything to her. But you can see it in his eyes every time he looks at her. Nat is the only one allowed in his kitchen. Anyone else he'll chase away at knife point. If you want something, you ask him. If you really want something, you'll tell him it's for Nat. He knows you're lying, but it amuses him, so we get away with it. Oh, and he's a bit scary, if you haven't guessed yet. ;-)
Background history: Unknown. If anyone asks him, he'll grab a knife and glare at you with this really wild look in his eyes. It's rumored that he's killed at least one person (Think the scary stage hand from the Tonight Show) and you *really* do not want to know what was in last night's meatloaf. (That rumor, btw, ought to be exaggerated each time it's told.)

Maid:

Name: Nicole Stephenson
Age (exact or approximate): 28
Physical description: Tall and willowy. with blonde curley hair and cornflower blue eyes.
Where from: Toronto, Canada
Nickname: none
Hobby s/he will most-likely be doing on any given day: Channeling, gazing into chrystals, talking with the restless spirits that haunt the castle.
Eccentricity: Sometimes she talks to spirits when others are around, making it seem to them that she is talking to nobody.
Background history: Nicole is a new age/spiritualist. She moonlights as a maid to pay the bills, but she really likes to help restless spirits. Her gift of talking to ghosts emerged at a young age and in the past she traveled around Canada as a spirit therapsit.
Birthday:October 31, 1970

Stable Boy:

Name: Dafydd Morgan
Age (exact or approximate): 21 
Physical description: 5'11," slender but with just the right amount  of muscularity.  Curly auburn hair, green-gold eyes that are  almost  always sparkling with mischief, a light dusting of freckles and a killer smile.
Where from: near Cardiff, Wales
Nickname: Daf  (and he absolutely *hates* to be called "Daffy," BTW)
Hobby s/he will most-likely be doing on any given day: Well,               obviously taking care of the horses.  :-)  He also likes singing and  has recently developed a fascination with rock-climbing,  although so far all he's ever actually *climbed* is the castle walls.  (No pun intended.)  :-)
Eccentricity: He talks to the horses in Welsh and is ticklish only at the back of his neck.  Being a redhead, he also turns bright, blotchy red when embarrassed, and has a nervous habit of scratching the bridge of his nose in the presence of a woman he finds attractive.
Background history: Daf is the youngest of ten children, who ran away  from home to London to get attention in a family where he often got lost in the crowd.  However, he has a very good sense of humor and doesn't take things hard, so when a few weeks passed with no one appearing to notice that he was gone, he basically shrugged and decided if he was going to run away, he might as well do it properly.  So, he came to Toronto, and sent his parents a letter  after he arrived saying: "Just so you know, Mum and Dad, I left home about a month ago.  Don't worry, though, I'm doing well and I've got you listed as next of kin, so you'll be notified if I get killed or anything.  Love you, Daf."  His family raised ponies, so he has been around equines all his life and has a natural rapport with them.
Birthday: April 15 ( aka Tax Day, aka the day Lincoln died, aka the day the Titanic sank--poor guy! ;-) )