Historical Fiction Character Sketch of Guichenot, Captain of the Haliætus

“Je suis Guy Alphonse Guichenot, Comte de Montreuil. Capitaine du Hailaetus.” He executed a hand flourish, but without a bow.

And so the last villain of the upcoming historical fiction novel Sic Parvis Magna walks onto the page.

This is a very dark character, in many ways representing the world of some 500 years ago where right was determined by might in the true Machiavellian sense.

Guichenot claims to be a peer of France, for whom courtly life is too dull. He bought and outfitted his...