Le Bouclier Bleu

Sabrinne Giraudoux died in 1995, six years after her husband Alexandre passed away. During her last few bed-ridden years she would delight in sharing several of her heroic stories with her three great grandchildren the next generation of their ongoing family legacy. The youngest of which, Claude, was especially taken with the woman and the days of World War II, despite his very young age; idolizing her more than anyone; even after her death. Born in France but growing up in a town just North of Montreal, he still obsessed over the Tricolour and what it meant to his great grandmother, taking up activities such as fencing and gymnastics. Though he was too young to remember everything in person, he'd spend hours and hours watching old videos and looking through ancient pictures. Claude and his older siblings were expected to develop metahuman abilities during adolescence in the same manner as their parents and grandparents before them - a pattern without fail since Alexandre's induction to the gene pool.

Alexandre's and Sabrinne's daughter Evette founded the 'family super team' Le Bouclier Bleu, which his generation were to become a part of as well. As predicted, his two older brothers would develop special abilities coming of age, and after an extended period of time it became clear that Claude did not exhibit any signs of a latent metagene like the rest of his family, instead remaining dormant. The soon-to-be hero was consistently outcast by his older brothers, and excluded from various operations that the Aumont-Nouvels became known for. Claude grew increasingly depressed, and developed a bit of an inferiority-complex. It was but a single vivid dream of his great grandmother's stories coming to life that convinced him of what he wanted his destiny to be - he was going to carry on Sabrinne's torch, and dawn the title of Tricolour. Through a different path beside his superpowered brothers, Claude sacrificed all that he needed to in order to constantly learn, train, practice and prepare to be everything the original Tricolour was - a hero that didn't require any superhuman powers to fight for what she believed in.

He brought his own form of success as he begin to win several national and international competitions, going as far as being placed for Olympic trials. During the heroic family's yearly visit to Nice, an old enemy of Le Bouclier Bleu managed to track down and invade their secret hotel location, successfully disabling Claude's family members while Claude himself left for a night walk prior carrying his prized rapier. Coming back to a scene of armed thugs holding the entire hotel hostage,  Claude tapped into the natural talent he honed within him for years, where his combination of swordsmanship and acrobatic prowess enabled him to accompany French authorities, and easily defeat the intruders. Extremely impressed and grateful of their youngest son, his parents officially made Claude a member of Le Bouclier Bleu. 

He received a specially made uniform splashed with the colours of France, cementing his identity as the second Tricolour - fighting at the side of of his family and carrying his great grandmother's burden for the sake of benevolence. As Tricolour, Claude eventually started to branch out on his own and take on tasks outside of the family dynamic, spending time with a couple of organizations located in Rhode Island, and later Detroit Michigan before returning back to Quebec. Parallel to his hero work Claude also spent time completing a bachelor's degree in French Literature at the Université de Montréal, and honing his skills as an Olympic level fencer. He became widely known for his signature, dual-bladed style that incorporated elements of acrobatics and dance.

Place of Birth: Nice, France.
Date of Birth: July 10th.
Occupation: Adventurer, Athlete.
Legal Status: No criminal record.
Base of Operations: Europe and North America. Substantial residences located in Nice and Quebec City.

Height: 5'11''.
Eyes: Blue-Green mix.
Hair: Blond.
Build: Athletic.
Complexion: Medium.
Other Characteristics: Facial hair styles.

Identity: Secret.
Known Relatives: Destan Nouvel (Father), Violet Nouvel (Mother), Mattieu Destan Nouvel (Brother), Gastion Destan Nouvel (Brother), Evette Aumont-Nouvel (Grandmother), Julien Nouvel (Grandfather), Sabrinne Giraudoux "Tricolette" (Tricolour I, Great Grandmother, deceased), Alexandre Aumont (Great Grandfather, deceased).

Group Affiliations: Le Bouclier Bleu (reserved member by choice). Department H (ally).
Martial Status: Single, never married.
Orientation: Homosexual.
Alignment: Neutral Good.

Powers
Tricolour possesses no active superhuman attributes, but does have a dormant metahuman gene.

Abilities
Swordsmanship: An extremely proficient and Olympic-class swordsman, Tricolour's skill surpasses his roots in Fencing techniques to also incorporate Nito-Ken in addition to his trademark Florentine and other dual-bladed affinities - providing a unique agile, graceful and rhythmic fighting style. He is known as one of the most skilled blade masters to ever come from Europe in the modern age. He has accomplished several incredible feats expressing his accuracy, including reflecting bullets off his blade (the material bonded to which enables such a thing to be possible). This stunt isn't tried willingly however, though he is still very capable of intercepting slower ranged projectiles with his blades.

Acrobatics: Tricolour has also trained and studied as a gymnast, utilizing a variety of acrobatic techniques to compliment his fighting style. He has expressed a great degree of agility and flexibility, enabling him to more effectively avoid attack or shift his position in combat situations.

Unarmed Combat: He possesses a moderate degree of hand-to-hand combat, having briefly studied Judo, and a few street fighting techniques under his father's eye. His preference still remains armed melee combat however, as he is more keen in avoiding and retreating from attack if unarmed in most situations.

Fitness: Tricolour maintains great physical condition and a healthy lifestyle; exercising on a regular basis.

Trilingual: Tricolour is able to communicate effectively in French (and Canadian-French variant), and English and German as secondary and tertiary languages.

Technology: While not boasting the skill of an advanced technologist or computer wizard, he does retain and grasp the knowledge on the use of modern technologies quite effectively.

Offensive: Tricolour has possession of a variety of bladed weapons to compensate for numerous circumstances. He has acquired a collection of fencing equipment including a personal preference and specialty for Sabres, Foils and Épée, though is most commonly seen with dual Sabres or Rapier as his main choice of combat weaponry. The actual blades are used only in dire circumstances that call for them, otherwise the blades are fixed with blunting safety devices and used more through jabbing or thrusting, or non-lethal 'cutting' techniques opposed to being used for intentional lethal assault.

Utility: He makes use of the latest in protection wear; his symbolic costume is made with a woven heat resistant and bullet-proof material in order to prevent excessive harm. His utility belt not only enables the sheathing of his bladed weaponry, but is also equipped with a telecommunication-link radio device that enables him to establish communication and listen through a variety of channel frequencies.