Chevalier Yves Mercure

Was born in southern France to a family of noble pedigree and good means, young Yves was a recluse, preferring the fascinating wonders hidden within his uncle's library. When he found a copy of the fabled "Kitab al-Alacir" his fate - and his Awakening - was sealed and he was soon initiated into Sons of Ether.

Yves has an utter contempt for modern electronic and computers - these boring, lifeless things cannot evoke the semblance of life as can a mechanism. His life is devoted to building better and more intricate mechanical wonders.

Yves is thin and pale, in his late 20s, with wispy, thin brown hair that he keeps at shoulder-length. He couldn't really grow much of beard, so he keeps himself fastidiously clean-shaven. His wardrobe is fairly fashionable, thanks to his family housekeeper, who buy this clothes for him.